10,000 Maniacs – Hoboken, NJ (07/08/86)

10,000 Maniacs
Hoboken, NJ
Maxwell’s
1986-07-08

Source: audience recording > ? > cassette received in trade > recorded to hard drive >
CoolEdit (track separation) > burned to CD > tracks extracted using iTunes > Trader’s
Little Helper > you

Sound quality: B+

Tracks:

  1. Scorpio Rising
  2. Just As the Tide Was a’Flowing
  3. Grey Victory
  4. G Suspended (early ‘Poison in the Well’)
  5. Wasn’t Born to Follow (Carole King cover) / Coldest Beer in Town
  6. Back o’ the Moon
  7. Wildwood Flower (The Carter Family cover)
  8. Can’t Ignore the Train
  9. Thompson’s March
  10. Angels of Stone
  11. National Education Week
  12. Daktari
  13. Arbor Day
  14. Johnny and Mary (Robert Palmer cover) / Don’t Call Us
  15. Cotton Alley
  16. Among the Americans
  17. Planned Obsolescence

This is a very late-era “Wishing Chair” recording, including four of the infamous “Lost Songs” that had been intended for the band’s next record.

This is one of the final live recordings that were made prior to John Lombardo leaving the band (just 6 days later, on July 14). Strangely enough, at this show the band plays a unique version of a Robert Palmer song, “Johnny and Mary” – an interesting coincidence, since John would eventually go on to form his own band, called John & Mary.

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!

10,000 Maniacs – Jameston, NY (06/03/86)

10,000 Maniacs
Jamestown Community College
Jamestown, N.Y.
June 3, 1986

Source: FM > ? > cassette received in trade > Nero ROM > Cool Edit > CDR > FLAC
Sound quality: A-

Setlist:

  1. Just As the Tide Was a’Flowing
  2. interview
  3. Among the Americans
  4. Everyone a Puzzle Lover
  5. Back o’ the Moon
  6. Lilydale
  7. Scorpio Rising
  8. interview
  9. Pit Viper
  10. Daktari
  11. Orange
  12. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More (Brian Eno cover)
  13. National Education Week
  14. interview
  15. Folie a Deux (early ‘Please Forgive Us’)

This is a fairly rare FM broadcast of 10,000 Maniacs performing in their hometown of Jamestown, N.Y. My guess is that it was recorded and broadcast by the community college’s radio station. The interview clips are interesting, but I don’t believe they include any hint of John Lombardo’s impending departure (which happened roughly 6 weeks after this concert took place).

I doubt that this is the complete concert. However, it still includes two relative rarities: a performance of Brian Eno’s “Burning Airlines Give You So Much More”, and the Maniacs’ own song “Orange”. This is the only post-1984 version of “Orange” in my collection, at least until they resumed playing it during the 1990 “Time Capsule” tour.

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!

2015 re-seed

Torrent: 193825
Title: 10,000 Maniacs – Jamestown, NY – June 3 1986 – FM/FLAC
Size: 350.93 MB
Category: Alternate
Uploaded by: judgesmails

Grateful Dead – Watkins Glen, NY (07/28/73)

Grateful Dead
July 28th, 1973
Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit
Watkins Glen, New York

The Band also performed at this show, you can find a recording of it here.

–Set 1–
Bill Graham Intro
Bertha
Beat It on Down the Line
Brown Eyed Women
Mexicali Blues
Box Of Rain
Here Comes Sunshine
Looks Like Rain
Row Jimmy
Jack Straw
Deal
Playing in the Band

–Set 2–
Around & Around
Loose Lucy
Big River
He’s Gone ->
Truckin’-> Nobody’s Fault Jam ->
El Paso
China Cat Sunflower ->I Know You Rider
Sella Blue
Eyes of the World ->
Sugar Magnolia

–Encore One–
Sing Me Back Home

–Encore Two–with the ABB & the Band
Not Fade Away
Mountain Jam
Johnny B. Goode

10,000 Maniacs – Portland, OR (04/19/86)

