My Aim Is True Revisited...Again!

photo by pneyu

By request, I'm digging back 5 years to a post from this blog about a concert commemorating the 30th anniversary of Elvis Costello's debut album, My Aim Is True. You can read the story behind this concert that features Elvis performing with the band, Clover who were the backing musicians on the album (pre-Attractions), by clicking the link to the post of the 30th anniversary of My Aim Is True. I guess technically this year is now the 35th anniversary of this classic record.

In the original post, I upped only a sample of 9 of the songs from the concert in mp3 and a link to lossless Dimeadozen. Not sure if the mp3's work, but I've been informed the Dime link is no longer valid. Sorry, I didn't correct this earlier. Below is a lossless FLAC link of the complete concert for your listening enjoyment and for those that didn't get this first time.
Enjoy!

Elvis Costello and Clover
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, California
November 8, 2007
with guests Bill Kirchen and Austin De Lone

For the 30th anniversary of My Aim is True, and for a benefit for the child of Austin De Lone, Elvis and Clover re-created the My Aim is True album they recorded together in 1977. Clover members present were John McFee on guitar and pedal steel, Sean Hopper on keyboards and John Ciambotti on bass. Clover's drummer was unavailable and was replaced by Pete Thomas. Clover's vocalists, Alex Call and Huey Lewis, didn't participate in the 1977 recording or this concert.

Following the top-to-bottom playing of the My Aim is True, with original arrangements, Elvis and the rest of the musicians in various combinations played a second set of songs all written before 1977, Elvis's declared rule for the evening.

DISC ONE
1. Introduction
2. Welcome to the Working Week
3. Miracle Man
4. No Dancing
5. Blame it On Cain
6. Alison
7. Sneaky Feelings
8. (Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
9. Less Than Zero
10. Mystery Dance
11. Pay it Back
12. I'm Not Angry
13. Waiting for the End of the World
14. Watching the Detectives

DISC TWO
1. Just Like a Jukebox ? (Elvis solo)
2. Wave a White Flag (Elvis solo)
3. Blue Minute (Elvis solo)
4. Jump Up (Elvis solo)
5. I Can't Turn It Off (Elvis solo)
6. Living in Paradise (Elvis and Clover)
7. Stranger in the House (Elvis and Clover)
8. I Don't Want To Go Home (Elvis and Clover)
9. Radio Sweetheart (Elvis and Clover)
10. Mr. Moon (Clover song - Elvis and Clover)
11. Love Is Gone (Elvis, Clover, Kirchen, De Lone)
12. chatter
13. Love Has No Pride (Elvis and Austin De Lone)
14. (What's So Funny Bout)  Peace, Love and Understanding? (all)

(thanks May 0:} for your help with the missing song titles!)

ELVIS COSTELLO- 2007-11-08 disc 1 FLAC. rar
ELVIS COSTELLO- 2007-11-08 disc 2 FLAC. rar

Bands vs Filmmakers 2

I know I don't do it enough, but I really should try to promote local shows or events that might appeal to this blogs readers. The problem is most of the audience of this blog is probably outside the 204 area code and the interest might be regional. So, to the few readers from my hometown, I encourage you to attend this special concert show event. It's the second annual (not sure if this will be an on-going event in the future), Bands vs Filmmakers II concert in support of Cinematheque, one of the few movie theatre's in town that screen local and international indie films. This fundraising event first took place last year in early June and featured bands and filmmakers melding their talent together for an interesting audio and visual display. The concept is very simple, "five of Winnipeg’s finest independent filmmakers present their film and video work live to accompany electrifying performances by five of Winnipeg’s hottest independent bands. Each artist will work individually with a particular band to create an incredible visual and musical experience. Filmmakers will project their work from the back of the hall which will be simultaneously screened behind each band’s performance."

This year's show features music by Cannon Bros., Nova, Magnificent 7s, This Hisses and SitDown Tracy. Each group will work with a different independent filmmaker including Danishka Esterhazy, Curtis Wiebe, Stephane Oystryk, Rhayne Vermette and Scott Fitzpatrick. Should be an interesting evening, I attended last year and was treated to some good music (Nathan, Shallow End, Jaxon 3 and John Samson) and some funky cool visuals both between and during the bands. I recorded all the music last year and hopefully if I attend again this year I'll have some more music to post.

I'm posting a couple of short sets from last year's concert that I thought might have the most national appeal. Juno award winning band, Nathan featuring Keri Latimer who recently released her first solo record and John K. Samson of Weakerthans fame who also released his first solo work earlier this year. If you're a fan of Keri's check out the brand new TDIT FACEBOOK page with a stream (or mp3 download) of her guest vocals on, To Sir With Love with Shallow End.

JOHN K. SAMSON / NATHAN
West End Cultural Centre
Winnipeg, MB
June 2, 2011
Audience master


1. One Great City
2. Cruise Night
3. The Last End
4. Heart Of The Continent
5. Utilities

JOHN K. SAMSON- 2011-06-02 FLAC. rar
NATHAN (don't have setlist) 2011-06-02 FLAC. rar

Weakerthans- Live in Ottawa 2001

The movie Wedding Crashers was on TV tonight and if you stick around to the end you'll be pleased to hear the Weakerthan's, Aside play over the end credits. Quite a coo for this band that still calls Winnipeg it's home (as well as Toronto, half the members live there) to get such major mainstream exposure in a popular Hollywood film. This isn't surprising considering the Weakerthans enjoy almost as much success south of the border, but they will never be mistaken for a band that gets heavy rotation on mainstream radio. College and university radio stations in the U.S. and Canada gain much cred for playing the Weakerthans and yes, CBC radio has always been a huge supporter of the band. Definitely more than a cult band!

