Saturday, December 21, 2024

Hotline TNT @ Marquis Theater, Denver CO, 2024-06-15

 


Great newish band Hotline TNT came through Denver earlier this year.  I loved the album "Cartwheel" that they put out last year.  Was excited to catch them live.  The show was put on as an afterparty to an event that Thrasher Magazine did earlier in the day.  Crowd was full of real young kids maybe seeing their first real show and actual mosh pit.  It was pretty fun to see.

Hotline TNT was loud!!  Great varied setlist and a new song even.  Good times.


Hotline TNT

Marquis Theater
Denver CO (USA)
2024-06-15

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SPSPSB20 - SPATEN6 - AIMicro - S20
Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (44:56.71)

01 Protocol
02 Son in Law
03 I Thought You'd Change
04 new song
05 - interlude -
06 Stampede
07 - merch toss -
08 Trinity
09 History Channel
10 Lawyers in Love
11 Had 2 Try
12 - encore -
13 Are U Faded


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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Brian Setzer Orchestra @ The Filmore, Denver CO, 1999-08-09

 

Here is one from when the big band revival at the time stalked the earth.   A lot of that wasn't my bag necessarily but Brian Setzer always got a pass from me since I am a big Stray Cats fan.  He has a hot shit road tested orchestra at this point in 1999.  Mr. Setzer is doing it right.

This was not long after the change over from the Mammoth Events Center to the Fillmore.  Brian Setzer comments on how nice the fixed up the place.  Mammoth was a run down dump.  Charming but it needed some work.

I think this sounds pretty good for a show in that room too.  I haven't listened to this since the early aughts.  Was pleasantly surprised and decided to share it. Enjoy.


Brian Setzer Orchestra

The Filmore
Denver CO (USA)
1999-08-09

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - UAC222 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Time: (80:56.70) 

01 Hawaii Five-O ((Mort Stevens and His Orchestra)
02 Hoodoo Voodoo Doll
03 This Cats on a Hot Tin Roof
04 Let The Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan)
05 Guitar Rag (Stray Cats)
06 Lets Live It Up
07 Gloria (The Cadillacs)
08 The Dirty Boogie
09 Drive Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder
10 Sleepwalk (Santo & Johnny)
11 Stray Cat Strut (Stray Cats)
12 Jump Jive An' Wail (Louis Prima)
13 49' Mercury Blues
14 (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone (Roy Montrell)
15 Rumble In Brighton (Stray Cats)
   - encore 1 -
16 Rock This Town (Stray Cats)
17 - encore 2 -
18 Mack The Knife
19 Jammin' East Of Java
20 Malagueña (Ernesto Lecuona)
21 Brand New Cadillac (Vince Taylor & The Playboys) 





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Saturday, December 14, 2024

Son Volt @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 1995-12-16

 


On the beer stained battlefields of the alt.country wars in the mid 90s lines were drawn and sides were chosen.  After Uncle Tupelo split, into the bands Wilco and Son Volt, fan divisions were stark.  As you will hear on this recording.  Towards the start and occasionally through out the show an enthusiastic fan will holler "Fuck Wilco!".   Seem harsh now but that is just how it was down in the trenches.

This is another of the MarcR DATs.  What a great capture.  Hell of a setlist too.  Lots of Son Volt songs from the then brand new album Trace.  Six Uncle Tupelo songs and a few other choice covers.  What a gem of a show. Enjoy


Son Volt

Bluebird Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
1995-12-16

Recorded: MarcR
Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MarcR binaural mics - D7 - DAT
Transfer: DAT - D100 - Oade Digi I/O-A - DAC - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (75:34.50)

01 - warm up -
02 Route
03 Loose String
04 Catching On
05 Live Free
06 Anodyne (Uncle Tupelo)
07 Windfall
08 Slate (Uncle Tupelo)
09 Out of the Picture
10 Tear Stained Eye
11 Ten Second News
12 Fifteen Keys (Uncle Tupelo)
13 Drown
14 Looking for a Way Out (Uncle Tupelo)
15 Chickamauga (Uncle Tupelo)
16 - encore -
17 Grindstone (Uncle Tupelo)
18 Too Early
19 She’s More To Be Pitied (Stanley Brothers)
20 Going, Going, Gone (Bob Dylan)
21 Looking at the World Through a Windshield (Del Reeves)



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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

X & Rhett Miller @ LODO Music Fest, Denver CO, 2003-07-19

 

Here is a fun double feature from right after the turn of the century.  For a bunch of years near the baseball park in downtown Denver there was the LODO Music Fest.  Always and interesting a diverse lineup.  In 2003 it included Joan Osborne, X, Medeski Martin Wood, BoDeans, Dark Star Orchestra, Ohio Players, Rhett Miller, Steel Pulse, Blind Boys of Alabama, Radiators, Iguanas, Rob Base Kurtis Blow, Camper Van Beethoven.  

