Tim Finn - Live 1989 + 1993

Dallas, TX
April 1989

Tim Finn: best widow's peak in pop 

(venue, exact date unknown)

audience recording (sound quality: VG+) 

01 Young Mountain

02 Not Even Close

03 How’m I Gonna Sleep?

04 Parihaka

05 Tears Inside

06 Birds Swim, Fish Fly

07 I Hope I Never

08 Suicide On Downing Street

09 Show a Little Mercy

The Borderline

London, UK

June 16, 1993

soundboard recording (quality: Ex-, ripped from 

promo-only CD via 'Walk You Home' boot)

01 Hit the Ground Running

02 Persuasion

03 Protected

04 Many's the Time

05 Six Months In a Leaky Boat

06 Walk You Home

07 Charlie

08 Parihaka (incl. Weather With You)

09 Not Even Close

10 Protected

11 All I Ask*

12 Persuasion* (w. Richard Thompson, guitar)

*Tracks 11 & 12 recorded live on Later With Jools Holland in 1993, TV audio

ROB SEZ: Fancy a bit of Finn musical fun? If you're showcasing New Zealand talent (as I'm doing these days at the blog), you can't go wrong with either Finn brother. That said, Neil is more prolific, and it can be hard to find live recordings of Tim in good voice. Here are two for your listening pleasure. As always, my biggest thanks go to the tapers and sharers, whose names are unknown to me. Please enjoy.

FLAC

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Tim Finn - Before & After Sessions + Live '83

'Before & After' aborted album sessions
Studio Demos & Outtakes
circa 1992
location unknown

soundboard recordings (sound quality Ex-) 

01 Funny Way
02 Don't Break Down
03 He's In Love
04 Secret Heart
05 Things I Never Said
06 Try Something
07 Walk You Home
08 Hardly Here at All
09 Persuasion
10 Hit the Ground Running 
11 One Side Only


Melbourne, Australia
unknown venue
October 1983
   
FM recording (sound quality VG to VG+)

First known live recording of Tim as a solo artist

01 Through the Years
02 Below the Belt
03 Grand Adventure
04 Growing Pains
05 Not For Nothing
06 Shape I'm In (Joe Camilleri)
07 I Only Want to Know
08 Dock of the Bay
09 Fraction Too Much Friction
10 In a Minor Key
11 Ain't That New (Venetta Fields)
12 Staring at the Embers
13 Made My Day

ROB SEZ: Gotta like Tim Finn. I know the guys at the old ASH blog join me in saying he's a nice guy who makes listenable, engaging pop. (I didn't ask 'em, exactly, but they posted these sets at ASH, so I think I'm on pretty solid ground.) Thanks, Don!

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ASH Tuesday post #32.

Tim Finn - London 1984 + Auckland '86

The Venue
London, UK
March 14, 1984

FM broadcast (sound quality VG+)

SAMPLE: "Dock of the Bay" (London '84)

01   Through the Years

02   Below the Belt

03   Grand Adventure

04   Growing Pains

05   Not For Nothing

06   The Shape I'm In

07   I Only Want to Know
08  Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay
       (Otis Redding cover)
09  Ain't That News

The Galaxy

Auckland, NZ

July 4, 1986    

audience recording (sound quality VG)

SAMPLE: "Don't Bury My Heart" (live '86)

01 Spiritual Hunger
02 So Deep
03  Don't Bury My Heart
04  Timmy
05  Fraction Too Much Friction
06  No Thunder No Fire No Rain
07  Carve You In Marble
08  Six Months in a Leaky Boat 
09  Hole In My Heart
10 Big Canoe
11 Water Into Wine
12 Made My Day
13 License to Kill (Dylan cover)
14 In a Minor Key
15 Staring at the Embers
16 Hyacinth

MUCHOS GRACIAS to lottiesdad, Camus and Janemusic for sharing.

ROB SEZ: Tim's younger brother Neil gets more acclaim, but Tim showed Neil the way as a founder of Split Enz and, later, a solo artist. Tim and Neil have collaborated through the years in Split Enz, Finn Brothers and Crowded House. But Tim had a good thing going in the 1980s when he launched his solo career, and recorded some enduring albums. I'm calling this week "Tim Time" at the blog. 

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Learn more about the music of Tim Finn at 

his official web site, Wikipedia and AllMusic