Velvet Crush - Osaka, Japan 1994 + bonus

Club Quattro
Osaka, Japan

July 25, 1994

audience recording

sound quality: VG+ (quite good sound from master tape source; very little crowd noise — except when you expect & want it with a club show like this)

Velvet Crush served up tasty musical caffeine from 1990 to 2004

REPERCUSSION: Mitch Easter not only produced VC’s acclaimed Teenage Symphonies to God album, he also joined the band as a supplemental guitarist for a coupla weeks on the subsequent tour (including this show). And the other “name” non-band-member guitarist who toured later with the band? That was Tommy Keene…

HIGHLIGHTS: this one's all highlight; a really exceptional performance...

Mitch E, on tour with Velvet Crush

01 stage entrance (pre-recorded music)

02 Window to the World

03 My Blank Pages

04 Ash and Earth

05 Time Wraps Around You (false start)

06 Time Wraps Around You

07 Atmosphere

08 Weird Summer

09 White Soul

10 Oh Candy (etc.) medley

11 Drive Me Down

12 Hold Me Up --> So You Want to Be a 
     Rock & Roll Star

13 Rock and Roll Queen

     (Mott the Hoople cover)

14 Elevator Operator (Gene Clark cover)

15 Window to the World (Japanese TV)
16 Hold Me Up (Conan O'Brien)
17 My Blank Pages (Met Cafe)
18 Atmosphere (Denmark '95)

TRACK NOTES
1-14 = audience recording, per above info
15 = Japanese TV broadcast, Aug. 1992
16 = Conan O'Brien show 1995
17 = Met Cafe, Providence, RI (undated)
18 = Denmark, Jan. 1995 (sbd) 

TT: 1:15:35 

MP3@320 (tracks 15-18 = 256kbps) 

Velvet Crush:

Paul Chastain – vocals, bass

Ric Menck – drums, vocals

Jeffrey Borchardt (Underhill) – guitar
Mitch Easter - guitar (tracks 1-14, 16)
 

REVEALED: who plays that awesome guitar solo in "Hold Me Up"

WATCH THE VIDEO, DUDE... 

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