By coincidence, I have an earlier Weakerthans show I'm eager to share. I recorded this off CBC radio 2 about 10 years ago and I believe I have only traded the show once and never posted it on Dime. If my memory serves me correctly I thought I had some issues with the sound as I had problems with static trying to get better radio reception. Listening to it recently, the static is minor and doesn't detract from the recording, in fact the sound quality is quite excellent with a set list heavy on their first two albums along with one song from the yet to be recorded, Reconstruction Site. According to the radio host the show takes place at The Babylon in Ottawa in 2001. I'm not sure about the exact date, on 11-30-01 the Weakerthans headlined a show with the Constantines, while the 8-2-01 date is what the person I traded the show with listed as the date on their trade list (anyone know?). I haven't heard or seen this show shared anywhere else, so if you're a Weakerthans fan this is a good one to get.
Enjoy!

WEAKERTHANS
The Babylon
Ottawa, ON
?-?-2001
(11-30-01 or 08-02-01?)
FM Master
Broadcast on CBC radio
FM>TEAC stand alone CD recorder>audio CDR>Free Rip>Wav>FLAC>rar

01. Aside
02.
03. Letter Of Resignation
04. Pamphleteer
05. None Of The Above
06. This Is The Fire Door Never Leave Open
07. Watermark
08. Our Retired Explorer
09. Wellington's Wednesdays
10. Elegy For Elsabet
11. Left And Leaving
12. Exiles Among You
13. My Favourite Chords
14. Diagnosis

WEAKERTHANS- The Babylon, Ottawa 2001 FM FLAC. rar

Juliana Hatfield- Live At Fort Apache 1995

photo by Andrew Kieschnick (Houston 6-15-95)

As I hinted at earlier, here's a Juliana Hatfield show taken from a radio broadcast in 1995. This was a very fruitful time for Juliana who reached alterna-rock stardom with her first two albums and her (then) latest album, Only Everything which would go on to be one of her all-time top selling albums (? or Hey Babe).. Personally, this was my favourite Juliana Hatfield record as she "turned up the volume and the distortion and had a lot of fun", but this album set the bar high for her next project which turned out to be the God's Foot record that never got released. Her songs appeared on soundtracks in popular movies/tv shows, she appeared on magazine covers, countless interviews and she was embraced as a role model for teen girls due to the positive way she addressed serious issues. Though she reached a high point of her popularity, she was never comfortable with the attention and the pressure for her to continue to succeed must have been overwhelming. Her tour for Only Everything was halted and cancelled two weeks in, citing nervous exhaustion and according to her memoir she was in fact suffering from depression. The tour resumed and Only Everything was a hit, but I don't think she ever reached the mainstream attention she did during this period. Which in some ways is a good thing. More recently her career has been a little more low key and off the radar with the hipsters nowadays, but she has released some of her best music since the early days and has done it on her own terms and on her own label. Her true fans have followed her career during her ups and downs and have helped support her through fan contributions with projects like Pledgemusic and have been rewarded with interesting and creative material.

I had an earlier request for the "You Don't Own Me" boot from 1993 (Backstage Tavern, Ballard, WA), but it turned up on Dime so it can be downloaded here. It is a definite upgrade from the cassette copy I had and the sound quality is pretty good considering it sounds like an audience recording. Today's post is from a 1995 show at Fort Apache and was broadcast on WFNX Boston which means the sound is excellent. Not sure if they broadcast the entire concert, but it doesn't matter, get it!
Enjoy!

JULIANA HATFIELD
Live At Fort Apache
Cambridge, Massachusetts
WFNX, Boston
May 18, 1995

FM radio broadcast

01. -intro-
02. What A Life
03. I've Got No Idols
04. Dying Proof
05. -introductions-
06. Universal Heartbeat
07. Fluer de Lys
08. Spin The Bottle
09. My Sister
10. Supermodel
11. Ok Ok
12. Congratulations
13. Bottles And Flowers
14. -Happy Birthday-

JULIANA HATFIELD- 1995-05-18 Fort Apache, Boston FLAC. rar

The Faces- Too Drunk For The BBC

This cheesy cover is from the bootleg version.

In tribute to their recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, I have a great sounding show from The Faces, a band that was overdue to enter the Hall. On March 23, the band announced Rod Stewart would reunite with the rest of the band (the living remaining members have previously reunited several times with a different singer) for the first time in 19 years at the ceremony on April 14, 2012. Due to a bout of influenza on the eve of the induction, Stewart cancelled and Mick Hucknell (who replaced Stewart for the other shows and is now the official vocalist) sang with the band. It would have been a memorable event to see the original line-up (except for Ronnie Lane who passed away in 1997) and say what you will about Rod Stewart, but to me The Faces aren't The Faces without Rod Stewart, not the guy from Simply Red. I always thought of the vocalist/guitarist duo of Stewart and Wood in similar terms with Jagger/Richards, Daltry/Townsend, Plant/Page, you get the picture, basically these bands can't and shouldn't carry on without one of the pair. It was Stewart's raspy voice and Wood's fuzz guitar that drew me to the band and I own all their records (on vinyl, of course) and the first four Rod Stewart solo albums because they are Stewart with the other members of The Faces, named aptly for contractual obligations. The Faces were a great influential band (Replacements, Black Crowes), not only musically, but also their "having a good time" attitude and onstage drunken antics, which always makes it more entertaining.

Speaking of drunken, here's a show that demonstrates the band in "good time" mode that was broadcast on the radio. Actually, the show was not originally broadcast, due to The Faces sounding too drunk. It was finally aired by mistake in January 2003 on BBC6 Digital. A classic concert with the original line-up!
Enjoy!

