Re-Uploads

The following have been re-uploaded. Click on the link and it will take you to the original blog post with a new link at the foot of the post.

#110 JOHNNY CASH - Radio Broadcasts 1956-59

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#24 PATTI SMITH - Hamburg 1996

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JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - The Unreleased BBC Sessions (Flac)

Listening recently to the Experience Hendrix release 'BBC sessions' I was curious to see what had been left off the 2-disc compilation.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded seven radio sessions for the BBC. Not all were available in high quality sound and the majority of the official release is compiled from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th to 7th sessions along with various 'Top of the Pops' and other television performances.

Session one and four were excluded because they were only available on lo-fi recordings. Since the official release in 1998, an upgrade has been made available from a tape found at a yard sale. 

This short post includes that first session and the remaining recordings for television, that are in decent quality plus a few extras, including a thirty-minute interview with Jimi, talking about his plans for the future, only a week before his tragic death. 

Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Unreleased BBC Sessions  

Sourced from a Prof. Stoned compilation (2025)

01. Hey Joe

Recorded: Lime Grove Studios, Shepherd's Bush, London UK; Wednesday 18 January 1967 at 19:00

Broadcast: BBC One TV 'Top of the Pops', Thursday 19 January 1967 19:30 to 20:00

Source: off-air recording

Note: again, a full band live performance with the Breakaways, and also the last time the program allowed it. This fan recording from the initial airing has not circulated before and is a substantial upgrade to the existing source (generously provided by The Johnny Kidd Fanclub). Announcement by Alan Freeman.

01. 'high time'

02. Hey Joe

03. 'cut loose again'

04. Rock Me Baby {incomplete}

Recorded: BBC Broadcasting House, Studio S2, London, UK; Monday 30 January 1967

Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Pop North'; 9 February 1967 

Source: off-air recording

Note: The first radio session. The band also recorded Foxy Lady as the third song. Announcement by Ray Moore. This has been mastered from a different tape transfer, which has not circulated before (generously provided by The Johnny Kidd Fanclub). Thanks to Roger Morse who discovered this tape at a yard sale and shared it with the world.

01. Purple Haze

Recorded: Lime Grove Studios, Shepherd's Bush, London UK; Thursday 30 March 1967

Broadcast live: BBC One TV 'Top of the Pops'

Source: off-air recording

Note: This fan recording from the 20-4-1967 re-broadcast has not circulated before and is an amazing upgrade to the existing source (generously provided by The Johnny Kidd Fanclub). Again, the band spent all day at the studio rehearsing and waiting for their moment between 19:30 and 20:00. Two versions with backing track of the studio version and live vocals were performed on this day. The version here was aired live on 30 March and the other was recorded later that night for the purpose of being broadcast on next week's show (no recording of that is known to exist).

01. 'midnight oil'

02. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp

Recorded: BBC TV Studio @ Studio A, Manchester UK; Tuesday 22 August 1967 between 18:25 and 19:03

Broadcast live: BBC One TV 'Dee Time'

Presenter: Simon Dee

Source: off-air recording

Note: backing track of the studio version with live vocals. Rehearsals between 15:00 and 16:00.

01. 'The House That Jill Built'

02. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 

Recorded: Lime Grove Studios, Shepherd's Bush, London UK; Thursday 24 August 1967

Broadcast live: BBC One TV 'Top of the Pops'

Presenter: Pete Murray

Source: off-air recording

Note: backing track of the studio version with live vocals. The House that Jack Built by Alan Price Set is being played by mistake, causing Hendrix to remark that he doesn't know the words. Another version of BOTL was recorded later in the evening between 20:15 and 21:30 for transmission two weeks later, but no recording of that is available.

01. Purple Haze

Recorded: BBC Television Centre, Shepherd's Bush, London UK; Saturday 16 December 1967

Broadcast: BBC One TV 'Top of the Pops' Monday 25 December 1967

Source: off-air recording

Note: backing track of the studio version with live vocals. Last TOTP live appearance and also the one that survives with the best sound. Completely new to circulation and once again generously provided by The Johnny Kidd Fanclub. Announcement of the JHE by Alan Freeman.

