Third World - Amsterdam 1979

Third World are a Jamaican reggae band formed in 1973.

Third World's greatest success came in the late 1970s and early 1980s, peaking with their cover version of The O'Jays 'Now That We Found Love', a hit single on both sides of the Atlantic in 1979.

Their music may be a little too commercial for some reggae purists, however as their website states 'the band was born out of a drive to write and perform original material incorporating reggae, rock and funk, and a desire to tour and
take music to a wider audience'.

From the peak of their success this is Third World live in Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, on the 9th June 1979.

Set list is:

1.One cold vibe.
2.Rhythm of life.
3.Cold sweat.
4.Thirld World Man.
5.1865 (96 Degrees in the shade).
6.Cool meditation.
7.Now that we found love.
8.Talk to me.

Sound quality is very good (from a FM stereo recording).

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For more on Third World check their website HERE.

There are a few Cd's in the Beehive Candy Store HERE, at bargain prices.

Uncle Tupelo - Beloit, WI, USA 1992

Although Uncle Tupelo broke up before they achieved significant commercial success, as mentioned on the recent Wilco concert posting, the band are renowned for their impact on the alternative country music scene.

The group's first album, No Depression, became a byword for the genre and was widely influential.

Uncle Tupelo's sound was unlike popular country music of the time, drawing inspiration from styles as diverse as the hardcore punk of The Minutemen and the country instrumentation and harmony of the Carter Family and Hank Williams.

Farrar and Tweedy lyrics frequently referenced Middle America and the working class of home town Belleville.

What was very surprising, though, is that, unlike the band's previous country-meets-punk releases, 'No Depression' and 'Still Feel Gone', the third album was performed almost exclusively on acoustic instruments.

It's a testament to the group's courage and integrity that, in a time when Nirvana's ''Smells Like Teen Spirit'' had made the world safe for grunge rock, their third album 'March 16-20, 1992' was nothing of the sort, with the band taking an alternative route.

This concert after the release of the third album is fittingly an acoustic set.

Recorded at a folk festival on the 11th September 1992, at Beliot College, Beliot WI, in the USA, this is a soundboard recording.

The concert includes the first known version of 'Motion Pictures' by Neil Young.

Set list is:

01 Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down (fades in)
02 True to Life
03 No Depression
04 Watch Me Fall
05 Shaky Ground
06 Atomic Power
07 Whiskey Bottle
08 Wait Up
09 Wipe the Clock
10 I Wish My Baby Was Born
11 Do Re Mi
12 Life Worth Livin'
13 I Wanna Be Your Dog
14 Still Be Around
15 Warfare
16 Moonshiner (fades in)
17 Grindstone
18 Sin City
19 Motion Pictures

Sound quality is stereo soundboard at 192kbps.

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For Uncle Tupelo albums visit their official store HERE. Site home page HERE.

Girlschool - Cologne - Germany 1991

When featuring the Go Go's recently, I came across the fact that Kathy Valentine had for a short while been a member of Girlschool.

A small piece of trivia, that gives a tenuous link to sharing a Girlschool concert.

The make you feel old fact, is that Girlschool have been around for thirty years, as of this year.

This is only part of a concert from 1991, the band have released three official live albums, more details on their website's discography HERE.

Performing at Music Hall, Cologne, Germany during December 1991, this is brimming with their usual live energy.

The setlist for this recording is:

1. Uh, All Night
2. Screamin' Blue Murder
3. Demolition Boys
4. C'mon Let's Go
5. Emergency
6. Tush
7. Play With Fire

This is from a stereo FM recording of very good quality.

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Official web pages HERE, shop page HERE and MySpace HERE.

Whats Up Doc - Number Ten - May 2008

Whats Up Doc goes international again for this edition, some unashamed plugs, and a few gems found on other sites, all shared here for your pleasure.

Australia first and the excellent Angus and Julia Stone, who are currently touring in Europe before heading home, the picture tells a story, here are a couple of songs to add more.

Links Removed - MP3 Policy.

Angus and Julia Stone - Bella.mp3
Angus and Julia Stone - Here We Go Again.mp3

Check their MySpace and listen to more HERE, Beehive Candy store purchase option HERE.

Giant Bear is a five-person collective of multi-instrumentalists, singers, poets, and songwriters.
Their music is firmly rooted in the sound of the American South, but never confined by its conventions. Well so say their website and I tend to agree!

Giant Bear - Nashville.mp3
Giant Bear - Devil on the Wall.mp3

Check their site for more music HERE, or buy HERE.

As mentioned previously James have recently released 'Hey Ma' and it does not disappoint.
A couple of examples below, and if you like these you will love the album. As you might expect they do not disguise their opinions on some poignant issues.

James - 01 - Bubbles.mp3
James - 02 Hey Ma.mp3

Loads of James Cd's in store HERE, the new album HERE.

