FRIDAY MIDNIGHT Drive-In Movies @ The Boat

THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955) This one's a stinker. Aliens that travel the universe in what looks like a coffee pot take over the brains of the local town folk and animals. Some of the locals act like they were inhabited by something alien already. Discussing the plot any more than that would be pointless. It sounds a bit like like Criswell narrating the intro. This is posted via Fancast, which take about 20 seconds to load, so be patient. New Movies Every Friday At Midnight.

Transmission...

We're going to be taking some time in the coming weeks for some maintenance. Primarily to...

a) Dump those fucking Sharebee links (waaay too many pop-ups).
b) Replace those dead MOG players.
c) Fix any dead links & upgrade a few older posts to 320, where possible.

We'll probably bump updated posts to the top just to look like we're posting new stuff, but the idea is to clean things up. Not sure how long it will take as there are about 400 posts here. If we have time we'll try to work something new in where possible. Thanks for the patience.

PS: Some of the old, archive stuff we're cleaning up and moving to the top may have only one or two download options left, but we will continue to offer 3, 4 or 5 download options on newer posts.

The Grays

Ro Sham Bo (1994)
A Great, 5 Star Pop Record

From The Boat's May '07 Archives
RE-UPPED The Grays were a one time union of some really, really good indie pop guys; Jason Falkner (Three O’Clock, Jellyfish), Jon Brion (Aimee Mann, the eels), Buddy Judge (Profiles In Clownhenge) and Dan McCarroll. While it’s tempting to call Ro Sham Bo, their one album, Beatle-esque, it actually leans towards a muscular Badfinger - with decades of other pop models adding to the influence sheet. The cascading guitars, glorious harmonies and Indian accents leave no doubt from where all 60's pop stems, however, and The Grays pull it off with great enthusiasm. Two or three listens and the melodies and invention take hold. Good execution, plenty of chops and not too clever for its own good. For the straight up stuff, “Same Thing” is the purest pop since Teenage Fanclub. Just listen to the slow build of “Everybody’s World” to hear how many ideas these guys have at their disposal, effortlessly crafting some of the more elevated pop of the 90s/00s. Jack White & Brendan Benson's The Raconteurs are a similar concept, but The Grays already did it better a decade earlier. Grays completists should visit Pop Fair for some rare, essential and great sounding Grays rehearsals and radio shows. (@320) Links in Comments


Very Best Years
Everybody's World
Same Thing
Friend Of Mine
Is It Now Yet
Oh Well Maybe
Nothing Between Us
Both Belong
Nothing
Not Long For This World
Spooky
All You Wanted
No One Can Hurt Me

Muddy Waters

Hoochie Coochie Man (1996)
Incredible, Unnoticed 1964 Live Show

From The Boat's April '07 Archives
RE-UPPED You know the name LaserLight, right? The cheapo CD distributors that wholesale to dollar stores? Well... this appears to be a typical LaserLight release, complete with skimpy info, crappy graphics and the wrong song titles. But, wait! Look closer. Instead of a rehash of whatever old, public domain Muddy Waters recordings that happened to be on hand, this CD is actually a rare 1964 live show. And, an incredible one at that! The All Music Guide says it's from Europe's 1964 American Folk Blues Festival and states, “considering that Chess Records never recorded Muddy's live set during this era, this disc is priceless.” No kidding. A 55 minute set that sounds more like it’s at an intimate juke joint than a festival. This stuff is the real thing - stripped, slow blues with spare guitar, piano & harp leads that just... hang... together... by a thread. It took the Rolling Stones another 5 years and massive amounts of H, Jack & Coke to nail this timing. The sound quality is excellent, though, curiously, there's hiss and phase between the songs - but only when the audience is applauding. When the music starts up again it's crystal clear, like you're right in front of the band, circa 1964. With Otis Spann (piano), Sammy Lawhorn (guitar), Luther Johnson (bass), George Smith (sax) & Frances Clay (drums). (@320) Links in Comments


Country Boy
Baby Please Don't Go
Hoochie Coochie Man
Sittin' And Thinkin' (a.k.a. Tiger In Your Tank)
19 Years Old
County Jail
Long Distance Call
Rock Me Baby
Sweet Little Angel (a.k.a. Trouble No More)
Rosalie
All Night Long (a.k.a. Rollin' And Tumblin')
Early Morning Blues (a.k.a. I Feel Like Going Home)

