#28 GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - Monheim (Flac)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Monheim (1998)


Monheim is compiled from two separate performances, both recorded within a month of each other, at the end of 1998.

"Hung Over as the Queen in Maida Vale"
BBC Studios, London, UK
John Peel session
Recorded: 22 November 1998
Broadcast: 1 January 1999
Source: FM

01. Monheim > Improvisation (includes Chart #3 & Steve Reich) (18:17)

Consists of the movements "Monheim" (which later appeared on 2002's Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven), "Chart #3" (also on Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven), and "Steve Reich" (unfortunately unreleased).

As a suite not unlike how the band present their albums (specifically their first two full lengths), this set works very well. "Monheim" is a fantastic opening piece, building up from a bittersweet guitar strum into a churning mess of estranged harmony and intense release. A momentary pause allows us to catch our breath before "Chart #3" begins, a relatively simple piece which revolves around a sample of a man speaking very passionately about spiritual discovery. The simplistic and distant guitar chords immediately segue into the final section, "Steve Reich," and if you were looking for a payoff, you'll never find one sweeter than this. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the fact that this and the VPRO radio sessions as the only way of hearing this incredible piece of music is the most criminal case of withholding brilliance that I've ever encountered! This is simply breathtaking from start to finish. Mimicking the eponymous composer's early experiments in form, the three guitar players present compounding riffs one atop the other, all within a relatively closed harmonic space, and all of which are both beautiful and melancholic. These three riffs are the centre of the piece, as they wail and churn within it for its entire duration, the percussion and violin/cello adding emphasis and accentuation in simplistic and perfect ways. If this piece really has been transformed into an A Silver Mount Zion, it's too bad - in this original form, its incredible, and should definitely have been recorded by the band before its indefinite hiatus.

 Unfortunately, though, this is the best place to find it. While it is isolated from "Monheim" in the VPRO sessions, those recordings have quite a bit more hiss, and the performance is of a slightly lesser quality (a few inherent imperfections which bring it down a notch). This is recommended to all GY!BE fans, and if you're a patient listener, it would be a fantastic introduction to the band as well. (review by seasonsinthesky)


Sojus 7, Monheim, Germany
17 December 1998
Source: Soundboard

02. Intro (3:10)
03. The Dead Flag Blues (9:40)
04. Moya (14:28)
05. World Police And Friendly Fire (13:55)
06. She Dream’t She Was A Bulldozer, She Dream’t She Was Alone In An Empty Field > J.L.H. Outro (18:36)

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#27 DAVID BOWIE - Toy

Genre: rock, classic rock
Country: UK
Year of Publishing: 2001
Audio codec: MP3
Tracks audio bitrate: 256 kbps
Duration: 1:01:58

Tracklist:
 01. Uncle Floyd
 02. Afraid
 03. Baby Loves That Way
 04. I Dig Everything
 05. Conversation Piece
 06. Let Me Sleep Beside You
 07. Toy (Your Turn To Drive)
 08. Hole In The Ground
 09. Shadow Man
 10. In The Heat Of The Morning
 11. You've Got a Habit Of Leaving
 12. Silly Boy Blue
 13. Liza Jane
 14. The London Boys

Album (compilation)
Toy - planned for release in 2001. David Bowie album, which included re-recorded old songs as well as material that later appeared on the album "Heathen" and the accompanying b-sides. The official release did not take place.

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thebasement67 notes:

During 2000, David Bowie became enthused on a new project of re-recording some of his lesser-known songs, written in the early years of his career. These re-recordings plus three new songs were to appear on a new album titled ‘Toy’ in 2001.
The release failed to materialise because Virgin didn’t own the rights to the older songs. Bowie then formed his own record label ISO, after leaving Virgin at the end of 2001, but failed to release the album, quickly moving on to write and record ‘Heathen’.

The Toy songs: Uncle Floyd (re-recorded and re-titled Slip Away) and Afraid (remixed) appeared on ‘Heathen’ (2002).  Baby Loves That Way, Conversation Piece, Shadow Man (longer with strings), You've Got a Habit Of Leaving (remixed) appeared on the associated CD singles and ‘Heathen’ 2-cd edition.

These versions offered here from the leaked torrent source in 2011, are from an early and unfinished version only available at the moment in this lossy source.

The 2014 compilation ‘Nothing Has Changed’ includes finished versions of Let Me Sleep Beside You, Your Turn To Drive (Toy) and Shadow Man.

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#26 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Tiel (1981) (Flac)

Siouxsie & The Banshees

De Nieuwe Kade, Tiel, Holland

7 July, 1981 

 

Type: FM recording (upgrade)
Taper: Garagerocker
Lineage: FM via Marantz tuner > Marantz Cassette deck > Maxell Metal tape > Playback on Nakamichi BX2 (Dolby B) > Roland HD Recorder > Wav > (WeTransfer) > Audacity (splitting) > TLH > FLAC level 8 (SB Aligned) 16/44,1kHz
Running Time: 61:34
Sound Quality: 10
Original Uploader: DutchPunkOTR
Date: January 5th 2013
Site: http://www.dimeadozen.org/
 

Setlist:
01. Israel  

02. Halloween  

03. Spellbound  

04. Arabian Knights  

05. Placebo Effect  

06. Pulled To Bits  

07. Tenant 

08. Headcut (false start)  

09. Headcut  

10. Nightshift  

11. Sin In My Heart  

12. Supernatural Thing  

13. But Not Them  

14. Voodoo Dolly  15. Happy House*  

* transmitted during a second broadcast

basement67 notes:
Siouxsie & the Banshees released ‘Ju Ju’ their fourth album on June 6, 1981, a record now bestowed with classic status - like their other percussion heavy release, the 1978 debut ‘The Scream’.