THE FACES
BBC "In Concert"
Paris Theater
London, UK,
February 8, 1973
Broadcast- January 2003 on BBC6 digital

01. Silicone Grown
02. Cindy Incidentally
03. Angel
04. Memphis, Tennessee
05. True Blue
06. I'd Rather Go Blind
07. You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss It)
08. Twistin' The Night Away
09. It's All Over Now
10. Miss Judy's Farm
11. Maybe I'm Amazed
12. Three Button Hand Me Down
13. I'm Losing You

THE FACES- In Concert 02-08-73, London FLAC. rar

Pixies- Live At WERS 1987

Here's another stellar radio in-studio performance broadcast from the WERS studios at Emerson College in Boston. Not much to say about this one except it's a killer set from the Pixies recorded months before the release of their first EP, Come On Pilgrim. Though C.O.P. is only 20 minutes long, I think it's their finest 20 minutes on record, all the songs are great. The set consists of most of the songs from Pilgrim, as well as some songs that would later appear on their next release, the full-length debut, Surfer Rosa. Much like the Volcano Suns appearance at WERS, the band sounds fresher and more energized here than on record. I must listen for any Pixies fan!
Enjoy!

PIXIES
WERS Studios
Emerson College, Boston, MA
January 18, 1987
Fm Radio Broadcast
live in-studio

1. The Holiday Song
2. I'm Amazed
3. Rock-A-My-Soul
4. Isla de Encanta
5. Caribou
6. Broken Face
7. I've Been Tired
8. Build High
9. Break My Body
10. Ed Is Dead
11. Nimrod's Son
12. Down To The Well
13. Subbacultcha
14. Boom Chick A Boom
15. Vamos
16. In Heaven
17. interview

PIXIES- WERS Boston, MA 1987-01-18 FLAC. rar

Juliana Hatfield & Evan Dando Live On The World Cafe 1993

Juliana Hatfield have a lot of history between them, from their days in Boston in the mid 80's while she was a member of the Blake Babies, to more recently when they toured together as a acoustic duo. On record, she was a member of the Lemonheads for the "classic", It's A Shame About Ray and Evan has a made appearances on Blake Babies records including the 2001's reunion album, God Bless The Blake Babies. In 1999, Juliana recorded a duet with Dando for a Gram Parson's Tribute, Return Of The Grievous Angel, they sang $1000 Wedding. Personally, they are at the very least good friends and there's probably more to it than that, but I don't care too much about that stuff since this is a music blog. Regardless, they have known each other for some 20 years and it would have been sweet to see them on their tour last year. I heard the reviews were kind of mixed, but it would have been an opportunity to hear them trade off songs from their extensive catalogs of music.

Today's post is a short radio performance and interview from 1993 when they did some radio promos for the It's A Shame About Ray record and Juliana's, Hey Babe and her second album, Become What You Are. I have a two other similar recordings from before and after this date also from 1993, but I have those still only on cassette (I may transfer them eventually). A nice little set, a teaser for possibly more Juliana, as I've had some requests. I'll see what I can do. Stay tuned.
Enjoy!

Juliana Hatfield and Evan Dando
World Cafe
July 14, 1993
acoustic
FM radio broadcast

1.  Everybody Loves Me But You
2.  Interview
3.  It's  A Shame About Ray
4.  Interview
5.  Ugly
6.  Interview
7.  Confetti
8.  Interview
9.  How Much I've Lied

JULIANA & EVAN- 1993-07-14 World Cafe FLAC. rar

The Baseball Project- Live At WFMU April 10, 2012

A few days before the concert at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, the Baseball Project dropped in at WFMU on the Three Chord Monte program for a live in-studio performance and interview. A trio version of the band (Steve, Scott and Linda) played a nice "warm-up" acoustic set before their appearance at Maxwell's later that day. I'm always up for any live Baseball Project shows, any chance anyone recorded the Maxwell's show?

I downloaded this set from Free Music Archive.org in case you want to listen to the individual tracks before downloading (as well as any other WFMU programs).
Enjoy!

 THE BASEBALL PROJECT
"The Three Chord Monte" with Joe Belock
Live at WFMU
Jersey City, NJ
April 10, 2012

01. All Future And No Past
02. Chat I
03. I Shant Be Back
04. Chat II
05. Fair Weather Fans
06. Chat III
07. Phenom
08. Chat IV
09. 1976
10. Interview

Today's lineup:
Steve Wynn guitar, vocals;
Scott McCaughey guitar vocals;
Linda Pitmon drums, vocals

THE BASEBALL PROJECT- WFMU April 10, 2012. rar
(note: These files are mp3 format)

The Baseball Project- Live At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

photo taken from podcast party

An unlikely venue, but the Baseball Project has played a lot of non-music events such as...baseball games, obviously. The Baseball Project performed at the Met in celebration of the exhibition Breaking the Color Barrier in Major League Baseball and the Museum's renowned permanent baseball card collection. This special set was captured on video and the complete show was posted on YouTube and for your convenience and mine (I didn't feel like bookmarking it), here on TDIT.

As you might have guessed I'm a big fan of all the members of the Baseball Project, together in this project and their other bands (Minus 5/YFF, R.E.M., Dream Syndicate, Zuzu's Petals). Joining Scott, Steve, Linda and Peter is R.E.M. bassist, Mike Mills who contributes organ, piano and bass. In the past, Mills has subbed for Buck when he's been absent. I saw the band in St. Paul a number of years ago and I still fondly reminisce about that show, definitely a highlight in my concert-going career and meeting the band after the show is one of my biggest thrills ever.
This video is outstanding and pro-shot, so sit back and enjoy!

