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Back from The Dead...Again! Originally posted March 2, 2015 and July 7, 2020
Lester Butler & 13 - Live Tamines 7th South Blues Festival
August 29, 1997
Sambreville, Belgium
Excellent Soundboard @320
...Probably an upgrade from anything you may have.
Lester Butler (born in Virginia, November 12, 1959 – May 9, 1998) was a blues harmonica player who achieved fame with the Red Devils Blues Band, which backed such notables as Bruce Willis and Johnny Cash in Los Angeles performances. He achieved his greatest fame in the Netherlands, where Lester Butler tribute bands still perform. He had rhythm, melody, and soul … and a classic understated way of putting it all together.
01 The Devil's Daughter
02 Down In New Orleans
03 I Wish You Would
04 She's Automatic
05 Cross You're Heart
06 Leftovers
07 So Lowdown
08 Late Last Night *
Disc 2
01 Boogie Shuffle
02 Devil Woman
03 Hipshake
04 Sweet Tooth
05 Black Hearted Woman
06 Cut That Out
07 Boogie Shuffle
Back From The Dead... Again... Last posted February 2, 2019
Bryan Ferry - Glastonbury Festival
June 28, 2014
Pilton, Somerset, England
Soundboard @320
Set List: 1.Re-Make/Re-Model (Roxy Music song)
2.Kiss and Tell
3.Slave To Love
4.Ladytron (Roxy Music song)
5.Same Old Blues (J.J. Cale cover) (cut)
6.Oh Yeah (Roxy Music song)
7.Reason or Rhyme
8.Stronger Through the Years (Roxy Music song)
9.Can't Let Go
10.Take a Chance with Me (Roxy Music song)
11.If There Is Something (Roxy Music song)
12.More Than This (Roxy Music song)
13.Avalon (Roxy Music song)
14.In Every Dream Home a Heartache (Roxy Music song)
15.Casanova (Roxy Music song)
16.Love Is the Drug (Roxy Music song)
17.Virginia Plain (Roxy Music song)
18.Both Ends Burning (Roxy Music song)
19.Let's Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison cover)
20.Editions of You (Roxy Music song)
21.Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)
Back From The Dead...Again Originally posted January 30, 2009 and February 24, 2016
Coco Montoya - Live Jazzbones April 8, 2008 Tacoma, WA. Soundboard @192
Though he grew up as a drummer and was raised on rock & roll, Coco Montoya became an outstanding blues guitarist in the '90s after stints in the bands of Albert Collins and John Mayall. Montoya debuted as a leader in 1995 with the Blind Pig album Gotta Mind to Travel and garnered an award for Best New Blues Artist at the following year's Handy Awards ceremonies. His first album with the Bluesbreakers came in 1985. Mayall had not released an album in five years at that point and the Bluesbreakers had been dead for more than 15, but the live album Behind the Iron Curtain proved Mayall's viability thanks mostly to the fiery work of Montoya. The guitarist appeared on three studio albums with Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, but then struck out on his own by the mid-'90s. Signed to Blind Pig, Montoya released Gotta Mind to Travel in 1995 with help from Mayall and another former Bluesbreaker compatriot, rhythm guitarist Debbie Davies. After years of toil under Collins and Mayall, Montoya was finally in the spotlight and his award as Best New Blues Artist of 1996 proved quite ironic, given his years of experience. His second album, Ya Think I'd Know Better, was followed by 1997's Just Let Go. At that point, Montoya and Blind Pig parted company and he signed with Alligator Records.