 
The Ju Ju tour was the first and only time that I saw the Banshees, I had been interested in the group since 1977, after hearing the session they recorded for BBC Radio One, broadcast on the John Peel show. Siouxsie & The Banshees were often described at that time, as the best unsigned group in London and it would not be until 1978, that they were taken on by Polydor records (now part of the Universal Music Group)

 
The European tour began on June 14th 1981 in Brussels, and ran to the end of the summer before the group flew to North America for dates throughout October and November.
This Dutch FM broadcast is an upgrade taken from a master source and includes Happy House which had not been previously available. It features seven live versions of tracks that appear on ‘Ju Ju’, only missing ‘Into The Light’ and ‘Monitor’ (the latter performed but not broadcast as were ‘Christine’ and ‘Red Light’). ‘But Not Them’ was a new track played live by the Banshees in concert, it had been written by the ‘Creatures’ (a Siouxsie and Budgie side project) after the Ju Ju sessions and the song would be eventually released on their Wild Things EP in September 1981.
 

This is a superb recording; the clarity highlights the extraordinary and unique guitar playing of John McGough. High-class audio equipment has been used, it is hiss free and doesn’t sound compressed. Few recordings of this quality circulate from the early eighties and although I may be slightly biased having seen the band on this tour, this is my favourite Banshees recording from this time (1980-81). 

 

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The Ju Ju Tour - 1981 European dates
June 14 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
June 18 – Kodeljevo, Ljubljana, Slovenia      
June 20 - Teatro Massimo, Genova, Italy
June 21 - Stadio Comunale, Prato, Italy
June 23/24 - Palazzo Dello Sport, Modena, Italy     
June 25 - Aleph Club, Gabicce, Italy
June 26 - Teatro Nuovo, Turin, Italy
June 27 – Flipper, Marseille, France
June 30 - Grand Odeon, Montpellier, France
July 1 - Palace D'Hiver, Lyon, France
July 3 - Le Palace, Paris, France
July 4 - Blue Note Cinema, Luxembourg
July 7 - De Nieuwe Kade, Tiel, Holland
July 11 - Aula der Ehmaligen, Essen, Germany
July 12 – Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany      
July 13 - Kant Kino, Metropole Berlin, Germany
July 14 - Rotation Club, Hanover, Germany
July 16/17 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland
July 19 – Satory Saal, Koln, Germany
July 23 – Odeon, Woolwich, London, England 
July 25 - Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich, England
July 26 – Odeon, Chelmsford, England   
July 27 - Cliffs Pavillion, Southend, England
July 29 - Town Hall, Torquay, England
July 30 - Coliseum St. Austell, Cornwall, England
July 31 - Colston Hall, Bristol, England
August 1 - Conference Centre, Brighton,
August 2 - Arts Centre,  Poole, England
August 4 - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
August 5 - Leisure Centre, Gloucester, England
August 7 - Apollo Theatre  Manchester, England
August 8 - Lancaster University, Lancaster, England
August 10 - Centre Hotel, Newcastle, England
August 12 - Apollo Theatre Glasgow, Scotland
August 13 - Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland
August 14 - Ice Rink, Inverness, Scotland
August 15 - Capitol Theatre Aberdeen, Scotland
August 16 - City Hall Perth, Scotland
August 18 - City Hall  Newcastle, England
August 20 - Tiffany's Club, Bradford, England
August 21 - Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
August 22 - Royal Theatre  Nottingham, England
August 24/25 - Hammersmith Palais, London, England
August 26 - Odeon, Birmingham, England    
August 31 - Gaumont Theatre, Southampton, England
September 2 – Pavillion, Hemel Hempstead, England
September 3 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
September 4 - Sports Centre, Bracknell, England
September 5 - Royal Court, Liverpool, England
September 30 - Apollo Theatre, Coventry, England
(rescheduled after original date on Aug 28th was cancelled)
October 1 - Wirrina Stadium, Peterborough, England
(rescheduled after original date on Aug 29th was cancelled)
 

The North American tour began on October 8th at the
Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, Canada

#25 BEATLES - Get Back acetate 1969 (Flac)

THE BEATLES - GET BACK (Glyn John’s First Compilation)
The ‘Elektra’ Acetate (Stereo) 1969
Heleter Skelter Records (2012)

01. Get Back (False Start)
02. Get Back
03. I've Got A Feeling (False Start)
04. Help (Partial Jam)
05. Teddy Boy
06. Two Of Us (False Start 1)
07. Two Of Us (False Start 2)
08. Two Of Us
09. Dig A Pony (False Start)
10. Dig A Pony
11. I've Got A Feeling
12. The Long And Winding Road
13. Let It Be (stereo)
14. Don't Let Me Down (stereo)
15. For You Blue (False Start)
16. For You Blue (stereo)
17. Get Back (stereo)
18. The Walk (stereo)

In late summer 1969 and throughout that autumn, tape copies of one of Glyn John's acetates of Get Back were aired by a number of American radio stations, including WBCN in Boston. WBCN obtained a reel-to-reel tape of an acetate and broadcast the tape on 22 September 1969. The broadcast was preserved on another high-quality reel by a listener. At the end of 1969, the recordings turned up on The Beatles' first bootleg release titled Kum Back and has been a staple in The Beatles' bootleg canon ever since.
 

