The End of the War (in colour)

I could write a lot about this.

There are so many 'wow' moments.

From the 'cool' stuff on the ME 262 to the really uncool stuff.

Scary and amazing.

file under: insightful

It's on YT but who wants those bloody ads?

More pop concerts coming soon I promise.

regards

Titus

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Just something that caught my eye.

regards

Titus

Robin Trower

Civic Center

Hammond, IN

April 11th 1980

Lavishly remastered audience recording?

I suspect it's actually a 'mics on stage' job.

Medium plus sound quality/top quality performance.

Old Fish Face has his amps and pedals set to eleven.

Numerous glitches & drop-outs were fixed and some patches were applied.

It ain't perfect but it's better than that copy on YT :)

On the other hand it's a contender for 'best Trower bootleg ever'.

You be the judge Dear Readers.

regards

Titus

01 intro/Lady Love

02 The Ring

03 Day of the Eagle

04 Bridge of Sighs

05 Jack and Jill

06 Too Rolling Stoned

07 The Shout

08 Hannah

09 Daydream

10 Victims of the Fury

11 Madhouse

12 Little Bit of Sympathy

13 Messin' the Blues

14 Rock Me Baby

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Cardiacs

Wulfron Hall

Wolverhampton, UK

December 15th 2004

Remastered audience recording.

Not the best quality I'm afraid but I did try!

What do you reckon Bambi?

A short set opening for The Wildhearts.

'Tim Speaks' takes me right back to those heady days.

He could freak a crowd out!

Ideal for DEKAdance fans I would have thought.

regards

Titus

01 intro

02 Tarred and Feathered

03 Fast Robert

04 Eating in Bed

05 Burn Your House Brown

06 The Breakfast Line

07 Is This the Life?

08 Tim Speaks

09 I Hold My Love in My Arms

10 The Duck and Roger the Horse

11 Big Ship

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Duran Duran

Hammersmith Odeon

London, England

December 17th 1981

One for all the old New Romantics.

Fresh capture from a recent rebroadcast.

An early gig best described as 'before they got even worse'.

'Planet Earth' sounds like KISS disco classic 'I Was Made for Lovin' You'.

There...I've said it.

regards

Titus

01 Anyone Out There

02 To the Shore

03 Late Bar

04 Last Chance on the Stairway

05 Khanada

06 Waiting for the Night Boat

07 Sound of Thunder

08 Faster than Light

09 My Own Way

10 Careless Memories

11 Girls on Film

12 Planet Earth

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Carole King

Royal Albert Hall

London, UK

July 13th 1989

Fresh capture of this broadcast from the renowned singer/songwriter.

I like the version of 'I Feel the Earth Move'.

It should have you a-tappin' your slippers.

BTW... I bought some really nice chocolate today.

I'd give you all a piece if I could.

regards

Titus

01 Home Again

02 Hard Rock Café

03 Smackwater Jack

04 Tapestry

05 So Far Away

06 City Streets

07 Jazzman

08 Someone Who Believes in You

09 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

10 Way Over Yonder

11 I Feel the Earth Move

12 You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman

13 You've Got a Friend

14 The Locomotion

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B.B. King

Hammersmith Odeon

London, England

October 14th 1978

Remastered FM compiled from two sources.

Vinyl rips were used to complete the show.

Due to the differing broadcasts I can't confirm the running order.

Dozens of the most offensive clicks were painstakingly removed from the vinyl source.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro (Alexis Korner)

02 Caledonia

03 Why I Sing the Blues

04 medley:

     3 O'clock Blues

     My Own Fault Baby

     Rock Me Baby

     Sweet Sixteen

     Don't Answer the Door

     Nobody Loves Me but My Mother

05 How Blue Can You Get?

06 I Like to Live the Love

07 Nightlife

Disc 2

01 I Think I'm Going Out of My Mind

02 When it All Comes Down

03 Hold On (I Feel Our Love is Changing)

04 Never Make Your Move Too Soon

05 Thrill is Gone/band vamp

06 Outside Help

07 I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone

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This is just a small text file.

Some of my 'smarter' readers may find it enlightening.

regards

Titus

link removed.

It was just an April Fool joke.

Apologies :}

Dexys Midnight Runners

Exhibition Park

Newcastle, England

June 26th 1982

Taped off the wireless yesterday.

Dexys at the height of Dexy-mania.

Kevin Rowland...visionary or false prophet?

You decide Dear Readers.

All together now..."Toora, loora, toora, loo-rye-aye"

regards

Titus

01 The Sound Of Philadelphia (T.S.O.P.)

02 Burn it Down/Let's Make this Precious

03 Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)

04 Come on Eileen

05 Plan B

06 Geno

07 Respect

08 Old

09 Celtic Soul Brothers

10 There, There, My Dear

11 Show Me

12 Tell Me When My Light Turns Green

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American citizens...that job can wait :)

regards

Titus

Frank Zappa/Mothers

University of Waterloo

Ontario, Canada

November 18th 1973

Humongously remastered soundboard.