They must have been cool with tapers because I recall my friend Tom flying his mics on a stand.  Maybe we knew the sound person.  Too long ago to remember.  Tom recorded X & Rhett Miller from Old 97s that day.  I bet he recorded Camper too.  I need to see if I have that one. In the meantime here are sets from Rhett Miller and X.  

There is a fun overlap between these two.  On the Old 97's album 'Too Far To Care' Exene Cervenka from the band X sings on their song 'Four Leaf Clover'.  About midway though Rhett's solo set on this day he expresses his love for the band X and covers X's song 'Dancing with Tears in My Eyes'.  Two songs later Rhett is joined by Exene to sing 'Four Leaf Clover'.  I was so thrilled.  Still was listening back all these years later.

Rhett plays a nice mix of new solo album songs, Old 97s songs, and some fun covers.

X's set is all hits.  As is every show they play.  I'm a gigantic fan.  They have announce that they are doing their last tour ever.  Covering 2024 into 2025.  I missed this years Denver show.  I hope perhaps we might get one more chance in Denver.  Fingers crossed.  If not I got to see them lots and lots of times.

I had been wanting to share this stellar recording Tom made for awhile.  Had a great time listening to this one and thinking about that time.  Enjoy.



X

LODO Music Fest
Denver CO (USA)
2003-07-19

Recorded by: Tom Chaffin
Presented by: SxPxDxCx
Source: Microtech Gefell m300s - Sonosax SX-M2 - DAT
Transfer: DAT - ? - CDR - EAC - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (67:57.44)

01 - intro -
02 Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not
03 In This House That I Call Home
04 We're Desperate
05 I'm Coming Over
06 Riding With Mary
07 Sugarlight
08 Beyond and Back
09 Breathless (Otis Blackwell)
10 Los Angeles
11 The Unheard Music
12 The New World
13 The Once Over Twice
14 It's Who You Know
15 Nausea
16 Johny Hit and Run Paulene
17 True Love
18 Motel Room in My Bed
19 The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss
   - encore -
20 The Hungry Wolf
21 Year 1
22 Soul Kitchen (The Doors)
   - encore 2 -
23 Because I Do
24 Devil Doll




Rhett Miller

LODO Music Fest
Denver CO (USA)
2003-07-19

Recorded by: Tom Chaffin
Presented by: SxPxDxCx
Source: Microtech Gefell m300s - Sonosax SX-M2 - DAT
Transfer: DAT - ? - CDR - EAC - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (68:05.45)

01 - intro -
02 Bel Air
03 Melt Show
04 Things That Disappear
05 Curtain Calls
06 Point Shirley
07 Streets of Where I'm From
08 Hover
09 Question
10 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes (X)
11 The El
12 Four Leaf Clover (W Exene Cervenka)
13 World Inside the World
14 Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
15 Rollerskate Skinny
16 Barrier Reef
17 Come Around
18 Big Brown Eyes
19 Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
20 Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
21 Doreen
22 Our Love



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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Sleep @ Gothic Theater, Englewood CO, 2010-09-05

 


I first posted this show 2 days after it happened back in 2010.  I was that excited to share Sleep's return to Denver.  I had been thinking about posting this up on my YT channel for awhile.  Finally sat down and gave it a full listen for the first time in a long time and decided to go for it.

Parts of this show were used for the Sleep Live in Denver CO "bootleg" put out on Chalker Place Records in 2012.  I missed out on the original sale of 420 copies on pot green.  They had a 30 second sample on their webpage and I was 99% certain that it was my recording.   

