I've discovered there are a few Titusvilles in the US.

These pictures are from Florida and Pennsylvania

regards

Titus

KISS

Budokan

Tokyo, Japan

April 2nd 1977

DVD

This is old footage from a HBO TV broadcast.

I have remastered the audio.

The painted fourpiece at their best.

It's not the full show but we get a decent selection

including Pete's drum solo, Gene on bass n blood

and Ace Frehley's Spinal Tap "trademark" guitar solo.

As you probably know Ace died earlier this month.

He was an iconic guitar hero.

Goodbye Spaceman.

BTW I've had these KISS Destroyer model kits for years.

Never been opened and still in their original cellophane wrap.

I assume there's an element of assembly required.

What the hell have I got them for? LOL

regards

Titus

Detroit Rock City

Let Me Go Rock n Roll

Firehouse

Makin' Love

Cold Gin

Nothin' to Lose

God of Thunder

Rock and Roll All Nite

Black Diamond

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You've probably noticed that physical tickets are on the wane.

Eventually everything will be just an app you have on your phone.

A dehumanising use of technology.

regards

Titus

Progglådan Box C: Folkprogg & Sjungande låtskrivare

(folk progg & singing songwriters)

CD 303

Kebnekajse

I've posted a version of this before I think.

The original one certainly has a different running order

and possibly a different track list

but I haven't compared the two recordings.

Can't have too much Kebnekajse.

regards

Titus

link

box-set art

Kim Fowley

Snake Document Masquerade 1979

Reposted from November 2020.

Ripped from my old vinyl.

This was the follow up to Sunset Boulevard.

Each track is a sort of prophecy for every year of the 80s.

I traditionally played the relevant song on new year's day

to see if it had any particular resonance.

It never really did.

Actually seems more relevant now.

It can sound a bit odd on first listen but stick with it

because, in my opinion, it's genius.

The album came with a poster that featurerd

the anti-racist rap from The Saga of Hugo X

which adorned my bedroom wall for many years.

I could re-remaster this to make it louder/clean up the clicks and pops

but I choose not to.

Play at 80% volume minimum.

When Kim died he had pre-arranged a photo shoot

with a professional dominatrix looming over his corpse.

I think we can safely class Kim as a radical.

regards

Titus

01 1980 Run for Your Life

02 1981 Black Christmas

03 1982 Stranded in the Future

04 1983 Don't Feed the Animals

05 1984 The Saga of Hugo X

06 1985 Physical Lies

07 1986 Snake Document Masquerade

08 1987 Lost Like a Lizard in the Snow

09 1988 Searching for a Human in Tight Blue Jeans

10 1989 Waiting Around for the Next Ten Years

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Blue Öyster Cult

Toad's Place

New Haven, CT

January 3rd 1989

Remastered FM.

Complete show from the Imaginos tour.

A bit rough round the edges but still a worthy recording.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 R U Ready 2 Rock

02 Dominance and Submission

03 E.T.I.

04 I Am the One You Warned Me Of

05 Buck's Boogie

06 Astronomy

07 Take Me Away

08 In the Presence of Another World

09 Flaming Telepaths

10 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

Disc 2

01 Joan Crawford

02 Burnin' for You

03 Godzilla

04 (Don't Fear) The Reaper

05 (This Ain't) The Summer of Love

06 Golden Age of Leather

07 The Red and The Black

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Happy birthday to Jon Anderson.

The wee man from Accrington is 81 today.

regards

Titus

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Titus

Supersonic DVD Vol.2

More episodes of the classic 70s pop music show.

regards

Titus

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Dino Valenti (1968)

Chester William Powers, Jr. changed his name to Dino Valenti

and was about to form Quicksilver Messenger Service in 1966

when he was arrested for possesion of marijuana.

Dino spent two years in prison for this offence.

On his release he opted to record this solo album.

The solo career did not flourish so he eventually returned to QMS.

His adopted name was misspelled 'Valente' on the cover.

Some suggest this was deliberate and done out of spite

by company execs who didn't like him for some reason.

I took the opportunity to rectify that.

regards

Titus

01 Time

02 Something New

03 My Friend

04 Listen to Me

05 Me and My Uncle

06 Tomorrow

07 Children of the Sun

08 New Wind Blowing

09 Everything is Gonna Be OK

10 Test

11 Shame on You Babe

12 Now and Now Only

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The Clash

Aragon Ballroom

Chicago, IL

September 14th 1979

Remastered FM.

