Bad finger - Without You (Demos, Outtakes & Rarities)

Demos, Outtakes & Rarities
1968-1975
recording info: various
     
soundboard recordings (quality: VG- to VG+)
     

  

ROB SEZ: Hands down, this is the best Bad finger rarities compilation I know. High-quality demos, rough mixes, alt. mixes & outtakes — with faux "Japanese edition" artwork thrown in for good measure. 49 tracks, none officially released, sure to please the group's many fans. (Apparently, all but the final 13 "bonus tracks" on Disc 2 were released on an earlier boot compilation titled For Pete's Sake.) Strictly speaking, this is not from ASH. But it was inspired by Don and the other musos at ASH who loved this band. Enjoy.
         

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ASH Tuesday post #81

    

Even - Brisbane, AUS Jan. 2017 (preFM) + bonus

The Foundry

Brisbane, AUS

Jan. 14, 2017

‘Live Delay’ digital broadcast (first aired Sept. 10, 2017) 

preFM (sound quality: VG++; webstream recording)

SAMPLE: "Weather King" (live 2017)

EVEN: the face of rock 'n' roll, 2017.  Fab photos by Carbie Warbie

00 Live Delay intro

01 Karmic Flop

02 No One Understands Me 

03 Stop and Go Man

04 End to End

05 Don't Wait

06 Eternal Teen

07 Weather King

08 Way

09 Dear Morris

10 She Told Me So

11 Little Red Taxi
12 Peaches and Cream
  

13 Little Piece

14 Shining Star

NOTES: 01 - 12 = The Less Is More album, played live; 13 & 14 = encores

All the DJ intrusions have been removed, but I decided to keep most of the intro section. It includes a pretty good summary of the band’s history. HUGE thanks to Live Delay and Branko Cosic.

EVEN: playing together for 23 years.
Way past time for their music to be heard

ROB SEZ: WOW! I cannot believe my good luck finding this live set by Even in excellent sound quality. If you’ve been paying much attention to the blog this year, you know I’m a HUGE fan of this band. I'm posting this in the hope others will discover the musical treasure created by Ash Naylor & Co. If there’s only one new band you have time to check out, make it Australia’s amazing Even. A pretty good place to start: this video gallery of the band's singles (begin with 'Mayfair Laundry Bus', then move on from there). The bonus set is part of their opening slot for Midnight Oil in Wodonga earlier this month. It's a not bad audience recording that will please those who're already fans. It includes a previously unreleased new song, slated for the band's next studio album.

 

Wodonga

Victoria, AUS

Nov. 3, 2017

   supporting Midnight Oil

    audience recording
(sound quality: VG- to VG) 

01 Little Piece

02 Black Umbrella

03 Stop and Go Man

04 Victoria (new song)

05 Don't Wait

05 Life Gets In the Way

06 We Are the Purple Nazz

NOTE: this is lacking at least 1 song the band played on this occasion, and I’m guessing there were others not captured in this recording. Many thanks to preserver7777 for sharing.

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(the brief Wodonga set, included with both downloads, is only available in high-quality MP3)
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Learn more about Even's music at

Wikipedia, Twitter or the band's FB page
  

Wondermints - All-Covers Show, LA 1998

Spaceland
Los Angeles, CA
March 1998
  
audience recording (sound quality: VG)

NOTE: There are guest vocals on some songs by Lisa Jenio and Lisa Mychols. Joel Vee on percussion. The correct title for tracks 11 & 12  is "Cris Craft".

ROB SEZ: Gotta love those Wondermints. Members of the combo got so good at making masterly pop music that Brian Wilson tapped them to collaborate with him in live performances and studio work. HUGE THANKS to Joel Vee for recording the show (that's him on shaker & tambourine -- see his comment below). We're also indebted to Mick for today's post, for assembling it & creating the artwork. Thanks also to Don for posting years ago at ASH.