I inquired to the label about the origin of the recording and they replied that "they didn't know where it came from, but would I want a copy?".  I said yes and was sent a non numbered copy.  Once I dropped the needle on it, about 45 seconds in, I can hear myself let out a "whoo".  It has to be my source.  Plus I've never seen another source pop up.  It's neat to have a recording you made on vinyl even if I don't get a credit.  There are certainly more copies than 420 out there as I saw the band selling copies on tour in 2014.

I knocked off a few of the rough edges and corrected the tracking for this post.  It reminded me how hella loud this show was.  Lemmy would have been proud. Warts and all.  Good times.


Sleep

Gothic Theater
Englewood CO (USA)  
2010-09-05

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N - JK Labs DVC-V12  - JB3 
Transfer: JB3 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Time: (117:27.74)

01 Dopesmoker (Intro)
02 Holy Mountain
03 Dragonaut
04 Evil Gypsy - Solomon's Theme
05 Aquarian
06 - Some Grass interlude -
07 Nain's Baptism
08 Inside the Sun
09 The Druid
10 - interlude -
11 From Beyond
12 Proceeds the Weedian
13 - interlude -
14 Over the Mountain (Ozzy)
15 Antarcticans Thawed
16 Cultivator
17 Improved Morris



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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Pearl Jam @ Red Rocks, Morrison CO, 1995-06-20

 






Back in the 90s there were a bunch of different labels, a lot of them in Italy, that pressed silver CDs of live performances.  Bootlegs is the common term for these.  Artists and mostly record companies didn't like them claiming lost revenue.  No fan of a band was going to buy one of these over the bands official releases though.  And the big fans, like myself, have all that official stuff and wanted more.  

You had to know were to go to find this stuff.  I picked this Pearl Jam boot up and Recycled Tapes & Records at Kipling and I-70.  It was pricey compared to a retail CD.  I think I paid $30-40 for this 2CD set.   It's an audience recording but sounds pretty good to me.  I love this stuff though and this inspired me to start recording shows myself a few years later.

I was excited to find this as I went to 1 of the 2 shows that PJ played at Red Rocks that summer. I went to the show the day before on the 19th.  This is all of the show from the 20th but the last 4 tracks are from the 19th.   Bad Religion opened and kicked ass.  I wish a recording of that would surface.

Enjoy

Pearl Jam

Red Rocks
Morrison CO (USA)
1995-06-20

Steppin' Stones (liberated bootleg)

Presented: SxPxDxCx
Recorded: ? Tornado CD
Source: CDs
Transfer: CD > USB > EAC > FLAC 

01 Long Road 
02 Jeremy (New Version) 
03 Ship Song (Nick Cave)
04 Footsteps 
05 This Boy 
06 Better Man 
07 Last Exit 
08 Spin the Black Circle 
09 Animal 
10 Tremor Christ 
11 Corduroy 
12 Not for You 
13 Go 
14 State of Love and Trust 
15 Daughter 
16 Garden 
17 Calling Me Back 
18 Alive 
19 Whipping 
20 Lukin' 
21 Rearview Mirror 
22 E. W. B. T. C. I. A. S. T. 
23 Blood 
24 Black 
25 Porch 
26 Immortality 
27 Indifference 
28 Habit 
29 I Got Shit 
30 Leaving Here 
31 Yellow Ledbetter 

Tracks 28 - 31 are from the show the day before. 







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Friday, November 22, 2024

Elvis Costello @ The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1984-04-28

 

This recording was on a cassette from the Kat George archive of live tapes.  Like the Knitters show that I posted a while back.  Kat didn't record this one her friend Ken Spears did.  I think it sounds pretty good and was going to share it and found that there was another more complete source of this show out there already so I put it on the back burner.  

Last week I saw the news that Elvis was putting out a record with T Bone Burnett called The Coward Brothers.  I recalled that this was the tour where they coined that title.  They play a bunch of songs together at the end of this show.  40 years later they finally got around to recording an album together.  I bet they had been talking about it on and off since this tour.

To my ear this sounds like it was recorded from the front of  the balcony because the crowd noise is pretty subdued.  Very quite and respectful crowd while he is playing too.  Makes for a great listen.  Enjoy.


