Juliana Hatfield & Band- Live At The Bridge Sound And Stage, October 2021

 

 

The last time Juliana Hatfield performed a livestream concert was back in June when she was gearing up for an upcoming tour with her band beginning in August on a bill with Soul Asylum and Local H. The tour went ahead, but without Juliana and her band, who dropped out only days before the first show of the tour. Apparently, there was an illness within the band (the drummer) leading up to the tour and they decided they didn't want to risk the possibility of further safety and health issues if they went ahead. The concerts would have still be great and I considered seeing a show because of her, but it wasn't to be. Besides, the US/Canada border was still closed at the time of the tour, so I saved a lot more disappointment if I had bought tickets.

The good news for fans is that the latest livestream concert (the video is still up on YouTube as of this writing) features Juliana and the band she was suppose to tour with. Her trio sounds tight and upbeat and their presence really adds a fresh energetic boost to her music. The setlist touches on different eras of her career, but it isn't a "greatest hits" set, as it includes material from her most recent album, Blood and a song each from her Olivia Newton-John and Police cover albums. An excellent sounding set and the performance is well worth the time! Stay tuned for the next livestream and/or more live dates.

Enjoy!

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JULIANA HATFIELD (& BAND)
The Bridge Sound And Stage
Cambridge, MA
October 20, 2021
Livestream Soundboard

01. Bottles And Flowers
02. Necessito
03. Nightmary
04. Lost Ship
05. My Sister
06. Had A Dream
07. God Bless America
08. Daniel
09. A Little More Love
10. Touch You Again
11. Hospital
12. Mouthful Of Blood
13. Hole In My Life
14. Wonder Why
15. Chunks
16. Or So They Say
17. Dead Weight
18. All Right, Yeah
19. Everything's For Sale
20. talk
21. talk (more)

note: If you're burning to cdr, tracks 1-20 are under 80 minutes, omit track 21.

Juliana Hatfield- guitar/vocals
Mike Oram- bass
Chris Anzalone- drums

 

JULIANA HATFIELD- 2021-10-20, The Bridge Sound And Stage, Cambridge, MA FLAC. rar

Big Star- Live In Cambridge 1974

 

 

It's been over 11 years since Alex Chilton passed away and last month, I picked up an original pressing of The Letter/Neon Rainbow, the debut album from Alex's first band, the Box Tops for cheap and got me reminiscing about Alex and Big Star. I think I have most of their official releases (and some unofficial), but it's unfortunate there aren't a lot of live recordings of Big Star, at least in their earlier incarnation (1971-1975). The 1992 release of Live was recorded and broadcasted in 1974 in New York for WLIR was the only official live album until the more recent release of Live At Lafayette's Music Room recorded in 1973 and released January 2018. Both are excellent documentations of the band as a trio performing live. Not sure if there are any live recordings (or performances?) when co-founder Chris Bell was still in the band?

When a Big Star live recording surfaced on Dime a short while ago, it was very exciting! This is a re-mastered, cleaned-up version of a cassette recording that has circulated for a while and it remains one of their few non-officially released live recordings. Big Star played two sets (early/late) opening for Badfinger in March 1974. The taper recorded both Badfinger sets and only the early Big Star set, but we should be thankful it was recorded at all considering a lot of tapers (me included) sometimes don't tape the opening band. There literally sounds like there are a few dozen people in the audience which makes this an intimate performance with surprisingly excellent sound for a tape recorder from this time period. (Thank you Steve Hopkins for the recording and Captain Acid for the remaster!) According to the liner notes from Live, Jody Stephens remembers that later in this tour, they played two shows on the same night in Boston, opening for Badfinger. He recalls that for the first set, they played their worst ever, and for the second-their best. Well, we don't have the second set to compare, but the first set sounds pretty good to my ears...judge for yourself!

Enjoy!