~Jon Bush & Al Cambell (All Music Guide)
Track List: 01 It Takes Time 02 Last Dirty Deal 03 Women Have a Way With A Fool 04 You'd Think I Know Better By Now 05 Trip, Stumble & Fall 06 Coin Operated Love 07 Unknown Song 08 Tumbleweed 09 Have You Heard 10 Put The Shoe On the Other Foot 11 Good Days, Bad Days 12 Wrong From The Start 13 Back In A Cadillac 14 I Need Your Love In My Life
Back From The Dead...Again Originally posted January 5 and 2010, August 30, 2015, again November 5, 2020
The Tony Williams Lifetime
Unreleased Album 1974
aka - Lost Wildlife Tapes
Studio Recordings @320
Track List:
01. Scirocco
02. Hot & Sticky
03. Little Zorro
04. Happy Tears
05. The Spirit
Tony Williams: Drums
Allan Holdsworth: Guitar
Webster Lewis: Keys
Jack Bruce: Bass
Laura "Tequila" Logan: Vocals
Tony Williams was a fan of rock music, and when he left Miles he formed the fusion band Lifetime, a trio with Larry Young and John McLaughlin. After leading other versions of Lifetime (one of them starring Allan Holdsworth), Williams stuck to freelancing for a time, studied composition, and toured with Herbie Hancock's V.S.O.P. band. By the mid-'80s, he was heading his own all-star hard bop group which featured Wallace Roney as a surrogate Miles Davis and a repertoire dominated by the drummer's originals (including the standard "Sister Cheryl"). After breaking up his longtime quintet in 1995, Williams gigged a bit with a trio, recorded a very interesting set of original music for the Ark 21 label, and seemed to have a limitless future. His premature death makes one grateful that he started his career early and that he was extensively documented. ~Scott Yanow, AMG
tiburon noted: In 1999, Bill Laswell decided to re-imagine this seminal jazz fusion album. However, Verve Records refused to release the album once it was completed, claiming it would never sell. However, it was released on CD-R directly to a small music shop in New York City frequented by Bill Laswell himself, the Downtown Music Gallery. A rare, unreleased version of The Tony Williams Lifetime album, Turn It Over. Expanded, remixed, and remastered by Bill Laswell from the original Polydor master tapes. This unabridged version of the complete album includes four unreleased cuts, and five longer unedited versions from album sessions - which was intended as a double LP but only released as an editied single LP. Cover art by Russell Mills, liner notes by John Szwed. Thanks to Bill Laswell for rescuing, and finally giving a proper mastering to match William’s original intentions, to this most seminal, groundbreaking recording, mixing jazz, rock, prog and metal years ahead of virtually everyone else!
Track 01. Vuelta Abajo* 6:34 (11.0MB) Track 02. To Whom It May Concern: Us/Them 7:16 (12.2MB) Track 03. This Night This Song* 3:52 (6.5MB) Track 04. Do That** 2:56 (4.9MB) Track 05. Big Nick* 3:17 (5.5MB) Track 06. Once I Loved 5:10 (8.7MB) Track 07. To Whom** 2:20 (3.9MB) Track 08. Allah Be Praised* 6:13 (10.4MB) Track 09. Right On* 8:05 (13.6MB) Track 10. A Famous Blues 4:16 (7.2MB) Track 11. New Piece** 6:16 (10.5MB)
*Unedited version
**Previously unreleased
Lineup: Tony Williams - drums, vocals John McLaughlin - guitar, vocals Larry Young - organ Jack Bruce - bass, vocals Produced by Monte Kay, Jack Lewis, Tony Williams
Back From the Dead As Requested...Again! Originally posted September 26, 2009, November 6, 2015and May 23, 2018
Beautiful People - If 60's Were 90's -1994
Studio Sessions @320
Out of Print - 5 of 5 stars
Granted permission to use any Jimi Hendrix samples they wished, this U.K. sextet released the funky If 60's Were 90's in 1994. The center of the outfit is Du Kane and Luke Baldry.
~ John Bush, All Music Guide
This recording is almost like hearing Jimi again for the first time. I accidentally heard one of the tracks while flipping through the busy FM radio dial one day. Being a big Hendrix fan, I marveled at how such an awesome piece of art had managed to escape me before. We're talking unmistakable Hendrix signature feel, masterfully interleaved with tasteful, beautifully done modern electronica. This album presents a sonic pioneer in a new setting. I've played this CD hundreds of times. How can you tell a true classic? Because it still sounds just as fresh today as the day I first discovered it.
Track List:
1. Comin' To Get You
2. Get Your Mind Together
3. If 60's Was 90's
4. Stone Crazy
5. Rilly Groovy
6. Happiness On The Wind
7. Sock It To Me
8. Feel The Heat
9. The Sea...Eventually
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Back From The Dead...Again Originally posted March 27, 2009 & June 9 , 2016
Comsat Angels - Live Rotterdam Arena
October 22, 1983,
Rotterdam, Holland
FM Source @192
“Erroneously regarded as a synth pop band — and, every now and then — as a band that peaked with a song placed in a scene of [the film] ‘Real Genius’, the Comsat Angels were one of the finest bands of the post-punk/new wave era. Often as moody if less dramatic than Joy Division, their first and best albums — 1980’s ‘Waiting for a Miracle’;, 1981’s ‘Sleep No More’, and 1982’s ‘Fiction’ — featured abstract pop songs with spare instrumentation, many of which were bleak and filled with some form of heartache. The albums were almost unrelentingly sullen, but they were always transfixing. The band then fell prey to various commercial pressures for several years. In the ’90s they resurfaced with a pair of powerful albums that resembled logical extensions of their earliest work, and then they vanished again.” ~AMG
Track List: 01 Nature Trails (intro) 02 Will You Stay Tonight 03 Mister Memory 04 Do The Empty House 05 Total War 06 A World Away 07 Alicia (can you hear me) 08 I Know That Feeling 09 Real Story 10 What Else! 11 Waiting For a Miracle
Excellent quality and a great set - the band are effusive and the crowd are really into it. The choral singing of thousands of people on the end of 'Run' is amazing.