There is a cut in 'Idiot Bastard Son' which I tried to disguise

and 'Dupree's Paradise' comes to an abrupt end (after 26 minutes)

Best copy on the net or your money back.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 preamble

02 Be-Bop Tango

03 T'Mershi Duween

04 I'm the Slime

05 Big Swifty

06 Pygmy Twylyte

07 The Idiot Bastard Son

08 Cheepnis

Disc 2

01 Montana

02 Dupree's Paradise

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(Dixie) Dregs

Ziggy's

Winston-Salem

North Carolina, USA

February 13th 1993

Remastered soundboard.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Road Expense

02 Assembly Line

03 Holiday

04 Country House Shuffle

05 talk/The Hereafter

06 Kat Food

07 Vitamin Q

08 Perpetual Reality

Disc 2

01 Bloodsucking Leeches

02 talk/The Bash

03 Aftershock

04 Cruise Control

05 Kashmir

06 Take it Off the Top

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Richard Thompson

Iron Horse

Northampton, MA.

October 4th 1990 early show

Remastered soundboard.

This was Richard's second visit to the Iron Horse in 1990.

A treat for all you Plastic Bertrand fans.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Woman or a Man

03 Reckless Kind

03 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

04 Shoot Out the Lights

05 Two Left Feet

06 She Moves Through the Fair

07 Jerusalem on the Jukebox 

08 Pharaoh 

09 Now that I Am Dead (cut)

Disc 2

01 Genesis Hall

02 I Feel So Good

03 From Galway to Graceland

04 When the Spell is Broken

05 Nobody's Wedding

06 Valerie

07 Down where the Drunkards Roll

08-Ça Plane Pour Moi

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DEKAdance

Peace Light (1992)

The third album which is a live recording.

Another excellent release from this inventive East German outfit.

regards

Titus

01 Targowischte

02 Krieg Den Hütten, Friede Den Palästen

03 In Washington ist Holzhackerfreud (Der Alte Mann und Das Bier)

04 It's Bluestime

05 Let's Go to Achschsvillé

06 Döbeln in the Sky

07 Sack-Rest-Ei

08 I Like Samba

09 Peace Light

10 Paradise is Here

11 My Home is My Castle

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Van der Graaf Generator

Brewhouse

Gothenburg, Sweden

October 28th 2021

Heavily remastered audience recording.

Some occasional chatting in the quieter moments

but I think it turned out quite well overall.

The trio on fine form.

I hope fellow VDGG fans will enjoy it as much as I do.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Interference Patterns

02 Room 1210

03 Every Bloody Emperor

04 La Rossa

05 All That Before

06 Alfa Berlina

Disc 2

01 Meurglys III (The Songwriter´s Guild

02 (In the) Black Room

03 Your Time Starts Now

04 Scorched Earth

05 Refugees

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Progglådan Box B: CD 203

Instrumentala, Experimentella, Urproggare samt Punk

Fläsket Brinner/Hörselmat

More Swedish goodies:

Fläsket Brinner (the pork burns)

Good jazzy fusion from this band who were associated with,

notable Swedish keyboard wizard, Bo Hansson.

Hörselmat (hearing food)

Groove-based jam-style music...very nice.

I really like the guitar playing.

The last track is a blatant Zep parody.

Insights/memories from my Swedish readers

on any of the Progglådan recordings would be welcome

...but it's like rocking-horse shit.

regards

Titus

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Elkie Brooks

Golders Green Hippodrome

London, England

October 8th 1977

Fresh capture from the wireless.

The Salford lass recorded three years after the demise of Vinegar Joe.

The band on this recording play really well and provide great backing vocals.

Bass and drums are particularly impressive.

Elkie had married and divorced, Vinegar Joe guitarist, Pete Gage by this point

and would go on to marry her sound engineer, Trevor Jordan, the following year.

(a bit of trivia for all you trivia fans)

The song 'Lilac Wine has always interested me.

Later a Jeff Buckley standard, it was written by James Shelton

for the 1950 musical 'Dance Me a Song'.

It was recorded in 1953 by Eartha Kitt (remember her?)

Eartha was really cool, had a great voice 

and. in 1967, played Catwoman in the original Batman TV series.

regards

Titus

01 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

02 Be Positive

03 Rich Man's Woman

04 Love Potion No.9

05 Sunshine After the Rain

06 Mojo Hannah

07 Slippin' and Slidin'

08 Do Right Woman Do Right Man

09 Sophisticated Lady

10 Lilac Wine

11 If the World was Run by Little Children/Mercedes Benz

12 Pearl's a Singer

13 Saved

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Beat Club

Episode 60

October 24t 1970

This one has an interesting item on weed

and some quite extraordinary footage of Northern Ireland.

