#06 The Specials - Paradiso, Amsterdam 1980 (Flac)

The Specials - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

21 January 1980

Lineage: FM Radio 2 NL, 9 Jan. 2009 (Denon TU-460) > PC > CD Wave (track splits) > Flac 6 (TLH)

Time: 50:45

Re-broadcast on Dutch radio station, Radio 2 almost nineteen years later, perhaps in celebration of the news that the band would be touring later in the year to celebrate their 30^th anniversary. Sadly the old divisions would remain and Jerry Dammers their main songwriter would not take part with both sides claiming different stories as to the reason why.

Back in time, early in 1980 and riding on the crest of the massive success of the 2 tone revival we can hear the band on their European tour playing the debut album complete with just the exception of Little Bitch.  Add in singles like Gangsters and Rat Race and you have a perfect live document of the band.

As the reformed Specials are still going strong and playing live dates this year it's a good time to post this one. Stunning sound quality and performance.

1. (Dawning Of A) New Era

2. Do The Dog

3. It’s Up To You

4. Monkey Man

5. Rat Race

6. Blank Expression

7. Rude Boys Outta Jail

8. Concrete Jungle

9. It’s Too Hot

10. Doesn’t Make It Alright

11. Stupid Marriage

12. Too Much Too Young

13. A Message To You Rudy

14. Nite Klub

15. Gangsters

16. You’re Wondering Now

The band:

Terry Hall - vocals

Jerry Dammers - keyboards

Lynval Golding - rhythm guitar, vocals

Neville Staple - vocals, percussion

Roddy Byers - lead guitar

Horace Panter - bass guitar

John Bradbury - drums

LINK

#05 THE BEAT - Paradiso, Amsterdam 1980 (Flac)

The BEAT

Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

10 May 1980

44:36

 

Lineage: FM Radio 2 NL, 3 April 2009 (Denon TU-460)

> PC > CD Wave (track splits) > Flac 6 (TLH).

One of the four main bands involved in the late 70’s to early 80’s 2 Tone UK ska revival, The Beat came from Birmingham and like Madness they only released one (debut) single on the 2 Tone label, It helped launch their careers with Go-Feet and Stiff records respectively.  The band were known as the English Beat in the USA.

This live concert from Amsterdam was recorded on the European tour to promote the Beat’s debut album ‘I Just Can’t Stop It’ released in May 1980.

 

It was re-broadcast nearly 29 years later on Dutch radio, the broadcast contains all the tracks featured on the debut album except Can’t Get Used To Losing You. Also played live were both sides of their debut 2 Tone single.

1.             Two Swords

2.             Tears Of A Clown

3.             Twist And Crawl

4.             Rough Rider

5.             Mirror In The Bathroom

6.             Best Friend

7.             Whine And Grine / Stand Down Margaret

8.             Noise In This World

9.             Big Shot

10.           Hands Off She's Mine

11.           Jackpot

12.           Click Click

13.           Ranking Full Stop

THE BEAT:

Dave Wakeling, guitar, vocals

Ranking Roger, vocals

Andy Cox, guitar 

David Steele, bass

Everett Morton, drums

Saxa, saxophone

 

LINK 1 

Password is:  gofeet1

LINK 2

Password is:   gofeet2 

#04 ADRIAN BORLAND & THE SOUND - 2 meter sessies (sessions) (Flac)

ADRIAN BORLAND & THE SOUND

2 meter sessies (sessions)

FM radio broadcasts

1987-1995

NOB Audiostudio, Bullet Sound Studios, Netherlands & Maida Vale, London

72:38

In 1987, the managing director of the Dutch radio station 3FM instructed DJ. Jan Douwe Kroeske to have more native language spoken on his programme, he then decided to have the international guests play a song on the show so beginning the 2 Meter Sessions (named after dj Jan’s height).  TV broadcasts of the show began in 1993.

This compilation of Adrian Borland & the Sound is from five sessions which were broadcast on Dutch radio between 1987 & 1995.

The Sound only feature on the first session, two tracks from 1987’s fifth and final album ‘Thunder Up’, the band decided to split in 1988 following Adrian’s worsening health problems.

The remaining sessions are from Adrian’s solo career also with Wouter Planteijdt and new band the Citizens.

