Teenage Head - Live at Heatwave Festival 5/23/80 (REPOST)

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 (REPOST)

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) REPOST

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) REPOST

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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Max Webster - Live In Ottawa 11/11/77 (REPOST)

Max Webster - Live in Ottawa 11/11/77

As requested.....a great little Max set from 1977! All props to original poster - sorry don't remember who's blog I snagged this from. This is primo Max at their best......a radio broadcast done by CFNY Toronto. This station is now one of those damned awful "new music" type things, but back in the day it was a pretty cool place to catch both cutting edge and new music (as in NOT HEARD BEFORE, NOT major label, NOT from California, etc). Can't recall when I started listening to this station, but in the 80's it was THE station to listen to in Toronto. Obviously, they delved into some pretty cool things in the late 70's too (and hats off to them for it)!

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Various "Some Gravy For Ya - Vol. 1" (REPOST)

Various - "Some Gravy For Ya - Vol 1" (live on CBC Radio Q show)

This is the premier issue of this series (ha ha ha) and features 3 tracks each from Adele, Skydiggers, Joel Plaskett, The Arkells, and Serena Ryder. These performances are all done live on the fabulous CBC Radio Q show (so I may hear from them....although I doubt it). If you're not familiar with this show - do yourself a favour and check it out sometime! They talk to guests from all over the world in all arts (film, books, music, theatre, etc) during the week. On Friday they usually have an artist play live in the studio, in a primarily acoustic format. Personally I dig some of the versions here a lot more than the studio versions. I started collecting the podcasts last year, and snag it whenever I hear someone of interest. Look for Vol. II someday soon (if I don't hear from Big Brother at CBC before then!?)........

P.S. If you don't know the "gravy" reference, Google "Billy Bob Thornton" on CBC radio......what a jackass!

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Elvis Presley "Christmas Sessions" (REPOST)

Tracks are as follows:

1) Home On Christmas Day

2) Holly Leaves

3) Silver Bells

4) Winter Wonderland

5) Listen To The Bells

6) Merry Christmas Baby

7) Johnny B. Goode, etc

8) Don' Think Twice, It's Alright

Ok, so Elvis fans will flame me big time for this.....but they've likely got every single song he ever did anyway. Sorry I have NO INFO about when/where these were done. I snagged this last year from an EP Newsgroup, burned the CD, leant it to a friend. Many months later (after his back surgery), he says he can't find original, but has made a copy of it. I get copy back, but of course, all tags on MP3's are lost.

Anyhow.....some of these are just same old Christmas tracks u'v likely heard before. But there are a few that show the "real" Elvis. that is the man in control, a real rockin' true-to-life musician, not the candy ass actor/Vegas lounge singer he became (or should I say the Colonel forced him into becoming!?). Check out track 6 Merry Christmas Baby if you need proof. Needless to say, that one wasn't recorded during the day with the RCA brass breathing down his neck. You can be sure it was a late night session, quite possibly after a few beverages, etc. I'd love to find more of this gritty blues type stuff! I'm positive it exists, and sure I'll stumble across someday......

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