TOM WAITS - Barfly On The Wall: TV Performances - 1983-2015

TOM WAITS

Barfly On The Wall 1983-2015

Various Television Broadcasts

(2018 version)

"This is a Norwegian compilation by The Bergen Boys. Thank you very much to Berge And Øystein for bring so kind as to share this compilation with us. Their first Barfly On The Wall version is from 2015 it sounded like a tight gig.The artwork is hilarious. Quality - A+"  the above from the uploader's notes.

The Basement67 says "It features twelve Letterman performances from 1983 to 2015, plus one apiece from Fallon, Leno, O'Brien, Stewart and the Arsenio show.
Sound quality is superb, this is a fantastic boot and absolutely essential for any Tom Waits fan. 

If you're not, download it for the future before it inevitably gets butchered as and the audio or video performances appear on official releases. 

I have three tracks included on the Forgotten Orphans series Volume 5, Chicago, Chocolate Jesus and Raised Right Men. I also had five earmarked for a proposed Volume 6 of the Forgotten Orphans series. There are nine tracks new to me here and seriously this collection would make a worthy Volume 6 in its own right, with a little editing and tidy up."
 

Setlist :
01. Take One Last Look at the Place That You Are Leaving
02. Chicago
03. Make It Rain
04. All the World Is Green
05. Chocolate Jesus
06. Raised Right Men
07. Straight to the Top
08. Lie to Me
09. Tango Til They're Sore
10. More Than Rain
11. House Where Nobody Lives
12. Going Out West
13. Lucinda -  Ain't Going Down To The Well *
14. Frank's Wild Years
15. On The Nickel
16. Time
17. The Day After Tomorrow *

Venues :
01. Late Night with David Letterman May 14, 2015
02. Late Night with David Letterman July 9, 2012
03. Late Night with David Letterman September 28, 2004
04. Late Night with David Letterman May 8, 2002
05. Late Night with David  Letterman September 27, 1999
06. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon July 10, 2012
07. Late Night with David Letterman October 5, 1988
08. Late Night with David Letterman November 27, 2006
09. Late Night with David Letterman February 6, 1986
10. Late Night with David Letterman October 16, 1987
11. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno March 15, 2000
12. The Arsenio Hall Show October 9, 1992
13. Late Night With Conan O'Brien April 5, 2007
14. Late Night with David Letterman December 21, 1983
15. Late Night with David Letterman December 21, 1983
16. Late Night with David Letterman February 6, 1986
17. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart November 28, 2006

 

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Bootlegs of the Year 2015-2022

7th Edition including 2022

 

This document was first compiled in 2015 after receiving numerous emails, enquiring as to where bootlegs #1-100 posted on site, could be found. (many of the links were lost in 2016, see Downloads box on top right-hand side panel). 

 

This is the latest, the seventh edition of 'Bootlegs of the Year'. It incorporates a further fifty-eight boots downloaded during the last twenty-four months.

 

This edition now includes 332 bootlegs, the best I have downloaded since 2015. The 178-page book will point you in the right direction, in finding the sites I have used and most importantly the web addresses where they can be located. 

Although it concentrates on the best bootlegs I have downloaded in the last eight years, the same websites and addresses noted in the book are where the majority of the bootlegs in the 100 Greatest listing, originated from. The posts #1 to #100 were mostly made from downloads prior to 2015. 

 

To sum up, it includes the best bootlegs I have downloaded in the preceding years, 2015 to 2022. Having discarded numerous titles, these are the best from that time frame.

I have not provided a sound quality rating as virtually all are of sufficient high quality to rate around 5 out of 5, some are worthy of 5+ like the best official releases.

As you can imagine, it took some time and effort to pull this all together. What to include and just as importantly what to leave out, has taken considerable thought and listening hours, enjoyable nonetheless. So if you are a fan of any of the artists featured, then I can confidently state that you will definitely enjoy the bootlegs that have been chosen.

 

If you would like a copy of this document, it's only £5 GBP via the donate button (see the top right-hand bar - above blog archive). You do not need a paypal account.

