Julian Cope - NYC 1987

The Ritz

New York, NY

January 5, 1987 

     

soundboard recording (quality VG+; audio rip from 
                                                         boot DVD)
     

01 Trampoline

02 Pulsar

Enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a mystery. 

03 Eve’s Volcano

04 Strasbourg

05 St. Julian

06 Sunspots

07 Non-Alignment Pact

08 Bouncing Babies

09 The Greatness & Perfection

     of Love 

10 Bandy's First Jump

11 Shot Down

12 Spacehopper

13 Zabriskie Point

14 World Shut Your Mouth

15 Levitation

ROB SEZ: Wasn't planning for St. Julian to debut here with a solo show, but this is the share that fell in my lap this week. Expect some Teardrop Explodes posts down the road...  

  
ALL PRAISES to Don at the old ASH blog for this one.

  
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ASH Tuesday post #17.

  

Lovetones - Sydney 2008 + bonus

The Metro
Sydney, Australia
Aug. 29, 2008

soundboard (sound quality VG++)

ROB SEZ: The Lovetones are an exceptional rock-pop outfit with psychedelic overtones from Australia that haven't received nearly enough acclaim beyond their native shores. Are they great? Oh yes, no doubt about it.

RIDICULOUS THANKS to Mick and Don for compiling and sharing these at the old ASH blog.

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This is ASH Tuesday post #16.

Learn more about the music of The Lovetones at Wikipedia, the band's FB page, and/or AllMusic.

  

Strawbs - Seventies Demos + Live '71

Dave Cousins
Strawbs Demos
1972-1977

soundboard recordings (sound quality VG+)
      

ROB SEZ: A bit of a curve ball for my regular blog readers. I confess to being not much more than lukewarm about the Strawbs as a rule. But this is early, mostly acoustic, rather charming Strawbs music. And in his early days, Dave Cousins did have a way with a folky melody. My thanks to the usual suspects: Don at the old ASH blog for the first set, and some anonymous soul for the live show. You know who you are, so consider yourself thanked!

The Strawbs

Paris Theatre

London, UK

August 5, 1971

FM recording (sound quality VG to VG+)

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This is ASH Tuesday post #15.

Dumptruck - Chicago 1987

Cabaret Metro
Chicago, IL
Nov. 20, 1987

audience recording (sound quality: VG+)

REPERCUSSION: Don Dixon produced Dumptruck's second album at Mitch Easter's Drive-In Studio in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Many of the songs included in this show come from the band's Positively Dumptruck and For the Country albums.

00 announcements
01 Back Where I Belong 
02 Carefree
03 Leaving Here
04 Friends
05 Things Go Wrong
06 From Where I Stand
07 Barking Up the Wrong Tree
08 Island
09 Walk Into Mirrors
10 Going Nowhere
11 Fifty Miles
12 Watch Her Fall
13 encore break
14 Can You Please Crawl
     Out Your Window? (Dylan cover) 
15 Streets of Paradise
     (Richard Thompson cover)
16 Sex Drive (Embarrassment cover)

TT: 72:36

HEAP O' THANKS to popkulcher for taping and to TheCommish for re-sharing
            
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    Read more about the music of Dumptruck 

at Wikipedia or AllMusic

Jason Falkner - Demo Bonanza

Two separate sets; two separate links

Princessa
(aka, Demos from the Lost Years)

SAMPLE: "Feeling Much Better" (demo)

ROB SEZ: If you like your pop with an alt. edge, hummable melodies, and lyrics worth more than a passing thought, Jason Falkner is the bees' knees. He was in The Three O'Clock, Jellyfish and The Grays before embarking on a solo career. In recent years, he's been making a living as a musician for hire, working with the likes of Air, Paul McCartney and Beck. My best guess is these two demo sets are from the late 1990s. Click the sample to see what all the fuss is about.

KUDOS to Mick & Don at the old ASH blog. Mick assembled these and made the artwork, and Don posted them. We are forever in their debt...

