Long Ryders - Leuven, Belgium 1985 (sbd)

LOSSLESS RE-POST

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Leuven, Belgium

Nov. 5, 1985

soundboard recording (quality Ex-; a really fine recording, with typically iffy sound on the first track until the levels get properly adjusted)

SOURCE: transfer from silver boot (factory-pressed CD) on the Japanese "Octopus" label
      

The Long Ryders: back when the world seemed a bit more conquerable...

01 Tell It to the Judge On Sunday (fades in)

02 Lights of Downtown

03 Run Dusty Run

04 Wreck of the 809

05 Time Keeps Traveling

06 You Just Can't Ride the Boxcars Anymore

07 Two Kinds of Love

08 Ivory Tower

09 Capturing the Flag

10 I Had a Dream

11 Final Wild Son

12 Sweet Mental Revenge

13 State of My Union

14 Still Get By (fades out)

15 Looking for Lewis & Clark (fades in)

16 Silver Wings

17 10-5-60

18 Southside of the Story

   
19 Baby, We All Gotta Go Down*

20 (Sid reads album reviews, with accompaniment)*

21 10-5-60*

*last 3 tracks from different show, London, UK Dec. 1, 1985

TT: 74 mins., 36 secs.

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The Long Ryders:

Sid Griffin - guitar, vocals, harmonica

Stephen McCarthy - guitar, banjo, & vocals

Greg Sowders - drums, percussion

Tom Stevens - bass, vocals
 

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The Long Ryders - Philadelphia 1987

Chestnut Cabaret

Philadelphia, PA

May 5, 1987

audience recording (sound quality VG+; transfer from 1^st-generation copy of master tape)

BY REQUEST — When I asked for comments about future posts, “Long Ryders” was one of the requests — so here ya go!

SINCERE THANKS to the Punk-Rock Cop for taping the show, and to happyfeet66 for sharing.
 

The Long Ryders: "Americana" & "alt-country" before the terms were even invented
photos courtesy sidgriffin.com

SAMPLE: "I Want You Bad (Philly 1987)"

01 Prairie Fire

02 Lights of Downtown

03 Man of Misery

04 A Stitch In Time

05 State of My Union

06 Harriet Tubman's Going to Carry Me Home

07 Capturing the Flag

08 Long Story Short

09 Baby’s In Toyland

10 I Want You Bad (NRBQ cover)

11 Spectacular Fall (fades in)

12 I Had a Dream

13 band intros --> Greenville Trestle High (James & Joan Jett cover)

14 You Just Can’t Ride the Boxcars Anymore

15 Gunslinger Man

16 Looking for Lewis & Clark

17 Hair of the Dog (Green on Red cover)

18 Smash It Up (The Damned cover)

19 10-5-60 (big medley) 
  

 
MP3@320

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The Long Ryders:

Sid Griffin – vocals, steel guitar, harmonica

Stephen McCarthy – guitar, keyboards, vocals

Greg Sowders – drums

Tom Stevens – bass, vocals

Learn more about The Long Ryders’ music at AllMusic and/or Sid Griffin’s site