Saturday, October 25, 2014

Roger McGuinn – Asbury Park 1988




Roger McGuinn – Asbury Park 1988

Asbury Park, New Jersey - May 27, 1988

The 1988 WNEW Memorial Day weekend beach concert

1. My Back Pages (2:43)
2. Don't You Write Her Off (2:46)
3. Ballad Of Easy Rider / Wasn't Born To Follow (3:32)
4. It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (2:30)
5. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (1:59)
6. Sunshine Love (2:43)
7. Tiffany Queen II (2:18)
8. Mr Tambourine Man (2:34)
9. Turn Turn Turn (3:23)
10. Eight Miles High (4:06)

Artwork Included (front, back)

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Roger Mcguinn’s Thunderbyrd - Manchester Or Bust (England 1977)




Roger Mcguinn’s Thunderbyrd - Manchester Or Bust

Manchester, England - May 2, 1977

Roger McGuinn – guitar, vocals
Rick Vito – guitar, vocals
Charlie Harrison – bass, vocals
Greg Thomas – drums, vocals

Audience recording (poor). It seems to come from two different sources, with a drop in quality as from track 6.

But this recording confirms how great a guitar player Rick Vito was (and still is).

1. Lover Of The Bayou (5:47)
2. American Girl (4:42)
3. Mr. Spaceman (3:41)
4. Why Baby Why - Tiffany Queen (5:35)
5. Golden Loom (4:25)
6. It's Gone (3:55)
7. Chestnut Mare (6:08)
8. Dixie Highway (4:52)
9. We Can Do It All Over Again (5:31)
10. Shoot 'em (5:47)
11. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (3:12)
12.
Mr. Tambourine Man (2:37)

Artwork Included

Friday, October 3, 2014

The Byrds – Original Byrds Live




The Byrds – Original Byrds Live

A collection of live tracks (concerts, TV and radio appearances) by the original five and the original four…

Jim McGuinn
Gene Clark
Dave Crosby
Mike Clarke
Chris Hillman

1. Mr Tambourine Man (2:11)
2. Bells Of Rhymney (3:26)
3. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (1:54)
4. Bells Of Rhymney (2:35)
5. The Times They Are A-Changin' (2:26)
6. Do You Believe In Magic (1:08)
7. Turn Turn Turn (3:40)
8. Bells Of Rhymney (3:38)
9. Interview (3:15)
10. Renaissance Fair (1:48)
11. Lady Friend (2:58)
12. Have You Seen Her Face (2:21)
13. Turn Turn Turn (4:09)
14. Bells Of Rhymney (2:22)
15. Milestones (0:40)
16. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (2:01)
17. I Know My Rider (2:14)
18. Hall Of Fame 1991 Induction (4:58)
19. Byrds 1991 HOF Speeches (3:44)
20. Turn Turn Turn (3:42)

Artwork Included

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Gene Clark And The Firebyrds – Woody’s Roadhouse 1984




Gene Clark And The Firebyrds – Woody’s Roadhouse 1984

Woody’s Roadhouse, Burlington, Vermont – December 14, 1984

With The Firebyrds:

Michael Clarke, Jack Carchio, Peter Oliva

Set 1 (disc 1)

1. Gene Clark - Fair And Tender Ladies (4:54)
2. Gene Clark - Tried So Hard (4:23)
3. Gene Clark - Gypsy Rider (4:22)
4. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Silver Raven (5:18)
5. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - She Darked The Sun (4:06)
6. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Rodeo Rider + Band Intro (4:41)
7. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Kansas City Southern (6:10)
8. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Full Circle (4:02)
9. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Train Leaves Here This Morning (5:08)
10. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Rain Song (5:43)
11. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (5:59)

Set 2 (disc 2)

1. Gene Clark - Here Without You (5:23)
2. Gene Clark - She Don't Care About Time (4:07)
3. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Set You Free This Time (5:50)
4. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Vanessa (6:06)
5. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Rest Of Your Life (6:29)
6. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Mercury Blues (4:09)
7. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Hot Burrito #2 (3:57)
8. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - You Really Got A Hold On Me (6:07)
9. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Kaw Liga (5:16)
10. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (5:16)
11. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - In The Pines (4:55)
12. Gene Clark & The Firebyrds - Eight Miles High (7:14)

Artwork Included (adapted by Rocking-Byrd).

