Peter Blegvad - Live 1984 & 1988

Live Collection

1984 & 1988

audience recordings & webstreams (sound quality range VG- to VG+)

I have no idea what this is. But it's got Peter's image, so I'm using it...

ROB SEZ: I will keep posting Peter Blegvad’s music until I run out of rarities and/or more people recognize his genius. So there! 

MANY THANKS to Hans de V and WFMU for sharing PB’s music.

Vinyl Feest, Amsterdam, 1984-04-21

01 Theme from the Orthodontist (instrum.)

02 Weird Monkeys

03 Powers In the Air

04 Naked Shakespeare

05 Karen

06 Lonely Too

07 The Drum

08 Blue Eyed William

09 Why Are You So Quiet?

10 How Beautiful You Are

11 Special Delivery

Live Session, WFMU-FM, East Orange, N.J.

1988 &/or 1989

12 Wife of Usher's Well (trad.)

13 How Beautiful You Are

14 Model of Kindness

15 Strong Simple Silences

16 improvised song

17 Crumb de la Crumb

18 The Driver's Seat (live 1996)

19 Shirt and Comb (alt. version)

TT: 1:09:04

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TRACK INFO:

1-11 = Live show, Vinyl Feest (or perhaps Vinyl Party), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1984-04-21 (aud). Recording by Hans de Vente.

12-17 = Live session(s), WFMU, East Orange, N.J., some time in 1988 and/or 1989; webstream.

18 = Renfrew Ferry, Glasgow, Scotland, 1996. Thanks to ninelox.

19 = Alternate, non-album, version. Appeared on rare compilation Passed Normal, Vol. 4 in 1991. Thanks to devotionalhooligan.

Repercussion: I get the feeling Peter has been friends with Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple for some time, but I don't know how they met, etc. Chris produced Peter B's wonderful King Strut & Other Stories album, on which Peter H did his multi-instrumentalist thing on several of its tracks (well worth seeking out, even though it’s out of print). Chris was a co-conspirator with Peter B in the Golden Palominos. Today, he and Peter H are active members of Radio Free Song Club (which you really should know about...) And one of the very coolest things I’ve ever posted is THIS live concert featuring Peter B’s music, with guest turns by Peter H and Syd Straw.   

 

Learn more about the music of 

Peter Blegvad at AllMusic

& John Relph's beautifully-detailed discography

Peter Blegvad Trio - Italy 2002

Cortile del Castello Estense

Ferrara, Italy

June 14, 2002

audience recording (sound quality VG++; nice, clear recording for an audie)

  

The Peter Blegvad Trio
kind thanks to hibou-anemone-bear.com for this photo

01 Intro

02 Hangman's Hill 

03 On All Fours

04 Waste of Time
05 The Incinerator (aka Perfect Strangers)

06 Bride of Fire

07 Just Woke Up

08 Loss to Mourn

09 Let's Travel Light 

10 Scarred for Life

11 Golden Age / Powers In the Air

12 The Song* 

13 That'll Be Him Now

14 Haiku 
15 Face Off 

16 Driver's Seat 

17 (Something Else Is) Working Harder

18 In Hell's Despite (cut edited at 0:31)

Repercussion: I get the feeling Peter Blegvad has been friends with Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple for some time, but I don't know how they met, etc. Chris produced Peter B's wonderful King Strut & Other Stories album, on which Peter H did his multi-instrumentalist thing on several of its tracks. Well-worth seeking out!  

Another related post, PETER BLEGVAD & FRIENDS LIVE IN 1992, is HERE.

BIG HONKIN' THANKS to the taper and to p.z. for sharing!

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Alt. Link MF

Peter Blegvad Trio:

Peter Blegvad - vocal, guitars

John Greaves - e-bass, vocal (*lead vocal on "The Song")

Chris Cutler - drums
 

Karen Mantler - keyboards, harmonica, glockenspiel, vocal

(she'd make it a quartet, so she's listed as a "guest"!)
 

Peter Blegvad photo by SeánK via Flickr

Peter Blegvad's latest is a collaboration with Andy Partridge (XTC) called Gonwards. It's very different and very cool. Highly recommended. They seem to have a YouTube video for every song on the album!