Rough as a bear's arse.

Exactly how I remember them.

regards

Titus

01 Jimmy Jazz

02 I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.

03 Complete Control

04 London Calling

05 Clampdown

06 (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

07 Koka Kola/I Fought the Law

08 Jail Guitar Doors

09 Police & Thieves

10 Stay Free

11 Clash City Rockers

12 Safe European Home

13 Capital Radio One

14 Janie Jones

15 Garageland

16 Armagideon Time

17 Career Opportunities/White Riot

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Michael Hedges/Steve Howe

String Theories DVD

An old off-the-shelf compilation I made.

Solo acoustic guitar slots from Michael and Steve.

The Hedges footage is a grainy Japanese TV-sourced VHS.

Better quality on the Howe section.

I filled it up with three random videos

which are poor quality but Matty Eklundh is amazing.

regards

Titus

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Crack the Sky

Painters Mill Music Fair

Owings Mills, MD

November 28th 1981

Remastered soundboard.

Sound quality is quite good with excellent stereo separation.

Another show in the suberbs  of Baltimore, their adopted home.

I'm not sure how they came to be so popular there.

They are actually from Weirton, West Virginia.

regards

Titus

 

01 All American Boy [cuts in]

02 Too Nice for That

03 A Girl Like You

04 Good Child Gone Wild

05 Nuclear Apathy

06 Ice

07 She's a Dancer

08 Skin Deep

09 Is All We Know

10 Hold On

11 Surf City

12 Hot Razors in My Heart

13 I Am the Walrus

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Bear with me on this one. It's a bit rambling.

First off, well done to all Americans

who took part in or supported the 'No Kings' protests.

That gives me some hope that all is not lost.

I was checking out the coverage and saw Bernie Sanders

and others speaking from behind a bullet proof perspex wall.

Those should be known as a "Kirk" (too soon?)

I'm sure they'll catch on in Europe.

It reminded me of the Popemobiles which were built

by British Leyland when I was an apprentice in the early 80s.

One day, me & my mate Roz sneaked inside one and smoked a joint.

At school we had a Van de Graaff generator.

A device that created an electrostatic charge.

If you touched it your hair would stand on end.

As the resident school long-haired hippy, the girls would insist

I was one of the Guinea pigs as it was much funnier if I did it.

Robert J. Van de Graaff's invention, of course, later inspired

the slightly modified VDGG band name.

By 1933 Robert had constructed a machine capable of generating 7 million volts

working together with his first PhD student John G. Trump:

John G's father Frederick, born and raised in Kallstadt, Germany,

had emigrated to the US in 1885 and by 1891 was speculating in real estate.

During the Klondike gold rush Frederick moved to Yukon

and made his fortune operating a restaurant and brothel for the miners in Whitehorse.

Along with his older brother, Fred, John had joined the family's real estate business.

Unfortunately one of Fred's sperm turned into a Donald.

More music tomorrow...I promise :)

regards

Titus

I've posted about Avebury in Wiltshire before

but I wanted to share some more pictures and info.

A bit boring if you only visit TLD for bootlegs I suppose.

There is more to see than the wonderful stone circles.

BTW the standing stones weigh up to 65 tons.

You are free to wander as long as you don't molest the sheep.

Head out of the village via the West Kennet avenue, also lined with stones.

This will lead you to the long barrow. An ancient burial place.

You can go inside but beware of the bats!

Further on you will discover Silbury Hill.

The largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe.

Built around 2400–2300 BC.

It's purpose is a mystery and after heavy rainfall

a moat forms which some suggest was it's original design

as the water table would have been much higher at the time of it's construction.

The hill stands about 130 feet (40m) high

which is almost as high as the biggest Egyptian pyramid.

You are not permitted to climb though due to concerns about erosion.

After your hike return to the village for a few beers at the Red Lion.

Mine's a pint seeing as you're offering. :)

regards

Titus

Blue Öyster Cult

Sweet Basil's (STB 139)

Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan

May 18th 1999 

Remastered audience recording.

Allan Lanier had health issues in 1999

and stand-ins had been used on some dates.

