Don Dixon, M. Crenshaw, etc. - Boulder, CO 1992 (sbd)

'In Their Own Words' 
The Fox Theater
Boulder, CO
May 28, 1992

soundboard recording (quality: VG; sounds like a 2nd- or 3rd-generation tape source)

The greatness of Don Dixon extends all the
way down to his Chuck Taylors...

DISC ONE
01  Cheap Chatter (cuts in)
03  Walkin' Around *
04  If She Knew What She Wants + 
05  Your Man of Steel ^
06  [untitled, unfinished song]
08  Someday Someway *
09  Much Too Much +
11  Darlene ^
12  Borrowed Time
14  Your First Love *

DISC TWO
01  If We Never Meet Again +
02  Hometown ^
03  Renaissance Eyes (fades in)
05  (You're My) Favorite Waste of Time *
06  All Through the Night +
07  Rain Just Falls ^
08  Dark End of the Street 
10  Julie *
11  Love Hurts +
12  Didn't He Know? ^

WHO SANG WHICH SONG?

Don Dixon (no symbol)  *Marshall Crenshaw

+Jules Shear   ^David Halley

(James McMurtry also performed, but his performances & comments are not included here. This explains the funky numbering: McMurtry's stuff would've appeared where numbers have been skipped.)



ROB SEZ: I usually don't go in for a lot of chit-chat between songs, but I'll make an exception for talent like Marshall Crenshaw, Don Dixon & Jules Shear. Each singer takes the lead on 5 of his own songs or a choice cover, and much of the talk about songs & song-writing is a pleasure to hear. MEGA THANKS to lilpanda for another of his extraordinary shares. (Don Dixon & Marti Jones fans take note: be sure to poke around a bit for the bonus share.)

FLAC

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Marti Jones & Don Dixon - 2 Mtn. Stage shows + 1988

Mountain Stage Live & 1988 set

FM & soundboard recordings (sound quality: VG+ to Ex-)

Marti & Don - Motorco, Durham, N.C. in 2011. stunning photo by ASH CROWE

ABUNDANT THANKS to NPR’s Mountain Stage for hosting such a cool show and making some of their broadcasts available on the web. THANKS ALSO to dB’s Fan for sharing the soundboard recording of Marti & Don at The dB’s 1988 reunion show.

Mountain Stage
Live radio broadcast (FM)

Charleston, WV
June 5, 2011

00 Larry Groce intro

01 Feels Like 1972

02 You Remind Me

03 Walk Outside

04 Trouble Is as Troubles Does

05 Hanging My Laundry

06 outro

DON & MARTI at Mountain Stage: above & below
from 2014, this one 2013 (all 3 by Amos Perrine)

Mountain Stage
Charleston, WV

May 19, 2013
(FM)

07 intro

08 My Felon Girlfriend

09 Always

10 The Night That Otis Died

11 These Arms of Mine (cover)

12 outro

The dB’s First Reunion Show

Charlotte, NC
May 15, 1988
(soundboard)

13 Talk to Me
14 Heart In a Box

15 Back of the Line

16 I Don't Want Him (Anymore) 

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Errata: not sure how this happened, but tracks 15 & 16 are untitled. You can fix that after downloading, can't you?

Learn more about the music of Don Dixon and Marti Jones at Don's web site, Don & Marti's FB page, or AllMusic (Don, Marti).

 

R. E. M. - Murmuring Demos & Alts.

CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED

Murmuring Demos & Alts.
1981-1983

(the debut album in demos & alternate mixes)

Artwork included in the download; make yer own boot!
 (thanks to REMchout for the original image)

various sources (all lossless: the best available)

sound quality: variable (VG to Ex-)

The rare 1981 'Cassette Set'
one of the sources for this collection
(thank you, Analog Loyalist)

01 Radio Free Europe (cassette set)

02 Pilgrimage (live debut, 1982)

03 Laughing (demo 1982)

04 Talk About the Passion (alt. mix)

05 Moral Kiosk (alt. mix)

06 Perfect Circle (alt. mix)

07 Catapult (the hated Hague demo!)

08 Sitting Still (cassette set)

09 9-9 (alt. mix)

10 Shaking Through (demo 1981 or '82)

11 We Walk (alt. mix)

12 West of the Fields (alt. mix)

13 Ages of You (demo 1981 or '82)

14 There She Goes Again  
      (studio run-through)

15 studio chatter

16 That Beat (studio run-through)

17 Radio Free Europe Dub (cassette set)

First 12 tracks are sequenced to match the album

TT: 58:18

WAV lossless files
  
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Bill's out front -- for once!

