Chris Stamey Group Show - Sat., Nov. 1, 2014

The Chris Stamey Group 

  
in concert

 

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014

 

9:00 p.m.

 

The Garage

 

Winston-Salem, N.C.

An alert blog friend reports "Chris is offering a sneak preview of his new electric band--featuring FJ Ventre (bass), Tony Stiglitz (drums), and Doug Davis (keys, guitar)" 
 

50% of proceeds will benefit Movember

(a non-profit promoting men's health)

Let's Active - Hoboken, NJ Feb. 1985

Maxwell’s

Hoboken, NJ

Feb. 4, 1985
 

Let’s Active: last hurrah for the 'wee three'.

Inner sleeve from Cypress, the final recording made by the original lineup.
FAB PHOTO by Laura Levine

audience recording (sound quality VG+, with a nice mix and minimal audience noise)

Highlights: An anarchic take on Big Star's "Kizza Me" and the all-around good vibes emanating from Mr. Don Dixon, who co-produced Cypress and fills in here for an ailing Faye Hunter.

SAMPLE: "Edge of the World (1985)"


01 Waters Part

02 Shakin' Street (MC5 cover)

03 Ornamental

04 Crows On a Phone Line

05 Every Word Means No

06 In Between

07 Flags for Everything

08 Leader of Men

09 Prey

10 Edge of the World

11 Kizza Me (Big Star cover)

12 instrumental

13 Blue Line (instrum.)

14 Tush (ZZ Top cover)

15 I Won't Let It ‘appen Agen  
      (Slade cover)

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THANKS to HJ for taping and EXUBERANT THANKS to dB’s Fan (who else?) for the share.
 

Let's Active:
Mitch Easter - guitar, vocals

Don Dixon - bass*

Jay Peck – drums

Tim Lee - keyboards, guitar

*Don Dixon was subbing for Faye Hunter, who was sick at the time of this performance.
  

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

Grant (G.W.) McLennan - Radio Sessions + bonus

Radio Sessions + Live Last Monday

Pre-FM recordings & FM captures

Grant (G.W.) McLennan, R.I.P.: 1958-2006

sound quality range: VG- to Ex- (you’ll hear a few audio anomalies like minor static, but nothing too distracting)

ROB SEZ: Grant was my favorite half of the duo that founded and led Aussie collective The Go-Betweens. As a solo artist, he recorded four albums (the early ones as G.W. McLennan) and co-led Jack Frost, a side project with Steve Kilbey of The Church. Some hipsters know his 1995 album Horsebreaker Star, which received mountains of positive reviews. In this collection, the first 10 tracks are from a high-energy band show from 1995. The rest are from solo acoustic shows and sessions, 1991 through 1996.

The man and his instrument: Grant McLennan, circa 2001
photo by kellonwheels90 via Flickr 

MASSIVE THANKS to these two blogs, where this material first appeared:

http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com

http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/

photo by John Eley via Flickr

01 Sign of the Unicorn

02 Worlds Got Wild

03 Lighting Fires

04 I'll Call You Wild

05 Easy Come Easy Go

06 Bye Bye Pride

07 Dropping You

08 Charlatan

09 Was There Anything I Could Do?

10 Coming Up for Air

11 Move to the Perfect Beat

12 Stones for You

13 Dark Side of Town

14 Haven't I Been a Fool?

15 From My Lips

16 Bathe In the Waters

17 Lighting Fires

18 Dark Side of Town

19 Move to the Perfect Beat

20 One Plus One

21 Clouds

22 She's So Strange

photo by Didi via Flickr

23 Providence

24 Haven't I Been a Fool?

25 Just Get That Straight

TT: 1:19:01

Track info:

1-10 = Roskilde Fest, Denmark, 1995-07-01 (FM) First posted at That Striped Sunlight Sound blog

11-15 = Two Meter Sessie, Amsterdam, 1993-06-08 (FM)

16-18 = Hilversum VPRO Session, Netherlands, 1993-01-26 (FM)

19-20 = backstage solo, Roskilde Fest, Denmark, June 1996 (FM)

21-25 = Debut (cassette-only release on White Records in Australia) rec. The Club, Melbourne, Australia, 1991-05-27 (sbd) First posted at the fab Doom and Gloom from the Tomb blog

MP3@320

Learn more about Grant McLennan’s music at AllMusic and/or this Go-Betweens web site 

 

Jeffrey Dean Foster - Rarities Collection

studio and live tracks

web streams (various sources)

Jeffrey Dean Foster: a name to know for quality rock, Americana, singer-songwriter

Jeffrey Dean Foster is a Winston-Salem, N.C. musician known for his work in The Right Profile, The Carneys and The Pinetops. Now, he's becoming known as a talented solo artist. His new album, The Arrow -- recorded with Mitch Easter and Don Dixon -- is coming in November (see below). This rarities collection is in two parts: Part 1 contains the unreleased EP by The Carneys, 1000 Nights and Counting (excellent roots rock, well-played) plus a similar-sounding solo track; Part 2 features a much more mellow live set by Jeffrey, in solo singer-songwriter mode, at a Chapel Hill club in 2012. The live set is an audience recording.