In 2012, the Elektra Acetate was shared on torrent sites, blogs and on forums around the net, this is the earliest version of Glyn John's first Get Back compilation from early 1969.
 

The acetate features the same stereo mixes that were famously broadcast on US Radio in 1969, later leading to the bootlegs 'WBCN Get Back Reference Acetate' (Yellow Dog) and 'Posters, Incense and Strobe Candle' (Vigotone). Both of these discs had their problems, noise reduction for one, seriously damaging the high frequencies, and also some pretty bad low frequency hum.
 

This new source is far superior but the problem with this new Elektra Acetate however is that it is noisy, very noisy, suffering all of the problems you would expect from a 50 year old acetate. So for this Helter Skelter release, unlike other variations circulating, no noise reduction was used. It was painstakingly de-clicked, de-popped, and de-crackled each track one-by-one, putting the integrity of the music above anything else - leaving a very enjoyable listen, of what is a very important historical recording. Added also are the stereo elements that were missing from the acetate, taken from the Yellow Dog disc (only a section of dialogue), some tracks are available in longer form in mono with extra studio chat, but this is simply stereo only.

The disc has been pitch, phase and level corrected and the peak limiting applied to the original disc undone.

As for the name 'Elektra' acetate it could be a bad translation of Electrola. German pressings of records between 1972 to 2002 bore the name EMI Electrola. These pressings may have been imported to Japan and the original Japanese bootleggers familiar with that name instead of just EMI, translated it incorrectly.

The following information below is from:

 http://www.beatlesource.com

It has been commonly believed, based on John Barrett's research and Mark Lewisohn's Beatles Recording Sessions, that Beatles' producer, Glyn Johns, made his first mixes of the Get Back material on 10-13 March 1969. However, further research by Lewisohn (in Chronicle) and evidence on the film crew's Nagra reels reveals that Glyn actually did the mixes during the latter part of the Get Back sessions in January 1969. The March date apparently being when the master reels were logged at E.M.I. Subsequently, acetates were cut from Glyn's first mixes. Apparently, no photos of the acetates seem to exist and it is not commonly known where any of the acetates are today.

This compilation, surely, was never intended for release. It was merely a reference mix to see how the recordings sounded on record and for The Beatles to take home and listen to. This mix is significantly different than the "final" mixes. It's noticeably less processed both in terms of editing and the use of reverb. It also includes an otherwise unavailable version "Get Back", a short cover of Jimmy McCracklin's "The Walk" and a variety of other audio snippets found nowhere else from a master tape. The acetates were probably cut late 30 January 1969 at Olympic Studios. Many of these performances (with new mixes) were, subsequently, chosen for all versions of Get Back. See the 11 March date in Recording Sessions for a description of these mixing sessions. What's noticeable here, though, is that this is far and away the best sounding tape of this material you're ever likely to hear.

THE MASTER REELS:
I have noted Doug Sulpy's DDSI identifcation numbers.
The mixes used on the acetate are in red text.

OLYMPIC STUDIOS
E69738 Z
Originally listed by Lewisohn as 10 March 1969. Listed by Barrett as 11 March 1969.
Actually mixed in 90 minutes on 24 January 1969
23.78 Get Back (false start) (not listed by Barrett)
23.79 Get Back (noted by Barrett as 'G. MARTIN 10 Mar 1969')
23.80 I've Got A Feeling (fragment) (not listed by Barrett)
23.81 Help (fragment) (not listed by Barrett)
24.33 Teddy Boy
24.48 Two Of Us (fragment) (not listed by Barrett)
24.69 Two Of Us (with a false start not numbered by Sulpy)
22.70 Dig A Pony
22.71 I've Got A Feeling (not listed by Barrett)
(Noted by Barrett as 'GLYNN JOHNS G. MARTIN MIXES!'
A playback of this reel can be heard on Nagra reels 453-454A. The acetate appears to include all the audio from this reel)

E69739 Z
Originally listed by Lewisohn as 10 March 1969. Listed by Barrett as 11 March 1969
Actually mixed in 90 minutes on 26 January 1969
26.91 The Long And Winding Road
(This take formed the basis of the released version)
26.74 Let It Be
22.60 Don't Let Me Down
(A playback of this portion of the reel can be heard on Nagra reel 502A)

22.58 Rocker
22.59 Save The Last Dance For Me
(In Recording Sessions, Lewisohn seems to indicate that these two performances are mixed here. He originally dated the mixes as 10 March 1969 and sequenced them in this position among the other mixes. There should be room for them on the reel however, no other evidence has surfaced to indicate they are on this reel. Barrett does not list them. No playbacks are heard on the Nagra reels)

Probably mixed 27 January 1969
25.46 For You Blue (with two false starts)
27.63 Get Back
(This is the take that formed the main portion of the single mix. It could also be assumed that this mix also includes the end fragment found on the obscure bootleg, O.P.D. and disc 8 of The Get Back Journals 1.
27.71 Get Back (Barrett only list "Get Back" once)
27.72 Get Back
(Apparently, Glyn felt these two mixes of "Get Back" were inferior and chose to exclude them from the acetate)
27.83 The Walk (listed by Barrett as "When You Walk")
(Lewisohn makes no note of this mixing session but a playback of this portion of the reel can be heard on Nagra reel 1113B at the beginning of the 28 January session. Surely the mix was done the previous evening)

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#24 PATTI SMITH - Musikhalle, Hamburg (Aug 1, 1996) (Flac)

Patti Smith
Musikhalle,
Hamburg, Germany
August 1, 1996
FM broadcast

Patti performed for the last time as the Patti Smith Group on 10 September 1979 at the Stadio Comunale in Florence, Italy.