 

Included in the main body of the text of the document are details of the 332 bootlegs downloaded, and where to find them by the following artists:                 

 

8 years - 177 different artists

RYAN ADAMS
THE AFGHAN WHIGS
ARCADE FIRE (3)
ARCTIC MONKEYS

ASWAD

THE AVALANCHES
THE BAND
BEASTIE BOYS
BEATLES (2)
BECK (2)

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND

BELLE & SEBASTIAN
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE (3)

BJORK
BLACK KEYS

BLONDIE

THE BLUE NILE

BLUR

JOE BONAMASSA (4)
DAVID BOWIE (6)
BROADCAST (3)

BUCKINGHAM NICKS

BYRDS
CALEXICO (4)
CALEXICO / IRON & WINE
CAN
JOHNNY CASH
CAT POWER (3)

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (5)

THE CHURCH
THE CLASH (2)
COCTEAU TWINS (2)
LEONARD COHEN (2)
LLOYD COLE / THE COMMOTIONS (2)
RY COODER
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (3)
CRAMPS (2)
CRANBERRIES
CREAM 

THE CURE (3)

DEAD CAN DANCE (2)

DELTA 5

DEPECHE MODE
DEREK & THE DOMINOS
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
DJ DANGERMOUSE
BOB DYLAN (4)
EAGLES
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (3)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (2)

ELECTRAFIXION

EURYTHMICS
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL

THE FALL
ALI FARKA TOURE & RY COODER
FEEDER

FELT

THE FLAMING LIPS
FLEET FOXES
FLEETWOOD MAC (5)
FONTAINES DC

RORY GALLAGHER (4)
GANG OF FOUR (2)

GENESIS (2)
BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN
RHIANNON GIDDENS
DAVID GILMOUR (2)
GRATEFUL DEAD (2)

GUNS 'N' ROSES
PJ HARVEY (2)
INXS
JANE'S ADDICTION
JIMI HENDRIX (3)
THE JAM
JAPAN (2)
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN (2)
RICKIE LEE JONES
JONI MITCHELL (2)
THE KILLS
KRAFTWERK (5)
LAMBCHOP (2)
LED ZEPPELIN (8)

THE LEMONHEADS

LENNY KRAVITZ
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON (2)
LONE JUSTICE
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (4)
LAURA MARLING
MASSIVE ATTACK
CURTIS MAYFIELD (2)
MAZZY STAR (2)
JOHN MELLENCAMP
MISTY IN ROOTS (3)
JONI MITCHELL
MOGWAI 

THE NATIONAL (3)

NEW BOHEMIANS (WITH EDIE BRICKELL)
NEW ORDER (12)
STEVIE NICKS

NINE INCH NAILS
NIRVANA (3)

GARY NUMAN

OASIS

THE OFFSPRING
ORBITAL

OUTCASTS
PAVEMENT

PEARL JAM (4)

PENTANGLE
LEE PERRY & V/A
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (5)
PIL (2)
PINK FLOYD (2)
PIXIES (2)
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

ROBERT PLANT (4)
POGUES
THE POLICE (3)

IGGY POP

PRIMAL SCREAM (2)
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (2)
RADIOHEAD (7)
BONNIE RAITT

LOU REED
REM (4)
DAVID RODIGAN'S REGGAE SHOW: PRINCE BUSTER
ROLLING STONES (2)

RUSH

SADE
SANTANA

SCIENTIST

SEBADOH

THE SHINS (2)

SIMPLE MINDS (2)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES

THE SLITS
SMASHING PUMPKINS
ELLIOTT SMITH
PATTI SMITH (2)
SONIC YOUTH (3)
SPARKLEHORSE
SPARKS

SPECIALS
SPIRITUALIZED (2)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
STEELY DAN

STING (2)
THE STRANGLERS 
THE STROKES (2)
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS
SUICIDE
DAVID SYLVIAN & ROBERT FRIPP
TALKING HEADS
TEARDROP EXPLODES (2)
TELEVISION (4)
THIN LIZZY
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS (2)
TINARIWEN      
TRIFFIDS

UNDERWORLD (2)
VARIOUS ARTISTS (3)
LAURA VEIRS
TOM VERLAINE (4)
THE VERVE (2)
WAH! HEAT
TOM WAITS 

THE WATERBOYS (2)

JACK WHITE
THE WHO
LUCINDA WILLIAMS (2)
X
THE YARDBIRDS

YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS (2)
NEIL YOUNG (11)  

The PDF document comprises:

• 178 pages A4
• Word count 108,343
• 332 bootleg images

Full details have been included for each bootleg such as:

• Venue
• Date of performance
• Type of recording - soundboard, FM, from the audience, etc.
• Lineage
• Running time
• Website address
• Complete track listings
• Track timings
• Informative comments about each bootleg
• Index

If you would like a copy of this document, it's only £5 GBP via the donate button, you do not require a paypal account.

