Soft Boys - Hoboken, N.J. 1980 + Live 2001-'02

Maxwell’s

Hoboken, N.J.

Sept. 6, 1980

audience recording (VG; club show, with plusses outweighing the minuses by a solid margin) 

01 Kingdom of Love

02 Out of the Picture

03 Zip Zip

04 Human Music

05 I Wanna Destroy You

06 Only the Stones Remain 

07 Leppo & the Jooves

08 Queen of Eyes

09 There's Nobody Like You

10 Underwater Moonlight

11 Insanely Jealous

12 Astronomy Domine

ROB SEZ: I purchased this recently as a silver (pressed) boot. I transferred the files losslessly, then used Audacity to tidy them up, applying fades & enough eq to remove the uncomfortable tinny-ness that first greeted my ears. To compensate for the not-quite-ideal result, I’ve added the following two live radio sessions from 2001 and 2002. I recorded, transferred, tracked, & eq’d them for your listening pleasure. (Notice the lack of track duplication with the MBE sessions, though just 19 months apart.) If you've never had the pleasure, I highly recommend reading Kimberley Rew's eyewitness account of the Soft Boys. I have a few more Soft Boys sets I can share, but some encouraging comments will be helpful if you really want 'em...

Front Man Syndrome: does Robyn ever get tired of being the only guy in the photo?

‘Morning Becomes Eclectic’ with Nic Harcourt

KCRW-FM

Robyn has company this time, thanks to the Soft Boys

Santa Monica, CA
April 9, 2001
(broadcast date)

What an amazing radio station. Thanks, KCRW...

web stream (sound quality VG+ to VG++) 

01 intro

02 Kingdom of Love

03 Old Pervert

04 My Mind Is Connected 

     to Your Dreams

05 I Wanna Destroy You

06 interview

07 Sudden Town

08 Underwater Moonlight

09 The Face of Death

10 Pulse of My Heart

11 outro

Nov. 4, 2002 (broadcast date)

[all other info same as above]

01 intro

02 Queen of Eyes

03 Unprotected Love

04 Chinese Bones

05 Seven-Winged Bat 

06 interview

07 Narcissus

08 La Cherité

09 song intro + tuning

10 If You Know Time

11 final chat

MP3@320

Sample the tasty musical madness of the Soft Boys here (1980 live clip)

Learn more about the Soft Boys' music at 

Trouser Press and AllMusic