1. Iron Years

2. Hand of Love

3. Beneath The Big Wheel

4. The Other Side Of The World

5. Silent Air

6. Rogue Beauty

7. Shadow Of Your Grace

8. Intro - Shoreline

9. Lonely Late Nighter

10. Simple Little Love

11. Rocket

12. Winning

13. When Can I Be Me

14. Someone Will Love You Today

15. Rogue Beauty

16. No Ethereal

17. Crystaline

18. The Big Wheel

tracks 1-2, session 1 - The Sound (December 1, 1987, NOB Audiostudio) both tracks can be found on the final Sound album ‘Thunder Up’

tracks 3-4, session 2 - Adrian Borland feat. Wouter Plantejdt (October 3, 1989, NOB Audiostudio) both tracks can be found on the 1989 debut solo album ‘Alexandria’

tracks 5-7, session 3 - Adrian Borland (January 9, 1990, NOB Audiostudio) opens with Silent Air from the classic 1981 Sound album’ The Lions Mouth’ and two more tracks from the current album‘Alexandria’

tracks 8-12, session 4 - Adrian Borland & Citizens (February 12, 1994, NOB Audiostudio) the first four tracks on this session are from the third solo album ‘Beautiful Expression’ closing with ‘Winning’ from 1981’s ‘The Lions Mouth’

tracks 13-14, session 5 - Adrian Borland (June 22, 1995, Bullet Sound Studios) this short two track session opens with a song from the new album ‘Cinematic’ and closes with one from’ Beautiful Expression’

bonus tracks 15-18:  Adrian Borland from Bob Harris Session, BBC Radio April 18, 1990 FM added to the fourteen Dutch Radio tracks is a bonus BBC Radio session, all four appear on the solo debut ‘Alexandria’

 

LINK 1 

Password is:   soundone

 

LINK 2 

Password is:    sound2

 

LINK 3 

Password is:    sound3 

Compiled and shared at Easytree in December 2004 by Cor Diemers.

 

Adrian Borland Tribute page: http://www.brittleheaven.com/

 

The Sound reissues in CD format at: http://www.renascent.co.uk/

#03 DICK DALE - MSN On Air, Irving Plaza, NYC. (Flac)

Dick Dale’s song Miserlou was featured in Quentin Tarantino’s movie Pulp Fiction in 1994 and introduced a new generation of fans to the king of surf guitar.

This one’s a bit special a blistering performance by Dick recorded at a live show Irving Plaza, New York on April 16, 1997.  It was then broadcast on June 15, 1997 to promote Dick’s compilation on Rhino Records - Better Shred Than Dead: The Dick Dale Anthology. Highlights are live renditions of three of the early singles Let’s Go Trippin’, Miserlou and Mr. Peppermint Man from 1961-2

Pre-fm radio broadcast disc

original MSN On Air broadcast disc > eac > flac

April 16, 1997

Irving Plaza, New York

running time 57:35

1.  Radio ID

2.  intro by Dick Dale

3.  Nitro

4.  Nitrus - Take It Or Leave It

5.  Bandito

6.  Miserlou

7.  The Wedge Paradiso

8.  Mr. Peppermint Man

9.  Radio ID by Dick Dale

10. Untitled

11. Let’s Go Trippin’- Smoke on The Water - Peter Gunn

12. Fish Taco

13. Fever

14. Radio ID

 

LINK 1 

Password is:  Dale1

 

LINK 2 

Password is: Dale2

#02 RYAN ADAMS - Live at Das Haus (October 17, 2006) (Flac)

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
October 17, 2006
Das Haus
Ludwigshafen, Germany

Sebastian Boschert has made a stunning board recording with sound quality better than many official live album releases. The performance by Ryan and the band is magnificent. 

A third of the set list features songs from the 2005 releases Jacksonville City Nights and Cold Roses. Three tracks are from the third album Demolition (2002). Freeway To The Canyon is a Neil Casal song - guitarist with the Cardinals and fine singer-songwriter in his own right. Bird Song is a cover version originally written by Jerry Garcia in tribute to Janis Joplin after her death. It appeared on Jerry’s Garcia album (1972) and was played live by the Grateful Dead during the early seventies. Blue Hotel appeared a year later on the Follow The Lights EP (2007) and Trouble on Wheels remains unreleased.

