ACID TEST. October 2, 1966. San Fransisco State, San Francisco, California. Oh my, a strange one. A collection of interview snippets (Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey), strange poetry, atonal music (so this is where Sonic Youth comes from) and other strangeness.
RYAN ADAMS. NORTH STAR. September 28, 2000. Philadelphia, PA. I traded for this one to see what all of the fuss was about. Mr. "It" you know. Crystal clear sounding boot. Doesn't make up for Limp Bizkit, but he's pretty good.
RYAN ADAMS & THE PINKHEARTS. OCTOBER 9, 2001 (2) Louisville, Kentucky. A slick soundboarder. With his amazing twang somewhere between Van Morrison & Nils Lofgren and talent on loan from God, think this is a great show. Band could be a little tighter, but that might be the idea.
RYAN ADAMS. GOLD OUTTAKES. Somewhat a revalation - 10 cuts all good. You even get an urecognizable cover of "Brown Sugar." Irrefutable evidence of his huge talent. Wow.
RYAN ADAMS. JUNE 3, 2007 (2) Paris, Franc. Very good, clean recording. THe vocal is a tad understated by that is probably the way the Easy Tiger wants it. 18 Tunes over two discs, Ryan sound healthy, relaxed if not overly mellow.
AEROSMITH. WELCOME BACK JOE. Bakersfield, California. 1984. A well recorded show, this is, well...fun. Don't know what holds me back on these home town favorites, I even bought their Guitar Hero game.
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND. MELISSA. From an acoustic show on June 11,1992 in L.A. Outstanding sound quality and 2 kickin' versions of the title track. Lots of incredible guitar playing from these Southern gentlemen. I should be more into these guys than I am. Setlist only.
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND. JANUARY 17, 1971. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Strong recording with some flaws that may be source related. An Endless jammy for my taste - no song ever needs to be over 10 minutes long, dig. These longhairs need to heed the Ramones.
DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY MEN. OCTOBER 19, 1998 (2) Lexington, Kentucky. With bonus tracks of 11/7/98 opening slot for Dylan. Soundboarder. Good American music from this cult favorite.
CONCERT FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (3) June 15, 1986, East Rutherford, New Jersey. FM broadcast. You get a number of short sets - the good (Peter Gabriel, U2), the bad (The Hooters) and the Ugly (Peter Paul & Mary). Bunch of others too.
JOHN ANDERSON. JUNE 22, 1996. Stockton, California. This is an okay audience taping from this terrific roots, country rocker. I think one of the best country voices - ever. A bunch of nice stuff, his big hit "Swingin" but I was moved by "Mississippi Moon."
FIONA APPLE. February 26, 2000. Rochester, New York. Fair audience taping with a muddy sound and alot of echo in the vocal...As they say in baseball, a million dollar arm and a ten cent head.
ARCADE FIRE. FIRST AVENUE. September 25, 2005. Minneapolis, Minnesota. The critically fawned over Canadians are a tad too artsy fartsy for me. I know that Bono and Bowie dig 'em too. I will say that it grew on me as I listened, but ain't quite the saviors of Rock and Roll.
ARCTIC MONKEYS. JANUARY 1, 2006. Koeln. High quality radio broadcast. Sharp pacing from this snappy ensemble. I stand on the side of the Monkeys. I like cathcy, poppy rock songs.
ARCTIC MONKEYS. March 27, 2006. National Public Radio. More sizzle in this 50 minute show. They ain't the Beatles, but they are the next Oasis.
JOAN ARMATRADING. APRIL 12, 2007. Hamburg, Germany. Firstly, a nice clean taping. As she states, "we're going to play some songs you know and some you don't. The dont knows are the new songs." Love her strong and unique voice.
THE AVETT BROTHERS. JULY 11, 2008. Masontown, West Virginia. I got the boot on reputation, having never heard them before. Verdict: Excellent!
THE B-52s WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL November 26, 1982. This is a party band not made for live cds. With that said this soundboarder is plenty of fun with a spirited finale of "Dance this Mess" and yes "Rock Lobster."
THE B-52's. January 13, 1990. (2) Portland, Oregon. Hey I've seen these guys a couple of times, I just don't groove to their bootlegs. I made it through both disc, you won't. Sounds like it was recorded from the last row - you can hear the singing and all, just seems far away.
BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE. JULY 1, 1984. (2) Detroit, Michigan. If you don't aim too high, it easier to hit the target. BTO is just a fun band - not deep. Not complex. Just fun. Radio Broadcast.
JOAN BAEZ. LIVE IN OXFORD. March 6, 2007 (2) Imperfect audience taping -- you need to turn up the volume to hear her chat between songs and then turn it down during the music. There are worst things to do, but it is work. Joan has aged gracefully and looks and sounds beautiful and healthy. Does a funny little Dylan impersonation during "Love is a 4 Letter Word."
THE BAND. CROSSING THE GREAT DIVIDE. (3) Career spanning retrospective of live & outtake material. As you can imagine, plenty of Dylan related stuff in this treasure trove.
THE BAND. ROOSEVELT STADIUM. Jersey City, New Jersey. August 1, 1973. Nice clean boot from the men who would be kings.
THE BAND. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. December 28-31, 1971. New York City. Includes an 8 song rehearsal. Claims to be 25 previously unreleased tracks from the shows that spawned "Rock of Ages." From Master Reel sources which sound sensational.
THE BAND KING BISCUIT FLOUR HOUR. August 16, 1976. Superb show, recording, ah everything. Gig was 3 months prior to the Last Waltz.
THE BAND. FRIENDS & OTHER STRANGERS. Some additional tracks from "The Last Waltz" probably material without overdubs and remixing, etc.
THE BAND. THE COMPLETE LAST WALTZ (4) The commercial release was 2 discs long WE got it all on four.
THE BAND. TOMBSTONE. A lost album san Robertson produced by Polar Bear Jules Shear in 1990 or 1991 rejected by Sony. Certainly enjoyable but a struggle between recapturing old glories and seeking new ground.
DEVANDRA BANHART. SEPTEMBER 16, 2004. Paris, France. Quiet studio recording - its that soft acid-folk from the the not tuneful enough for me critically acclaimed hippie wanna be. I dunno, maybe I just have to give him more of a chance.
THE BEACH BOYS. SMILE. The world's most overpraised band with one of the most famous bootlegs of all time. Big woop.
BEASTIE BOYS. ORIGINAL ILL. It's purported to be the original, uncut version with a few different tracks. A couple of different lyrics and musical stuff here and there. Cool.
BEASTIE BOYS. TURNING JAPANESE. From their 1994/5 tour of Japan, I love these guys and they perform well, but best to listen to studio material. Minor glitch on a track or 2. I put together some neat artwork for it.
BEASTIE BOYS. NOVEMBER 3, 2008 (2) Denver, Colorado. A very good recording of these middle aged rapper. I still like 'em.
BECK. STRANGE FASCINATION. September 1, 1996. Fun and informal feeling bootleg -outstanding. No setlist or artwork.
BECK. May 8, 1999. Not quite as good as the other disc, a little too much chat, but his talent shines through.
BECK. SANTA MONICA 2006. The Village, Los Angeles, KCRW Broadcast. October 31, 2006. Not sure what this is, it's sounds like studio acoustic versions of The Information, but no chat, or ID of any kind. Good stuff.
CAPTAIN BEEFHART. Theatre Royal. 1974. Not sure how to describe this neo hippie pastiche of acid, R&B, Jazz & Rock and Roll. Soundboard.
CHUCK BERRY. MARCH 19, 1967. San Francisco, California. Enjoyable Chuck show with the great and strange man holding court. Very Very good sound quality.
CHUCK BERRY. BBC LONDON 1972, Alan Freed 1955 (7?), Studio outtakes. A great offering with some warm, chatty Chuck delivering the goods. Unfortunately no artwork or setlist. A+ material.
CHUCK BERRY. NOVEMBER 18, 2007. The Netherlands. Nice disc for the collection. I think the band is a bit out of sync, but at 81 (that's Eighty one!!!), he's the Godfather of it all.
BJORK. SUGAR CANDY KISSES. September 8, 1993. Soundboard boot from Denmark. Always thought she looked like a smurf...an outrageous looking smurf.
LEWIS BLACK. BOSTON 2008 (2) He's a pretty funny guy raving about sex, golf and politics.
NORMAN BLAKE MARCH 24, 2000. Suwannee Spring Fest. He's the king of low key, Olde time music. Perfect soundboard show of mirth, humor & melody, O Brother!
BLONDIE. OLD WALDORF. September 21, 1977. Late set. How "good" are these guys. Well, that's a bad question. Debbie puts alot into those vocals and they were fun. Nice recording.
BLONDIE. ALL CHILDREN ARE DRUNK. San Francisco '77 and NYC 77/78. My version slightly different that the setlist that I found. History hasn't exactly been kind to Debbie Harry & Crew. Hey she's still around and kinda hot for 50-something. Anyway, this is early stuff before the hits and after Warhol.
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS. November 8, 1977 (2) Bottom Line, New York City. MP3 Version. Fun, lively, funky show from a band that time has certainly forgotten - well I haven't and think they're cool so fuck you. Clean FM Show - excellent sounding recording.
BLUES TRAVELER. JULY 4, 2002 (3) Red Rocks. While they veer a little too far into jam band land for my tastes, there's no denying the talent. Popper can sing and wail on the harp and the rest of the band is beyond capable. It's just that they play so many damn notes. And yeah, this is a whisper clean soundboarder.
THE BODEANS (2) APRIL 20, 1988. Boston, Massachusetts. WBCN broadcast. I think I might have been at this one, I know I saw these guys at the Metro, but it might have been a different show. Anyway, you may have missed this fine little band out of Wisconsin. They are fantastic.
