Sunday, March 19, 2023

The Cure @ SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego CA, 1986-07-23

 



Back in the early aughts I did a big cassette transfer project for my friend Randy Bird.  Lots of X, Replacements, and Minuteman shows that his friend Kat recorded with her Panasonic RQ-J36 cassette recorder back then.  I shared some of those online back then. Well before I started my blog.

A few months ago I ran across another box of tapes that I immediately recognized as being from Randy.  I can't remember why this didn't get transferred with the others back then.  But fast forward 20 years later and I got to work on them.   In that box is this fantastic Cure show from 1986.  After I finished up with cleaning up and tracking the show it turned out that The Cure was announcing a new tour.   Really good timing so I figured I would get this recording posted to share.

Other versions of this show have circulated before but this is the first time Kat's version has seen the light of day.    It's an audience recording so there is plenty of show atmosphere on her but Kat did a great job keeping the recorder in one place and it is very listenable.

I'm in the process of working through the other tapes and there is some more X, Replacements, and KD Lang on deck soon.  I'm planning on re-transferring all the tapes I did in the early aughts and getting them shared more widely too.  Stay tuned.


The Cure

The Beach Party Tour
SDSU Open Air Theatre
San Diego State University
San Diego CA (USA)
1986-07-23

Recorded: Kat Georges
Transfered and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Panasonic RQ-J36 > cassette 
Transfer: cassette > PT-649D > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (119:59.33)

01 - intro - 
02 Shake Dog Shake
03 Piggy in the Mirror
04 Play for Today
05 A Strange Day
06 Primary
07 Kyoto Song
08 Charlotte Sometimes
09 In Between Days
10 The Walk
11 A Night Like This (tape flip)
12 Push
13 One Hundred Years
14 A Forest
15 Sinking
16 - encore 1 -
17 Close to Me
18 Let's Go to Bed
19 - encore 2 -
20 Six Different Ways
21 Three Imaginary Boys
22 Boys Don't Cry
23 - encore 3 -
24 Faith
25 Give Me It
26 10:15 Saturday Night
27 Killing an Arab


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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals @ Fox Theatre, Boulder CO, 2007-08-02

 



Talk about a guy that is tough to like but who makes great art.  I've been a fan since the Whiskeytown days at he as always come off as an asshole and would prove it to you.  Never liked that but he can write a hell of a song. Or could.  Nothing on the big dump of releases he put out last year did anything for me really.  He set the bar really high early with some iconic Whiskeytown and early solo songs.  Nothing will ever be as good as those or have the mental connection to a time for me.  The deck is stacked against him.

It sounds like he is sober now and has been doing a ton of solo shows the last few years and just got a version of The Cardinals band back together for a bunch of dates.  I wish him luck on his journey but I'm not sure I would go see him again.

That said.  This show has found time and place memories for me.  After hearing the tour announcement I went back and listened to this 2007 recording I had made of a stripped down mostly acoustic Cardinals at the Fox in Boulder Colorado.  I really liked it and saw that it wasn't up on the LMA either, well not my version, so I decided to post it up.

I think this show was for a radio convention.  The Fox did a lot of those and very few tickets went  on sale for the general public.  My buddy Dan Utter schmoozed his way into two tickets and then got us access to the upper balcony.  The only time I have ever been up there.  I set up on the edge of the balcony railing and pulled a really nice recording I think.   

I was glad to be up there because my experience with these radio convention shows is that all the attendees could generally give a shit about whoever is playing and just want to drink and talk though the whole show.  Which is fine but it can make for a challenging atmosphere in which to make a decent audio recording.   Enjoy.


