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Friday, September 28

dB's - Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC 1981

LOSSLESS RE-POST
The dB's
Cat's Cradle
Chapel Hill, NC
Oct. 24, 1981

audience recording

BIG THANKS to the taper and glenn s for the share!

Special highlight: The Valleydale Meats jingle. If you like that one, you'll enjoy the live version of that B&G Pies ad in an upcoming post...

Chapel Hill? Carrboro? 
Folks who actually live there don't know where one ends & the other begins... 

Cat's Cradle interior (Ryan Russell photo)
















ROB SEZ: One of the rarer early shows available to enjoy — and enjoy is the word, since this is a nice-sounding recording with terrific performances, several covers, and a generous selection of songs from Repercussion — some of which are not available on other live recordings.


DISC 1
01 (I Thought) You Wanted to Know
02 Bad Reputation
03 Dynamite        
04 Soul Kiss
05 Big Brown Eyes
06 I Feel Good (Today)
07 pH Factor
08 Ups and Downs
09 Storm Warning
10 The Fight
11 Excitement
12 Black and White
13 Big Time
14 Judy

DISC 2
01 Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles)
02 The Summer Sun
03 The Summer Sun (coda)
04 I Walked with a Zombie (Roky Erikson)
05 Ask for Jill
06 Nothing Is Wrong
07 In Spain
08 We Were Happy There
09 Happenstance
10 Neverland
11 Sweet Home Alabama (tease - Lynyrd Skynyrd)
12 If and When
13 Time Has Come Today (Chamber Brothers)
14 On the Brink (Sneakers)
15 Valleydale jingle
16 Ninety-Six Tears (? & The Mysterians; end cut/fade)

Disc 2
        
The dB's:
Chris Stamey
Will Rigby
Gene Holder
Peter Holsapple

         

Friday, September 21

dB's - Cat's Cradle - Chapel Hill, NC 1981 (sbd)

LOSSLESS REPOST
The dB's
Cat's Cradle
Chapel Hill, NC
Oct. 24, 1981
  
soundboard recording (NOTE: 24 tracks sbd.; 6 tracks at end are from the audience recording)
   
ABUNDANT THANKS to the taper, glenn s for the original share, and to dB’s Fan for sharing his soundboard recording.
       
photo by CarolinaTim via Flickr
DISC 1
01 (I Thought) You Wanted to Know
02 Bad Reputation
03 Dynamite        
04 Soul Kiss
05 Big Brown Eyes
06 I Feel Good (Today)
07 pH Factor
08 Ups and Downs
09 Storm Warning
10 The Fight
11 Excitement
12 Black and White
13 Big Time
14 Judy

DISC 2
01 Tomorrow Never Knows
02 The Summer Sun
03 I Walked With a Zombie (Roky Erikson cover)
04 Ask for Jill
05 Nothing Is Wrong
06 In Spain
07 We Were Happy There
08 Happenstance
09 Neverland
     **soundboard recording ends here; continues with audience recording**
10 Sweet Home Alabama (tease, Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
11 If and When
12 Time Has Come Today (Chamber Bros. cover)
13 On the Brink (Sneakers song)
14 Valleydale jingle
15 96 Tears (end cut - ? & The Mysterians cover)
    
16 Death Garage (sbd. track from Oct. 23; was not played Oct. 24)   

photo by Chapel Hill magazine
    
The dB’s:
Gene Holder – bass guitar
Peter Holsapple – guitar, vocals, keyboard
Will Rigby – drums, backing vocals
Chris Stamey – guitar, vocals