Elvis Costello

The Warfield
San Francisco CA (USA)
1984-04-28

Recorded: Ken Spears
Transfered and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: ? - cassette - cassette 
Transfer: cassette - PT-649D - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (94:58.47)

01 Accidents Will Happen (fades in)
02 Stranger in the House
03 Man Called Uncle 
04 The Only Flame in Town 
05 Mouth Almighty
06 Kid About It 
07 Just a Memory 
08 Almost Blue 
09 You're Pouring Water on a Drowning Man (Percy Sledge)
10 Green Shirt 
11 Worthless Thing 
12 New Amsterdam 
13 Sleepless Nights (The Everly Brothers)
14 Girls Talk (fades in)
15 What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (The Specials)
16 Motel Matches 
17 Love Field 
18 Riot Act 
19 Everyday I Write the Book 
- encore 1 -
20 I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan)
21 (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
22 Yes It Is (The Beatles)
23 Mystery Dance
24 I'll Make It All Up to You (Jerry Lee Lewis)
25 Alison
- encore 2 -
26 I'm Ragged but Right (traditional) #
27 Tennessee Blues (Bobby Charles) #
28 San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) (Scott McKenzie) #
29 Baby's in Black (The Beatles) #
30 She Thinks I Still Care (George Jones) #
- encore 3 -
31 Shot With His Own Gun (fades out)

# Elvis is joined by T Bone Burnett for these songs calling themselves The Coward Brothers.

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These songs were also played on this night but are not captured on this recording.

I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down 
Home Truth 
Final Solution
Shipbuilding 
- encore 4 -
Inch by Inch 
Peace in Our Time 

More info about this show here.  And links to a more complete recording from a different sounce.


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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Pissed Jeans @ Hi Dive, Denver CO, 2024-11-09

 



Happy 21st Birthday Hi Dive!!  My favorite small room in Denver hands down.  I've been going there to some degree all 21 years.  Kind of wild.  Here is to many more years!  Cheers!

For their birthday they booked Pissed Jeans.  A band that I have been into since the aughts.  I'm sure I heard Hope For Men when it came out in 2007.  Instant fan.  I've enjoyed all of their catalog.  They don't ever play a lot of shows and had never come to Denver before so this was an instant ticket buy as soon as I heard the announcement.

Fantastic stacked lineup with 4 of the best local bands doing it right now.  Pissed Jeans played a set with a lot of new songs from Half Divorced and some classics too.  Sounded great too I thought.  Enjoy.


Pissed Jeans

Hi Dive
Denver CO (USA)
2024-11-09

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > M10 
Transfer: M10 > USB > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (48:35)

01 Killing All the Wrong People
02 Anti‐Sapio
03 No Convenient Apocalypse
04 Bathroom Laughter
05 Cafeteria Food
06 Ignorecam
07 Moving On
08 She Is Science Fiction
09 Cling to a Poisoned Dream
10 Half Idiot
11 Romanticize Me
12 (Stolen) Catalytic Converter
13 Sixty‐Two Thousand Dollars in Debt
14 Junktime
15 False Jesii Part 2


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Saturday, November 9, 2024

Ghost Buffalo @ Three Kings Tavern, Denver CO, 2008-02-28

 


I have been listening to the new Planes Mistake For Stars album "Do You Still Love Me?" a lot lately.  The album was made while front man Gared O'Donnell was under going treatment for cancer.  A heavy situation for sure and the album reflects that.  He passed after completing his vocals and guitars.  The band finished it up posthumously. I highly recommend checking it out.  A beautiful document of friends dealing with life and doing the thing they loved the most together.  It got me to thinking about Matt Bellinger.

The first song on the album is "Matthew Is Dead".  It is about founding PMFS member Matt Bellinger.  He left PMFS to pursue the band he started with his wife Marie Litton called Ghost Buffalo.  The got branded as alt country by the record label but I never really thought that fit.  It sound like post rock Neil Young for lack of a better description.  Live is where they shined and I saw them a bunch of times.  I think I have 12 recordings from a 2 or 3 year run.

Matt had a pretty distinct guitar style so Ghost Buffalo has that edgy PMFS sound. Paired with Marie's solid guitar chops and fantastic lyrics they were a power house.  Their last album The Magician is a all killer no filler record.  Seek it out. I got to know Matt a bit in the late aughts and one time worked witgh him to compiled a "Live Ghost Buffalo" comp that the band sold on CDR at shows.  I tried to find my copy of that or even the files I compiled for it and came up empty.  It got me listening to my recordings and wanting to share one.

This show was at Three Kings Tavern on February 28th.  Git Some headlined and Only Thunder and Handsome Bobby were also on the bill.  So many fun nights at 3K.

