Wednesday, June 28, 2023

X @ The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano CA. 1985-09-15

 


Here is another cassette from the Kat Georges archive.  This time an uncirculated X show from 1985 at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano California.   Kat's tape and J card were undated so I'm not 100% sure of the 15th being correct.   On setlist FM they list a September 13th show in San Diego, and a September 14th show in Irvine.   There is a poster for that one.


So I think it is safe to assume that this Coach House show was on the 15th or sometime shortly there after.  The sound quality is not good.  It's a rough listen and what I would call a big fan only recording.  Interesting setlist with a fair about of banter from John and Excene.  Even though the quality is poor it is an uncirculated recording and I figured I would get it out into the world.



X

The Coach House
San Juan Capistrano CA (USA)
1985-09-15

Red Hot Chili Peppers & Channel 3 opened the show.

Recorded: Kat Georges
Transfered and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Panasonic RQ-J36 > cassette 
Transfer: cassette > PT-649D > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (87:49.27)

01 - intro -
02 Love Shack (Knitters)
03 We're Having Much More Fun
04 Los Angeles
05 White Girl
06 I'll Stand Up for You
07 The Hungry Wolf
08 Year 1
09 Burning House Of Love
10 Supercharged
11 The New World
12 My Soul Cries Your Name
13 In This House That I Call Home
14 Because I Do
15 Blue Spark
16 My Goodness
17 Breathless (Otis Blackwell)
18 Motel Room in My Bed
19 We're Desperate
20 Wild Thing (Chip Taylor)
21 - encore -
22 Johny Hit and Run Paulene
23 What's Wrong with Me
24 Soul Kitchen (The Doors)
25 Poor Girl
26 Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not


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Friday, June 23, 2023

Southern Culture On The Skids @ LODO Music Fest, Denver CO, 2000-07-07

 

Southern Culture On The Skids are a really fun band from Chapel Hill North Carolina.  They kind of had a hit with their song Camel Walk in the mid 90s.  They are a bunch of fantastic releases and are still at it today touring and putting out new albums.

This show on the Liquored Up and Lacquered Down tour as a part of the LODO Music Fest that used to be held in downtown Denver by the baseball park.   I've already posted Mojo Nixon's set from this day.  Decided I need to get this one up too.

Crowd is a bit chatty and recording outside presents unique challenges but I think it sounds ok.  Been fun revisiting this show.   I know I traded this out on CDR to some small degree but this is a new transfer from the MD master compared to that  version.  Enjoy.



Southern Culture On The Skids

LODO Music Fest
Denver CO (USA)
2000-07-07

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (68:26.41)  

01 instrumental
02 Nitty Gritty
03 Greenback Fly
04 Banana Pudddin'
05 Corn Liquor
06 White Trash
07 Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl
08 My House Has Wheels
09 Firefly
10 Soul City
11 King Of The Mountain
12 Jack The Ripper (Link Wray)
13 - band introduction -
14 The House Of Bamboo
15 Chicken Shit Farmer
16 Voodoo Cadillac
17 8 Piece Box
18 Camel Walk
19 I Learned To Dance In Mississippi


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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Talking Heads @ Long Beach Arena, Long Beach CA, 1983-12-08

 

Here is another out of the Kat Georges cassette archive.  This time it's another of her masters.  A partial recording of Talking Heads live at Long Beach Arena in December of 1983.  Talking Heads were on tour supporting the album 'Speaking in Tounges' this year.   A few days after this show they played for 4 nights at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood and filmed the 'Stop Making Sense' movie.

This partial set is a a preview of those shows with basically the same setlist.   Kat only captured the first 46 minutes of the show.  But that part is jam packed with some greatness.   Sound is pretty nice on this one.  Crowd a bit chatty but a fun listen.  Enjoy.

Talking Heads

Long Beach Arena
Long Beach CA (USA)
1983-12-08
incomplete recording

Recorded: Kat Georges
Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Panasonic RQ-J36 > cassette
Transfer: cassette > PT-649D > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (46:31.20)

01 Psycho Killer
02 Heaven
03 Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
04 Love - Building on Fire
05 The Book I Read
06 Slippery People
07 Cities
08 Burning Down the House
09 Life During Wartime
10 Making Flippy Floppy


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Played at this show but not captured on this recording

Swamp
What a Day That Was
This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Once in a Lifetime
Big Business / I Zimbra
Genius of Love
Girlfriend Is Better
Take Me to the River (Al Green)
- encore -
Cross-eyed and Painless

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Ultrabomb @ HQ, Denver CO, 2023-05-31

 









Ultrabomb is a punk rock trip consisting of some real heavy hitters.  Greg Norton from Hüsker Dü, Finny McConnell from The Mahones, and Jamie Oliver from the U.K Subs, and others.  

They have just put out a fantastic new album called "Time To Burn".  Totally worth your time to seek out.  They are written a killer batch of new songs together.   Lots of those are featured during this set.