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ASH Tuesday post #80
    

Hang Ups - New York, NY 1999 + bonus

Mercury Lounge 
New York, NY
Feb. 3, 1999

audience recording (sound quality: VG- to VG)

01 She’s Got Everything (Kinks cover) 
02 Second Story
03 Caroline
04 Top of Morning
05 So We Go
06 Long Goodbye
07 Comin’ Through
08 Sleepy
09 Party
10 Hourglass
11 Black Licorice
12 The Queen
 
Taped and transferred by KamenLiter; tracked & shared by smores. BIG THANKS to them.

Hang Ups at The Current (photos by Nate Ryan)

The Current live session 
Minneapolis, MN
June 2013

webstream (sound quality: VG++)

01 Greyhound Bus
02 Comin' Through
03 Something Fragile
04 interview
05 He's After Me*
 
*Uptown Bar, Minneapolis, MN 1994-07-29 (aud) 

ROB SEZ: Ya never know when a lost gem might show up. This 1999 live set by the Minneapolis alt-pop group the Hang Ups surfaced recently, so I had to share it. HUGE THANKS to the taper & sharer (see above). You might find some more goodies hiding around here if you look...

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FLAC (I'm sharing the 1999 NYC set in lossless as well as lossy. The 2013 set, however, is only available in lossy, and it's included in both downloads)

REPERCUSSION: Mitch Easter and Don Dixon produced the band's 1999 album Second Story (AllMusic Album Pick, 4-star rating).

Learn more about the Hang Ups' music at Trouser Press and Wikipedia. You can purchase a lossless download of the band's self-titled 2003 album at Bandcamp.

 

Jon Auer - Birthday Party (private show) 2002

Cath's Birthday Party
June 1, 2002
(location unknown)
  
soundboard recording (quality: VG++)

ROB SEZ: A limited-edition release that's now impossible to find. A very fun solo show with lots of covers. Hopefully, Jon won't mind my sharing it here as a giveaway. Thanks, as usual, to Don.

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ASH Tuesday post #79

  

Lilys - Sacramento, CA 2017

Starlite Lounge
Sacramento, CA 
Feb. 3, 2017
 
audience recording (sound quality: VG+)

01 High Writer at Home
02 Overlit Canyon (The Obscured 
     Wingtip Memoir)
03 The Hermit Crab
04 Tone Bender
05 Radiotricity
06 Your Guest and Host
07 Threw a Day
08 Elsa
09 The Any Several Sundays
10 Ginger
11 The Perception Room
12 Touch the Water / Run Run Run (V.U. cover) 
13 Hymn
14 Claire Hates Me (false start)
15 Coby
16 Will My Lord Be Gardening
17 Dandy

Do bands have to pay extra for the psychedelic/swirly light show?
JUST WONDERING

ROB SEZ: I'm told Lilys tried to be an American shoegazer / dream pop band in an early incarnation. This live set suggests they've returned to shoe-gazing for their predominant style. Feel free to call it what you like. But if you're into moody, guitar-heavy, densely melodic songs with curious lyrics, Lilys might be your new groove. Check the sample, get the download, and enjoy. Big thanks & kudos to Jim M. for recording & sharing. There's more here; you just have to poke around to find it...

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Learn more about Lilys' music at AllMusic, Wikipedia and the band's FB page. What — you've never heard Lilys' Eccsame the Photon Band?!?

You can fix that HERE.

Augie March - Live 2003 + 2006 (FM)

Live at the Wireless 2003 

and

Triple R Live 2006 (FM)

01 Blackbird

02 Brundisium

03 I, Me, Mine

04 Tulip

05 There's No Such Place

06 Train

07 This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers 

08 The Cold Acre

09 What Passes for a Single These Days

10 One Crowded Hour

11 Clearly Not

12 Mother Greer

13 ...Which Is Logical

14 The Baron of Sentiment

15 One More to the Rs

16 Just Passing Through

 

Tracks 1 - 6 - Live at the Wireless 2003 (exact date unknown)

Tracks 7 - 16 - Live on Triple R March 23, 2006

ROB SEZ: MEGA HUGE thanks to Don for sharing this one at the late, great ASH blog.

