Jeff Buckley - Born Again From The Rhythm - The Grace Outtakes

1993 - Bearsville Recording Studio - Woodstock, New York

When Jeff Buckley was alive, his Grace album (1994) wasn't the seller everyone had hoped though it had good word of mouth. Since his death in 1997, the album has gained in popularity and there was even a Legacy Edition of the album released in 2004 with a bonus disc and DVD. Considered one of the most promising artists of his generation after the release of Grace, It does seem as if Buckley had a good selection of songs when he entered Bearsville Recording Studios and Born Again From The Rhythm collects demos that are sure to please his fans. For example, there are two sweet takes of Dylan's Just Like A Woman and smouldering versions of Dinks Song and Led Zep's Night Flight respectively. Just like Beatles, Sinatra or Elvis outtake collections which contain multiple takes of the same song, here there are three versions of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and three different takes of Dylan's Mama, You've Been On My Mind. With the singer prominent on acoustic/electric guitar, consider this Jeff Buckley Unplugged. Overall, the sound is excellent.

01-Lover You Should've Come Over (Buckley)
02-Eternal Life (Buckley)
03-Just Like A Woman (Dylan)
04-Dinks Song (B Gibson/B Lomax/J Lomax) (trad arr, Dylan)
05-If You See Her Say Hello (Dylan)
06-Night Flight (Led Zeppelin)
07-Hallelujah Take 1 (L Cohen) [some digital noise, inherent in the source disc]
08-Just Like A Woman (Dylan)
09-Mama, You've Been On My Mind Take 1 (Dylan)
10-Mama, You've Been On My Mind Take 2 (Dylan)
11-Hallelujah Take 2 (L Cohen)
12-Mama, You've Been On My Mind (riff) (Dylan)
13-Hallelujah Take 3 (L Cohen)
14-Outro

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Cocteau Twins - Black Sessions

(Broadcast)

4 February 1994 - Maison De La Radio, Studio 105 - Paris, France

Black Sessions are performances of the live music broadcast on the French Radio station France Inter. These are recorded in front of a live audience and feature on a C'est Lenoir show. A French Radio DJ's name is Bernard Lenoir ("lenoir'' means "black" in english) The first performance was in 1992 and since then many French and international artists have performed Black Sessions. Bernard Lenoir is a radio pioneer, a living legend, a discoverer of new talents in english, american and french rock/pop music. In the Black Sessions he invites groups that are for the most part relative beginners but who often go on to become references in the world of indie rock. Unlike the BBC’s « Peel Sessions » the bands play live, in one take and in front of an audience of 200 people.
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I will resist the inclination to give an over the top and gushing review and just say, for any fan this is a must have. For anyone not familiar with them, and at the risk of being accused of musical heresy, their recorded material is a much better starting point, then you will just want more, and settle for any bootleg, bearing in mind the principle that one persons pleasure, is another's poison...
-Beehive Candy

01 - Pur
02 - Road River and Rail
03 - Bluebeard
04 - Heaven or Las Vegas
05 - Whales Tails
06 - Carolyn's Fingers
07 - Iceblink Luck
08 - Summerhead
09 - Ella Megalast Burls Forever
10 - Blue Bell Knoll
11 - Pink Orange Red
12 - Aikea-Guinea
13 - Sugar Hiccup

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Simple Minds - Liverpool

(Broadcast)