The Balancing Act

Three Squares And A Roof (1987)
& Campfire Songs EP (1986)
Cool Acoustic Adventurers

I promised I would get to this one last week, the debut CD from acoustic adventurers The Balancing Act, featuring their first EP (produced by Peter Case) packaged with their first full length album. The word quirky gets tossed around a lot with these guys because there aren't many precedents for what they do. The closest comparisons I can muster might be the acoustic experimentation Simon & Garfunkel championed with Bookends (think "Save The Life Of My Child" or "At The Zoo"), mixing percussive elements, dissonant instrumentation and lively vocal harmonies. They love to lyrically document the mundane, as if Squeeze's Difford & Tilbrook gave them carte blanche to sing about anything that might have happened to them during the course of the day. Throw in some strange cover choices from the likes of Captain Beefheart ("Zig Zag Wanderer," below), P.I.L. or Funkadelic and it starts to make even less sense. Re-invented acoustic music delivered with a slightly skewed perspective. Don't forget to get their final release, Curtains. (@320) Links in Comments


3 Cards
This Is Where It All Begins
Kicking Clouds Across the Sky
Whiskered Wife
Adventure
The Ballad of Art Snyder
Red Umbrella
The Governor of Pedro
Waiting for the Mail
Searching for This Thing
We're Not Lost
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Wonderful World Tonight
Who Got the Pearls?
A T.V. Guide in the Olduvai Gorge
A Girl, Her Sister and a Train
The Neighborhood Phrenologist
Zig Zag Wanderer

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Rarities TBA (1985-1988)
Unreleased Live Tracks & Demos

Here's a small collection that comes to us from an ancient Balancing Act fan page, werenotlost.com. The OK quality varies, as does the bit rate, but there are some fun oddities here, including a live cover of Motorhead's "Ace of Spades" that manages to sound like a TBA original. Also, demos from the group's finale, Curtains. werenotlost also has radio interviews for download and info about post-TBA work. (@128-320) Links in Comments


Ace of Spades (Live) (2:59)
Red Umbrella (Live) (2:55)
Undertanding Furniture (Live) (3:18)
The Neighborhood Phrenologist (Live) (3:18)
Searching For This Thing (Live) (3:13)
Leopardskin Pillbox Hat (Demo) (3:21)
She Doesn't Work Here (Demo) (3:21)
Floor 13 (Demo) (3:36)
Dangerous Roof (Demo) (2:02)

Guess Who

Road Food (1974)
Beloved Band's Harmonic Ode To The Road

From The Boat's November '08 Archives
RE-UPPED. The Guess Who were a great singles band, but unless you were a fan you may not have realized how entertaining their albums were. Next to the radio-friendly hits were sometimes bizarre and decidedly non-commercial offerings. While leader Burton Cummings' biographical balladeering could sometimes be self-indulgent, inside jokes and comic forays were curious sidetracks from the group's spontaneously rockin' stoner fun. Road Food is my favorite, though I'd be the first to admit it might pale next to greats like Share The Land, So Long Bannatyne and another personal fave, Rockin'. Those are all post-Randy Bachman releases that spotlight replacement guitarist/writer Kurt Winter. This was Winter's last with the band... and The Guess Who were never the same after his departure. Road Food rocks with full harmonies and even a concept, of sorts, about life on the road. Note the original (and more logical) track sequence listed on the cover - beginning with "Star Baby" (a should-have-been-a-hit groupie diary with a quiet "fuck" slipped into the fade) and ending with Burton's band bio, "Ballad Of The Last Five Years" (roughly Winter's tenure). That the LP sides were switched prior to release is a shame, though easily fixable.(@320) Links in Comments


Clap For The Wolfman
Pleasin' For Reason
Road Food
Ballad Of The Last Five Years

Star Baby
Attila's Blues
Straighten Out
Don't You Want Me?
One Way Road To Hell

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi By Himself:
The Home Recordings (1968)
Out Of Print 1995 CD. Not A Bootleg.

