Ocean Blue - Ventura, CA 1993 (pre-FM) + bonus

LOSSLESS REPOST by request

Ventura Theatre

Ventura, CA

Nov. 3, 1993

Pre-FM (sound quality Ex-; bonus tracks’ sound quality = VG to Ex-)

  

ROB SEZ: I didn't become a fan of the Ocean Blue until recently. But the great thing about being a music fan in the Internet age is, it's really never too late. Since Ocean Blue have re-formed and recorded new music, the season for my fandom may have arrived. Is the re-formed band actually stronger now than before its initial split in the mid-1990s? Discuss. If you want to hear a recent live set with the band playing the debut & Cerulean albums in their entirety, please leave a comment.

01 Don't Believe Everything You Hear

02 Sublime

03 Bliss Is Unaware

04 Between Something & Nothing

05 Marigold

06 Drifting, Falling

07 Ballerina Out of Control

08 Cerulean

09 There Is a Light That 

     Never Goes Out (The Smiths) 

10 Between Something & Nothing

11 Sublime

Some will remember the "Sublime" video

12 Don't Believe Everything 

     You Hear

13 Cerulean

14 There Is a Light That 

     Never Goes Out 

15 Sublime

NOTES:

1-9 = Ventura, CA 1993-11-03 (pre-FM)

10 & 11 = Live 1994

12 = BBC 1996 live recording

13 = TV performance, Studio 59, circa 1991

14 = Live at the Bayou 1994

15 = Conan O'Brien Show, 1993

MEGA THANKS to muchmusic for the Ventura set with additional thanks to wave1one, cerulean123, Peru TOB, Robaire M and Oed Ronne

  

The most recent studio album
buy it from the band

MP3@320

FLAC (first 9 tracks only - for Nick)

The Ocean Blue:
Peter Anderson - drums, vocals
Bobby Mittan - bass
Oed Ronne - guitar, keyboard, vocals  
David Schelzel - vocals, guitar

Learn more about the music of the Ocean Blue at the band's web site, FB page, Wikipedia & Trouser Press  

       

Continental Drifters - Two N.J. Soundboards 1999 + 2001

*featuring Peter Holsapple, of course*

Maxwell's
Hoboken, N.J.
Dec. 6, 1999

soundboard recording (sound quality: Ex-) ACOUSTIC SHOW

01 house music
02 A Song for You (Gram Parsons)

cover art included in the download (date is in error)

03 Christopher Columbus 

     Transcontinental Highway

04 You're Gonna Need Somebody

05 Wipeout
06 Snow
07 Na Na
08 Meet Me In the Middle
09 Some of Shelly's Blues (Nesmith)
10 To Sir, with Love 

     (Don Black, Mark London)
11 Never Ending Song of Love 

     (Delaney Bramlett)
12 Anything
13 Matty Groves (trad.)
14 I'm a Dreamer (Sandy Denny)
15 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot 

     Me Down) (Sonny Bono)
16 Mixed Messages
17 Falling' Apart at the Dreams
18 'composite sketch'
19 Bus Stop (G. Gouldman)
20 Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb)
21 Darlin Darlin
22 Meet On the Ledge

     (Richard Thompson)
23 'Kate worship'
24 Honeybees (Kate Jacobs, Charlie 

     Shaw, James MacMillan)

Peter devoted many years of his life to the Drifters

25 Shallow
26 You're from Indiana
27 Don't Do What I Did 
28 Heart, Home
29 Farmer’s Daughter (M. Love, 

     B. Wilson)

30 Umppah!

31 Watermark
32 Tell Me When Its Over (S. Wynn)
33 Tuesday (S. Wynn)
34 Now I Ride Alone (S. Wynn)
35 Carolyn (S. Wynn)
36 Kerosene Man (S. Wynn)
37 I Want to Learn to Waltz with You
38 'tolerate the diva'
39 Way of the World
40 Drifters
41 Tighter, Tighter (Alive 'n' Kickin')

ROB SEZ: Oh, man! It was early Christmas for me when these two shows appeared in mid-December. And they're studies in musical contrasts: the '99 acoustic show at Maxwell's is a sprawling, no-holds-barred, guest-packed, glorious juggernaut; while the '01 electric show is tight & focused. Both of them are marvels of sound quality, from master soundboard tapes. HUGE THANKS to the Anonymous taper, to Ted M. for supplying the tapes, to Joe N. for digitizing & editing, and to photoleon for sharing. Please post a comment to thank the band and the ROIO heroes who brought these recordings to you. Read this great interview with Peter and other Drifters reminiscing about the band.

