Adventures In Stereo

Here I’ll be posting a different “bootleg” each month.  I decided to do this as I have a fairly decent collection of material that I’ve collected over the years and seeing as some folk continue to try and make money selling such recordings I’d make them available to fans for free.  This kinda stuff should be shared and enjoyed by fans of the band. 

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December 2007

Nirvana was one of my favourite bands as a teenager and I bought everything that I could possibly find (be it magazines, posters, T-Shirts … you know the deal).  I also bought a bunch of CD’s at various Record Fayres (before I found the internet).

I’ve decided to share one of my favourite recordings of the band with you as the first offering from “Adventures In Stereo”.  As it’s almost 2008, the show I’m sharing this month is Nirvana’s brilliant set from December 31st 1993 (the HELLBOUND bootleg “The Last New Years Eve”).  I hope you enjoy this as much as I have — get the whole show by clicking on the picture.

1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
2. Drain You
3. Breed
4. Serve The Servants
5. Come As You Are
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit
7. About A Girl
8. Lithium
9. Pennyroyal Tea
10. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
11. Milk It
12. Rape Me
13. Territirial Pissings
14. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam
15. The Man Who Sold The World
16. All Apologies
17. Scentless Apprentice
18. Heart Shaped Box

Happy New Year.

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January 2008

January is gone already!?  I get the feeling that this is gonna be a very quick year.  Anyway, here’s January’s ‘Bootleg of the Month’.  I hope you folk enjoy it.

I was dead set on posting the 1993 MTV Unplugged show from ‘Live’, however, as the news of Stone Temple Pilots’ summer reunion got me kind of excited I thought I’d share that excitement with the visitors of ’Adventures In Stereo’.

The Stone Temple Pilots are one of my favourite bands, though I have to admt to not being particularly keen on the majority of their debut record ‘Core’.  I got into them through ‘The Crow’ movie after hearing ‘Big Empty’, deciding to purchase ‘Purple’ and thinking it was absolutely incredible.  My friend, on the other hand, dispised them … I believe he called them a ”second rate Pearl Jam”.

But, the output from STP just got stronger (though the band got a little torn up) and ‘Tiny Music … Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop’ (their third effort) remains my favourite.  ‘No.4′ was also a fine record, a return to form after the DeLeo brothers and Kretz flirted with a new vocalist on their ‘Talk Show’ project (Weiland also released a solo record, ‘12 Bar Blues’, which I thought was an incredible album, but apparently no-one else did?).  Their last album, ‘Shangri-La Dee Da’ has some good moments, but it’s patchy and largely disappointing.  However, you’ll find something worthwhile on each of their albums.  They were astounding.

They were also quite brilliant Live.  I caught them only once, on their ‘Shangri-La Dee Da’ tour and I thought they were quite brilliant.  Powerful.

This show, from the ‘House Of Blues’ on Sunset Strip, was STP’s first ‘proper’ show since the 1997 (mainly due to Weiland’s problems and incarceration).  I also believe that this was the first time the band had performed ‘Sex & Violence’. 

As usual, click on the image to the right of the set list to download the show.

Enjoy.

Stone Temple Pilots, House of Blues, March 15th 2000
01 Crackerman
02 Meatplow
03 Vasoline
04 Tumble In The Rough
05 Big Empty
06 Kitchenware and Candybars
07 Sour Girl
08 Interstate Love Song
09 Plush
10 Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart
11 Sex & Violence
12 Down
13 Unglued
14 Dead & Bloated
15 Piece Of Pie
16 Sex Type Thing
17 Roadhouse Blues

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February 2008

One of my favourite artists is the songwriter Richard Buckner.  I got into his music around 8 years ago when a friend of mine loaned me ‘Bloomed’.

I listened to the record that much that when the time came to return it I duly purchased the Rykodisc reissue, which featured 5 quite amazing bonus tracks.

Through the years I’ve introduced a few folk to the work of Mr Buckner. Sadly, not all have been enamoured enough to go out and buy his albums.

Anyway, this recording, from January 4th 1996, is one of my favourites (and again, like the other monthly bootlegs on here it’s a soundboard recording). A real gem of a performance from a very, very, talented man.

Home
Catfish Song
Pull
Fater
Figure
Down, Demon, Down
On Traveling
Boys, The Night Will Bury You
Song of 27
Emma
This Is Where
Cradle To The Angel
Guazy dress In The sun

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March 2008

The Black Crowes are one of my favourite bands and I had the pleasure of seeing them during the Sho’ Nuff tour around 10 years ago.  Chris Robinson is one of the truly incredible ‘rock n’ roll’ singers …

I was gonna upload one of the really good Crowes boots that I have, however I thought of something a little more special.  This month’s show is from a project known as ‘Foamfoot’, which features Chris Robinson and Marc Ford of the Black Crowes as well as Jimmy Ashurst (who was part of Izzy Stradlin’s JuJu Hounds), Eric Bobo (of Cypress Hill), Andy Sturmer (Jellyfish) and Gary Louris (The Jayhawks).  It’s also worth noting that David Crosby appeared on stage for ‘Long Time Gone’.

As far as I’m aware, the show was recorded at the Troubadour in Hollywood on January 8th 1994 and an actual release was planned.  However, none ever surfaced (likely due to the master being copied) and this soundboard recording has been doing the rounds in various trading circles.

I hope you enjoy it.

Walk in my Shadow (Free)
Bottle of Red Wine (Eric Clapton/Bobby Whitlock)
Tin Soldier (Steve Mariott)
Take the Highway (The Marshall Tucker Band)
Deal (The Grateful Dead)
Love me till the sun shines (The Kinks)
Long Time Gone (Crosby, Stills & Nash) (with David Crosby)
Jemima Surrender (The Band)
One Way Out (Elmore James)
Presence of the Lord (Eric Clapton)

Get it here