01. Wild Thing

02. 'Jimi interview'

Recorded: Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts USA, Friday March 15 1968

Broadcast: BBC1 TV 'Omnibus: All My Loving'; Sunday 03 November 1968 at 10:40PM

Source: tape 

Note: a semi-professional mono soundboard, recorded by BBC crew. About 3 minutes of WT appear in the movie, heavily edited and with various unrelated sound effects added. This is the complete version with improved sound. The interview section is taken straight from the movie soundtrack. 

 

01. Interview with Jimi 

by Keith Altham - Sep 11, 1970.

Jimi's last interview, just 21 seconds of it were aired posthumously on "Scene and Heard" on 20 Sept 1970; this is the complete tape with best sound)

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Note  this post makes no claims to be complete as I have selected the best quality sounding tracks. Missing is the first Top of the Pops appearance in December 1966 and as previously mentioned, the fourth session is excluded, also two May 1967 Top of the Pops appearances of 'Purple Haze' and 'The Wind Cries Mary' - both tracks are poor distorted recordings. 

Check out the official Experience Hendrix BBC Sessions which is an excellent 2CD package with a 24-page booklet including notes on the track recordings and some brilliant photos of the band. Alternatively if you can't find a copy have a look at the blog by Prof. Stoned.

THE SATURDAY ROCK SHOW - BBC Radio 1 - 18 June 1977

This is a repaired edit, it flows a bit more freely without abrupt cuts and is easier on the ears. High quality shows are difficult to come by and this is a prime example of one of the UK's greatest DJs.

During the 1970s Alan Freeman presented the Radio 1 Rock Show on Saturday afternoons, featuring heavy and progressive rock and a rundown of the current album chart, from 30 June 1973 to 26 August 1978. 

The Saturday Rock Show was voted Best Radio Show by listeners 5 years running, and was then axed by new controller Derek Chinnery. 'Fluff' left the BBC to work for Capital Radio from 1979 to 1988.

THE SATURDAY ROCK SHOW presented by Alan Freeman

BBC Radio 1 FM - Saturday 18 June 1977

Peter Frampton: Signed Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | LP I'm In You (A&M)

Frankie Miller: Down the Honky Tonk (Peel session, rec. 1977-06-16) 

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) | LP Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (Shelter)

Peter Hammill: Autumn (Peel session, rec. 1977-04-13)  

Steely Dan: Boston Rag | LP Countdown To Ecstasy (ABC Records)

Vibrators: She's Bringing You Down | LP Pure Mania (Epic)

Vibrators: Baby Baby | LP Pure Mania (Epic)    

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams | 7" single (Warner Bros)  

Heron: Are You Going To Hear The Music (John Peel Session, recorded 1977-04-05)

x Grateful Dead: Let Me Sing Your Blues Away | LP Wake Of The Flood (Grateful Dead Records)        

Colosseum II: Desperado | LP Electric Savage (MCA) 

10cc: You've Got A Cold | LP Deceptive Bends (Mercury)

Police: Fall Out | 7" single (Illegal Records)      

Outlaws: Hurry Sundown | LP Hurry Sundown (Arista)

Albion Dance Band: Holm's Fancy/Cuckolds All Awry (John Peel Session, recorded 1977-05-31)        

Cruella De Ville: Kings And Queens (Alan Freeman Session, recorded 1977-05-04)

Patrick Moraz: Love-Hate-Sun-Rain-You | LP Out In The Sun (Charisma)

Patrick Moraz: Rana Batacuda | LP Out In The Sun (Charisma) 

Dan Fogelberg: Loose Ends | LP Nether Lands (Full Moon / Epic)

Radio Stars: Horrible Breath (John Peel Session, recorded 1977-05-17)  

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Simple Man | LP Pronounced 'Leh-'n rd 'Skin-'n rd) (MCA)  

x Tyla Gang: Young Lords (John Peel Session, recorded 1977-05-30)

x ...Top 20 Rock Album Chart...