BON JOVI. YO-KA-HA-MA (2) May 19, 1996. Soundboard. Please don't ask...okay if you have to ask let's just say Jon's Kip Winger with a better publicisit...okay...I'm waiting on a few LFO bootlegs as well...
BON JOVI. JANUARY 13, 2008. Tokyo, Japan. Another one for my cuz.
BOOKER T. & THE MG'S. FEBRUARY 7, 1971, Winterland, San Fransisco. Extraordinary collection from a superb set of musicians. Better than commerical sound. Mix of instruments along with the soul classics of the day ("Tracks of My Tears," "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," etc). Booker's got a sweet, soulful voice. Highest recommendation.
THE BOOMTOWN RATS. MARCH 17, 1980, Boston, Massachusetts. Strong radio broadcast from the then mighty WBCN. No I wasn't there, out of state in college.
BILLY BRAGG. DECEMBER 5, 1986. Vancouver. Radio broadcast though I somehow expected better sound. This is a real time capsule with rants on Thatcher, Bush I, Apartheid and the like.
BILLY BRAGG. AUGUST 31, 1999. Gene Autry Museum, Los Angeles (2) Terrific and charming audience boot with a verbose (!!!!) Billy telling tales and playing magnificiently.
BILLY BRAGG/WILCO OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1998. A mix of demo's and live soundboard recordings. Only hear applause a couple of times on the disc. Not sure if Wilco is on the disc, but a number of Gutherie Project songs are covered. Awesome.
JAMES BROWN. APRIL 7, 1968. Boston, Massachusetts. This is the famed concert put after the day after Martin Luther King was assassinated and televised to avoid rioting in the city and including speeches from then Mayor Kevin White among others. Not the best recording and uncertain of the source - I believe this has been commercially released in video format so perhaps sourced off of that, but lower level quality so I tend to doubt that.
JAMES BROWN. MARCH 8, 1971. Just one funky disc! Killer show that will funk you up - the band was up and James was in his prime. For my money better than the famed, commercially released Apollo show. Has more energy and ambience.
JAMES BROWN. SEPTEMBER 1, 1974. Zaire. "Rumble in the Jungle Show." A tinny but heartwarming soundboard with Fred & Maceo in attendence. Radio broadcast quality, a soundboard I guess, but the audiencde is well in the mix. More of a rockin' James than a funky one.
JAMES BROWN. BATON ROUGE 1982. 9 tunes, clearly not the whole show and a real delight. Maceo Parker in the band. Commercial sound just super.
JAMES BROWN. SUPERBAD!!!! (2) November 27, 1987. Bridgeport, Connecticut. A wicked cool set with superstar Maceo Parker leading the charge for the band. Great stuff.
JUNIOR BROWN OCTOBER 25, 2003 (2) Albuquerque, New Mexico. A sharp audience taping of the Twang Cowboy King. He's a riot.
JUNIOR BROWN. JULY 8, 2005. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Soundboard. Fun show that keeps getting better and goovier as the night progressed. Excellent.
JACKSON BROWNE. FOR EVERYFAN. (4) Nicely compiled coolection, mostly from the sound mid 70's and late 90's shows. Sound ranges from outstanding to good, lots of talk, introductions, silly fun shit along with great musical performances. Jackson, you've got a sense of humor...I only have homemade artwork with nearly complete source info. Could be a fan compilation?
LENNY BRUCE. APRIL 12, 1962. I worshiped this guy when I was a teenager and memorized many of his routines & bits. I could swear he was funnier than this show indicates. Who knows, maybe it's me.
BUILT TO SPILL. May 9, 1999. (2) Minneapolis, Minnesota. Soundboard boot of this sloppy, poppy band.
BUILT TO SPILL December 7, 1999 (2) Seattle, Washington. Ibid.
SOLOMON BURKE. FEBRUARY 2, 2002. (2) Berlin, Germany. He's a licensed mortician, father of over 20, pushes the scale at 4 bills and rock and roll hall of famer. Great stuff, sounds great, underrated talent doesn't even begin to describe it.
THE BYRDS. November 2, 1968 (2) San Francisco, California. Touching on many of their great songs. A delightful show. I really think noone sounds like McGuinn until Tom Petty came along. Pretty good sound considering the vintage. Loved.
THE BYRDS. APRIL 18, 1970 (2) Washington, DC. Superb later era show.
THE BYRDS. EIGHT MILES HIGH IN AMSTERDAM (2) July 7, 1970. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Call it a bad sounding radio show broadcast by our friends at WBAI. Still quite enjoyable as these guys are every inch the super group of their praised peers. Love "Amazing Grace," to "Willin" to the inevitable bunch of Dylan covers.
THE BYRDS. PACIFIC MEMORIAL STADIUM. September 20, 1970. Stockton, California. A few small source glitches, but otherwise a masterpiece.
THE BYRDS. SEPTEMBER 22, 1989 (2) Nurenberg, Germany. Who knew this band was flying in some version in some kind of line up at this time? I didn't Regardless this is a terrific recording - quite snappy. Like it.
DAVID BYRNE. UNPLUGGED & MORE. Love this dude, but if a voice screams out for musical accompaniment his does. With that said, this is all in good sound with some great performances among its misses. Particularly dug the covers "Gypsey Women" and "Rockin' in the Free World" along with "Psycho Killer" as a killer closer.
DAVID BYNE. CENTURY OF SONG (2) April 19, 2006. Bochum, Germany. Just sort of underwhelming - somehow I was hoping for more. Wasn't he rock's renaissance genius man according to Time Magazine about 25 years ago?
JIM CARROLL. 1981. Contains 8 live tracks from his show at My Father's Place in NYC along with 3 from the King's Biscuit flower hour.
THE CARS. DEMOS & RARITIES. History has been harsh on this outfit. These demo's feel Stiff Records like.: Inventive and kooky and a bit less slick then the ultimately commercial monster that was unleashed.
THE CARS. JULY 1, 1976. Boston, Massachusetts. Broadcast on WBCN - once a visionary radio station now simply another frequency on the dial. Hey 30 something years ago, this band was fresh and fun.
THE CARS. MOVING IN STEREO. Boston, 1984 FM Radio Broadcast. Good sounding disc - these new wavers were not made for the stage though.
NEKO CASE & HER BOYFRIENDS. LIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. September 13, 2000. I traded for this boot to hear what all the buzz was about. It's about a big sweeping country voice with conviction and heart.
PETER CASE. MARCH 23, 1998. Jamestown, New York. A snugly, expertly played show. Soundboard.
PETER CASE & VICTORIA WILLIAMS. WPFK-FM. May 15, 1988. This is a Pacifica radio folk show with their in studio guest appearance together. Guess they were romantic (still are?) at the time. Each performing a couple of songs. Victoria sings like a wounded bird, but her songs are quite original.
PETER CASE. July 22, 2000. Seattle, Washington. Soundboard. Peter + accompaniest on fiddle which worked most of the time. Coulda used a drummer.
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS. I TOLD NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. April 10, 2001. He's a dramatic sod, at times Brechian with a very, smoky Germanic feel to him. Quite effective.
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS. APRIL 16, 2003. Los Angeles. A fine recording with just a tad of echo. He's one dark figure, but I can certainly understand his appeal.
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS. APRIL 17, 2002. Los Angeles. The next evening in the city of night.
TRACY CHAPMAN. NOVEMBER 17, 2008 (2) Copenhagen, Denmark. A warm solo show which drags at time, but still throughly enjoyed. Decent recording certainly capturing the acoustic set.
ERIC CLAPTON & FRIENDS. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC. Lots of friends dropped by the studio to sing a song with Eric, Dylan on 3, Van Morrison, Ron Wood, The Band...
ERIC CLAPTON. THE LEGENDARY L.A. FORUM SHOW. (2) August 14, 1975. Keith Moon, Joe Cocker & Carlos Santana jam on the entire second disc - cool beans!
ERIC CLAPTON. COMPLETELY UNPLUGGED (2). All of the performances before editing and remixing, including the producer's instruction to applaud on cue whenever they recognize a song.
ERIC CLAPTON. EC WORKS LIKE A BARBER. (2) November 12, 2006, Osaka, Japan. Clapton, frankly, ain't my poster child but certainly you gotta respect the dude. He's got chops and while usually his singing leaves me cold, he's either gotten a little better or maybe I've finally warming to it. Appreciate his set choices of "Cocaine" and "Motherless Child."
ERIC CLAPTON. BUDDY HOLLY TRIBUTE. 2 Straight forward covers "Peggy Sue" and "Maybe Baby."
THE CLASH. POLYDOR DEMO 1976-1978. Precisely titled, unreleased studio work. You do get some studio chat as well as an interview tacked onto the end.
THE CLASH. JUNE 14, 1981. Bonds International Casino, NYC Soundboard. I worship these guys, but their forte is not their in concert musical interpretations. I like to them of them as the Punk Beatles.
THE CLASH. HONG KONG DOLLAR-INDIAN CENTS. February 25, 1982. 2) A tinny, one dimensional recording, a tuf listen for a great setlist if that helps at all. Not sure they were really ever a musical live band, but a force of nature. Gotta call this one as I see it: a piss poor bootleg.
THE CLASH. OCTOBER 29, 1982. Los Angeles, California. Not a bad sounding boot and certainly a nice set list. Like the slightly reworked melody to "Casbah."
THE CLASH. TRICK OR TREAT. October 31, 1982 at Bond's in N.Y.C. This audience recording sounds just too tinny for me. Ahh, the only band that matters....