He was back in the fold in time for their trip to Japan.

A gig in Yokota was followed by a seven night stint at Sweet Basil's.

This is the first night of the residency.

日本の訪問者の皆様、こんにちは

regards

Titus

 

Disc 1

01 intro

02 Stairway to the Stars

03 Before the Kiss (A Redcap)

04 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

05 E.T.I.

06 Harvest Moon

07 Buck's Boogie

08 Career of Evil

09 Joan Crawford

10 Flaming Telepaths

Disc 2

01 See You in Black

02 Astronomy

03 Harvester of Eyes

04 Burnin' for You

05 Godzilla

06 Buck's Noodle/(Don't Fear) The Reaper

07 The Red and the Black

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Ry Cooder

Clark University

Worcester, MA

November 8th 1975

Remastered soundboard.

Another solo show from Ry.

I suspect it is taken from two sources.

Not as good quality as the Amazingrace recording

but still a decent listen for Ry fans.

I've always been partial to 'One Meat Ball'.

regards

Titus 

01 Police Dog Blues

02 Diddy Wah Diddy

03 FDR in Trinidad

04 Fool for a Cigarette

05 Crazy 'bout an Automobile

06 Denomination Blues

07 Billy the Kid

08 One Meat Ball

09 Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All

10 Shotgun Slade

11 Wild Bill Jr.

12 Vigilante Man

13 Jesus on the Mainline

14 Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer

15 Brownsville

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Beat Club

Episode 65

March 27th 1971

Good episode with vintage Curved Air

and Irish rockers Skid Row featuring a young Barry (sic) Moore.

Phil Lynott also played with Skid Row

so the band is the root of their later collaborations.

Soft Machine steal the show however.

I'm a fan of the woman holding the rose in the fashion segment.

regards

Titus

Curved Air - It Happened Today/Propositions/Vivaldi

Skid Row (feat. Gary Moore) - An Awful Lot of Woman/Unco-op-Showband-Blue

Soft Machine - Virtually (parts 1,2 & 3)

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Albert Bouchard

The Imaginos Demos

Despite the billing Albert wrote:

Please folks. This is not the demos. The demos sound better.

This is mostly the rough mixes of the basic tracks.

Imaginos was originally intended to be the first in a trilogy of solo albums

by Blue Öyster Cult drummer and songwriter Albert Bouchard

after he was fired from the band in August 1981.

CBS rejected the album in 1984, but a re-worked version

was eventually published as a product of the band in 1988.

Albert Bouchard and Sandy Pearlman set up the recording

of the basic tracks for the first album of the trilogy in June 1982,

with sound engineers Corky Stasiak and Paul Mandl

at Kingdom Sound Studios in Long Island, New York,

and at The Boogie Hotel, a studio owned by the rock band Foghat,

which was located in a large Victorian mansion in Port Jefferson, New York.

At the same time and in the same facilities, Blue Öyster Cult

were recording the album The Revölution by Night.

This is my remastered edition.

Ripe enough for the Luxor dream.

regards

Titus

01 I Am The One You Warned Me Of

02 Imaginos

03 Gil Blanco County

04 Del Rio's Song

05 Blue Öyster Cult

06 Les Invisibles

07 The Girl that Love Made Blind

08 The Siege and Investiture

     of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria

09 In The Presence Of Another World

10 Blue Öyster Cult (reprise)

11 Astronomy

12 Magna of Illusion

13 Magna of Illusion Chorale

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Roy Buchanan

American Axe Tracks Volume Eight

Have Guitar, Will Travel (1980-84)

More Roy.

I lost my notes on this one.

regards

Titus

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Kasim Sulton

Sellersville Theater

Sellersville, PA.

August 14th 2015

Remastered audience recording.

This is an unplugged/acoustic type performance.

Laid back vibe with lots of talking from Kasim.

Like a 'straight' Roy Harper? :)

I couldn't find the old files but AtticRock saved the day.

The earlier version is still available over on Soundaboard.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/God of Low

02 Sacrifice

03 15 Minutes

04 Watching the World Go By

05 Lysistrata

06 Too Much on Her Mind

07 Cliché

08 Libertine

Disc 2

01 The Clocks All Stopped

02 Set Me Free

03 Yellow Cab

04 The One Sure Thing

05 Fade Away

06 Fell in Love for the Last Time

07 One World

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The Tubes

The Canyon Club

Agoura Hills, CA

September 20th 2014

Remastered audience recording.

