Wednesday, 2 April 2025

































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

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

































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

Monday, 31 March 2025






















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

Sunday, 30 March 2025



























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

Saturday, 29 March 2025

































(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

Friday, 28 March 2025

































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

































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

Thursday, 27 March 2025

































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

































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


































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

Wednesday, 26 March 2025


























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

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

































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

































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


Monday, 24 March 2025

































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?

Sunday, 23 March 2025

































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

Saturday, 22 March 2025

































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

































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

Friday, 21 March 2025






























B.B. King
Swing In
WDR Studio-L
Cologne, Germany
January 16th 1968
DVD

Classic WDR footage with remastered audio.
No bass player!
The Lu Elliot section is really good.





























regards
Titus

Night Life
Every Day I Have the Blues
How Blue Can You Get?
That's Wrong Little Mama
Sweet Sixteen
Rock Me Baby
Don't Answer the Door
I've Got a Lot of Living to Do'*
Fever*
I Just Can't Help from Crying*
Goodbye Baby*
The Jungle
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
* featuring the fabulous Lu Elliot

































Return To Forever 
Carnegie Hall
New York City
July 3rd 1974

Heavily remastered FM (?) often billed as soundboard.
Not the best quality recording but notable/interesting
as It was "Albert" Di Meola's live debut with the band
Chick noticeably takes more solo responsibilities 
than he would need to once Al got his teeth into the material.
Great to hear this legendary line up during it's embryonic conception.
regards
Titus

01 warm up/Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy
02 band intros/Song to the Pharoah Kings
03 The Shadow of Lo
04 Where Have I Known You Before? 
05 Stanley Clarke solo 
06 The Vulcan Empire/outro

Thursday, 20 March 2025

































Generation X/Eddie and The Hot Rods.
Paris Theatre, London
May 11th 1978

Freshly captured from a recent rebroadcast.
Go easy on the pogoing...you're not as young as you used to be.
I definitely prefer The Rods.
ex-mixer...your suggestions/requests are not forgotten...all in the pipeline.
regards
Titus

Generation X
01 Your Generation
02 From the Heart
03 Shakin' All Over
04 Kiss Me Deadly
05 King Rocker
06 The Invisible Man
07 One Hundred Punks
08 Youth Youth Youth

Eddie & The Hot Rods
09 Life On The Line
10 Quit This Town
11 Circles
12 I Might Be Lying
13 Take it or Leave it
14 Do Anything You Wanna Do
15 Beginning of the End

































Aswad
Marcus Garvey Centre
Nottingham, UK
February 20th 1984

Freshly captured rebroadcast which includes a guest appearance
from, the legendary Jamaican singer, Johnny Osbourne.
I'm not the world's biggest reggae fan but this is groovy stuff.
I find myself recommending it more than I had expected.
This was before they hit the big time with their,
somewhat watered-down pop, number one hit 'Don't Turn Around'
which is still an OK tune in my book.
Brinsley Forde MBE is a significant Aswadian.


































Brinsley is a former child actor probably best known for his role
in the (popular-in-my-day) children's TV show Here Come The Double Deckers.
People change over time so I'm not sure which one is Brinsley:





















BTW I have all the episodes of Double Deckers.
I'll post the first one if anybody is feeling nostalgic.
Thanks to Andycher for identifying the last song.
regards
Titus

01 Not Satisfied
02 Love Fire
03 Not Guilty
04 Ina Your Rights
05 Your Recipe
06 Roots Rocking
07 Chasing for the Breeze
08 Drum and Bass Line
09 African Children
10 band vamp/Nottingham Posse
11 Water Pumping*
12 Warrior Charge
* with Johnny Osbourne

Wednesday, 19 March 2025


















Can anyone identify this song?
It is Aswad playing but it may be a cover of a non-Aswad tune?
regards
Titus