She was on stage for part of a benefit concert in Detroit 1980 and except for a few poetry readings in 1981 would not appear live again until a two-song performance with her husband Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith, to celebrate the 15^th anniversary of Arista Records in 1990.

A benefit show in 1991 for AIDS followed and also an appearance in Central Park during 1993 but it wasn’t until 1995 that Patti again took the stage regularly. She ended the year supporting and appearing as a guest on Bob Dylan’s ‘Paradise Lost tour’ and was accompanied by original PSG band members Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty with the addition of Tony Shanahan, Oliver Ray and Tom Verlaine.

This same line-up would perform in 1996 on Patti’s first European tour in seventeen years. The tour promoted Patti’s sixth album ‘Gone Again’ released in June 1996. This Hamburg show on 1^st August was broadcast on German FM radio and the recording showcases a stunning performance with crystal clear sound and a superbly balanced stereo mix. This is an exceptional download and one of the very best in my collection.

Lineage:  Onkyo FM tuner > Onkyo Tapedeck(analog) > PC music cleaning lab > CDR > EAC > Flac > wav > Nero > wav > flac  (see original notes with download)

disc one

01. Wing (4:53)
02. People Have the Power (4:04)
03. Dancing Barefoot (5:23)
04. Summer Cannibals (4:00)
05. Wicked Messenger (4:28)
06. Ghost Dance (5:02)
07. Beneath the Southern Cross (5:36)
08. Redondo Beach (4:32)
09. Free Money (4:23)
10. About a Boy (10:02)

disc two

11. The Crystal Ship (3:13)
12. When Doves Cry / Ain’t it Strange (10:10)
13. Wild Leaves (5:39)
14. People Have the Power (2:14)
15. Gone Again (4:40)
16. Please Be My Guy (0:26)
17. Because the Night (4:00)
18. Land / Gloria (9:52)
19. Farewell Reel (3:46)

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GREATEST BOOTLEG DVD's part one

While checking through hard drives for audio files to post on this blog, it was a surprise to realise how many unreleased dvd’s I had acquired. Listing them all made it easier to sort out the best.

As most people that collect audio will also download video/dvd I’ve listed the best I have come across on the net so far. They have been split into lists of twenty, the second part will follow in the future but here is part one, all are well worth your time looking for and downloading. All deserving of an official release:

BOB DYLAN – Eat The Document

Eat the Document is a documentary that captures the madness that ensued during Dylan and The Hawks’ 1966 tour of Europe in which Dylan transformed himself from an acoustic folk singer to a rock ‘n’ roll musician. The tour was also finally documented officially by Columbia/Legacy Recordings’ with the 1998 release of the CD Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert—The Bootleg Series Vol. 4, Dylan’s 1966 performance at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England. It was shot under Dylan’s direction by D. A. Pennebaker, whose groundbreaking documentary Dont Look Back chronicled Dylan’s 1965 British tour. The film was originally commissioned for the ABC television series Stage ’66.

Bob Dylan’s 1966 tour of Europe created more controversy and artistic debate than any other tour to date. Dylan left behind his image as a scruffy, socially relevant folk singer and now embraced rock ‘n’ roll: his clothes were mod, his lyrics oblique, and the music loud. His once loyal fans bombarded him with shouts of “Judas” and “traitor.”

Though shooting had completed for Eat the Document it wasn’t edited until Dylan recovered from his July 1966 “motorcycle accident”. Once well enough to work again, Bob Dylan edited the film with the help of Howard Alk—resulting in an extraordinary look into the artist’s psyche. ABC rejected the film as incomprehensible for a mainstream audience.

It has never been released on home video and prints are rarely screened in theatres. Some footage from Eat the Document was used in Martin Scorsese’s 2005 documentary on Bob Dylan, No Direction Home. This is the Watchdog Production that has become known as the standard DVD production of this movie. Included are the 20+ minute car ride with John Lennon and other outtakes. Running time is 80 minutes, and features the following tracks:

Tell Me, Momma / What Kind Of Friend Is This? / I Can't Leave Her Behind / Like A Rolling Stone / I Still Miss Someone / I Don't Believe You / Ballad Of A Thin Man / Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues / Baby Let Me Follow You Down / Mr. Tambourine Man / One Too Many Mornings / On A Rainy Afternoon

Bonus tracks: Ballad Of A Thin Man (out-take version) / Bob Dylan & John Lennon In A Car (20 minutes of out-take footage)

Bob Dylan Arrives In Sweden (Black & White newsreel footage)

The Beatles – Let It Be

Let It Be is a filmed documentary of the Beatles rehearsing and recording their new album in 1969.  The film culminated with a concert by the group set on the rooftop on their own Apple office building in London's west end.  Paul McCartney's concept for the album and film was that it wasn't going to have studio trickery like overdubs and effects.  It was "back to the roots" with the Beatles performing the songs in a natural way.  The film and it's accompanying soundtrack was delayed while the Beatles recorded and released their final album "Abbey Road".  It was eventually released in 1970 and received an Academy Award for it's title song.