From The Boat's April '07 Archives
RE-UPPED For years these tapes have made the rounds under different bootleg titles, but Jimi By Himself: The Home Recordings is actually a legitimate 1995 CD release that was packaged inside of a book, Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend Of Jimi Hendrix. Only 30 minutes long, this disc was created to push sales of the now out-of-print graphic novel. It worked, too. Most bought the book just for this collectible. Skeletal performances and great sound quality make for a fascinating listen to Jimi's Electric Ladyland demos. It's just Hendrix, in a Greenwich Village apartment with his electric guitar, notebook and tape recorder (and the occasional ringing phone). It doesn’t get any more up-close and personal than this. (@320) Links in Comments


1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) (7:45)
Angel (3:28)
Cherokee Jam (3:12)
Hear My Train A’Comin’ (1:22)
Voodoo Chile/Cherokee Mist (10:09)
Gypsy Eyes (2:59)

Stephen Stills & Manassas

MusikLaden Live (1972)
Excellent Soundstage Performance

From The Boat's May '07 Archives
RE-UPPED In 1972, with an already embarrassingly rich resume (Buffalo Springfield, Super Session, CSN&Y), Stephen Stills finest hour was still to come. Along with ex-Byrd/Burrito Chris Hillman, Stills co-founded Manassas and issued a 2LP declaration of independence that was called "a sprawling masterpiece” by the All Music Guide. Manassas was barely 6 months old when they convened at the film studios of Germany's Radio Bremen to record this excellent 35+ minute live performance for the TV show, MusikLaden. Released on DVD in 2000 (reportedly, the only visual documentation of the band), this audio version of MusikLaden Live captures Manassas, with no audience, expertly fusing Stills’ musical passions (blues rock, Latin & country) into a distinctively potent blend. Note this set’s suite of songs, beginning with "Song Of Love" and running uninterrupted through to "Jet Set (Sigh)." Instead of concluding the run as originally recorded on the LP (with "Anyway"), Stills throws the band a live curve ball (you can actually hear the momentary confusion) and, in front of the rolling cameras, kicks off an extended jam instead. The DVD is worth owning just to see Stills' short-lived Manassas in performance mode, something most of us never got the opportunity to experience. (@256) Links in Comments


Bound To Fall
It Doesn't Matter
Hide It So Deep
Song Of Love
Rock & Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass/Jet Set (Sigh)/Jam
The Treasure

Will Forte Reads Tommy Lee

Slim Twig

Spit It Twig! (Vol. 2) (2009)
2nd Free Mix Tape From Slim Twig

Last June we posted Slim Twig's free mix tape (below). He's released another freebie, so we thought we'd post this one, too. According to Slim... "This time I decided to stretch out my repertoire in directions both more overtly hip hop ("This Night's Untold" & "More Mercy, Miss Percy"), and even more abstract ("The Pink Room," "Perfect Pitch"). The diversity of Spit It Twig (Vol. 2) was meant to reveal my intention & future direction with tapes which is to periodically expose experiments, and spontaneous ideas to those who are curious... all for a great price. -ST."
More artists @ Paper Bag Records. (@192) Links in Comments

Silver Sliver (2:57)
Black Eldorado (2:24)
The Siamese Survived (3:09)
This Night's Untold feat. D-Sisive (2:22)
Perfect Pitch (1:13)
Norma Jean (3:19)
More Mercy, Miss Percy (1:30)
The Pink Room (2:32)
A Name Is A Pistol (2:34)



Spit It Twig! (Vol. 1) (2009)
Artist Approved Mixtape Fueled By Wu

Slim Twig represents the new breed mix artist... but I just keep hearing the old school psych, littered with more recent cultural suggestions; The Residents, Devo and Wu-Tang samples. This free mix tape download is designed to promote Slim's new retail album, Contempt. "I thought it would be fun to take the initial concept of making a sample-based album ala Wu-Tang Clan combined with my own style of vocalizing to its most obvious conclusion: a mix tape of original lyrics over Wu-Tang (and similarly inspired) beats." More @ Paper Bag Records. (@192) Links in Comments

A Black Holster (2:23)
Guillotine (2:07)
Mansion Haunting (Onakabazien Remix) (2:07)
Crack Of The Whip (2:16)
Gate Hearing (Onakabazien Remix) (6:20)
The Eye Full Of Dread (1:40)
Phantasm Inquest (Onakabazien Remix) (4:31)
Screwdriver (1:06)

Burt Ward & The Mothers Of Invention

The Boy Wonder Sessions (1966)
Holy Frank Zappa, Batman!

