The The - Four Live Sets 2000

Four Live Sets
2000 World Tour

FM captures + 1 webstream (sound quality VG+ to Ex-) 

ROB SEZ: Massive talent Matt Johnson released the last The The studio album NakedSelf, then promptly embarked on a lengthy world tour in 2000. This is a snapshot of that tour in four sets. Please enjoy.

BIG THANKS to ziggyswoon for sharing, and to nateup2late for sharing, for pointing me to the MBE web stream, and suggesting how to fix the original Melkweg share.

Der Melkweg

Amsterdam, Holland

Jan. 25, 2000

FM capture

01 Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)   

02 Dogs of Lust   

03 Voidy Numbness   

04 December Sunlight  

05 The Beat(en) Generation   

06 Global Eyes   

07 Soul Catcher  

08 This Is the Day   

09 Shrunken Man   

10 Swine Fever   

11 Weather Belle    

12 Infected   

13 Salt Water 

  

Encore:

14 Boiling Point   

15 Uncertain Smile

16 Phantom Walls (end cut)

Matt Johnson (solo acoustic)

‘Morning Becomes Eclectic’ with Nic Harcourt, KCRW-FM

Santa Monica, CA

May 17, 2000

web stream (double-track mono)

01 Armageddon Days Are 
     Here (Again) 

02 Soul Catcher 

03 This Is the Day 

04 Weary Blues from Waiting 

05 The Beat(en) Generation 

06 Weatherbelle 

07 Love Is Stronger Than Death

     (interview segments have 
       been edited out)

Vic Theater

Chicago, IL

Sept. 23, 2000

FM capture

01 Dogs of Lust

02 Helpline Operator 

03 Soul Catcher

04 Heartland

05 This Is the Day

06 Global Eyes

07 Icing Up

08 Swine Fever

09 Love Is Stronger Than Death

10 Armageddon Days Are 
     Here (Again)

11 Infected

12 Phantom Walls

Rockpalast Christmas Special

Palladium, Cologne, Germany 

Dec. 16, 2000

FINALLY, a smile! Matt Johnson is The The

FM capture

01 Boiling Point

02 Voidy Numbness

03 Dogs of Lust

04 Helpline Operator

05 Global Eyes

06 Soul Catcher

07 This Is the Day

08 December Sunlight

09 Swine Fever

10 Phantom Walls  

11 Love Is Stronger 
     Than Death
12 Bluer Than Midnight   

13 Armageddon Days Are 
     Here (Again)

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The The:

Matt Johnson - vocals, guitar

Eric Schermerhorn - guitar, backing vocals

Spencer Campbell - bass, backing vocals

Earl Harvin - drums, harmonium

Learn more about the music of The The & Matt Johnson at the band's official site and Wikipedia

Cuff the Duke - Best of the Live Sessions

Best of the Live Sessions

2005-2014

various dates, locations, venues

FM & webstream (sound quality VG+ to Ex-)

01 Count On Me

02 Side By Side

03 So Many Times Before

04 Standing On the Edge

05 Something for Free

06 Stay

07 Time Is Right

08 Live My Life

09 Standing On the Edge 

10 Hobo Night Stalker

11 By Winter's End

12 Darkest Hour

13 The Life I Knew

14 Five Days In May (Blue Rodeo cover)

TRACK INFO:

1-6 = Paper Bag Sessions July 2011, Aug. 2012

7 = The Verge, XM Radio 2012

8 = Pinball Session Sept. 2014

9 = CBC Live Session, Oct. 2011

10 = Lee's Palace, Toronto 2005

11 = Massey Hall, Toronto 2008-02-28

 12-13 = Casablanca Sessions, 2013

             (Wayne Petti solo)

14 = CBC Live Session, Nov. 2012

ROB SEZ: Yet another band I would never have laid ears on without my ASH compadres (Mick & Don in this instance). Cuff the Duke is an alt-roots band from the lovely Canadian province of Ontario. Check the sample for a taste.