After a clip of Janis Joplin we get music from:

Amon Düül II - Between the Eyes/Eye-Shaking King

Incredible String Band - Everything's Fine Right Now

Ginger Baker's Airforce - 12 Gates Of the City

/Early in the Morning/Toad/Sunshine of Your Love

What's behind door number three? :)

regards

Titus

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KRAAN

Kulturzentrum Schlachthof

Kassel, Germany

January 5th 2009

Remastered audience recording.

The core trio....groovin'

It recently struck me how much they sound like Minutemen.

Helmut is not only Germany's Chris Squier he's also the German answer to Mike Watt.

The bass line to Wintruper Echo sounds like Kraftwerk.

I've never heard a bad KRAAN gig.

Gestalt in action.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Andy Nogger

02 Club 20

03 Nachtfahrt

04 Silver Buildings

05 Jerk of Life

06 Holiday on Marterhorn

07 The Schuh

08 Dinner for Two/Vollgas

Disc 2

01 Akua

02 Hallo-Ja-ja

03 Let's Take a Ride

04 Wintruper Echo

05 Nam Nam

06 Borgward

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Nils Lofgren

Hammersmith Odeon

London, England

October 11th 1981

Freshly captured.

I think this recording is Nils opening for Steve Hackett

but you may see other potential dates quoted.

Does anybody know who the guest is?

Nils mentions a couple of people at the end

but I couldn't quite make it out.

Used to have a few Grin/Nils LPs...never really got into him.

I had even less interest when he hooked up with Bruce Springsteen.

regards

Titus

01 Cry Tough

02 Any Time at All

03 Don't Touch Me

04 Dirty Money

05 Shine Silently

06 Goin' Back

07 Like Rain

08 Code of the Road

09 Empty Heart

10 I Came to Dance

11 Moon Tears

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There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding young men and their plight.

Drawn to dodgy 'influencers' online.

Prone to suicide.

Involved in gangs, drugs and sometimes violent crime.

They are described as lacking good role models.

Unable to express themselves/cry etc.

I'd like to point out this same demographic will be the first sent off to fight a war.

There will be no room for touchy-feely emotion then.

It will be 'man-up and off you go'.

Psycho knife wielders will be given medals instead of prison.

regards

Titus

Climax Blues Band/Dire Straits

Paris Theatre, London

1980/1978

A double bill from the BBC archives.

I didn't enjoy doing this one that much.

Climax...not quite at their best?

Dire Straits...at their best?

If so, I prefer Climax not quite at their best.

That said, it's a great quality capture

and I am sure someone out there will love it/half of it.

During the final listen/track splitting I admit I was won-over.

A bit.

I have decided to take all the current rebroadcasts.

This means doing things I'm not naturally drawn to.

It will get worse...they have scheduled a Will Young concert.

Any Will Young fans in the house? or are you staying in the closet?

regards

Titus

Climax Blues Band

June 14th 1980

01 Blackjack and Me

02 Couldn't Get it Right

03 Dance the Night Away/Fool for the Bright Lights

04 Last Chance Saloon

05 Horizontalized

Dire Straits

July 22nd 1978

06 Down to the Waterline

07 Six Blade Knife

08 Water of Love

09 Wild West End

10 Sultans of Swing

11 Lions

12 band intros/What's the Matter Baby?

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Brain Surgeons

Eponymous (1994)

Brain Surgeons are a band formed by Blue Öyster Cult's

Albert Bouchard and his partner Deborah Frost.

This is their debut album in WAV from my CD.

regards

Titus

01 Language of Love

02 Most Romantic Place in the World  

03 I Play the Drums  

04 Soul Jive  

05 Brain from Terra Incognita  

06 Love Potion #9  

07 Mad Dude  

08 Big Bang Theory  

09 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye  

10 (666) Devil Got Your Mother  

11 Name Your Monster  

12 Time Will Take Care of You

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Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Hammersmith Odeon

London, England

November 30th 1988

Fresh digital capture with Paul Carrack as special guest.

The date is a best guess. You may see early December cited

but I suspect that was the broadcast date.

file under: Indistinguishable from Huey Lewis & The News :)

regards

Titus

01 Jacob's Ladder

02 Mandolin Rain

03 The Road Not Taken

04 The Weight

05 On the Western Skyline

06 The Way it Is

07 Defenders of the Flag

08 The Mighty Quinn

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Jean Luc Ponty

Orpheum Theatre

Boston, MA

October 20th 1978

Remastered BBC Transcription Service LP.

regards

Titus

01 intro/Cosmic Messenger

02 The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea

03 Ethereal Mood

04 Wandering on the Milky Way

05 Egocentric Molecules

06 New Country

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