    

Where it went down in New Brunswick, N.J.

The Court Tavern, 

New Brunswick, N.J.

July 8, 2001

   

soundboard recording (sound quality: Ex-)

01 stage greeting, tuning

02 Someday

03 Christopher Columbus 

     Transcontinental Highway

04 Live on Love

05 Christopher Columbus 

     Transcontinental Highway (reprise) 

06 Snow

07 Mixed Messages

08 Don't Do What I Did

09 Cousin

10 Meet Me In the Middle

11 'contact high'

12 Long Journey Home

13 Tomorrow's Gonna Be

14 Watermark

15 I Want to See the Bright Lights

     Tonight (R. & L. Thompson)

16 Too Little, Too Late

17 Peaceful Waking

18 Na Na

19 Way of the World

20 Who We Are, Where We Live 

21 encore break

22 Dedicated to the One I Love

     (Lowman Pauling, Ralph Bass)

Continental Drifters:
Peter Holsapple; guitar, accordion, vocals
Vicki Peterson; guitars, vocals
Robert Maché; guitars, mandolin, vocals
Russ Broussard; drums
Mark Walton; bass, acoustic guitar, vocals 
Susan Cowsill; guitars, vocals
Dan McGough; organ, piano

FLAC

  

MP3@320

            

Chris Stamey - 'Secret Communist Meeting' (2005 live concert)

House Concert
East Windsor, N.J.
Feb. 19, 2005

soundboard recording (sound quality: Ex-)

Two dozen songs, played solo by Chris, with excellent sound quality.

HUGE THANKS to lilpanda and Paul for sharing.

ROB SEZ: Years ago, I made a promise to Chris that I would not share any Chris Stamey solo material here, at least not without his permission. That said, I know there are lots of CS fans who would enjoy this solo show supplied by lilpanda and shared by Paul on his excellent Albums That Should Exist blog. Just pointing you to it isn't really sharing it, right?

GRAB IT HERE.

HAPPY BOXING DAY, Y'ALL

 

Tommy Keene - Live 1993, 2012 & 2017 (sbd + aud)

The Best Recordings I Haven't Yet Shared  

audience & soundboard sources

 

Ambler Cabaret

Ambler, PA

March 20, 1993

  

audience recording (sound quality: VG+) 

  

01 Alive

02 Astronomy

03 Nothing Can Change You

04 Down Down Down

05 We Started Over Again

06 Hanging On to Yesterday

07 Back to Zero

08 Karl Marx

09 Compromise

10 When Our Vows Break

11 My Mother Looked Like Marilyn Monroe

12 Love Is a Dangerous Thing

13 Places That Are Gone

  

ROB SEZ: Today, I am still missing Tommy Keene's presence on the planet and still pondering the "what ifs": What if he hadn't died suddenly in his sleep in 2017 at the tender age of 59? What if he'd been able to share his kind, humane self with us for a while longer? What if he'd lived to create some more beautiful songs, albums, and live shows? What if someone from his circle of family & friends could round up the demos, outtakes, and live recordings that almost surely exist? (Omnivore: are you on it?). Enough of my laments on what should be a joyful day for the world. Here's my gift to you, fellow smart pop fans: the best TK live recordings I haven't already shared here. The first two feature Tommy and band, while the last one is TK solo. MEGA THANKS to realomind and whoever taped & shared the 2012 recording. If you have not yet found this NYC Taper soundboard-audience matrix recording from 2010, go grab it now. P.S. - I might post a collection of lossy TK rarities & live sessions here some time next year, so stop by every so often.

  

NECESSARY READING: Dave Holmes' farewell to TK in Esquire Magazine

   

Tommy Keene: back when the world was his oyster

Sam Bond's Garage

Eugene, OR

Jan. 27, 2012

  

soundboard recording (sound quality: VG++)

   

01 Long Time Missing

02 Deep Six Saturday

03 Behind the Parade

04 Astronomy

05 Nothing Can Change You 

06 His Mother's Son

07 Turning On Blue

08 Back to Zero

09 Compromise

10 Nowhere Drag

11 Places That Are Gone

12 Kill Your Sons

13 His Mother's Son (brief, partial - soundcheck) 

Kung Fu Necktie

Philadelphia, PA

I guess he's wearing the actual Kung Fu Necktie!

