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David Bowie,
BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK, 18th September 2002

Excellent FM radio broadcast, made before an invited audience of just 100 people at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in London, and hosted by Jonathan Ross this show marked the release of Bowie's then-new album "Heathen" and features songs from that as well as old classics, and the never-before performed "Bewlay Brothers."

01 Sunday
02 Look Back in Anger
03 Cactus
04 Survive
05 5.15 The Angels Have Gone
06 Alabama Song
07 Everyone Says 'Hi'
08 Rebel Rebel
09 Bewlay Brothers
10 Heathen (The Rays)

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 75Mb

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The Jam,
Tokyo, 14th June 1982

Excellent recording (probably from a radio broadcast) of The Jam touring final album "The Gift" in 1982.

01 Move On Up/In the Crowd
02 Pretty Green
03 Ghosts
04 Great Depression
05 Start
06 Town Called Malice
07 Precious/War
08 Private Hell
09 David Watts
10 Poor Old Alfie/Fever
11 Funeral Pyre
12 Just Who is the Five O'Clock Hero

Source: Probable radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 57Mb

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Secret Affair,
BBC Rock Goes To College, 1980

Excellent digital radio broadcast, originally recorded in 1980 for the BBC's Rock Goes To College. Secret Affair were leading lights in the late-70s Mod revival scene. The band's first gig was supporting The Jam at Reading University on 16th February 1979 - the Jam's set from that gig is in an earlier post. Their biggest hit was debut single "Time for Action" which reached number 13 in the UK charts in September 1979. Second single "Let Your Heart Dance" fared less well, falling just short of the top 30. The latter is in this set, sadly, the former is not. Three more hit singles followed before the band called it a day in 1982 after three albums. There have been two reformations since the millennium.

01 Glory Boys
02 Road Runner
03 Going to a Go-Go
04 Shake and Shout
05 When the Show is Over
06 Don't Look Down
07 New Dance
08 Let Your Heart Dance

Source: Digital radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 37Mb

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The Jam,
Reading University, Reading, UK, 16th February 1979

Good quality recording, possibly from a soundboard source, but certainly quite a few generations removed from the original recording.

01 Modern World
02 Sounds From the Street
03 Away From the Numbers
04 All Mod Cons
05 To Be Someone
06 It's Too Bad
07 Mr Clean
08 Billy Hunt
09 In The Street Today
10 Standards
11 Tonight at Noon
12 Down it the Tube Station at Midnight
13 News of the World
14 Weekend
15 Bricks and Mortar
16 Batman Theme
17 The Place I Love
18 David Watts
19 Heatwave
20 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street

Source: Possible soundboard
Quality: Good
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 81Mb

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Ian McCulloch,
The Ritz, Manchester, UK, 5th November 1989

Very good quality FM radio broadcast (though there are some short bursts of static on three songs) made while the ex-Echo and the Bunnymen singer was touring his first solo album "Candleland" which had been released in September 1989. Four of the songs in this show are from that album, the other being the Bunnymen classic "The Killing Moon."

01 The Flickering Wall
02 The Killing Moon
03 Faith and Healing
04 Candleland
05 Proud to Fall

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Very good
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 32Mb

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Living Colour,
Hallam University, Sheffield, UK, 7th April 1993

Excellent FM radio broadcast, part of Radio 1's "Sound City" season in Sheffield in 1993. Living Colour were touring third album "Stain" at the time, and five of the songs here are from that release. The band split in 1995, reformed in 2000 and have released two further albums.

01 Leave it Alone
02 Auslander
03 Love Rears Up its Ugly Head
04 Cult of Personality
05 Nothingness
06 Never Satisfied
07 Bi

Source: FM radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 42Mb

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Suede,
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, UK, 27th June 2003

Superb digital radio broadcast. Suede were third on the bill on the opening day of the festival, playing before David Gray and headliners REM. and this recording includes songs from all five of their albums.

01 The Wild Ones
02 Film Star
03 Everything Will Flow
04 Lost in TV
05 So Young
06 Can't get Enough
07 She's in Fashion

Source: Digital radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 42Mb

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Tom Robinson Band,
Golders Green Hippodrome, London, UK, 1978

Superb digital radio broadcast of a gig played during a break from recording their debut album, which was released in May 1978. This show would appear to have taken place some time around February 1978 as Tom makes reference to "Don't Take No for an Answer" being "from our current EP" which was the four-track "Rising Free EP," which was released in February 1978.

01 2-4-6-8 Motorway
02 Grey Cortina
03 We Ain't Gonna Take it
04 Martin
05 Up Against The Wall
06 Don't Take No for an Answer
07 I'm Waiting for my Man

Source: Digital radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192 kbps mp3
File size: 34Mb

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The Datsuns,
Boat Club, Nottingham, UK, 29th October 2002

Excellent digital radio broadcast, recorded at The Boat House, Nottingham in 2002 shortly after the release of the band's first album. Two of the tracks ("Little Bruise" and "MF From Hell") are salvaged from my corrupted CD-R as they weren't included in the digital broadcast. There's a slight volume jump between the latter and "In Love" but I thought it better to put the songs in the correct position in the running order.

01 Little Bruise
02 Lady
03 Supergyration
04 Harmonic Generator
05 What Would I Know
06 MF From Hell
07 In Love
08 Fink for the Man
09 Sittin' Pretty
10 At Your Touch
11 Little Sister
12 Freeze Sucker
13 Goodnight Ladies & Gentleman

Source: Digital radio broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 80Mb

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