Jethro Tull - Oakland 1973

Jethro Tull, live at the Oakland Coliseum, 23rd July 1973

Jethro Tull (named after an 18th cebtury agriculturist), probably most famous for frontman Ian Anderson's (much sampled) flute, and his flamingo impressions...he stood on one leg alot. I was introduced to this band by my father, who has a great love for them, and played their albums Thick As A Brick and Aqualung a hell of alot simply due to the fact that the songs were great with a good element of humour, always something good in my books, when done well of course.

01. Lifebeats 8:57
02. Prelude 2:25
03. The Silver Cord 4:24
04. Re-Assuring Tune 1:14
05. Memory Bank 4:32
06. Best Friends 4:35
07. Critique Oblique 5:15
08. Forest Dance #1 1:15
09. The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles 4:15
10. Forest Dance #2 1:43
11. The Foot of Our Stairs 4:50
12. Overseer Overture 3:26
13. Flight from Lucifer 3:52
14. 10:08 from Paddington 1:06
15. Magus Perde 3:58
16. Epilogue 1:41
17. Thick As A Brick -Middle Section 17:07
18. Cross-Eyed Mary 4:09
19. No Rehearsal (segment) 2:12
20. Drum Solo (cut) 8:09
21. Instrumental 5:21
22. Maternity Ward 1:24
23. Aqualung 10:07
24. Band Introductions 1:35
25. Wind Up 13:05
26. Locomotive Breath 6:38
27. Wind Up Reprise 6:01

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Tull Coliseum 1
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Velvet Underground and Nico - Norman Dolph Acetate 1966

The Velvet Underground and Nico, Unripened - The Norman Dolph Acetate, Scepter Studios NYC, 25th April 1966

This is a copy of the original studio demos for the VU&N album in '67, cut to acetate shortly after recording. Sadly, There She Goes Again, also recorded during the Dolph sessions, wasn't placed on it, but alot of these recordings were remixed for the final released album.

A Mr. Hill of Montreal found a copy in a Chelsea (NYC) flea market in 2002 and paid a handsome sum of 75c, only to sell it a few years later for a much more handsome sum of $25,000 plus change. I think the phrase rhymes with 'clucky dastard', to paraphrase Captain Blackadder.

01 European Son
02 The Black Angel's Death Song
03 All Tomorrow's Parties
04 I'll Be Your Mirror
05 Heroin
06 Femme Fatale
07 Venus In Furs
08 I'm Waiting For The Man
09 Run Run Run

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Underground Dolph

Radiohead - Amsterdam 1994

Radiohead, live at Melweg, Amsterdam, 2nd December 1994

A show for you today from when Radiohead were really starting to find their feet, just before hitting the studio for their fabulous The Bends album early the nest year. As such, most of the set is made up of Pablo Honey tracks and B-sides, with a nice smattering of what was to come. Though to be fair, most of The Bends was written alot earlier than the record was recorded, they had to continue touring to meet record company and fan demands following the success of Creep, hence the broken imagery of alot of songs on the album, as they were tired, felt pushed etc. etc.

01. Intro
02. The Bends
03. You
04. Prove Yourself
05. Ripcord
06. Permenant Daylight
07. Vegetable
08. Just
09. Punch Drunk Lovesick Sing Along
10. Creep
11. My Iron Lung
12. Sulk
13. Inside My Head
14. Stop Whispering
15. Encore
16. Bones
17. Street Spirit
18. Blowout

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Radiohead Melweg

Stone Roses - Manchester Uni 1985

Stone Roses, live at Manchester University, 2nd October 1985

One of the Stone Roses very earliest gigs for you today (plus bonus remixes of Fools Gold), from what is reputedly their first 'big' gig, the 800 capacity Manchester University. Not a great sound to be fair, and not a very pro perfomance, but the mix is pretty good and there are some great rare early tracks played, so I'm sure any fans would enjoy. Maybe not for the casual listener but perhaps worth a listen anyway.

01. So Young
02. Heart On the Staves
03. Here It Comes
04. All I Need Is All I Want
05. I Wanna Be Adored
06. I Wanna See You Falling
07. This Is the One
08. Where Ever You Want
09. Tell Me

- Bonus Tracks -

10. Fools Gold (Top Won! Mix)
11. Fools Gold (Bottom Won! Mix)

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Roses Uni

Violent Femmes - Live in Turin NY 2005

Violent Femmes, live at Snow Ridge Ski Mountain, Turin NY, 4th September 2005

I think I probably heard the Violent Femmes first in the wonderful black comedy Grosse Point Blank, one of a few John Cusack films with terrific soundtracks (the adaptation of High Fidelity being a case in point). Over here in the UK they're song Blister In The Sun has been used in an advertising campaign for some or other tat, I forget. Anyway, they're a great indie-pop act, with a fun approach to the whole sex, drugs and rock'n'roll thing. Enjoy!