x Boz Scaggs: Jump Street | LP Silk Degrees (CBS) 

Hawkwind: Spirit Of The Age | LP Quark, Strangeness And Charm (Charisma)  

Supertramp: Try Again | LP Supertramp (A&M)

Dictators: Science Gone Too Far | Manifest Destiny (Asylum)

x start of Get On The Right Track jingle 

x Vangelis: Heaven And Hell Part 1                      

Adverts: One Chord Wonders (session, recorded 1977-04-25)

Crosby, Stills & Nash: See The Changes | CSN (Atlantic)

Crosby, Stills & Nash: Shadow Captain | CSN (Atlantic)

Crosby, Stills & Nash: Just A Song Before I Go | CSN (Atlantic)

Neil Young: Hey Babe | LP American Stars N Bars (Reprise)

Caravan: Nightmare (session, recorded 1977-05-02)  

x John Miles: Stand Up (And Give Me A Reason) (session, recorded 1977-03-14)

Time: 2:18:12  Many thanks to Tim

x = track missing from recording

320k mp3

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PATTI SMITH - Nuits de Fourvieres, France, 16 July 2024 FM (Flac)

This show has been waiting for sometime to upload but issues with my broadband provider, prevented me from posting it earlier this year.

* NB. Track one is inferior to the rest, muffled and some distortion on this track. The sound quality improves greatly on track four.

This has been re-edited. The first original edit has tried to cut out the intrusive DJ interruptions but has actually made it worse to listen to.

It was a disjointed mess with differing sound levels. There was little I could do about the numerous fades at the end of each track but it is a show well worth hearing and this edit makes it a little easier on the ears. I would certainly agree with the original uploader about Jackson Smith's guitar playing.

I especially enjoyed the Dylan & Lana covers, sure you will too. 

Patti Smith

Nuits de Fourvieres, France. 

16 July 2024

A France Inter live broadcast; DJ comments removed where possible, this explains Patti's chopped words. 99,99 % music is here before the last faded track.

Lineage: Marantz tuner - Zoom H4 (wav) - Sd card on PC - Audacity (volume, edits, tracks) - Flac with TLH.

Original uploader notes:

I saw Patti on Easter day in Paris, back in 1978, less energy now but still moving. Sometimes seems to me, some Tom Verlaine accents can be heard in Jackson's playing.

The Band:

Patti Smith: vocals / Jackson Smith: guitar / Tony Shanahan: bass & keys / Seb Rochford: drums

Setlist :

01. Summer Cannibals * (Gone Again, 1996)

02. Redondo Beach (Horses, 1975)

03. Ghost Dance (Easter, 1978)

04. Man In A Long Black Coat (Dylan cover from 'Time Out Of Mind' 1997

05. Cash (Trampin' 2004)

06. Nine (Banga, 2012)

07. Summertime Sadness (Lana Del Rey cover from 'Born To Die' 2012)

08 Because The Night (Easter, 1978)

09 Fire (Hendrix cover from 'Are You Experienced' 1967)

10 Dancing Barefoot (Wave 1979)

11 Peaceable Kingdom (Trampin' 2004)

12 Pissing In A River  (Radio Ethiopa 1976)

13 About A Boy  (Gone Again 1996)

14 Smells Like Teen Spirit (Twelve 2007)

15 People Have The Power (fade) (Dream of Life 1988)

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Bootlegs of the Year 2015-2025

8th Edition including 2025

 

This document was first compiled in 2015 after I received 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 latest edition (the eighth) includes 326 bootlegs, the best I have downloaded since 2015. The 192-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 eleven 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. 

 

I have re-edited the document. The New Order & Television/Tom Verlaine boots have been edited into more readable sections, the best have been featured and further information for the keenest fans of these bands has been included. I have dropped some bootlegs that have now been officially released, especially those that have much superior sound quality on their official releases, e.g. David Bowie - Jazz Festival, Montreux, 2002. 

