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Mission of Burma, 1980-09-21 WERS Metrowave, Emerson College, Boston, MA, USA. Show with what sounds like about 20 people in the audience for a student radio broadcast. Sounds great, short and sweet - 9 songs, 28m 22s. www.archive.org/details/MoB1...

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Duke Ellington, 1939-07-26 Ritz Carlton, Boston, MA, USA. Great music, great atmosphere, good sound quality considering how old it is.

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Queen, 1980-09-19 Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL, USA. A good recording, and a good performance. Worth a listen. At the end of 'You're My Best Friend' Freddy invites opinions: "Do you think I should keep this moustache? ... Did you say no? - Fuck off!"

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Fats Waller, 1938-10-14 The Yacht Club, New York, NY, USA. Great music, sounds like the joint was jumping. Fats Waller often says hello! Like he's answering the telephone. Witty dialogue with announcer who likes saying 'apropos'. Fun.

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The Teen Idles, 1980-07-27 Third Dimension, Washington, DC, USA. Rough but fascinating recording featuring every song in future discography and a few covers. A week before trip to California and a month before recording the Minor Disturbance EP - Dischord 001.

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Duke Ellington, 1940-11-07 Crystal Ballroom, Fargo City Auditorium, Fargo, ND, USA. An amazing 2h 34m live recording of Duke Ellington's orchestra playing at a ballroom, made using a portable turntable that recorded onto acetate-covered auminium discs.

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Grateful Dead, 1980-08-26 Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH, USA. Starts off strong with an unusual rendition of Sugaree. A generous helping of spine-tingling, foot-tapping goodness. www.archive.org/details/gd80...

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Bruce Cockburn, 1980-05-13 My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY, USA. Quality recording for radio broadcast of an entertaining set of songs with 2 instrumentals, some banter and audience participation.

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Tori Amos, 1992-04-05 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England. Really enjoyable recording featuring 10 songs from 'Little Earthquakes' and 3 cover versions. Some banter but partly inaudible.

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Ani DiFranco, 1995-03-30 Barnard College, New York, NY, USA. Official bootleg, very high quality sound, strong performance with quite a lot of banter, mostly originals with an encore of 'When Doves Cry' by Prince.

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Grateful Dead, 1980-08-16 Mississippi River Festival, Edwardsville, IL, USA. Very nice audience recording of a solid performance at an outdoor festival. It started raining heavily during 'Ship of Fools' - you can hear the raindrops - but the band kept playing.

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Glenn Miller, 1940-10-18 Café Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, NY, USA. Includes 'Pennsylvania 6-5000', named after the phone number of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, which was the venue of this and many other big band concerts. Worth a listen if only for that.

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The Grateful Dead, 1968-03-30 Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA. A fascinating audience recording featuring an early performance of China Cat Sunflower.

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The Beatles, 1965-08-01 ABC Theatre, Blackpool, England. This recording is from the 'Blackpool Night Out' live TV broadcast, very good sound quality, some screaming between songs. Six well-known songs including the first live performance of 'Yesterday'.

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Bright Eyes, 2003-07-30 Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL, USA. A very good recording that starts with a short poem, ends with a quiet song, and in between features a diverse set of songs, banter, and some heckling. Fine renditions of 'Bowl of Oranges' and 'Road to Joy'.

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Joe Lally, 2020-02-08 Rhizome, Washington, DC, USA. Really nice recording from just before the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring Anthony Pirog on guitar and Jerry Busher on drums. 7 songs from solo albums, one Inuit poem, one unidentified instrumental, some interesting banter.

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Ella Fitzgerald, 1940-02-16 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, USA. A good-sounding live recording of Ella Fitzgerald backed by a big band. Includes colourful 'Sing, Song, Swing'. Radio broadcast - the recording includes some comments from the radio announcer.

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The Grateful Dead, 1966-05-19 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA. An early live recording of the Dead with very good sound quality. Two sets, featuring the first documented performances of Cream Puff War, Tastebud and New, New Minglewood Blues.