From The Boat's May '09 Archives
Helmed by Freak Out producer Tom Wilson, The Boy Wonder Sessions began as a quick-buck 45 recorded by Burt Ward, a.k.a. Robin from the 60s TV show Batman. Originally taped in June 1966, "Boy Wonder I Love You" features Burt reading teenage fan letters (don't miss the essential punch line) over a Frank Zappa written & arranged recording with some of the Mothers of Invention (listen for the "Duke Of Prunes" chord changes near the end). The B-side is a Nat King Cole hit, "Orange Colored Sky," given a comic, Mothers-style "American Drinks And Goes Home" arrangement, again by Frank. Other tracks were recorded, supposedly for a follow up single that was never released. One of the instrumental tracks, "Variant 1," is extraordinary. Presumably written by Zappa, it would have fit nicely on Lumpy Gravy, even though the orchestration sounds straight out of the British TV show, The Prisoner (not broadcast until a year later). I've left the tunes in the confusing order in which I originally got them years ago, but you can go here to read additional session details. Links in Comments


Boy Wonder I Love You (2:10) 45 A-side
Orange Colored Sky (2:45) 45 B-side
Variant 1 (2:27)
Teenage Bill Of Rights (2:42)
Tears Come From Loving You (2:27)
Gotta Fall In Love (3:01)
Variant 1 (alternate) (2:34)
Boy Wonder I Love You (alternate) (2:31)
Orange Coloured Sky (alternate) (2:50)
False Starts (2:05)

Jeff Simmons

Naked Angels (1969)
Released On Zappa's Straight Label

From The Boat's March '09 Archives
And you thought Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up was obscure. Before briefly becoming the bassist for The Mothers of Invention, Jeff Simmons co-wrote and recorded the soundtrack for Naked Angels, a low budget 1969 Roger Corman-produced biker gang movie, later released on Frank Zappa's Straight label. The music, a frenzy of largely instrumental fuzz guitar jamming and a touch of psychedelicized surf rock, fills the bill for a cheap exploitation flick, even while boasting a cross-section of various styles and technique. "Bar Dream" even employs some of FZ's patented tape manipulation. Simmons' legend was cemented when Frank produced and performed on Jeff's 1970 LP, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up. He was probably best known for bailing out of a starring role in (and being replaced by Ringo Starr's chauffeur just prior to filming) Zappa's 200 Motels. Jeff & Frank would later team up for a few FZ albums in the early 70s... but Simmons took another 35 years to release his third album, Blue Universe. (@256) Links in Comments


Naked Angels Theme (4:11)
Ride Into Vegas (1:20)
Vegas Boogie (3:03)
Vegas Pickup (4:08)
Cop Out (1:16)
First Desert Ride (1:48)
Rank (2:02)
Boinin' (Third Ride) (3:42)
Scots Breath (1:42)
Rat Grind (2:10)
Bar Dream (3:40)
Camper Scene (2:28)
Toccata For Truck (3:37)
End Theme (1:15)

Bob Dylan

Disc Three (2008)
The $100 CD

From The Boat's Dec '08 Archives
Bob Dylan's recent Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare & Unreleased 1989-2006 (yet another triumph in the ongoing series) is a very cool $20 2CD set... and an even cooler 3CD set with a picture book and a dozen more musical rarities. What isn't cool is the price tag; $169 Suggested Retail, or around $110 at Amazon. Even the used ones are going for over $100. Making matters even more ridiculous, half of the additional 12 bonus tracks are variations of songs already on the 2CD set. Well, we don't want to go on a rant here... so we won't. Here's Disc Three. Below is the excellent Time Out Of Mind outtake, "Mississippi (Unreleased Version #3)." Links in Comments


Duncan & Brady (Unreleased, 1992)
Cold Irons Bound (Live at Bonnaroo, 2004)
Mississippi (Unreleased Version #3, Time Out Of Mind Outtake)
Most Of The Time (Alternate Version #2, Oh Mercy Outtake)
Ring Them Bells (Alternate Version, Oh Mercy Outtake)
Things Have Changed (Live, June 15, 2000, Portland, OR)
Red River Shore (Unreleased Version #2, Time Out Of Mind Outtake)
Born In Time (Unreleased Version #2, Oh Mercy Outtake)
Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Live, October 5, 2000, London, England)
Can't Wait (Alternate Version #2, Time Out Of Mind Outtake)
Marchin' To The City (Unreleased Version #2, Time Out Of Mind Outtake)
Mary And The Soldier (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong Outtake)

