10,000 Maniacs – Portsmouth, England (11/11/87)

10,000 Maniacs
Basins
Portsmouth, England
November 11, 1987

Source: this is an audience recording, graciously sent to me by fellow Dime member “cre001”. Per his description:

“Cassette Transferred using a Yamaha KX-480 tape deck. Dolby off and playtrim at the neutral position.
The transfer was direct into Audacity using the internal 16 bit audio card. Recorded as 32/96 into Audacity and then
exported as 16/44 flac. No processing such as normalising or splitting performed.”

Additional source notes: “Cre001” provided this recording to me as one long file, transferred to me losslessly. I then
used Audacity to separate the recording into individual tracks, and then converted the files to FLAC using Trader’s Little
Helper.

Sound quality: A-

Tracks:

  1. Hey Jack Kerouac
  2. Maddox Table
  3. A Campfire Song
  4. Planned Obsolescence
  5. Can’t Ignore the Train
  6. 1-A in the Army / Gun Shy
  7. What’s the Matter Here?
  8. Don’t Talk
  9. Scorpio Rising
  10. Among the Americans
  11. The Latin One
  12. Cherry Tree
  13. Verdi Cries
  14. Go Song Go (unreleased instrumental)

Description:

First and foremost, all credit for this upload goes to fellow Dime member “cre001”, who graciously contacted me and offered
to send his copy of two live shows that he had purchased at a U.K. record fair in the late 1980s (photos included). His
detailed transfer information is listed under “source”, above. It’s also worth mentioning that cre001’s audio expertise
greatly outstrips my own, and I appreciate his high-quality transfer and thorough source notes.

The Maniacs only played 6 shows on this short November 1987 tour of the U.K., and they seem to have made some interesting
song choices (at least based on the two shows provided by cre001). Of greatest significance, this show includes a late-era
version of “The Latin One” and a performance of the unreleased instrumental “Go Song Go”

The Wishing Chair Anniversary flood is coming to an end!

I’m in the process of uploading a few additional recordings
that weren’t in my collection when I began uploading
the “flood”. Three recordings were generously provided
by fellow Dime member “cre001”, and two more were obtained
from another site.

10,000 Maniacs – Leicester, England (11/09/87)

10,000 Maniacs
University of Leicester
Leicester, England
November 9, 1987

Source: this is a soundboard recording, graciously sent to me by fellow Dime member “cre001”. Per his description:

“Cassette Transferred using a Yamaha KX-480 tape deck. Dolby off and playtrim at the neutral position.
The transfer was direct into Audacity using the internal 16 bit audio card. Recorded as 32/96 into Audacity and then
exported as 16/44 flac. No processing such as normalising or splitting performed.”

Additional source notes: “Cre001” provided this recording to me as one long file, transferred to me losslessly. I then
used Audacity to separate the recording into individual tracks, and then converted the files to FLAC using Trader’s Little
Helper.

Sound quality: A-

Tracks:

  1. Hey Jack Kerouac
  2. Maddox Table
  3. A Campfire Song
  4. Planned Obsolescence
  5. Gun Shy
  6. Just As the Tide Was a’Flowing
  7. Can’t Ignore the Train
  8. City of Angels
  9. Like the Weather
  10. What’s the Matter Here?
  11. Don’t Talk
  12. My Sister Rose
  13. Cherry Tree
  14. Verdi Cries
  15. My Mother the War

The Wishing Chair Anniversary flood is coming to an end!

I’m in the process of uploading a few additional recordings that weren’t in my collection when I began uploading the “flood”. Three recordings were generously provided by fellow Dime member “cre001”, and two more were obtained from another site.

Description:

First and foremost, all credit for this upload goes to fellow Dime member “cre001”, who graciously contacted me and offered to send his copy of two live shows that he had purchased at a U.K. record fair in the late 1980s (photos included). His detailed transfer information is listed under “source”, above. It’s also worth mentioning that cre001’s audio expertise greatly outstrips my own, and I appreciate his high-quality transfer and thorough source notes.