Audio levels and balance adjusted by Rocking-Byrd.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Gene Clark – Manchester, U.K. 1977




Gene Clark – Manchester, U.K. 1977

Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, U.K. – May 2nd, 1977

With The Kansas City Southern Band:

Thomas Jefferson Kaye (guitar, keyboards, vocals)
Billy Shay (guitar, vocals)
Peter Oliva (bass, vocals)
Andy Kandanes (drums)

1. Release Me Girl (5:47)
2. She Darked The Sun (3:58)
3. Intro + Kansas City Southern (6:27)
4. Silver Raven (6:36)
5. Band Intro (1:35)
6. Last Of The Blue Diamond Miners (6:03)
7. Sister Moon (5:20)
8. Hula Bula Man (4:43)
9. Bo Weevil (cut) (3:29)

Artwork Included.

Audio levels and balance adjusted by Rocking-Byrd.

Monday, September 1, 2014

Gene Clark – Live In The U.K. 1985 - UPDATED


Many thanks to THYMECUBE for pointing out that this is actually part of a concert at The Pursuit Of Happiness, Liberty, New York, October 8, 1988. The complete concert has been posted here on July 5, 2010 as "Liberty, New York". Link for that complete concert has been updated.



Gene Clark – Live In The U.K. 1985

Opening for Lindisfarne - Unknown date and place – your help needed

Gene Clark (guitar, harmonica, vocals)

Anyone who can decipher the name of the town that Gene mentions before introducing Eight Miles High, please help.

1. My Marie (7:47)
2. Del Gato (7:05)
3. Full Circle (1:58)
4. Eight Miles High (4:37)
5. The Last Thing On My Mind (6:09)

Artwork by Rocking-Byrd included.

Audio levels and balance adjusted by Rocking-Byrd.

Many thanks to YouAre for providing the original files.

Friday, August 22, 2014

Gene Clark And The Firebyrds – Mystery Show 1988




Gene Clark And The Firebyrds – Mystery Show 1988

Unknown date and place – your help needed

Gene Clark (guitar, vocals)
John York (guitar, vocals)
Billy Darnell (guitar, vocals)
Michael Curtis (bass, vocals)
Greg Thomas (drums)

Note: the only known performance by Gene Clark and his bunch of Byrds, of Bob Dylan’s “Man Gave Names To All The Animals”.

1. Set You Free This Time (5:42)
2. Christine (3:33)
3. Mr. Spaceman (3:11)
4. Backstage Pass (5:23)
5. Band Intro (0:48)
6. She Darked The Sun (4:09)
7. Chimes Of Freedom (4:20)
8. Man Gave Names To All The Animals (8:24)
9. Mary Sue (5:01)
10. Why You Have Been Gone So Long (cut) (3:00)

Artwork by Rocking-Byrd included.

Audio levels and balance adjusted by Rocking-Byrd.

Many thanks to YouAre for providing the original files.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Gram Parsons – Under Your Spell Again




Gram Parsons – Under Your Spell Again

Colosseum Records

44 tracks (official and unofficial), spanning his entire career from 1964 to 1973 (The Legends, The International Submarine Band, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Fallen Angels and solo).

Dates and places on artwork.

CD 1

01 Rip It Up (with The Legends)
02 Sum Up Broke (with The International Submarine Band)
03 One Day Week (with The International Submarine Band)
04 Hickory Wind (with The Byrds)
05 Sing Me Back Home (with The Byrds)
06 The Christian Life (with The Byrds)
07 Under Your Spell Again (with The Byrds)
08 You Don't Miss Your Water (with The Byrds)
09 Eight Miles High (with The Byrds)
10 Space Odyssey (with The Byrds)
11 Tribal Gathering (with The Byrds)
12 Sin City (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
13 Take A Message To Mary (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
14 She Thinks I Still Care (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
15 Christine's Tune (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
16 Dream Baby (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
17 Wake Up Little Susie (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
18 Buckaroo (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
19 Another Place, Another Time (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
20 High On A Hilltop (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
21 She Once Lived Here (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
22 Hot Burrito #1 (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
23 Everyone Loves A Winner (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)

