Let's Active - Atlanta, GA 1989

The Cotton Club
Atlanta, GA
Dec. 28, 1989

audience recording (sound quality VG--; gets an extra ‘minus’ in the sound quality grading because it comes across like a multi-generation copy of a mediocre-sounding master tape with more than usual audience chatter — HOWEVER, I recommend listening to the sample because the performance & several rarely-heard tunes make this one worth a try)

Let's Active was touring behind their
final studio album in 1989

01 Spanish Castle Magic (Jimi Hendrix cover)
02 Night Train
03 Fell
04 Get Free*
05 Horizon
06 All Roads Lead to Hell
07 Prey
08 Mr. Fool
09 Reflecting Pool
10 Every Word Means No
11 Rain (Beatles cover)
12 I Feel Funny
13 Too Bad
14 Every Dog Has His Day
15 I Gotcha' (Joe Tex cover)
16 I Can't Reach You (Who cover)
17 Ten Layers Down
18 In Little Ways
 
*later recorded for first Shalini album, We Want Jelly Donuts


MP3@320

A thoughtful Mitch Easter, circa 1988

 
Musicians:
Mitch Easter - guitars & vocals
Angie Carlson - keyboards, vocals, 
                        additional guitars
Jon Heames - bass
Eric Marshall - drums

dB's-related RSD 2014 Black Friday release

dB's & Let's Active related vinyl

released on Record Store Day

Sneakers was the 1970's-era combo led by Chris Stamey, 

a group that also included Will Rigby & Mitch Easter.
   

On "Black Friday", Omnivore Recordings reissued Sneakers' debut EP on vinyl, with the original six tracks, plus three more (including 1 previously unissued).

Limited edition of 1,500

Enclosed download card gives access to digital files for all tracks. 
     

READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE.

Buy the digital download for just $7.99!

   

Let's Active Reunion Show (!) Aug. 9, 2014

A Let's Active

REUNION SHOW

is scheduled for

Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014

Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, N.C.

An eagle-eyed friend of the blog alerted me to the above listing at the Cat's Cradle web site, and Mitch Easter confirmed today that original Let's Active drummer Sara Romweber will be playing with him:

"Occasionally I'm asked about Let's Active playing at some event and my stock answer has always been 'if you can get Sara to do it, sure...' and that's been the end of it, but in this case somebody got in touch with her and asked and she said yes!  So, she and I are doing this charity show in Carrboro." Mitch went on to describe a recent rehearsal with Sara as "really good. She just has a sound that makes that stuff sound right." A bassist has been identified who will play with Mitch and Sara.

Blurt Online has this preview story.
Get more info and buy tickets at
the Cat's Cradle web site. 
  

Let's Active - Every Dog Has His DEMOS (link)

Let's  Active - Every Dog Has His Day DEMOS

Pretty good week to be a fan of LA,

what with this newly-posted promo video,

the 1988 live show here at this blog,

and the set of demos just in at Wilfully Obscure.

ENJOY! 

Let's Active - In Little Ways promo video

This just in on YouTube:

"In Little Ways" promo video

THANK YOU whitesharks3 for sharing...

Who can answer the questions:

1) Where was this filmed?

2) Did Mitch wear eyeliner totally of his own free will?
3) Did Angie really have to lug a piano

through the woods?

 

Gravel Truck - Winston-Salem 2008 + bonus

Gravel Truck (Letch Actively cover band)

The Wherehouse

Winston-Salem, NC

August 8, 2008

audience recording (sound quality VG-; sounds like it’s from a first-gen. source; some crowd chatter is evident, but doesn’t dominate)

‘BOY HOWDY!’ THANKS to dB’s Fan for sharing, as usual.
 

Shalini & 'Mick' playing at the late, great Milestone Club in Charlotte, NC
photo by CNS via Flickr

GRAVEL TRUCK was the name given to the Letch Actively cover band — fronted by none other than Mick Ersatz himself.

This was the second of night of the four-day Revolve Film Festival organized by Shalini Chatterjee, and was the night of musical entertainment. Shalini's husband, Mick Ersatz, pulled together a band of friends and performed a set of nothing but Letch Actively songs. Tim Lee, an alum of the road band from years ago though played bass with his wife Susan helping out on vocals.

SAMPLE: "Waters Part (W-S 2008)"

01  Every Word Means No

02  Ornamental

03  Reflecting Pool

04  Talking To Myself

05  Badger

06  Still Dark Out

07  band intros

08  Flags For Everything

09  In Little Ways

10  Bad Machinery

11  Waters Part

12  crowd noise

13  Easy Does
 

Gravel Truck plays The Wherehouse in 2008

photo by Todd Evans via Flickr

Gravel Truck:

Mick Ersatz: guitars, vocals

Shalini Chatterjee: guitars, keyboards, vocals

Tim Lee: bass, vocals

Susan Bauer Lee: vocals

Chris Garges: drums

BONUS LIVE TRACKS:

Badger (live, acoustic)              Letch Actively (live, somewhere)

Sudden Crown Drop (live)         Mick Ersatz (live, somewhere)

Break Through (live)                 Mick Ersatz (live, somewhere)

Moral Kiosk (live)                      Rapid Eye Movement (Mitch on vocals)

HQMP3 (@192 & 320 kbps)

Alt. Link (@192 & 320 kbps)

 IF YA LIKE THIS ONE, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT  

THE GRAVEL TRUCK SHOW POSTED 

AT WILFULLY OBSCURE — RIGHT HERE