THE CLASH. US FESTIVAL II. May 28, 1983. Nice sounding disc, there's a glitch in the opening track, but don't let that disuade you. This was that rock festival put on by one of the founders of Apple Computer. Should have spent his time licensing that software, Eh?
THE CLASH. APRIL 17, 1984. Providence, Rhode Island. I cuaght this show and remember seeing a guy passed out in front of me for the entire show. His buddy kicking him at the end "Gotta go, man." Anyway, this is a messy taping - kind of works, sort of captures the energy and the music sorta.
THE CLASH. ROCKERS GALORE. Promo disc. You get interview snippets along with live cuts and studio takes. Fun.
ANDREW 'DICE' CLAY. THE DICEMAN COMETH. This is the audio of the 1995 HBO special, I don't believe it was released as an audio disc hence included here. Hey it makes me laugh, sorry.
DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS. JULY 14, 2006. Windsor Blues Festival, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Former Lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears - I always dug those guys. An okay taping, the vocals are up front, but the recording could have been a touch sharper.
JIMMY CLIFF. June 18, 1999. Maryland State Fairground. Has some nice moments and all of the hits.
PATSY CLINE. COUNTRY STYLE. 1960. Recorded off a scratchy LP. Terrific radio appearance with the ads. Good fun.
PATSY CLINE. THE CIMMARON BALLROOM. July 29, 1961. Traded to me as a boot though it may be the same as the commercial release. On my list, but can't vouch for any differences.
COCA COLA COMMERCIALS PARTS 1 + 2 (2) A peculiar collection of unreleased, original coca cola jingles by a wide variety of artists: The Seekers, Tom Jones, Marvin Gaye, Lulu, Vanilla Fudge, The 5th Dimension, The Troggs, The Who...you get the idea.
BRUCE COCKBURN. CHRISTMAS PARTY. 1992. Perfect sound including guests: Rob Wasserman, Roseanne Cash & Lou Reed. Bruce is one ernest dude. Some good stuff though there is one long, dreadfully bland spoken word thing - ugh!
JOE COCKER. JOE COCKER SINGS BOB DYLAN. Nice unsourced disc of 8 covers of our man, Bobby.
JOE COCKER. MAD DOGS. MARCH 27 + MARCH 28, 1970. New York City. (5) Must be three shows worth of stuff, I think a slimmed down version was the official Mad Dogs & Englishmen release. It's really amazing stuff, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Bobby Keyes etc, one of the greatest vibes ever. Really.
JOE COCKER. AUGUST 1, 1982. Poughkeepsie, New York. Absolutely killer. Great show. Great set choices. It's simply great.
LEONARD COHEN. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS (2). Contains his Halloween/1988 performance and his 1994 appearance on Austin City Limits. He's deep, man.
BOOTSY COLLINS & THE RUBBER BAND. Louisville, Kentucky, 1976. It's the bomb...it's the funk...it's nothing but the funk. Soundboarder with Maceo Parker in band.
PAUL COLLINS. LIVE IN SPAIN 1997. A beautiful, solo acoustic show from the former leader of the "American" Beat. The Beat's first album IS the THE greatest lost treasure of the New Wave of the late 70's. What's not to like about addictive melodies, simple & humorous songs and straight forward production!! What were you listening to, Billy Joel?
CONCERT FOR A LANDMINE FREE WORLD. (2) August 9, 2003. An audience taping with some distance, but you can still feel the warmth. You get: Emmylou Harris, Steve Harris, Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, Chrissie Hynde & Adam Seymour.
ALICE COOPER. APRIL 22, 1972. Long Island, New York. Fun, but sounds like a mono taping off a radio broadcast. More than acceptible, but rough listening at times.
ALICE COOPER. IN SESSION. Various messy outtakes and alt versions from the great Billion Dollar Babies sessions.
ALICE COOPER. FEBRUARY 19, 1982. Glasgow. I believe that is from the "Flush the Fashion" tour. Nice recording and, you know, fun. Crowd seemed into it.
JULIAN COPE. JULIAN WIERDS OUT. August 24, 1986. I could have used a tighter sound on this one, but an intriguing performer to say the least.
ELVIS COSTELLO. STIFF DEMOS '76/BBC SESSIONS '77. I would still make the argument that his first couple of discs are among the very greatest runs of the genre. Elvis is king. Hey man, you even get a cover of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."
ELVIS COSTELLO. GET EMOTIONAL. October 22, 1977, Leicester, England. Stereo Soundboard. A kick ass and take no prisoners night. Hey Elvis is Elvis.
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS. DECEMBER 1, 1977. Chicago, Illinois. Energetic, spry, organy, young Elvis - a sweet and fantastic little set.
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS. DECEMBER 5, 1977. Cleveland, Ohio. A wicked show, well recorded with upfront vocals. A young, dashing Kickin' Elvis certainly one of the best I've heard.
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS. JULY 7, 1978. San Francisco, California. Sizzling recording. Nice and balanced, clear and strong. You can hear the musical abilities of the attractions maturing. Example: the fine playing on "Blame It on Cain." Fantastic.
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS. I STAND ACCUSED. April 12, 1979. A fiery performance with Elvis at his peak. Wasn't he the Brit Dylan or was that Donovan.
ELVIS COSTELLO. MAY 14, 1980. London, England. A BBC broadcast. Nice show just love the Tempts' cover of "Don't Look Back." I guess it's not written by Mick Jagger & Peter Tosh. Anyway, this is fun stuff.
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTION. HEATWAVE FESTIVAL. Snappy performance of 23 slammn' tunes - all good. Who else was at this festival? The Clash, Blondie, The B-52s, The Pretenders, Rockpile, Talking Heads...what an incredible line up. Them's the good days. I feel sorry for today's kids - they've got nothing!!!!
ELVIS COSTELLO. EVERY DAY I WRITE THE BOOK. Good, but not nearly as spectacular as the previous show.
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS. THE GANGSTER IS BACK. AUGUST 7,1983. Could also include August 1984 material. Regardless this is a fantastic radio broadcast. sounds like it was spliced together from multiple sources. Supposed to be one of the best EC boots from those in the know.
ELVIS COSTELLO. PLUGGELECTRIC. Split disc, half from the 1991's MTV Unplugged Performance and the other an electric set from Glasgow in 1994. His aim is true.
ELVIS COSTELLO. RIOT ACT. October 17, 1993. London, England. Must be the Punch of Clock era tour as we get a couple from that album, a favorite of mine. Includes a cover of Backstabbers (From 1983) as well. Well recorded and great singing all nite.
ELVIS COSTELLO JUNE 8, 1994. New York City, New York. A fine recording only betrayed by a some setlist choices and a few missed rearrangements. With that said, there is some fantastic stuff here just uneven.
ELVIS COSTELLO. February 19, 1999 (2) With Steve Nieve on Keyboards. Commercial sound. First the bad: Those Bachrach songs are truly a dreaful bore. The Good: the Elvis songs that I know and love performed in outstanding arragements with real spirit and charm. I guess I could turn this into an amazing one discer.
ELVIS COSTELLO. I DID TALK TO BOB DYLAN. 1996. This is acoustic Elvis that's a bit same sounding song to song. Nice recording.
ELVIS COSTELL0 & ALLEN TOUSSAINT. July 5, 2006, Hyannis, Massachusetts. Start with the premise: the most inspired pairing in many a moon. Secondly, their commercial album is the year's best offering. Period. This is a good recording, very enjoyable night. I caught the show a week later in Boston, it was fantastic!!
ELVIS COSTELLO. THE FIRST TEN YEARS. PODCAST SERIES (2) Elvis interview - lots of good anecdotes and observations.
ELVIS COSTELLO. SEPTEMBER 30, 2007. Bridgeport, Connecticut. Openng set for Bob Dylan - alone and acoustic and just on fire. Well captured by the taping there's just a little distance in the sound. These were amazing performances - inspired.
ELVIS COSTELLO & CLOVER. MY AIM IS TRUER. (2) November 8, 2007. Decent audience tapng of this reunion show performing the first album in its entirity and then doing other stuff.
ELVIS COSTELLO. WFUV. June 2, 2009. In studio interview and performances promoting the "Secret, Profane" record. Good stuff.
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE SUGARCANES. June 16, 2009, (3) Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee. Long, generous and fantastic show. It's an acceptable audience taping, god, I wish we had a more perfect recording. Magical.
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE SUGARCANES. August 21, 2009 (2) Santa Rosa, California. A nice balanced audience taping of an inspired tour (and album) superbly executed.
THE COWBOY JUNKIES. FEBRUARY 23, 2008. Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada. It's the 20th anniversary of their debut and they reimagine it for a radio broadcast. Beautiful.
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL. JULY 4, 1971. Night 5 of the Closing of the Fillmore West Week. Closing night. Pretty good recording and the feisty band is in good form. Historic night for those that care.
THE CRICKETS. AUGUST 15, 2009 Green Bay, Wisconsin. Hey not bad, I think it's a corporate gig for Briggs & Stratton as the CEO sits in with the band at some point. There was more to this band that Buddy Holly...really.
JIM CROCE. GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE 1973. Jim tells alot of stories over the course of the night. Commerical soundboard sound quality. Alot of fun, though sad to think he died so young.
DAVID CROSBY & GRAHAM NASH. WHALE AND FIELDWORKERS BENEFIT. December 14, 1974, San Francisco, California. High quality recording, just a bit dull when they're not playing the hits.
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG. FOUR WAY HARMONIES. Terrific hodge podge collection of outtakes, alt mixes, demos et al.
CROSBY, STILL & NASH. THE SANTA CRUZ EARTHQUAKE BENEFIT (2) November 8, 1989. Radio broadcast and a very nice recording. Crosby can get a bit annoying, but still the harmonies shine thru. Quite mellow, mellow, very very mellow.
