Deacon Blue - Tokyo, Japan 1993 (sbd)

Club Quatro
Tokyo, Japan
April 30, 1993  
  
  
soundboard recording (quality: Ex-) 

01 Your Town
02 Hang Your Head
03 Cut Lip
04 Your Swaying Arms
05 Real Gone Kid
06 Wages Day
07 The Day That Jackie
     Jumped the Jail
08 Cover from the Sky
09 Love and Regret
10 The Wildness 
     (with Angeliou) 
11 Born In a Storm
12 Ragman
13 Circus Lights
14 Only Tender Love
15 Fall So Freely Down
16 Raintown
17 Bethlehem's Gate
18 pre-encore break
19 Twist and Shout
20 All Over the World
21 Chocolate Girl (with My Girl)
22 Dignity
  
ROB SEZ: My hunch is Ricky Ross & Co. did some trawling through the archives a few years ago when they were putting together the deluxe reissues of their earlier albums, and found some gems. Here's one: a soundboard recording from the band's live tour after releasing Whatever You Say, Say Nothing — an under-appreciated album if I've ever heard one. By then, the band were being accused of artlessly apeing INXS & U2 — a shallow criticism that overlooked some fantastic songs & amazing live work. Enjoy.

MP3@320

(lossy source, so no FLAC this time)
  

Learn more about Deacon Blue's music at AllMusic 

and the band's official site

Ricky Ross - Live in 2000 (sbd) + bonus

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
March 2, 2000
+
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
March 3, 2000
  


soundboard recordings (quality: VG++)
  

01 Threatening Rain*

02 The Undeveloped Heart

03 Away*

04 Icarus

05 London Comes Alive

06 Blue Horse*

07 Rosie Gordon Lies So Still* 

08 When Sinners Fall*

09 The Further North You Go

10 Ash Wednesday

11 James Joyce Soles*

12 Bethlehem's Gate

13 Cold Easter + What You Are*

14 This Is the Life*

15 A Love Like Yours

16 Good Evening Philadelphia

     *London 2000-03-03, rest are Liverpool 2000-03-02

ROB SEZ: Yes — THAT Ricky Ross: frontman for Deacon Blue, the Scottish band many have loved to hate over the group's many years. But I have to hand it to Ross, who has an undeniable knack for crafting catchy, heart-felt songs that have something to say beyond the usual pop blather. His solo work is less well known, so here's a selection from two shows he performed with a backing band in 2000. The recordings come courtesy of Steve at the impressive Circus Lights fan site, dedicated to documenting all of Ross' musical endeavors. Check the usual place for this week's mystery bonus share.

  

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Ross' latest solo album: Short Stories Vol. 1

R. E. M. + Let's Active - One Night in Charlotte 1982

LOSSLESS RE-POST

Let's Active
Viceroy Park
Charlotte, N.C.
Jan. 23, 1982



audience recording (sound quality VG to VG+; from best available, first-generation tape source; club show with a typical amount of chatter near the taper)

MITCHELL BLAKE (right), John Michael, Michael Edward & Peter Lawrence in 1982 

01 Single File  
02 I'm Sorry  
03 Safety In Numbers  
04 Counting Down 
05 Out of Sight, Out of Mind
06 Prying Eyes  
07 Dirty Reasons  
08 We Do the What If  
09 title unknown 
10 Make Up With Me  
11 Law of Averages 

TT: 38:12 mins.

MANY, MANY THANKS to kneesfudd for the analogue-to-digital transfer & generous sharing. Thanks also to the original taper & trader. One of Let's Active's first public shows, and the earliest-known live recording. 

Let's Active:
Mitchell Blake Easter - guitars, vocals
Faye Elizabeth Hunter (RIP) - bass
Sara Teresa Romweber (RIP) - drums

R. E. M. 
Viceroy Park
Charlotte, N.C.
Jan. 23, 1982

audience recording (sound quality VG to VG+; sounds like same tape source as the Let’s Active set; see above comments)

01 Ages of You
02 Catapult
03 Shaking Through
04 Laughing
05 Romance
06 Sitting Still
07 Permanent Vacation
08 Pretty Persuasion
09 That Beat
10 Gardening at Night
11 9-9
12 1,000,000
13 Wolves, Lower
14 Radio Free Europe

Encore:
15 White Tornado 
16 Stumble
17 Ghost Riders In the Sky

TT: 1:1:04

Repaired & remastered by kneesfudd. MUCHAS GRACIAS to him and the original taper & trader, tomcannon.

R. E. M.:
John Michael Stipe - lead vocals
Peter Lawrence Buck - electric guitar
Michael Edward Mills - electric bass, backing vocals
William Thomas Berry - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  
FLAC
  
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Mutton Birds - Auckland, NZ 2012 (webstream)

King's Arms Tavern 

Auckland, New Zealand

Feb. 2012
(exact date unknown)

webstream capture (sound quality: Ex-)

01 Envy of Angels

Don & Co. played here in 2012, but the pub closed in 2018

  

02 Dominion Road

  

03 Ngaire

  

04 A Thing Well Made

  

05 Too Close to the Sun 

  

06 band intros

  

07 Queen's English

  

08 Nature (audience participation)

  

09 Anchor Me

ROB SEZ: There was ZERO response to the very cool Mutton Birds post I shared recently. What's a dedicated blogger to do? POST MORE of the same ... until there's a comment one way or the other, of course. Here’s a great hometown show from the band's very brief reunion tour in 2012. Radio New Zealand recorded and shared part of the show, for which I am grateful. I'm especially grateful RNZ did such a quality job with the recording & mixing. This sounds amazing for a webstream capture ... if I do say so myself. Please enjoy.