For the Beatles completist and serious fans, the biggest frustration has been in not finding the "Beatles - Let It Be" in a complete, uncropped, great quality version. The reason for this is quite interesting. The original film was shot in 16mm (standard TV 4x3 format).  However, when the film was released, they cropped the 16mm print by chopping off parts of the top and bottom and blew it up to 35mm widescreen. I myself wondered in the 70's why the picture quality was so mediocre right in the movie theatre!  Now we all know why.  So even in the theatre, one did NOT get to see the full picture that was filmed.

Then to add insult to injury, when Let It Be was released in the 1980's on Beta and VHS videotape and on Laserdisc (all in standard TV 4x3 format), the manufacturers did NOT go back to the original 16mm film that was shot in the same format. INSTEAD, they sourced it from the 35mm widescreen theatre print and CHOPPED it AGAIN, this time from the sides. So anyone purchasing previous Beta, VHS and Laserdisc versions of Let It Be, now got to see even LESS!, since it had now been chopped on all 4 sides.

The recent WIDESCREEN, STEREO import DVD release rectified a lot of the problems.  For anyone that saw the film in the theatres in the 70's, it is great now to be able to see the original theatrical release, in stereo AND in much improved quality, including clearer picture and more natural colours.  However, as enjoyable as this version is (which would satisfy most collectors), it still is missing the top and bottom portions from the originally shot 16mm film version.

Now for the first time ever, we have available the original uncropped 4x3 version taken from a rare German 16mm film print.  This not only has ALL of the original picture filmed, but is also in much better quality and in stereo.  Of course, it is in 4x3 which is the old non-widescreen TV format. Some collectors will prefer the widescreen version that they are familiar with from the movie theatre.  Some will prefer the originally shot 4x3 film as it was originally intended. Running Length: 80 minutes

Pink Floyd KQED

Harvested HRVDVD001 Rev A

"An Hour With Pink Floyd"

This is one of the most celebrated recordings of the Pink Floyd, professionally filmed in San Francisco on the afternoon of the 29th of April 1970.

This DVD is a combination of 2 sources. A VHS tape recorded directly from the rebroadcast was used for the video, while the audio was sources from a 3/4" station master. Both video and audio have been cleaned up and remastered for this release.

1.  Atom Heart Mother  17:01  2.  Cymbaline  8:40  3.  Grantchester Meadows  7:30  4.  Green Is The Colour  3:30  5.  Careful With That Axe Eugene  9:07  6.  Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun  13:15

Bass, Gong, Vocals– Roger Waters / Drums, Percussion– Nick Mason / Keyboards, Piano– Rick Wright  / Lead Guitar, Vocals– David Gilmour

DAVID BOWIE – Cracked Actor

The Alan Yentob documentary. First broadcast on BBC1 in 1975.

Cracked Actor is a 53-minute-long BBC television documentary film about the pop star David Bowie. It was filmed in 1974. At the time he was a cocaine addict and the documentary has become notorious for showing Bowie's fragile mental state during this period. It was made by Alan Yentob for the BBC's Omnibus documentary strand, and was first shown, on BBC2 in the UK, on 26 January 1975.

The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of documentary sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert footage. Most of the concert footage was taken from a show at the Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre on 2 September 1974. There were also excerpts from D.A. Pennebaker's concert film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which had been shot at London's Hammersmith Odeon on 3 July 1973, as well as a few other performances from the tour. 'Cracked Actor' is notable for being one of the only sources for footage of Bowie's ambitious Diamond Dogs tour.

The title of the documentary was originally to be The Collector, after a comment that Bowie had made to interviewer Russell Harty the previous year, whereby he described himself as "a collector of accents". Yentob and his team were given the task of documenting Bowie's famous Diamond Dogs tour, which was already underway when they started filming. Locations for the documentary mainly centred around Hollywood and Los Angeles, but there was also concert footage taken from Philadelphia. A number of performances from the tour were shown, including songs such as "Space Oddity", "Cracked Actor", "Sweet Things/Candidate", "Moonage Daydream", "The Width of a Circle", "Aladdin Sane", "Time", "Diamond Dogs" and "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)".

BOB DYLAN – Rolling Thunder Revue (1975-76 Video Anthology)

DVD 1

Hard Rain US TV Broadcast version, Fort Collins, May 23, 1976

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall  / Blowin' in the Wind  / Railroad Boy  / Deportee  / I Pity the Poor Immigrant  / Shelter From the Storm / Maggie's Farm / One Too Many Mornings / Mozambique / Idiot Wind  / Knockin' on Heaven's Door (snippet during end credits)

Rejected TV Special, Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, April 22, 1976

Mr. Tambourine Man / The Times They Are A-Changin' / Blowin' in the Wind  / I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine /Diamonds and Rust / When I Paint My Masterpiece / Like a Rolling Stone  / Isis  / Just Like a Woman  / Knockin' on Heaven's Door / Lay Lady Lay

DVD 2

Renaldo And Clara unreleased concert footage, November/December 1975

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall  / It Ain't Me Babe  / Knockin' on Heaven's Door  / It Takes a Lot to Laugh  / Romance in Durango / One More Cup of Coffee  / Sara  / Never Let Me Go  / Just Like a Woman  / Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Japanese TV version, Fort Collins, May 23, 1976

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall / Blowin' in the Wind  / Deportee  / I Pity the Poor Immigrant  / Shelter From the Storm  / Maggie's Farm

One Too Many Mornings / Mozambique / Idiot Wind  / Knockin' on Heaven's Door

World Of John Hammond, WTTW-TV, Chicago, September 10, 1975

Hurricane / Simple Twist of Fate  / Oh Sister

THE CLASH - On TV Vol. 1

Recorded from Various Sources 1977-83

  