BASEBALL PROJECT
The Metropolitan Of Art
New York City, New York
April 13, 2012

All Future and No Past
Fair Weather Fans (with new Mike Mills verse replacing the Peter Buck verse)
Jackie’s Lament
Gratitude for Curt Flood
Chin Music
1976
Phenom
Harvey Haddix
Jefferson Burdick (new song about the man who donated his baseball card collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Satchel Paige Said
Here Lies Carl Mays
Buckner’s Bolero
Ted Freaking Williams (expurgated version)
Panda and The Freak
Past Time

Encore: Ichiro Goes to the Moon

New Pornographers-Live In Session On KCRW 2010

I haven't posted any New Pornographers in a while, so here's a sweet in-studio live performance on Morning Becomes Eclectic at KCRW in Santa Monica from a couple of years ago. They play some songs from their then current (and still most recent) record, Together. It's always a bonus when Neko Case can perform with the band, she adds so much more, and she did for all of this tour. The interview is an embarrassment with host, Jason Bentley obsessively lusting over Neko most of the time, but otherwise the set of music is great and well worth a listen for fans.
Sorry Vancouver about your Canucks...ha, maybe next year!

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
KCRW Radio FM Broadcast
Santa Monica, California.Source: FM Broadcast
Live In Studio Session @ Time Of Broadcast
AIRED: Monday July 19, 2010
Lineage: FM > Onkyo HT-R520 > Analog Out > HHB-CDR 800 >
CDR.WAV > TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S202N > EAC > CD WAVE Tracking > Flac.8)->

01.(=Intro=)
02.Crash Years
03.Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk
04.My Shepherd
05.Myriad Harbour
06.(=Interview=)
07.Challengers
08.(-talk,-well..-)
09.Moves
10.(-mis-queue-)
11.Up In The Dark
12.Silver Jenny Dollar
13.(=Outro=)
14.Execution Day

The Band:
Carl Newman - Vocals/Guitar 
Neko Case - Vocals 
Dan bejar - Vocals/Guitar  
John Collins - Bass 
Todd Fancey  - Guitar/Vocals 
Kurt Dahle - Drums/Vocals  
Ben Kalb - Cello/Saxophone 
Blaine Thurier - Keyboard/Vocals/Melodica

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS- Live in Session MBE KCRW FM 2010-07-19 FLAC. rar

Happy Record Store Day- Paul Westerberg @ Amoeba Records 2002

Hey, today is Record Store Day! Actually the 5th annual, it celebrates "the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally". According to the Record Store Day website, "This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April".

Not everyone downloads music exclusively, for me there is nothing like the physical record store where you can browse and meet other like-minded people to discover unexpected gems and hard to find overlooked music. I regularly visit the record stores in my area, though they continue to become more scarce and whenever I'm out of town, I always check out the local shops. Here in Winnipeg, I have fond memories of stores from the past such as: Kellys, Opus 69, Record Baron, Peppers Records, Music City, Sam the Record Man, Records On Wheels, Pyramid, Musicplex and many more I've probably forgotten. Presently, our city has stores such as: Into the Music, Music Traders, Planet Of Sound, Sound Exchange and War On Music (which just burnt down a couple of days ago).

Support the indie record store and buy some records!

Today's post will take a break from the in-studio performances of radio broadcasts to the in-store concert in a record store. A memorable show I received in a trade years ago is a in-store show from former Replacement, Paul Westerberg at the Amoeba Record Store in Hollywood. This show dates back to 2002 when Westerberg did a mini-tour in the spring of 2002 of record stores before a extended tour in concert halls and clubs during the summer of that year. He was promoting his Stereo/Mono album and I had the pleasure of seeing him in at the Guthrie Theatre Minneapolis in June 02. This show is noteworthy for a confrontation between an annoying heckling fan that drove Paul to wade into the crowd and confront the pest. Some witnesses claim Westerberg grabbed him by the throat and lightly slapped him, but that might be unconfirmed. You can hear the heckler in the recording, so you be the judge. Needless to say, there wasn't an encore...a very cool show!
Happy record store day!
Enjoy!

PAUL WESTERBERG
Amoeba Records
Hollywood, CA
April 25, 2002

01. Best Thing That Never Happened
02. Waiting For Somebody
03. Looking Out Forever
04. Got You Down
05. Eyes Like Sparks/Nothing To No One
06. Mr. Rabbit
07. 2 Days Til Tomorrow
08. Let The Bad Times Roll
09. Unsatisfied/Swinging Party
10. Somebody Take The Wheel
11. Jumping Jack Flash
12. High Time

PAUL WESTERBERG- Amoeba Records 4-25-02 FLAC. rar

Volcano Suns- WERS Metrowave, April 7, 1985

As a live music fan (and tape trader), live in-studio radio broadcast performances by a band are considered a premium for many reasons. Unlike the unpredictability of a concert in front of screaming fans, radio studio shows offer:

• a near perfect sound quality, studio quality.
• chance of better musicianship and good performances, less drunkenness (not always), less distractions etc.
• easy to record the performance, if you have a radio and a recorder, that's all you need. I recorded many great in-studio performances on my combo radio/tape deck (ghetto blaster).
• interview- perhaps some insight into the band, can be interesting and informative and sometimes funny. (though not always)

I know that nothing beats the experience of witnessing a band play live, but sometimes the sound quality coming out of the speakers and/or the chatter and screaming of the audience makes playback not as enjoyable. A good quality soundboard recording is also worth seeking, but even that can be grittier and less balanced than a radio broadcast. There are many good sources for live radio performances, such as CBC radio, shows like Q regularly feature a live guest and Concerts on Demand features a large range of genres. In the states, several well known radio programs feature(d) live performances such as Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW in Santa Monica, WFMU in Hoboken, NJ, WFMU in East Orange, NJ and WERS in Boston. Daytrotter sessions from Rock Island, IL hosts many artists each week and their sessions are available for a listen and download on their website, daytrotter.com. At one time it was free, but now you have to pay for a membership, though $2 a month is an awfully good deal.
For the next week or so, I'll post a variety of radio broadcasts by some of my favourite artists. For now, I'll keep the broadcasts the "in-studio" shows as opposed to a radio station broadcast of a live concert in a club or concert hall.