This sounds really nice I think and I hope you enjoy it.   RIP Matt.

Ghost Buffalo

Three Kings Tavern
Denver CO (USA)
2008-02-28

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N - JK Labs DVC-V12 - JB3 
Transfer: JB3 - USB - Cooledit - CDWave - FLAC 
Time: (44:59)

01 - intro -
02 The Magician
03 Narcissus
04 The Latest Wonder
05 Choke
06 Gold Disease
07 Fire Walk With Me
08 Ruin Everything
09 Brother
10 My Great Disguise
11 Burnt Dreams
12 Bones
13 - outro -



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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

"Demons" @ Bluebird Theater, Denver CO, 2002-09-17

 

Here is another band with a name fitting the Halloween season.  "Demons" also from Sweden like the Dahmers who I posted recently.  The "Demons" were most certainly an influence on that younger band since they proceeded them by a decade at least.  Both play that high energy rock n roll that Swedish bands do so well.

This show was from when they were touring the USA with New Bomb Turks in 2002.  I posted the NBT set awhile back.  I hadn't listed to these guys in bit and forgot how hard they rock.  I need to put on the vinyl that I have.  Great band.  Looks like they are still active a bit.  Need to check out their new stuff.  Enjoy.

"Demons"

Bluebird Theater
Denver CO (USA)
2002-09-17

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > UAC222 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (42:43.25) 

01 Voodoo Charm
02 Riot Salvation
03 Clock Strikes 13
04 Revenge Party
05 Blackballed
06 Hot Runnin' Blood
07 Sparkle
08 What's This Shit Called Love? (The Pagans)
09 Gang Green Eyes
10 Degeneration Hotel
11 New Race (Radio Birdman)
12 Murder City Nights (Radio Birdman)
13 Undertaker's Lament
14 Some Days


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Friday, October 18, 2024

Kingdom of Magic @ 3 Kings Tavern, Denver CO, 2011-07-22

 


Kingdom of Magic were a heavy Denver band in the aughts to early 10s.  Members for this show were Lucius Fairchild, Joseph Ramirez & Andrew Lindstrom I believe.  Man about town Sid Pink provides an intro for the band at this 2011 UMS set.  

I saw 4 or 5 Kingdom Of Magic shows back then and it always a good heavy shit.  Fuck yeah!  
Turn it up!


Sid Pink & Kingdom of Magic

3 Kings Tavern
Denver CO (USA)
2011-07-22

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx
Source : MBHO KA-200N > Niaant Littlebox > M10
Transfer: M10 > USB > Adobe Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (36:16.72)

01 Sid Pink intro
02 Song 1
03 Song 2
04 Song 3


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Thursday, October 17, 2024

The Dahmers @ HQ, Denver CO, 2024-04-20

 

The Rocky Mountain Ripper Fest is a hella good time every year.  Micah Morris, who also plays in Fast Eddy, has put it on that last 4 years and brings so many good underground rock n roll bands to Denver.  I saw so much fun rocking stuff over the 3 days this year.  I'm looking forward to see who's on the bill for next year.

The 2024 band that closed out the whole thing was The Dahmers from Sweden.  They are a horror themed punk rock / rock n roll band.  Upbeat good time songs about having Brain Spiders or being a Rat Boy.  Great high energy performance that sold me immediately  Love to see them again someday.

I think this turned out really nice and since we are rolling into the Halloween season I figured it would be a perfect show to post.  Enjoy.


The Dahmers

Rocky Mountain Ripper - night 3

HQ
Denver CO (USA)
2024-04-20

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N - JK Labs DVC-V12 - M10 
Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Time: (55:17.25)

01 - intro -
02 Quiet Squealer
03 To the Night
04 Demon Night
05 Creepiest Creep
06 Bats Need Friends Too 
07 Cold Skin
08 Blood On My Hands
09 Down on My Knees
10 Stalker
11 Brain Spiders
12 Rat Boy
13 Blood Red Moon
14 Cut Me Down
15 Nightcrawler
16 instrumental
17 Sonic Reducer (Deadboys)



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Thursday, October 3, 2024

SLAYER @ Fillmore Auditorium, Denver CO, 2001-11-30

 


Here is my recording of Slayer at the Fillmore in Denver back in the fall of 2001.  On tour for God Hates Us All.  The openers were American Headcharge and Chimaira. Who I don't recall actually seeing.  Might have been stuck in the always stupid long lines at this venue.  Who knows.

