Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Midnight Oil - Acoustic 1993

This is Midnight Oil performing live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, on the 23rd June 1993.

Source: Soundboard.

Sound Quality: Excellent stereo at 192kbps

Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock.

Set: Live acoustic performance, duration of recording: 00:53:54


Set List:

01 - Feeding Frenzy
02 - The Dead Heart
03 - My Country
04 - Blue Sky Mine
05 - Sell My Soul
06 - Truganini
07 - Warakurna
08 - Short Memory
09 - Beds Are Burning
10 - Earth And Sun And Moon

Band Line Up:

Bones Hillman: Bass, Vocals
Martin Rotsey: Guitars, Vocals
Robert Hirst: Drums, Vocals
Peter Garrett: Lead Vocals
Jim Moginie: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals

Links: The official (record label) site HERE, and another comprehensive Wikipedia entry HERE.

Comments: This concert first surfaced as a bootleg in September 1993, titled 'Acoustic 1993'. The recording was notable for the excellent sound quality, which for acoustic sets makes all the difference.

Midnight Oil are one of Australia's finest rock bands in my personal opinion, both in the studio and in concert, this little gem, gives some insight into one aspect of the band, I have another 'electric' performance, that will follow in due course to provide the 'balance'.

Reloaded - 29/May/2015 - download link in comments. 
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Sunday, 15 February 2009

Steve Earle & The Train Band - Live in Atlanta 1995

This is Steve Earle & The Train Band live in concert at the Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, USA, on the 30th November 1995.

Source: Very low generation copy of stereo soundboard recording.

Sound Quality: Excellent (very clean, slightly remastered when transferred to digital).

Genre: From Country to Rock (very diverse & hard to categorise at times in his career).

Set: Full concert including encores.

Set List:

Part One:

1. Mystery Train Part II
2. Hometown Blues
3. The Devil's Right Hand
4. Tom Ames' Prayer
5. Angel Is The Devil
6. Sometimes She Forgets
7. You Know The Rest
8. Goodbye
9. Band intros
10. The Other Kind
11. My Old Friend The Blues
12. Someday
13. South Nashville Blues
14. Ellis Unit One

Part Two:

1. I Ain't Ever Satisfied
2. Rivers Of Babylon (Dowe/McNaughton)
3. Nothin' Without You
4. When Will We Be Married? (Trad)
5. Ruby Ridge (Rowan) *
6. Free Mexican Air Force (Rowan) *
7. I'm Looking Through You (Lennon/McCartney)
8. White Freight Liner Blues (Van Zandt)
9. Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel (Emmett) **
10. Northern Winds (Blake)
11. Ben McCulloch
12. Copperhead Road

Encores:

13. Guitar Town
14. Down The Road

* with: Peter Rowan on lead vocals
** with: Norman Blake on lead vocals

Train Band Line Up:
Peter Rowan - vocals, guitar.
Norman Blake - vocals, guitar.
Roy Husky Junior - upright bass.

Links: A concise summary of Steve Earle's eventful career to date HERE. Official website (kept up to date) HERE.

Comments: If you are a fan of Steve Earle's music, you will love this, if not, this makes a pretty good starting point.

This concert took place around a year after Steve had been released form jail (for fire arms and drug offences). He kicked his long standing drug habit in prison, and when released set about recording and touring.

His music diversified and the live performances improved substantially.

Steve continues to be a very active, this concert is just a point in time, and as previously mentioned a good point to discover the man.

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Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Madness - Aqua Folies - New York 1983

This is a classic Madness bootleg originally circulated on CD as 'Aqua Folies' no doubt, as a result of the concert taking place at 'The Pier', Hudson River, New York City, USA.

This was part of their late summer (1983) USA tour, the actual gig took place on the 22nd August 1983.

Source: FM stereo broadcast, with advertisements and presenter links removed.

Sound Quality: Superb, 320kbps mp3 stereo version, fans and audio 'buffs' will not be disappointed.

Genre: Two Tone (how many record labels becomes a genre?), English Ska, OK it's great pop, that stands the test of time.

Set: Full set including encores, nicely edited as mentioned above.

Set List:

1. House Of Fun
2. Disappear
3. Close Escape
4. My Girl
5. Night Boat To Cairo
6. Tomorrows Dream
7. Razor Blade Alley
8. Tomorrows Just Another Day
9. Grey Day
10. Shut Up
11. Madness
12. Baggy Trousers
13. Our House
14. Madness (Is All In The Mind)
15. It Must Be Love
16. Primrose Hill
17. One Step Beyond

Links: A reasonably well rounded Wikipedia summary HERE. My Space (with forthcoming tour details) HERE.

Comments: I have only seen Madness live once, (in London, UK), and much later on than this.

I was absolutely 'blown away' by the fun, musical quality, showmanship, energy, and commitment, along with the fact that the audience very soon became a part of the whole event.

This concert does justice to that memory. There's probably a little more adrenalin and raw talent, and a tad less 'audience interaction' than they get on home soil, but all in all, it confirms to me they have been a consistently great band since those early, ground breaking days in the latter 1970's.

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Madness albums can be purchased at Amazon.co.uk - Madness

Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Nick Lowe - Live In New York - 1985

This is Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit (featuring Paul Carrack), Live at The Ritz Theatre, New York, on the 19th October 1985.

Source: WNEW 102.7FM stereo broadcast.

Sound Quality: Stereo very good 'off air' recording - first generation.

Genre: Pub Rock, New Wave, from rock to country to soul to pop.

Set: Majority of concert (cannot confirm if WNEW edited out any stage of the gig).

Set List:

1. Raging Eyes 2:37
2. She Don't love Nobody 3:43
3. Cracking Up 2:41
4. Mary Provost 2:58
5. One Woman Man 2:11
6. Saint Beneath The Paint 3:26
7. Your My Wildest Dream 3:06
8. Shake And Pop 4:03
9. Tempted 4:03
10. Cruel To Be Kind 3:43
11. Rose Of England 3:30
12. Darling Angel Eyes 2:41
13. Seven Nights OF Rock 3:12
14. I Knew The Bride 3:10
15. I Need You 3:28
16. How Long 6:44
17. Half A Boy 2:59


Links: Very good Wikipedia synopsis HERE. Official site HERE.

Comments: Nick Lowe is one of those artists, that I assume is always busy doing something.

Either touring, producing, creating, always an individual, busy in the very 'engine room' of rock'n'roll.

These day's he can fill London's Albert Hall for live shows rather than a sweaty, smoke filled pub venue, somewhere in the suburbs.

Take a look at the Wikipedia article if you have five minutes, and remind yourself of his creative achievements, influence, and down to earth pretentious free career. If only more rock'n'roll stars were like this !

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A selection of Nick's CD's are available at Amazon - Nick Lowe

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