Wondermints - Live 1995 + 2000 (Rehearsal Room & Borderline)

WONDERMINTS - Nick W. (center)

Live at the Rehearsal Room 
1995 (exact date unknown)
  
soundboard recording (quality: VG++)
  
ROB SEZ: Fans of classy pop lost another hero recently with the sudden, unexpected death of Wondermints co-founder Nick Walusko, who became an important part of Beach Boy Brian Wilson's musical world in the 21st century. Here's a wonderful essay in tribute to Nick from someone who really "got" him. I've posted several other Wondermints collections here in the past, but here are two more. Like most of the others, these came originally from Angelo at Powerpop Criminals. All thanks to him!
    

The Borderline

London, UK

Nov. 11, 2000

    

audience recording (sound quality: VG+; a club show with great sound)

  

  

MP3@320 (no lossless source available for these)

  

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Wondermints - The Early Years (demos galore)

Blue, Purple & Green tapes 
4-track recordings
Darian's bedroom
Los Angeles, CA
1992-1994

soundboard recordings (quality: VG+ to VG++; tape cases say "Produced, Arranged and Recorded in homegrown quadrotrack splendor by Los Wondermintos")

SAMPLE: "Silly Place" (4-track recording, 1992)

    

The Wondermints in their early years: all praises to Angelo at Power Pop Criminals
Angelo compiled these & created the artwork.
Some of these songs ended up on the debut album, but only after being re-mixed & mastered.

    

'Mintsmania' collection

More demos, live tracks, rarities

1990s

MP3@192 (best available bit rate)

 

Learn more about the Wondermints' 
music at AllMusic or this FB page

   

Wondermints - All-Covers Show, LA 1998

Spaceland
Los Angeles, CA
March 1998
  
audience recording (sound quality: VG)

NOTE: There are guest vocals on some songs by Lisa Jenio and Lisa Mychols. Joel Vee on percussion. The correct title for tracks 11 & 12  is "Cris Craft".

ROB SEZ: Gotta love those Wondermints. Members of the combo got so good at making masterly pop music that Brian Wilson tapped them to collaborate with him in live performances and studio work. HUGE THANKS to Joel Vee for recording the show (that's him on shaker & tambourine -- see his comment below). We're also indebted to Mick for today's post, for assembling it & creating the artwork. Thanks also to Don for posting years ago at ASH.

MP3@320

ASH Tuesday post #80
    

Wondermints - Tokyo, JP 1999 (sbd)

Club Quattro

Tokyo, Japan

July 16, 1999

  
soundboard (quality VG++)

  

The Wondermints: perfectionistic purveyors of pure pop

01 Dois Mil e Um (2001)

02 In and Around Greg Lake

03 Invisible Paint

Thanks to Jake for the artwork (included in DL)

04 Open My Eyes

05 Cellophane

06 Dream Machine

07 Love In the City

08 Cris Craft #10

09 Joy

10 Porpoise Song

11 Hypnolove

12 Global Village Idiot

13 Tracy Hide

14 Bubbles

15 Puppet Grrls Are Go

16 Galactic Patrol

17 Proto Pretty

18 Playtex Aviary

19 Hocus Pocus

  
SINCERE THANKS to Angelo, who first posted this at Power Pop Criminals (he posted a bunch of rare Wondermints, but you might have to ask nicely for some re-ups, since most of the links appear to be dead...).

  

WONDERMINTS: wowed the crowd at Club Quattro, Tokyo, in 1999

MP3@320

Note: this set does not reflect the original sequencing of the live show, which probably explains the sometimes abrupt transitions from one track to another.

Wondermints:

Probyn Gregory

Mike D’Amico

Nick Walusko

Brian Kassan

 Darian Sahanaja

  
Several of the guys sing and play multiple instruments, so I’m just listing the band members… 

 

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