PART ONE: UK & Austria TV

01 Interview Intro (Alright Now, Mar 1979 - UK TV) 02 English Civil War (Alright Now, Mar 1979 - UK TV) 03 Capitol Radio (Elisabethean Suite in Manchester, Nov 1977)  04 Janie Jones (Elisabethean Suite in Manchester, Nov 1977)  05 What's My Name (Elisabethean Suite in Manchester, Nov 1977)  06 Garageland (Elisabethean Suite in Manchester, Nov 1977)  07 Clash City Rockers (Something Else, Jan 1978 - UK TV) 08 Politics-discussion (Something Else, Jan 1978 - UK TV)  09 Tommy Gun (Something Else, Jan 1978 - UK TV) 10 I'm So Bored... (Rock Revolution in Manchester, Dec 1978)

11 London's Burning (Rock Revolution in Manchester, Dec 1978) 12 Armagideon Time (Kampuchea concert in London, Dec 1979) 13 London Calling (Aylesbury Friars, Jan 80) 14 Interview + Police & Thieves (Aylesbury Friars, Jan 80) 15 Interview + Live (Aylesbury Friars, Jan 80) 16 Clash City Rockers (Ohne Maulkorbe in Vienna, May 1981)  17 Somebody Got Murdered (Ohne Maulkorbe in Vienna, May 1981)  18 London Calling (Ohne Maulkorbe in Vienna, May 1981)  19 Safe European Home (Ohne Maulkorbe in Vienna, May 1981)

PART TWO: US TV

01 London Calling (Fridays in Los Angeles, Apr 1980) 02 Train In Vain (Fridays in Los Angeles, Apr 1980) 03 Guns Of Brixton (Fridays in Los Angeles, Apr 1980) 04 Clampdown (Fridays in Los Angeles, Apr 1980) 05 News Report (Bond's News Report, Jun 1981) 06 The Magnificent Seven (Tom Snyder's Tomorrow Show, Jun 1981) 07 Interview (Tom Snyder's Tomorrow Show, Jun 1981) 08 This is Radio Clash (Tom Snyder's Tomorrow Show, Jun 1981) 09 Interview - Live at Five, late 1981 or early 1982 (US TV) 10 Straight To Hell (Saturday Night Live, Oct 1982) 11 Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Saturday Night Live, Oct 1982) 12 Arrival At US Festival (US Festival, May 1983) 13 Know Your Rights (US Festival, May 1983) 14 Should I Stay Or Should I Go (US Festival, May 1983)

Elvis Costello and the Attractions

live at WDR Studio-L in Cologne

15 June 1978.

01. Mystery Dance   02. No Action   03. Waiting For The End Of The World   04. Lip Service   05. Two Little Hitlers  06. The Beat   07. Night Rally   08. This Year's Girl  

09. Lipstick Vogue   10. Watching The Detectives   11. Pump It Up  12. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea   13. You Belong To Me

Dire Straits - 1979-02-16 - Cologne, Germany (full pro-shot)

Fantastic quality footage of the Dire Straits session broadcast on Germany's long-running "Rockpalast" TV program. The DVD authoring job is stellar, with an impressive screen and nicely done menus. Really a top notch job all around, very professional and well done.

01  Down To The Waterline (4:47)  02  Six Blade Knife (4:28)  03  One Upon A Time In The West (5:20)  04  Lady Writer (4:04)  05 Single Handed Sailor (5:02)  06  Water Of Love (6:13)  07  In The Gallery (5:50)  08  Follow Me Home (4:43)  09  News (3:52)  10  What's The Matter Baby (3:19)  11  Lions (5:48)  12  Sultans Of Swing#1 (7:13)  13  Wild West End (5:17)  14  Where Do You Think You're Going (6:18)  15  Eastbound Train (5:04)  16  Sultans Of Swing#2 (6:32) plus bonus documentary

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

Amandla Festival, Boston 1979

The Amandla Festival of Unity was a world music festival held at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1979. The festival was held in an effort to support and celebrate the liberation of South Africa and the on-going efforts of people in Boston to address racism in their families, schools, workplaces and communities. According to Wikipedia, the word ‘Amandla’ is from the South-African Zulu language and means ‘power’, ‘strength’ or ‘energy’.

Bob Marley is touring and playing songs from his forthcoming “Survival” album when he is asked to perform at the Amandla Festival. The forthcoming album has many politically charged songs including “Zimbabwe“, which is about the liberation of the African country of the same name. Marley makes several short speeches during his encore when he powerfully blames the system and urgently claims Africa’s unity and freedom. “Free Africa now cuz Africa nah free!” he shouts with defiance.  The onstage speeches are unusual for Marley, as he normally concentrates on the music carrying his message.  Performers include soul legend Patti LaBelle, jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri, drummer Babatunde Olatunji, the South African band Jabula and comedian Dick Gregory, who gives a 15-minute racially-charged speech before Marley’s performance.