This particular show was unidentified, aside from “November 1987”. However, due to the avalanche of 10,000 Maniacs information provided by Dime member “PaleSun” (who has enough Maniacs info. to fill a small book), I was able to identify this show as being from Leicester on November 9. It’s from the soundboard (not FM), and though it’s certainly several generations from the master source, it still sounds great. That being said, it’s clear that some edits have been made between songs, probably just to eliminate longer stretches of audience noise.

The Maniacs only played 6 shows on this short November 1987 tour of the U.K., and they seem to have made some interesting song choices (at least based on the two shows provided by cre001). Of greatest significance, this show includes a late-eraversion of “Just As the Tide Was a’Flowing”, which was played very infrequently after the end of the “Wishing Chair” tour.

10,000 Maniacs – Milan, Italy (09/15/87)

10,000 MANIACS
ELEKTRA CARAVAN 87 – ROLLING STONE CLUB
MILANO, ITALY
SEPTEMBER 15TH 1987.

  1. HEY JACK KEROUAC
  2. MADDOX TABLE
  3. PLANNED OBSOLESCENSE
  4. A CAMPFIRE SONG
  5. LIKE THE WEATHER
  6. GUN SHY
  7. CITY OF ANGELS
  8. WHAT’S THE MATTER HERE
  9. DON’T TALK
  10. CAN’T IGNORE THE TRAIN

REGARDING THE SET LIST IS IT AN ATTEMPT TO A CORRECT SET LIST…
SOME TITLES ARE CERTAIN 100%, OTHERS ARE NOT, SO IF YOU CAN HELP
TO HAVE A DEFINITIVE ONE IT WOULD BE GREAT….

Really good uncirculated master audience recording.

Master cassette > eq > cd > plextor tool pro e. > wav > flac

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 – originally combined with The Call’s set in addition to 10,000 Maniacs

Torrent: 61367
Title: THE CALL/10.000 MANIACS – Elektra caravan 87 pt. 2, rolling stone, milano, italy 9.15.87
Size: 548.18 MB
Category: New Wave
Uploaded by: 38f

10,000 Maniacs – London, England (09/01/87)

10,000 Maniacs
BBC Maida Vale Studios
London, England
1987-09-01
Andy Kershaw Session

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

Tracks:

  1. What’s the Matter Here?
  2. Poison in the Well
  3. Don’t Talk
  4. Gun Shy

This is an in-studio session recorded for the BBC’s Andy Kershaw in September 1987. The performances are fairly standard,
although it’s interesting that “Poison in the Well” was still being performed both live and at this in-studio session,
given that it would not be released until the “Blind Man’s Zoo” album in 1989.

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 – New York, NY (10/11/86)

10,000 Maniacs
New York City, NY
The Ritz
1986-10-11

Source: unknown source > ? > 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. What’s the Matter Here? (early version)
  2. Poison in the Well (early version)
  3. A Campfire Song (early version)
  4. Maddox Table
  5. Don’t Talk (early version)
  6. Just As the Tide Was a’Flowing
  7. City of Angels (early version)
  8. Can’t Ignore the Train
  9. Scorpio Rising
  10. Like the Weather (early version)
  11. Sister Rose (early version)
  12. Planned Obsolescence
  13. Pit Viper
  14. Daktari

This is one of the earliest recordings of the band beginning to road-test some of the
upcoming “In My Tribe” material. The audience is nearly impossible to hear, which makes
me think that this may be sourced from the soundboard, but unfortunately the sound is
extremely bright with minimal low end.

It’s impressive to think that most of these “In My Tribe” songs were written immediately
following John Lombardo’s departure from the band on July 14 (twelve weeks earlier) and
that they were already being performed live in their near-final versions by mid-September.

Of note: by the time of this concert, “Poison in the Well” had fully evolved from the earlier
song known as “G Suspended”. Of course it was ultimately rejected for “In My Tribe” and
held for release on “Blind Man’s Zoo.”

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).

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!