Showing posts with label Velvet Crush. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Velvet Crush. Show all posts

Friday, August 12

Velvet Crush - Live in 1995 with Tommy Keene

Maxwell’s
Hoboken, N.J.
January 20, 1995

audience recording (sound quality VG to VG+; from master tape; club show with the usual audience chatter
  


01 Yesterday's Numbers (Flamin' Groovies cover)
02 Window to the World
Velvet Crush: with Tommy Keene in 1995
03 My Blank Pages
04 Ash and Earth
05 Why Not Your Baby? (Gene Clark cover) 
06 band intros
07 Atmosphere
08 This Life Is Killing Me
09 Hold Me Up
10 Remember the Lightning (20/20 cover)
11 Blind Faith
12 Prisoners of Rock 'n' Roll
      (Neil Young cover)
13 Keep On Lingerin'
14 Time Wraps Around You
15 Why (Byrds cover)
16 Don't You Slip Away from Me

ROB SEZ: supa dupa thanks to Scott S. for taping, Phil H. for tracking, and jgk1971 for sharing.

unknown venue & city
Sound waves so powerful, they screwed up the camera
Denmark
January 28, 1995

soundboard recording (quality VG++; 
this would get a higher rating, but the vocals 
are a tad distant; otherwise, the sound 
is excellent)

01 Window to the World 
02 My Blank Pages
03 Ash and Earth
04 Why Not Your Baby?
05 Atmosphere
06 This Life Is Killing Me
07 Hold Me Up
08 Tell Me It's Alright
The band at Mitch Easter's studio, recording Heavy Changes
09 Don't You Slip Away 
     from Me
10 Keep On Lingerin'
11 Blind Faith*
12 It's Been Too Long and It's 
     Too Late Now* 
13 Drive Me Down*

*last 3 tracks = Lupo's, Providence, R.I., 
May 21, 1995 (sbd - quality VG)

Velvet Crush:
Paul Chastain - bass, vocals
Ric Menck - drums, vocals
Jeffrey Borchardt - 
                     rhythm guitar
^Tommy Keene - electric guitar

^TK may not have played on the final 3 tracks (you must snag these in MP3; they're not included in the FLAC links below)

MP3@320

FLAC (Maxwell's show)

FLAC (Denmark show)

Just-released archival collection
Demos & live tracks from the Teenage Symphonies era
Get it from the folks with impeccable musical taste at Omnivore
Read spavid's overview at Wilfully Obscure 


Friday, June 27

Velvet Crush - Osaka, Japan 1994 + bonus

Club Quattro
Osaka, Japan
July 25, 1994

audience recording

sound quality: VG+ (quite good sound from master tape source; very little crowd noise — except when you expect & want it with a club show like this)

Velvet Crush served up tasty musical caffeine from 1990 to 2004

REPERCUSSION: Mitch Easter not only produced VC’s acclaimed Teenage Symphonies to God album, he also joined the band as a supplemental guitarist for a coupla weeks on the subsequent tour (including this show). And the other “name” non-band-member guitarist who toured later with the band? That was Tommy Keene

HIGHLIGHTS: this one's all highlight; a really exceptional performance...


Mitch E, on tour with Velvet Crush
01 stage entrance (pre-recorded music)
02 Window to the World
03 My Blank Pages
04 Ash and Earth
05 Time Wraps Around You (false start)
06 Time Wraps Around You
07 Atmosphere
08 Weird Summer
09 White Soul
10 Oh Candy (etc.) medley
11 Drive Me Down
12 Hold Me Up --> So You Want to Be a 
     Rock & Roll Star
13 Rock and Roll Queen
     (Mott the Hoople cover)
14 Elevator Operator (Gene Clark cover)

15 Window to the World (Japanese TV)
16 Hold Me Up (Conan O'Brien)
17 My Blank Pages (Met Cafe)
18 Atmosphere (Denmark '95)


TRACK NOTES
1-14 = audience recording, per above info
15 = Japanese TV broadcast, Aug. 1992
16 = Conan O'Brien show 1995
17 = Met Cafe, Providence, RI (undated)
18 = Denmark, Jan. 1995 (sbd) 

TT: 1:15:35 

MP3@320 (tracks 15-18 = 256kbps) 

Velvet Crush:
Paul Chastain – vocals, bass
Ric Menck – drums, vocals
Jeffrey Borchardt (Underhill) – guitar
Mitch Easter - guitar (tracks 1-14, 16)
 
REVEALED: who plays that awesome guitar solo in "Hold Me Up"
WATCH THE VIDEO, DUDE... 
Learn more about the music of Velvet Crush at Trouser Press and AllMusic
Wanna hear more VC live shows like this one?  
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