Friday, April 17, 2026

Spiritualized @ Mercury Cafe, Denver CO, 1995-10-25


I was looking through what is left of the unposted MarcR archive I have and this Spiritualized show stood out.  And recently news of the Mercury Cafe, now The Pearl, was closing and then it was seized by the city for back taxes.  Sounds like the owner was either unscrupulous or incompetent.   Hopefully all that gets worked out and it ends up under better stewardship.  The spot is a Denver institution going back to the 80s.

I was going to post this show awhile ago but I did some basic looking around and it seemed that it had been shared.  While revisiting it I found that there is a reference to a audience recording existing on a fan site but no source info or links to a recording.  So this must have been traded some on DAT I imagine but no one is sharing it presently so here it is.

Sound is pretty good just like most of Marc's recordings.  Crowd is a bit chatty in spots but not terribly so.  All round fun listen.  Enjoy.


Spiritualized
Mercury Cafe
Denver CO (USA)
1995-10-25

Recorded: MarcR
Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MarcR binaural mics > D7
Transfer: DAT master - D100 - Oade Digi I/O-A - DAC - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (93:44.23)

01 Pure Phase Intro
02 Cop Shoot Cop...
03 Shine A Light
04 Electric Mainline
05 Lay Back In The Sun
06 Electricity
07 Come Together
08 Take Your Time
09 All Of My Tears
10 Walking With Jesus (Spacemen 3)
11 Medication
12 Take Me To The Other Side (Spacemen 3)
13 These Blues

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Sunday, April 12, 2026

Spiritual Cramp @ Marquis Theatre, Denver CO, 2026-03-13

 





Here is a fresh one.  Fantastic punk rock n roll band out of San Francisco Spiritual Cramp.  I first heard these guys when I saw them open up for Militarie Gun in 2023.  I picked up the set titled album and listened to the hell out of it.  Caught them again at Punk Rock Bowling in 2025.  Fun to see them again on a smaller stage in 2026.  Not for long I imagine.  They have a big rock sound and are going places.

Great setlist, fun banter, good sound.  Enjoy.

Spiritual Cramp

Marquis Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2026-03-13

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Sony A10
Transfer: Sony A10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (57:21.72)

01 Go Back Home
02 Blowback
03 Slick Rick
04 Automatic
05 At My Funeral
06 Young Offenders
07 Addict
08 - interlude -
09 You've Got My Number
10 Herbert's on Holiday
11 Tenderloin
12 850 Bryant
13 I Feel Bad Bein' Me
14 Upset Stomach
15 Dog in a Cage
16 The Ice Age Isn't Fucking Coming
17 Jerk It Out (Caesars)
18 Talkin' on the Internet
19 Better Off This Way


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Saturday, April 11, 2026

Early Man @ Larimer Lounge, Denver CO, 2005-11-06


 Here is a 2005 Early Man show at the Larimer Lounge.  They were/are Mike Conte's heavy metal thrash band active mostly in the aughts.  On this night they were touring behind their album "Closing In" that got released on Matador.  Who doesn't put out much heavy stuff.  I really like that album and the EP.  I need to check out the post 2010 stuff.  The dude can riff.

Guitars sound really big on this and vocals are lost a bit.  Mike informs the crowd he is "sick as a dog" and that no doubt effected his voice.  Some songs he sounds good.  Short and sweet.  Enjoy.


Early Man

Larimer Lounge
Denver CO (USA)
2005-11-06

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-1 - JB3 
Transfer: JB3 - USB - Cooledit - CDWave - FLAC 
Time: (29:20.48)

01 Fight
02 Feeding Frenzy
03 Fist Shaker
04 The Undertaker Is Calling You
05 Evil Is
06 - encore -
07 Death Is The Answer


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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Green Day @ Double Diamond, Aspen CO, 2002-01-19

 

Here is another Jim Hucks capture.  He pro shot this at the 2002 Winter X Games in Aspen CO.  Link to his video at the bottom of the post. He shared with me the 24/48 audio track which is what I am presenting today.  Thanks Jim!  

Pretty crazy for Green Day to be playing such a small venue in 2002.  This was a private invite only  show for X Games sponsors and athletes. They would have been at the end of the tour cycle for their 2000 album Warning.  Fun, off the cuff, song selection and a nice cover song medley.  Sounds and looks like it was a fun show.  Audio is really nice they seem in really good spirits.  Sadly the recording ends before the last 3 songs of the night.  Stellar capture otherwise.  Enjoy.