The remaining third are of songs that first appeared on Ryan’s first two albums Heartbreaker (2000) and Gold (2001)

Disc 1:  
 01 Intro
 02 Magnolia Mountain
 03 > Hallelujah
 04 Blue Hotel
 05 To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)
 06 New York, New York
 07 She Wants to Play Hearts
 08 Chin Up, Cheer Up
 09 Freeway to the Canyon
 10 Harder Now That It's Over
 11 [Fade Out]

Disc 2:

 01 [Fade In]
 02 Damn Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains)
 03 Easy Plateau
 04 Peaceful Valley
 05 Trouble On Wheels
 06 Firecracker
 07 Why Do They Leave?
 08 A Kiss Before I Go
 09 Dear John
 10 Cold Roses
 11 Bird Song [Jerry Garcia]
 12 > Wild Flowers
 13 Let It Ride

Lineage
Source: 16bit: Soundboard > Edirol R-09

Lineage: Master WAV > Digital Editing > CD Wave Editor V1.94.7 > FLAC V1.1.2
Taped by: Sebastian Boschert (sebastian@2007.org)

Original Notes

The occasional dropouts between songs are from the original soundboard feed and are present on all soundboard recordings from this show. This is the 16-bit version of this recording. To seamlessly join the two discs, simply remove D1T11 and D2T01

 

LINK HERE 

#01 CALEXICO - Roskilde Festival, Denmark 2000 (Flac)

Calexico
July 1, 2000
White Stage, Roskilde Festival
Roskilde, Denmark

1: Intro

2: Wash
3: The Ride, Part II
4: Service & Repair
5: Tulsa Telephone Book
6: Fade
7: Minas de Cobre
8: Ballad of Cable Hogue
9: Canción del Mariachi
10: El Picador
11: Frontera/Trigger
12: Hey Baby, Qué Paso
13: Stray
14: Cascabel
15: Crystal Frontier

Source: SBD/AUD Matrix (Multitrack)> Master DAT > Mastering (custom - analog & digital - 10/02/04) > CDR(m) > FLAC
Lineage: CDR(m) > EAC (secure) > WAV > FLAC [7]
Taped by: P3 Live (Denmark)
Transferred by: (and mastered by) Jim Blackwood - Official Calexico Archivist

Notes:

FLAC and 1st seeding on 10-02-04 by Jim Blackwood (note - this replaces any previous versions)

Tracks 7-15 w/ Mariachi Luz De Luna

This source is a completely different mix than the circulating FM copy (FM is incomplete - missing 2 songs). Probably the safety mix given to the band after the show.

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 I requested some comments about this special show. Here is what Joey Burns had to say about it:

"Calexico and members of Mariachi Luz de Luna travelled roughly 1,000 kilometers the night before our performance at Roskilde in Denmark on July 1, 2000. I am sure we had been up nearly the whole night partying and watching movies on the bus and were fast asleep upon arrival to the festival. When we all woke the next morning there was an unusual somber tone in the air as we began hearing the news and details of the tragedy that occured the night before during Pearl Jam's set on the main stage. We couldn't believe it and were all in shock. How could so many people die at one of Europe's most renown festivals?

Some bands decided to cancel and there was confusion at first whether or not the festival would continue. For a while we were all on hold not knowing what would happen.

It was a very difficult decision, but the promoters of the festival decided to go on as scheduled.

Chan Marshall of Cat Power played before us early that afternoon all by herself on the same stage as us and delivered a very heartfelt and moving set. She tapped into the spirit that everyone in the whole festival grounds was feeling with her soulful voice and minimal accompaniment. After experiencing her set, John Convertino and I decided to begin our set as a two piece (drums and guitar) and play an instrumental meditation in honor of those who had passed away. From there we slowly built up the dynamics of the set and it was clear that even though the crowd was in a state of mourning, they also wanted to celebrate, and so when the surprise guests of Mariachi Luz de Luna walked onstage, the whole crowd lit up. It was an amazing set, one we will never forget."

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Thanks to Calexico for letting this out of the archives and for allowing this to be seeded into the community!

Please visit our website for tour dates and official releases at http://www.casadecalexico.com

Adios until next time,

Jim

 

LINK HERE 

100 Greatest Bootlegs

On this blog you can find information on 100 of the greatest bootlegs available on the world wide web, all have excellent sound quality.

The majority of download links from the original #1 to #100 greatest bootlegs were removed because of repeated take-down notices and cloud hosting account closures. Some have been replaced, if there is no link then it's not yet available.

The posts dated from 2017 onwards will include a further 50 bootlegs, links are available for these.