The dB's - Hoboken, N.J. 2007 (sbd)

Yo La Tengo Hanukkah Show 
Maxwell's
Hoboken, N.J.
Dec. 6, 2007

  

soundboard-audience matrix recording (quality: Ex-)

The dB's — invited by Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo
... and they sing "Hanukkah Time"! 

01 intro

02 We Were Happy There 

03 Soul Kiss

04 You Got It Wrong

05 The Fight

06 Ash

07 Home for the Holidays

08 Love Is for Lovers

09 Hanukkah Time

10 Big Brown Eyes

11 World to Cry

12 Excitement

13 Dynamite

14 Amplifier

15 (I Thought) You Wanted 

     to Know

16 Cycles Per Second

17 Neverland

ROB SEZ: I do love these surprise soundboard recordings that drop unexpectedly into my lap! HUGE THANKS to YLTfan for recording and to neil d for mixing and mastering this one, which sounds fantastic. Speaking of surprises, check out the super deep cut "Ash" from Ride the Wild Tom-Tom, which might not have been played live prior to this gig. This is the only known live soundboard recording of the band from 2007. 

Here's Ira Kaplan's dB's rave from his 2007 Hanukkah diary:  I’ve said it before, and I said it onstage last night, and I’m saying it again: Without the dB’s, it’s unlikely there would be Yo La Tengo. I’ll save the many reasons for the Director’s Cut of this diary, but suffice to say that sharing a stage with them on Thursday night was exciting and emotional beyond reason. Back to the classic quartet for the first time since their comeback shows, they opened with “We Were Happy There” from Repercussion. What followed was incredible. Some of the hits, of course — “Amplifier,” “Neverland,” “Love Is for Lovers,” “Dynamite,” “Big Brown Eyes” . . . who am I kidding, all their songs are hits in my book. And a selection of oddities — “Soul Kiss”! “You Got It Wrong”! “Christmas Time” revised to “Hanukkah Time”! “Excitement”! — that had me choked up from start to finish. They’ll be at Southpaw tonight, and so would I if I weren’t otherwise occupied. 

REPERCUSSION: Explore the connections between The dB's and Yo La Tengo HERE.

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