Sound quality: variable (VG- to VG+)

THANK YOU to The Carneys, JDF, Jesse Knight, and Will Safrit for sharing.

The Carneys: 9:30 Club show, 1980s

The Carneys

1,000 Nights and Counting

unreleased EP, rec. 1989

01 Gonna Be Tough

02 Arithmetic Baby

03 The Bells

04 Heaven Bound

05 Independence Clowns

06 Brand New Car

 

07 When You Break (unreleased JDF studio track)

Jeffrey Dean Foster Live

The Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC

Sept. 28, 2012

Recording the new album at Mitch's studio
Mary k. elkins photo

08 Out of the Blue

09 Jigsaw Man*

10 Summer of the Son of Sam

11 Milk and Honey

12 Witchita Lineman (cover)

13 Morningside*

14 Break Her Heart

15 So Lonesome I Could Fly

 

16 This Land Is Your Land

    (live, undated)

17 Widow's Peak

    (The Pinetops, live 1998)
 
*9 & 13 will appear on the new album

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This solo album appeared in 2011

New album The Arrow 

 arrives in November. 

Music compadré Fred Mills has heard it, and says: 

"This is the kind of record that can literally stop you in your tracks it’s so good.... I guarantee it will be on my best-of 2014 list come December."
     

Sample it HERE and HERE
Buy it HERE or HERE
Read about it HERE & HERE

 

Learn more about the music of Jeffrey Dean Foster at his web site or FB page

R. E. M. - Murmuring Demos & Alts.

CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED

Murmuring Demos & Alts.
1981-1983

(the debut album in demos & alternate mixes)

Artwork included in the download; make yer own boot!
 (thanks to REMchout for the original image)

various sources (all lossless: the best available)

sound quality: variable (VG to Ex-)

The rare 1981 'Cassette Set'
one of the sources for this collection
(thank you, Analog Loyalist)

01 Radio Free Europe (cassette set)

02 Pilgrimage (live debut, 1982)

03 Laughing (demo 1982)

04 Talk About the Passion (alt. mix)

05 Moral Kiosk (alt. mix)

06 Perfect Circle (alt. mix)

07 Catapult (the hated Hague demo!)

08 Sitting Still (cassette set)

09 9-9 (alt. mix)

10 Shaking Through (demo 1981 or '82)

11 We Walk (alt. mix)

12 West of the Fields (alt. mix)

13 Ages of You (demo 1981 or '82)

14 There She Goes Again  
      (studio run-through)

15 studio chatter

16 That Beat (studio run-through)

17 Radio Free Europe Dub (cassette set)

First 12 tracks are sequenced to match the album

TT: 58:18

WAV lossless files
  
MP3@320
  

Bill's out front -- for once!

ROB SEZ: Long-time coming, this one. Took lots of hunting for best-quality sources, musical puzzle work, tweaking tracks in Audacity, etc. But I'm pleased with how it turned out. Some of the "alt. mixes" don't sound radically different from the released masters, but it's fun to listen for the subtle variations. Others sound quite different. Couldn't resist using the much-reviled Stephen Hague demo for "Catapult" (not nearly as awful as the band would have you believe). Also had to use the live debut of "Pilgrimage" because the song's first studio demo (Mitch & Don Dixon's audition to produce Murmur) turned out so well, it became the master for the album. Don't miss the bonus tracks, featuring some of my favorite rarities from this era.

used this one, too

TRACK NOTES:

1, 8, 17 = Cassette Set tracks, rec. April 1981 by Mitch Easter (no Hibbert overdubs, no remixes). Thanks to Chris H. & Analog Loyalist for sharing.

2 = Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA (WFRG-FM broadcast) 1982-05-14, from Red Robin boot CD Radio Free Georgia

3, 10, 13 = The Essential Demos, Vol. 1 boot CD

4-7, 9, 11, 12, 14-16 = from Murmur Rough Mixes & Demos collection, thought to be early monitor/guide mixes, created in early 1983 prior to final mixing & mastering of the album. Thanks to JEMS and Mike Ziegler; thanks also to Analog Loyalist for his re-worked versions, shared here.

In case you missed it:

R. E. M.'s Chronic Town EP -

'Revisited' in demo form - is HERE