 

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Big Star
Performance Center
Cambridge, MA
March 31, 1974 (early show)
Steve Hopkins recording/Captain Acid remaster

recorded by Steve Hopkins on a Panasonic mono cassette recorder
Lineage: first-gen cassette > DAT > CD-R > .flac > Captain Acid remaster

01 In The Street
02 Baby Strange (T. Rex cover)
03 Mod Lang
04 Candy Says (Velvet Underground cover)
05 Till The End Of The Day (Kinks cover)
06 O My Soul
07 Motel Blues (Loudon Wainwright III cover)
08 Thirteen
09 Way Out West
10 September Gurls
11 Come On Now (Kinks Cover)

 

BIG STAR- 1974-03-31 Cambridge, MA FLAC. rar 

Scruffy The Cat- TT The Bear's Place August 8, 1987

My prized autographed Tiny Days album cover

Here's another fine Scruffy the Cat live recording I've been meaning to share for a while. This recording boasts excellent sound and this show (not necessarily this actual recording?) was recorded for the Boom Boom Boom Bingo EP. The versions of Shadow Boy, Runaway and Happiness To Go from this show appear on the EP. I received this in a trade and take note this is the late show and not to be confused with the early all-ages show from the same date that was posted on the old Scruffy the Cat page mp3 section (check it here through archive.org Wayback Machine) which believe it or not are still active!

For all you Scruffy the Cat fans this is a must "listen to" live recording! A classic!
Enjoy!

SCRUFFY THE CAT
TT The Bear's Place
Cambridge, MA
August 8, 1987
Late Show
soundboard

01. hello
02. Betty Drops In
03. banter #1
04. Thomas Doubter
05. banter #2
06. Shadow Boy
07. Blue Russian
08. introduce guest: Burns Stanfield- keys
09. Time Never Forgets
10. You Dirty Rat
11. banter #3
12. You Are My Sunshine
13. My Friend Ringo
14. Moons Of Jupiter
15. Places
16. 2Day 2morrow 4Ever
17. Beg, Borrow And Steal
18. Buy A Car
19. Runaway
20. Never, Never
21. Nova SS 1968
22. My Baby She's Alright
23. My Fate Was Sealed With A Kiss
24. Matchbox
25. Upside Down
26. Happiness To Go
encore
27. Little Bit O' Soul
28. Life Is Fun
29. Tiny Days

SCRUFFY THE CAT- 1987-08-08 (late show) TT The Bears, Cambridge, MA FLAC. rar

Charlie Chesterman- TT The Bears April 30, 1986

Here's a rare Charlie Chesterman solo acoustic show when he was in Scruffy the Cat from 1986. He performs some STC songs along with lots of new material I don't even know the titles of. If you can help out with some titles of the songs with question marks (?), let me know. Without a band, the performance is a cool up-close and personal show and though he has trouble remembering songs and having difficulty choosing songs to play, this show is special because I'm not sure if Charlie did a lot of solo shows when he was still in Scruffy? (maybe you fans from MA might have better insight on this?)

I got this disc in a trade many years ago and I thought it would be of interest because I haven't seen this posted online. The last show I posted (WERS 1984) along with several other Scruffy The Cat live recordings have recently been re-seeded and posted on Dime, but if you want me to post any of those shows here (especially if you aren't a Dimeadozen member), I can. Regardless, I'll post some more Chesterman/Scruffy The Cat shows that haven't been shared yet to continue my week long tribute to Charlie.
Enjoy!

CHARLIE CHESTERMAN
TT The Bears
Cambridge, MA
April 30, 1986
AUD

01. Time Never Forgets
02. My Fate Was Sealed With A Kiss
03. The Late Risers Club
04. Big Fat Monkeys Hat
05. ? / Lovers Day
06. ?
07. Tiger Tiger
08. ? / New Home Of The Blues
09. Hole In My Heart
10. The Boy Scout Song / Thomas Doubter
11. 2day 2morrow 4ever
12. ?
13. xx (silence)
14. ?
15. Beer Please, Not Politics
16. ?
17. ?
18. outro

?= title unknown

CHARLIE CHESTERMAN- 1986-04-30 TT The Bears, Cambridge, MA FLAC. rar