Back From The Dead...
Originally posted July 2, 2015
Pink Floyd - Live Concertgebouw
September 17, 1969
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pre-FM Source @ flac
This was posted back in July of 2015. The link was rescued from the hosting site Firedrive which has long since died. Enjoy!!
Set List: 01 Introduction
02 Daybreak
03 Work
04 Teatime
05 Afternoon
06 Doing It
07 Sleep
08 Nightmare
09 Daybreak (Part 2)
10 The Beginning
11 Beset By The Creatures of The Deep
12 The Narrow Way
13 The Pink Jungle
14 The Labyrinths of Auximenes
15 Behold The Temple Of Light
16 The End of The Beginning
Track list: 01 I'm Your Queen 02 Sound Of A Woman 03 I Can Do Anything 04 Deliver 05 Something Fast 06 Todos Los Santos 07 Firefly 08 Human 09 Closer 10 Sleep 11 Lullabye For Fabiana
Johnette Napolitano is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist/songwriter and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde. She now continues writing and recording music as a solo artist. Here's the much fabled debut solo album by Concrete Blonde singer Johnette Napolitano that was supposed to have been released in 1998, but never saw the light of day. It remains unreleased to this day.
She recorded a solo album titled Sound Of A Woman around 1996-1997, and
performed many of the songs on a solo tour opening for Paul Westerberg.
The album was set to be released on IRS (a subdivision of Island
Records), the label of her old band, Concrete Blonde. 1997-1998 was a
bad time for Island, starting with the sudden departure of founder/CEO
Chris Blackwell and ending with the total reorganization of the label.
Sound Of A Woman was, effectively, lost in the shuffle and, at this
point, is unlikely to ever be officially released." ~Wiki
Back from the Dead...Again Originally posted June 11, 2010 and July 30, 2017
The Hunter Ronson Band - BBC Live In Concert London, UK February 15, 1989
FM Source @192
Liberated Bootleg
Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson were coming back from half a decade of semi-retirement when they toured without a record contract in early 1989. But at the time of their stop at the Dominion Theatre in London on February 15, chronicled on this 73 1/2-minute, 13-track disc, they had already begun to compile the new material that would be included on their excellent Y U I ORTA album. So, the show consisted of old Hunter favorites like the U.K. Top Ten hit by his old group Mott The Hoople, "All The Way From Memphis," and his own U.K. Top 40 hit "Once Bitten Twice Shy," plus six songs that would turn up on the album, including powerful Hunter compositions like "Following In Your Footsteps" and "Big Time" (which was misidentified here as "You're Never Too Old To Hit The Big Time"—the chorus line is actually "You're never too small to hit the big time"). The Hunter/Ronson live sound previously had been displayed on the 1980 album Welcome To The Club, with which this set shared many selections, and it remained an effective combination, with Ronson playing powerful hard rock lead guitar to support Hunter, the frontman, and his plaintive, autobiographical songs. If anyone feared that the/two had lost their rock 'n' roll fervor after the lay-off, this concert dispelled that notion. It's no surprise they earned another record contract soon after.
Track List: 01. Once Bitten Twice Shy 02. How Much More Can I Take 03. Beg A Little Love 04. Following In Your Footsteps 05. Just Another Night 06. Sweet Dreamer 07. (Give Me Back My) Wings 08. Standin' In My Light 09. Bastard 10. Loner 11. You're Never Too Old To Hit The Big Time 12. All The Way From Memphis 13. Irene Wilde
Back From The Dead... Originally posted September 29, 2014 & May 20, 2015
Hunters and Collectors
First Gig - Live Tape Desk
May 1981
Soundboard @flac
Hunters & Collectors were an Australian Rock band, formed in 1981 in Melbourne, who were originally influenced by German experimentalists like Can and later leaning more towards popular rock. Taking their name from a Can song, the band was formed by Mark Seymour (guitar, vocals), John Archer (bass), Doug Falconer (drums), Geoff Crosby (keyboards), Greg Perano (percussion), Ray Tosti-Gueira (guitar), and Robert Miles (sound engineer and art director, considered a full member). After recording their first album, which featured the single Talking to a Stranger, the band traveled to Germany to record with famed producer Conny Plank. In 1984, the band reorganized, adding a three-piece horn section and losing the second guitarist. By 1986, the band’s style was moving away from the sweat-drenched rhythmic jams of their early days to a more song-centered aproach centered on Seymour (whose younger brother Nick was a member of Crowded House). Throw Your Arms Around Me was a successful single in many countries. The band was never able to match the worldwide attention they reached in 1986, though they continued to record with considerable success in Australia, and maintained a loyal fanbase elsewhere. They broke up in 1998, but returned to play one concert on 14 March 2009 for “Sound Relief” at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the Victorian Bushfire Crisis.
