The The - Four Live Sets 2000

Four Live Sets
2000 World Tour

FM captures + 1 webstream (sound quality VG+ to Ex-) 

ROB SEZ: Massive talent Matt Johnson released the last The The studio album NakedSelf, then promptly embarked on a lengthy world tour in 2000. This is a snapshot of that tour in four sets. Please enjoy.

BIG THANKS to ziggyswoon for sharing, and to nateup2late for sharing, for pointing me to the MBE web stream, and suggesting how to fix the original Melkweg share.

Der Melkweg

Amsterdam, Holland

Jan. 25, 2000

FM capture

01 Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)   

02 Dogs of Lust   

03 Voidy Numbness   

04 December Sunlight  

05 The Beat(en) Generation   

06 Global Eyes   

07 Soul Catcher  

08 This Is the Day   

09 Shrunken Man   

10 Swine Fever   

11 Weather Belle    

12 Infected   

13 Salt Water 

  

Encore:

14 Boiling Point   

15 Uncertain Smile

16 Phantom Walls (end cut)

Matt Johnson (solo acoustic)

‘Morning Becomes Eclectic’ with Nic Harcourt, KCRW-FM

Santa Monica, CA

May 17, 2000

web stream (double-track mono)

01 Armageddon Days Are 
     Here (Again) 

02 Soul Catcher 

03 This Is the Day 

04 Weary Blues from Waiting 

05 The Beat(en) Generation 

06 Weatherbelle 

07 Love Is Stronger Than Death

     (interview segments have 
       been edited out)

Vic Theater

Chicago, IL

Sept. 23, 2000

FM capture

01 Dogs of Lust

02 Helpline Operator 

03 Soul Catcher

04 Heartland

05 This Is the Day

06 Global Eyes

07 Icing Up

08 Swine Fever

09 Love Is Stronger Than Death

10 Armageddon Days Are 
     Here (Again)

11 Infected

12 Phantom Walls

Rockpalast Christmas Special

Palladium, Cologne, Germany 

Dec. 16, 2000

FINALLY, a smile! Matt Johnson is The The

FM capture

01 Boiling Point

02 Voidy Numbness

03 Dogs of Lust

04 Helpline Operator

05 Global Eyes

06 Soul Catcher

07 This Is the Day

08 December Sunlight

09 Swine Fever

10 Phantom Walls  

11 Love Is Stronger 
     Than Death
12 Bluer Than Midnight   

13 Armageddon Days Are 
     Here (Again)

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The The:

Matt Johnson - vocals, guitar

Eric Schermerhorn - guitar, backing vocals

Spencer Campbell - bass, backing vocals

Earl Harvin - drums, harmonium

Learn more about the music of The The & Matt Johnson at the band's official site and Wikipedia

Cuff the Duke - Best of the Live Sessions

Best of the Live Sessions

2005-2014

various dates, locations, venues

FM & webstream (sound quality VG+ to Ex-)

01 Count On Me

02 Side By Side

03 So Many Times Before

04 Standing On the Edge

05 Something for Free

06 Stay

07 Time Is Right

08 Live My Life

09 Standing On the Edge 

10 Hobo Night Stalker

11 By Winter's End

12 Darkest Hour

13 The Life I Knew

14 Five Days In May (Blue Rodeo cover)

TRACK INFO:

1-6 = Paper Bag Sessions July 2011, Aug. 2012

7 = The Verge, XM Radio 2012

8 = Pinball Session Sept. 2014

9 = CBC Live Session, Oct. 2011

10 = Lee's Palace, Toronto 2005

11 = Massey Hall, Toronto 2008-02-28

 12-13 = Casablanca Sessions, 2013

             (Wayne Petti solo)

14 = CBC Live Session, Nov. 2012

ROB SEZ: Yet another band I would never have laid ears on without my ASH compadres (Mick & Don in this instance). Cuff the Duke is an alt-roots band from the lovely Canadian province of Ontario. Check the sample for a taste.

MP3@320

FISTFUL O’ THANKS to all the sharers,

especially bradleyferguson for tracks 10 & 11

Cuff the Duke:
Wayne Petti - vocals, guitar
Francois Turrenne - guitar, vocals
Paul Lowman - bass, keyboard, vocals
AJ Johnson - drums

ASH Tuesday post #41.

Matthew Sweet - Demos (late 1980s + mid-1990s)

'Unearthed'
Demos collection
Late 1980s
recording locations & dates unknown

soundboard (quality VG to VG+; sounds like a low-gen. tape source  — perhaps 3rd)

01 You Don't Love Me

02 Destroy the Truth

03 When It Comes To You 

04 Just About Nothing

05 Tinfoil Flower

06 My Love Knows

07 Rock Singer

08 Looking at the Sun

09 Sandman

10 Captured

11 Keep You In the Middle

12 Mourning

13 Part of Me

14 Put Your Head Between 

     Your Knees

15 My Only Voice

16 You Gotta Love Me

17 Her Mother's Name

18 Silent City

19 Living Is Killing Me

20 When You Have to Go

21 To Understand

Apparently recorded around the time of MS's second album, Earth.

Quite sincere thanks to Don at the old ASH blog.

ROB SEZ:
If you marvel at Matthew's finished studio tracks, spend a little time with these works-in-progress. You get to hear the roots of his genius and the songs in their earliest incarnations. 

The second set is a particular treat, containing well-developed, multi-track recordings 
(in fact, they sound like they're basic tracks or rough mixes).

MS is now a year past the deadline for completing his Kickstarter-funded new album project. 
He explains himself in this interview from July 2015, saying he's working as fast as he can, 
given the high standard he's set for himself and the music. 
(OK, Matthew, but as one of your backers, please don't wait too long to wrap it up!) 
Ric Menck & Paul Chastain (Velvet Crush) played on the first batch of tracks 
recorded for the project.

Demos 1994-'95

recording locations & dates unknown

soundboard (quality VG+ to Ex-; sounds like a first-gen. source — quality is excellent)

01 Sense of Adventure

02 Not When I Needed It

03 Both Ways

04 Never Said Goodbye

05 Bitter Pill

06 You

07 Come to Love

08 I Almost Forgot

09 You Make Me Feel Like a Pro 

10 Sinking Feeling

11 Superbaby

12 Space

13 We're the Same

14 Lost My Mind

15 Everything Changes

16 Breaks My Heart

17 Hate

18 You're Gonna Lose

19 She's a Breeder

20 Feeling My Way

db.etree indicates some of these are from the 100% Fun era

YET MORE THANKS to Don at the old ASH blog for sharing.

MP3@320

ASH Tuesday post #40.