Green Day

Double Diamond
Aspen CO (USA)
2002-01-19

Recorded by: Jim Hucks
Presented by: SxPxDxCx
Source: SBD - ? - aiff - WAV
Transfer: WAV - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (30:01.14)

01 All by Myself
02 Dominated Love Slave
03 Welcome to Paradise
04 Longview
05 Brain Stew
06 Jaded
07 Geek Stink Breath
08 Surrender (Cheap Trick)
09 Back in Black (AC/DC)
10 Master of Puppets (Metallica)
11 Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)
12 Blood, Sex and Booze
13 Hitchin' a Ride
   
* played on this night but not on this recording
14 She
15 When I Come Around
16 Basket Case


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Friday, March 20, 2026

MSPAINT @ Cervantes' Other Side, Denver CO, 2025-12-17

 


I've been wanting to see MSPAINT live since I first heard their album "Post-American" back in 2023. I played the hell out of that album and the subsequent 2025 EP "No Separation".  Still going back for more too fantastic albums.  Something about their synth post-punk just really does it for me.  

This isn't a venue that has shows I want to see very often and MSPAINT were part of an all shoegaze bill with Glare, Glixen and Blackberry Crush.  I like that stuff but it seemed like an odd paring.  Good to get out of you comfort zone sometimes.  At the end of their set the singer for headlining band Glare says "Yo give it up for MSPAINT one more time...seriously one of the best bands on the planet...but you all know that".  Pretty high praise.  That guy knows what's up.

Short 30 minute opening set but they pack in a lot of good songs from their album and EP.  Enjoy.


MSPAINT

Cervantes' Other Side
Denver CO (USA)
2025-12-17

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-1 - M10
Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (30:38.73)

01 Surveillance
02 No Separation
03 Delete It
04 Drift
05 Post-American
06 Hardwired
07 Wildfire
08 Titan of Hope
09 Angel

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Slim Cessna's Auto Club @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO, 1999-07-02

 

End of an era here in Denver Colorado.  Slim from Slim Cessna's Auto Club has announced that the band is done.  After 30+ years he wants to hang it up.  He got married not to long ago and is going to continue to perform with her on a limited basis.  They have release a few songs.  Munly is touring as a solo act now.  I'm sure his other acts will continue too.  Slim's son George has a great new band called El Welk and plays solo occasionally.  Life moves on in the Queen city.  So it goes.

30 years is a hell of a run and I saw a ton of SCAC and related shows in that time frame.  Thanks to Slim and all the members for all the great music and good times over the years.  

I've shared a lot of my SCAC recordings but not this one before.  On this night in July of 1999 SCAC opened up for Primus at the Ogden Theatre in Denver Colorado.  I remember being stoked since I was fans of both bands but thinking it was kind of an odd billing.   Well a certain percentage of Primus fans thought that too.  Very vocally in between some of the songs.  Chanting "Primus sucks" as they would do in that era.  You can also hear people cheering as well and SCAC were pros by this point and still sounded great I think even if some of the crowd was hot garbage.

Great setlist on this night with one remnant from the pre Munly days with "Lethal Injection" and lots of stuff from Always Say Please And Thank You.  Enjoy.


Slim Cessna's Auto Club

Ogden Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
1999-07-02

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: CSBs - Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (39:10.06)

01 Song Called Onto The Day
02 Lethal Injection
03 Cold Cold Eyes
04 Little Earthquake
05 The Last Song About Satan
06 Jackson
07 Death Ain't You Got No Shame
08 Fraulein
09 Cheyenne
10 Goddamn Blue Yodel #7
11 Mothers Daughter


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Friday, March 13, 2026

Veruca Salt @ The Edge, Palo Alto CA 1994-11-12 & Ogden Theatre Denver CO 1995 -04-25

 





I had some requests for this Veruca Salt set from the Hole show and I recalled that MarcR had recorded them in Denver the next year as well.  So I decided to do a double feature.  

Veruca Salt was touring behind their 1st album American Thighs and their hit "Seether".  To be honest I heard them on the radio but never own any of their records.  I didn't care for "Seether" all that much.  I have gained a new appreciation for Veruca Salt after listening to these shows.  They had a lot more going on than that one song.  

Both of these sound pretty good like all of these MarcR recordings.  Enjoy.


Veruca Salt

The Edge
Palo Alto CA (USA)
1994-11-12

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: (47:24.07)

01 Pale Green
02 All Hail Me
03 Stoneface
04 Forsythia
05 Straight
06 Sleeper Car
07 Hey Little Ghost
08 Seether
09 Spiderman '79
10 Victrola
11 25




Veruca Salt 

Ogden Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
1995-04-25

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: (67:16.59)

01 Get Back
02 All Hail Me
03 Stoneface
04 Forsythia
05 Straight
06 Celebrate You
07 Twinstar
08 She's a Brain
09 Pale Green
10 Number One Blind
11 Sundown
12 Hey Little Ghost
13 Seether
14 Spiderman '79
15 Victrola
16 - encore -
17 - 25


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