Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC - Jan. 1982

The dB’s
Cat’s Cradle

Chapel Hill, NC

Jan. 6, 1982

audience recording (sound quality VG; there's fairly persistent background crowd chatter, but it doesn’t ruin the show) 

HIGHLIGHT: It's a previously unknown dB's show from the Repercussion era; so it's ALL highlight!

VERY SIZABLE THANKS to the taper and to dB’s Fan for sharing!
 

THE dB'S - IN FULL FLIGHT

SAMPLE: "Dynamite (Cat's Cradle 1982)"

SET 1:  
01 Living a Lie

02 We Were Happy There

03 Bad Reputation

04 I Feel Good (Today)

05 Storm Warning

06 (I Thought) You Wanted to Know

07 Judy

08 Excitement

09 The Fight

10 Ups and Downs

11 Happenstance

SET 2:

01 Ask for Jill (cuts in)

02 Soul Kiss

03 Dynamite

04 Molly Says

05 The Summer Sun

06 Big Time

07 Neverland

08 (applause, hooting, catcalls, etc)

09 Big Brown Eyes 

MP3@320 
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The dB’s:

Gene Holder – bass guitar

Peter Holsapple – guitar, vocals, keyboard

Will Rigby – drums, backing vocals

Chris Stamey – guitar, vocals
  

The Station - Carrboro, NC, Oct. 1980

The dB's
The Station

Carrboro, NC

Oct. 29, 1980

audience recording (sound quality VG++; from copy of master tape). There’s persistent, but not annoying, crowd chatter. Occasional distortion on the vocals when they get loud, but it's not a major hairy deal...  

Highlights: The earliest-known live outing for “Spitting In the Wind” plus a coupla songs that later appeared on Repercussion. Will Rigby fans take note: the man’s on fire here, even more than usual, and his drums are prominent in the mix.
 

I've never been to The Station in Carrboro. 
But if this wall mural is any indicator, it must be pretty cool...

BIG HUGE THANKS to the taper and dB’s Fan for the generous share! 

SAMPLE: "If and When (The Station 1980)"

01 (I Thought) You Wanted to Know

02 Spitting In the Wind

03 Black and White

04 What I Dig

05 I Feel Good (Today)

06 Judy

07 Dynamite

08 Soul Kiss

09 pH Factor

10 Living a Lie

11 You Can't Take Her Away from Me

12 Tomorrow Never Knows

13 Bad Reputation

14 Big Brown Eyes

15 You Got It Wrong

16 Death Garage

17 The Summer Sun

18 instrumental

19 The Fight

20 My Back Pages

21 If and When

22 Tearjerkin'

23 Everlasting Love 

TT: 73:19

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(note: although the files say "Cat's Cradle," the show is actually

this one from The Station, Oct. 29, 1980)

It's called "The Station" because it's used to BE a train station...

The dB’s:

Chris Stamey – guitar & vocals

Peter Holsapple – guitar, organ & vocals

Gene Holder – bass

Will Rigby – drums