BR5-49 @ Bluebird Theater, Denver CO, 2000-12-30

Another one from awhile back.  Shifting gears from UK punk to some American honky tonk.
BR5-49 put on a monster show.  30 plus songs over almost 2 hours.  Great originals and a lot of choice covers.

I had forgotten how much I liked how this recording turned out.  Very enjoyable listen.
Fresh transfer  from the master for this post.

Being right before New Years eve with the Railbenders opening for them this crowd was primed to party.  Good times. 


BR5-49

Bluebird Theater
Denver CO (USA)
2000-12-30

Recorded and Mastered SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (110:29.56) 


01 - intro -
02 Georgia on a Fast Train
03 Tell Me Mama
04 Even If It's Wrong
05 Cocaine Blues
06 Honky Tonk Song
07 She Ain't Talking To Me
08 - commercial -
09 Hillbilly Thang
10 Fool Of The Century
11 Knoxville Girl
12 Cherokee Boogie
13 Walk In My Shoes
14 Uneasy Rider
15 Are You Gettin' Tired of Me
16 I'm Goin' Down
17 Loser Of The Game
18 Chains of this Town
19 Pourin' Pain
20 Sweet Sweet Girl
21 Better Than This
22 Ramblin' Man
23 Hello Walls
24 Baby, I'm Ready
25 Take Me Back To Tulsa
26 One Foot Out The Door
27 You Are Never Nice To Me (fades in)
28 18 Wheels & a Crowbar
29 Six Days on the Road
30 Out of Habit
31 - onstage banter -
32 Seven Nights to Rock
33 - encore -
34 Brain Cloudy Blues
35 Me N Opie
36 Big Mouth Blues
37 Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)

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The Damned @ Bluebird Theater, Denver CO, 2001-10-07

I guess I'll keep going on the UK punk rocks shows in Denver during the aughts theme.

Here is The Damned at the Bluebird in 2001.  My first time seeing them.  Oh course they were fantastic.  Captain Sensible is super chatty this night.  Lots of the hits and some song from their new record at the time Grave Disorder.

During the time of this show I was Supersuckers fanatic.  The Supersuckers recorded a song called The Captain for their country record Must've Been High.  It's a not so flattering ode to Mr. Sensible about a time they tried to work together in the studio and it just didn't work out.

Being a cheeky little monkey I wore my orange Supersuckers shirt with a 100 proof evil sheriff's badge on the front to the show.   After the show The Damned were hanging out next to their rented RV signing stuff and talking to fans.  I joined in the small crowd and eventually asked The Captain if he would sign my shirt thinking it would be funny.  Suspecting that he might see it was a Supersuckers shirt and tell me to fuck off.  But nope.  He says "Sure mate".  Takes my sharpie pen and writes really big " Phil Collins Must DIE!   - Captain Sensible".  I look at it to see what he wrote and he goes "Pretty funny ye Mate".  Indeed Captain, indeed.

Most likely traded this out some on CDR but I don't think I ever torrented it.  This is a fresh transfer from the original masters.  An enjoyable listen I think.

The Damned

Bluebird Theater
Denver CO (USA)
2001-10-07

Recorded and Mastered SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (76:58.53) 

01 - intro -
02 Democracy?
03 New Rose
04 Song.com
05 Wait for the Blackout
06 - interlude -
07 Would You Be So Hot (If You Weren't Dead?)
08 Amen
09 13th Floor Vendetta
10 Neverland
11 Absinthe
12 Eloise (Paul Ryanr)
13 Thrill Kill
14 Neat Neat Neat
15 - encore chat -
16 She
17 Love Song
18 Disco Man
19 Smash it Up


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UK Subs @ Lion's Lair, Denver CO 2002-08021

Here is the second show I caught on that hot August night back in 2002.  This was back when the stage at the Lion's Lair was right behind the bar and not back in the corner by the window where it is now.  Charlie Harper mentions it atone point.  They have played lots of shows with barricades but the barricade was never the bar.

Sound starts off a bit rough but gets better.   Epic night.

Enjoy.

UK Subs

Lion's Lair
Denver CO (USA)
2002-08-21

Recorded and Mastered SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (49:05:64) 

01 C.I.D.
02 I Live in a Car
03 Squat 96
04 Emotional Blackmail
05 Endangered Species
06 Organized Crime
07 You Don't Belong
08 Crash Course
09 unknown 1
10 unknown 2
11 Tomorrows Girls
12 Teenage
13 Warhead
14 Riot
15 Stranglehold
16 - encore -
17 Limo Life
18 New York State Police
19 Party In Paris

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Sonic Youth @ Ogden Theater, Denver CO 2002-08-21

Here is part 1 of a series.  2 bands I saw at two different venues in one night.  First up my friend Tom and I caught Sonic Youth at the Ogden Theater.   Then we went down the street to catch the UK Subs at the Lion's Lair.  Fun night.