 

To sum up, I have included the best bootlegs I have downloaded in the preceding years, 2015 to 2025. 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 £6 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 326 bootlegs downloaded, and where to find them by the following artists:                 

 

11 years - 184 different artists

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

ASWAD

THE AVALANCHES
BEASTIE BOYS (2)
BEATLES
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 (5)
BROADCAST (3)

BUCKINGHAM NICKS

BYRDS
CALEXICO (3)
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 

CRANBERRIES
CREAM 

THE CURE (5)

DEAD CAN DANCE (2)

DELTA 5

DEPECHE MODE
DEREK & THE DOMINOS
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
DJ DANGERMOUSE
BOB DYLAN (5)
EAGLES
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (2)
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 (3)
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)
 JOHN HIATT & THE FAMILY DOGS

THE JAM
JAPAN (2)
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN (2)
RICKIE LEE JONES
JONI MITCHELL (2)
THE KILLS
KRAFTWERK (5)
LAMBCHOP (2)
LED ZEPPELIN (7)

THE LEMONHEADS

LENNY KRAVITZ
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON (2)
LONE JUSTICE
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (5)
LAURA MARLING
MASSIVE ATTACK
CURTIS MAYFIELD (2)
MAZZY STAR (2)
JOHN MELLENCAMP
MISTY IN ROOTS (2)
JONI MITCHELL (3)
MOGWAI 

THE NATIONAL (3)

NEW BOHEMIANS (WITH EDIE BRICKELL)
NEW ORDER (6)
STEVIE NICKS

NINE INCH NAILS
NIRVANA (2)

GARY NUMAN

OASIS

SINEAD O'CONNOR

THE OFFSPRING
ORBITAL

O.M.D.

OUTCASTS
PAVEMENT

PEARL JAM (4)

PENTANGLE
LEE PERRY & V/A
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (6)
PIL (2)
PINK FLOYD 

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 (6)
BONNIE RAITT

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

ROXY MUSIC (2)

RUSH

SADE
SANTANA

SCIENTIST

SEBADOH

THE SHINS (2)

SIMPLE MINDS (2)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES

THE SLITS
SMASHING PUMPKINS
ELLIOTT SMITH
PATTI SMITH (4)
SONIC YOUTH (2)
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 (5)
THIN LIZZY
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS (2)
TINARIWEN      
TRIFFIDS

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

THE WATERBOYS (2)

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

YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS (2)
NEIL YOUNG/CRAZY HORSE/PROMISE OF THE REAL (11)  

The PDF document comprises:

• 192 pages A4
• Word count 101,855
• 325 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 £6 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.

 

Happy New Year and let's hope we are all still here in 2027!

 

WHEAT - John Peel session 2000

Wheat - John Peel session

Broadcast on BBC Radio 1 FM on 31 May 2000. (only session, recorded on 7 May 2000)

Wheat released their first album in 1997 on the Sugar Free Records label. The follow up from the Massachusetts band 'Hope And Adams' came out in 1999 on the German based City Slang label, home to contemporary bands such as Calexico, Lambchop and Yo La Tengo

Led by Scott Levesque, Wheat have been described as containing elements of Mercury Rev, Will Oldham, Smog & the Radar Bros. One reviewer noted them as being like a more reflective Pavement and resembling a smokier version of the Flaming Lips!

There is an individuality to them despite all these flattering musical references and if you like the above mentioned bands then you may find this Peel session enjoyable.

01. Don't I Hold You
02. Death Car
03. More Than You'd Ever Know
04. Heaven Has

Lineage: CDr > EAC > Flac

This was originally recorded from the John Peel Show on BBC Radio One. A Sony minidisc seperates deck was used for the recording and editing, it was then burnt to a Sony CDr.

thebasement67 (January 2026)

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Please note: 

The last few posts have featured small files because I am currently having problems uploading. It's been extremely slow and I intend to switch from the laptop to my standalone PC which has a direct connection to my router and see if that is any faster.