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG. LONG TIME GONE (2) June 3, 1970, Lakenhurst, New Jersey. Stills guitar playing seemed a little stilted that night, but those harmonies are magical. Nice recording - I think the Young & Stills stuff sounds the best. Lots and Lots of stage chat, you can see the seeds of that 4 way street.
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG. TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG (2) Contains the same June 3, 1970 show, but also a number of additional tracks -a bunch of Neil stuff and Buffalo Springfield. Loved.
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG. (3) February 1, 2000. Tacoma, Washington. Very good audience recording captures an appreciate and enthusiastic audience digging the reunion. Each disc has its own amatuer artwork.
SHERYL CROW. HIDDEN TREASURES. Collection of B Sides etc. Great stuff, artwork does exactly match up to the music on the disc.
SHERYL CROW. VH-1 STORYTELLERS & UNPLUGGED. Good clean copy with some nice anecdotes and pretty good performances.
SHERYL CROW TRINITY CHURCH SESSIONS. November 3, 1998. A wonderous acoustic performance in commercial sound quality.
SHERYL CROW. THE BIG FOUR - OH. February 11, 2002. Los Angeles, California. It's a birthday bash with lots of friends stopping by, but unfortunately a sub par taping doesn't capture the magic. You get: Bonnie Raitt, Dwight Yoakum, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Henley (ugh).
SHERYL CROW. JUNE 11, 2008 (2) Los Angeles. The bad: It's a flat seemingly mono recording. The good: My ears adjusted quickly and she's quite personable and even funny. A great set of tunes too.
R. CRUMB & HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS (2) SEPTEMBER 5, 1984. Cotati, California. Crumb built a nifty, bluegrassy, jug bar band. Best know as the cartoonist who gave us "Keep on Truckin'" and Fritz the Cat, but you should really see the documentary Crumb then you'll understand why I had to have this boot.
CULTURE CLUB. MALIBU BEACH CLUB. Radio Broadcast. Boy George really had a sweet voice and, you know, they made sweet dance pop in their day. It was fun stuff.
RICK DANKO. DECEMBER 20, 1977. New York City. King Biscuit Flower Hour. Okay sound quality, these radio shows you always expect a little better. Still nice.
RICK DANKO. BBC RADIO 1. April 7, 1993. London, England. Nice radio interview with a couple of songs. You get a couple of questions about Bob Dylan. Rick was a nice sweet guy.
RODNEY DANGERFIELD. MARCH 10, 1984 (early show), Washington, DC. Lots of fun, I love those old comics from another era and another time stuffing more jokes per minute that you can count
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS. December 12, 2007. NPR Podcast. 32 minutes of funky grooves from America's great party band.
TERRENCE TRENT D'ARBY. LOVE, PEACE & TOLERANCE. November 5, 1993, Oslo. Not sure where and how the wheels came off of his career. Perhaps it was the shit 2nd album. He is an immensely talented artist and this show is an A+ perfomance - closes with an awesome cover of "Jumpin' Jack Flash." Give Terence a chance.
REV. GARY DAVIS. STUDIO OUTTAKES. 1965-1990(?). The great bluesman, best known as the writer of "Cocaine" - not performed here BTW. These are excellent studio performances on 2 big files.
RAY DAVIES. DECEMBER 3, 2008 (2) Nashville, Tennessee. A relaxed Ray, largely along regalling the audience with song & story. Alot of fun. He's alot of fun.
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE. Rocking Horse Records. May 7, 2003. Brisbane, Australia. An instore performance, not sure what I feel or think. Don't quite get it.
DELANEY and BONNIE & FRIENDS. A&R RECORDING STUDIO. July 22, 1971. WPLJ radio broadcast, friends include King Curtis & Duanne Allman. Good stuff.
DEPECHE MODE. ALMOST ACOUSTIC. I traded for this because one of my clients is a big fan. Decent enough sound quality - though I expected better from a radio broadcast. December/1999 in L.A.
DEPECHE MODE. MAY 6, 2009 Luxemborg. Decent audience taping, feels a bit dark and mordant, but I guess it is supposed to. I try to listen to music that I enjoy.
DEREK & THE DOMINO. FILMORE EAST. October 23, 1970. Extraodinary performance from Clapton with all of his Guitar God powers intact. Sensational sound and performance - I believe this has been subsequently released commercially..
DEREK & THE DOMINOES. DEREK IS ERIC. Studio outtakes from 1970 when Clapton was God, drugs were good and Nixon was President.
MINK DEVILLE. DESPERATE DAYS. September 3, 1988, Switzerland. Mink offers a powerful concoction of doo wop, soul and R&B. A stylish offering off the soundboard no doubt.
DEVO. AUGUST 11, 2008. Tokyo, Japan. There's something Spinal tap'ish about Devo performing in Japan. Anway, they are my favorite New Wave quilty pleasure. Catchy tunes, strange hats - what fun!
ANI DIFRANCO. NOVEMBER 2, 1992. Hampshire College. Nice sounding disc from one rebellious babe.
ANI DIFRANCO. July 14, 1996. River Days Festival, Renton, Washington. Soundboard boot with one track damage. Nice performance though self indulgent does come to mind.
ANI DIFRANCO. MARCH 8, 1998. The Port Fairy Folk Festival, Australia. Radio broadcast from the world's fifth largest music festival? Really now. Does a little rap on how she worships at the alter of Joni not Bob. What she really does is talk talk talk.
DIRE STRAITS. BEFORE WE BECAME FAMOUS. 1979. 10 Songs nicely performed from their first tour.
DIXIE CHICKS. RARITIES. No source info or artwork. Collection of B sides, live tracks and pirated one offs from soundtracks.
DIXIE CHICKS. THANK HEAVENS FOR DALE EVANS. 14 unreleased studio tracks from 1992. no art or set info.
DIXIE CHICKS. LITTLE OLE COWGIRL. 1992. Another set of early studio recordings - again no art, source or set info.
DIXIE CHICKS. SHOULDN'T A TOLD YOU THAT. 1993. Another set of studio material. No source or set info.
DIXIE CHICKS. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS. AUGUST 15, 2000. Excellent!
DIXE CHICKS. JUNE 6, 1999. London, England. Talk about real girl power. From a BBC radio, a swingin' take of "There's Your Trouble" among its treasures. These chicks get better and better.
DIXIE CHICKS. NOVEMBER 12, 2000 (2) Chicago. A B minus audience recording of this Chicks tour. Wish I could have seen the funny slides that had the audience in stitches. Unfortunately the recording is just not up to the task.
DIXIE CHICKS. CMT CROSSROADS. July 31, 2002. This is really a duel show with James Taylor. TV show so it has commercial sound, JT does DC songs, the girls do JT songs, chat, interviews, mutual admiration etc. Also includes a Taylor performance on Letterman. Good stuff. No art or setlist.
THE DIXIE CHICKS. DECEMBER 5, 2006. (2) Dallas, Texas. Imperfect recording, a bit hollow, distant, yet instruments and voices are clear. Last show of the tour. Ever?
THE DOORS. APOCOLYPSE NOW. From their 1968 Waiting for the Sun Tour. Nice live show featuring the Lizard King and his lounge bandmates.
THE DOORS. SUMMER'S ALMOST GONE. 10 Cuts from a 1967 San Francisco show with 8 additional tracks from other shows. Plenty of fun to be had. Setlist only.
THE DOORS. LIVE IN DETROIT. (2) May 8, 1970. Further evidence of a band that got it - what it means to stage a rock and roll concert -- Loud, nervey & Free.
THE DOORS. JUNE 6, 1970 (2) Seattle, Washington. Sorry, but I find these guys quite interesting live. Morrison's performances are manic & entrancing. This night he was drunk, the band was sloppy, but still fun to hear. Soundboard.
THE DOORS. OBJECTS OF DESIRE. Studio outtakes, alternatives, and various odds + ends. You get a couple of early Ray material along with assortment of stuff. Sound quality varies. No artwork, just source info.
DR. DRE. SNOOP DOG & EMINEM. UP IN SMOKE TOUR. June 19, 2000. San Jose, California. Soundboard. Highlights all of the problems of rap and rap performance. It's simply not a live art form. How many MF do you need to hear in a night. Sadly, it's the end. And I can't wait for it to be over.
DR. JOHN. SUCH A FUNKY NIGHT. Ultrasonic Sudioes, Hemptead, New York. November 6, 1973. Terrific funky show, the man has "it."
DR. JOHN. JUNE 3, 2008. Telluride, Colorado. 1st tune of the night gets slipped, but it's a fine radio broadcast from the good Doctor. Meaty, biggy & Bouncy.
DR. JOHN AND THE LOWER THIRD. NOVEMBER 14, 2008 (2) Hamburg, Germany. Pretty good recording. Overlook it's flaws and enjoy the vibe.
DRIVE-BY-TRUCKERS. MAY 9, 2008. Washington, DC. Every time I listen to DBT, I think I should listen to them more frequently. Closes with a terrific cover of Jim Carroll's "People who Died."
NICK DRAVE. THE COMPLETE HOME RECORDINGS. Recorded in his mom's house in 1967 prior to his first studio album. Some dreary Leonard Cohen like offering from this lauded and dead folkie.
IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS. AUGUST 8, 1979, London. Good fun from a man whose poster was in my room during high school.
STEVE EARLE & TOWNES VAN ZANDT. TOGETHER LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD CAFE. September 13, 1995. Two Texas cowboys singing for their supper. Soundboard.
STEVE EARLE & THE DEL MCCOURY BAND. MAY 11, 1999. (2) Malmo, Sweden. Simply a killer. Crisp sound, as Earle goes bluegrass - music, man.
