Thursday, February 2, 2012

MAXIMUS ROCKS OF THE QUAD (moline 2003)



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 1 CDR, 15 tracks, ~ 78min
Label: Zone 51 prod 245.01

Disc:
01.  Let The Music Do The Talking
02.  Love In An Elevator
03.  Same Old Song And Dance
04.  Pink
05.  Jaded
06.  Last Child
07.  Train Kept A Rollin'
08.  Reefer Head Woman
09.  Stop Messin' Around
10.  Baby Please Don't Go
11.  Dream On
12.  Toys In The Attic
13.  Cryin'
14.  Walk This Way
15.  Sweet Emotion

Recorded at:
Mark of the Quad Cities,Moline, IL
December 12, 2003

Comments:
Good Audience Recording
First tour play of "Reefer Head Woman"
(first track to be played from the
 "Night In The Ruts" album"). The last full tour
 plays (as to snippets or the minute segment
they used to do in the 1980s after
"Three Mile Smile") have been  in Japan:
at Hiroshima (May 3 1994 when they played
 as a four piece without Brad Whitford) and four times at the end of May 1988. It was performed at the Mama Kins (Boston MA) club gig on November 10, 1995.
"Let The Music Do The Talking" returns to the opening spot after a break of almost 4 months (Aug 27).
First rest of "What It Takes" on the indoor circuit.

SWEET MAXIMUS EMOTION (tinley park 2003)



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 1 CDr, 15 tracks, ~ 79min
Label: Zone 51 prod 958.01

Disc:
01.  Mama Kin
02.  Toys In The Attic
03.  Love In An Elevator
04.  Rag Doll
05.  Pink
06.  Jaded
07.  What It Takes
08.  Stop Messin' Around
09.  Baby Please Don't Go
10.  Dream On
11.  Let The Music Do The Talking
12.  Livin' On The Edge
13.  Cryin'
14.  Walk This Way
15.  Sweet Emotion

Recorded at:
Tweeter Center,
Tinley Park, IL September 26, 2003

Comments:
"Toys In The Attic" ends it 11 concert streak
of ending the show and replaces
"Same Old Song And Dance" as the song to
follow the opener which it did earlier in the
tour. "Rag Doll" returns after being present
in the first 2 shows of the tour. The set equals
the opening show as having the least
70s classic tunes in the set for this tour (5).

When the stage is rotated for the Blues set, the Blues set now includes "What It Takes" as well as "Stop Messin' Around" and "Baby Please Don't Go"
Good audience recording.

MAXIMUS IN BRISTOW (2003)



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 1 CDR, 16 tracks, ~ 78 min
Label: Zone 51 prod 244.01

Disc:
01.  Mama Kin
02.  Toys In The Attic
03.  Love In An Elevator
04.  Pink
05.  Jaded
06.  What It Takes
07.  I Never Loved A Girl The Way I Love You
08.  Stop Messin' Around
09.  Baby Please Don't Go
10.  Dream On
11.  No More No More
12.  Nobody's Fault
13.  Cryin'
14.  Walk This Way
15.  Sweet Emotion
16.  Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

Recorded at:
Nissan Pavillon, Bristow, VA
August 9, 2003

Comments:
Audience recording
First tour play of "No More, No More" (last played near the end of the "Just Push Play " tour) .
Joe's first vocal spot of the touring with the introduction of "Stop Messin' Around" –
a track that is slated to be on the forthcoming Blues album ("Honkin' On Bobo").
Set with 7 tunes from their 1970's albums , including 4 from "Toys In The Attic" (the most tracks from any album in one set on this tour)

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

NINE LIVES AT THE CONVENTION CENTER ( duluth 1998 )



 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 2 CDR,  19tracks, ~ 104min
Label: Zone 51 Prod 901.01/02

Disc1 : 44.01
01.  Nine Lives
02.  Love In An Elevator
03.  Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)
04.  Eat The Rich
05.  Livin' On The Edge
06.  Dream On
07.  Taste Of India
08.  Janie's Got A Gun
09.  What Kind of Love Are You On?

Disc 2 : 60.37
01.  Pink
02.  Draw The Line
03.  The Wanderer
04.  Stop Messin' Around
05.  Mother Popcorn/Intro/Walk this Way
06.  I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
07.  Cryin'
08.  Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
09.  Come Together
10.  Sweet Emotion/Heartbreaker  

Recorded at:
Duluth Enter. Convention Center,
Duluth, MN November 13, 1998

Comments:
Joe Perry returns to a dual singing spot and a first with singing Dion's 'The Wanderer' (a song played in the Project days)
Good audience reclording

Saturday, January 21, 2012

UP CLOSE



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 2CD, 34 tracks, 157 min 54 sec
            Disc 1: 79:00; Disc 2: 78:54
Label: BEECH MARTIN RECORDS BM065/2

Disc 1:
1. Back In The Saddle
2. Big Ten Inch Record
3. Three Mile Smile
4. Reefer Head Woman
5. Dream On
7. Walk This Way
8. Milk Cow Blues
9. Rats In The Cellar
10. Toys In The Attic
11. Train Kept A Rollin'
12. Guitar Solo
13. Same Old Song And Dance
14. Draw The Line
15. Chip Away The Stone
16. Sweet Emotion
17. Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
18. Sheila