The Records

Paying For The
Summer Of Love
UK Power Pop Band's 1978 Demos

From The Boat's April '07 Archives
In the late 70s, the short-lived UK power pop band The Records churned out meaty slices of harmonic pop that, for reasons unknown, just seemed to vanish amid the changing of the Punk/New Wave guards. Even Jude Cole’s recruitment in 1980-81 didn’t seem to help the band that arose from the ashes of beloved pubsters, The Kursaal Flyers. Too bad, too. As can be heard in these pre-debut demos, The Records’ appeal is clearly tangible on soon-to-be-ignored pop blueprints like “Starry Eyes” and “Teenarama.” Most of these high-quality, (nearly) live in the studio demos would be re-recorded and polished for their 1979 debut, Shades In Bed (a.k.a. The Records in the US). Sadly, the group splintered in 1982, but these demos (which first surfaced in 1990) are textbook pop. The "Coca-Cola Jingle" is a re-working of the band's own “Teenarama,” which name-checks the sugared water confection. Link in Comments


Teenarama
Up All Night
Wives and Mothers of Tomorrow
Girls That Don't Exist
Held Up High
Coin Machine
Starry Eyes
All Messed Up and Ready to Go
Insomnia
Affection Rejected
The Phone
Hearts in Her Eyes
Coca-Cola Jingle
If I Write Your Number in My Book

In Their Own Words, Volumes One & Two

In Their Own Words, Volumes One & Two (1994/1996)
Various Artists Unplugged And Telling Stories

From The Boat's April '07 Archives
RE-UPPED Before VH1's Storytellers, Radio DJ Vin Scelsa hosted this similar concept, featuring a vast array of artists recorded live at The Bottom Line. Subtitled “A Bunch of Songwriters Sittin' Around Singing,” the results were released on CDs in 1994 & 1996. Each artist speaks for half a minute or two before their performance, so the pace is fast, the editing is smooth and a lot of stylistic ground gets covered. 31 artists are credited, but there are plenty of others in the background. For instance, Jules Shear and Marshall Crenshaw back Don Dixon on "Fever." Richard Thompson plays guitar for both Barrett Strong (author of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine") and the Blasters' Dave Alvin. Al Kooper's on organ behind William Bell and that's Glen Burtnik supporting both Patty Smyth and Derek & The Dominos' Bobby Whitlock. The intimate live setting with a single host makes for a surprisingly consistent listen, considering the artistic diversity. Hear some intros and songs below. Links In Comments

Volume One
DION - King Of The New York Streets
BARRETT STRONG - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
JOEY RAMONE - I Wanna Be Sedated (intro only)
RICHARD THOMPSON - I Feel So Good
RIC OCASEK - Just What I Needed
JANIS IAN - At Seventeen
JIMMY WEBB - Wichita Lineman
DAVE ALVIN - Andersonville
ARTHUR ALEXANDER - Anna
FRED KOLLER - Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
LUKA BLOOM - I Need Love
LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Positively 4th Street
GRAHAM PARKER - No Woman, No Cry
SHAWN COLVIN - That's The Way Love Goes
BOBBY WHITLOCK - Will The Circle Be Unbroken


Volume Two
GORDON GANO - Songwriter's Song
SIR MACK RICE/FELIX CAVALIERE - Mustang Sally
BILLY BRAGG - To Have And Have Not
SUZANNE VEGA - Luka
WILLIAM BELL - Born Under A Bad Sign
PATTY SMYTH - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
JOHN CALE - Paris 1919
DAVID JOHANSEN - Lookin' For A Kiss (with intro)
BRUCE COCKBURN - Silver Wheels
GENERAL JOHNSON - Patches
PETE SEEGER - Get Up And Go
CHRIS DIFFORD & GLENN TILBROOK - Electric Trains
MARCIA BALL - Louisiana, 1927
DON DIXON - Fever
JILL SOBULE - I Will Survive
GARY NICHOLSON - Pay Bo Diddley

