Supernaturals - Soundcloud Rarities Collection

demos, live sessions, rarities
various dates, venues & sources

FM & soundboard sources (quality range VG to VG++) 
      

The earlier, goofier days of The Supernaturals. Hearing the grass grow in 1994.

01 Bird Has Flown (Jump The Q, 1995)

02 Sitting In The Sun (Jump The Q, 1995)

03 Love Has Passed Away (Jump The Q, 1996)

They went to VENEZUELA to snap this one.
(OK, not really....)

04 Magnet (Jump The Q, 1996)

05 I Wasn't Built To Get Up

     (GLR Robert Elms Show, Oct. 1997)

06 Motorcycle Parts

     (GLR Robert Elms Show, Oct. 1997) 

07 Trees (Evening Session 97)

08 Glimpse of the Light (Evening Session 97)

09 Let Me Know (Evening Session 97)

10 Love Has Passed Away

     (Evening Session 97)

11 Prepare to Land (Astoria 97)

12 Smile (Astoria 97)

13 Lazy Lover (Astoria 97)

14 Love Has Passed Away (Astoria 97)

15 Day Before Yesterday's Man (Astoria 97)

16 Can't Get Back to Normal

17 Deep In My Heart    

18 Dark Star (instrumental)    

19 Sheffield Song (demo)

20 Motorcycle Parts (piano demo)

21 Please Be Gentle With Me (Phil Vinall version, rough mix)

ROB SEZ: A musical cynic might say Scotland's Supernaturals are a poor man's Teenage Fanclub. But that would be an unfair dismissal of the band's considerable pop charms. Check the sample & decide for yourself. MUCHOS GRACIAS to the band for sharing these.

THE SUPERNATURALS TODAY: still making catchy pop music that's worth hearing.

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The Supernaturals:

Derek McManus, James McColl, Gavin Crawford & Mark Guthrie.

The album 360 was released in 2015

Learn more about the music of The Supernaturals at the band's official site, Wikipedia and AllMusic.

The 88 - KCRW 2005 + 2008

'Morning Becomes Eclectic'
KCRW-FM
Santa Monica, CA
Sept. 22, 1005 + Oct. 31, 2008

FM (or possibly web stream) captures (sound quality Ex-)

ALL PRAISES to Mick, who compiled these and made the artwork, and to Don, who posted it all at the old ASH blog. Check out Don's new pop music reflection & discussion blog, Anything Should Happen Again.

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NEVER HEARD OF The 88? AllMusic describes the group as "a pop band from southern California that blends British Invasion melodies with a subtle but potent instrumental approach that recalls David Bowie and other '70s rock icons."

Learn more about the music of The 88 
at Wikipedia, the band's own site & FB.

ASH Tuesday post #33.

  

Tim Finn - Before & After Sessions + Live '83

'Before & After' aborted album sessions
Studio Demos & Outtakes
circa 1992
location unknown

soundboard recordings (sound quality Ex-) 

01 Funny Way
02 Don't Break Down
03 He's In Love
04 Secret Heart
05 Things I Never Said
06 Try Something
07 Walk You Home
08 Hardly Here at All
09 Persuasion
10 Hit the Ground Running 
11 One Side Only


Melbourne, Australia
unknown venue
October 1983
   
FM recording (sound quality VG to VG+)

First known live recording of Tim as a solo artist

01 Through the Years
02 Below the Belt
03 Grand Adventure
04 Growing Pains
05 Not For Nothing
06 Shape I'm In (Joe Camilleri)
07 I Only Want to Know
08 Dock of the Bay
09 Fraction Too Much Friction
10 In a Minor Key
11 Ain't That New (Venetta Fields)
12 Staring at the Embers
13 Made My Day

ROB SEZ: Gotta like Tim Finn. I know the guys at the old ASH blog join me in saying he's a nice guy who makes listenable, engaging pop. (I didn't ask 'em, exactly, but they posted these sets at ASH, so I think I'm on pretty solid ground.) Thanks, Don!

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ASH Tuesday post #32.

Tim Finn - London 1984 + Auckland '86

The Venue
London, UK
March 14, 1984

FM broadcast (sound quality VG+)

SAMPLE: "Dock of the Bay" (London '84)

01   Through the Years

02   Below the Belt

03   Grand Adventure

04   Growing Pains

05   Not For Nothing

06   The Shape I'm In

07   I Only Want to Know
08  Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay
       (Otis Redding cover)
09  Ain't That News

The Galaxy

Auckland, NZ

July 4, 1986    

audience recording (sound quality VG)

SAMPLE: "Don't Bury My Heart" (live '86)

01 Spiritual Hunger
02 So Deep
03  Don't Bury My Heart
04  Timmy
05  Fraction Too Much Friction
06  No Thunder No Fire No Rain
07  Carve You In Marble
08  Six Months in a Leaky Boat 
09  Hole In My Heart
10 Big Canoe
11 Water Into Wine
12 Made My Day
13 License to Kill (Dylan cover)
14 In a Minor Key
15 Staring at the Embers
16 Hyacinth

MUCHOS GRACIAS to lottiesdad, Camus and Janemusic for sharing.