I recall that it was insanely hot in the Ogden this night.   There was a literal heat wall between the lobby and the venue.   I remember it being so sweltering that I listened from the lobby for a good portion of the show. 

This is from SY's tour for Murray Street.  Nice mix of old and new and the band seems really into it.

Enjoy

Sonic Youth

Ogden Theater
Denver CO (USA)
2002-08-21

Recorded by: Tom Chaffin
Mastered by: SxPxDxCx
Source: Microtech Gefell m300s > Sonosax SX-M2 > DAT
Transfer: DAT > ? > CDR > EAC > Audition > CDWave > FLAC > MP3
Time: (90:52.11)

01 Cotton Crown
02 Kissability
03 The Empty Page
04 Rain on Tin
05 Eric's Trip
06 Plastic Sun
07 Candle
08 Karen Revisited
09 Shadow of a Doubt
10 Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
11 Sympathy for the Strawberry
12 Kool Thing
13 - encore -
14 Disconnection Notice
15 Silver Rocket
16 - encore 2 -
17 Making the Nature Scene

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Dead Milkmen @ Gothic Theater, Englewood, CO 2019-06-01

I was bummed that I had to miss this show but lucky for me and y'all a fellow taper here in Colorado captured this in all it's quirky glory.  There is no one like the Dead Milkmen.  Not even close.

Giant setlist covering their entire repertoire.  All the hits.  Sounds like a really fun night was had.
Jason got a really nice capture of this and I think it sounds fantastic.  Enjoy.


Dead Milkmen

Gothic Theater
Englewood, CO (USA)
2019-06-01

Recorded By: Jason Maye
Mastered By: SxPxDxCx
Source : AKG392 > Busman T mod R4 > M10
Transfer: M10 > USB > Adobe Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (86:20.31)

01 Only the Dead Get Off at Kymlinge
02 Dean's Dream
03 I Walk the Thinnest Line
04 Serrated Edge
05 Methodist Coloring Book
06 Now I Wanna Hold Your Dog
07 The Thing That Only Eats Hippies
08 Stuart
09 Punk Rock Girl
10 Welcome To Undertown
11 Bitchin' Camaro
12 Beach Party Vietnam
13 Surfin' Cow
14 Nutrition
15 Smokin' Banana Peels
16 Right Wing Pigeons
17 Tiny Town
18 Anthropology Days
19 Welcome to the End of the World
20 - Make It Witchy intro -
21 Make It Witchy
22 Big Lizard
23 Life Is Shit
24 (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Heaven 17)
25 - encore -
26 Life Is Shit - Make It Witchy (reprise)
27 The Sun Turns Our Patio Into a Lifeless Hell
28 Watching Scotty Die
29 Beige Sunshine
30 Swordfish
31 - encore 2 -
32 Gorilla Girl
33 V.F.W.

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Bad Religion @ Ogden Theater, Denver CO, 2003-09-12

Here is fun one from a ways back.  Bad Religion at the Ogden Theater in Denver Colorado on the first night of a two night stand.  On tour for the The Process of Belief album.

My buddy Chapper captured a nice board feed recording that night.   I remember that the super fun band Throw Rag opened up at these shows.  Good times. 

Vocals a pretty heavy in the mix but sound really nice overall.  Enjoy.

Bad Religion

Ogden Theater
Denver, CO (USA)
2003-09-12

Recorded by: The Chapper
Source: SBD > M1
Transfer: M1 > ? > FLAC
Time: (1:21:59)


01 American Jesus
02 Supersonic
03 I Want to Conquer the World
04 Sorrow
05 Modern Man
06 Can't Stop It
07 Stranger Than Fiction
08 Tomorrow
09 Epiphany
10 You
11 No Direction
12 The Handshake
13 Kyoto Now!
14 Sanity
15 Henchman
16 Heaven Is Falling
17 Man With a Mission
18 The Defense
19 Do What You Want
20 The Answer
21 Anesthesia
22 Generator
23 No Control
24 Infected
25 Fuck Armageddon This Is Hell
26 Skyscraper
27 21st Century (Digital Boy)

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