Killer setlist on this tour.  Great song after great song.  Not much stage banter.  They plowed right through the 18 songs.  This suffers sound wise from being at the Fillmore and it sounds like I was near the edge of the pit so there is some mic movement.  It is what it is.  Vocals are clear the rest is a bit muddy.    The Mandatory Suicide into Chemical Warfare is my favorite pairing.  Enjoy


Slayer

Fillmore Auditorium
Denver CO (USA)
2001-11-30

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (78:26.69) 

01 Darkness of Christ
02 Disciple
03 War Ensemble
04 Stain of Mind
05 New Faith
06 Postmortem
07 Raining Blood
08 Hell Awaits
09 Die by the Sword
10 Dittohead
11 Bloodline
12 God Send Death
13 Dead Skin Mask
14 Seasons in the Abyss
15 Mandatory Suicide
16 Chemical Warfare
17 South of Heaven
18 Angel of Death



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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Macky Auditorium, Boulder CO, 1995-10-05

 

Here is Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals opening set from when the opened for PJ Harvey at the Macky Auditorium in Boulder Colorado back in 1995.  I posted the PJ set not long ago.

This is another MarcR recording.

I'm not sure I got into it until later but I was a fan of his guitar playing and the album Fight For Your Mind.  Been awhile since I had listened to any of his stuff.  Still digging it.  Fun to get to hear this show.

Short but sweet set.  Sounds real nice I think.  Enjoy.


Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Macky Auditorium
Boulder CO (USA)
1995-10-05

Recorded: MarcR
Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MarcR binaural mics > D7 > DAT
Transfer: DAT > D100 > Oade Digi I/O-A > DAC > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC


(00:00) 01 Excuse Me Mr.
(07:09) 02 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix)
(13:52) 03 Whipping Boy
(23:45) 04 Ground On Down
(29:36) 05 Remember
(38:49) 06 Superstition (Stevie Wonder)


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Sunday, September 22, 2024

Dale Crover (Melvins) @ Marquis Theatre, Denver CO, 2024-07-13

 

Dale Crover of the Melvins was out on tour playing drums for Redd Kross recently.  Before they played Dale came out and DJ's some songs for the crowd.  Including, CW McCall - Convoy, ? - Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Warlock Pinchers - Morrissey Rides A Cockhorse, Spinal Tap - Big Bottom, Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 AM, The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man, Sam The Sham & The Pharaoh - Lil' Red Riding Hood, Plague Vendor - Rougher Than Rough, and a couple others I didn't recognize.

After that he got up with an acoustic guitar and played a small selection of his solo songs and a Melvins song.  I've never seen Dale do anything but play drums so it was cool to see him in another light.  Good stuff.

Dale Crover

Marquis Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2024-07-13

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 > SP-SPSB-20 > SP-ATEN-6 > AI-Micro > S20
Transfer: S20 > USB > Adobe Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Run time: (22:44.22)

01 I Can't Help You There
02 Doug Yuletide
03 Kitten Knife
04 The Bit (Melvins)
05 I’ll never say
06 Jane


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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Smashing Pumpkins @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO, 1993-10-10


I was at this show and a massive Smashing Pumpkins fan in 1993.  Siamese Dream had dropped earlier that year and they just took off.  I had seen them on the Gish tour in Denver in 1991.  They played at the Denver Coliseum as part of a bill with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam.  That show made me a fan.

Years later, at the end of the 90s or beginning of the aughts, while I was doing a ton a CDR trading I acquired this 1993 Smashing Pumpkins Ogden show recording.  I remembered it be good but it got filled away in the boxes.  Recently I made an effort to pull all of my own recording that I had on CDR and all other Colorado shows.  I rediscovered this one in that exercise and then it came up in conversation around the same time.  I had to get it posted on here.

I immediately ripped the CDRs to WAVs and revisited it.  I suspect that this might be another MarcR recording as I've seen sources for this show listed as audience DAT but there were a lot of tapers so who knows.  It is also posted on the LMA.    https://archive.org/details/tsp1993-10-10.flac16/

It is the same source as this but the tracking wasn't complete.  The posted comment says that this show is notable not only the first performance of Drown and also that they didn't play Cherub Rock.  That is incorrect.  It's just not split out as a track on the LMA post.  The play it after some banter that must have been encore break.  The CDR source fades out in a few spots where lulls were removed I think.  Amazing finally with Starla.  Best SP show I ever saw in retrospect.

