Cat's Cradle
Carrboro, N.C.
May 26, 1994
soundboard recording (quality: VG++)
01 intro
02 Beautiful Things
04 Meluzina Man
05 Sing Song
06 The Young and Restless
07 The Golden Grove
08 Man On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
09 Sunken Treasure
10 The Venus Trail
11 Hey Seuss
12 Cash None
13 Outer Space
14 Ritual Tragick
15 encore break
16 Hairs
TT: 54:27 mins.
The 3D's:
David Saunders - guitar, vocals
Dave Mitchell - guitar, vocals
Denise Roughan - bass, vocals
Domenic Stones - drums
ROB SEZ: Honestly, I'm not that familiar with The 3Ds, so I don't have a lot to say about this blazing live set. Thankfully, the taper and uploader, mrpember, had some comments. I quote him verbatim, with my deep thanks for his generosity:
Great set from this great New Zealand noise-pop band. Their album The Venus Trail had just been released in the U.S. on Merge Records so this was a bit of a 'showcase' for the label and it went extremely well, they got a legitimate encore which was rare for an opening band. The board mix took a few songs to dial in but for most of this set it is excellent.
As I normally did after recording bands who were on their label, I dropped a cassette of this show off at the Merge Records office in Chapel Hill the day after the show. I got a call later that day or the next day asking if I could drop off three more copies, the band thought it was one of the best shows they'd ever played and really liked the tape and each member wanted a copy.
They were the second band that night, following the Raymond Brake and followed by The Archers of Loaf (who seemed a bit intimidated to follow them).
Thanks for posting this. David Saunders was one of the two vocalists/guitarists and Domenic Stones was the drummer (he was previously a guitarist in the Auckland based Flying Nun band Bird Nest Roys).
ReplyDeleteThank you for the correction. I've updated the post.
DeleteYes, many thanks! I didn't discover the 3D's until after they broke up, but "Beautiful Things" is a beautiful thing to hear.
ReplyDeleteThey've got a unique sound, I think. Worth a good listen...
DeleteTrack 10 (unidentified) is the title track of their album The Venus Trail
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