Though I am not from Boston, I have several recordings from the Metrowave program on WERS at Emerson College in Boston. Up until 1989 they used to broadcast bands every Sunday evening giving an opportunity for Boston area bands to perform on the radio. One of my favourite recordings from this station is a session with the Volcano Suns. Earlier this year, I posted their first album, The Bright Orange Years, but unfortunately I was forced to delete the link due to a complaint and threat of further action. The good news is that this VS's show is amazing and I personally like this better than the album. The performance is tight and the sound is bright and near perfect. If you're a fan or are curious about the band this is not to be missed, this might be their finest moment!
Enjoy!

VOLCANO SUNS
WERS Metrowave 1
Emerson College, Boston, MA
April 7, 1985
FM Radio Broadcast

1. Over The Wall
2. Ridge The Cog
3. Four Letters
4. The Mouth That Roared
5. Balancing Act
6. It's Stew Time
7. Promise Me
8. Truth Is Stranger
9. JAK
10. Room With A View
11. Walk Around
12. Silvertone
13. Greasy Spine
14. 1999

VOLCANO SUNS- WERS Metrowave 1985-04-07 FLAC. rar

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers- Unreleased Max's Kansas City '79

As a companion piece to the "official" Live At Max's Kansas City '79 album, here's an equally as good show from Max's. Unlike the official release which was recorded in the autumn of 1978, this one was actually recorded in 1979 (April 28) with the possible intention of releasing. It sounds pretty good and is noteworthy because it features some songs not performed on the official album. I've had many requests for more Heartbreakers, so this is a keeper to add to your Heartbreaker's live collection.
Enjoy!

JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS
Unreleased Max's Kansas City '79 (complete)
April 28, 1979 Late Show
Soundboard

1. Intro
2. Pipeline
3. Chinese Rocks
4. London Boys
5. Too Much Junkie Business
6. Can't Keep My Eyes On You
7. M.I.A.
8. It's Not Enough
9. Flight
10. I Love You
11. Seven Day Weekend
12. Money
13. Copycat
14. Born To Lose
15. One Track Mind
16. Do You Love Me
17. Encore
18. Give Her A Great Big Kiss

JOHNNY THUNDERS- Guitar & vocals
WALTER LURE- Guitar & vocals
BILLY RATH- Bass guitar
JERRY NOLAN- Drums & vocals

JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS- 1979-04-28 Unreleased Max's FLAC. rar

John K. Samson & The Provincial Band- Live At The West End Cultural Centre

John K returns to the bass for Propagandhi covers.

When tickets went on sale before Christmas for John K. Samson's concert, I anticipated the show would sell-out fast. Considering his band, the Weakerthans haven't played the city in over a year, fans of the band were probably anxious to hear new material from Samson, Weakerthans or not. Since last year, Samson has played some smaller solo gigs around the city, but this would be his first appearance in his hometown since releasing his first full length (not counting his first pre-Weakerthans solo tape) album, Provincial. Samson had earlier released two EP's, City Route 85 and Provincial Road 222, with 6 of the songs from those EP's re-recorded for the full length, as well as 6 new songs.

The show featured many tracks from the new disc, but still with about half the set dedicated to Weakerthans songs. If you've been to any recent Weakerthans shows (last 10 years or so) you might notice they don't perform many live covers. With a vast catalog of songs to choose from, they may feel it unnecessary to play other people's songs, so it was a bonus to hear John throw a couple of covers into the set. Technically, two of the songs were one's he wrote when he was in Propagandhi (Gifts and Anchorless) and Anchorless was re-recorded and appeared on the Weakerthans' first album. So, as I was saying it was refreshing to hear a cover, a Jawbreaker song, The Boat Dreams From The Hill, a band who Samson said he saw at the WECC "10 or 12 years ago" and was and still is a favourite band of his, definitely an influential band for Samson and the Weakerthans (note: Jawbreaker played the WECC in 1994, 18 years ago, did they play any other time here?). The show was even better than I anticipated, soft and slower songs showcased Samson's fine song craftsmanship and some upbeat, rockers with his band, The Provincial Band that kept it fun and interesting...great show!

I was pleased with the quality of the recording, a crisp, clear sounding document aided by a good sound mix (and acoustics) at the WECC. Because of the mixture of softer, slow songs with louder songs, I had to adjust the levels on the fly, something I don't like to do as it sometimes comes out sounding like the volume button is simply turned up and down, but I think it ended up sounding balanced and level. It's hot at the start of some louder songs, but overall it's a very satisfying listen. I was jammed packed in the middle of the crowd somewhat close to the stage and fortunately the crowd was polite with very little chatter intensely listening to every word, which is always good for tapers. So far, I haven't seen or heard any other recordings from this tour, so get this while you can!
Enjoy!!

JOHN K. SAMSON & THE PROVINCIAL BAND
West End Cultural Centre
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
March 27, 2012
Audience Master

Sony ECM-DS70P mic> Tascam DR-07> USB> 16 bit Wav>
Direct Wave MP3 splitter> FLAC> rar file

01. One Great City
02. Heart Of The Continent
03. Cruise Night
04. When I Write My Masters Thesis
05. Letter in Icelandic From The Ninette San
06. Tournament Of Hearts
07. Night Windows
08. Elegy For Gump Worsley
09. Pamphleteer
10. www.ipetitions.com/petition/rivertonrifle/
11. Longitudinal Centre
12. The Boat Dreams From The Hill (Jawbreaker cover)
13. The Last And
14. Highway 1 West
15. Left And Leaving
Encore 1
16. Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
17. Gifts (Propagandhi cover)
18. Anchorless (Propagandhi cover)
19. Reconstruction Site
Encore 2
20. The Reasons
21. Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure (solo at front of stage-no PA)

Please DO NOT sell this recording or convert to mp3's (unless for personal use) without permission. Thanks.