I corrected some audio level issues and massaged it a little bit.  The vocals are nice and clear and during the quite parts it is quite nice.  I remember this show being super loud so during those parts it gets a little muddy.  Some of that is just due to the way that room sounded back then.  Very listenable I think and a hell of a setlist.  Enjoy.

Smashing Pumpkins   

Ogden Theater
Denver CO (USA)
1993-10-10

Recorded: ? - received in CDR trade in aughts
Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: ? - CDR
Transfer: CDR - EAC - WAVs - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (85:59.42)
 
01 Disarm 
02 Rocket 
03 Geek USA 
04 Drown 
05 Hummer 
06 Quiet 
07 Today 
08 I Am One 
09 Soma
10 Rhinoceros (soft version) 
11 Siva 
12 Silverfuck
13 - interlude -
14 Cherub Rock 
15 Starla 










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Friday, September 6, 2024

The Briefs @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2002-06-11

 





This had to have been the first time I saw the Briefs.  It might have been their first time in Denver too.  Not sure about that.  They opened up for The Queers.  This show made me a fan and I remain one today.  One of my very favorite bands.  A band that I own a copy of almost everything that they have released on vinyl.  Great songs, biting lyrics, tongue in cheek attitude.   

I caught another couple shows in the aughts.  A very memorable one at Climax Lounge (aka The Raven) where they came out wearing real fish as neckties.  They got tossed into the crowd who tossed them back.  It got really gross.

At this Bluebird show all the band members were wearing sexy police man costumes.  I think they might have bought them at the adult emporium that was next door to the Bluebird at the time.  They stood around acting like cops and vibeing people out.  It was pretty funny.  They carried on with that shtick on stage.  Promising not to arrest anyone.  Good fun.  They still play around a little bit and put out a great new album in 2019.  I would see them again in a heart beat.  Enjoy.



The Briefs

Bluebird Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2002-06-11

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (28:21.74) 

01 - intro instrumental -
02 She's Abrasive
03 Silver Bullet
04 Poor and Weird
05 Run The Other Way
06 Medication
07 Knife
08 C'mon Squash Me Like A Bug
09 Rotten Love
10 I'm A Raccoon
11 Where Did He Go?
12 Sylvia
13 This Age


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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Steve Winwood, @ Ball Arena, Denver CO, 2024-08-29

 



Here is the Steve Winwood opening set from the Doobie Brothers show.  I had seen him one time before opening for Steely Dan at Redrocks.  This time we didn't get hailed on so that was nice.

Would have like to have heard Low Spark but pretty solid set.  Enjoy.


Steve Winwood

Ball Arena
Denver CO (USA)
2024-08-29

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20
Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - WAV

(00:00) 01 Glad
(06:30) 02 Can't Find My Way Home
(11:33) 03 Why Can't We Live Together
(18:49) 04 - band intros -
(20:06) 05 I'm A Man
(25:06) 06 Forty Thousand Headmen
(29:00) 07 Roll With It
(34:58) 08 Back In The High Life Again
(41:09) 09 Dear Mr. Fantasy
(49:41) 10 -interlude -
(51:15) 11 Higher Love
(58:32) 12 Gimme Some Lovin'

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Saturday, August 31, 2024

Doobie Brothers @ Ball Arena, Denver CO, 2024-08-29





My first time seeing the Doobies.  They have been around forever so I've heard lots of their songs over the years.  Kind of inescapable. They played some new stuff in the beginning of the set before getting to all the hits.  Great live band.  Steve Winwood opened up the show.  Good times.