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Clumsy Grace

(more demos & outtakes via Mick)

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There will be more Jason Falkner posts here in the future, because he's a really talented but underrated kinda guy. And we specialize in people & groups like that here at Repercussion...

This is ASH Tuesday post #14.

Shilohs - International Appeal

Rarities comp

various dates & venues (2012-2014)

soundboard, FM & audience recordings (sound quality: variable, VG to VG++)

Sunny Sunday afternoon: The Shilohs

ROB SEZ: The Shilohs are based in Vancouver, Canada. I’m guessing they took their name from an early Gram Parsons combo. This band’s sound certainly has some GP echoes, but their studio recordings also reflect an appreciation for The Beatles and The Kinks. Meanwhile, band member Daniel Colussi says the group is “trying to exorcise the ghosts of Glen Campbell, Lou Reed and Paul McCartney ... with some backbeat.” Spin described their first album as a “delicious bit of Big Star-informed, Feelies-indebted pop.”

SAMPLE: "International Appeal" (live in Vancouver)

A band's gotta eat. Big night out for The Shilohs...

01 International Appeal (demo)

02 Get Ready Now (live)

03 Queen Light Queen Dark 
     (Daytrotter session)

04 Palm Readers (live acoustic)

05 Sisters of Blue (live acoustic)

06 Down at the Bottom 
     of Bottomland (live acoustic)

07 On the Beach (live in-store)

08 English Roads (live in Vancouver)

09 International Appeal 
      (live in Vancouver)

     NOTE: details re: venues & dates can be found in the comment file tags

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Nobody (except The Shilohs) knows the diners they've seen...

The Shilohs’ EP & two full-length albums are available
at Light Organ Records as well as Bandcamp.
Here's a link to their video 'English Roads' and a recent interview. 
Their FB page says they did some recording this summer for a 
yet-untitled album. I say: bring it! 

    

Finn Bros - KCRW Sessions 2004 + 2007

Tim & Neil Finn
'Morning Becomes Eclectic' 
KCRW-FM
Santa Monica, CA

July 15, 2004 (Neil & Tim)
and May 3, 2007 (Tim)

FM recordings (sound quality VG+)


ROB SEZ: Given how much I love their music, it's almost shameful to realize this is the first post featuring at least one of the Finns brothers. Here, you get two for the price of none.

MY USUAL EXPANSIVE THANKS to Don and Mick (who assembled the collection & created the artwork) for making these available originally, and for giving me permission to do so here.

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This is ASH Tuesday post #13.

DM3 - Melbourne 2011 + bonus

Dom Mariani Three (DM3)
Melbourne, Australia

Oct. 15, 2011

audience recording (sound quality: VG) 

EXTRA THANKS to SaveStef for sharing

01 Everything That You Told Me

02 She's Fine

03 Speed Freak

04 Show You

05 For Always

06 Know You Now

07 band intros + Please Don't Lie

08 Before You Go

09 Don't Talk About Us

10 Blue Thing (sustained blasts of static)

11 Foolish

12 At First Sight

13 Move Me

14 1 Time, 2 Times Devastated 
     (acoustic)

Dom Mariani: more rock than jangle

15 Show You (acoustic)

16 Take It All (live)

17 Soultop (live)

18 Blue Thing (live)

19 Foolish (live)

TT: 82 mins.

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NOTES for ADDITIONAL TRACKS:

[sound quality is VG+ or better]

14-15 = HMV in-store live session (undated)

16 = TV appearance (no other info provided); initial, brief distortion from old video tape

17 = "Telethon" TV show, Perth, AUS 1993

18-19 = Roskilde Festival, Denmark 1994

(these 2 are NOT on the live CD from this gig)

  

Read more about the music of DM3 at AllMusic, Dom Mariani's web site and/or Wikipedia 

    

Chris Stamey - Sawyer Sessions 2015

Sawyer Sessions

Hillsborough, N.C.