The Mutton Birds:

Don McGlashan – vocals, guitar, euphonium  
Alan Gregg – bass, vocals 

David Long - guitar

Ross Burge - drums 

FLAC

MP3@320

Alex Chilton - Chapel Hill, NC 1987 + bonus

LOSSLESS RE-POST

Cat's Cradle

Chapel Hill, NC

Nov. 17, 1987

 

soundboard recording (quality Ex-; from first-generation tape)

 

OLYMPIC MEDALS to TG for recording and to dB’s Fan for sharing so generously.
To my knowledge, this blog is the only source for this recording.

01 Tee Ni Nee Ni Noo (cuts in)

02 In the Street

03 Rock Hard

04 B-A-B-Y

05 Thing for You

06 Make a Little Love

07 Volaré

08 Thank You, John

09 Disco Lady

10 Lost My Job

11 Bangkok

12 Goldfinger

13 September Gurls

14 Come By Here

15 Little G.T.O.

16 No Sex

17 Take It Off

18 LX reads Dalai Lama news item

19 Dalai Lama

Most of these are covers; you’ll find the names of song composers in the comment tag for each file

Mountain Stage Radio Show

Charleston, WV
Feb. 9, 1992 
 
FM capture (sound quality VG++; from 2^nd-generation tape)

01 Tee Ni Nee Ni Noo

02 Single Again

03 I Will Turn Your Money Green

A NOTE: The song “Guantan Amerika” was played next-to-last, but saw official release on one of the Mountain Stage live compilation CDs, so is not included here.

ANOTHER NOTE:  If you omit the (admittedly pretty funny) track 18 of LX reading the news clipping about the Dalai Lama, all the rest of the tracks will fit onto 1 CD-R.

WAV lossless files

MP3@320

Alex  Chilton Trio:

Alex  Chilton – vocals, guitar

Doug Garrison – drums

Ron Easley – bass, vocals

NEW (2019) ALEX CHILTON ARCHIVAL RELEASES

From Memphis to New Orleans

Songs from Robin Hood Lane

   

There's plenty more where this came from. Just use the Artists/Groups navigation column on the right...

  

Mutton Birds - Manchester, UK 1999 (sbd)

Band On the Wall pub 
Manchester, UK
Feb. 14, 1999
  
soundboard recording (quality: Ex-; source: CD rip)
      

  

ROB SEZ: Here's an "authorized bootleg" that was available exclusively from the band for a few years. AllMusic says it's a 4-star album. It's very hard to come by these days, and I thought 20 years would be a long enough wait before sharing it. I had some minor flooding in my music storage area recently, and salvaged the CD from the mess, which explains the odd stainage visible on the rear of the cardboard sleeve. My ears thought Sam Gibson's original mix had Don McGlashan's voice too low, so I added compression (one pass) to raise the volume of the vocals. Devoted Mutton Birds fans probably have this one already, but here it is for everyone else. (There's also a mystery bonus share hiding in plain sight.) Cheers & enjoy.

FLAC

MP3@320

Holsapple-Stamey - Maxwell's, Hoboken, N.J. 1991

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey
Maxwell's
Hoboken, N.J. 
1991 (perhaps Nov. 9)

   
audience recording (quality: VG; a solid recording without excessive crowd noise)

01 intro + Lord of the Manor

02 Geometry

03 Here Without You (Gene Clark cover)

04 Haven't Got the Right

05 Storm Warning (dB's song)

06 I Know You Will

07 Lovers Rock

08 She Was the One

09 The Company of Light (Chris Stamey song)

10 Taken

11 Part of Me

12 The Child In You

13 I Want to Break Your Heart

14 Angels

15 Do You Believe In Magic? 

       (Lovin' Spoonful cover)

16 Darby Hall (dB's song)

17 You Don't Miss Your Water 

       (Wm. Bell cover)

18 Today Could Be the Day (dB's song)

19 From a Window to a Screen 

       (dB's song)

20 Something Came Over Me 

       (Chris Stamey song)

ROB SEZ: A recording that's new to the blog. I think we needed more of that Holsapple-Stamey vibe, so here 'tis. A show from Peter & Chris' duo tour following the release of Mavericks. This recording didn't get posted in the earlier years of the blog because I could never identify the exact date or who to thank. A VERY LARGE THANKS to the taper & sharer(s). Thanks also to Fantom, whose research suggests the show might have happened on Nov. 9, 1991. Please enjoy.

Musicians:
Chris Stamey - vocals & guitar
Peter Holsapple – vocals & guitar
Alan Bezozi – drums, percussion
Ilene Markell - bass
Dave Schramm - guitar

  

FLAC

  

MP3@320