An audio sampler is available on a preceding post: Bootleg Promo. The selected tracks are from bootlegs that never made the cut for the final document, but they will give you an idea of the sound quality I look for.

page samples above

 

A big thanks to all who have commented on this post and all others. I'm not always able to reply thanks to the unreliable commenting system. You are appreciated.

 

SHACK - BBC session 2024

Happy New Year everyone!

It was a bit of a shock to hear about this, just one hour into the programme via social media.
Like many I thought with Mick Head's new band, the Red Elastic Band currently touring, that Shack were gone for good.
It's not a repeat of a previous session but brand new in 2024!
The interview explains the ins and outs of this promotional appearance.

BBC6 Music - Riley & Coe

Marc Riley and Gideon Coe come together to play their music loves from every era and genre.
The boys welcome Shack live in session.

Shack - Soldier Man (6 Music Session, 18 Dec 2024)
Shack - Undecided (6 Music Session, 18 Dec 2024)
Mick & John Head - Interview
Shack - Butterfly (6 Music Session, 18 Dec 2024)
Shack - Comedy (6 Music Session, 18 Dec 2024)

time: 29:30

Lineage: BBC 6Music Ridley & Coe > BBC i-player UK stream > Audacity > Wav 16bit 44kHz >  Flac (8)
thebasement67 (18 December, 2024)

Note the UK i-player stream bitrate is 320k

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The John Peel Festive 50 - 2003

Merry Christmas to all visitors to the blog and a big thank you to all who have donated over the years. Have a great festive holiday.

This is my own recording of the last Festive 50 presented by John Peel. It was broadcast by BBC Radio 1 FM, over the festive period 2003

Recorded on a Sony Minidisc player, edited and burned to two CDr's. Ripped and extracted from those discs, some 21-years later.

Despite the missing 12-tracks this is a superb listen. If you are of a certain age, these programmes were an important part of the festive holidays. Sit back, have a drink and relive those times again. If you're too young, congratulations! Have a listen and catch up on some great tunes. (thebasement67)

Disc One:
Track #    Festive 50 placing    Band & Song
01.    #50. Vaults - I'm Going
02.    #47. Camera Obscura - Keep It Clean
03.    #43. Belle & Sebastian - Stay Loose
04.    #42. Golden Virgins - Renaissance Kids
05.    #41. Keys - Strength Of Strings
06.    #40. Broadcast - Pendulum
07.    #39. Cat Power - Werewolf
08.    #38. Ballboy - Born In The USA
09.    #35. M.A.S.S. - Live A Little
10.    #34. Black Keys - Have Love Will Travel
11.    #31. Amsterdam - Does This Train Stop On Merseyside?
12.    #30. Camera Obscura - Suspended From Class
13.    #26. The Fall - Green Eyed Loco Man
14.    #25. Futureheads - First Day
15.    #24. Party Of One - Shotgun Funeral
16.    #23. Ballboy - I Gave Up My Eyes
17.    #22. Undertones - Oh Please
18.    #21. Million Dead - I Am The Party
19.    #20. Darkness vs S.F.B. - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
20.    #19. Broken Family Band - At The Back Of The Chapel

#50 to #19

missing tracks:
#49. Freddy Fresh - You Can See The Paint
#48. Blizzard Boys - Ain't No Stoppin' This
#46. Super Furry Animals - Slow Life
#45. Grandmaster Gareth - Dr Dre Buys A Pint Of Milk
#44. Hyper Kinako - Tokyo Invention Registration Office
#37. Radiohead - There, There
#36. French - Gabriel In The Airport
#33. Neulander - Sex, God, Money
#32. Maher Shalal Hash Baz     Open Field
#29. Architecture In Helsinki - The Owls Go
#28. Half Man, Half Biscuit - It Makes The Room Look Bigger
#27. French - Porn Shoes