For a whole variety of reasons this show was criminally under attended.  By the time Ultrabomb took the stage there was about 20 of us there to watch.  I felt bad that Denver couldn't  rally for such a great show.   But this one flew under everyone's radar I guess.    They missed out.

Band didn't seem to mind and it was pretty amazing to get such an intimate show.  One I will never forget.  The set is full of new songs but we get 6 Hüsker Dü songs, a Mahones song, a UK Subs song, and a Dead Boys cover.   What a hell of a set!

As always go support independent music by going to show, buying merch from bands you like.  At shows and any way you can do it.  It's tougher than ever to make a go of it in the arts and artists need out support more than ever.   Music makes all of our lives better I think.   Enjoy.


Ultrabomb

HQ
Denver CO (USA)
2023-05-31

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 C > SP-SPSB-1 > M10
Transfer: M10 > USB > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Run time: (70:08.04)

01 Do You Remember? (Hüsker Dü)
02 Time to Burn
03 Fear Your Gods
04 It's Not Funny Anymore (Hüsker Dü)
05 Star
06 I Can Make It
07 The Hunger & The Fight (The Mahones)
08 Stickman vs Hangman
09 Don't Want to Know If You are Lonely (Hüsker Dü)
10 Faded Away
11 Bang Punk
12 Tomorrow's Girls (UK Subs)
13 - we saved the best for last - 
14 Diane (Hüsker Dü)
15 Makes No Sense At All (Hüsker Dü)
16 Super Hero Shit
17 Like the Wind
18 - fake encore -
19 Punk Rock Saved My Life (The Mahones)
20 Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys)
21 New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü)

Finny McConnell (The Mahones) - Guitar, vocals
Greg Norton (Hüsker Dü) - Bass, vocals
Jamie Oliver (U.K Subs) - Drums, vocals


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Sunday, June 4, 2023

The Knitters @ Cathay de Grande, Los Angeles CA, 1983-07-26 (2nd show)

 


Abigail Johnson photo credit


Here is another cassette master from the Kat George archive.  This time it's a show that she didn't record but a friend of hers did.  I suspect this is the 1st or 2nd gen copy made from the master cassette.

This was the Knitters 2nd official show ever.  The Knitters were a group started by X members John Doe and Excene Cervenka in 1982. They were joined by Dave Alvin.  It's said they started this rootsy country folk act as a response to the increasingly violent and hardcore turn the punk scene had taken around this time.  I think that they just really loved playing it and had more to do with it ultimately. 

X members were older than a lot of the up and coming punk scene and had grown up listening to folk, country, 60s bands, even the Doors. The very things punk supposedly stood against. There was always that kind of roots edge to X's punk sound. 

In 2000 I saw John Doe play an afternoon instore set at Waxtrax Records in Denver's Capital Hill neighborhood.    He played the Silver Wings cover that day too and said a lot of his motivation to get into playing music to start with stemmed from wanting to be like Merle Haggard.  
That show is HERE if you want to listen.

 I had been part of sharing this recording before way back in 2005ish.   It got torrented on DIME back then  I lost all of those original files years ago and made a fresh transfer of this show with my new setup after rediscovering these tapes in a box not long ago.   I have to assume this is an upgrade to that original file set.   It's still a audience recording in a not ideal for sound room.  The quieter numbers  sound the best.  It gets a bit blown out on the louder numbers.  Enjoy


The Knitters

Cathay de Grande
Los Angeles CA (USA)
1983-07-26

Recorded: Ken Spears
From the Kat Georges cassette archive
Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: ? > cassette > cassette
Transfer: cassette > PT-649D > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (40:47.31)

01 I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail (Karl and Harty)
02 Mama Tried (Merle Haggard)
03 The New World (X)
04 Skip to My Lou (traditional)
05 Ragged but Right (traditional)
06 I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts (X)
07 Poor Old Heartsick Me (Margie Bowes)
08 Wild Side of Life - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
09 The Trail of Time (The Delmore Brothers)
10 The Have Nots (X)
11 Long White Cadillac (The Blasters)
- encore -
12 Silver Wings (Merle Haggard)
13 Rock Island Line (Lead Belly)


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Thursday, June 1, 2023

Bardo Pond @ 15th Street Tavern, Denver CO, 2002-03-08

 

Bardo Pond, if your unfamiliar, is an American psychedelic rock band from Pennsylvania.  Formed in 1991 and still at it to this day.  The open up with a Spaceman 3 cover on this night if that give you any idea where they are coming from.  They were still touring behind their Dilate album at this show.

I posted a few tracks from this show in my Best of the 15th Street comp.  Here is the rest of the show for your listening enjoyment.


Bardo Pond

15th Street Tavern
Denver CO (USA)
2002-03-08

Recorded and Mastered SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (51:02.42)  

01 Call the Doctor (Spacemen 3)
02 Shadow Puppet
03 This Time (So Fucked)
04 Tantric Porno
05 Be a Fish
06 Favorite Uncle
07 Lb.




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