Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The Kinks - 04/14/1988 The Fox Theatre, St. Loius, MO.

 
Here is another great sounding board, from WXRT FM, by Westwood One. Ray wastes no time getting the audience hepped up diving straight into "Destroyer" followed by my favorite "Low Budget." They play many other greats.  This concert doesn't disappoint.  And you got to love them teasing you with "Lola" riffs through the whole show. 

Set List:
DISC ONE:

1:  INTRO
2:  DESTROYER
3:  LOW BUDGET
4:  APE MAN
5:  SLEEP WALKER
6:  ART LOVER
7:  COME DANCING
8:  LOST AND FOUND

DISC TWO:

1:  WELCOME TO SLEAZY TOWN
2:  THINK VISUAL
3:  LIVING ON A THIN LINE
4:  A WELL RESPECTED MAN
5:  IT (I WANT IT)
6:  GUILTY
7:  ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT
8:  THE ROAD
9:  YOU REALLY GOT ME
10: CELLULOID HEROES
11: LOLA

***THE KINKS - 04/14/1988***

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Magic Trip - Ken Kesey Search For A Cool Place

     
About The Film

Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood’s MAGIC TRIP is a freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus. Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. With MAGIC TRIP, Gibney and Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey family. They worked with the Film Foundation, HISTORY and the UCLA Film Archives to restore over 100 hours of film and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordinary piece of American history.

http://www.magictripmovie.com/

Magic Trip - Ken Kesey Documentary

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Rolling Stones - Cricket Ground Perth, Australia 1973-02-24


Amazing, is what I'm going with.  It's a great show and recording. Back in the day, when the internet was just a baby, there was a bootleg label called Swingin' Pig Records. As this soundboard recording will prove, they rocked. I don't know how they did it, but they must have had some serious connections. Swingin' Pig generally had the absolute best. Occasionally they'd did have a few that sounded rough, but nobody had anything better. This concert is one of their top notch releases. Which is very fortunate for us, because there's not a lot out there for '73' tour. That sounds this good. Everything is well balanced,, and all the instruments can be distinguished, throughout the show. The boys are on it, and playing their best. And the set list, well see for yourself. One interesting note, it's Nicky Hopkins birthday on the night of this show. I think that makes this kinda a special event.

Set List:

1. Brown Sugar
2. Bitch
3. Rocks Off
4. Gimme Shelter
5. Happy
6. Tumbling Dice
7. Love In Vain
8. Sweet Virginia
9. You Can't Always Get What You Want
10. Honky Tonk Women
11. All Down The Line
12. Midnight Rambler
13. Band Introductions - Happy Birthday Nicky
14. Little Queenie
15. Rip This Joint

***The Rolling Stones - 1973/02/24***

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Pavement - 09/18/2010 Agganis Arena Boston, MA

This is a fucking spectacular audience recording. I've actually had this for quite sometime, but just recently got around to really listening. I wish I had payed attention sooner. This show has everything you want to hear. They really did a great performance. It's high energy, and tight playing. I mean as tight as Pavement can be that is. The two encores (6 songs) are great as well. "Fin","Rattled By The Rush" and "Range Life" make this recording worth having alone. Of all the recording I have gotten from this tour, this is by far the best. Don't be like me and wait. Listen to it right away. Enjoy.

Set List:
1. (Pre-recorded intro)
2. Silence Kid
3. Starlings of the Slipstream
4. Two States
5. Trigger Cut
6. Heckler Spray
7. In the Mouth of a Desert
8. Stereo
9. Date w/ IKEA
10. Stop Breathin'
11. Gold Soundz
12. Conduit for Sale!
13. Loretta's Scars
14. Grounded
15. Summer Babe
16. Frontwards
17. Unfair
18. Fight This Generation
19. Perfume-V
20. We Dance
21. Brinx Job
22. Fin
23. Cut Your Hair
(encore 1)
24. Rattled by the Rush
25. Kennel District
26. Range Life
(encore 2)
27. Spit on a Stranger
28. Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse)
29. Here

***Pavement - 09/18/2010***

Friday, May 6, 2011

Bob Dylan 1963-02-08 Gerdes Folk City Banjo Tape


Here something for the Dylan collectors out there. I don't have much info about this. It's Bob playing his guitar with a couple of other musicians playing here and there. This version was remastered by Neuthorduo.  Considering the age of this recording it sounds great. There is slight tape hiss, but it does not detract from the music at all. What's cool about this recording is the tape just keeps rolling from song to song. So you got all the banter between Dylan, and the other people in the room with him. And they are having a damn good time. Helps give a feeling of being in there with them. Like a stoned fly on the wall, if you will.

Tracks:

Lonesome River Edge (Trad)
Back Door Blues (Trad)
Bob Dylan's Dream
You Can Get Her (Trad)
Farewell
All Over You
Masters Of War
Instrumental (Fragment)
Keep Your Hands Off Her (Leadbelly)
Honey Babe (Trad)
Goin' Back To Rome
Stealin' (Trad. Memphis Jug Band arr.)
***Bob Dylan - 1963-02-08***

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Led Zeppelin - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York 02/14/1975


This is a soundboard released by the Empress Valley Supreme label. I got to say they did a pretty good job with this board tape. I've heard other versions that don't have the same punch. The first couple of songs sound a bit unbalanced, but that is the mix just getting pulled together. The only thing, that I'd have to say is, that the high end can be a bit much at times. But you can equalize that down on your stereo. Overall, it's a great concert, with a strong sound. A must listen for all Zep lova's. 

Set List:
(CD1)
01     Rock And Roll
02     Sick Again
03     Over The Hills And Far Away
04     In My Time Of Dying
05     Since I've Been Loving You
06     The Song Remains The Same
07     The Rain Song
(CD2)
08     Kashmir
09     No Quarter
10     Trampled Underfoot
11     Moby Dick
(CD3)
12     Dazed And Confused
13     Stairway To Heaven
14     Whole Lotta Love
15     Out On The Tiles (intro)/Black Dog
16     Heartbreaker

***Led Zeppelin - 02/14/1975***