22 July 2003 - King's Dock Arena - Liverpool, England




It could have been 1987 all over again, except in those days these boys used to play stadiums all over Europe, not tents!
And the crowd, the biggest collection of mid-life crisis aged men I've ever seen in one place outside of a Harley Davidson convention, have a little less hair and a bit more round the waist. But Simple Minds are still here, Alive and Kicking...obviously!
Their old stuff sounds as fresh today as it did back then and they're the tunes that make up most of tonights set. The die-hards wouldn't settle for anything less. Local heroes China Crisis get things off to a cracking start and get an unbelievable ovation. So when Jim Kerr and co come on stage it seems to take a while for things to get going. They pull out a couple of old, and rarely heard gems like Love Song and East at Easter....perhaps not surprising when you consider they've got an album of early tunes to promote. By the time they rip into Alive and Kicking the crowd are going mad. Favourites like Waterfront, Mandela Day and a fantastic version of Ghost Dancing mixed with Gloria go down a storm. But the biggest cheer of the night is reserved for Don't you forget about Me, a bit ironic when you consider its a song Jim Kerr never wanted to record. When it was used in the teen film The Breakfast Club, it became Simple Minds biggest hit and I think he's learnt to love it over the years. Glaswegian Kerr seems as up for it tonight as he did 20 years ago, bouncing around the stage and leading the crowd in a chorus of 'laa la la la laa'. The days of stadiums may be behind them, but with this much energy and songs this good.....and fans this loyal....Simple Minds could still be heading for that Glittering Prize.
-Lee Bennion

CD1:
01. One Step Closer
02. I Travel
03. Changeling
04. Hypnotised
05. East at Easter
06. Mandela Day
07. Love Song
08. Ghostdancing / Gloria /Light My Fire
09. Don't You foget about me

CD2:
10. C Moon Cry Like a Baby
11. She's a River
12. Alive & Kicking
13. New Gold Dream
14. Someone, Somewhere in Summertime
15. Glittering Prize
16. See the Lights
17. Waterfront
18. Sanctify Yourself

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Simple Minds - Los Angeles 1991

(Broadcast)

19 June 1991 - Universal Amphitheatre - Los Angeles, CA

One doesn't have to look far for an apt metaphor to describe Simple Minds' performance Wednesday at the Universal Amphitheatre. The set was much like one of the group's songs itself: slow and rather ponderous at the start, but building to an invigorating crescendo.The difference was lost on the devoted crowd, packed into the hall for the first L.A. show in five years by the sporadically chart-making band. The audience cheered for new songs and old, good songs and bad, sincere remarks from lead singer Jim Kerr (the first time he asked, "Everything OK?") and stupid ones (the sixth time he asked). None of the show's first half-hour deserved much applause. "Real Life," the sublime title cut of the group's new album, was overwhelmed by a cascade of smoke, lights and Kerr's grand gestures, perhaps borne of routinely playing stadium-size venues in Europe. "Travelling Man," another of the album's uniformly strong numbers, fared little better. Not until Simple Minds plunged into "Don't You (Forget About Me)," their 1985 No. 1 hit, did the set jell. Fueled by the authoritative guitar playing of Charlie Burchill, the group ultimately earned the adulation of the audience with enjoyable versions of past hits and future candidates, including the appealingly wistful current single "See the Lights."
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This is the final show of the US leg of the 'Real Life' tour. Entitled "Breathless" the show was recorded for broadcast at a later date on US Radio, and this recording is taken directly from that Radio Broadcast.

01 - Real Life (6:44)
02 - Love Song (4:33)
03 - Travelling Man (4:56)
04 - East At Easter (3:53)
05 - Don't You Forget About Me (8:13)
06 - Woman (5:10)
07 - Stand By Love (4:41)
08 - Someone Somewhere In Summertime (5:39)
09 - King Is White And In The Crowd (4:20)
10 - See The Lights (5:01)
11 - Let There Be Love (5:51)
12 - Rivers Of Ice-Alive And Kicking (7:10)
13 - Sanctify Yourself (6:15)

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Simple Minds - Glasgow, UK

(Broadcast)

4 September 2005 - King Tut's - Glasgow, Scotland




Frontman Jim Kerr led a rejuvenated Minds back to their roots with a sneak preview of their stunning new album Black & White 050505 and an impressive collection of their greatest hits. At their peak, the band filled huge stadiums and arenas all over the world, but their choice of the legendary King Tut's for their comeback made this a night to remember for the lucky few in attendance. Opening with Stay Visible, new single Home and without doubt a future single Jeweller to The Stars the atmosphere was electric and judging by the reaction of stalwarts Kerr, guitarist Charlie Burchill and drummer Mel Gaynor, newcomers Ed Duffy on bass and Andy Gillespie on keyboards, they are more than capable of climbing back to the top. Love Song started a collection of their greatest hits including Speed Your Love, oldie Premonition, Alive and Kicking and Waterfront received a rapturous welcome with the frontman taking a back seat and letting the mesmerised crowd take over. New Gold Dream ended an amazing set but with the band and crowd enjoying every minute they re-appeared for a five-song encore including new song Stranger and old favourites (Dont You) Forget About Me and Sanctify.

