Flamin' Groovies - Stuttgart 1987 + Paris 2015

Maxim

Stuttgart, Germany

Oct. 12, 1987

audience recording (sound quality VG to VG+; there's some occasional vocal distortion & early sound adjustment issues)

01 Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies — rock the house today & yesterday (below)

02 Call Me Lightning (The Who)

03 Feel a Whole Lot Better

     (The Byrds) 

04 I Can't Hide

05 A Million Miles Away

     (The Plimsouls) 

06 Step Up

07 Can't Stay Away from You*

08 Shakin'

09 Milkcow Blues

     (John Estes via The Kinks)

10 Shake Some Action (fades out)

11 Slow Death — In the U.S.A.

12 Baby Please Don’t Go (Them)

13 Jumpin’ In the Night

14 Slow Down

15 Almost Grown

16 Bittersweet (Hoodoo Gurus)

*trk 7 — brief tape glitch at 0:20

The Flamin’ Groovies (1987 lineup):
Cyril Jordan - guitars, vocals
George Alexander - bass
Jack Johnson - guitar, vocals
Paul Zahl - drums

Le Trabendo

Paris, France

June 18, 2015

audience recording (quality VG to VG+; there’s a slight metallic after-taste here, but overall a very good capture)

00 intro, stage entrance tuning

01 Feel a Whole Lot Better (The Byrds)

02 You Tore Me Down

03 I Can't Hide

04 I Want You Bad (NRBQ)

05 Yes I Am 

06 Tallahassee Lassie (Freddy Cannon) 

07 St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy)

08 Don't You Lie to Me (Chuck Berry)

09 She Said Yeah (Larry Williams) 

10 Married Woman (Frankie Lee Simms)

11 Between the Lines

12 Slow Death

13 Shake Some Action

14 Teenage Head

15 Let Me Rock (new version, old tune) 

16 Jumpin' Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)

ROB SEZ: These live shows demonstrate what Groovies fans have known for a long time: the group started out as a cover band, and never stopped loving & covering classic rock & pop tunes. Along the way, they recorded some pretty good songs of their own. BIG THANKS to spurensicherung.blogspot for sharing the 1987 set and to Patrick for sharing the 2015 Paris show. This marks the end of the Flamin' Groovies mini series. ENJOY!

MP3@320 (1987 set = 256kbps)

Learn more about The Flamin' Groovies' music at Trouser Press and AllMusic

     

Flamin' Groovies - Live 1980 + 1981

The Old Waldorf

San Francisco, CA

Dec. 24, 1980

FM recording (sound quality VG to VG+) 

01 tuning up, intro

02 They Have Never Been In Love

03 Dizzy Miss Lizzy

04 Back In the U.S.S.R

05 Do I Love You?

06 River Deep, Mountain High

07 Let It Rock

08 A Hard Day's Night

09 Feel a Whole Lot Better

10 Baby, Please Don't Go

11 Fall On You

12 Shake Some Action

13 Ju Ju Man

'Under the Covers' liberated boot

Demos + Live in San Francisco 1980-1981

FM & soundboard recordings (sound quality VG)

ROB SEZ: More groovy Groovies boots, the first of which is courtesy of Don from the old ASH blog, and the second from some kind soul whose identity is lost to me. (If you're the one & stumble upon this post, thanks a bunch!) Look for at least 1 more post in this series soon.

MP3@320

ASH Tuesday post #63

Flamin' Groovies - Live 1978 + 1979

Justin Herman Plaza
San Francisco, CA 
Sept. 19, 1979
KSAN broadcast

FM recording (sound quality VG; multi-generation tape source)

Sire Records Press Party

Notre Dame Hall

London, UK

July 12, 1978 

audience recording (sound quality VG+; master tape source from Hans de Vente)

01 Feel a Whole Lot Better

02 I’ll Cry Instead

03 19th Nervous Breakdown

04 Paint It Black

05 Shake Some Action

06 Absolutely Sweet Marie

07 Let It Rock

08 Around and Around

ROB SEZ: This marks the start of a Flamin' Groovies mini series here at the Repercussion blog. If you're a regular reader and don't know the Groovies, this might be a good time to check them out. They're a great mix of rock, pop and garage that's hard to beat. Special thanks this time around to Angelo from Power Pop Criminals, my source for the 1979 set, and Hans de Vente, who a few years ago shared a digital transfer of his master recording of the 1978 set.

MP3@320

           

Learn more about The Flamin' Groovies' music at Trouser Press and AllMusic