STEVE EARLE. March 30, 2002. Australia. An immense solo performance taped off a radio broadcast. A+ wiht a few minor digital glitches. Do you realize he's been married 6 times!
STEVE EARLE. THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW TALK SHOW PROMO. Handed to me when I attended a show in March of 2005. It's a half hour excerpt from his radio show in Mono?? featured Jonathan Demme chatting and bringing in a couple of records to play. Thought I'd throw it on my list.
STEVE EARLE. FEBRUARY 18, 2008 (2) London, England. Decent enough audience tapng - it the folkie, bearded Steve with his stunningly beautiful wife Allison Moorer in tow. Enjoyable night of music - highlight: "Satellite Radio."
STEVE EARLE. AUGUST 2, 2008. Newport Folk Festival, Newport Rhode Island. NPR prodcast. Great stuff. He's fat and happy now.
DAVE EDMUND'S ROCK & ROLL REVUE. April 6, 1990. Whisper clean soundboard featuring sets by Graham Parker, Kim Wilson (Fab Thunderbirds), Dion and Dave, of course. This is a 5 star show - outstanding and essential.
EMINEM. JUNE 10, 2001. Manchester, England. Rap - at it's best - is a studio creaton and nothing drives that home quicker than this. With M and posse exhorsting the crowd to raise their hands in between dick jokes & f bombs. What makes the man special is his passion and humor (And the great Dre production dont hurt neither) - all of which is missing.
THE (ENGLISH) BEAT. AMSTERDAM 1980. Nice little soundboarder from a better than good band. Love the ska fused beats and strong vocals. A little prize.
THE ENGLISH BEAT. KEXP LIVE PERFORMANCE PODCAST. MARCH 8, 2007. A fabulous in studio performance + interview. In fact, a smokin' performance - great energy and panache.
EURYTHMICS. ACOUSTIC SAMPLER. Berlin, 1989. This is a 3 song Arista promo of the Dave & Annie with guitar doing stuff from the We Too Are One album. Quite good.
EURYTHMICS. GREATEST HITS LIVE. Sydney, Australia. Has that radio broadcast sound quality, only 10 tracks so it may be the Greatest HIts live, but it ain't all the greatest hits live.
THE FACES. IN CONCERT 1973. (2) February 8, 1973 & April 1, 1973, London. Hey man, these skinny Brits are the real deal. Coulda Shoulda been the Stones, but alas this was not their fate. These are imperfect radio broadcasts capturing the 5 between pubs. If you don't like it, you can't be my friend.
THE FACES. RHYTHM & BOOZE. 1986, San Bernadino, California. More great stuff. Superb.
THE FACES. COAST TO COAST OUTTAKES. Poorly titled as these are live cuts from a late era tour. Sounds damn cool to these ears.
FAIRPORT CONVENTION. PERFORM LIEGE & LIEF. AUGUST 10, 2007. BBC Radio broadcast. One of those let's reunite and do a signature album in it's entirity things. Well played and recorded along with band interviews to follow. Great fiddle and power from the great Brit Folk Band.
MARIANNE FAITHFUL. JULY 5, 1997. Montreal, Canada. Montreal Jazz Festival. I think a good quality Radio Broadcast of her Brecht stuff "20th Century Blues."
MARIANNE FAITHFUL. NOVEMBER 14, 1999. (2) De Vooruit Gent, Belgium. My kind of audience taping, warm and rich. Great stories + songs well performed.
BRYAN FERRY. MARCH 10, 2007 (2) Manchester, England. A terrific performance which outshines the flawed taping. Plenty of material from the recent "Dylanesque" album. Dylan lyrics to a roxy beat -- sounds like a good idea to me.
FLAMIN' GROOVIES. THEN. Live stuff from 1979 and other assorted nuggets from this cult band.
LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS HOUSTON 1965. Not sure of the source of this excellent sounding disc and performance. Some serious pickin - and even a derogatory reference to Martin Luther King. The better sounding of the 2 boots by this artist.
FLATT & SCRUGGS AND THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS. JUNE 15, 1958. Rising Sun, Maryland. Lots of great banjo playing and real country music. This is closely cropped show perhaps culled from multiple sources. Good fun.
LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS WSAZ 1959. Radio broadcast in imperfect sound - over 40 tunes on 1 disc - contains dedications, commercials, and other snippets which is fascinating.
FLO & EDDIE. LIVE AT THE ROXY 1976 (2) This comic duo has had a longer career than you may realize. Not entirely successful as a listen, probably would have been funnier live. Not a band band and they certainly harmonize well.
JOHN FOGERTY ROSKILDE 1997. June 27, 1997. Denmark. John was smokin' Excellent recording. Fogerty is Classic Rock - sounds great, but I gotta be in the mood.
JOHN FOGERTY. JULY 26, 2006. Birmingham, Alabama. Pretty efficient audience taping of Rock and Roll's ageless wonder. Bill Clinton introduces and Willie Nelson steps in for a tune.
BEN FOLDS FIVE FEBRUARY 8, 1998 Sounds like a radio recording. Don't mix Ben up with other pop piano players. While this guy can write a catching tune - he does so with wit & attitude.
BEN FOLDS FIVE. NOVEMBER 18, 1999. Stockholm, Sweden. Radio broadcast. One of the band's last gigs I think.
PETER FRAMPTON. August 2, 2008 (2) Atlantic City, NJ. There was a time where everyone I knew owned "Frampton Comes Alive." Everyone! Anyway, Peter has aged well, his voice sounds clear, his playing is is excellent. Obviously he hasn't written a popular tune in 30 years, but so what. You do get a couple of nice instrumentals along with the stadium classics.
ARETHA FRANKLIN. MAY 2, 1968. Stockholm, Sweden. Nice sounding show from lady soul. She sure can sing.
FRIARS' CLUB ROAST. V1. Eee gads. It's a collection from various roast with Pat McCormick, Milton Burle like you've never heard him, Norm Crosby (the best of the raunchy lot) telling dirty, filthy, nasty jokes.
AN EVENING WITH SALVADOR ALLENDE: THE FRIENDS OF CHILE BENEFIT. May 9, 1974. Madison Square Garden, New York City. Basically all the live performances with the taped segments edited out. Dylan, Ochs, Seeger, Arlo, Dave Van ROnk and even Dennis Hopper.
FUGAZI. LIVE AT FORT RENO PARK, WASHINGTON, DC 8/29/97. These DC punker rockers sure make a raquet. Soundboard.
PETER GABRIEL. OCTOBER 4, 1978 (2) New York City. Excellent show. Robert Fripp stops by at the end of the night. I think this is after solo album #2. Good sound, though he's a wierd dude.
PETER GABRIEL. LIVE 1988. Ten clean cuts from the perfectionist's perfectionist. Setlist only.
PETER GABRIEL. ON THE STAGE (2) He's a big time artist, but knows it and can be a bit taken with his own wizardry. Sometimes it works and sometimes not.
PETER GABRIEL. PASSION OUTTAKES. MP3 Version. Soundtrack outtakes from the perfectionist's perfectionist. I got 'em, don't know why.
JERRY GARCIA. LONESOME PRISON BLUES. May 5, 1982, doing a solo acoustic thing, at the Oregon State Prison. I'm not a big Dead fan, but Jerry is a fine player. Superb sound.
MARVIN GAYE. NOVEMBER 13, 1979. Tokyo, Japan. Radio broadcast, Marvin lushly backed by a full orchestra. Worked best on some of the old Motown numbers, but some of the latter material turned into an MOR mush. Still always well sung.
BOBBIE GENTRY. TV SOUNDTRACK. Consists of the July 27, 1968 and July 17, 1969 BBC2 TV specials. Guests: Donovan & James Taylor. This chanteuse is a bit better than I expected, kinda of fun.
LOWELL GEORGE. MARCH 19, 1974, WHFS-FM Studio, Bethesda, Maryland. The biggest little foot stopped it for a couple of tunes, an informal, casual 4 songs (Linda Ronstadt sings background on a couple). Too bad he died, what a damn waste.
GIANT SAND. THE ATLANTIC SESSIONS. Not exactly sure what this is? Outtakes? Demos? Rehearsals? Hmmm. A bit too jazzy & dull for my taste.
GREEN DAY. A DAY OUT IN PARIS. February 3, 1998, Paris Franc. Quite good sound board recording. Their stage chat is endearingly goofy. Hey it's fun stuff!
GREEN DAY. APRIL 14, 2009 (2) Oakland, California. A showcase gig with Billie Joe and the boys playing the entire new album. It's an acceptable audience recording at best, at best.
AL GREEN. THE GOSPEL OF LOVE. New York City, 1973. From a PBS television broadcast. You get a 5 min interview with the 25 year old Al and then a sweet, soulful show.
NANCI GRIFFITH. FRIDAY NIGHT WITH NANCI GRIFFITH (2) March 2, 2007, London. Backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra this is a night radio broadcast in sweet sound quality. A little too chick lit for my taste, but still quite enjoyable. Somewhat genre breaking -- country, swing, blues, folk. Didn't know her prior to the listen and it certainly grew on me.
GUN'S 'N ROSES. SESSIONS (2) Superb collection of outakes, alt versions etc. You get an an all piano of "November Rain," a couple of takes of "Jumpin Jack Flash" among it's gems. This is really good.
GUNS 'N ROSES. OCTOBER 27, 1987. Boston, Mass. It's a shitty recording which I usually toss, but I want to keep this one anyways.
GUNS "N ROSES. SILENT SHOTS. February 2, 1988. New York City. A Killer single disc, superior recording. Awesome.
