Doom & Gloom From the Tomb

Ry Cooder - 5/16/74, The Bottom Line, NYC

Annnnnd here’s the companion to that Neil Young show. What a night! It seems as though this is a soundboard recording, whereas Neil’s set is captured by an audience member (who is one of the greatest Americans of all time imo). Makes me think that maybe somewhere in Neil’s archives there’s a pristine soundboard of the bootleg we know and love. Hey, I can dream can’t I? 

Speaking of Ry, I recently read his debut collection of short fiction, Los Angeles Stories — highly recommended to fans of LA noir. A very fun read. 

Neil Young - 5/16/74, The Bottom Line, New York City, NY

The greatest bootleg of all time? Maybe! This was the first recording I ever posted on Doom & Gloom — my link is long gone, but Infinite Fool just re-upped. You want it! Oh, god, you want it. Give me a bit and I’ll dig out Ry Cooder’s opening set. Actually, Ry was the headliner, I think, and Neil just popped up unannounced for this stunning set. The above image is the OG vinyl bootleg, which was where I first heard the show back in 1993 or thereabouts. 

GORDON LIGHTFOOT The Skip Weshner Tapes 1968-1970

Early gold from Gord, recorded at Skip Weshner’s studio at KRHM-FM in Los Angeles. Thanks again to Big O for posting! 

Television/Verlaine Reboots

Get ‘em while you can! 

Television, Portland, OR, 1978

Tom Verlaine Band, Frankfurt, 1987

Television, NYC, 1992

NEIL YOUNG: I’m Happy That Y’all Came Down [no label, 1CD]

Live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA; February 1, 1971. Good to very good audience recording. One of the old classic vinyl boots, via Big O. Epic version of “Sugar Mountain,” of all things. For the Neil nerds out there, he plays a fragment of “You & Me” during the intro to “I Am A Child,” which he’d dust off more than two decades later for Harvest Moon. Good to know. 

EDIT: If this isn’t enough 1971 solo Neil for you, So Many Roads has a show recorded up the coast in Berkeley during the same tour. Dig it!

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Randy Newman :: WPLJ FM – New York City – August, 1971

Twenty-three track radio session Randy Newman cut while in New York City in August of 1971 for WPLJ FM. Stripped down, solo piano. The session serves to both highlight material culled from Newman’s first two albums (1968′s s/t and 1970′s 12 Songs) as well as to showcase tracks from his next full-length, 1972′s Sail Away.

Download/tracklisting —-> HERE

Newman!

The Byrds - 1970-09-19 (early show) - Whisky a Go Go, LA, CA

BB Chron has posted the companion show to this awesome Byrds/Burrito Bros. jam session. White Lightning! 

The Clean - March 9, 2011, Sydney, AU

1. Fish (4:21)
2. Anything Could Happen (2:24)
3. Drawing To A Hole (3:01)
4. Someone (3:02)
5. Hold Onto The Rail (3:30)
6. Wipe Me, I’m Lucky (3:30)
7. In The Dreamlife U Need A Rubber Soul (2:58)
8. Point That Thing Somewhere Else (7:29)
9. Whatever I Do It’s Right (4:37)
10. Outside The Cage (4:03)
11. Factory Man (2:26)
12. At The Bottom (4:12)
13. Getting Older (5:18)
14. Slug Song (3:57)
15. Oddity (2:17)
16. encore (2:07)
17. I Can’t Stand It [Velvet Underground] (3:00)
18. Tally Ho! (2:40)

Via The Occasional Archivist (who also has some other Clean shows from their tour last year). Tally ho! 

Burn My Fingers, Burn My Toes

It’s Feelies Friday! OK, I just made that up. But what better way to celebrate the end of the work week by listening to this live show from New Jersey’s finest, recorded at Maxwell’s, their home away from home in September of 1984. This was around the time that the band’s new lineup (Mercer/Million/Sauter/Demeski/Weckerman) solidified — the lineup that continues to this day! They don’t sound like a group just finding its footing, though. They’re on fire throughout the 13-song set, playing tunes from both Crazy Rhythms and the yet-to-be-recorded Good Earth. There are a bunch of highlights that make this recording worth your time, such as: an ominous reading of “The Obedient Atom,” the ultimate Feelies outtake; a blindingly good “Forces At Work;” and the closer, an unbelievable race through Eno’s “Third Uncle.” Get Feelied! [Photo courtesy the Feelies Facebook page]. 

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More Feelies from the archives: 

Chicago 1986

Crazy Rhythms - Live!

Perpetual Nervousness - A Feelies Family Tree

Real Cool Time - Feelies Covers, 1972-2011

Purple Music - Prince

Don’t need no reefer, don’t need cocaine, Purple Music does the same to my brain. Here’s an epic Prince-Alone-In-The-Studio outtake from the 1999 sessions. You’re welcome.  

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A Cork On The Ocean

My lovely wife got me the Smile Sessions box set for my birthday this month, and good lord, it is good. But let’s not forget about one of The Beach Boys’ other lost albums! LANDLOCKED! This set is made up of recordings from 1969-1970, some of which would be re-tooled for the Sunflower and Surf’s Up albums. There are a bunch of different versions of this bootleg out there — this is the one I’ve got. Don’t know if there’s like a definitive version, but whatever. This one has cool lost tracks like “Soulful Old Man Sunshine,” “Loop de Loop,” and “Lady,” along with alternate mixes/takes of classics like “Til I Die,” “Big Sur” and “Add Some Music.” It’s great, especially if you’ve fallen under the spell of post-Smile Beach Boys. 

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Doug Sahm - 3/29/73, Paul’s Mall, Boston, MA (FM)

Via Infinite Fool — cool stuff, don’t have any Sahm bootlegs. One of the greats!

Further on Up the Road
Glad for Your Sake
Ooh Poo Pah Doo
She’s About a Mover
(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone
It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad)
Papa Ain’t Salty
Right or Wrong
You Got to Feel It
Stormy Monday
Someday
Mendocino

Shakey Friday

Here’s a roundup of still-active Neil Young links for you. Because I care. 

Hello Mr. Soul: Neil Young Covers, vol. 1-3

It Might Have Been: The “Lost” Neil Young & Crazy Horse Album

Sad Movies: A Secret History of Neil Young, 1973-1980

Satisfaction In Every Detail: Neil Young’s Extended Dance Mixes

Neil Young & The Restless: Seattle, WA, 1989