CD 2

01 Race With The Wind (1964 Demo)
02 How Much I Lied (GP album sessions 1972)
03 The New Soft Shoe (GP album sessions 1972)
04 Still Feeling Blue (GP album sessions 1972)
05 A Song For You (GP album sessions 1972)
06 Big Mouth Blues (GP album sessions 1972)
07 Kiss The Children (GP album sessions 1972)
08 Fallen Angels (with The Fallen Angels]
09 Widowmaker (with The Fallen Angels]
10 Love Hurts (with The Fallen Angels]
11 Sin City (with The Fallen Angels]
12 You're Still On My Mind (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
13 Undo The Right / Somebody's Back In Town (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
14 Lucille (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
15 I Threw Away The Rose (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
16 Train Song (with The Flying Burrito Brothers)
17 Six Days On The Road (with The Fallen Angels)
18 Close Up The Honky Tonks (with The Fallen Angels)
19 We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning (with The Fallen Angels)
20 Return Of The Grievous Angel (Studio Outtake)
21 Hearts On Fire (Studio Outtake)

Artwork Included

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

The Desert Rose Band – Live From The Desert




The Desert Rose Band – Live From The Desert

A compilation of Radio, TV and Concert performances.

Details on artwork.

Disc 1

1. Story Of Love (2:27)
2. Start All Over Again (4:42)
3. Darkness On The Playground (5:06)
4. Missing You (3:42)
5. Everybody's Hero (3:26)
6. The Price I Pay (3:06)
7. Love Reunited (2:46)
8. One Step Forward (3:52)
9. Ashes Of Love (3:44)
10. I Don't Wanna Leave This Town (3:05)
11. Glass House (3:12)
12. He's Back And I'm Blue (3:26)
13. Time Between (2:11)
14. Why You Been Gone So Long (3:29)
15. One Step Forward (3:19)
16. Love Reunited (2:48)
17. Time Between (2:13)
18. He's Back And I'm Blue (3:32)
19. Hello Trouble (2:07)
20. Ashes Of Love (3:04)
21. The Price I Pay (4:02)

Disc 2

1. It Takes A Believer (3:19)
2. You Can Go Home (3:48)
3. No One Else (3:10)
4. Twilight Is Gone (3:45)
5. Behind These Walls (3:18)
6. Matter Of Time (3:26)
7. Second Wind (3:06)
8. For The Rich Men (5:19)
9. Walk On By (3:20)
10. Hold On (4:41)
11. Twilight Is Gone (4:02)
12. That's Not The Way (4:28)
13. Livin' In The Name Of Love (2:06)
14. River Of Joy (2:24)
15. Rank Stranger (5:00)
16. I'll Be No Stranger There (2:51)
17. Knockin' At My Door (3:06)
18. White Dove (4:44)
19. Band Intro + Take Me In My Lifeboat (4:03)
20. I Am A Pilgrim (4:39)
21. She Don't Love Nobody (alternate version)(2:48)

Artwork Included

Friday, July 11, 2014

The Gene Clark No Other Band – Williamsburg 2014



The Gene Clark No Other Band – Williamsburg 2014

Music Hall, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York – January 26, 2014

The Gene Clark No Other Band performs at Music Hall of Williamsburg as part of the Gene Clark No Other tour. Organized by Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand of Beach House, the performance features Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen, the Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser, Iain Matthews of Plainsong/Fairport Convention, and numerous others.

The Singers:

Hamilton Leithauser
Iain Matthews
Robin Pecknold
Daniel Rossen
Cricket Arrison
Tony Drummond (and percussion)
Victoria Legrand
Jenn Wasner

The Band:

Sean Antanaitis - organ / synthesizers / guitar
Geoff Graham - acoustic guitar
Mike Lowry - drums
Dominic Matar - piano / keyboards
Alex Scally - bass
Steve Strohmeier - lead guitar
Walker Teret - acoustic lead / electric guitar

No Other tracks

1. Life's Greatest Fool (5:57)
2. Silver Raven (5:31)
3. No Other (5:34)
4. Strength Of Strings (7:04)
5. From A Silver Phial (4:22)
6. Some Misunderstanding (8:35)
7. The True One (4:45)
8. Lady Of The North (6:30)

Extra tracks

9. Hear The Wind (2:42)
10. Eight Miles High (2:21)
11. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:26)

Artwork Included