U2 Duets

Hopefully you can read the trax above - the graphics on back tray of this were terrible. I got this one in same order with "Jesus Is A Cool Guy". When I saw the track listing on here, I just couldn't resist!

Again, mostly audience recordings here so quality varies but still a damn fine listen. Some of them you really wish had been a most pristine quality. But then again, that's the way a good boot should be.

My faves on here: "Miss Sarajevo" with Pavarotti (I think released legit at some point?), "People Get Ready" with Maria McKee (LOVE HER!!), and "When Love Comes To Town" with Keith Richards (how could this NOT be great?).

Enjoy....

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U2 - Jesus Was A Cool Guy

An interesting little boot I mailed away for (!!) many years ago. It's been a long time since I played this, and really enjoyed hearing it again.

For the fantics in the crowd, subtitle on this is "100% pure Live Acoustic Sound/Vol.2". And before you ask, no I don't have Vol.1.

Interesting collection here of fairly rare acoustic or rearranged versions, including some radio appearances. As expected, quality is all over the road but most of this is pretty listenable.

My fave tracks = "Lost Highway", "Springhill Mining Disaster" and "Can't Help Falling In Love". As a side note, you get a real feeling from this collection the band was having fun, and had a real loose sense of humour out there most nights. I wonder if they haven't lost that recently?? Although I must admit I haven't seen the latest tour.....

Anyhow, enjoy......
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Song of the Week - 10/21/09 = Stan Rogers "Harris and the Mare"

Just thought I'd add the odd single in here that happens to be my "fave of the week". I guess this could be construde as "trying" to appear as hip as those youngsters out there I keep reading about who have no idea what a "full album" is.......sad days indeed......

Anyway, Stan Rogers = CANADIAN FOLK LEGEND!! What else can I say? Probably should really just say FOLK LEGEND, as Stan's music was/is heard and loved in many spots around the world.

If I'm not mistaken, I think he came to Peterborough way back in the day when I worked at the old hippy shack called Moondance. Of course I was a young, thickheaded Rawker back in those days so I had no interest in this bald, old fokie. Having matured and opened my ears the tinest bit over the years, I now regret having missed my chance to see him live (Stan passed in 1983).

I first started to listen to him about 10 years ago, and he's been a regular spin ever since! I recently bought his "Between the Breaks.....Live!" CD and have been playing it a lot. I was particularly taken by this "Harris and the Mare" song. I've heard the studio version many times, and enjoyed it. But there is something about this live version.......perhaps the pristeen sound, the tight band? What really makes it though is Stan's delivery......slow, clear, deliberate.....he really had a way with telling a story.

This ain't no cheapo pop song - this baby clocks in at over 7 minutes, but kids, believe me - it will be worth your precious time!!

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Teenage Head - Live at Heatwave Festival 5/23/80

Well now here's a real gem from days gone by! Special thanks to my friend John at Nathan's Rock Moat (I snagged from him!). Wasn't really concious of it's existance, so to stumble across this was a real kick.

After downloading, as I was listening and thinking that the crowd noise is awfully loud. As well the audience seemed a bit rambuntcious for 12 noon! After doing some surfing, I found many comments along these lines. General conscenous is that the broadcasting station (likely CFNY? but not sure) must have added this audience track in post gig. I have to say it's a bit of a distraction. So I tried a few things on ye old Sound Forge here - the usual, remove ticks/pops, and then EQ. I pressed a CD, tried it in the car, and it was still way too much! So I tried again a week later, and these are the results. It was a pretty fine line between trying to purge that audience noise and keeping the edge of the high end (not to mention the vocals).

By all means, if there's someone who can polish up better - have at it! But I'm pretty happy with the results. Brings back some great memories from my youth!

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P.S. Check out the poster at top and note that Teenage Head aren't even listed on there. They were a last minute "surprise" act (in the primo 12 noon slot!???).

Ace Frehley - Live at Pops, Sauget, Ill, 02/26/08

Again, this set has been posted for some time now in many places. I decided to add today just so my rockin' buddy Grant can snag. Special thanks to my friend Joe from New York for sending me this on disc. I actaully saw Ace a few nights after this show, at a place called the Bears Den at Seneca Casino, Niagara Falls (USA). I met Joe at that show, as he was seated next to us.

Ace only did about a week's worth of shows, and we felt pretty fortunate to catch him in such a small venue. Capacity at Bears Den is only 475 (!!) - talk about intimate! And the band just KICKED ASS from the word go. Ace was actually upright and sober, and he surrounded himself with younger guys who really knew how to deliver.

They stuck to a nice mix of Ace solo stuff, and (of course) some Kiss classics. It was pretty powerful to hear that material after so many years. He was working on his new album (coming next month I think) but they didn't play any new stuff that night. I can safely say that everyone there that night was completely blown away!! And to top it all off, the tickets were a whopping $30 for that show (!!!!!!). I call that a bargain......

Enough of my yaking.....check it out.....

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The FLYING PICKETS - Live @ Albany Empire (1982)

Here's yet another one that survived many years on a trusty Maxell tape, then made into a CD. I bought the vinyl one day on Yonge Street, as I had heard some of their stuff on CFNY. They play it for laughs here in several spots, but these guys can really deliver vocally!

Here's the track listing on this baby:
ALBANY EMPIRE
I thought I had lost a few tracks when I taped the LP to cassette, but doesn't look like it.

I play this every once & a while when I want a COMPLETE change from the norm! Or when I want a good laugh.......great stuff though.

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TOM ROBINSON - Live at the El Mocambo (Jan. 1985)

TOM ROBINSON - Live at the El Mocambo (Jan. 2008)

Great little live set here! Yet another from the mighty CFNY, and the fabulous El Macombo! I never realized how many shows I have from there.

Didn't really know much about Tom Robinson back in the day, other than the usual (you know....HE'S GAY! ha ha ha). I think my buddy Alex bought the Power in the Darkness album, and after a few listens, we didn't care which way he "swung"......we just knew the album rocked. Full of spirit, conviction and some damn good songs (that stand up to this day!).

I truely think that he was one of those cats (yes, yet another one!) that if "people" (aka American Midwest) actually got to HEAR his songs, they would probably dug them. But you know how it goes.....especially way back in the day......."Glad to be Gay"??? I can hear the radio stations now "oh, that one is destined for the circle file"......sad.......

Anyhow, for those hipsters on the block......ENJOY!! Not too sure if this one is out and about, but I'm hoping the fans will sniff it out and dig it.

Very strong sound quality on this - likely a 9+. Again, another gem I had on the trusty Maxell 90 min. tape, and made into a CD this decade. Loving it......

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