JOHN K. SAMSON- 2012-03-27 Winnipeg FLAC. rar

Husker Du- Candy Apple Grey Rough Mixes

About a year and a half ago, I pledged money to help back a film project on Kickstarter about the Replacements. This was a documentary, not so much on the band, but more about the band through the eyes of fellow musicians and fans through interviews and reminiscences. Since then, Color Me Obsessed has screened at numerous film festivals and indie theatres across Canada and the States to much acclaim and positive reviews. My small pledge earned me an advanced screener DVD last summer, before it was seen on the big screen and at least a year before the DVD would be available, as well as project updates from the director, Gorman Bechard. It was rewarding to be able to contribute to a project I have special interest in (about a band I love!) and as a bonus my name appears in the "special thanks" portion of the end credits...very cool! If you have an opportunity to see this film when it comes to your city or town, go! It's a music documentary like not other. Even if you've never heard the Replacements, after watching this doc you'll want to rush home and listen to (I guess buy first) Let It Be, Hootenanny or Tim and acquire some boots of their live shows.

As a follow up to Color Me Obsessed, Gorman Bechard's next project is a documentary about another 80's music legend from Minneapolis, Husker Du's, Grant Hart. Every Everything: The music, life & times of Grant Hart will tell Grant's story from his beginnings, through his days in Husker Du and up to the present. "In this feature-length documentary you'll learn his influences, his obsessions, his loves, his passions, his art, his music, and everything in between, leaving no stone unturned. For the first time ever, you'll hear everything about Grant Hart as told by Grant Hart -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Think of it as a rock 'n' roll FOG OF WAR!"



Once again, the project is looking for funding and backers that can pledge money that would go towards documenting this story. Money is needed to fund travel, food, lodging expenses in Minneapolis for the crew to interview Grant, as well as hard drives to store footage, rights (for use of music, artwork, archival footage) and film festival submission fees. Personally, I think this will be an interesting project because Grant is an interesting subject, a quirky guy that probably has a lot to say about his days with Husker Du and his struggle to be heard during his post-Husker, solo career. I'm thinking he has felt overshadowed by Bob Mould in Husker and even more so when Mould gained much success with Sugar and his solo career. I saw Grant with Nova Mob in the mid-90's and Grant solo more recently (2005) and it was sad because there was only a handful of fans at each show. Please support this project, it needs to reach it's goal of $20,000 before May 4th. If it doesn't get funded, your pledge will be returned, so you can't lose. You can take advantage of some nice incentives, posters, bumber-stickers, advance DVD, t-shirts, film credits, art, dinner with Grant, watch the editing process, film premiere invite etc...

As a tribute to Grant and Husker Du, I'm posting the rough mixes from Candy Apple Grey, the bands major label debut. It definitely wasn't one of their best albums (Zen Arcade, New Day Rising), but it was a solid record that featured some of Grant's best moments, Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely and Sorry Somehow. These songs aren't too much different from the final mixes, but there are some outtakes not on the album and some instrumental versions. Studio quality sound, but it's probably sourced from a cassette, so the sound flutters and wavers in parts, otherwise it's great.
Enjoy!

HUSKER DU
Candy Apple Grey Rough Mixes, Outtakes (1986)
Studio mixes

1. Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
   
2. Crystal (no vocals)
   
3. Sorry Somehow
4. I Don't Know For Sure (no vocals)
   
5. Hardly Getting Over It
6. All Work And No Play (instr.)
   
7. Dead Set On Destruction
8. Eiffel Tower High
9. Misty Modern Days
10. All This I've Done For You
11. Just Be
12. Hardly Getting Over It (no vocals)
    
13. I Don't Know For Sure
    

HUSKER DU- Candy Apple Grey Demos FLAC. rar

Yo La Tengo- 2012 WFMU Marathon Clips

Yo La Tengo WFMU Marathon 2012! from WFMU on Vimeo.

Here are highlights from this years 2012 WFMU marathon with Yo La Tengo. As usual, the band performed (in studio) and took call-in requests from donors and pledgers which always makes for great spontaneous and improvisational radio. It's amazing the number of cover songs they have performed over the years and no band can play them as well and as proficient as Yo La Tengo!

If anyone knows where I can find the entire recording, please let me know and I'll post it here.
Enjoy!

Rockpile- Best Of Soundboards

I had a request for more Rockpile shows and had a difficult time deciding what I should post next. Years ago, I downloaded a sweet compilation of soundboard recordings from different sources, mainly radio broadcasts, which are always great sources for live shows. This is a nice overview and sampling of the material they played live. Songs from Dave and Nick's solo albums, as well as covers and songs written by others (Graham Parker, Elvis Costello) all played with a fury and passion that hasn't been surpassed by Dave and Nick's later solo projects (in my opinion). Rockpile is an amazing live band and their playing is flawless, tight and furiously energetic. The only official studio Rockpile release, Seconds Of Pleasure seems to pale a little in comparison.

There are a couple repeat songs from the last Rockpile show I posted (My Father's Place '78), and the sound is excellent throughout. I have a couple more shows from 1978-1980, so stay tuned and I'll post another soon.
Enjoy!!

ROCKPILE
Best Of Soundboards
Various 1977-1980

1. Crawling From The Wreckage (Concert For Kampuchea 12-79)
2. Little Sister (Concert For Kampuchea 12-79)
3. Back To Schooldays (BBC 4-77)
4. I knew The Bride (BBC 4-77)
5. Mess Of Blues (BBC 4-77)
6. Here Comes The Weekend/So Fine (BBC 4-77)
7. Girls Talk (Palladium, NYC 1980)
8. Born Fighter (Palladium, NYC 1980)
9. Cruel To Be Kind (Palladium, NYC 1980)
10. Jailhouse Rock (Palladium, NYC 1980)
11. Let It Rock (Washington, DC 1977)
12. Fool Too Long (San Francisco 1978)
13. No More Mr. Nice Guy (Bottom Line, NYC 10-78)
14. It's My Own Business (Bottom Line, NYC 10-78)
15. Never Been In Love/So Fine (Bottom Line, NYC 10-78)
16. Deborah (My Father's Place 11-78)
17. Trouble Boys (My Father's Place 11-78)
18. You'll Never Get Me Up In One Of Those (My Father's Place 11-78)
19. Loud Music In Cars (Billy Bremner solo)
20. Three Time Loser (Concert For Kampuchea video only)

ROCKPILE- Best Of Soundboards FLAC. rar

Note: I had a bit of trouble ripping the CD to FLAC files and I had to use my secondary ripping software, but I tested it and listened to the whole disc and it seems fine. Let me know if there are any problems. Thanks!