...back when they sounded dangerous.
Track List: 01 World Of Stone 02 Alligator Engine 03 Run Run Run 04 Talking To A Stranger
Back From The Dead... Originally posted December 4, 2009 & May 22, 2016
The Psychedelic Furs - El Mocambo
Toronto, Ontario July 15, 1981
Excellent FM Source @256
Set List:
1. Into You Like A Train
2. Soap Commercial
3. She Is Mine
4. Mr. Jones
5. So Run Down
6. Dumb Waiters
7. Pretty In Pink
8. It Goes On
9. Sister Europe
1o. Imitation Of Christ
11. All Of This And Nothing
12. India
13. Pulse
14. Fall
15. We Love You
As Requested AGAIN... Back From The Dead Originally posted April 29, 2015 & August 19, 2017
Portishead - Rock en Seine Festival
Château de Saint-Cloud Park, France
August 32, 2014
Broadcast Source @320
Set List:
1. Silence 2. Mysterions 3. The Rip 4. Sour Times 5. Cowboys 6. Wandering Star 7. Machine Gun 8. Over 9. Glory Box 10. Chase the Tear 11. Threads 12. Roads 13. We Carry On
Back From The Dead...
Originally posted April 21, 2009 and October 11, 2015
Don Cherry - Scandinavian Radio
Sessions 1965-1971
Broadcast recordings @320
Don (Donald Eugene) Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995) was an innovative jazz trumpeter whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, and who would go on to live and work with a wide variety of musicians in many parts of the world. Cherry incorporated influences of Middle Eastern, traditional African, and Indian music into his playing
Other playing opportunities in his career came with Carla Bley's Escalator Over The Hill project and recordings with Lou Reed, Ian Dury, Rip Rig & Panic and Sun Ra.
Don Cherry was closely associated with the Pocket trumpet, a smaller version of the regular trumpet. Closer to a cornet, the pocket trumpet helped Cherry produce his distinct sound as well as allowing him to "smear" notes due to its idiosyncratic slotting. He often spoke about changing horns and mouthpiece sizes to constantly keep him in unfamiliar territory when playing and aiding in the avoidance of cliches.
These recordings are probably not for the casual jazz fan. This is NOT the smooth jazz you hear on the radio or while visiting the dentist.
Don Cherry & Opportunity Danish Radio Studios, Copenhagen 1971-05-21
1. Ying Yang 2. The Whole World Catalogue 3. The Celestial Reflection
Don Cherry: cornet, piano, vocals, shells, percussion
Erik Tenzier, Lars Taageby & Niels Riskjaer: trumpets
Erling Kroner & Kjeld Ipsen: trombones
Michael Hove: alto sax
Knud Bjørnøe, Jesper Nihau & Jesper Thilo: tenor saxes
Flemming Madsen: baritone sax
Torben Munch: guitar
Kasper Winding, Bent Clausen & Claus Nordby: drums
Bo Stief: bass
Thomas Clausen: keyboards
Palle Mikkelborg: conductor
Terry Riley with Don Cherry Studio session for "Tambourinen", Copenhagen, September 1970
4. untitled I 5. untitled II 6. untitled III
Terry Riley: soprano sax on I & III, organ on II
Don Cherry: pocket trumpet, wood drum on II
Knud Bjørnøe: flute on I & II, drum on III
Jesper Zeuthen: soprano sax on I, tenor sax & tambourine on II, wooden flute on III
Poul Ehlers: bass on I & II, cello on III
Cherry and Riley had met in Sweden a few days earlier, and Riley invited Cherry along for this session. Apart from a short rehearsal the night before it was the first time they played together. The session took place in complete darkness, the musicians seated in a circle on the studio floor
Don Cherry Quartet Studio Session, Stockholm, September 1965
7. Elephantasy 8. O.C. 9. The Salad Of The Bad Young Man
Don Cherry: cornet
Brian Trentham: trombone
Cameron Brown: bass
Al Heath: drums
Kwame Ajucu (or Ojukwu): alto sax on Elephantasy
pw - fbsvw
FM > reels > Revox A-77 > Soundblaster AWE-64 > CDR > EAC > FLAC>MP3
Opportunity session is stereo. Riley and the quartet are mono
Transferred by Mr. Grumpy
Back from the dead...