01 Stay Visible
02 Home
03 The Jeweller (Part Two)
04 Love Song
05 Premonition
06 Factory
07 Waterfront
08 East At Easter
09 Speed Your Love To Me
10 Alive And Kicking
11 New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Encore:
12 Stranger
13 Space
14 Ghostdancing
15 Don't You (Forget About Me)
16 Sanctify Yourself

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Morrissey - BBC Radio 2

(Broadcast)

11 February 2009 - Radio Theatre In Broadcasting - London, United Kingdom



I was one of the lucky ones to be at the show. Vox-pops taken outside and video as well - they tried to get us singing This Charming Man. Inside was a tiny art-deco theatre, approximately 14 rows of tiered seats, holding about 180 people - great views for everyone. Following a short set of film clips, Shocking Blue and the N-Y Dolls, the stage was revealed - bare-chested US Soldier cut out at the rear doing a muscle man pose and the words REFUSAL across his chest. Mark Radcliffe intoduces the show pretending to be naked a la the recent naked band picture. Morrissey and the band come on and play the show you heard on the radio. Morrissey in vintage blue jeans and pink shirt, the band in navy blue jeans and t-shirts. Plenty of microphone lead whip lashing, standing on the monitor, crouching, kneeling - if you've seen him before you know the score. Unusually, the band, particularly Boz come to stage front instead of standing behind Morrissey. We mostly stay seated except for This Charming Man - this was because we were told we'd get chucked out if we were unruly. This is the BBC so we do as we're told. After the last song broadcast, Mark Radcliffe announces 2 songs from the set list remain unplayed and do we want to hear them? We do, so after a couple of minutes they return, Morrissey in a change of shirt, blue check, to play All You Need Is Me and, his words, 'housewives favourite' First of the Gang. We all stand for these 2 which seems to be appreciated. Great end to a great intimate evening - the pleasure, the privilege was mine.
-hamworthy

01 - Intro (2:34)
02 - Something Is Squeezing My Skull (2:46)
03 - Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed (4:05)
04 - Black Cloud (3:36)
05 - This Charming Man (2:45)
06 - I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris (3:02)
07 - Best Friend Of The Payroll (4:17)
08 - That’s How People Grow Up (3:27)
09 - Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself (3:58)
10 - The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores (4:05)
11 - One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell (3:18)
12 - Reader Meet Author (3:59)
13 - Seasick, Yet Still Docked (5:11)
14 - I Keep Mine Hidden (2:44)
15 - I’m OK By Myself (5:35)
16 - Outro (1:13)

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Radiohead - Victoria Park

(Broadcast)

04 December 1995 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, Holland


This was my very first radiohead concert and i was thrilled to see the band play. unimmagionable these days, but before the show, the members walked around Paradiso while we were sitting on the stairs of this best concert room in europa.
I remember very much the immence sound of this band during the show. I've never heard something like this. it was unforgatable. I rememebr johny wearing an apparatus which could make his fingers tremble while guitarplaying. after the show the same mister greenwood started up to sign autographs. I held Pablo Honey in my hand and he asked: is that ours?.... he just could believe it. "Nice front" he said......Oh what a perfect day.
-SLOERD

01 - The Bends
02 - Bones
03 - Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was
04 - My Iron Lung
05 - Prove Yourself
06 - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
07 - Lucky
08 - Creep
09 - Bishop’s Robes
10 - High And Dry
11 - Planet Telex
12 - Inside My Head
13 - Anyone Can Play Guitar
14 - Just
15 - Fake Plastic Trees
16 - No Surprises
17 - You
18 - Black Star
19 - (Nice Dream)
20 - Stop Whispering

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