GUNS 'N ROSES. NOVEMBER RAIN. STUDIO SESSIONS - 1986. 15 Demos or alternate studio takes - contains stuff from "Appetite," "Lies," and the "Illusions" discs. Makes me realize what a punk band these bad boys were. Axl's vocals at time sound like they were recorded in bathroom, but otherwise a pretty gooD sounding disc.
GUNS 'N ROSES. UNPLUGGED. I don't have any source info, but the 11 acoustic tracks are from different locations and era's. Great sounding stuff, some of it real informal.
GUNS 'N ROSES. Covering Them. First there are some digital clicks between tracks though I only noticed one individual click on a close listen. Most of these covers are the usual nightly fair but you do get a couple of rarities I suppose. All in good sound and performance.
GUNS 'N ROSES. THE 11 COMMANDMENTS. 1992, New York City. 11 tunes plucked from this MSG show. Seems like a cleaned up, acceptable audience taping though it gets dicey at times. Axl is voluble, wierd, insane and just plain fun as you'd expect.
GUNS 'N ROSES. SAY YOUR PRAYERS (2) June 6, 1992, Paris, France. Per Per View. If you need any evidence that these guys COULD have been one of the greatest band EVER this is it. Musically ambitious. Axl's snarling vocals and toxic charisma. Slash. This is a great show with guests: Lenny Kravitz, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry. Superb.
GUNS 'N ROSES. ROCK IN RIO FESTIVAL (2) January 15, 2001. A wild soundboard boot. Axl and his new friends do the legacy justice. Some hysterical stage talk - this one is a blast.
ARLO GUTHERIE. GERDES FOLK CITY. 1966. First set only of an early Arlo show. You get an early take on Alice's Restaurant - who knew? Fantastic stuff.
ARLO GUTHERIE & SHENANDOAH. February 26, 1976. Boston, Mass. Sensational show, I guess this was a fund raiser for Presidential candidate Fred Harris (S-NM) I remember him, you should too. Anyway, terrific show and great taping. Every song is a treasure.
ARLO GUTHERIE. AUSTRIA 1981. Delightful show- Arlo is always great. Donovan stops by for the final 3 tunes. A bunch of Dylan covers on this night and "Coming into London" what more do you need?
ARLO GUTHERIE. AUGUST 19, 1984. Accord, New York. Ncie show out in the rain. Arlo sounds and plays well. "Alice" is performed by the source recording is chopped up a bit. Great.
ARLO GUTHERIE. AUGUST 12, 2006, Scotland. BBC recording. With son & grandso in band. A short, joy filled set.
ARLO GUTHERIE. HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU. August 12, 2007. Vienna, Virginia. Another superb show, this guy is great I tell ya. This one is Arlo solo playing songs and tellin' tales. Delightful.
ARLO GUTHERIE. FEBRUARY 1, 2008.(2) Randolph, Vermont. A generous 2 hour show from the mighty Arlo. Some great stories here too. Love.
ARLO GUTHERIE. WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL. July 12, 2009, Winnipeg, Canada. I've heard most of the stories by how, but always a charm.
ARLO GUTHERIE. NOVEMBER 9, 2009 (2) Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Another engaging, warm show from Arlo. Stories. Anecdotes, what else do you need?
WOODY GUTHERIE HOOTANANNY/BACK WHERE I COME FROM. Consists of 2 radio programs from March 10 & August 10, 1947 - that forty seven. Also inclues other performers. Dig.
WOODY GUTHERIE. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS. MARCH 22, 1940. Don't know the back story on this one. This is basically Alan Lomax interviewing and recording Wood. You gets stories and performances of "Pretty Boy Floyd," "Ain't Got No Home" etc. Interesting...and cool.
WOODY GUTHERIE. UNRELEASED RADIO SHOWS 1940-1947. Very interesting material.
MERLE HAGGARD. OPRYLAND 1981. Nashville. Like you had to ask. Radio broadcast..."He picks as good as he sings..." Nice clean show.
MERLE HAGGARD & THE STRANGERS. JUNE 14, 2002. Stockton, California. Decent audience taping. Sweet little show.
MERLE HAGGARD AND THE STRANGERS. APRIL 25, 2006. Memphis, Tennessee. Opening set for Bob Dylan. Decent audience taping. I caught - not this show - but others on the tour and would have loved a better representation. Love Hag!
HALL & OATES. FEBRUARY 27, 1983 (2) Chicago, Illinois. Radio broadcast. Pretty good show -- a guilty pleasure. What's not to like about snappy, happy, catchy blue eyed soul. Huh?
THE HANDSOME FAMILY. FEBRUARY 25, 2000. Soundboard alt country band they say Ringo Starr's favorite band.
THE HANDSOME FAMILY. 1-22-02. First the negatives: There's a constant, low murmer of the audience during the entire show. And there are a couple of digital flaws on a few of the trax. With that said, this is beautiful, poignant music and it's still captured nicely. Didn't know much about them, but I'd describe them as a cross between Tom Waitts & the Cowboy Junkies.
BEN HARPER. APRIL 11, 2001. Sydney, Australia. Nice soundboard recording from an artist that just doesn't engage me - me thinks he is guilty of dullsville, but he can play.
EMMYLOUS HARRIS & THE HOT BAND. JUNE 23, 1975. Denver, Colorado. Very nice show from my favorite honky tonk angel. Rodney Crowell in band helping out.
EMMYLOU HARRIS. LIVE ON OHNE FILTER. October 31, 2000. Baden Baden, Germany. As the cliche goes, like fine wine she just gets better with age. Real beauty and talent.
DEBORAH HARRY. WEMBLEY 1981. Nice soundboard recording. Some good versions of the Blondie tunes. Hey, she's still hot.
RICHIE HAVENS. LIVE IN JAPAN. He may be a relic of the 60's, but he sings with conviction, passion and soul. Don't have a date of this recording, but certainly would be either late 90's or early 2000's.
LEVON HELM. JUNE 13, 2008. Chicago. A paper flat audience taping. Nice set list, mix of old Band classics, new stuff and covers. Levon sounds great, bless him.
JIMI HENDRIX. STOCKHOLM '67. Jimi's guitar is a tad undermiked during the opener of "Sgt Pepper's," but after that it's pure magic. Plays a bunch of my personal favorites: "Foxy Lady," "Hey Joe," "Fire," "The Wind Cried Mary," and a "Purple Haze" that I cranked so loud I need new bridge work.
JIMI HENDRIX. MIXDOWN MIXMASTER TAPES. VOLUME 1-3. Sweet treasure trove of studio outtakes. Was assured by the Hendrix collector that this is the good stuff.
JIMI HENDRIX & JIM MORRISON. LIVE AT THE SCENE CLUB. Summer, 1968. Sounds better than it is, but still fun to see these 2 dead legends jam together.
JIMI HENDRIX. MIAMI POP FESTIVAL 1968. Disc contains two different soundboard recordings of this 4 song gig.
JOHN HIATT. SINCE HIS PENIS CAME BETWEEN US. 1984. The Netherlands. Live FM Broadcast plus bonus tracks. I am more familiar with the post Bring the Family Material so this material was new to my ears. Hey, good stuff. And title track, not the greatest tune but hey what a title.
JOHN HIATT. DEMOS BOX SET (4). A pretty interesting windfall of demo's, outtakes and the like.
JOHN HIATT. SOLO AT THE BOTTOM LINE. November 11, 1986. Early Show. Real nice show from an underappreciated talent.
JOHN HIATT. LIVE @ THE HIATT. London/1993. Nice rock and roll album from a man with an amazing voice.
JOHN HIATT. BRING THE FAMILY OUTTAKES. My version has 8 terrific alt takes from album - sounds really like these were demos.
JOHN HIATT. SLOW TURNING SESSIONS. 9 nice sounding demos from the fine album.
JOHN HIATT. JUNE 26, 2008 (2) Ann Arbor, Michigan. Imperfect audience recording, the music sounds good throughout, but you have to strain to hear the between song words.
JOHN HIATT. AUGUST 16, 2008 (2) Cockeysville, Maryland. Tasty gig - supreme recording. Love the man - you should too. Doesnt' just rock, it swings.
THE HIGHWAYMEN. June 4, 1995 (2). Los Angeles, With Cash, Willie, Waylon and Kristopherson this is truly an immense supergroup. Incredible show that kicks serious ass.
ROBYN HITCHCOCK MAY 15, 1996 (2) London. Have no source or track listing information for this one. First disc contains the famed Dylan tribute show, the second various Hitchcock songs - live, studio and otherwise.
HOLE. BIG DAY OUT. Fabulous sound quality thoughout this disc taken from that large Australian music festival in January/1999. Hear Courtney curse! Hear Courtney defend the bible. Hear Courtney refuse to play another song until the photographers leave. Extended introductions for each song, but the Girrl can rock.
HOLE. PLUGGED & UNPLUGGED. Contains the MTV Unplugged show and a Feburary/1994 gig. Terrific sound quality, missing one track from the 21 listed.
BILLIE HOLIDAY. APRIL 22, 1946. NYC. 40 Minutes including instrumentals. Not setlist or artwork just Lady Day.
BILLIE HOLIDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1951. Storyville Club, Boston, Massachusetts. A great yet ancient sounding show. No setlist or source info and I think there was multiple sources including a few other performers tacked on at the end.
BUDDY HOLLY. THE COMPLETE BUDDY HOLLY (10). It's an exhaustive collection of all sorts of stuff. Not sure it's complete, but it's got a ton of stuff including tunes that Buddy played guitar on, etc. Cool!
