Spin Radio Concert
Spin NC-006
Recorded live at the Spirit Club, San Diego, CA, February 15, 1985
Broadcast date February 26, 1986 as per newspaper listing.
01 Deirdre O'Donoghue - Spin Radio Concert NC-006 Intro
02 Del Fuegos - Shame
03 Deirdre O'Donoghue - Spin Radio Concert NC-006 Break
04 Del Fuegos - I Still Want You
05 Del Fuegos - Out For A Ride
06 Del Fuegos - Mary Don't Change
07 Deirdre O'Donoghue - Spin Radio Concert NC-006 Break
08 Del Fuegos - I Should Be The One
09 Del Fuegos - Don't Run Wild
10 Dan Zanes - Talk
11 Del Fuegos - Sound Of Our Town
12 Deirdre O'Donoghue - Spin Radio Concert NC-006 Break
13 Del Fuegos - Night On The Town
14 Del Fuegos - 409
15 Del Fuegos - When The News Is On
16 Dan Zanes - Talk
17 Del Fuegos - Have You Forgotten
18 Del Fuegos - Hand In Hand
19 Deirdre O'Donoghue - Spin Radio Concert NC-006 Break
20 Dan Zanes - Talk
21 Del Fuegos - Hold Us Down
22 Del Fuegos - Nervous and Shakey
23 Del Fuegos - It's Alright
24 Deirdre O'Donoghue - Spin Radio Concert NC-006 Outro
25 Dan Zanes - Promo 1
26 Warren Zanes - Promo 2
27 Del Fuegos - Promo 3
28 Del Fuegos - Promo 4
Run out grooves:
SPIN 006-NC • 1 RE JS KM(STAMP) O B-22469-RE Δ 11419-X 1-
SPIN 006-NC • 2 RE JS KM(STAMP) O B-22470-RE Δ 11419-X 1-
SPIN 006-NC • 3 RE JS KM(STAMP) O B-22471-RE Δ 11420-X 1-
SPIN 006-NC • 4 JS KM(STAMP) O B-22472-4 JS KM(STAMP) Δ 11420-X 1-
SPIN 006-NC • 2 RE JS KM(STAMP) O B-22470-RE Δ 11419-X 1-
SPIN 006-NC • 3 RE JS KM(STAMP) O B-22471-RE Δ 11420-X 1-
SPIN 006-NC • 4 JS KM(STAMP) O B-22472-4 JS KM(STAMP) Δ 11420-X 1-
You get 300 dpi scans of the disc labels and the cue sheet, plus a bunch of vintage press coverage of the Del Fuegos from all over the U.S.A.
PLUS! A list of all the Spin shows that I've been able to track down!
SPIN Radio Concerts, SPIN Radio Underground, and Special Forces Concerts
List of known shows:
NC-001 Eurythmics - SPIN Radio Concert
NC-002 Green On Red - SPIN Radio Concert - I-Beam, SF CA 1985
NC-003, or C-003 - Blasters SPIN Radio Concert
C-004-U1 SPIN Radio Underground Minutemen + other bands studio tracks
NC-005 or C-005 Husker Du SPIN Radio Concert
NC-006 or C-006 Del Fuegos SPIN Radio Concert - Spirit Club, San Diego Feb. 1985
NC-007-U2 SPIN Radio Underground Fear + other bands studio tracks
NC-008-U3 SPIN Radio Underground The Jesus And Mary Chain Roxy, L.A. 1985. + other bands studio tracks
NC-009 or C-009 Circle Jerks SPIN Radio Concert
NC-0010-U4 SPIN Radio Underground Thin White Rope + other bands studio tracks
NC-011 or C-011 10,000 Maniacs Concert Daytona Beach, Florida 28th March 1986 (letter says "no longer affiliated with SPIN and the last to carry the name…")
NC 012 or C 012 Modern English Concert - Daytona Beach, FL
NC 013 or C 013 Fine Young Cannibals ( printed cover) Ritz, NYC
NC 014 Cactus World News (printed cover)
NC-015U5 (Cassette) Radio Underground Red Lorry Yellow Lorry + other bands studio tracks
NC-016 Smithereens Live At The Roxy (printed cover) "Special Forces Radio Concert"
C-017 Meat Puppets Special Forces Radio Concert letter dated Nov 1986 says next show is Fetchin' Bones
Promo cassette SPIN PR01 contained portions of the Blasters, Green On Red, Del Fuegos, and Husker Du shows.
