The dB's - New Orleans, LA 1986

Jimmy’s

New Orleans, LA

Feb. 9, 1986

audience recording (sound quality range: VG to VG+; a Mardi Gras show with an energetic band and crowd enjoying each other; there’s a little bit of digi noise in a coupla spots and one or two other minor anomalies)

I think Peter enjoyed Mardi Gras (probably same year as this show)

N’AWLINS THANKS to the taper and to TheBynumite for sharing.

NOTE: this is the full show — just a little shorter than usual since the deeBs were sharing the bill with The Fleshtones.

SAMPLE: "Working for Somebody Else" (1986)

Jimmy's & its namesake (it's now The Willow)

01 intro

02 Any Old Thing
03 Love Is for Lovers
04 Living a Lie
05 Sharon
06 Working for Somebody Else

07 Lonely Is as Lonely Does

08 New Gun In Town

09 Never Say When

10 She Got Soul

11 instrumental

12 Not Cool

13 White Train

14 Amplifier (middle cut)

15 Suspicious Minds

16 Neverland

17 A Spy In the House of Love 

More Mardi Gras madness: Jeff B. (rt.) & Bill Davis of Dash Rip Rock

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The dB’s:

Peter Holsapple – vocals, guitar

Gene Holder – lead guitar
Will Rigby – drums, vocals

Jeff Beninato - bass, vocals 



 

Ben Watt - Edinburgh, Scotland 2014

Voodoo Rooms

Edinburgh, Scotland

October 27, 2014

audience recording (sound quality: VG to VG+; intimate-sounding recording in a small listening room)

Ben Watt, former guitarist with Everything But the Girl,

now fronts his own trio (photo by T Hagen via Flickr)

01   Hendra

Bernard Butler (left), former Suede guitarist, is part of the Ben Watt Trio
(above, at WFUV-FM in 2014; below, the trio in Seattle in 2015)

01b band intros

02   Young Man's 
       Game

02b chat 1

03   Some Things 
       Don't Matter

04   The Gun

05   Nathaniel

05b chat 2

06   Bricks and Wood

07   North Marine 
       Drive

08   Wardrobe of 

       Old Clothes

09   The Road

09b chat 3

10   Golden Ratio

10b chat 4

11   The Levels

12   Forget

12b chat 5

13   The Heart Is a Mirror

14   I Heard Caruso Sing

14b chat 6

15   Spring

15b chat 7

16   25th December

NOTE: If you prefer a chat-less listening experience, simply delete all tracks marked “b”. Resulting set will sound seamless… 

ALL PRAISE to sappororamen for recording and sharing

photo by Alfred Hermida via Flickr

ROB SEZ: Ben Watt was half the duo Everything But the Girl (a stellar British act blending folk, jazz, pop and, later, electronica). Although Ben was the guitar guy and Tracey Thorn the voice of EBTG, it turns out Ben has a great singing voice and can write a heckuva good tune. His solo work is a welcome discovery.

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Ben Watt Trio:

Ben Watt – guitar, vocals

Bernard Butler – guitar

Martin Ditcham - drums

Ben's new solo album is Hendra — absolutely worth a long listen

Learn more about the music of Ben Watt 
at Wikipedia and/or his own site

Jellyfish - 1991 double shot

2 separate shows; 2 separate downloads

Music Hall
Frankfurt, Germany

pro-shot televised concert
April 30, 1991

soundboard (sound quality VG+; most likely a VHS audio rip, but the sound is exceptionally good for that kind of source)

I think someone's been collecting stuff...

JELLYFISH: all about the bubbles & the flowers

SAMPLE: "Baby's Coming Back" (1991)

01 Hold Your Head Up

02 Hello Hello

03 Calling Sarah

04 The King Is Half Undressed

05 I Wanna Stay Home

06 Mr. Late

07 Bye Bye Bye

08 She Still Loves Him

09 Will You Marry Me

10 Now She Knows She's Wrong

11 Baby's Coming Back

12 Jet

13 No Matter What

14 All I Want Is Everything

15 The Man I Used to Be

16 Let ‘Em In — That Is Why

17 Go Your Own Way

ROB SEZ: 1991 must have been a good year to be Jellyfish. They’d recently signed a record deal, and their debut album Bellybutton was getting rave reviews. Before commercial challenges and intra-band problems set in, the future looked bright for Jellyfish. As for musical chops, the band's original lineup was probably the peak — including the blazingly talented Jason Falkner on guitar & backing vocals. You can hear the musical results in these two shows.

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A promo Jellyfish COLORING BOOK? Um, yup.

JELLYFISH: 
Roger Manning – keyboard, vocals

Andy Sturmer – lead vocals, drums
Jason Falkner – guitar, vocals
Chris Manning - bass 

Hard Rock Café

San Francisco, CA
KFOG-FM broadcast
1991 (month/date unknown)

FM capture (sound quality VG; probably a multi-generation copy of original source tape, but overall sound is quite decent)

In the end, perhaps space was the final frontier for Jellyfish...
Jay Strange created this groovy graphic

SAMPLE: "I Wanna Stay Home" (1991)
   

Jellyfish were REALLY big in Japan.

01 Hello Hello

02 Calling Sarah

03 The King Is Half Undressed

04 I Wanna Stay Home

05 Mr. Late

06 Bye Bye Bye

07 She Still Loves Him

08 Will You Marry Me

09 Now She Knows She's Wrong

10 Baby's Coming Back (end cut, faded)

11 No Matter What*

12 All I Want Is Everything

13 The Man I Used to Be

14 That Is Why

15 Go Your Own Way

16 brief pre-show interview – KFOG      

*Following the original running order, Track 11 should be "Jet," but is omitted here due to official release on the Not Lame Fanclub box set.
   

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Jellyfish's two influential albums were just reissued

Find out more (&/or commit purchase) at Omnivore

Another Jellyfish ROIO at this blog can be found HERE.