Disc Two:
Track #    Festive 50 placing    Band & Song

01.    #18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
02.    #17. White Stripes - Black Math
03.    #16. Sluts Of Trust - Piece O' You
04.    #15. Vive Le Fete - Noir Desir
05.    #14. Ballboy - The Sash My Father Wore
06.    #13. Nina Nastasia - You, Her & Me
07.    #12. Melt Banana - Shield For Your Eyes
08.    #11. Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby
09.    #10. White Stripes - 7 Nation Army
10.    #09. C.S.L.M. - John Peel Is Not Enough
11.    #08. Crimea - Baby Boom
12.    #07. Half Man, Half Biscuit - Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years
13.    #06. Mogwai - Ratts Of The Capital
14.    #05. Bearsuit - Itsuko Got Married
15.    #04. Undertones - Thrill Me
16.    #03. Mogwai - Hunted By A Freak
17.    #02. The Fall - Theme From Sparta F.C.
18.    #01. Cinerama - Don't Touch That Dial

LINK pt. 2

The CURE - Jo Whiley show, BBC Radio 2FM - 31 October 2024

For an established band to receive so much attention and promotion from the BBC for their new release, is quite rare and a measure of how highly the band are regarded. 'Songs Of A Lost World' is their first album since the release of '4:13 Dream' in 2008. 

The Cure rose to the challenge and delivered a stunning session on the 'Huw Stephens show' and followed up with this immmaculate live performance at the Radio Theatre in London. 

With all the hype and excitement over these broadcasts a month ago, it was great to see that as a medium, radio is not dead and still has an important role in today's on-line community.

I recorded the complete Jo Whiley show, which included the band's set (minus encore) and the in-depth interview with Robert Smith and Jo that followed. 

Here it is presented in two parts, further down is the encore which was broadcast on the Zoe Ball morning show. Those four tracks were captured from the UK BBC i-player.   

BBC Radio 2FM - Thursday 31 October, 2024. 7-9pm: The complete Jo Whiley show (as broadcast)

7:00 to 8:20pm: The Cure perform in front of a small audience of lucky fans at the BBC Radio Theatre.

01. Alone* (8:26)           
02. Pictures Of You (7:21)       
03. A Fragile Thing* (4:37)       
04. High (3:45)           
05. A Night Like This (4:19)       
06. Lovesong (3:39)           
07. The Walk (3:36)           
08. Inbetween Days (3:00)  
09. Just Like Heaven (4:01) 
10. Edge Of The Deep Green Sea (8:00)
11. Endsong* (10:50)  

Lineage: BBC Radio 2 FM broadcast > Denon FM tuner TU-260L > Audacity > Wav 16bit 44kHz > dBpoweramp > Flac (8)

Show

Encore: not broadcast on Halloween night, see below
 

8:20 to 9pm: The Cure after-party with Jo Whiley

Jo hosts the Cure In Concert after-party and catches up with frontman Robert Smith.

12. Audience comments about the show > Siouxsie & The Banshees (5:36)
13. Robert Smith interview pt. 1 > NewDad (10:04)
14. Robert Smith interview pt. 2 > Beatles (11:13)
15. Robert Smith interview pt. 3 > Jimi Hendrix (5:26)
16. Robert Smith interview pt. 4 > David Bowie (6:16)
17. Robert Smith interview pt. 5 > Mogwai (6:27)
18. More comments about the show > The Cure (9:21)

Lineage: BBC Radio 2 FM broadcast > Denon FM tuner TU-260L > Audacity > Wav 16bit 44kHz > dBpoweramp > Flac (8)

Recorded from the FM broadcast and editing / tracking in Audacity from
thebasement67 (Oct 31 2024)

Interview

The encore from the Radio Theatre show is available on the link below. Track listing as follows:

E01. Lullaby           
E02. Friday I'm In Love       
E03. Close To Me           
E04. Why Can't I Be You       

Lineage: BBC 2 Radio Zoe Ball morning show > I-Sound recorder for Windows 7/10 > BBC i-player UK stream > Wav 16bit 44kHz > TLH > Flac (8)

Note the UK i-player stream bitrate is 320k

Encore 

 

The Cure - BBC 6Music session: Halloween 2024

Unsurprisingly the Cure - BBC Sessions has shot to the most looked at post on the blog, given the events of the last few days. Those in the UK have been well served by the BBC over Halloween with the broadcast of a session on BBC 6Music and a live performance in front of a small audience broadcast on BBC Radio 2FM.

This post is for those Cure fans that live outside the UK. The quality of the UK digital station BBC 6Music is higher in the UK than for those outside. I've recorded the live broadcast on BBC 6Music and present it here for Cure fans around the world.

