Excellent recording compiled from digital and FM sources (the first four tracks are digital radio-sourced, the other three from an FM source). The band were promoting the "A Thousand Leaves" album at the time and all the songs here are from that release, except the last track which is an improvisation by Spiritualised and Sonic Youth.

01 Karen Koltrane
02 Wildflower Soul
03 Sunday
04 Heather Angel
05 French Tickler
06 Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg)
07 Improvisation (Spiritualised and Sonic Youth)

Source: Digital/FM radio broadcasts
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 74Mb

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Two excellent recordings from All About Eve in 1988. The first is an FM radio broadcast of the band playing London's Hammersmith Odeon, while the second is a BBC session, recorded, oddly, for the Friday Night Rock Show. I don't know the precise details, as the session isn't mentioned in Ken garner's excellent book "In Session Tonight." "The Garden of Jane Delawney" is a cover of a 1970 song by British folk-rock band Trees.

01 The Candy Tree
02 Wild Hearted Woman
03 Never Promise Anyone Forever
04 Flowers in our Hair
05 Martha's Harbour
06 Every Angel
07 In the Clouds
08 In the Meadow

BBC Friday Night Rock Show Session, October 1988
01 Gold and Silver
02 Tuesday's Child
03 The Garden of Jane Delawney
04 Wild Flowers

Source: FM/digital radio broadcasts
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 57Mb

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Very good quality demo recordings of early All About Eve material. Two of 1985 tracks never saw the light of day as properly-recorded songs, while the first 'Another Door' eventually appeared as a b-side to 'Martha's Harbour.' The 1986 recordings are mostly songs which would appear over the next couple of years as singles, b-sides and on the band's debut album. Also included is that band's only BBC Radio 1 session, made for the Janice Long show in 1987 in the BBC's Maida Vale Studio Number 4.

1985 demos
01 Another Door
02 Never Come Back From heaven
03 There is no Reason

1986 demos
01 Flowers in Our Hair
02 In the Meadow
03 Appletree Man
04 Every Angel
05 Our Summer
06 Lady Moonlight
07 Shelter From the Rain
08 Like Emily
09 Never Promise Anyone Forever
10 Paradise
11 Leave Now

BBC Radio 1 Janice Long radio session
Recorded 5th August 1987, broadcast 28th August 1987
01 Wild Hearted Woman
02 Every Angel
03 Martha's Harbour
04 In the Meadow

Source: Soundboard/FM radio
Quality: Very good
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 93Mb

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Very good FM radio broadcast. The band were promoting their self-titled debut album, and all the songs in this pretty ferocious performance are from that release.

01 Precious
02 Kid
03 Talk of the Town
04 Mystery Achievement
05 Brass in Pocket
06 Stop Your Sobbing
07 The Wait
08 Tattooed Love Boys
09 Up the neck

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Very good
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 45Mb

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Excellent FM radio broadcast. The band were touring second album, 1990's 'Time's Up,' and this show contains songs from that and 1988's debut 'Vivid.'

01 Time's Up
02 New Jack theme
03 Desperate people
04 Type
05 Middle Man
06 Love Rears Up its Ugly Head
07 Solace of You
08 Cult of Personality

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 51Mb

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Excellent digital radio broadcast of Elastica headling the second stage (the Radio 1 Evening Session stage) on the Friday night of the 1999 Reading Festival. The following year, the band would release their second and final album 'the Menace' and this show is a mix of songs from that and 1995's self-titled debut.

01 Operate
02 Hold Me Now
03 2:1
04 Da Da Da
05 Love Like Ours
06 KB
07 Stutter
08 Waking Up
09 Human
10 Connection

Source: Digital radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 39Mb

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Good quality audience recording. The band were touring their self-titled debut album at this point and the set-list is almost entirely comprised of songs from that release.

01 Intro
02 Every Angel
03 Candy Tree
04 Never Promise Anyone Forever
05 In the Clouds
06 Flowers in Our Hair
07 Shelter From the Rain
08 Wild Hearted Woman
09 This Hour
10 What Kind of Fool
11 In the Meadow
12 Paradise
13 Our Summer
14 Every Angel

Source: Audience
Quality: Good
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 75Mb

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Very good audience recording (a little thin on bass) of the last night of the Medic's Italian tour in 1986. They were yet to score their big hit ('Spirit in the Sky') and this show features many of the songs that were to comprise debut album 'Laughing at the Pieces' along with some of their earlier indie classics as well as the obligatory covers.

01 Smallness of the Mustard Pot
02 Lucky Lord Jim
03 Goin' Around
04 Aunty Evil's Dormitory
05 Come on Call Me
06 Kettle on a Long Chain
07 Barbara Can't Dance
08 The Miracle of the Age
09 No One Loves You When You've Got No Shoes
10 Happy But Twisted
11 Secrets of a Baby's Mind
12 Fried Egg Bad Monday
13 Good Golly Miss Molly
14 Paranoid

Source: Audience
Quality: Very good
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 70Mb

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Excellent quality digital radio broadcast. Neds were playing on the bill of a one-day event in London's Finsbury Park, which also featured The Cult, Pearl Jam and L7. This show includes songs from 1991's debut album "God Fodder" and second album "Are You Normal?" which would be released in the autumn of 1992.