10,000 Maniacs
Reed’s Common College
Portland, OR
April 19, 1986

Source: SB (or excellent aud?) > ? > cassette received in trade > Nero ROM > Cool Edit > CDR > FLAC
Sound quality: B+

Disc 1:

  1. Maddox Table (starts out very “muddy” sounding)
  2. Grey Victory
  3. Just As the Tide Was a’Flowing
  4. G Suspended (early “Poison in the Well”)
  5. Tension
  6. Cotton Alley
  7. Among the Americans
  8. Can’t Ignore the Train
  9. Planned Obsolesence
  10. Death of Manolette / bomb threat evacuation
  11. Learning the Game (fragment) [ Buddy Holly ]
  12. Back o’ the Moon
  13. Everyone a Puzzle Lover
  14. Coldest Beer in Town (first performance)

Disc 2:

  1. Lilydale
  2. Wildwood Flower [ traditional / Carter Family ]
  3. Ring of Fire (fragment) [ June Carter ]
  4. Scorpio Rising
  5. Thompson’s March
  6. Angels of Stone
  7. Pit Viper
  8. Daktari / 1-A in the Army (fragment)
  9. My Mother the War
  10. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (fragment)
  11. Wasn’t Born to Follow [ Carole King ]
  12. National Education Week
  13. Pour de Chirico
  14. See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have (fragment) [ Marlene Dietrich ]
  15. Arbor Day

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!

2015 re-seed

This is one of my favorite 10,000 Maniacs performances. I believe that this recording was taken from the soundboard, but over
the course of many generations it has lost some of its original clarity. Nevertheless, it’s essential for any Maniacs fan –
this show really has it all. There are unreleased songs (including the premier of “John’s Bluegrass Song”, aka “Coldest Beer
in Town”), rare cover versions, and even a bomb threat evacuation!

Please take a moment to listen to the sample of “Wasn’t Born to Follow”. Robert Buck’s guitar solo is amazing, not necessarily
in terms of its technical quality (although it’s quite good) but in terms of the joy that it brings to the song. In my opinion
Robert was very much the equal of my other two favorite guitarists, the Edge and Peter Buck. Every time I hear this song I’m
reminded of the tremendous void created by his death.

I would love an upgrade of this recording, so if anyone has a lower-generation copy then by all means please share it!

10,000 Maniacs – San Francisco, CA (04/14/86)

10,000 Maniacs
San Francisco, Ca
I-Beam
1986-04-14

Source: audience recording > ? > cassette received in trade > recorded to hard drive >
CoolEdit (track separation) > burned to CD > tracks extracted using iTunes > Trader’s
Little Helper > you

Sound quality: B / B+

Tracks:

Disc 1:

  1. Maddox Table
  2. Grey Victory
  3. Just As the Tide Was a’Flowing
  4. G Suspended (early ‘Poison in the Well’)
  5. Back o’ the Moon
  6. Everyone a Puzzle Lover
  7. Lilydale
  8. Wildwood Flower
  9. Can’t Ignore the Train
  10. Scorpio Rising

Disc 2:

  1. Thompson’s March
  2. Angels of Stone
  3. Pit Viper
  4. Daktari
  5. The Wind, The Wind (traditional song – Natalie acapella)
  6. My Mother the War
  7. Wheel of Fortune, aka Dublin City (traditional song – Natalie acapella)
  8. Wasn’t Born to Follow (Carole King cover)
  9. Among the Americans
  10. Cotton Alley
  11. Planned Obsolescence
  12. Arbor Day

This is an average audience recording from the “Wishing Chair” tour. It includes several songs
that would later turn up on the “Lost Songs” demo, including “G Suspended”, “Thompson’s March”,
and “Angels of Stone”.

Most noteworthy is the cover of Carole King’s “Wasn’t Born to Follow”, played at breakneck
speed. Unfortunately the band only performed this song a handful of times, and this is one of
only three recordings in my collection (a slightly better version was played in Portland a few
days later, and then again in New York City in July 1986).

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!