ROB SEZ: Long-time coming, this one. Took lots of hunting for best-quality sources, musical puzzle work, tweaking tracks in Audacity, etc. But I'm pleased with how it turned out. Some of the "alt. mixes" don't sound radically different from the released masters, but it's fun to listen for the subtle variations. Others sound quite different. Couldn't resist using the much-reviled Stephen Hague demo for "Catapult" (not nearly as awful as the band would have you believe). Also had to use the live debut of "Pilgrimage" because the song's first studio demo (Mitch & Don Dixon's audition to produce Murmur) turned out so well, it became the master for the album. Don't miss the bonus tracks, featuring some of my favorite rarities from this era.

used this one, too

TRACK NOTES:

1, 8, 17 = Cassette Set tracks, rec. April 1981 by Mitch Easter (no Hibbert overdubs, no remixes). Thanks to Chris H. & Analog Loyalist for sharing.

2 = Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA (WFRG-FM broadcast) 1982-05-14, from Red Robin boot CD Radio Free Georgia

3, 10, 13 = The Essential Demos, Vol. 1 boot CD

4-7, 9, 11, 12, 14-16 = from Murmur Rough Mixes & Demos collection, thought to be early monitor/guide mixes, created in early 1983 prior to final mixing & mastering of the album. Thanks to JEMS and Mike Ziegler; thanks also to Analog Loyalist for his re-worked versions, shared here.

In case you missed it:

R. E. M.'s Chronic Town EP -

'Revisited' in demo form - is HERE
  

Don Dixon - Bottom Line, NYC 1989 (sbd)

DD & friends

The Bottom Line

New York, NY

July 18, 1989

featuring The Uptown Horns

soundboard recording (quality Ex-)

NOTE: the first track is not indicative of what the rest of the show is like; ENJOY!

Don looks like this when he sings so he can make that soulful sound...

01 EEE

02 Cat Out of the Bag

03 Bad Reputation (dB’s cover / P. Holsapple tune)

04 The Dark End of the Street

DD & Marti Jones: still making
great music today

05 Sweet Surrender

06 Roots of Truth

07 Calling Out for Love (at Crying Time)

08 Oh Cheap Chatter

09 Girls L.T.D.

10 The Real One (Marti lead vocal)

11 Helen

12 Love Gets Strange

13 Silent Scream

14 I Can Hear the River

15 band intros

16 Gimme Little Sign

17 Praying Mantis - Louie Louie

TT: 1:11:55

More info about who wrote the songs, etc., can be found in the music file comment tags.

BIG THANKS to lilpanda for sharing this one. He’s often trying to turn people on to Don’s music, which is a cool thing to do...

Don & Marti: way back when. Making music on the porch in N.C...
photo by Harvey Wang  SEE WHAT DD & MJ are up to at their FB page

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Musicians:

Don Dixon – vocals, bass

Jamie Hoover – guitar, vocals

Marti Jones – guitar, vocals

Jim Brock – drums, percussion

Denny Fongheiser – drums, percussion

The Uptown Horns:

Bob Funk - trombone

Paul Litterall – trumpet & flugelhorn
Arno Hecht – tenor sax
Crispin Cioe – alto & baritone sax

Learn more about the music of

Don Dixon (& Marti) at Don's web site
Don's latest musical project is BVD (Brooke Vitale Dixon), 
a power rock trio that just issued a self-titled album.
  

Marti Jones & Don Dixon - San Francisco 1991

Slim’s

San Francisco, CA

Feb. 26, 1991

soundboard recording (quality Ex--; low-generation tape source; there is, at times, some vocal distortion, and the percussion is occasionally louder than the vocals; otherwise a delightful recording)

Marti Jones & Don Dixon:
A cute couple, yes; but also great music makers 
photo by fizzgigVA via Flickr

 

ALL PRAISE to the taper and especially to lilpanda for sharing

REPERCUSSION: Connections between The dB's, Mitch Easter and Don Dixon? Where to start?? Don was one of the N.C. musicians / producers who paved the way for younger guys like Chris, Peter & Mitch. Don & Mitch co-produced R.E.M.'s first two albums. When Don produced Marti Jones' first albums, he recruited Mitch to play guitar and persuaded Marti to record The dB's / Peter Holsapple classic "Lonely Is as Lonely Does." Dixon and Jones married, and are together today, still making music and playing live from time to time.

01 Talk to Me*

02 Heart In a Box*

03 We're Doing Alright

04 banter 1

05 Silent Screen*

06 banter 2

07 The Man Who Would Be King

08 banter 3

09 Different Danger^

10 Borrowed Time*

11 Love Gets Strange
      (Don Dixon / John Hiatt)

12 banter 4

13 Crusher

14 Follow You All Over the World

15 Any Kind of Lie*^

16 I Can Hear the River*

17 Tourist Town*^

18 Sweet Surrender*

19 You Can't Take Love for Granted (Graham Parker cover)

20 Back of the Line*^

21 Praying Mantis* / When a Man Loves a Woman

*written by Don Dixon

^written by Marti Jones

You can delete the "banter" tracks (4, 6, 8 & 12) and still have a seamless show. Names of other song composers can be found in the comment tag for each song file.

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Musicians:

Jim Brock - percussion

Don Dixon - guitar, vocals

Marti Jones - vocals, guitar
 
 

Learn more about the music of Don Dixon and Marti Jones at Don's web site, Don & Marti's FB page, or AllMusic (Don, Marti).