01 Kill Your Television
02 Legoland
03 Not Sleeping Around
04 Selfish
05 Happy
06 Tantrum
07 Trust
08 Terminally Groovy
09 Throwing Things
10 Until You Find Out

Source: Digital radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 45Mb

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FM radio broadcast. QOTSA were second on the bill on the Friday night, playing before headliners Rage Against the Machine.

01 Go With the Flow
02 Misfit Love
03 In My Head
04 Little Sister
05 No One Knows
06 A Song for the Dead

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 40Mb

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Originally an FM radio broadcast, this has been remastered from a vinyl bootleg. I've reduced the high-end hiss and upped the bass slightly to restore the levels, as well as balancing the volume of the left and right channels. This is a great document of the (fairly) early days of the band.

01 I'm so Bored With the USA
02 Hate and War
03 48 Hours
04 Deny
05 Police and Theives
06 Cheat
07 Capital Radio
08 What's my Name?
09 Protex Blue
10 Remote Control
11 Garageland
12 1977

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Very good
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 49Mb

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Excellent digital radio broadcast. The Charlatans were touring their 7th album "Wonderland" and six of the songs in this set are from that release, the others all being singles from throughout the band's career. I don't know the exact date of this gig.

01 Love is the Key
02 Judas
03 Tellin' Stories
04 I Just Can't get Over Losing You
05 Man Needs to be Told
06 One to Another
07 The Only One I Know
08 Impossible
09 Wake Up
10 North Country Boy
11 You're so Pretty, We're so Pretty
12 Weirdo
13 How High

Source: Digital radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 78Mb

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Excellent FM radio broadcast. Happy Mondays were at the peak of their popularity at this point, following the huge success of 3rd album "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches" and this gig was part of The Great British Music Weekend.

01 Donovan
02 Step On
03 Kinky Afro
04 Loose Fit
05 Dennis and Lois
06 WFL

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 47Mb

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Excellent FM radio broadcast. There's a little radio static in a couple of places, but it only lasts for a few seconds. This catches the Happy Mondays midway between 2nd album "Bummed" and 3rd album "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches" just as the 'Madchester' scene was going national.

01 Rave On
02 Tart Tart
03 Performance
04 Hallelujah
05 Clap Your Hands
06 Kuff Dam
07 WFL (Wrote For Luck)

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 45Mb

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Excellent FM radio broadcast of Iggy & the Stooges headlining the second stage on the Saturday night. Also includes two songs played on Later with Jonathan Ross - I think that was either the day before their Glastonbury appearance or the week before that.

Glastonbury Festival:
01 1969
02 I Wanna be Your Dog
03 TV Eye
04 My Idea of Fun
05 Dirt
06 Real Cool Time
07 No Fun
08 1970
09 The Mine Room
10 Fun House
11 Skull Ring

Later with Jonathan Ross:
12 I Wanna be Your Dog
13 Loose

Source: FM radio/TV broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 85Mb

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Excellent FM radio broadcast, made midway between the release of Joe's first two albums "Look Sharp" and "I'm the Man." The set-list is naturally more biased towards the first album and includes three cover version: the old standard "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries," Toots and the Maytel's "Pressure Drop" (which was also covered around this time by The Clash as the b-side of "English Civil War") and Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame."

01 One More Time
02 Pretty Girls
03 Look Sharp!
04 Friday
05 Sunday papers
06 Baby Stick Around
07 Is She Really Going Out With Him?
08 Fools in Love
09 Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
10 Kinda Kute
11 Happy Loving Couples
12 I'm the Man
13 Throw it Away
14 Got the Time
15 Pressure Drop
16 Ain't That a Shame

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbp2 mp3
File size: 83Mb

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Excellent FM radio broadcast. Joe and his band were touring following the release of 3rd album "Beat Crazy" and, along with songs from that release, this show includes earlier classics.

01 I'm the Man
02 Biology
03 Beat Crazy
04 Look Sharp
05 Crime Don't Pay
06 Pretty Boys
07 On Your Radio
08 Friday
09 Fit
10 Is She Really Going Out With Him?
11 Don't Wanna be Like That
12 Got the Time

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 77Mb

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Excellent FM radio broadcast. Elvis Costello and the Attractions were touring just prior to the release of 2nd album "This Year's Model" and this show includes songs from that as well as 1977's debut "My Aim is True."

01 Mystery Dance
02 Waiting for the End of the World
03 Night Rally
04 No Action
05 Less Than Zero
06 The Beat
07 (I Don't Want to go to) Chelsea
08 This Year's Girl
09 Little Triggers
10 Radio Radio
11 You Belong to Me
12 Lipstick Vogue
13 Watching the Detectives
14 Pump it Up

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 73Mb

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