10,000 Maniacs – London, England (07/31/88)

10,000 Maniacs
Sadlers Wells
London, England
1988-07-31

Source: soundboard recording > ? > CD received in trade > extracted from CDR using iTunes > FLAC > you

Sound quality: A+

Tracks:

1. Hey Jack Kerouac
2. Gun Shy
3. Planned Obsolescence
4. City of Angels
5. Cherry Tree
6. Lilydale
7. My Sister Rose
8. Verdi Cries
9. Like the Weather
10. What’s the Matter Here?
11. Don’t Talk
12. Scorpio Rising
13. Among the Americans
14. Poison in the Well

Description:

This is almost certainly the most commonly-circulated 10,000 Maniacs live recording, and for good reason – the sound quality and performance are both excellent. In my opinion, this recording includes the definitive live version of “Planned Obsolescence” (mis-identified as “Blind Faith” on the silver CD pressing, which was titled “Cool White Stare”).

10,000 Maniacs’ “The Wishing Chair” L.P. will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year (original release date – September 23, 1985). Since it seems apparent that the Maniacs are not being given the remaster / bonus tracks / box set treatment that they so richly deserve, I’ve decided to upload all of my 70+ live and rare 10,000 Maniacs recordings during the coming weeks. Although many of these recordings will be re-seeds of previous Dime torrents, a substantial number have never appeared on the Dime (and many others haven’t been shared since the Dime’s previous incarnation as “easytree.org” circa 2005).

Enjoy!