Mp3s: Ride live in 1993 – The Daytripper Show
Posted on August 29, 2005 at 1:33 pm | 6 Comments
In March of 1993, Ride returned to the stage after a four month break to play a couple of gigs with the Charlatans that were dubbed the ‘Daytripper’ shows. Along with a warm up show, these nights marked their first appearances since the end of their banner year of 1992, and the first time they’d be playing new songs written during the downtime.
A few months later, I took my first-ever trip to London for 4AD’s week-long 13 Year Itch series of shows, and was pretty overwhelmed by the number of bootleg cassettes available at the massive outdoor Camden Market. Not only did I grab a few Wedding Present tapes, but I found a recording of Ride’s March 12th Daytripper gig, which had taken place at the Centre in Brighton.
For an obsessive Ride fan who’d read so much about the show in the imported NME and Melody Maker magazines, finding a recording of it was pretty damn exciting. Nearly wore the thing out in my walkman as I wandered solo around London.
But it survived the many repeated plays, and this past weekend I finally digitized and equalized the songs for sharing. Sixteen of ’em, including that new* stuff and a cover of The Who’s “The Kids Are Alright“. Here’s the full set…
Ride
Live at the Centre, Brighton, UK
March 12th, 199301. Mouse Trap
02. Walk On Water *
03. Taste
04. Not Fazed
05. Sennen
06. Like a Daydream
07. Crown of Creation *
08. Time of Her Time
09. Since Then (aka Don’t Let It Die) *
10. Twisterella
11. Drive Blind
12. Vapour Trail
13. Birdman *
14. Leave Them All Behind
15. The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
16. Seagull
Only two of those four new ones, ‘Crown of Creation‘ and ‘Birdman‘ (which was named ‘Bad Man‘ on the bootleg) ended up appearing on their next album, ‘Carnival of Light‘. ‘Since Then‘ would be reworked, retitled ‘Don’t Let It Die‘, and released on the ‘Birdman EP‘ that preceeded the record, while ‘Walk On Water‘ was saved for their final album, ‘Tarantula‘.
Enjoy the tracks, they’ll be up for a couple weeks…
Mp3s: Michael Penn at the Pru
Posted on August 25, 2005 at 10:23 am | No Comments
So here’s a few songs from yesterday afternoon’s free performance by Michael Penn in the South Garden of the Prudential Mall here in Boston. While I must admit that I don’t know a lot about him beyond the 1989 single ‘No Myth‘ (and the fact that he happens to be Sean & Chris Penn’s brother, oh, and that he’s Mr. Aimee Mann), he’s been making records ever since, and his latest, Mr. Hollywood Jr. 1947, is out on the most-excellent SpinART label (whom I’ll be forever indebted to for putting together the greatest cd compilation of all time, and releasing a ton of other great records since). Michael’s mellow set really hit the spot, a pretty nice way to spend the lunch break of a stressful workday…
Michael Penn
live at the Prudential Center South Garden
Boston, MA
August 24th, 2005(files removed 10/7/2005)
2. A Bad Sign
3. High Time
4. Don’t Let Me Go
5. On Automatic
7. Denton Road
I’d have offered up the other few songs from the set, but the wind was whipping around between the buildings, and overwhelmed my mic on those. Definitely not something I’m accustomed to when recording late night rock club shows.
Michael was joined by Buddy Judge (guitar, backup vocals, & shaking things) and Peter Adams (keyboard), and while three of the songs can be found on the new record, the other two appear on 2000’s MP4 (Days Since a Lost Time Accident). Mr. Penn returns to the area for a proper (i.e. not free) couple of shows in early October, when he’ll play Club Passim in Cambridge.
Again, if the performers or label crew have an issue with these songs being shared, just say the word.
update aug. 27th: As requested in the comments, here’s the remaining four tracks, shared despite the wind-damage…
1. Me Around
6. I Can Tell
8. Out Of My Hands
9. Walter Reed