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Above (up there 🡹 ) is a list of SPIN Radio Concerts, SPIN Radio Underground, and Special Forces Concerts. This is a preliminary history as there's not much I've been able to uncover about these shows.
SPIN magazine first published in 1985. Bob Guccione Jr., son of Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione, borrowed money from his father to launch it. The senior Guccione pulled his support in 1987, reportedly over Junior's refusal to put Pia Zadora on the cover (her husband was a big advertiser). Junior managed to find new investors and resumed publication after missing a single issue, but this led to a lifelong estrangement between them.
SPIN spent far more time covering what we now call "indie" or "alternative" than Rolling Stone. As part of that, they launched the SPIN Radio Concert and SPIN Radio Underground series, distributed on 2-LP sets to radio stations. While the records have a copyright date of 1985 on the record label, it appears that most of them aired in 1986.
Ed Rasen, the producer, had been an Executive Editor at SPIN. He was new to both jobs; prior to that he had been a war correspondent and reporter.
The concert shows were produced in two versions: non-commercial and commercial. The catalog number was either "NC" or "C" followed by an ascending show number (001, 002, 003...). The concerts were hosted by Deirdre O'Donahue of KCRW.
The Radio Underground shows were compilations of studio tracks combined with a short concert segment. They were hosted by Andrea 'Enthal and were in essence syndicated versions of her weekly KPFK show ’12 O’Clock Rock, although SPIN describes them as a "one-hour audio version of SPIN's Underground column, plus a live mini-concert." I am not sure if there were two versions for each of the Radio Underground shows, although it seems likely.
The Eurythmics, Green On Red, and Blasters shows credit SPIN Radio, 1985 Broadway, New York, New York. That address is a big glass box that looks like an aquarium for humans that was built in 2009, so we can't look at their original office building.
On the Husker Du show, the address changes to Entertainment Radio, Inc., Los Angeles. Later shows carry an address for them of 11684 Ventura Blvd. #589, Los Angeles, CA 94601 on the record label. That's currently a strip mall with an auto parts store, a sushi restaurant, Domino's Pizza, and Rusty's Discount Pet Center ("Only The Best Since 1988"). My guess is that it was a post office box or a mail drop like a UPS store. Mailing address only.
The 10,000 Maniacs concert contains a letter dated July 31, 1986 stating that Radio Underground is “no longer affiliated with SPIN Magazine and this will be the last concert that will carry the SPIN name."
And... of course, the next two shows for Modern English and Fine Young Cannibals still have the SPIN name on the record label and the cue sheet.
Another letter dated 31 July 1986 came with the Fine Young Cannibals show, and said in short "this time we mean it."
"This is the last concert that will carry the "SPIN" name and logo. The program will continue as ever but with a new name. Also we are dropping the SPIN name from Radio Underground. Both programs will continue as ever and without the usual delays as when associated with SPIN.
For your information, Entertainment Radio is not connected in any way with SPIN magazine, or Penthouse International (magazine), the owner of SPIN. Any problems you have with SPIN regarding payment for services rendered should be addressed to Terri Pisani or John Prebich at Penthouse International, 1965 Broadway, New York, NY 10023 (212) 496-6100."
So, that lets us know that the first shows came out of SPIN in New York but that quickly switched to a separate company in Los Angeles, and that SPIN had problems paying their bills on time.
A search in the Billboard archives for "SPIN Radio" turned up no stories, and no listings for show dates.
In Radio & Records Magazine for Feb 14. 1986, there's a listing for the Del Fuegos SPIN Radio Concert and the SPIN Radio Underground Fear shows. A search on Newspapers.com found a single listing for a broadcast of this show on February 20th, 1986.
A week later in Radio & Records Magazine Feb. 21, 1986, there's a listing for the Circle Jerks SPIN Radio Concert and the SPIN Radio Underground Jesus & Mary Chain shows.
That implies two concerts and two Radio Underground shows in half a month, but as there are only seventeen total shows, it's clear they didn't keep that rapid output. I found some newspaper listings for the SPIN concerts (without a band name) that say the concert and Underground show were "once a month."
The Fine Young Cannibals show had, in addition to the "we're really done with SPIN" letter, a printed album cover. This was continued on the Cactus World News and Smithereens LPs. The final show appears to be the Meat Puppets, which contained a letter stating the next show would be Fetchin' Bones recorded at the Cats Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. I found no evidence that this show was ever released.