 

Learn more about the music of 

Peter Blegvad at AllMusic

and John Relph's beautifully-detailed discography
 

The Golden Palominos - Toronto 1987 + bonus

El Mocambo

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

April 1987 (from the "Blast of Silence" tour)

Repercussion: Lots of links between The dB's and The Golden Palominos: Peter H wrote "Diamond," one of the group's best songs (2 versions are featured here). Chris played bass on several of the group's albums and here, on the tracks from the Boston show. Longtime dB's friend Peter Blegvad wrote several GPs songs and sings some of them in these two shows. Another longtime dB's friend, Syd Straw, is the lead singer for many of these.

(Toronto show: audio rip from pro-shot video, sound quality VG+; Boston show: audience rec., sound quality VG-)

Syd Straw and cohorts in The Golden Palominos at the El Mocambo

SAMPLE: "(Kind of) True [Toronto 1987]"

01 Intro + Diamond

02 Angels Voices

03 Work Was New

04 The Push and The Shove

05 Merry Go Round

06 Something Nothing

07 Buenos Aires

08 Quiet Her

09 Rockin' My Soul

10 (Kind of) True

11 Risk of Love

12 When You Love Somebody

13 The Ocean (Led Zeppelin cover)

 

14 The Last Man*

15 Something Else (Is Working Harder)*

16 Without a Trace*

17 Diamond*

*Last 4 are from March 17, 1987, Boston, MA show (audience rec.)

*Chris Stamey on bass & vocals in place of Matthew Sweet

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Alt. Link

Drummer Anton Fier is the founder of The Golden Palominos

LINEUP:

Peter Blegvad: guitar & vocals

Anton Fier: drums

Jody Harris: guitar

Lisa Herman: keyboards & vocals

*Chris Stamey: bass & vocals
Syd Straw: vocals

Matthew Sweet: bass & vocals

Bernie Worrell: organ

 Learn more about The Golden Palominos at AllMusic
 

Peter Blegvad (& friends) - Brooklyn Heights, NY 1992 (FM)

 Here's a gem of a concert by a friend of Chris, Peter and Syd Straw. 

If you've never heard of Peter Blegvad, you're in for a New Music Find treat. 

To my ears, he's something like an American version of Robyn Hitchcock crossed with 
a more melodically-minded Bob Dylan. 
I think this is one of the coolest shows I've shared here so far. 
Leave a comment to let me know what you think of it...
  

with Peter Holsapple & Syd Straw

St. Ann’s Church

Brooklyn Heights, NY

March 14, 1992

FM broadcast (sound quality Ex-; off-air recording, 1^st generation tape)

 

St. Ann's, Brooklyn Heights: Church? Concert hall? Both! 
photo by shehasnostrings via Flickr

BIG HEAPIN' THANKS to the taper who kindly shared his master cassette with me. Embarrassed to say I've lost your name after a trashed email cache, but you know who you are...

01 Powers In the Air

02 The Incinerator (aka "Perfect Strangers")

03 Animated Doll

04 How Beautiful You Are

05 Real Slap In the Face

06 Meteor

07 Chicken

08 Driver's Seat

09 Meet the Rain*

10 Last Man*

11 Meantime

12 Swim
 

13 (thank-you's, etc.)

14 Stranger to Myself

15 Karen*

16 Shirt and Comb (at end of song, had to do fade out & fade in b/c of abrupt cut)

17 Northern Lights*

18 King Strut

19 On Obsession (duet with PH)

20 Gold

21 (Something Else Is) Working Harder

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Alt. Link (Disc 1)
Alt. Link (Disc 2)

Peter Blegvad is a musician, illustrator & cartoonist  
photo by blacque_jacques via Flickr

Lineup:

Peter Blegvad - vocals, guitar

Dave Hofstra - bass

Dave Schramm - guitar

Peter Holsapple – guitar, squeezebox, mandolin (?), keyboard, vocals

*Syd Straw - vocals

MORE ABOUT PETER BLEGVAD

More info about Peter Blegvad's music can be found at AllMusic and John Relph's beautifully-detailed discography. I heard about him because of the Chris & Peter connection, and I've since bought several of his excellent albums, such as:

Chris Stamey produced this one & Peter H plays on many tracks

I get the feeling Peter Blegvad has been friends with Chris and Peter H for some time, but I don't know how they met, etc. Chris produced Peter B's wonderful King Strut & Other Stories album (mentioned in the above concert since many of the songs come from this album). Peter H did his multi-instrumentalist thing on several of its tracks. Sadly, King Strut is now difficult to find at a reasonable price in any format. Some benevolent music label honcho: please get this one back in print for the discerning music lovers of the world!