Bash & Pop - "Friday Night Is Killing Me"

Yet another one of those "used to have on vinyl" releases......got this back in 1992 and was pleasantly surprised by it. The vinyl got liquidated long time back, then about 3-4 I still heard some of these tracks rattling around in my big mellon (always a good sign!). I tried to sniff out the CD only to realize it was now out of print. I ended up buying through an Amazon seller, and overpaying for a cut-out. But hey I now have it on CD, and still really dig this one!!

Stylistically not that far off the Replacements. Escpecially faves like Never Aim To Please, Hang Ups, and Friday Night Is Killing Me. If you're a Mats fan and haven't heard this......get down to it my friend.

Damn shame both Westerberg and Stinson aren't still putting out cool music in this day & age. But with the way the "business" is.....why bother!? I see Stinson is still trudging around with Axle "Fruitcake" Rose......suppose he's got to eat too......

Rock Steady Gang!

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The Babys - Live 2/14/80 Denver, Colorado

Ah yes, the Babys.....sometimes cruchy, sometimes sweet, always a nice treat (!?). Well I enjoyed this one myself. Sound quality is excellent (9.5 in my books). I assume this was recorded for live release by band/label, or maybe even King Buscuit but I couldn't find much info on it.

Recorded on tour for their "Union Jacks" album (their 3rd). I much prefer their first two to that album, but some really tastey stuff here. Funny, they must of had some good tour support as they even have a backup female singer here. Sure wouldn't happen in this day and age.

Another one for those stuck in the 80's!! Got to admit I just love the sound of those real drums, along with that classic Les Paul/Marshall combo here. Singer John Waite's voice is shaky at times but no big deal.

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Roger Daltrey - Live 12/04/85 Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.

Great energetic set from one of rock's premier vocalists. Found in fairly rare (for that period anyway) solo performance from 1985. He was promoting his excellent "Under A Raging Moon" album, so includes several songs from it as well as a few Who classics (surprise surprise).

Sound quality is pretty much a 10, as it was recorded for the King Biscuit series. Not sure if it was ever released on a major label (?) - can't see it listed on Amazon.

Band includes Clem Clemson on guitar (Humble Pie), as well as guest apperance from Russ Ballard who sings lead on "Your Time Is Gonna Come".

Tracks are as follows:

01) Martyrs and Madmen

02) Don't Talk To Stangers

03) Breaking Down Paradise

04) Move Better In The Night

05) Substitute

06) Your Time Is Gonna Come

07) The Pride You Hide

08) Behind Blues Eyes/5:15

09) Let Me Down Easy

10) Rebel

11) Voices

12) Giving It All Away

13) Won't Get Fooled Again

14) After The Fire

15) Under A Raging Moon

16) Free Me

17) Summertime Blues/C'mon Everybody

NOTE: full show here is about 1:42, so might be too much for many to take it. I just posted full show for completest in the crowd. Personally, I'm going to trim this down to under an hour to put on a CD.

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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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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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