Let's Active - Los Angeles 1989

LOSSLESS REPOST

Club Lingerie

Los Angeles, CA

March 24, 1989

Mitch at a Let's Active show, 1989

audience recording (sound quality: VG; a solid audience recording from the master tape with only a modest amount of crowd noise)
 

ROB SEZ: One of the better late-period L.A. shows in my collection, with a good performance & sound quality. I decided to repost it in FLAC in 2026 after realizing how few of these are available to enjoy.

01 stage entrance, tuning
02 Orpheus In Hades Lounge
03 Night Train
04 Fell
05 Sweepstakes Winner
06 Horizon
07 In Little Ways
08 Too Bad
09 I Feel Funny
10 Mr. Fool
11 Badger
12 Every Word Means No
13 Last Chance Town
14 Every Dog Has His Day
15 Ten Layers Down
 

FLAC

MP3@320

Indianapolis show, 1986

Let’s Active:

Mitch Easter – guitars, vocals
Jon Heames - bass
Eric Marshall – drums
Angie Carlson – keyboards, vocals, additional guitar
 

WORD TO THE WISE: if you poke around a bit, you should find 
a very groovy set of bonus tracks somewhere... 

 

The dB's (etc.) - RSD 2026 releases to grab

A live dB's album? 

You mean an OFFICIALLY-RELEASED LIVE ALBUM from The dB's?!?

Yes, Virginia, there is a benevolent, music-loving Santa Claus. 

The upcoming Record Store Day will feature The dB's Cycles Per Second: US Tour 2024 as well as archival material from Tommy Keene (Songs From the Film: The 1984 Reflection Sessions), Marshall Crenshaw (The Bootleg Sounds of Marshall Crenshaw 1984-1987), and Talking Heads (The CBS/Columbia Demos).

Regarding the dB's live LP, April 18 will see Propeller Sound release a special version for nut cases like us: "Pressed on Firework Splatter vinyl for Record Store Day 2026, with a full-color insert of tour photos. Limited to 1500 copies." It's mixed by Chris Stamey (de rigueur), and here's the track listing:

A SIDE: A1. Black and White A2. Big Brown Eyes A3. Love Is for Lovers A4. Happenstance A5. Cycles Per Second A6. Lonely Is (As Lonely Does)

B SIDE: B1. That Time Is Gone B2. She's Not Worried B3. Ask for Jill B4. Amplifier B5. Neverland B6. Dynamite B7. Window to a Screen

Don't sleep through this one. Although The dB's RSD selection (alas) probably won't disappear terribly soon with a pressing of 1,500, the Tommy Keene release will be limited to 1,000 copies and the Crenshaw collection to just 900 (both as "Limited Run / Regional Focus" releases).

 

Happy Hunting.