Annie Lennox - BBC Concert Orchestra - London 2007

Whilst this is not an exclusive for this site, I just felt obliged to to share this gem, for anyone who likes Annie Lennox, either as a solo artist, or from her days with The Eurythmics, or going a bit further back The Tourists.

This was from a solo performance with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Recorded for BBC Radio Two at the Mermaid Theatre, London, on the 16th August 2007 and subsequently broadcast on the 25th August 2007, this is a very distinctive performance from one of rocks leading ladies.

Source: Pre FM master.

Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @192kbps.

Genre: Rock, pop, blue eyed soul.

Set: Full Set.

Set List:

01 - Little Bird (4:32)
02 - Walking On Broken Glass (4:38)
03 - No More I Love Yous (5:00)
04 - Cold (5:45)
05 - Dark Road (4:25)
06 - Smithereens (5:18)
07 - Ghost In My Machine (3:24)
08 - A Thousand Beautiful Things -Sisters Are Doing It (5:15)
09 - Saved The World Today (4:55)
10 - Here Comes The Rain Again (5:12)
11 - Why (5:12)
12 - Sweet Dreams (3:34)

Links: Official Site (comprehensive worth a visit) HERE.

Comments: I have only seen Annie live once whilst performing with The Eurythmics and was blown away by her vocal performance (and obviously a very slick Dave Stewart and band).

This concert was in part to promote Annie Lennox's fourth solo album, Songs of Mass Destruction, that was recorded in Los Angeles, California, with veteran producer Glen Ballard (known for the production of Alanis Morissette's album, Jagged Little Pill).

Tracks 5 to 7 were from the then new album (2007), the rest a mixture of other solo and Eurythmics material. Annie went on to promote the new album further with an 18 date tour of North America during October & November 2007.

Reloaded August 2015 see comments.

The Tubes - New York, USA, 1981

This is the second live recording of The Tubes featured on Beehive Candy, this one from 1981, on this occasion
live at The Palladium, New York City, USA.

This concert was also circulated on a promo disc (radio transcription vinyl album) at the time.

A bootleg version called Shocker has also circulated. I think based on the quality of this recording it is from an off air FM recording.

Source: King Biscuit Flower Hour recording (not currently available within Wolfgangs Vault).

Sound Quality: Good stereo (FM source) mp3 @128kbps.

Genre: Rock, from Pop Rock to New Wave.

Set: One hour of concert (some other songs probably edited out).

Set List:

1. Overture - Matter of Pride
2. Think About Me
3. Mr. Hate
4. Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman
5. Smoke
6. Mondo Bondage
7. Don’t Want To Wait Anymore
8. Sushi Girl
9. Talk To Ya Later
10. White Punks On Dope

Band:

Rick Anderson - bass
Michael Cotton - synthesizers
Prairie Prince - drums
Bill Spooner - guitar, vocals
Roger Steen - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Re Styles - vocals
Fee Waybill - lead vocals
Vince Welnick - keyboards

The Completion Backward tour also featured:
Shelly Pang, Cheryl Hangland, and Cynthia Rhodes.

Links: Official Site HERE. Wolfgangs Vault HERE.

Comments: The Tubes shows were expensive to produce, and while they earned the band a reputation for being one of the most entertaining live acts of all time, by the early 1980s, they found themselves short of money.

Their proposed fifth album, the self produced Suffer for Sound, was rejected by A&M Records, who dumped the band instead, finishing out its contract with the oddities collection T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits).

The band then signed to Capitol Records, scaling back the live shows and redesigning itself as a strait laced rock band, teaming with producer David Foster.

The Completion Backward Principle (1981), another concept album, featuring the classic rock staple "Talk to Ya Later", and presented itself as a motivational business document, complete with shocking pictures of the band members cleaned up and wearing suits.

The band also had their first Top 40 hit in the United States in 1981 with a serious ballad, "Don't Want to Wait Anymore".

Both songs feature in this concert recording.

Download link in comments below - or just click on the picture above.

Purchase: MP3's - The Tubes

Duffy - Live In Berlin, Germany 2008

This is the excellent Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy live in concert at The Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany, and broadcast back on the January 21st, 2008.

Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one, and was the best selling album in the UK in 2008 and has sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide.

In 2009 she won three BRIT Awards, British breakthrough, Best female solo and Best British album. She also won a Grammy Award in the category Best pop vocal album for Rockferry, and she was nominated for two other Grammy awards.

Duffy was the first Welsh female to achieve a number one pop single in twenty-five years with her second single 'Mercy' which also happens to be the most played song on radio and in restaurants and bars in the United Kingdom in 2008.

Source: RBB Radio Eins (Berlin, Germany) FM Stereo.

Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @320kbps.

Genre: Pop, Rock, Soul.

Set: Full radio performance set.

Set List:

1. Rockferry
2. Warwick Avenue
3. Serious
4. Stepping Stone
5. Hanging On Too Long
6. Breaking My Own Heart
7. Syrup & Honey
8. Delayed Devotion
9. Mercy
10. Distant Dreamer

Links: Official site HERE.

Comments: The Quasimodo is Berlin's oldest Jazz Club, and one of the most renowned places for live music in Europe.

Quoting from the club site 'The club presents itself in a very conservative way, suitable for a "real" jazz club: The Quasimodo is a "jazz-cellar" in the sense of the word - situated under the Quasimodo-Café and the Delphi-film-palace. - Here you can of course listen to "down to earth" jazz music played in a traditional way - but besides this the club is also open for various other styles of music: funk & soul, Latin, blues, rock and more are equally at home on this stage'.

This is a great set from an outstanding performer, enjoy.

Download link in comments below. (File re-uploaded 18/06/2011).

Purchase: MP3's (DRM free) through Amazon.co.uk - Duffy

Crosby Stills and Nash - San Francisco USA 1991

Crosby, Stills and Nash are yet another group (with and/or without Neil Young) that have been the subject of many live bootleg recordings.
This recording has circulated as 'Acoustic Harmonies' or 'The Acoustic Concert' and a thirteen track version was circulated as 'Remember The Good Days'. All were recorded from a performance at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco back on the 10th November 1991.

The concert was broadcast a year later (6th November 1982) on TV in the USA. Some versions are audio rips from the TV broadcast, some are soundboard (I hope you are keeping up with this, a small exam follows).

From the early 1980's well into the 1990's Crosby, Stills and Nash were hardly on peak form, for all manner of well documented reasons. However a well-conceived box set arrived in 1991, four discs of expected group highlights amidst unexpected better tracks from various solo projects. Owing to 'certain difficulties', a reasonable amount of Neil Young's material was pulled by his manager, only seven CSNY songs in total remained to be included in the release. With all of that in mind, this is a very upbeat concert, and a must for any fan without this edition in their collection, and a fine concert, for lovers of harmonies and acoustically driven concerts.

Concert Source: soundboard.

Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @192kbps.

Genre: Rock, Country, Folk.

Set: Full Set.

Set List:

1. Deja Vu
2. Helplessly Hoping
3. Marrakesh Express
4. Taken At All
5. Long time Gone
6. Guinnevere
7. Almost Cut My Hair
8. For What It's Worth
9. Wooden Ships
10. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
11. Teach Your Children
12. Our House
13. Daylight Again - Find the Cost of Freedom
14. Wasted on the Way
15. 4 + 20

Links: Official site HERE.

Reloaded August 2015 see comments.