01 - Positive Vibration   02 - Slave Driver   03 - Them Belly Full  04 - Running Away 

05 - Crazy Baldhead  06 - The Heathen  07 – War  08 - No More Trouble  09 - Lively Up Yourself  10 - No Woman No Cry  11 – Jamming  12 - Get Up Stand Up  13 - Exodus  Encore:  14 – Zimbabwe  15 - Wake Up & Live

KATE BUSH - BBC SPECIAL 1979

Kate Bush presents her Christmas Special in which she performs songs from her first three albums, along with December Will be Magic Again. Peter Gabriel is her special guest. Broadcast on 28 December 1979 (UK) Filmed at the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham

The 1979 Christmas special features Kate performing Gymnopedie No 1, Symphony in Blue, Them Heavy People, Madrigal, December, Wedding List, Egypt, Waltz/Why Did I Ever Go Marry Her, Man with the Child in His Eyes and Don’t Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake. Guest star Peter Gabriel sings Here Comes the Flood and duets with Kate on Another Day.

Dance Craze The Best Of British Ska...Live!

1980

VHS to DVD Transfer

The picture is dark and grainy but that is Dance Craze from VHS!!

If you want a perfect DVD transfer of the 1988 VHS release then get this torrent!

If you want a perfect remastered picture and sound then you are gonna have to wait until it is professionally cleaned up and officially released on DVD

This video is first class. All of the performances are incredibly well chosen and well paced. A hugely enjoyable visual treat - magically edited, at times the whole group is pictured, and at others we home in on a particular percussionist or singer. There are no problems with the sync, whatsoever.

Aparently the director was innovative in using a steadicam in live music for the first time, and we get sweeping shots that are realistic, roar and energetic. Energy and talent abounds. Highly recommended.

The Specials - Nite Klub  2. Madness - The Prince  3. Bad Manners - Ne Ne Na Na Na Na Nu Nu  4. The Bodysnatchers - 007  5. The Selecter - Three Minute Hero  6. The Beat - Ranking Full Stop  7. The Beat - Big Shot  8. The Specials - Concrete Jungle  9. Madness - Swan Lake  10. Madness - Razor Blade Alley  11. The Selecter - Missing Words  12. The Bodysnatchers - Let's Do Rock Steady  13. Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty  14. Madness – Madness  15. The Specials - Too Much Too Young  16. The Selecter - On My Radio  17. The Bodysnatchers - Easy Life  18. The Beat - Rough Rider  19. The Specials - Man At C&A

20. Bad Manners - Inner London Violence  21. Madness - Night Boat To Cairo  22. The Beat - Twist & Crawl  23. Bad Manners - Wooley Bully  24. The Selecter - Too Much Pressure  25. The Beat - Mirrior In The Bathroom  26. Madness - One Step Beyond  27. The Specials - Nite Klub (Reprise)

THE CLASH – US Festival 1983

Mick Jones last appearance with the Clash before being unceremoniously sacked by Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon. It was filmed at the historic US Festival in 1983.

This Is Radio Clash (fragment) / Somebody Got Murdered  / Rock The Casbah (fragment) / The Guns Of Brixton / Know Your Rights  / Koka Koka  / Hate And War  / Armagideon Time  / Sound Of The Sinners / Safe European Home  / Police On My Back  / Brand New Cadillac / I Fought The Law / I’m So Bored With The USA / Train In Vain  / The Magnificent Seven  / Straight To Hell / Should I Stay Or Should I Go?  / Clampdown

 

The Smiths

Paseo De Camoens, Madrid, Spain

La Edad de Oro

18 May 1985

As in Barcelona, the Smiths played a 18 track setlist including "This Charming Man" and "Barbarism Begins At Home".

The gig turned out well, the Spanish were very energetic as was Morrissey, he danced wildly but wasn't very talkative. The only memorable quote preceded "Meat Is Murder": "We have seen your national sport... and it's not very kind

This show was recorded and broadcast on Spanish television programme Edad De Oro. 

  

William It Was Really Nothing /  Nowhere Fast /  I Want The One I Can't Have /  What She Said /  How Soon Is Now? /  Handsome Devil /  That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore / Shakespeare's Sister /  Rusholme Ruffians / The Headmaster Ritual / Hand In Glove /  Still Ill /  Meat Is Murder  Encore:  Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now /  Miserable Lie

Encore 2:  Barbarism Begins At Home  Encore 3:  This Charming Man /  You've Got Everything Now

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & the E STREET BAND – Breathless In Paris

Parc De La Courneuve, Paris, France

29th June 1985

The complete professionally shot concert. This can arguably be considered the biggest and most important Springsteen bootleg release for over 25 years. Fortunately this DVD set is worthy of that accolade.

The source for this DVD comes from a first generation videotape, transferred in XP mode to 4 DVD5s to provide the best possible quality. To prevent the loss of any quality, the show has been edited without re-encoding the video to make it fit on 3 DVD5s. To add more atmosphere the original soundboard audio has been equalised and mixed with a nice audience recording. The original audio stream has been included for the purists.

Two audio tracks from "Roses In The Kansas Rain" from EV2 has been used for the intro and credits videos.