10,000 Maniacs – Unknown Location (03/xx/86) – Lost Songs, Demos

10,000 Maniacs
“Lost Songs” (March 1986) demos
Studio recordings (location unknown)

Source: SB > cassette (gen?) received in trade circa 1998 > Nero ROM > Cool Edit > CDR > FLAC
Sound quality: A-

Track list:

  1. Thompson’s March
  2. Angels of Stone
  3. Grosvenor Road
  4. G Suspended
  5. Folie a Deux
  6. Coldest Beer in Town
  7. Barricuda Dreaming
  8. D Ballad
  9. Azalea Festival
  10. The Sundial
  11. Call Up
  12. untitled piano piece (possibly from a different session)

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!

2015 re-seed

Torrent: 192802
Title: 10,000 Maniacs “Lost Songs” (March 1986 studio demos) – SB/FLAC
Size: 193.25 MB
Category: Alternate
Uploaded by: judgesmails

This is a set of 1986 demos that bridge the gap between 10,000 Maniacs’ “The Wishing
Chair” and “In My Tribe” albums. John Lombardo was still with the band at this point,
but he left soon after. Evidently these demos were provided to Elektra Records, who
said ‘thanks but no thanks’. The band returned to the studio and produced “In My Tribe”,
and the rest is history.

Many of these songs were performed live during the Maniacs’ Spring 1986 tour: “Thompson’s
March”, “Angels of Stone”, “G Suspended”, “Folie a Deux”, “Coldest Beer in Town”, and
even “D Ballad” cropped up at one point or another. However, by Fall 1986 all had been
dropped from the set in favor of early versions of “Tribe” songs.

Eventually several of these songs saw the light of day elsewhere. “Angels of Stone”
and “Azalea Festival” each were re-recorded by John & Mary, while “G Suspended” evolved
into “Poison in the Well” and “Folie a Deux” became “The Lion’s Share” (both on the
Maniacs’ “Blind Man’s Zoo” album).

Fall Break

Hey gang, I’m gonna take a break for a little while. This year has taken a toll on my psyche as I’m sure it has yours and I need to back away from this blog and other things for a little bit.

I’ve been thinking about a break for awhile and changes at WordPress have forced it upon me. I won’t go too far into the details but they’ve made me switch to a new editor and I hate it. I can make it work and maybe in time I’ll get used to it, but right now I just want to toss it in the river.

I’m seriously thinking about dropping WordPress all together, but that means I need to find something else. The thought of starting a new blog on another platform is not at all appealing as it would mean recreating all the posts. I may just share my entire Amazon Drive and forget about daily posts altogether. You wouldn’t be able to comment but you could still grab all the shows.

Or I may switch to Google Drive or Mega as they are cheaper than Amazon and would allow you to read the text files before you download. Or maybe I’ll get over my hate of WordPress and things will go back to normal.

I don’t know how long this break will last. I need to let things settle down and think about my next steps. It will be at least a week maybe a few. Don’t worry I still plan to share this music in one way or another.

Until then, enjoy what I’ve already posted. Good listening.

Hot Tuna & The Other Ones – Mountain View, CA (07/25/98)

Hot Tuna
The Other Ones
7/25/98
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View, CA
Furthur Festival

Hot Tuna

Set I

  1. Tuning / Intro
  2. I See The Light
  3. Third Week In The Chelsea
  4. San Francisco Bay Blues
  5. Uncle Sam Blues
  6. Gypsy Fire
  7. Funky #7

Opened For ‘The Other Ones’
2nd Billed Behind Rusted Root

Jorma Kaukonen – Guitar, Vocals
Jack Casady – Bass
Michael Falzarano – Guitar, Vocals
Pete Sears – Keyboards, Accordion
Harvey Sorgen – Drums

The Other Ones

~ One Set ~

Disc 1:

  1. U.S. Blues
  2. Playin’ In The Band >
  3. The Other One * >
  4. Ramble On Rose *
  5. Down The Road Again *
  6. Jack-A-Roe

Disc 2:

  1. Friend Of The Devil
  2. Iko Iko **
  3. China Cat Sunflower ** >
  4. I Know You Rider ** >
  5. Drums ** >
  6. Preacher In The Rain >
  7. Banyan Tree >

Disc 3:

  1. Corrina >
  2. Playin’ (reprise) * >
  3. The Other One * >
  4. Wharf Rat * >
  5. St. Stephen * > The Eleven * >
  6. Turn On Your Lovelight *#
    Encore:
  7. One More Saturday Night >
  8. Touch Of Grey

Notes:
— U.S. Blues fades in, only the first few notes are clipped.