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FISTFUL O’ THANKS to all the sharers,

especially bradleyferguson for tracks 10 & 11

Cuff the Duke:
Wayne Petti - vocals, guitar
Francois Turrenne - guitar, vocals
Paul Lowman - bass, keyboard, vocals
AJ Johnson - drums

ASH Tuesday post #41.

Matthew Sweet - Demos (late 1980s + mid-1990s)

'Unearthed'
Demos collection
Late 1980s
recording locations & dates unknown

soundboard (quality VG to VG+; sounds like a low-gen. tape source  — perhaps 3rd)

01 You Don't Love Me

02 Destroy the Truth

03 When It Comes To You 

04 Just About Nothing

05 Tinfoil Flower

06 My Love Knows

07 Rock Singer

08 Looking at the Sun

09 Sandman

10 Captured

11 Keep You In the Middle

12 Mourning

13 Part of Me

14 Put Your Head Between 

     Your Knees

15 My Only Voice

16 You Gotta Love Me

17 Her Mother's Name

18 Silent City

19 Living Is Killing Me

20 When You Have to Go

21 To Understand

Apparently recorded around the time of MS's second album, Earth.

Quite sincere thanks to Don at the old ASH blog.

ROB SEZ:
If you marvel at Matthew's finished studio tracks, spend a little time with these works-in-progress. You get to hear the roots of his genius and the songs in their earliest incarnations. 

The second set is a particular treat, containing well-developed, multi-track recordings 
(in fact, they sound like they're basic tracks or rough mixes).

MS is now a year past the deadline for completing his Kickstarter-funded new album project. 
He explains himself in this interview from July 2015, saying he's working as fast as he can, 
given the high standard he's set for himself and the music. 
(OK, Matthew, but as one of your backers, please don't wait too long to wrap it up!) 
Ric Menck & Paul Chastain (Velvet Crush) played on the first batch of tracks 
recorded for the project.

Demos 1994-'95

recording locations & dates unknown

soundboard (quality VG+ to Ex-; sounds like a first-gen. source — quality is excellent)

01 Sense of Adventure

02 Not When I Needed It

03 Both Ways

04 Never Said Goodbye

05 Bitter Pill

06 You

07 Come to Love

08 I Almost Forgot

09 You Make Me Feel Like a Pro 

10 Sinking Feeling

11 Superbaby

12 Space

13 We're the Same

14 Lost My Mind

15 Everything Changes

16 Breaks My Heart

17 Hate

18 You're Gonna Lose

19 She's a Breeder

20 Feeling My Way

db.etree indicates some of these are from the 100% Fun era

YET MORE THANKS to Don at the old ASH blog for sharing.

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ASH Tuesday post #40.

Connells - B-sides Collection

'Not So Bad at All'

Comprehensive B-Sides Collection
various dates & recording info

various (soundboard, FM, etc.) - sound quality VG to Ex-

REPERCUSSION: Mitch Easter produced the Connells' acclaimed 

Boylan Heights album.

MASSIVE THANKS to Lewis Slade for compiling these, to Mick for the artwork & to Don for sharing.

ASH Tuesday post #39.

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Learn more about the music of The Connells 

at the band's official site and at Wikipedia

Shazam - Demos 1996 + Live 2000

Demos 1996
+ XFM 2000 Live set

soundboard & FM captures (sound quality VG+ to VG++)

Here's what Don said in his original post at the old ASH blog: Ten early demos from The Shazam plus the true wonder on this collection from Mick, which is a cracking session for XFM followed by a superb cover of The Move's "Beautiful Daughter."

ROB SEZ: Thanks a ton, Mick & Don.