Glenn Tilbrook

The Completely Acoustic
Glenn Tilbrook (2001)
Squeeze Singer Live In The Studio

From The Boat's April '07 Archives
When The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook was released in 2001, initial copies were packaged with a very cool companion disc, The Completely Acoustic Glenn Tilbrook. Covering nine of the original disc’s songs, this intimate, acoustic, live-in-the-studio session perfectly compliments the charms of the (sometimes) Squeeze front man. A standout is Tilbrook’s typically observational look at the day he interviewed Randy Newman for a radio show. Link in Comments


Morning
I Won't See You
This Is Where You Ain't
Interviewing Randy Newman
Observatory
One Dark Moment
Other World
Parallel World
G.S.O.H. Essential

Jethro Tull

Carnegie Hall, N.Y. (1970)
Prime Time Live Show... plus

From The Boat's April '07 Archives
Originally released in the now, out-of-print, 25th Anniversary Boxed Set, Carnegie Hall, N.Y. captures Jethro Tull’s last gasp as a blues/rock band, just prior to morphing into conceptual medieval-prog-rockers. Despite the Jurassic baggage they carry around now as elder statesmen, they really were a great band back in the day. Especially live (and especially with keyboardist John Evan, who's present here). With showy flute trills, on-stage gymnastics and sudden time shifts unusual for a “blues band,” Jethro Tull routinely pulled out all the stops and got famous for their efforts. Their 1972 double album, Living In The Past, featured two tracks (an additional 20 minutes) from this same concert that was not shoehorned into the Carnegie Hall, N.Y. disc. Hear why old guys with ponytails still talk reverently about Jethro Tull. Links in Comments


Nothing Is Easy
My God
With You There To Help Me
A Song For Jeffrey
To Cry You A Song
Sossity, You're A Woman
Reasons For Waiting
We Used To Know
Guitar Solo
For A Thousand Mothers

Plus...
By Kind Permission Of
Dharma For One

Jewel

Save The Linoleum (1995)
Awful(ly) Bizarre Atlantic Promo CD

From The Boat's April '07 Archives
Personally? Can’t stand her. Which is why this promo-only release is such a great listen. Long before Jewel was embraced at radio, Atlantic Records sent out Save the Linoleum to promote her debut, Pieces Of You. But later, the label attempted to “recall” this CD - as if that was even possible. One listen and you’ll hear why. In the opener, the non-LP “God’s Gift To Women,” Jewel pounds out a tuneless riff, references her “nice tits” and tosses in a “motherfucker” just for the heck of it. To intro the live track, “I’m Sensitive,” she insensitively tells an audience member to “shut up,” then apologizes cloyingly. The chorus to the abysmal “Race Car Driver,” features a curious vocal so annoying that we must all collectively thank Jewel for never repeating it. This isn't some clandestine live bootleg that happened to filter out. This was someone's clumsy attempt to promote a new artist. Save The Linoleum (save for the two radio-friendly LP cuts) is like a bad accident that simply demands your attention. (@192) Link in Comments


God's Gift To Women
Intro...
I'm Sensitive (Live Version)
Who Will Save Your Soul (LP Version)
Race Car Driver
Flower
I'm Sensitive (LP Version)

Miles Davis

Fillmore East - March 6, 1970
Unreleased Shows - Miles Opens For Neil

From The Boat's March '07 Archives
RE-UPPED You’re at the Fillmore East to see Neil Young & Crazy Horse and The Steve Miller Blues Band when out walks the Miles Davis Quintet (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette... with Airto Moreira). It's your first experience in front of the coolest SOB on planet Earth, but... these historic March 6th, 1970 shows were also the first time for Miles in front of a rock and roll audience. It's enough to make you invest in a Way Back Machine. This was MDQ, circa Tribute To Jack Johnson, Live-Evil and the essential Cellar Door dates, though... Davis' band line-ups were in a constant state of flux during this period (Shorter would leave the band within a week of this date). The following night's shows were released in 2001 by Columbia and entitled It's About That Time. These shows, however, have yet to be officially released. The sound here is real good, and the breathless interplay between Shorter and DeJohnette is just too good to be true. The Quintet/Plus smokes with the intensity of a band that sounds like they were playing at The Fillmore to prove something to somebody. And did. (@192) Links In Comments


EARLY SHOW
Directions (8:29)
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (13:08)
I Fall in Love Too Easily/Sanctuary (5:55)
It's About That Time/The Theme (14:41)