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Glenn Miller, 1939-06-19 Glen Island Casino, New Rochelle, NY, USA. Two 14-minute live recordings from NBC radio broadcasts, good sound quality, entertaining set including several vocalists, spoken interludes and musical whistling.

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Grateful Dead, 1980-06-07 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO, USA. Take a ride on this rock and rollercoaster of a show with excellent sound quality. Personal highlights include Drums, Wharf Rat, and Not Fade Away.

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Various Artists, 2019-12-28 Positive Force DC Presents A Benefit For Sanctuary DMV, St. Stephens Church, Washington, DC, USA. Blacks' Myths, Low Ways Quartet, Rainbow Crimes, Hammered Hulls, The Messthetics. Intro by Mark Andersen from Positive Force. 2h 35m. Great.

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Great Lake Swimmers, 2006-04-18 The Mill, Iowa City, IA, USA. Lovely clear sound. Mostly acoustic songs, folky, melancholy and yet somehow uplifting. Banter includes: "We're going to have a good time tonight, if your idea of a good time is sadness".

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Broken Social Scene, 2003-12-03 Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada. Official release. Big sound, diverse set of songs, several vocalists, at least one song features horns. Very enjoyable.

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Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1980-06-30 Plaza de Toros, Barcelona, Spain. Two sides to this tape - side A has excellent sound quality and lasts about 55 minutes. Side B is listenable but is marred by quite a lot of hiss. Still a keeper.

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The Beach Boys, 1967-11-17 Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA. Excellent recording of a fun show featuring 4 songs from the forthcoming album Wild Honey, Good Vibrations from Smiley Smile, a few older hits, 2 covers, and plenty of banter.

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Benny Goodman, 1937-11-20 Madhattan Room, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, NY, USA. Lively and fun listening. Gene Krupa's drum solo gets applause. Swinging rendition of Limehouse Blues featuring a great vibraphone solo by Lional Hampton.

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Various Artists, 1901-03-13/15/19/29, Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY, USA. Live recordings of opera performances made on wax cylinders by Lionel Mapleson. Perhaps the oldest surviving live recordings. Fascinating!

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Fugazi, 2002-07-01 Fort Reno, Washington, DC, USA. This is a great recording of an important concert - the last Fugazi show to date in the USA.

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The Clash, 1980-06-10 Colston Hall, Bristol, England. Soundboard recording, all instruments can be heard but there is a fair amount of hiss and some distortion.

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Dropkick Murphys, 2000-03-19 Higher Ground, Winooski, VT, USA. A fun, action-packed recording of a St. Patrick's day weekend show. Bagpipes, sing-alongs, banter in a mix of originals, traditional Irish songs, and covers (The Who and AC/DC).

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Van Halen, 1980-05-01 Capitol Theater, Largo, MD, USA. The bass sounds great. Includes 'Bright Lights, Big City' (Jimmy Reed, 1961) and amazing solo by EVH. A few rough patches and a cut at the end.

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Benny Goodman, 1937-11-06 Madhattan Room, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, NY, USA. Alternating fast and slow numbers. Vocals by Martha Tilton. Lively Saturday-night crowd shows appreciation with cheers and whoops.

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Grateful Dead, 1980-04-28 Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, AL, USA. Warm, clear sound with an engaging mix of newer material and old favourites. China Cat Sunflower guitar solo brought tears to my eyes. So good.

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Iron Maiden, 1980-05-31 Coliseum, St. Austell, Cornwall, England. Good recording from about a month after the release of their self-titled debut album. Includes all of 'Iron Maiden' and 3 songs that would later feature on 'Killers'.

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Fugazi, 2001-04-06 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO, USA. Twenty four years ago today. A high quality audience recording, all the instruments come across clearly and it is fun listening. More crowd noise in the mix compared to the Fugazi Live Series version.

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Propagandhi, 1995-06-17 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA, USA. A good recording of an early Propagandhi show, with the original lineup including John K Samson. Nine songs plus quite a lot of banter and heckling.

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