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ASH Tuesday post #78

Peter Holsapple - Solo Shows 2017 + 1985

529 in E. Atlanta Village 
Atlanta, GA
August 4, 2017

audience recording (sound quality: VG+)

01 intro, tuning
02 That Time Is Gone
03 Big Brown Eyes
04 It's Game Day
05 Don't Mention the War
06 Angels
07 She Won't Drive In the Rain Anymore 
08 Today Could Be the Day

Peter Holsapple - guitar, vocals

SAMPLE: "Angels" (live 2017)


The Metro
Chicago, IL
Sept. 27, 1985
 
audience recording (sound quality: VG+) 

01 Sexual Healing

02 An End to the Blues

03 Storm Warning

04 Darby Hall

05 We Were Happy There

06 She Was the One

07 Pushing It Back

08 Diamond

09 Sharon

10 Lonely Is as Lonely Does

11 You Don't Miss Your Water 

12 Close to the Hand

13 Elvis, What Happened?

 

Musicians:

Peter Holsapple - guitar, vocals
Ilene Markell - bass

ROB SEZ: It's been quite a while since I've had something to post from Peter, so it's a delight to share one recent solo show and another from nearly 32 years (!) ago. On a personal note, I'm thrilled that Peter played one of my all-time favorite songs in his 2017 set: "She Won't Drive In the Rain Anymore" from the dB's Falling Off the Sky album. The dB's chose not to play it in concert, so it's great to hear Peter perform it for a live audience. Special thanks to Solar Wind for taping & sharing the 2017 set, and to whomever did the same for the 1985 show. I'm guessing the latter came to me via dB's Fan, though I cannot recall for sure. 

 
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Connect with Peter on FaceBook or Reverb Nation. 

Although there aren't any recent posts, Peter's blog is here.

Sloan - B-Sides (3 discs of 'em)

'Raise Your Glass to the B-Sides'
extensive 3-disc set

ROB SEZ: If you like the Canadian band Sloan, you're bound to find something here you haven't heard before. As with almost all ASH Tuesday posts, I am deeply indebted to Don at the old ASH blog. Speaking of Don, he has a new radio show featuring many artists that appear here and, of course, at his I Don't Hear a Single blog. Check out the radio show on Mixcloud.

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ASH Tuesday post #77

Smiths, The - Manchester + NOLA 1986

G-Mex

Manchester, UK

Festival of the 10th Summer 

July 19, 1986

FM recording (sound quality: VG++; 
master tape source from Picadilly Radio broadcast)

00 intro (pre-recorded The March of The Capulets) 

01 Bigmouth Strikes Again

02 Panic

03 Vicar In a Tutu

04 Frankly, Mr. Shankly

05 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

06 Ask

07 I Want the One I Can't Have

08 Cemetry Gates

09 Shakespeare’s Sister

10 Stretch Out and Wait

11 That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore 

12 The Queen Is Dead (end cut, fades out)

13 I Know It’s Over

14 Hand In Glove + outro

MEGA THANKS to craigie for taping and to thehappyone for sharing.

ROB SEZ: The new deluxe reissue of The Queen Is Dead is great, and the live disc from a show in Boston, MA in 1986 is fine. But what I really want to hear is a show from this tour when the crowd is going nuts, and the band is on fire. If you have similar inclinations, give these a try.

