dB's - NYC & London 1981

LOSSLESS RE-POST

The Ritz

New York, NY
June 12, 1981
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The Old Grey Whistle Test
London, UK
July 3, 1981

  
soundboard recordings (quality: VG++)

Will often ends up in the center of these old group shots, looking very cool.

Stephanie Chernikowski photo

The Ritz NYC 1981-06-12

Newly-unearthed photos of dB's live gig: Hope & Anchor, 1981

London gig photos by R. Plews (see more photos & read story HERE)

01 Big Brown Eyes           

02 I Feel Good (Today)

03 We Should Be In Bed  

04 Dynamite

05 Cycles Per Second

06 Death Garage

07 If and When

OGWT London 1981-07-03

08 Cycles Per Second

09 pH Factor

10 Big Brown Eyes

The dB's:

Chris Stamey

Will Rigby

Gene Holder

Peter Holsapple 

ROB SEZ: It wasn’t hard to pick the first music post for the blog. I’m guessing 1981 was a very cool time to be in The dB’s. The debut album was out, receiving rave reviews, and the band played hip places like The Ritz in NYC and at "The Old Grey Whistle Test" in London. The 1981 Ritz set is one of the few soundboard recordings in The dB’s ROIO canon. You can judge for yourself, of course, but I think the guys are firing on all cylinders. The OGWT tracks are fun to listen to, but even more fun to watch. Find ‘em on YouTube.

BIG THANKS to the original tapers & sharers, especially lilpanda for superior versions of the NYC tracks. I first saw these online at the late, lamented NargoTheBort's Deviant Subculture blog.

FLAC (OGWT tracks = MP3)

MP3@320