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ASH Tuesday post #38.
Learn more about the music of

The Shazam at AllMusic and

the band's official site

    

NOW HEAR THIS - a change is gonna come

Dear dB's Repercussion blog followers,
         I have some big job-related changes coming at me right now like a freight train. This means I soon won't have as much spare time as I'd like for the blog.
     HOWEVER: this is not one of those "I'm shutting down the blog" posts.
     Instead, I'm cutting back the frequency of posts from 2 per week to 1 per week. Starting immediately, I will alternate between ASH Tuesday posts and the Friday (non-ASH) posts. You can still expect to find something new and musically tasty here, every week. (There'll be an ASH Tuesday post tomorrow, so come back then.)
     All in all, this is not a huge change, but one that will help me keep my sanity in the coming months.
     SO: KEEP COMING, KEEP READING, and PLEASE LEAVE SOME COMMENTS!
  
     Cheers,
     
        Rob-in-Brevard

Devo - Akron 1977 + Minneapolis 1978 (sbd)

The Crypt
Akron, OH
February 1977

(exact date not known)


soundboard (quality: VG+) 


SAMPLE: "Secret Agent Man" Akron, OH '77

DEVO: willfully, wonderfully weird

01 Praying Hands (partial) 
02 Social Fools
03 Be Stiff
04 Uncontrollable Urge
05 Secret Agent Man
06 Shrivel Up
07 Last Time I Saw St. Louis
08 Fraulein
09 Too Much Paranoias
10 Huboon Stomp
11 Space Junk
12 Mongoloid
13 Falling In Love Again 
14 Soo Bawls
15 Blockhead
16 Jocko Homo (end cut)
17 Words Get Stuck 
     In My Throat*

Minneapolis, Nov. 1978: how it looked from the front

*Track 17 may be from a different, unidentified show


Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN 
November 3, 1978


soundboard (quality Ex-; transferred from Warner Brothers master tapes)



SAMPLE: "Uncontrollable Urge" (Minneapolis '78)

DEVO: men in tights & knee socks 

01 General Boy Intro
02 Wiggly World
03 Pink Pussycat
04 Satisfaction
05 Too Much Paranoias
06 Praying Hands
07 Uncontrollable Urge
08 Mongoloid
09 Jocko Homo
10 Smart Patrol — Mr DNA 
11 Sloppy
12 Come Back Jonee
13 Gut Feeling — 
     Slap Your Mammy 
14 DEVO Corp Anthem
15 General Boy intro — 
     Red Eye Express
16 Words Get Stuck
     In My Throat

WATCH FOUR SONGS from the Akron '77 SHOW

(exclusive to this blog: live set starts at 2:00)
   

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Learn more about the music of Devo 
at Wikipedia and the band's official site

Owsley - Nashville 2004 (FM)

Third & Lindsley
Nashville, TN
May 9, 2004
WRLT-FM 'Nashville Sunday Night'

FM capture (sound quality VG+; a bit of vocal distortion at the louder end of the spectrum, but it's not a constant, bothersome thing) 

SAMPLE: "She's the One" (Nashville '04)


01 intro
02 She's the One
03 Oh No the Radio
04 Dude
05 Coming Up Roses
06 Zavelow House
07 Matriarch
08 My Old School
      (Steely Dan cover) 
09 Rise
10 Down
11 Rainy Day People
12 Be With You
13 Good Old Days
14 outro

In his original post, Don said:
The magnificent and sadly missed Will Owsley tours his second and final album, The Hard Way in this “Nashville Sunday Night” WRLT Broadcast. One of the great unacknowledged Power Pop artists, he spent most of his time as Amy Grant’s guitarist and musical director, as well as touring as lead guitarist for Shania Twain. His debut album, Owsley, was Grammy nominated. This broadcast shows what great pop he wrote and what a fine guitarist he could be. Superb show and highly recommended.

ROB SEZ: I might never have heard about Owsley and his fabulous rock-pop music if it weren't for my pals at the old ASH blog. All thanks & praise to them. (I have more to share, but need to know you're interested...)


Owsley:
Paul Eckberg - drums
Will Owsley (RIP) - vocals, guitar 
Jonathan Hamby - keyboards
Millard Powers - bass


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ASH Tuesday post #37.