2015

Thanks to eagle-eye Fantom for the tip and to WHUP & the Sawyer Sessions crew

The fab recent studio album by Chris Stamey

(but you already own it, right?!?)

If not, get it HERE

Dom Mariani - Radio Broadcast 2006

radio broadcast
2006 (?)
date & venue unknown

FM recording (sound quality Ex-) 

01 Girl Soul
02 Homespun Blues
03 Don't Talk About Us
04 Everything That You Told Me
05 Second Floor
06 Foolish
07 1 Time, 2 Times Devastated

ROB SEZ: This is Dom Mariani week at the blog; a related post is coming Friday. Dom is a living legend in Australia; give a listen & find out why...

REPERCUSSION: Dom Mariani collaborated many times with Mitch Easter, who produced recordings by The Someloves, The Orange Humble Band and DM3.

DON SAID: The storming Dom Mariani and a cracking 27 minute live set. It sounds remarkably like the Los Concertios De Radio 3 TV Broadcast from 3 June 2006, but that was TV and the sound here is a bit better. Also "1 Times, 2 Times, Devastated" wasn't broadcast on that show, but the rest of the setlist is the same. I'm certain it's a Rippled Souls set, too much of a coincidence for it not to be. It's more likely a Radio Broadcast from the same time. Outstanding Jingle Jangle!

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This is ASH Tuesday post #12.

Continued thanks to Don and the crew from the old ASH blog (R.I.P.)

Pugwash - Live 2012 (Dublin + London)

Whelan’s
Dublin, Ireland
June 22, 2012

audience recording (sound quality VG+; Whelan’s is a classic Irish pub and a great place to see a show; the atmospherics of this recording reflect these qualities)

BIG-TIME THANKS to kagee1, who did the usual excellent job of taping, transferring and sharing (thanks also to Philippe for sharing the set from London, Nov. 2012)
                       

Pugwash: pooling their resources, somewhere in California...

ROB SEZ: I caught Pugwash live on the current tour and can say confidently that if you go, you will experience a very enjoyable show: sharp music and hilarious, Monty Python-esque banter with the band & audience. For my taste, the new album might be a bit over-baked in places, but still boasts a handful of soon-to-be classic tunes.

Catch Pugwash on their N. America tour - NOW!

01 intro, tuning
02 Be My Friend a While
03 Apples
04 Dear Belinda
05 Answers On a Postcard
06 What's On My Mind*
07 Fall Down
08 It's Nice to Be Nice
09 I Can Hear the Grass Grow 
     (Move cover)

10 There You Are
11 Finer Things In Life
12 The Age of Revolution^

NOTES:
  
Tracks 10-12 = 229 The Venue, Venue 1, London, UK 2012-11-09 (Acid Jazz Records Silver Jubilee Weekend)

*Saville tune dedicated to Andy Foster of Reekus Records. Andy passed
away suddenly the previous week.

^Duckworth Lewis Method song

If you're much of a Pugwash fan, you owe it to yourself to 

find the bonus tracks that accompany this post

(they're — um, oh ... somewhere around here) 

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Pugwash:

Thomas Walsh – vocals, guitar
Tosh Flood – guitar, keyboard, vocals
Shaun McGee - bass
Joey Fitzgerald - drums

NEW ALBUM, out now: Play This Intimately...

Get it from Omnivore Recordings, purveyor of great music

Tommy Keene - Demos

Studio Demos

recording location & dates unknown

soundboard recordings (sound quality VG+)

Of course Mick did the artwork; who else would come up with this??

UNDYING THANKS & PRAISE to Mick and Don at the old ASH blog for first sharing these and giving me permission to do the same here.

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This is ASH Tuesday post #11. 

Read a most excellent TK retrospective by Tom Warner

at his Accelerated Decrepitude blog
    

Tommy Keene - Laugh In the Dark

the new studio album

BUY the CD or LP from Second Motion (download incl.)

DOWNLOAD the MP3 album from iTunes

STREAM IT at Soundcloud