Ryan Adams and the Cardinals 

Fox Theatre
Boulder CO (USA)
2007-08-02

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3
Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (51:55)

01 Sun Also Sets
02 Goodnight Rose
03 Oh My God Whatever, Etc
04 Dear John
05 Let it Ride
06 Blue Sky Blues
07 Two
08 Wildflowers
09 Cold Roses
10 Blue Hotel
11 Goodnight Hollywood Boulevard

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Saturday, March 4, 2023

Dead Low Tide @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2002-03-31

 

Dead Low Tide formed after the breakup of the Murder City Devils back in 2001.  Dead Low Tide was Spencer Moody, Cody Willis, and Nate Manny from MCD & Mike Kunka from God Head Silo and Enemymine.   They only ever released one album and one 7 inch single in the 2 years they were together.    

I was lucky enough to catch them live twice.  Once at the 15th Street Tavern in summer of 2002.  That show is posted here.

The first time thought was this March of 2002 show when the played with  Pleasure Forever, Sparta, and Thursday at the Bluebird.  We were probably hanging out across the street and missed the beginning of Dead Low Tide's set that night.  I managed to record the last 17 minutes of it though and it sounds pretty good.  There aren't very many DLT recordings out there so I decided to share this one too.

We caught DLT and watched most of Sparta then we decided that we could probably make it up to Boulder to catch Coalesce at Tulagi's.   We made it just in time to see them too.  Fun night.

I know I traded this out on CDR with the 15th St show back in the early aughts.  So there are versions out there.  This is a fresh transfer from the master with new processing.  Enjoy.


Dead Low Tide

Bluebird Theater
Denver CO 
2002-03-31

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: CSBs > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (17:34.03)

01 White Flag (fades in)
02 Vivain Girls
03 Shake & Slide
04 Ill Eagle
05 Blues Come Easy
06 Lazer Lazer Lazer Love


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Friday, February 24, 2023

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead



This is the only time I have seen  ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead.  They were part of a killer line up opening for Queens Of The Stone Age along with Peaches.

AYWKUBTTOD was on tour for their Source Tags & Codes album and they play a lot of songs from that but they play stuff from all 3 albums that they had out at the time.

I've posted both the Peaches and QOTSA sets already.  Figured it was time to get this one up.
Enjoy


 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Ogden Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2002-10-01

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Microtech Gefell m300s > Sonosax SX-M2 > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (52:26.25)

01 - intro -
02 It Was There That I Saw You
03 Baudelaire
04 Homage
05 Another Morning Stoner
06 Monsoon
07 Days of Being Wild
08 Gargoyle Waiting
09 Richter Scale Madness
10 Aged Dolls
11 A Perfect Teenhood

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Saturday, February 11, 2023

OFF! @ Hi Dive, Denver CO, December 8th and 9th 2022

 









That Keith Morris is still at it after all these years and still making vital important art is amazing.  OFF! have really created something cool with their new album Free LSD and upcoming connected movie project.   I can't wait to see it.

When OFF! announced two shows in Denver to start their tour for this new album I was super excited.  Bought my tickets right away.  They have a new line up for this album and tour.  Autry Fulbright II on bass who played with ...And You Will Know Us From the Trail Of Dead & Justin Brown on drums who has played with a lot of heavyweights including Thundercat.

Since Free LSD is a concept album it made sense that they were going to play the whole thing.  Interestingly they don't play the songs in the same order as they are on the album,   Both nights were basically the same with the only minor change being were the S interlude pause was.

I think both of these sound really nice so enjoy.


OFF!

Hi Dive
Denver CO (USA)
2022-12-08

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > M10 
Transfer: M10 > USB > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (49:37.27)

01 - Keith talks -
02 Slice Up the Pie
03 Time Will Come
04 War Above Los Angeles
05 Black Widow Group
06 F
07 Kill to Be Heard
08 Ignored
09 Smoking Gun
10 Circuitry's God
11 Muddy the Waters
12 Invisible Empire
13 Behind the Shifts
14 L
15 Worst Is Yet to Come
16 Suck the Bones Dry
17 Murder Corporation
18 Peace or Conquest
19 S
20 Free LSD
21 D
22 - break -
23 Void You Out
24 Red White and Black
25 Wiped Out
26 Black Thoughts
27 I Don't Belong
28 Panic Attack
29 Darkness
30 Upside Down
31 Poison City

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OFF!

