10,000 MANIACS
3-8-86
CALABASH
ROCHESTER, NY

source: audience: unknown mics>Sony D5 cassette deck
recorded by: “The Mad Crow”
transfer: 1st gen cassette>CDR by Dave Walton, CDR>EAC>WAV>CDWAVE (track splits)>GOLDWAVE (fades)>FLAC by Zeb

total time 71:34

01. COTTON ALLEY
02. CAN’T IGNORE THE TRAIN
03. a capella snippet (“I Say a Little Prayer” – Hal David/Burt Bacharach)
04. SCORPIO RISING
05. a capella snippet (“Bantry Girl’s Lament” – trad.)
06. LILYDALE
07. a capella snippet (“The Last Thing On My Mind” – Tom Paxton)
08. BACK O’ THE MOON
09. a capella snippet (a little bit more of “The Last Thing On My Mind” – Tom Paxton)
10. EVERYONE A PUZZLE LOVER
11. a capella snippet (“That’s Entertainment” – The Jam)
12. GREY VICTORY
13. AMONG THE AMERICANS
14. // PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
15. DAKTARI
16. a capella snippet (“Rum and Coca Cola” – Morey Amsterdam)
17. DEATH OF // MANOLETE
18. IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE (Roxy Music) > Crow gets hassled by some girl! **
19. THOMPSON MARCH *
20. ANGELS OF // STONE
21. NATIONAL // EDUCATION WEEK >
22. PIT VIPER *
encore:
23. MY MOTHER THE WAR

* denotes suspected portions of the show where Natalie kneels down and recites (lyrics?)
from papers strewn on stage floor

** girl: “gonna sell this tape?”
Crow: “no, just listen to it”
girl: “are you recording the audience or the band?”
Crow: “a little of both”

From the original uploader:
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).

*2015 re-seed*

Torrent: 23809
Title: 10, 000 MANIACS – 3/8/86 – Calabash-Rochester NY – smokin’ show from 1st gen cassette – FLAC
Size: 428.78 MB
Category: Alternate
Uploaded by: zebweber

Comments: This was the first time I saw the Maniacs – I loved it then and I stilI love this show! I walked into the Calabash early that evening thinking “whoa – this is a Jamaican club, with Jamaican dudes hanging out – what am I, a skinny white suburban kid, doing here?” Silly question, since my fave local band at the time, the Colorblind James
Experience, was the opening band…By time I left the Calabash that night, I was thinking “wow – what was THAT???”

This band, with their whirling dervish singer, had me groovin’ like crazy by time they got to Planned  Obsolescence…after that, there was no turning back! Eventually, I got up near the front of the crowd, close enough to see Natalie kneeling on the stage, reaching down for pieces of paper she was reading/singing from (see * above)…never saw that before at a concert!

This is a good recording (and the only one I know of from that night) – I’d rate it a B/B+ for sound, and an A+ for song selection and overall ability to get me dancin’!

Thanks go out to the excellent 10,000 Maniacs fansite http://www.smalleststep.com – I was ableto decipher many titles using their resources!

Hope all you maniacs like this one – enjoy! – Zeb