April 21, 2017

  

audience recording (sound quality: VG) 

   

01 Going Out Again

02 You Can't Wait for Time

03 Go Back Home

04 Back to Zero

05 Nighttime [Big Star cover]

06 Back Again

07 Astronomy

08 Laugh In the Dark

09 Nothing Can Change You

10 Raymond Chandler Evening

     [Robyn Hitchcock cover]

11 High Wire Days

12 Black and White New York

13 Deep Six Saturday

14 Long Time Missing

15 Compromise

16 Nowhere Drag

17 Places That Are Gone

18 Mother's Little Helper [Rolling Stones cover, with Ivan Julian]

FLAC

  

MP3@320

     

Peter Holsapple - New York, N.Y. 1985

NEW RECORDING SOURCE

 

PH solo show
Gerde’s Folk City 

New York, N.Y.

June 26, 1985

audience recording (sound quality VG+; from first-generation tape source; there’s some audience chatter, but it's not excessive)

PH in motion, Austin, TX 1984

photo by Stephanie Chernikowski

2020 UPDATE: New Gene Poole source for this that's an upgrade, to my ears. I only had time to post the FLAC version, so the MP3 version here is still from the original source. HUGE THANKS to elegymart for sharing the GP version, and to HJ for taping and dB’s Fan for sharing the older one. Highlights here are too numerous to mention. But Peter sounds pumped to be playing this historic venue and offers up several new tunes (some of which were later re-written, while others were never released), as well as plenty of choice covers. Sadly, Folk City closed in 1987.

   

01 Sexual Healing 
     (Marvin Gaye cover)

Peter was here — June 26, 1985

02 Something New

03 Caught In the Blues

04 She Was the One

05 Tail of a Star (Will Rigby cover)

06 Storm Warning

07 Diamond

08 Molly Says

09 Keep Up With You*

10 Darby Hall*

11 Never Before and Never Again

12 On the Battlefront

13 You Don’t Miss Your Water
     (Wm. Bell cover)

14 Close to the Hand

15 Elvis, What Happened?

16 Games People Play 
     (Joe South cover)

17 Long Black Veil (trad.)

18 Moving In Your Sleep

TT: 60 mins., 56 secs.
   

FLAC  (Gene Poole audio source - NEW)
  
MP3@320

Peter Holsapple – guitar, vocals (plus folky, folksy commentary)

*Syd Straw – guest vocalist for 9 + 10

The dB's - Rahar's, Northampton, MA 1980 (aud)

LOSSLESS REPOST

The dB's

Rahar’s

Northampton, MA

1980 (month & date unknown; might be spring)

audience recording (sound quality VG+; transfer from copy of
master tape). There’s a bit of distortion and the sound guy got a little silly with the reverb at times, but otherwise a quite enjoyable early show, with surprisingly little crowd chatter.
    

Very likely one of the band’s first live shows in New England.

   

Highlights: Gene rocks the house with his killer fuzz-tone bass! This show also features the only known recording of a mega-rare Chris composition called “My Sire Wristwatch”. According to Chris, “Sire Records gave out promo wristwatches to promote some punk rock band, and it seemed like some kind of commentary at the time (1978?) about how the scene was changing.” OK now, everybody sing along: "My Sire wristwatch, my Sire wristwatch / Thanks a lot."
    

This is the site of the now-defunct Rahar’s Inn.

Whatever else you might say, at least it’s got character… 

 

BIG HUGE THANKS to the taper and dB’s Fan for the generous
share

01 (I Thought) You Wanted to Know

02 Spitting In the Wind

03 Black and White

04 I Feel Good (Today)

05 Judy

06 Dynamite

07 Soul Kiss

08 pH Factor

09 If and When

10 Can't Take Her Away from Me

11 Bad Reputation

12 My Sire Wristwatch - mega rare song composed by Chris

13 Big Brown Eyes

14 You Got It Wrong

15 The Summer Sun

16 Cycles Per Second

17 Tearjerkin'

18 Death Garage

The dB’s:

Gene Holder – bass

Will Rigby – drums

Chris Stamey – guitar & vocals

Peter Holsapple – guitar, keyboard & vocals

WAV lossless files (from the raw, unedited transfer)

MP3@320