ALL LIVE, ALL THE TIME

Nothing new this week, the usual goings on at work and home.  We brought our daughter to a college north of Denver, hauling up all her stuff, arranging the dorm room, buying a few supplies and then saying goodbye, all of us beginning a new journey of independence in life.  Their was sadness when it came time to leave, hugs and statements of love.  I'm sure that will all be forgotten once she settles in and becomes comfortable with her new situation.

Back to the music when the weekend arrives. Siouxsie and the Banshees, a very good audience recording, live at Teatro Nuovo, Turin, Italy on June 26, 1981.

The main act tonight was The Doors, an album entitled Soul In The Mirror, a collection of high quality recordings of their songs, a couple from 1968 with the remainder from 1970.  A great collection of some of their best tunes.

Download it here:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ccf0863/n/DoorsSoulMirror.zip

Saturday night stared off with the Overcasters who performed live in Denver the night before, a show I just could not find the opportunity to see for a variety of reasons.  Instead I pulled out my recording of their show from Hi-Dive in Denver on August 27, 2011.  I thoroughly enjoyed it a second time. 

Find it here:
http://whatatemper.blogspot.com/2011/08/omens-christines-and-overcaster.html

Its a dead Megaupload link.  Write a comment if you would like me to reupload it.  It's a time thing.

Nirvana performed a live show on the cranked up truck stereo this night, the bootleg entitled Where Were You in '89, a show at the Dutchess of York Public House in Leeds, UK on October 25, 1989.

It is written about this recording:

"Where Were You In '89?" contains a superb audience recording that is very clear and consistent (occasional talk). This is an excellent disc for people who love the early Bleach shows. The set list is almost identical to the 10-29-89 show that can be found on "Wired." Wired is a better sounding recording, but most early show collectors will be happy with either. The Paradiso tracks (13-18) are good filler.

The artwork is very plain. The date of this disc (it's one of the older recordings available on a commercial bootleg) and consistent recording earn its "A" rating. People who want a high quality "Roma sounding" soundboard recording should steer clear of this one. It's believed that this disc first surfaced in 1992.

Download it here:
https://rapidshare.com/files/2803124698/25-outubro-89 - Where Were You In _89_ Duchess of York Public House_ Leeds_ UK - 160 kbps _MP3_.rar

UNKNOWN PLEASURES

A busy week with two shows scheduled, two late nights out and too little sleep.  The first night was spent at the Bluebird Theater with the Overcasters and Peter Hook and the Light.

The Overcasters started off the show, just as good as I remembered them a short while ago at the Hi-Dive.  The Westword review said this about their performance:

Overcasters were clearly from the same lineage as Joy Division, especially through the post-punk bands with more creative guitar ideas in the early to late '80s, but with more psychedelic edges. While not short on brooding atmospheres, such as in "The Kiss of Sister Ray," Overcasters once again exorcised melancholy feelings by making its songs burn through the dead weight of a heavy heart rather than dwell on getting stuck in low points. Guitarist John Nichols often had a look of concerned bewilderment, as though he'd just realized his power as a musician for the first time. The set ended with a newer number where the dynamics are centered around the release of tension after a dense and insistent percussion build.

Read it here:
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2011/09/peter_hook_and_the_light_at_the_bluebird_september_19_2011.php

Download the show here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EDZA9RDW

The Joy Division co-founder and former New Order bassist, Peter Hook, came to Denver with his new band the Light to perform the Joy Division  first album Unknown Pleasures in its entirety.

It was said about their performance:

Peter Hook & the Light came on stage after an introduction in the form of "Trans-Europe Express," by Kraftwerk. With little in the way of further introduction, the band went straight into the driving "No Love Lost," and from the beginning, those guys erased any ideas that this show might not be up to snuff. "Leaders of Men," "Glass" and "Digital" followed in quick succession, and Hook, while not possessing a voice with the same character as Ian Curtis, pulled off the nuances of the vocals that did justice to the spirit of the original songs.

Hook and the band played Unknown Pleasures straight through -- starting, of course, with "Disorder," and for a second it seemed so odd, like actually getting to see a latter-day incarnation of Joy Division. This was partly because guitarist Nat Wason really did have his parts down, and he played with a precision and intensity that was at times unnerving -- because even when he did depart from the original songs in any way, he seemed to do so with a perfect understanding of the essence of the song and interpreted what needed to be done, like he was somehow channeling a young Bernard Sumner. The absolute master of his instrument was consistently awe-inspiring, because he absolutely, truly seemed to be infused with the spirit of what Joy Division was all about.

In bed by 1:30, up by 5.

Read the whole review here:
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2011/09/peter_hook_and_the_light_at_the_bluebird_september_19_2011.php

 Download their show here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TJSACNP2