*with Bill Kreutzman
**with Bill Kreutzman; without John Molowith
#with Jorma Kaukonen

Line-up:
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
Mickey Hart
John Molo
Bruce Hornsby
Steve Kimock
Mark Karan
Dave Ellis

Source: (OTS) Neumann KM-184’s (ORTF) >Tascam DA-P1
Lineage: DAT-M > Tascam DA-P1 > HHb CDR 800
Recorded/Transferred: OldNeumanntapr
Extraction [CD >EAC >WAV >CDWav >FLAC]: Brad Foster (8/14/10)

bfnotes:
I re-tracked slightly via CDWav:
— Split PITR>Banyan, these were originally one track.

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
I had just recently sold my Nakamichi CM 300s to my friend Taper Ron so I could upgrade to Neumann KM 184s, which were my first pair of Neumann microphones. (I sold them in early 1999 and bought the Neumann KM 140s with active cables because even with custom-made shortened XLR cables the KM 184s were just too hard to hide for stealth shows, which were the majority of the concerts that I recorded. I did not yet have my own Tascam DA-P1 DAT recorder, and I needed something to supply phantom power for the microphones, so my friend Jack in Salt Lake City shipped me his Tascam to use for the show. I recorded this up on the lawn, where I had recorded many shows at Shoreline, so I could take advantage of the repeater towers.

Do NOT Convert To MP3.
Enjoy! Share freely, don’t sell, play nice, don’t run with scissors, etc. 😉

Neil Young & Pearl Jam – Stockholm, Sweden (08/12/95)

Neil Young with Pearl Jam
August 12, 1995
Sjˆhistoriska MusÈet
Stockholm, Sweden

CD1

01) intro
02) Big Green Country
03) Act Of Love
04) Downtown
05) Mr. Soul
06) Scenery
07) Throw Your Hatred Down
08) The Needle And The Damage Done
09) My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)
10) After The Gold Rush

CD2

01) I’m The Ocean
02) Cortez The Killer
03) Powderfinger
04) Peace And Love
05) Like A Hurricane
06) improvisation
07) Down By The River*
08) Like A Hurricane*

* request from fans, Stockholm 28 june 1993

Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Stone Gossard – guitar
Mike McCready – guitar
Jeff Ament – bass
Brendan O’Brien – organ
Jack Irons – drums

“Neil Young With Pearl Jam”
Crystal Cat Records 371/372 (label)

Original Silver Discs –> CD WAVE –> Flac Level 6 –>
Artwork Included

Neil Young & Pearl Jam – Salzburg, Austria (08/18/95)

Neil Young with Pearl Jam
August 18, 1995
Residenzplatz
Salzburg, Austria

CD1

01) Big Green Country
02) Song X
03) Act Of Love
04) Downtown
05) Mr. Soul
06) Scenery
07) Throw Your Hatred Down
08) The Needle And The Damage Done
09) Broken Arrow
10) My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)

CD2

01) Mother Earth
02) I’m The Ocean
03) Cortez The Killer
04) Powderfinger
05) introduction
06) Rockin’ In The Free World
07) The Star Spangled Banner
08) Peace And Love*
09) Like A Hurricane*

* bonus Berlin 14 august 1995

Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Stone Gossard – guitar
Mike McCready – guitar
Jeff Ament – bass
Brendan O’Brien – organ
Jack Irons – drums

“Neil Young & Pearl Jam – Downtown”
Moonraker 007/8 (label)

Original Silver Discs –> CD WAVE –> Flac Level 6 –>
Artwork Included