Hi Dive
Denver CO (USA)
2022-12-09

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > M10 
Transfer: M10 > USB > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (51:20)

01 - Keith talks -
02 Slice Up the Pie
03 Time Will Come
04 War Above Los Angeles
05 Black Widow Group
06 F
07 Kill to Be Heard
08 Ignored
09 Smoking Gun
10 Circuitry's God
11 Muddy the Waters
12 Invisible Empire
13 Behind the Shifts
14 L
15 Worst Is Yet to Come
16 S
17 Suck the Bones Dry
18 Murder Corporation
19 Peace or Conquest
20 Free LSD
21 D
22 - break -
23 Void You Out
24 Red White and Black
25 Wiped Out
26 Black Thoughts
27 I Don't Belong
28 Panic Attack
29 Darkness
30 Upside Down
31 Poison City



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Friday, February 10, 2023

Drag The River @ The Clubhouse, Tempe AZ, 2004-02-05

 






One one hand this doesn't seem that long ago but so much has changed in the almost 20 years since I went to this show.  Back in 2004 I was such a big Drag The River fan that I saw they were opening for Throw Rag, another favorite, down in Tempe Arizona that I drove all the way down there to catch it.

The Throw Rag set is here  THROW RAG

Back in 2004 and the early aughts DTR played out a lot.  These days Jon and Chad are pretty much doing their own things and hope of a DTR show is pretty slim.  Though they did play at someone's wedding last year.  So never say never I guess.  

I believe that they had just put out Chicken Demos CD.  Jon talks about having something new but doesn't name it.  Since this was a opening set it only clocks in at just over 30 minutes.  Which as DTR shows go is really short.   This was short but sweet.  They squeeze a bunch of good songs into that time.

I have posted some other DTR shows but I had lost track of this one in all my minidisc masters.  Last year I went through all off them.  Got them organized and transferred so I have access to everything.  I rediscovered this gem and a bunch of others.   

This recording is a board feed.  Vocals are front and center but the rest of the mix isn't bad  I've enjoyed revisiting this one a lot this week.  I hope you dig it.


Drag The River

The Clubhouse
Tempe AZ (USA)
2004-02-05

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: SBD > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (31:42.44) 

01 Cousins
02 Dirty Lips
03 Columbus Stockade Blues (Willie Nelson)
04 Calloused Heart #2
05 Brookfield
06 Mars Motors (Pinhead Circus)
07 Tomorrow Morning
08 She Thinks I Still Care (George Jones)
09 Barroom Bliss
10 Me & Joe Drove Out To California...
11 Trainwreck


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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Spirit World @ HQ, Denver CO, 2022-08-31

 

I first caught Spirit World opening up Obituary and Municipal Waste on the February 2022 Decibel Magazine tour at the Gothic.  I had heard some buzz about them but hadn't listened too them yet,  I made sure to get there early so that I didn't miss them.  Was an instant fan.  The country and western trappings put some people off but Spirit World goes hard.  Screamy vocals, with hardcore breakdowns and Slayer sounding riffs.  I dig it.   Live they are really high energy.  

They have a killer new album out called Death Western and I'm sure they will be out hitting the road hard to spread the word.  I look forward to catching them again.

This was a big show night for me.  Elder, Bezelbong, and Dreadnaught were across the street at Hi Dive and Spirit World, 200 Stab Wounds, and Creeping Death were at HQ.  I was able to record both shows since they are so close and while I mostly watched the Hi Dive show I caught some of everyone.  Fun night.


Spirit World

HQ
Denver CO (USA)
2022-08-31

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 C > SP-SPSB-1 > M10
Transfer: M10 > USB > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Run time: (31:08.69)

01 - intro -
02 Moonlit Torture
03 Comancheria
04 The Bringer of Light
05 Godless
06 Relic of Damnation
07 Unholy Passages
08 Ulcer
09 Lujuria Satánica
10 Pagan Rhythms

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