ROB SEZ: Tim's younger brother Neil gets more acclaim, but Tim showed Neil the way as a founder of Split Enz and, later, a solo artist. Tim and Neil have collaborated through the years in Split Enz, Finn Brothers and Crowded House. But Tim had a good thing going in the 1980s when he launched his solo career, and recorded some enduring albums. I'm calling this week "Tim Time" at the blog. 

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Learn more about the music of Tim Finn at 

his official web site, Wikipedia and AllMusic

Charlatans UK - All Beeb, All the Time

BBC Sessions
(none officially released)
1990 - 2010

FM captures (sound quality VG+ to Ex-)
  

Please note: officially-released tracks have been removed, which means this artwork is not completely accurate. This share does NOT include the tracks listed above as Disc 2, tracks 8, 13-17 as well as Disc 3, tracks 1 & 2. They appeared on The Charlatans' Best of the BBC Sessions 1999 - 2006. A handful of the rest of these appeared on long-deleted, out-of-print CD singles.

ALL THANKS & PRAISE to Don from the old ASH blog, my source for this. Hurry over to Don's new Anything Should Happen Again blog for compelling reflections on the kind of music you must like (otherwise, you wouldn't be here, right?).

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ASH Tuesday post #31.

  

Kirsty MacColl - TV Performances 2000 +

TV Performances in Stereo 
1992 - 2000
 
Soundboard-sourced audio rips (sound quality: Ex-) 

SAMPLE: "In These Shoes?" (Live - Glasgow, 2000)

"The Boxed Set", Scottish Television Studio, Glasgow, Scotland March 14, 2000
01 intro
02 In These Shoes?
03 England 2 Colombia 0
04 Kirsty talks 
05 Walking Down Madison  
06 Celestine
07 Kirsty talks 
08 Us Amazonians 
09 Wrong Again 
10 Head 
11 Here Comes That Man Again 
12 My Affair 
13 Kirsty talks 
14 A New England
   
Later with Jools Holland November 9, 1992 
15 Soho Square
16 Angel
     
Later with Jools Holland April 15, 2000
17 In These Shoes?
18 interview (with snippet of “Chip Shop”)
19 England 2 Colombia 0


ROB SEZ: In the "Adele Age", it's sad to think of someone with similar vocal chops and superior songwriting skills being overlooked by so many. Kirsty recorded several splendid albums, married record producer Steve Lillywhite, and gave birth to two sons before her tragic death in a diving/boating accident in December 2000. Past time, methinks, to recognize a colossal talent.

MASSIVE THANKS to Wolfsbane for sharing both of these sets. The collector and poster of the first set says: “Everything here is true, beautiful stereo and a great listen.”

Mountain Stage
Charleston, West Virginia
January 22, 1995

FM stereo broadcast (sound quality: VG+) 

01 introduction
02 Fifteen Minutes
03 They Don't Know
04 Caroline
05 Miss Otis Regrets
06 Still Life
07 Free World
08 Roll 'em Easy
09 My Affair

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This lovely photo is by Rita Carmo. Drawing below is by Gary Bedard.

Musicians for 2000 live performances:
Kirsty MacColl - vocals
Pete Glenister - guitars
Chucho Merch·n - bass
Bob Knight - drums
Michelle Drees - percussion 
Ben Storey - trumpet
Joe de Jes's - trombone
James Knight - saxophone

   

Learn more about the music of Kirsty MacColl at AllMusic, Wikipedia 

and the Freeworld / Kirsty MacColl web site

Mommyheads - Stockholm 2011+

Debaser
Stockholm, Sweden
March 2011

soundboard recording (quality Ex-)

NOTE: First 10 tracks are from the Stockholm show; last 7 are from a show at Howland Center, Beacon, NY in January 2012.

ONCE AGAIN, all thanks to Mick, who compiled these and made the artwork, and to Don, who posted it all at the old ASH blog. Check out Don's new pop music reflection & discussion blog, Anything Should Happen Again.

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The Mommyheads:
Guitar - Adam Elk
Keyboard - Michael Holt
Drums - Dan Fisherman
Bass - Jason McNair

ASH Tuesday post #30.

Go check out The Mommyheads' digital releases at Bandcamp.