I enjoyed doing this one, I think it turned out quite well.

Interesting version of Zappa's 'More Trouble Every Day'.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Getoverture/This Town

02 A Town Without Pity

03 Power Tools

04 Rat Race

05 Crime Medley

06 Mr. Hate

07 Amnesia

08 No Way Out

09 Life is Pain

10 Mondo Bondage

11 More Trouble Every Day

Disc 2

01 What Do You Want from Life?

02 Sushi Girl

03 Don't Want to Wait Anymore

o4 drum solo

     Trash

     Don't Pick it Up

     Dinosaur Blues

     White Punks on Dope

05 She's a Beauty

06 Talk to You Later

07 Third Stone from the Sun

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Moody Blues/Yes

VH1 Hard Rock Live DVD

Sony Music Studios

New York

June 29th 1998

Reposted from November 2021

I originally shared this following the news

that Moody Blues drummer and poet Graeme Edge had died.

This morning I found out John Lodge passed away yesterday aged 82.

regards

Titus

The Moody Blues:

I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock & Roll Band)

Nights in White Satin

Question

Ride My See-Saw

Yes:

Roundabout

Owner of a Lonely Heart

I've Seen All Good People

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Blue Öyster Cult

Crest Theatre

Sacramento, CA

November 4th 1988

Remastered soundboard/FM.

More than one source methinks.

An old CD from the Imaginos era.

A period I've been revisiting recently.

Godzilla and The Reaper are missing from this recording.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 R.U. Ready to Rock?

02 Dominance and Submission

03 E.T.I.

04 I Am the One You Warned Me Of

05 Buck's Boogie

06 Astronomy

07 Take Me Away

Disc 2

01 In the Presence of Another World

02 Flaming Telepaths

03 (Then Came) The Last Days of May

04 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

05 Joan Crawford

06 Burin' for You

07 (This Ain't) The Summer of Love

08 Golden Age of Leather

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ITV tried many times to create a pop music show

that could rival the BBC's iconic Top of the Pops.

Supersonic was just one of many.

Here's a few more that may jog some memories:

Alright Now

Alright Now was a British rock music television series

made by Tyne Tees Television for ITV in 1979–1980. 

The show, named after the song "All Right Now" by the band Free,

showcased both established and up-and-coming acts,

with a focus on those from North East England.

Among these were Dire Straits and The Police.

The show was initially hosted by former Darts singer Den Hegarty,

but he was dismissed from the show for "outrageous" behaviour.

He later became a host of the ATV children's show Tiswas. 

Arrows

Arrows was a pop television series aimed at the teen market,

which aired in 1976 and 1977 in the UK.

The group Arrows would perform their own songs, and introduce the guest artists.

How the band got this gig remains mystery.

They were quite good though and wrote 'I Love Rock n Roll'

later covered by Joan Jett and others.

Check it Out

Check it Out was a youth-oriented television series produced

twice weekly by Tyne Tees Television for ITV from 1979 to 1982.

It presented a mix of rock music performances and segments

dealing with social issues including homelessness and homosexuality.

The show was notorious for an appearance by the band Public Image Ltd,

in which John Lydon became angry at the interviewer's questions

and walked out of the studio.

Get It Together

Produced by Granada Television for the UK ITV network

between 6 April 1977 and 22 December 1981.

This one was a bit crap really but they had some good acts.

It was presented by former 'straight man' to Basil Brush, Roy North.

That was the most memorable thing!

Watching Mr. Roy desperately trying to forge a career without that bloody fox.

Shang-a-Lang

Shang-a-Lang was a children's pop music TV series

starring the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers.

It was produced in Manchester by Granada Television

for the ITV network and ran for one 20-week series in 1975.

Back when the Rollers were King!

It Was very popular with the girls.

So it Goes

So It Goes was a British TV music show presented by Tony Wilson

on Granada Television between 1976 and 1977.

Famous for showcasing the then burgeoning punk rock movement.

It was named partially in reference to Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five.

An expletive-strewn appearance by Iggy Pop proved too much for Granada bosses,

leading to the cancellation of a third series.

regards

Titu