Originally posted September 30, 2012
John Handy - The Monterey Jazz Festival
Recording Date September 18, 1965
{Out of Print}
Soundboard Recording @256
John Handy's performance at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival was a sensation and arguably the high point of his career. The altoist, using a quintet that included violinist Michael White, guitarist Jerry Hahn, bassist Don Thompson, and drummer Terry Clarke (all of whom were young unknowns at the time), played two lengthy songs: the 27-minute "If Only We Knew" and "Spanish Lady," which lasts a mere 19 and a half minutes. After a brief theme, "If Only We Knew" mostly features unaccompanied solos. Handy's opening statement immediately quieted the crowd, which was amazed by the altoist's courage and the logic of the advanced yet tonal music. "Spanish Lady" also has a long Handy statement and builds up to a very exciting conclusion. Even over three decades later, the music sounds fresh, colorful, and innovative. ~Scott Yanow
One
of the greatest live performances ever, it belongs in every jazz
lover's library. I was lucky enough to be there, and heard the group,
then unheralded, perform that day. This recording captures the spirit
of the music perfectly. It presages many later developments in music,
fusion, complex multilayered rhythms, and is a stunning performance! ~R. Ornstein
Terry Clarke - Guitar (Electric) John Handy - Sax (Alto) Don Thompson - Bass (Acoustic) Michael White - Violin (Electric)
Track List: 1 If Only We Knew Handy 26:58
2 Spanish Lady Handy 19:34
Back from The Dead... Originally posted April 15, 2015 and March 8, 2016
Nick Gravenites & Blue Gravy
The Record Plant
Sausalito, CA.
April 22, 1973
FM Source @224
Notes: Blue Gravy was fairly short lived. This is the only live recording that I know of anywhere. The only studio tracks I know of are on an OOP lp called Mill Valley Bunch - Casting Pearls released in 1972 on Verve (V6-8825). There were 3 - 'Settle It In The Bedroom Baby', Hollywood Blues' and 'Last Call Blues'.
Set List:
01. Tom Donahue intro - Dekalb Blues
02. Gypsy Good Time
03. Weird Old Crazy World
04. Left Hand Soul
05. band introductions
06. Born In Chicago
07. Country Mechanic
08. Anna [fade out; reel flip]
09. They Let Me Drive Again (Theme From Steel Yard Blues)
10. Buried Alive In The Blues - outro
Back From The Dead as requested Originally posted April 5, 2011 and July 20, 2017
Chicken Shack - Live BBC 1968 (featuring Christine Perfect)
BBC Broadcast @192
*Original Notes*
For many, British blues band Chicken Shack are best remembered for the smouldering I’d Rather Go Blind. The song was popular enough in Malaysia in the late ’60s and early ’70s to be found on a number of pirated 7-inch vinyl singles, which were quite the rage then. However, the name (and vocalist) Christine Perfect wasn’t well known then, until she married John McVie and joined Fleetwood Mac.
Chicken Shack probably had the most success with Perfect in the lineup - she got a Melody Maker award for female vocalist for both 1969 and 1970 respectively - and, on the track, When The Train Comes Home, she gets to showcase her bluesy keyboards skills. The bonus is having blues singer and musician Duster Bennett on harmonica on Mean Old World.
You will probably know 99% of the songs, at least,
but don`t be afraid they are as good or even better as they have been on their original release date. David Bowie`s coming home again.
The genius, born 1947, knows how to celebrate Rock`n Roll...
Set List
01.Life On Mars? 5:27
02. Word On A Wing 7:02
03. Thursday`s Child 5:40
04. Ashes To Ashes 6:05
05. Survive 5:42
06. Can`t Help Thinking About Me 3:18
07. China Girl 4:30
08. Always Crashing In The Same Car 4:37
09. Something In The Air 5:52
10. Drive-In Saturday 4:34
11. Stay 6:57
12. Seven 4:10
13. Changes 3:46
14. Rebel Rebel 5:26
15. Repetition 3:34
16. The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell 4:43
17. Cracked Actor 4:56
18. I`m Afraid Of Americans 5:31
Tour band David Bowie voc,g Page Hamilton g Mark Plati g,b Gail Ann Dorsey b,g Sterling Campbell dr,per Mike Garson key,p Holly Palmer voc Emm Gryner voc