50 Foot Wave- More Free Music!

Everyone loves free music, of course many people already download "free music", but sometimes it's good to give back and support the performer and buy a CD or record album. It's refreshing when a band just wants their music to be heard and encourages their fans to share their music by offering it guilt free for no cost. Such is the case with 5o Foot Wave, who are offering a free download (or pay what you want) of their new EP, With Love From The Men's Room on their website. Not only that, the band is also offering the entire 5o Foot Wave catalog, which includes 4 EP's, instrumental EP and live recordings for free! The EP's are official releases, but Kristen Hersh is independent and releases her material through a Creative Commons license.

On Kristen's website she states, "All the recent SOPA – PIPA nonsense makes now an important time to walk our talk and make clear just what side we’re on. We did something like this in 2005 when we released Free Music for a pay-what you like price (waaaay before a certain other band did it) via torrent sites and Archive.org and again in 2007 when we offered Power + Light along with the entire catalog-to-date via CASH Music. Today, we’re renewing our commitment to Open by once again refreshing torrents of the entire 50 Foot Wave catalog, including our brand new Ep, “With Love from the Men’s Room.” We believe that, Free and Open doesn’t mean “no sales.” Free and Open doesn’t mean theft. Anonymity is the enemy, not piracy. It’s your attention and enthusiasm we value so highly. Once we’ve been generous and once you’ve come to value what we do, we’re confident you’ll step up and support us as so many already have. It’s on us to offer you a comfortable, flexible, frictionless way to do that. And don’t worry. We’re on it."

Giving away music isn't an entirely new concept, but the fact these are new releases not demos, live recordings or throw-away tracks shows a brave and confident band that isn't afraid to take a chance. I wouldn't have heard of 50 Foot Wave if it wasn't for their Free Music EP from 2006 that I downloaded for free from their site. The fact Kristen Hersh has been in and around the music business for a while with the Throwing Muses and her solo career leads me to believe she was getting a tad fed up with music biz of being ruled by labels, much like Juliana Hatfield in many ways. If you haven't heard 50 Foot Wave, have a listen, it's risk free, especially if you love power trios with lots of loud guitar because they kick ass and rock harder than the Muses or Kristen's solo work.

"As always, please SHARE THIS MUSIC. You are encouraged to repost, podcast, make videos, record covers, burn copies for friends, burn copies for enemies, USE it. Anything, everything is OK with us. What matters most to us is that people hear, connect with , and pass on the band's music. Thank you forever for the energy, enthusiasm and effort you bring to this music"- 50 Foot Wave

50 FOOT WAVE
With Love From The Men's Room (2012)

01. Free Fall
02. Gray
03. Nobody's Tar, Nobody's Feathers
04. A Rushing
05. Radiant Addict

50 FOOT WAVE- With Love From The Men's Room FLAC. rar

Jale- Rarities 1993-97

Lately, I've been listening to a lot of the Brooklyn band, Palomar, not only their new album, Sense & Antisense, but also their previous two records, Palomar III: the Revenge Of Palomar and the excellent, All Things, Forests. I love this band! I really enjoy their driving pop/rock sound and you know how much I like girl vocals, but they seem to sound somewhat familiar. I don't know if you remember the Canadian band, Jale who hailed more specifically from Halifax in the early to mid 90's. In the mid-90's, an explosion of great indie bands from the "Halifax scene" such as Sloan, Superfriendz, Thrush Hermit and Plumtree caught the attention of music fans not only in Canada, but in the U.S. as well. Jale became the second Canadian band (Eric's Trip, the first) to be signed to the American label, Sub Pop. At that time, Sub Pop was a big deal...a huge deal. Despite that, Jale only left us with 2 full length albums, an EP (Closed) and a handful of singles. The band broke up in 1996, only a few months after the release of their second album, So Wound after guitarist Eve Hartling announced she was pregnant and either left the band or was fired. The remaining members formed the Vees (I featured their lone EP a few years ago), but that fizzled quickly.

So, if you want to hear more of Jale, I'm posting some "rarities" from singles, promos and compilations that I received in a trade many years ago. The person I traded with put together this collection and gave it the title, Sleeping Off The Party. If you still can't enough of Jale, check out Palomar who I still think sounds a bit like Jale, but in fact they have expanded and improved (and updated) that sound for an equally satisfying listen.
Enjoy!

JALE
Sleeping Off The Party: Rarities
1993-97

1. Lung
2. Stepping Out
3. River
4. Brother (live)
5. Nebulous (alt. version)
6. More Or Less (demo)
7. Stepping Out (demo)
8. Promise (live)
9. Leave It Alone
10. Coincidence
11. Blue Streak
12. True What You Say
13. From A Still

#1 "Never Mind The Molluscs" (1993)
#2-3 "Gold Leather With Heel Detail 7" (93')
#4-8 "Promise" promo (94')
#9-11 "Hey Hey" single (96')
#12-13 "True What You Say" single (97')

JALE- Rarities 1993-97. rar

Juliana Hatfield- Live Covers

The financial backing for Juliana Hatfield's last release, There's Always Another Girl was helped in part by the cash contributions of her fans thanks to PledgeMusic, a wonderful concept that helps artist fund their own projects through donations in exchange for incentives (product and services). Juliana's album to date has received 1174 pledges and well exceeded her goal to fund the album and a portion of the proceeds was donated to Save A Sato project, a non-profit organization dedicated to easing the suffering of Puerto Rico’s many homeless and abused animals. I donated money twice and in exchange received a signed copy of the CD and original artwork painted by Juliana. I figured I would buy the CD anyways, so it was like buying a pre-sale and the chunk of change for the art would help contribute to the expensive task of recording and producing the CD. As well, she keeps you updated on the recording process and posts audio and video clips throughout the process, an insider's access to the making of. A brilliant idea, especially if you're a fan!

