San Francisco, CA
March 3, 2002
soundboard-audience matrix (sound quality: EX — a pristine recording)
00 stage entrance, tuning
02 Don't Lie to Me
03 When My Baby's Beside Me
04 I Am the Cosmos
05 Way Out West
06 Till the End of the Day
(The Kinks)
07 The Ballad of El Goodo
08 Back of a Car
09 Daisy Glaze
10 Thirteen
11 Baby Strange (T. Rex)
12 For You
13 Feel
14 September Gurls
15 Big Black Car
16 Thank You Friends
17 Slut (Todd Rundgren)
18 Patti Girl (Gary & The Hornets)
19 Hot Thing
20 Wouldn't It Be Nice? (Beach Boys)
Musicians:
Jody Stephens – drums, vocals
Jon Auer – guitar, vocals
Ken Stringfellow – bass guitar, vocals, keyboards
HUGE THANKS go out to the anonymous recordist and sharer, as well as ccrider895 for getting this out to a wider circle of fans. In case you already snagged ccrider's version, please note this is modestly different, as revealed in the info file.
ROB SEZ: Gotta love it when these little gifts fall out of the digital sky, and for free. (A lot things about the digital era SUCK, but this is not one of them.) Someone with access to a lot of raw soundboard-sourced live music dropped dozens of recordings recently onto the interwebs, with the clear understanding, "You didn't get these from me." This is the only Big Star recording in the bunch, but it's very tasty. Alex seems more engaged than usual here, and there are several standout performances, including my now-favorite live version of "Thirteen." A live performance, however, cannot redeem the dreck that is "Hot Thing," a song tossed off in the studio to add to a BS compilation issued in 2003. Happy to say it's the only bum note I can find. Please enjoy.