McAlister Auditorium

New Orleans, LA

Sept. 8, 1986

audience recording (sound quality VG+)

01 intro (March of the Capulets)
02 The Queen Is Dead
03 Panic
04 I Want The One I Can't Have
05 Rusholme Ruffians
06 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 
07 Still Ill
08 The Boy With the Thorn In His Side
09 Cemetry Gates
10 Stretch Out and Wait
11 Never Had No One Ever
12 Is It Really So Strange?
13 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
14 Meat Is Murder
15 What She Said
16 I Know It's Over
17 crowd, pre-encore
18 Money Changes Everything  
19 How Soon Is Now?
20 crowd
21 Hand In Glove
22 Bigmouth Strikes Again

Transferred from a DAT copy of the master tape.

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Icecream Hands - Triple J Live 1999

Live at the Wireless
Triple J Radio
Melbourne, Australia 
Dec. 20, 1999

FM recording (sound quality: VG++)
 

ROB SEZ: Icecream Hands is yet another under-appreciated Australian band that toiled away in the musical salt mines, crafting excellent but not widely-heard albums in the 1990s and 2000s. Closest musical category for these guys: guitar pop. Here's a superb live set, originally shared by Angelo at Power Pop Criminals. I missed out when it was first posted, but Mick came to my rescue recently (thank you, kind sir!). If you download and give a listen, you'll see why I'm thrilled to have it.

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ASH Tuesday post #76

S.F. Seals (Barbara Manning) - Live 1995 + 1996 (sbd)

S.F. Seals
Cicero's
St. Louis, MO 
October 1995 (either 10/16 or 10/19)

soundboard recording (quality: VG++)
 

Barbara & S.F. Seals: indie before indie was a thing

01 Haze is Free
     (Mounting a Broken Ladder) 
02 Never Park 
03 How Did You Know?
04 Every Pretty Girl
05 Soul of Patrick Lee (John Cale)
06 Straw Man
07 Don't Underestimate Me
08 Breathe Lies
09 Back Again
10 Flashback Caruso (Faust)
11 Ladies of the Sea
12 S.F. Sorrow Is Born (The Pretty Things)
13 Pulp 
14 Bold Letters

Barbara Manning
Ratschenmuhle
Geislingen, Germany 
Nov. 2, 1996

soundboard recording (quality: VG++)

01 intro

Barbara Manning - bombing the bass in 1994

02 Rickity Tickity Tin (Tom Lehrer)
03 Marcus Leid (Amon Duul II)
04 End of the Rainbow (Richard Thompson)  
05 Ipecac
06 chat
07 How Did You Know?
08 chat
09 Arsonist Story
10 chat
11 That Kid
12 On On and One
13 Isn't Lonely Lovely?
14 chat
15 Someone Wants You Dead
16 chat
17 Don't Let It Bring You Down (Paul McCartney)
18 short instrumental interlude
19 Scissors --> band intros
20 chat
21 more chat
22 Pulp
23 Ladies of the Sea
24 Dock Ellis
25 good-bye

Played on the last night of the "Barbara Manning Explosion" tour of Europe. Barbara is backed by Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico. Both shows were taped by Miseryman & transferred by lonetaper. S.F. Seals show shared by Cyrus; solo show by blueschief. ALL PRAISES to them.

ROB SEZ: Artists like Barbara Manning and S.F. Seals (one of the many groups she fronted) are the true independents in indie music. Before Liz Phair, there was Barbara Manning, writing, playing & singing strikingly honest / idiosyncratic music that combined folk, rock, singer-songwriter, noise and pop so effectively that Matador Records said, "We need someone like that on our roster!" (S.F. Seals and Liz Phair both released albums on Matador in 1994, but Barbara had already been releasing albums on various labels for 5 years). If you're just discovering Barbara's music, you have a treat in store. Hot tip: NYCTaper has a 2016 solo show, in great lossless sound quality, HERE.

This classic S.F. Seals album was recorded about
7 months prior to the live set shared here..

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Learn more about Barbara Manning's music at Wikipedia, AllMusic & her FB page. Learn more about S.F. Seals' music at AllMusic. Sample & purchase Barbara's music at Bandcamp. Read a great interview with Barbara here.