Disc 2:
1. Rats In The Cellar
2. Same Old Song And Dance
3. Permanent Vacation
4. Mama Kin
5. Hangman Jury
6. Monkey On My Back
7. Don't Get Mad Get Even
8. Dream On
9. Love In An Elevator
10. Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
11. Walk This Way
12. Chip Away The Stone '87
13. Love Me Two Times '88
14. Come Together '78
15. Rag Doll
16. No Surprise

Recorded at:
Disc 1:
1-12, Stage West, Hartford, CT on June 12, 1980.
13, ? (Cal Jam II?)
14, Upper Darby, PA from March 26 1978
15, ? (Cal Jam II?)
16, California Jam II, Ontario Speedway, Ontario, CA, March, 18, 1978.
17, remixes from 1987 (Dude This Way? Urban Dude Mix?)
18, Worcester, MA March 12 1986 (the concert that is on the Classics Live Complete bootleg)

Disc 2:
1-11, Hammersmith Odeon, November 15 1989 (although out of order)
12, this sounds different from the two versions previously released (on Gems and Pandora's Box). It sounds newer, so it might indeed be from 1987, as claimed.
13, this might be the original version from Less than Zero - I'm not sure.
14, this is the Greatest Hits version. Can't work out why it's included here.
15, Hampton, VA from November 16 1987 (the concert that is on the Virginia Connection bootleg, among others)
16, Worcester, MA March 12 1986 (the concert that is on the Classics Live Complete bootleg)

Comments:
Excellent collection of FM stereo broadcasts from 1978-1988 plus various studio and demo recordings.

Disc 1: While Track 16 does seem to be from the Cal Jam 2, Draw The Line (Track 14) is definitely NOT. It is from Upper Darby, PA from March 26 1978 - the same track that appears on the official Live Bootleg album and on bootlegs such as The Ultimate Killer Show. I'm not sure where SOSAD and Chip Away The Stone (Tracks 13 and 15) come from, but I'm fairly positive they are not from Cal Jam 2, either.

Disc 1: The Hartford concert is a KBFH FM broadcast which features Crespo on guitar during their A Rut In The Nights Tour.
CD Lists the concert as being Hartford 78 and the track Reefer Head Woman as Desperate Woman Blues.
Three of the Cal Jam II Numbers are available on the official California Jam II 2 album (Columbia 1978) but Sweet Emotion is previously unreleased.
Of the unreleased studio sessions, the Sheila session is likely to be 1985. This CD disc has to be one of the longest ever with 79 minutes of music cramped on it.

Disc 2: The London concert is listed incorrectly as 1990. There has been some reordering of the tracks from the original Radio 1 FM Broadcast with Big Ten Inch Record omitted.
Chip Away The Stone recording is believed to be the studio recording from 1978 that appeared as a US single and latter appeared on Gems.
Love Me Two Times, the Doors cover from 1988, can also be found on the Less Than Zero soundtrack from 1990.
The Come Together 1978 recording is that they released as a US single and appeared on Greatest Hits.

BOSTON STRANGLERS








 
 
Format: 2 CD, 25 tracks,
Disc 1 : 76 min 45 sec. Disc 2 : 49 min 05 sec.
Label: Beech Marten BM021/22 (1991)


Disc 1:
1. Same Old Song And Dance
2. F.I.N.E.
3. Monkey On My Back
4. Permanent Vacation
5. Janie's Got A Gun
6. Mama Kin
7. Voodoo Medicine Man
8. Red House
9. Rag Doll
10. Draw The Line
11. Dream On
12. Love In An Elevator
13. Dude Looks Like A Lady
14. Sweet Emotion
15.Peter Gunn Catasrophe
16. Walk This Way


Disc 2:
1. S.O.S (Too Bad)
2. Somebody
3. Dream On
4. Write Me
5. Walk This Way
6. Sweet Emotion
7. No More No More
8. Same Old Song And Dance
9. Toys In The Attic
10. Train Kept A Rollin'


Recorded:
Details itself as being Boston, April 1990 for Disc 1. In fact is The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, January 19, 1990. Disc 2, says June 1975, but is Shaeffer Music Festival, Central Park NY, August 29, 1975.


Comments:
Superb Stereo. Disc 1 is a incomplete Philadelphia concert, one month into the USA Pump Tour, taken from West wood One "Superstar Concert Series" broadcast May 1990. Disc 2 is the 10 songs complete version of Central Park 1975 concert taken from King Biscuit Flour Hour FM Broadcast (This track order is from the January 1991 re-broadcast). It has an excellent raw sound with numbers from their new Toys in the Attic album including their new single, Walk This Way which had been released in the USA the day before.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

BIG OMNI INCH RECORD (atlanta 1986)



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Format: 2 CDR, 17 tracks, ~ 101min
Label: Zone 51 Prod  248.01/02

Disc1 : 46.07
01. Rats In The Cellar
02. Mama Kin
03. Big Ten Inch Record
04. My Fist Your Face
05. Last Child
06. She's On Fire
07. The Hop
08. Lord Of The Thighs
09. Red House
10. Lightning Strikes

Disc 2 : 55.04
01. Shela
02. Walk This Way
03. Let The Music Do The Talking
04. Sweet Emotion
05. Toys In The Attic
06. Dream On
07. Train Kept A Rollin'

Recorded at:
The Omni, Atlanta, GA
25 March, 1986

Comments:
Good audience recording.