From Sweden (thanks to Swedesplease) two superb artists.

First Aid Kit are sisters Klara and Johanna, and all I can say is you have to listen. They are wonderful!

First Aid Kit - 07 Cross Oceans.mp3

Listen to more and find out about them HERE, and purchase/download direct from Rabid Records HERE.

All girl group Those Dancing Days are another absolute 'breath of fresh air', a great example of why pop music has a future. Why don't my local radio stations play bands like this? (Because UK local radio is ####).

Those Dancing Days - 01 Tasty Boy.mp3

Buy HERE, and find out more HERE, on MySpace.

From Canada Ariane Moffatt has a third album on the way, and I am a sucker for songs sung in French, so check these out.

Ariane Moffatt - Hiver Mile-End.mp3
Ariane Moffatt - Jeudi 17 Mai.mp3

Purchase options HERE & Here. Official site for the detail, I really like the way this site opens up, see what I mean HERE.

I came across Carrie Rodriguez at Lonesome (along with a lot of other great music) and the comparison made with Lucinda Williams immediately grabbed my attention. Listen to:

Carrie Rodriguez - Seven Angels on a Bicycle.mp3

Her website is streaming the album HERE, along with all the background on her good self. Album in the Beehive Candy store HERE.

The Fairline Parkway were recommended to me, after posting the Wilco concert. See what you think, they have a 'lazy summer feel', that hopefully will be enjoyed even more if we have a good summer here in the UK after last years rainfall.

The Fairline Parkway - Westward Bound.mp3

Listen to more at their MySpace HERE, and visit The Kora Records for purchase options HERE.

Finally Sao Paulo's finest musical export CSS have had their most recent song presented on practically every new music blog, so why not here...

CSS - Rat Is Dead (Rage).mp3

More on their much anticipated new album soon, check out MySpace HERE.

James - Live in London 1993

James have just released the superb new album 'Hey Ma', more about that in the next round up of all things new 'whats up doc'.

This is James back in 1993.

Part of the whole Factory records and 'Madchester' scene, by the early 1990's the band had achieved much deserved success, releasing some excellent albums and singles along the way.

This concert was recorded by Radio One in the UK and was also syndicated to the Westwood One network in the US.

Recorded at the Brixton Academy on the 9th December 1993, this show has James touring their landmark 'Laid' album from which most of this set comes.

Originally broadcast in the UK three days later the recording set list is as follows:

01 Born Of Frustration
02 Sound
03 Laid
04 Knuckle Too Far
05 Honest Joe
06 Out To Get You
07 Low Low Low
08 Skin diving
09 P.S.
10 Lullaby
11 Sometimes

The sound quality is superb, their performance is wonderful.

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You can check out James in the Beehive Candy Store HERE.

More information on their current tour and new album HERE.

Leonard Cohen - Gothenburg Sweden 1993

This is Leonard Cohen from 1993 touring around the time of 'The Future' being released, (his last tour until now).

Due to appear at Glastonbury this year and also touring from June 2008 in Canada and Europe,
if you get a chance to see him live, take it!

Having released three 'official' live albums, this is the first live material I have heard from 'The Future' era, and it is extremely good.

The man remains a massive influence in music, and now in his seventies, is as eagerly anticipated, as at any other time in his forty year musical career.

This was recorded from an FM broadcast of the concert at the Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden, on the 2nd May 1993.

The set list was:

01. [6:56.67] The Future
02. [5:00.68] Ain't No Cure for Love
03. [6:23.33] Bird on the Wire (radio announcer)
04. [6:44.43] First We Take Manhattan
05. [4:14.05] Suzanne
06. [5:47.54] I'm Your Man
07. [6:58.47] Joan of Arc
08. [7:45.00] Closing Time
09. [5:58.58] Hallelujah (radio announcer)

The band line up was:

Leonard Cohen - vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
Perla Batalla - vocals
Julie Christensen - vocals
Bob Metzger - guitars, pedal steel guitar
Bob Furgo - keyboards, violin
Paul Ostermayer - keyboards, saxophone, flute
Bill Ginn - keyboards
Jorge Calderon - bass
Steve Meador - drums

Sound quality is extremely good 224kbps stereo.

REPLACEMENT DOWNLOAD LINK IN COMMENTS BELOW (24TH FEBRUARY 2009).

Leonard Cohen website HERE (with videos, tour details and more).

The Beehive Candy store Leonard Cohen collection HERE.

The Go-Go's - Live In LA 1984

This is the Go-Go's in their 1980's hey day.

They made rock history as the first all-woman band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts in the USA.

Their energetic music spanned surf, new wave, pop-punk, power pop, and rock.

Although Belinda Carlisle has had considerable success as a solo artist, the Go-Go's are very much on equal terms with each other, as is evidenced by this concert.