BUDDY HOLLY. THE FAMOUS BUDDY HOLLY APARTMENT TAPES. Stunning. Sort of like Buddy unplugged in his NYC apartment just laying down some tunes. It's pure audio gold. All music until near the end of the apartment stuff with a little wierd and playful chat with his wife. And then there are some unsourced bonus tracks tacked on (radio performances & other material backed with a band).
BUDDY HOLLY WHAT YOU'VE BEEN A-MISSING (4) A massive - over 120 tracks - collective of interviews, outtakes, promo's, news stories, demo's etc. The final disc - least essential - consists of Buddy's session work, atleast I think. Amazing stuff from the hero of authenticity. No artwork, but I did finally get source information.
BUDDY HOLLY IN PERSON A terrific patchwork collection of stuff; Ed Sullivan Show, interviews, outtakes etc.
BUDDY HOLLY. BUDDY'S RAREST. A plethora of studio material with multiple takes from various backing bands: The Crickets, Three Tunes & The Picks.
BUDDY HOLLY. SOMETHING ELSE. No setlist or source info. Signficant overlap with some of the bootlets listed here with interviews and performances.
BUDDY HOLLY. RECORDED LIVE. More unsourced material with the usual mix of live, studio etc. Anyone have artwork for these last two?
JOHN LEE HOOKER LIVE AT MONTREAUX. July 11, 1990. Commercial sound from the healer who name checks Nina Simone & Van Morrison from the audience. Superb. Boom Boom Boom.
IAN HUNTER. JUNE 24, 2009. New York City. Ian is nearly 70 and kickin' it. He's good time rock and roll. Period.
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT. YOUNGSTOWN 1955 & NEW YORK CITY 1963. Good strumming and picking from a nearly forgotten bluesman.
THE INSTRUMENTAL KNIGHTS. JUNE 8, 2000. Nashville, Tennessee. Chris Thile from Nickel Creek stops by for a couple. This is disc 2 of a 2 disc set.
INTERPOL. August 18, 2003. Live at the Wireless, Sydney, Australia. It's a 9 song in studio performance - a bit too static, too clean for these ears. Not exactly sure what the hype deal-io is, I can hear their influences, just find anything here that transcends them.
INXS. LIVE SENSATION. 1988. A great little band built on the formula of drums, riffs & Beats with the charasmatic front man flailing away at the mic. Excellent recording.
CHRIS ISAAK. TWILIGHT SONGS. Live in Europe, 1993. Soundboard boot, he's got the look...he's got the pipes. Enjoyable show.
MICHAEL JACKSON. GREAT DUETS & UNRELEASED DEMOS. Really more of a hard to get collection . There's a spanish version of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," various duets, 12" etc.
MICHAEL JACKSON. BRUNEI (2) 1996. This is one of those multi million dollar private shows. Actually sounded and felt alot better than I thought. Good live band and hey, them's some really good songs. Clearly some piped in music to help the band, but that's really my only critisim.
MICHAEL JACKSON. 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL 2001. New York City. A showy tribute to MJ largely fall flat, overwrought and bland. Only warms up when Jacko takes to the mic.
THE JAM. SET THE SKIES ABLAZE. A compilation from the November 1980 Sound Affects European Tour. MP3 Version. I found this a real revelation. Never was a big fun of the band and couldn't see what the fuss was about. But this disc shows me the explosion of their live performance. Great stuff.
THE JAM. MAY 20, 1982. Boston, Massachusetts. Radio broadcast. Starts and ends with brief band interviews. They didn't really translate across the pond, but I like 'em alot.
JANE'S ADDICTION. LAST FIX. September 9, 1991. Honolulu. The once future of rock and roll at their 70's demi rock god peak. A quite fun soundboard.
KEITH JARRET. THE DYLAN CONCERT. As I often say, I like everything about jazz except the music.
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. MAY 1, 1970 (2) Stony Brook, New York. First the good, it's a soundboard recording and contains the 3 classic tunes: Volunteers, White Rabbit and Somebody to Love. The bad: This is a horrible, terrible, shitty band. They don't play well together. The two singers suck. There are a couple of absolutely unlistenable, embarassing tunes. Maybe the most over praised band in human history.
JESUS & MARY CHAIN. LIVE IN CHICAGO 1994. Underated band with one foot in the Clash and the other in the heart of rock and roll. These guys weren't on the radio much, just on my turntable.
JEWEL. MARCH 9, 1997 (2) Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Well, she's got the looks and she's got alot of musical talent too. Certainly a mellow chick singer and I tend o like 'em a it rougher, but still appreciate her. Lots of songs about friends that have died. Hope she finds some happier people to hang with.
GEORGE JONES. PASADENA 1979. Gilley's, Pasadena, Texas. There are some source flaws on this soundboarder, but it's a fun show. George's a bit drunk, but the singing still largely holds up.
GEORGE JONES. GILLEY'S 1984. Pretty Good taping, I'd call it a flawed soundboard. By the way, I rode he bull a Gilley's.
GEORGE JONES. JULY 18, 2008. North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. A nicely played show hosted by a chatty, low key George. You get an opening set by The Jones Boys with Brittany Allyn, then a complete gig from the legend. He touches all the bases.
RICKIE LEE JONES (2)APRIL 19, 1992. Hamburg, Germany. Stunning! Was promoting her "Pop" album along with highlights from her career. This is sensational.
NORAH JONES. JANUARY 20, 2007. (2) Paris, France. French radio broadcast and I must say I'm mighty impressed. It's mellow, but she is a talented artist and you shouldn't hold her massive commercial success against her. It's good stuff here.
NORAH JONES. FEBRUARY 10, 2010, Paris, France. Radio broadcast. She's a talent and I like her, but can be a bit dull at times.
TOM JONES. AUGUST 6, 2002 (2) Los Angeles, California. Love it! Spectacular! Great recording and show. Tom is 100% pure kick ass.
JANIS JOPLIN. THIS IS JANIS. 1965. Clean, audition tape from one of rock's most overpraised brands. Still not band, and actually enjoyed this more than I expected.
JANIS JOPLIN/BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY. TRIBAL STOMP. Various live cuts from a true believer.
JANIS JOPLIN. RAREST PEARLS. A sturdy collection of outtakes including a rockin' take of Dylan's "Dear Landlord." Alot of good stuff, my fav an accoustic "Bobby McGee" and some mediocre material as well.
J. GEILS BLUES BAND. SEPTEMBER 1968 (2) Montreal, Canada. Early band concept - no original, all blues covers. The Sound is clean, but scrubbed and somewhat 1 dimensional, maybe mono. Long ago and far away....
J. GEILS BAND. JUNE 27, 1971. New York City. The great band that time has forgotten. The real deal with a similar setlist to "Full House."
J. GEILS BAND. 1974 KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR. My very concert were these guys. This is a very very good sounding radio show, commercials have been clipped off of one of the greatest R & B bar bands of all time.
J. GEILS BAND. JULY 14, 1999 (2) Clarkston, Michigan. Decent, sorta audience taping. The world would be a better place with this band playing shows and recording. Period.
J. GEILS BANDS. JUNE 23, 1999 (2) Mansfield, Massachusetts. A poor, audience recording from their reunion tour doesn't do the band justice.
J. GEILS BAND. BOSTON BREAKDOWN (2) December 29, 1999. A fun extra show from one of the great American bands, nice mix of tunes. Love 'em.
J. GEILS BAND. FULL HOUSE 2009. April 24-25, 2009. Detroit, Michigan. And so this mighty band reunites for a 4 show reunion tour ( I caught one of the Boston shows) This is an 8 song recreation of the old war horse. Fun!
J. GEILS BAND. APRIL 25, 2009 (2) Detroit,Michigan. This is the complete soundboard, baby, and it's alot of fun. The bad boys from Boston know how to mine the magic. Yes.
CAROLE KING. FEBRUARY 29, 1976 (2) Boston, Massachusetts. Friendly audience taping - at times a bit jiggy - but I still dig her.
KING CRIMSON. CAT FOOD. Pretentous prog art rockers - Arn't these guys really Emerson Lake & Palmer with better haircuts? Collection of soundboard tunes from '73 & '74.
THE KINKS. THE GREAT LOST KINKS ALBUM. Contains 30 unreleased and rare recordings from 1963-1970 Fun collection of such lost tracks as "Scotty Grotti," "Sand on my Shoes," and "Berkely Mewa."
THE KINKS. UNPLUGGED. Ray Davies is one mean acoustic guitar player. From the most underrated band of the original brit invasion. Good mix of old and more recent songs. Perfect sound quality.
THE KINKS. KINKY REHEARSALS. Undated. This is THE good stuff, man Outstanding rehearsal material. Excellent.
THE KINKS. MY FAVORITE. Pinched from the King Biscuit Flower House. Nice performance.
THE KINKS. ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD (2) February 27, 1982. Fabulous performance with commercial sound quality. Great stuff.
THE KNACK. DECEMBER 10, 1981. Long Island, New York. Hey fuck you! They are fun. What's wrong with catchy, jumpy rock and roll tunes with a melody. Absolutely nothing.
MARK KNOPFLER. MAY 5, 2005, Brighton, UK. This is a real soundboard and the only way to hear this amazing musician as you need to hear the subtlety of the music and his incredible playing. He's gets mellow, but it's about as mellow as I can go.
MARK KNOPFLER & EMMYLOU HARRIS MAY 26, 2006 (2) Brussels. Clean recording. A mellow nite from this strange duet partners. Lovely.
MARK KNOPFLER. JULY 20, 2008 (2) Syracuse, New York. A nice, but merely acceptable taping from a great player. Vocals buried at times in the mix, but the guitar is strong and clear.
KRAFTWERK. COACHELLA FESTIVAL. May 1, 2004. Soundboard. Amazing.
ALLISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION. MARCH 24, 1991. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Early show with a different crew of band members. Tyminski gets named checked. Great playing and quite charming. Superb recording.
ALLISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION. AUGUST 21, 1998. Soundboarder. She's an incredible musician and singer, but a bit loopy (in a good way) - an exquisite listen.
LENNY KRAVITZ. DECEMBER 8, 1989. Hamburg, Germany. Nice early show when he was better known as Lisa Bonet's musician husband. Took me awhile to get into, but I certainly enjoyed it.
LENNY KRAVITZ. UNPLUGGED - LIVE USA. Nice collection from 1993 & 1994 - eight acoustic tunes including a bluesy, rootsy "Are You Gonna Go My Way" along with 2 electric bonuses.
LENNY KRAVITZ. FEBRUARY 28, 2006. Berlin, Germany. Nice recording nad Lenny can piece together a good show. Got into this one. He may wear his influences on his sleeves, but they are good influences.
LENNY KRAVITZ. AUGUST 12, 2009 (2) Amsterdam,. Good audience taping. Lenny is living in the past which is precisely where he wants to bunk up. It's all lovey dovey spiritual stuff - sincerely.
LAMBCHOP. OCTOBER 8, 1998. Nice recording of these lo-fi, alt-Country faves. No setlist.
DANIEL LANOIS. COOL WATER. The famed producer is a bit understated, a bit dull, but still kinda neat. My setlist doesn't match up to the recording tracks.
LEAD BELLY JUNE 15, 1949. Austin, Texas. What a remarkable man with his plain, simple voice that shows joy and pain equally. He's a master storyteller & singer on this night. No art or setlist though he opens & closes with "Goodnight Irene."
LEAD BELLY. NOVEMBER 21, 1948. Minneapolis. With that sweet high voice, Mr. Ledbetter was a great one. Think that there's more than one performance here spliced together. No setlist.
LED ZEPPELIN. PB. March 21, 1970. Vancouver. Apparently the first Zep bootleg and first North American show. Pretty good considering it's petigree. PB stands for pure blues.
LED ZEPPELIN. ROYAL ALBERT HALL. January 8, 1970. Liner notes claims legendary performance captured by the soundboard. Those boys played loud.
LED ZEPPELIN. TEXAS POP FEST 1970. The vocals sound a little muddy to me, but Pagey sure can play the axe. 6 Rockin' tunes.
LED ZEPPELN. LIVE AT SOUTHHAMPTON UNIVERSITY (2) January 22, 1973. Damn good sounding boot. But my god, do they get experimental. Yikes. Guys. Still to the fucking songs. They are great, you know. By the way, I might have misordered this as it was downloaded.
LED ZEPPELIN. TYMPANI FOR THE BUTTER QUEEN. (2) May 19, 1973. Fort Worth, Texas. Terrifric soundboarder.
LED ZEPPELIN. LIVE IN DALLAS, 1975. Sweet single disc.
LED ZEPPELIN. EARLS COURT (4). May 24, 1975. Inspired? Ambitious? OR Windy? Artsy fartsy dull? Oh man, you decide. After listening for 3 1/2 hours, it rocks...it rolls...it fucking meanders...You gete some great moments and it puts you to sleep.
LED ZEPPELIN. June 1, 1977. (3) Los Angeles, California. Highly praised audience recording that I have seen titled a few different ways at various Zep web sites. Not sure I got the setlist right, but these boys can sure plug in and play to elevan. The place gots nuts during "Stairway."
LED ZEPPELIN. HEINEKEN. (2) July 7, 1980. The last performance - need we say more.
LED ZEPPELN. DECEMBER 10, 2007 (2) London, England. It's the big reunion show - you know the biggest event in the history of the western world. An imperfect recording. Love the crowd singing along to "Rock and Roll."
AMOST LEE. APRIL 15, 2005. Boston, Massachusetts. This is his opening set for the Dylan/Haggard show. I enjoyed it, though he is the male Norah Jones. He's a big strapping dude.
SEAN LENNON. February 12, 2007, The Rainbow Club, Milano, Italy. Capable, but frankly dull for my tastes. Sean likes to do this swoony, vocal thing that bores. Anyway, this is a Japanese Radio Broadcast in high quality.
ANNIE LENNOX. UNPLUGGED. Not sure of all of the sources on this excellent sounding discs. I'm sure it's the MTV show, but you get a bunch of other stuff as well.0
ANNIE LENNOX. AUGUST 16, 2007. London, England. A sweet 4 tune performance backed by the BBC orchestra showing off 3 new tunes along with "Sweet Dreams." Still a hot babe.
ANNIE LENNOX. BBC RADIO. March 13, 2009. Charmlng interview show with songs.
JERRY LEE LEWIS.. AUGUST 27, 2007. Helsinki, Finland. Sadly, the vocal is buried too deep into the mix. You can hear the band nicely, but hardly the Killer. Bummer.
LITTLE FEAT. MARCH 20, 1973. Decent but sketchy audience taping. May copy has a couple of digital flaws and a repeated track. However, worth it for the great Lowell George story about getting flipped off by Howlin' Wolf.
LITTLE FEAT. EBBETS FIELD. July 19, 1973. Just a setlist for this good set.
LITTLE FEAT. OH ATLANTA! (Alternate Version). May 23, 1975. I'd call it a substandard soundboard. Bonnie Raitt and David Souther came out to sing background on a couple.
LITTLE FEAT. FAT MAN IN NEW CASTLE. 1978 in the UK. Don't we miss Lowell George, lots of good stuff from a band that time has forgot.
LITTLE VILLAGE. SOLAR SEX PANEL. Crystal clean soundboard with the most talent assembled this side of the Traveling Wilburys. This is really a John Hiatt led supergroup that should have made a bigger splash than they did.
NILS LOFGREN. AUGUST 18, 2001. At the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey. This is a flawed soundboard that seemed to warm up as the ear adjusts or as the night progressed - but the vocals are up front and center. Not as good as the commercial live released (Get 'em all!). Bruce Springsteen drops in for the final 4 tunes to close out the night.
KENNY LOGGINS BAND WITH JIM MESSINA. JUNE 30, 1972, Kansas City, Missouri. Enjoyed this more than I thought. A nice recording and they have a nice vibe.
LOB LOBOS. JUNE 19, 1999. (2) Recorded at Lupo's in Providence, I've seen those guys there, but not that night. Solid set.
LOS LOBOS. LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY. August 18, 1999. A soundboard that I wish was an audience taping. Not sure that the tech people got the knobs right, it just needs some warmth. Very goo, just not as good as I would hope considering the sound quality.
LOS LOBOS. WILD MAGNOLIAS. February 26 & 27, 2000, San Francisco. These homeboys are favorites of min. Nice, lean recording with friend, Bonnie Raitt, steppin in on slide guitar on a couple. Atleast these guys should be bigger than Linkin Park. What an immense, textured and rich sound.
LOS LOBOS. APRIL 1, 2008 (2) Vancouver. Sturdy taping with a generous setlist. Opened with "Kiko."
LOS LOBOS. APRIL 12, 2008 (2) Sparks, Nevada. The Mexican Stones in a nice audience recording. They should be in the stadiums too.
LOS LOBOS. JUNE 30, 1999 (2) Portland, Oregon. Strong audience taping - I won't complain. Some interesting covers: "Dear Mr. Fantasy," "Shoot Out the Light," "Bertha."
CHARLIE LOUVIN. OCTOBER 3, 2008. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Nice enuf audience taping, incomplete show. Music comes through okay, but you need to strain to hear some of the banter.
LYLE LOVETT. JULY 31, 1988. (2) Chicago, Illinois. Fantastic recording and show! Great Fun! One small source glitch.
LYLE LOVETT. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS & MORE. December/1996. 9 super clean cuts from a man too cool for country and too country for cool. Homemade art.
LYLE LOVETT. WEST END CULTURAL CENTER. October 23, 1997 (2) A real treat. An awesome acoustic show - a soundboarder. Excellent takes on "Church," "Fat Babies," "If I Had a Boat" Sheit...it's all good.
LYLE LOVETT, JOHN HIATT, GUY CLARK & JOE ELY. FEBRUARY 17, 2003. Santa Cruz, California. As Guy states as an introduction, it's four guys in your livinig room playing songs. It's an extraordinary show with the kind of spirit that can't be manufactured. Well done boys!
LYLE LOVETT + JOHN HIATT. February 20, 2008 (2) Acceptable audience recording -certainly the music shines thru - you have to turn up the volume to catch the stage chat. This is two friends trading songs, stories and jokes, what's better.
NICK LOWE. LIVE AT THE BIRCHMERE. September 18, 2007. Delightful solo show via NPR - one big file. Warm, witty and clever, 'nuff said.
LYNYRD SKYNRD CARDIFF WALES. November 4, 1975. 12 rockin' tunes in perfect commercial sound from the original crew. I'll tell ya, these longhairs can play. Artwork doesn't quite match set info.
LORETTA LYNN. SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 (2) Northhampton, Massachusetts. An acceptable audience taping by a wondrous performer and artist. She's a charmer. 1 track has some surface noise.
SHELBY LYNN. APRIL 28, 2000 (2) House of Blues, Los Angeles, California. She is one hot dish - makes my blood boil And, I must say, a great musical talent. This is a superbly performed soundboarder.
SHELBY LYNN. NOVEMBER 17, 2008 (2) Wilmington, Delaware. Just a little too much distance in the recording, but still acceptable.
SHELBY LYNN. NOVEMBER 29, 2008 (2) St. Paul, Minnesota. A terrific, warm show. I know she is supposed to be a nut, but she comes off very much down to earth.
