Bailter Space - Auckland, N.Z. 1999 (sbd) + bonus

Sweetwaters Music Fest

Puhinui Reserve

Auckland, New Zealand

Jan. 24, 1999

soundboard recording

(quality: Ex-) 

01 Begin

02 Two Stars

03 Shadow

04 Dark Blue

05 Windows On the World

John Halvorsen & Brent McLachlan of Bailter Space
fab photos by Michael Hall

06 Woke Up

07 Robot World 

08 Splat

09 U.H.F.

ROB SEZ: Christchurch noise rock gurus Bailter Space (aka Bailterspace) aren't really my cup of tea, musically speaking. Yet they fit the bill for this NZ series, and they're the "successor band" to the Gordons. Plus, Bailter Space is undeniably good at what they do. Here we have a lovely 1999 soundboard recording from the master tape source, recorded & generously shared by crankingamps. All praises to him; I'm just passing along his work. The bonus share is a 4-song Dutch radio compilation from a 1994 live session for VPRO and a much shorter VPRO session from 1995. The names of the taper & sharer have gone missing, unfortunately...

Bailter Space plays Edinburgh, 1991
photos above & below by misterworthington

VPRO Radio Live Session

May 1994 (exact date unknown)

FM recording (sound quality: VG+)

01 intro

02 Robot World

03 dj speaks

04 Projects

05 dj speaks again 

06 X

VPRO Radio Live Session

Oct. 1995 (exact date unknown)

FM recording (sound quality: VG+) 

01 Untied

02 interview

FLAC

MP3@320

Owsley - Live & Rare (by request)

(Will) Owsley

Live & Rare archive 

various venues, dates

1997-2004

WHAT'S IN THIS ARCHIVE:

Owsley - Mess With Me (from debut, indie version, 1997) HQ MP3

Owsley - Newark, N.J. 1999-02-21 MP3

Owsley - Newark, N.J. 2000-02-21 HQ MP3

Owsley - Roseville, CA 2000-03-04 HQ MP3

Owsley - Live On Drive 105 (2003) HQ MP3

Owsley - Vintage Vinyl, Nashville, TN 2004-03-04 (untracked) MP3@256 

Owsley - Vintage Vinyl, Nashville, TN 2004-03-20 (RDF edit) HQ MP3

Owsley - photos + Big Takeover scanned article

ROB SEZ: I don't get many requests these days. So when a blog reader left a recent comment, "More Owsley, please!" I was inclined to oblige if I found the time — which I did just a few days ago. Years ago, I created a proper blog post featuring a 2004 FM broadcast by the late, great Will Owsley. In case the name doesn't ring a bell, Will was a master of tasty, crunchy guitar pop. Here is the rest of my ROIO archive for Owsley, featuring live recordings (mostly audience recordings in VG or better quality) plus a rarity. Still want more? Head over to Pop Fair and cross your fingers that Haper still has an active link for the collection of Owsley demos and non-album tracks he put together years ago.

MP3@320

(as received; I do not have these in lossless)

     

VA - Songs of Big Star Live Nov. 2021

Various Artists

The Songs of Big Star 

St. Ann & the Church 

     of the Holy Trinity

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Nov. 7, 2021

audience recording (sound quality: VG++)

ROB SEZ: This was billed as "Songs of Big Star"— a one-of-a-kind acoustic, orchestrated performance featuring Chris Stamey (The dB's), Jody Stephens (Big Star), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), Brett Harris, Charles Cleaver, and Skylar Gudasz (Big Star's Third Live), Crispin Cioe (Uptown Horns) & the Occasional String Quartet. And it all happened in the stunning setting of St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn. When Chris declared a couple of years ago that "Big Star's Third Live" was over, I never thought I'd see something like this again. The performance starts off a little slow, as if the musicians are taking a while to get back in the groove. Stay with it, though, because they definitely find it several songs into the concert. The taper was Lucca. BIG THANKS to him! FYI: the NZ music series continues next week...

01 music intro

02 spoken intro

03 I'm In Love with a Girl 

04 The India Song

05 Kanga Roo

06 Watch the Sunrise

07 Dream Lover 

08 O My Soul

09 Daisy Glaze

10 Night Time

11 Take Care

12 For You 

13 You and Your Sister

14 intermission

15 September Gurls

16 Back of a Car

17 In the Street

18 Jesus Christ

19 February's Quiet 

20 Thirteen

21 Way Out West

22 Holocaust

Songs of Big Star in Brooklyn, earlier this month.
That's Chris on the right.

23 Thank You Friends

24 There Was a Light

25 You Get What You Deserve

26 Give Me Another Chance

27 The Ballad of El Goodo

28 O Dana

29 Femme Fetale [Velvet Underground]

30 I Am the Cosmos [Chris Bell]

31 Don't Go Back to Rockville [R.E.M.]

FLAC

MP3@320

Sneaky Feelings - Hamburg, GR 1987 (aud)

Sneaky Feelings 

Hamburg, Germany

October 12, 1987

audience recording (sound quality: VG-)

01 Husband House

02 There's a Chance 

03 Wouldn't Cry

04 It's So Easy

05 Trouble With Kay

06 Not to Take Sides

07 Now 

08 A Letter to You

09 Won't Change

10 Hard Love

11 In the Shape of a Heart

12 Waiting for Touchdown

13 Better Than Before

14 Broken Man

15 Unknown Cover Song

16 Throwing Stones

17 Discipline

18 Your Secret's Safe with Me 

19 Levin Dream

20 Coming True

21 Amnesia

ROB SEZ:  Here's a true rarity and collector's item: a complete live recording by Dunedin's Sneaky Feelings from 1987.  Sneaky Feelings trafficked in the musical collision between rock and pop typical of Flying Nun's roster, with frequently compelling results. (The band has a musical family tree connection to the Mutton Birds via drummer Ross Burge, who joined Sneaky Feelings in 1989.) This recording turned up recently, and I thought it had unrealized potential. It's an audience capture several generations off the master tape, so I applied some eq to bring up the bass and take the edge off the treble frequencies. After balancing the left & right channels, raising the levels, and adding one pass of compression, I think it's worth a listen — or two! Hearty thanks to DAP for sharing this one and gratitude to the unknown taper.

FLAC

MP3@320