 

The Cure at the BBC, 2024
Programme broadcast on Thursday 31 October, 2024

BBC 6Music 5-30pm: Huw Stephens with the Cure's Robert Smith In Conversation.

BBC 6Music 6-7pm: 6Music Artist Collection: The Cure / Huw Stephens presents an exclusive and intimate session from the Cure.

Plainsong / Last Dance / I Can Never Say Goodbye *  Burn / And Nothing Is Forever * / At Night / A Forest / All I Ever Am * / Prayers for Rain / Disintegration   

Tracks 1,2,9 & 10 - Disintegration, 1989 / Tracks 3, 5 & 8 - Songs For A Lost World, 2024 / Track 4 - Movie Soundtrack: The Crow 1994 / Tracks 6 & 7 - Seventeen Seconds, 1980

The Huw Stephens programme began at 4pm. The relevant Cure section is complete and was broadcast just after the news at 5-30pm, and is in two parts - the interview followed by the session.

Recorded from the live BBC 6Music broadcast on the UK i-player (which has a higher bit-rate, 320k+ than the rest of the world)

Recorded: thebasement67 (Thursday October 31, 2024)

Lineage: i-sound recorder for Windows 7/10 > BBC i-player stream (UK) > Wav 16bit 44.1kHz > dbpoweramp > Flac (8)

Interview 

Session 

I have also recorded the complete Jo Whiley programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2 FM also on the 31 October, 2024. This will be the next upload.

PJ HARVEY - Rock en Seine Festival, France 2024 (Flac)

Polly Jean Harvey is now ten studio albums into her career. This festival set list includes tracks from six of those. Surprisingly there are no tracks performed from 'Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea' (2000) and her penultimate (to date) album 'The Hope Six Demolition Project' (2016). 'Uh Huh Her' (2004) and 'White Chalk' (2007) are also overlooked, although the latter is perhaps not festival friendly due to it's intimate nature. 

As is usual for live touring acts the most current album is well promoted in performance. PJ also includes a generous quantity of her 90's classics and one solitary track from her collaboration with John Parish, on Black Hearted Love from 'A Woman a Man Walked By' (2009).

Excellent quality and a stunning performance from the band

PJ HARVEY
Sunday 25 August 2024
Rock en Seine, Domaine national de Saint-Cloud,
Saint-Cloud, France.

Setlist:
01. Prayer at the Gate       
02. The Nether-Edge       
03. I Inside the Old Year Dying   
04. The Glorious Land       
05. Let England Shake       
06. The Words That Maketh Murder   
07. A Child's Question, August       
08. I Inside the Old I Dying       
09. Send His Love to Me       
10. 50ft Queenie           
11. Black Hearted Love       
12. Angelene           
13. The Garden           
14. The Desperate Kingdom of Love   
15. Man-Size           
16. Dress               
17. Down by the Water       
18. To Bring You My Love     

Source : FM ana (Technics ST-GT350)
FM -> HD (wav)

Taped and splitted : Kwave 22.12.3 (KDE Frameworks version 5.107.0)
FLAC 1.4.3 with --best

With thanks to the original uploader, Tulum

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TELEVISION - Roseland Ballroom, NYC. 2004 (Flac)

 

The Television concert archives show that the band performed 19 shows in 2004, taking in a European tour including an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival. 

This show was the final date of the year and the only one in their home city and country. It's an excellent soundboard and includes the mighty unreleased song 'Persia'.

Television
Roseland Ballroom, N.Y.C.
2 October 2004

The Band:
Tom Verlaine - guitar, lead vocals
Richard Lloyd - guitar, backing vocals
Fred Smith - bass, backing vocals
Billy Ficca - drums

Set List:
01. intro
02. Swells (1:24) >
03. 1880 Or So (7:25)
04. tuning & talking #1
05. Balloon (4:42)
06. tuning & talking #2
07. Squaggle (3:11)
08. tuning & talking #3
09. Prove It (5:27)
10. tuning & talking #4
11. Call Mr. Lee (6:01)
12. The Sea (8:42)
13. tuning & talking #5
14. Persia (13:23)
15. tuning & talking #6
16. band intros
17. Marquee Moon (10:47)

Total Time: 68:11


Recording Info:
Sbd > DAT recorder (Maybe DAT > DAT clone)
DAT > CDR > CDR
CDR files extracted, edited & mastered in Fission

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