Disc 1: 01 Born In The U.S.A.  02 Badlands  03 Out In The Street  04 Johnny 99  05 Atlantic City  06 Introduction  07 Shut Out The Light  08 The River  09 Working On The Highway  10 Trapped  11 Darlington County  12 Glory Days

Disc 2:  01 The Promised Land   02 Introduction   03 My Hometown   04 Thunder Road  05 Cover Me  06 Dancing In The Dark  7 Hungry Heart  08 Cadillac Ranch  09 Downbound Train  10 I'm On Fire

Disc 3:  01 Because The Night  02 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)  03 Introduction  04 Can't Help Falling In Love  05 Born To Run  06 Bobby Jean  07 Ramrod  08 Twist & Shout (w/ Do You Love Me)  09 Rockin' All Over The World

 

THE CURE – In Orange

This concert film follows British rock group The Cure through their performance at the classic Théâtre antique d'Orange in the French countryside (Orange, Vaucluse), on August 9 and 10, 1986.  It was only made available on VHS and Laserdisc

1. Shake Dog Shake  2. Piggy in the Mirror  3. Play for Today  4. A Strange Day  5. Primary  6. Kyoto Song  7. Charlotte Sometimes  8. Inbetween Days  9. The Walk  10. A Night Like This  11. Push  12. One Hundred Years  13. A Forest  14. Sinking  15. Close to Me  16. Let's Go to Bed  17. Six Different Ways  18. Three Imaginary Boys  19. Boys Don't Cry  20.  Faith  21. Give Me It  22. 10:15 Saturday Night  23. Killing an Arab

Tom Waits - Live In The Concert Film "Big Time" 1987

Running time: 87 Minutes.

Big Time filmed at San Francisco’s Warfield Theater and the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, is like entering a sideshow tent in Tom Waits’s brain. Directed by Chris Blum and written by Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan, Big Time makes use of minimal sets and simple disguises to create a wildly evocative musical that draws from elements of vaudeville and burlesque. A truly unique vision from the always inventive Mr. Waits.

When the film was released in 1988, the press notes (grappling for some reference point) described it as a mix of avant-garde composer Harry Partch, Howlin’ Wolf, Frank Sinatra, Astor Piazzolla, Irish tenor John McCormack, Kurt Weill, Louis Prima, Mexican norteno bands and Vegas lounge singers. The dvd has 8 songs not on the cd release: Just Another Sucker On The Vine, Franks Wild Years, Shore Leave, Hang On To St. Christopher, 9th And Henepin, I"ll Take New York, More Than Rain & Innocent When You Dream whereas the cd has 5 songs not on the film: Red Shoes, Underground, Yesterday Is Here, Falling Down & Ruby's Arms

1. Just Another Sucker On The Vine  2. Franks Wild Years  3. Shore Leave  4. Way Down In The Hole  5. Hang On To St. Christopher  6. Telephone Call From Istanbul  7. Cold Cold Ground  8. Straight To The Top  9. Strange Weather  10. Gun Street Girl  11. 9th And Henepin  12. Clap Hands  13. Time  14. Rain Dogs  15. Train Song  16. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six  17. I"ll Take New York  18. More Than Rain  19. Johnsburg Illinois  20. Innocent When You Dream  21. Big Black Mariah

ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS - CMT Crossroads 2007

2007-10-18 - The Mill At Lebanon, TN

Led Zeppelin frontman and legendary rocker, Robert Plant, and bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss share the stage in this forty-five minute episode of CMT Crossroads, which premieres Feb. 11, 2008. They perform their own classics as well as songs from their new album, Raising Sand. Plant and Krauss were recently nominated for a Grammy in the best pop collaboration with vocals category for the song "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" from the same album. On CMT Crossroads, Plant and Krauss combine his rock intensity with her angelic grace. The two music icons perform songs from the new album including "Please Read the Letter" “Stick With Me Baby” and "Rich Woman." They also perform Alison Krauss and Union Station's "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn," as well as Led Zeppelin classics "Black Dog" and "When the Levee Breaks." The pair pays homage to the Everly Brothers with their version of "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)." Special guest is T Bone Burnett, acclaimed songwriter, performer and Raising Sand producer. As well as the featured songs above, interview excerpts explain the reasons behind their unlikely collaboration

PORTISHEAD - Les Concerts Prives

La Plaine Saint Denis, France

May 3, 2008

Excellent Quality (16:9 HDTV)

Menu Included. 79 min.

1. Silence  2. Hunter  3. Mysterons  4. The Rip  5. Magic Doors  6. Wandering Star  7. Machine Gun  8. Nylon Smile  9. Threads  10. Roads  11. We Carry On  12 Interview

Radiohead – In Rainbows From The Basement

In Rainbows – From the Basement was filmed in a day with sound by Nigel Godrich and video direction by David Barnard at The Hospital Club's TV Studio in London's Covent Garden.

In Rainbows - From the Basement premiered on Saturday, 3 May 2008 at 12am on VH1. The band performed songs from their album In Rainbows as well as older tracks.

1 Arpeggi/Weird Fishes  2 15 Step  3 Nude  4 Bodysnatchers  5 The Gloaming  6 Myxomatosis  7 House of Cards  8 Bangers & Mash  9 Optimistic  10 Reckoner  11 Videotape  12 Where I End And You Begin  Bonus Tracks: 1 Jigsaw Falling Into Place

2 Nude ( Jonathan Ross Show) 3 House Of Cards 4 House Of Cards (Late Night Show)

PJ HARVEY – A L’Olympia, Paris  February 24, 2011

Polly Jean Harvey’s latest album "Let England Shake" received numerous accolades; it was named "Album of the Year" for 2011 and won the coveted Mercury Prize. This remarkable show was filmed during her European tour, in Paris, and was first broadcasted on 12 July 2011. It includes live performances of all twelve tracks that appeared on Let England Shake

Let England Shake /  The Words That Maketh Murder /  All and Everyone /  The Big Guns Called Me Back Again /  Written on the Forehead /  In the Dark Places /  The River /  The Sky Lit Up / The Glorious Land  / The Last Living Rose / England / Bitter Branches / Down By the Water / C’mon Billy / Hanging in the Wire / On Battleship Hill / Big Exit / The Colour of the Earth / Interview

72.32 Minutes