Doobie Brothers

Ball Arena
Denver CO (USA)
2024-08-29

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20
Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (102:16.02)

01 Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) 
02 Rockin' Down the Highway
03 Dependin' on You
04 You Belong to Me
05 - band introductions -
06 Cannonball
07 Sweet Maxine
08 It Keeps You Runnin' 
09 Eyes of Silver
10 One Step Closer
11 World Gone Crazy
12 Minute by Minute
13 Without You
14 Jesus Is Just Alright 
15 What a Fool Believes
16 Long Train Runnin'
17 China Grove
18 - encore -
19 Black Water
20 Amazing Grace
21 Takin' It to the Streets
22 Listen to the Music

 







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Friday, August 23, 2024

Poison Ruïn @ D3 Arts, Denver CO, 2024-02-13

 

Poison Ruïn came to my attention in 2023.  Real interesting mix of post punk, d-beat, and punk n roll.  They remind me of the Wipers more than a little bit.  I played their album Härvest over and over. that year.

Was excited to see that they were coming to Denver in February of 2024.  They played at a newish all ages venue in town called D3 Arts.  Fun show that night with support from Denver bands Direct Threat and Of Feather And Bone.  Would go see Poison Ruïn again anytime.  They just dropped a new EP that I've been enjoying.  Check em out.

As always go out and support independent artist and venues of all kinds with you attention and money. They are working hard to bring us all the really cool stuff.



Poison Ruïn

D3 Arts
Denver CO (USA)
2024-02-13

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-1 - M10
Transfer: M10 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (33:34.33)

01 Resurrection II
02 Doppelgänger
03 Torture Chamber
04 Paladin's Wrath
05 Pinnacle of Ecstasy
06 Fog of War
07 Härvest
08 Demon Wind
09 Carrion
10 Not Today, Not Tomorrow

























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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

PJ Harvey @ Macky Auditorium, Boulder CO, 1995-10-05




Here is another excellent MarcR recording.  This time an a 'To Bring You My Love' era PJ Harvey show from October 5th 1995 at Macky Auditorium in Boulder Colorado.

Great setlist and performance.  I dug around to see if I could find this anywhere and found it on one blog fan site where it was called "Straight Outta Boulder".  Did find and sign that this had been shared or had been a bootleg CD.  1995 was a long time ago now.

Enjoy.


PJ Harvey

Macky Auditorium
Boulder CO (USA)
1995-10-05

Recorded: MarcR
Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MarcR binaural mics - D7 - DAT
Transfer: DAT - D100 - Oade Digi I/O-A - DAC - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (74:33.49)

01 Hook
02 Harder
03 Long Snake Moan
04 Dress
05 Driving
06 I Think I'm a Mother
07 Lying in the Sun
08 One Time Too Many
09 Meet Ze Monsta
10 Long Time Coming
11 To Bring You My Love
12 Send His Love to Me
13 Me-Jane
14 50ft Queenie
15 Water
16 - encore -
17 Down by the Water
18 Straight (Veruca Salt)
19 Goodnight

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The Church and Ed Hardcourt @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO, 2024-07-02

 






Here are the booked sets for the Afghan Whigs show I recently posted.  Ed Hardcourt plays with the Afghan Whigs on this tour so his opening set slowly blended in to theirs.  More and more of the AWs joined him onstage until Greg Dulli came out to sing on Ed's song Broken Keys with everyone.  Right after that is were the AW recording starts.  I liked Ed's set.  He plays guitar and keyboards and has an interesting way with words.

I feel like I may have seen the Church before but never knew anything but the hits.  They have been a band since 1980 and have a ton of album.  I had no idea that they had written a concept album about a future where Antarctica is good real-estate and the most popular rock star of the day possesses a musical weapon that could destroy the world.  Way to keep it fresh and interesting for them.  Enjoy.



The Church

Ogden Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2024-07-02

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20
Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (101:24.48)

01 Myrrh
02 - broken pedal interlude -
03 Metropolis
04 The Hypnogogue
05 C'est la vie
06 No Other You
07 An Interlude
08 Flickering Lights
09 Reptile 
10 Antarctica
11 Realm of Minor Angels
12 Albert Ross
13 Grind
14 Under the Milky Way
15 Second Bridge
16 - encore -
17 Last Melody
18 You Took


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Ed Hardcourt

Ogden Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2024-07-02

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20
Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (29:31.25)

01 1987
02 Furnaces
03 Strange Beauty
04 Shadowboxing
05 Until Tomorrow Then
06 Into the Loving Arms of Your Enemy
07 Broken Keys

On tracks 5-7 Rick G. Nelson joins Ed 
On tracks 6-7 John Curley, Patrick Keeler, & Christopher Thorn join Ed
On track 7 Greg Dulli comes out to sing as the transition into they Afghan Whigs set



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