Her latest project was launched on PledgeMusic last weekend and by the time I heard about it the project had already hit 99% of it's target. Many of the special items for sale were already bought, but I once again pledged for a signed CD and a signed handwritten lyric sheet (and bonus drawing/doodle) of my choice. Of course, I agonized over which song to choose, but I finally chose, Live On Tomorrow, from the Only Everything album. I've always thought it was the perfect pop song and the words are so beautiful I couldn't resist. The new record will be an all-covers album and a percentage of the money raised will be donated to IMPACT Boston, which teaches self-defense and self-empowerment to people who really need it. Not sure yet of the song list, but I suspect maybe the Stones, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll might be on it since she performed it for the Daytrotter session a few years back.

I thought it might be interesting to post a sampling of some live covers Juliana performed through the years with the Blake Babies, Some Girls and solo. I grabbed these songs from a site in the mid-2000's and since the links aren't available anymore, I'll post 'em here. Be forewarned, the sound quality varies as they are from different sources and the bitrate is low quality (128 kbps). The songs are roughly in chronological order with the exception of some songs on disc 3. Let me know if you want more live Juliana Hatfield live shows, I have some of these and more.
Enjoy!

JULIANA HATFIELD (w/BLAKE BABIES/SOME GIRLS)
Live Covers (1989-2002)

Disc 1 (64:18)
1. I Am A Rock (Simon & Garfunkel) (Apr 17th, 1990)
2. Farmer John (Harris/Terry) (May 13th, 1991)
3. Drinkin' My Blues Away (Robert Johnson) (May 13th, 1991)
4. All I Need (Dance Mix) (J. Strohm, D. Summer) (July 30th, 1991)
5. Over And Over (Neil Young) (August 1991)
6. Taxman, Mr. Thief (Cheap Trick) (Sept 12th, 1991)
7. Temptation Eyes (Grass Roots) (Sept 12th, 1991)
8 Walkin' With Jesus (Spacemen 3) (Sept 12th, 1991)
9. Outdoor Miner (Wire) (Sept 12th, 1991)
10. Raisans (Dinosaur Jr.) (July 17th, 1992)
11. It's A Shame About Ray (Lemonheads) (Oct 17th, 1992)
12. You Don't Own Me (Leslie Gore) (Sept 17th, 1993)
13. Bring It Down (Madder Rose) (Nov 30th, 1993)
14. He'd Be A Diamond (Bevis Frond) (Dec 17th, 1993)
15. Her Shovel (Jason Hatfield)
16. Pink Moon (Nick Drake) (1995)
17. Ride With Me (Lemonheads) (Feb 16th, 1997)
18. There's Always Tomorrow (Johnny Marks) (Feb 16th, 1997)
19. So I Fucked Up (Lemonheads) (Feb 21st, 1997)

Disc 2 (67:14)
1. Say It Ain't So (Weezer) (Apr 3rd, 1997)
2. Every Breath You Take (Police) (1997)
3. The Unheard Music (X) (1997)
4. Hope (Descendents) (Nov. 1997)
5. Come Back DA (Lemonheads) (Dec 20th, 1997)
6. Blue (Jayhawks) (Apr 25th, 1998)
7. Cheap Sunglasses (ZZ Top)/Baby Gets High (Madder Rose)(Oct 23,1998)
8. Loose (Stooges) (New Years Eve, 1999)
9. Severed Lips (Dinosaur Jr.) (New Years Eve, 1999)
10. Goddess on A Hiway (Mercury Rev) (June 9th, 2000)
11. Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (June 17th, 2000)
12. No Feelings (Sex Pistols)/My Sister (Juliana Hatfield) (June 30, 2000)
13. Drive (The Cars) (2000)
14. Heart Shaped Box (Nirvana) (2000)
15. Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
16. Passionate Kisses (Lucinda Williams)

Disc 3 (73:41)
1. I Didn't Like You Anyway (Donnas) (Oct 12th, 2000)
2. Walk A Thin Line (Fleetwood Mac) (Mar 9th, 2001)
3. Barstool Blues (Neil Young) (Mar 17th, 2001)
4. I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones) (Mar 17th, 2001)
5. Gone (Madonna) (May 1st, 2001)
6. Let Me Roll It (Wings) (Jun 6th, 2001)
7. Tomorrow Never Comes (Dot Allison) (2001)
8. Love Went Away (Tania Bowers) (Studio recording)
9. Yeh Yeh (Jon Hendricks) (Studio recording)
10. Sad Girl (Scott Thomas)
11. Birdbrain (Buffalo Tom) (Mar 5th, 1991)
12. Taillights Fade (Buffalo Tom) (Mar 5th, 1991)
13. Sex Beat (Gun Club) (Aug 5th, 2002)
14. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young) (Aug 5th, 2002)
15. Malted Milk (Robert Johnson) (Aug 5th, 2002)
16. (unknown song) (Mar 5th, 1991)
17. Girl in a Box (John Strohm) (Oct 23rd, 1998)
18. Blake Babies - Tom and Bob (Blake Babies) (May 9, 1989, WERS radio)

JULIANA HATFIELD & BLAKE BABIES-Live Covers. rar

Note: There was a request to re-up files for the pre-Fountains Of Wayne group, Pinnwheel that didn't work on an old post. The files are back up, get it while you can here.