01. Look Like That
02. Out The Window
03. Country Death Song
04. Please Do Not Go
05. Blister In The Sun
06. Prove My Love
07. Mirror Mirror (I See A Damsel)
08. The Christian Life
09. Jesus Walking On Water
10. Good Feeling
11. Gimme The Car
12. American Music
13. I Held Her In My Arms
14. Confessions
15. Black Girls
16. Gone Daddy Gone (with Rob Derhak)
17. Add It Up
18. Add It Up

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Femmes Turin

Ben Folds - Providence 2008

Ben Folds, live at Providence, Rhode Island, 25th September 2008

The first date from Ben's tour in support of the (as then unreleased) album Way To Normal. Plenty of the record features, as can be expected, but there's enough classic stuff to placate the less avid fan too.

01. Intro
02. Way To Normal
03. Brainwascht
04. Effington
05. You Don't Know Me
06. Free Coffee
07. Brainwashed
08. Errant Dog
09. Before Cologne
10. Cologne
11. Free Coffee Town
12. The Frown Song
13. Hiroshima
14. Lovesick Diagnostician
15. Dr. Yang
16. Kylie From Connecticut
17. The Bitch Went Nuts
18. The Bitch Went Nutz
19. Rockin' The Suburbs
20. Landed
21. Underground
22. Not The Same
23. The Frowne Song (Feeble Anthem)

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Folds Rhode

The Frames - Chicago 2007

The Frames, live at The Metro, Chicago Il., 18th April 2007

Another show from Buckley cohort Glen Hansard and chums, recorded at a rather familiar venue for the Jeffies too. A really nice set, including Magnetic Fields and John Hegarty covers, I'm sure it'll find fans here. Enjoy!

Disc 1
01: Intro
02: Song For Someone
03: Seven Day Mile
04: The Cost
05: (Glen explains...)
06: Keepsake
07: Rise
08: God Bless Mom
09: Stars Are Underground ->
10: Happy
11: Sad Songs
12: (Crowd)
13: When Your Mind's Made Up
14: Rent Day Blues ->
15: I Have The Moon & ->
16: Pavement Tune
17: Fake
18: ("Ireland...home of the....")
19: Your Face
Disc 2
01: Santa Maria
02: Encore Break
03: Blue Shoes
04: (Rob and the crowd)
05: Cactus Tree
06: Finally ->
07: Revelate ->
08: Friends and Foe
09: (Glen and the crowd)
10: Limerick Town
11: Intro to...
12: Falling Slowly ->
13: Star Star

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Frames Metro 1
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Gang War - New Haven 1979

Gang War, Great American Saloon aka Oxford Ale House, New Haven CT, 26th November 1979

Back in the late '70's, Wayne Kramer of MC5 fame was released from prison and relocated to NYC, there he met up with Johnny Thunders, formerly of the New York Dolls, and they decided to do a few gigs together under the name of Gang War. This bootleg, is just that, one of the shows this short-lived project did together in the late '70'2 early '80's. Please do enjoy :)

01 INTRO 1:02
02 RAMBLIN'ROSE 2:46
03 LONDON 2:19
04 THE HARDER THEY COME 3:19
05 M.I.A. 2:57
06 ENDLESS PARTY 3:01
07 CALL ME GYPSY 2:45
08 I'D MUCH RATHER BE WITH THE BOYS 3:18
09 I'LL GO CRAZY 2:30
10 AYATOLLAH RAP 3:09
11 JUST BECAUSE I'M WHITE 3:36
12 YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY (with tape flip) 3:46
13 PATTER 0:41
14 HEY THANKS 2:00
15 COURAGEOUS CAT THEME 0:48
16 JOHNNY BEING JOHNNY 3:07
17 TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE 4:25
18 PATTER 3:06
19 DO YOU LOVE ME (with Joy Ryder & Avis Davis) 2:36

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War Haven

Queens of the Stone Age - Acoustic Sessions

QOTSA, Acoustic Sessions, 2002 to 2007

This is a little compilation put together by myself, sourced from four differing sessions, three from FM sources (Oui FM France and BBC Radio 1), and one from a video source (3voor12). All are very different, whether Josh solo, Josh and Nick, or full band. The first one, from Radio 1, has an amusing variant on Feelgood Hit...but sadly also showcases how much of a dick Jo Whiley is. Enjoy anyway!

(Radio 1 The Arc, Jo Whiley 2002)
01. Interview with Josh
02. No One Knows
03. Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
(Oui Fm Session 2003)
04. No One Knows
05. Go With The Flow
(3voor12 Session 2007)
06. I'm Designer
07. Suture Up Your Future
08. Into The Hollow
09. 3's And 7's
10. River In The Road
11. Make It Wit Chu
(Oui FM Session 2007)
12. 3's And 7's
13. Into The Hollow

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Queens Sessions

Mark Lanegan - Whiskey For The Holy Ghost Acoustic Demos 1991

Mark Lanegan, Whiskey For The Holy Ghost, acoustic demos 1991

Mark continues to be one of my all time favourite rock singers, and does't seem to put a foot wrong (or at least too wrong) in his many, many musical projects. Here are the demos from his fraught recording sessions which were to become the basis of his second solo album Whiskey For The Holy Ghost. At the time he was having some fairly major substance issues, and the producer had to stop Mark from tossing these into the river. So be very thankfull people! ;-)

01 Sunrise
02 Following The Rain
03 Judas touch I
04 Shooting Gallery (Instrumental)
05 Carnival
06 Wheels
07 Day and Night
08 Beggar's blues
09 Riding the nightingale
10 Judas touch II

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Lanegan Holy Demos