I do not have the precise location or exact date for this gig, beyond LA, California in 1984. This is a superb and lively performance.

Set list is:

01 Get Up and Go
02 Head Over Heels
03 Our Lips Are Sealed
04 Forget That Day
05 We Got The Beat
06 Turn To You
07 Tonight
08 You Thought
09 Yes Or No
10 I'm With You
11 This Town
12 Can't Stop The World
13 Vacation - I'm The Only One

Band Line Up:

Belinda Carlisle
Jane Wiedlin
Charlotte Caffey
Kathy Valentine
Gina Schock

This is probably FM stereo rather than soundboard, it is either way a very good quality recording.

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A few Go-Go's items in the Beehive Candy store HERE.

Check out their official My Space page HERE, and website HERE.

Nick Drake - Second Grace

I do not intend to write about Nick Drake here, except to echo the common view held by so many, who have come across his music down the years, of 'what could have been'.

His short life is well documented HERE, and I would only end up copy and pasting excerpts, so spend a few minutes at Wikipedia if you choose.

His three studio albums remain firm favorites of mine, and fall into that very special 'timeless' category.

The unofficial releases of Nick Drake tend to be demo's and home recordings, as is the case of 'Second Grace'.

Bootlegs in circulation include 'Tamworth-In-Arden', 'Complete Home Recordings' and variations on that theme.

Second Grace has appeared in at least three different forms, this version is originally from a 25 track CD circulated by 'Mirrorglass Music'.

These are home recordings probably at Tamworth and possibly Hampstead, and cover all three album releases in part, along with some unreleased tracks.

The sound quality is very good and the tracks that also appeared on 'Tamworth-In-Arden' are of a much higher quality.

Track Listing:

1. Day Is Done
2. Blossom Friend
3. Mayfair 1
4. Mayfair 2
5. Mayfair 3
6. Joey 1
7. Joey 2
8. Leaving Me Behind
9. Instrumental 1
10. Instrumental 2
11. Three Hours
12. Betty's Blues
13. Fly 1
14. Fly 2
15. Hazey Jane
16. Parasite
17. Saturday Sun 1
18. Saturday Sun 2
19. Saturday Sun 3
20. Place To Be
21. Strange Meeting II
22. Bird Flew By
23. Thoughts Of Rain
24. To The Garden
25. Early Morning Dialogue

Reloaded - 03/June/2013 - download link in comments.

For more on the life of Nick Drake, visit the official estate site 'Bryter Music' HERE.

Abba - Live Compilation

This particular recording is circulated as 'Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This'.

Probably better as a recording band, Abba none the less were highly successful on their tours, and with Anni-Frid and Agnetha fronting the performances, were not short of glamour!

This live performance is as I understand, recorded from the 1981 concerts taped for the Dick Cavett Meets Abba TV special, in the USA.

Some of the cuts are I think commercially available on Thank You For The Music and Abba Live, however for completeness I have included all of the boot here. Apart from that I do not have any other information on this particular bootleg.

As a whole this is possibly better than the official releases, and some have said is the best Abba live album never made.

Set list:

1. Voulez-Vous (4:44)
2. Knowing Me Knowing You (4:30)
3. Chiquitita (5:29)
4. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (5:06)
5. Super Trouper (4:31)
6. I Have A Dream (6:35)
7. The Name Of The Game/Eagle (9:26)
8. Thank You For The Music (3:10)
9. Two For The Price Of One (3:10)
10. Slipping Through My Fingers (4:04)
11. Me And I (4:19)
12. Summer Night City (5:29)
13. Take A Chance On Me (4:33)
14. The Way Old Friends Do (3:06)
15. Waterloo (3:31)
16. Dancing Queen (3:45)

Audio quality is very good stereo soundboard.

Reloaded 21/June/2015 link in comments.

Official Abba site is HERE.

INXS - Concert For Life - Sydney Australia 1992

I was one of 72000 people who enjoyed INXS at Wembley Stadium, London, eight months prior to this concert.

They were pretty cool in London, and still rocking, when they got back home to Australia at this event.

The London concert was released officially, this boot really compliments that release.

Their Sydney performance was broadcast locally on FM, however their final song of the show was not aired. A rare audience recording of the last song has been included here for completeness, and is a must for any INXS fan.

This then is INXS performing at the Concert for Life, in Centennial Park, Sydney on the 28th March 1992.



Set list:

01. Guns in the Sky
02. Send a Message
03. The Stairs
04. Mystify
05. Bitter Tears
06. Taste It
07. Need You Tonight
08. Mediate
09. Disappear
10. All Around
11. Suicide Blonde
12. What You Need
13. Kick
14. Never Tear Us Apart
15. Baby Don't Cry (Audience - partially remastered)

With the exception of the final track this is an excellent FM stereo recording at 192kbps.

Reloaded - 03/June/2013 - download link in comments.