LATE SHOW
Directions (9:58)
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (10:16)
I Fall In Love To Easily/Sanctuary (4:43)
It's About That Time/The Theme (16:18)

Paul McCartney

Paulie wants to give you a free video ("Highway," above) and a free MP3 ("Let Me Roll It," below) in exchange for your email address to plug his new live 2CD & DVD, Good Evening New York City. He'd probably like you to pre-order it, too. NOTE: You'll need to click just the center button twice. It might annoy you with one pop up after the first click. Links for both in Comments (no email required). (@320)

The Undisputed Truth

Cosmic Truth (1975)
Norman Whitfield's Psych Lab

The common knock on The Undisputed Truth is that they were the sorry step child to The Temptations. Truth be told, musically anyway, the band's sound was often more akin to the spaced psychedelia of early Parliament/Funkadelic. But, those with finely tuned ears will immediately recognize The Temps songwriting and production style, courtesy of one of the original brick layers of the Motown sound, and one of the greatest songwriters ever, Norman Whitfield. What Whitfield did for The Temps in the late 60s, he also did for The Truth in the early 70s - expanding the perimeters of modern soul to encompass highly stylized rock, funk and psychedelia. The bands even shared some of the same material (it was The Truth who first recorded Whitfield's "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"). It's been said for decades that Whitfield used the band (his creation) as lab rats to experiment with new sounds, more guitars and spacier constructs, and Cosmic Truth is a great example of his vision. The Truth's take on the Temps' "(I Know) I'm Losing You" shows how Whitfield could stretch a song's root components to the breaking point, infusing extended guitar solos and jazzy interludes, while reinventing vocal arrangements from the ground up. The fuzz bass and stinging guitar work in "1990" are worthy examples and the soulful take on Neil Young's "Down By The River" (the LP's only non-Whitfield song) is worth a listen, too. Links in Comments (@320).


Earthquake Shake (5:54)
Down By The River (6:35)
UFO's (4:18)
Lil' Red Ridin' Hood (4:02)
Squeeze Me, Tease Me (3:53)
Spaced Out (3:11)
Got To Get My Hands On Some Lovin' (2:36)
1990 (4:02)
(I Know) I'm Losing You (6:52)

Grateful Dead (Advance Listen)

ADVANCE LISTEN:
Road Trips, Vol. 3 No. 1
Oakland 12/28/79
Click HERE for a pop up player

Here's a version of "Sugaree" from a new live Dead release from 1979. Road Trips, Vol. 3 No. 1 is a full show, 2CD set that comes with a bonus CD (for those that pre-order) culled from a show at the same venue two nights later. Release date is Nov. 10.

The Plastic Ono Band

Live Peace In Toronto, 1969
John Lennon's Day Off

For whatever reason, John Lennon's first live album (recorded just after the completion of Abbey Road and released only months later) has yet to be remixed & reissued by Yoko Ono. Most haven't cared, however. While side one is a fun, off-the-cuff collection of old rockers and recent Lennon hits, side two is filled with feedback & screaming that did little to enhance Ono's street cred. It might be the album that cemented her undesirability status in the minds of Beatles fans everywhere. If you ever run across an old LP version of this one, just take a gander at the different condition of each side. You should already know this album's story... Lennon and some pals (Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman and Alan White) jumped on stage in Toronto with little more than a couple hours rehearsal on the plane over. Not that they needed much for chestnuts like "Money" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzie" (or any for side two). JL and EC also reprised their performance of The Beatles' "Yer Blues," from The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus - the only two times the legends played together live. Links In Comments (@320)


Blue Suede Shoes (4:07)
Money (3:25)
Dizzy Miss Lizzy (3:24)
Yer Blues (4:12)
Cold Turkey (3:34)
Give Peace a Chance (3:41)
Don't Worry, Kyoko (4:48)
John, John (Let's Hope for Peace) (12:39)

Nowhere Boy trailer (John Lennon Bio)

In Case You're Curious...

Just as if you bought it from a Russian bootlegger on the streets of NYC. Just click the "Close To Play" message to view. Personally, I found the rehearsal footage pretty fascinating, just for the opportunity to see the guy putting the details together. Far more interesting than a finished concert movie. This is just here for those who are curious, but would never even consider going to a theater to see it.