Another from the VH-1 Storytellers THE MAESTRO | TOM WAITS 1999 | ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST

Tom Waits - VH-1 Storytellers, Burbank Airport, Los Angeles, CA, 4-1-1999

Well Tom gets a plug all to himself this time of course but the series continues over at ATSE and Paul says: The "VH-1 Storytellers" flood continues with an episode featuring singer-songwriter Tom Waits.

"I have conflicted opinions about Waits. On one hand, I really don't like his voice, which I feel is part of a deliberately constructed persona where he's trying to be a character in a Charles Bukowski novel. But on the other hand, I can't deny he's a talented songwriter, and I enjoy his songs when other people sing them. Given that, I wasn't really looking forward to prepping this album. But it was better than I'd expected. A big part of that is there's a lot of banter, and his talking is entertaining without the singing vocals problem I have with him.

One nice thing about the Storytellers album is that the episodes were typically only about 45 minutes long, but a good portion of them are bootlegs that are a lot longer. This is one such case. The soundboard bootleg I found was nearly two hours long, but I cut out a little bit of dead air here and there. I also removed a song or two that were redone because the producers of the show weren't happy with the first version for some reason or another.

At the time of this concert, Waits was just about to release "Mule Variations," his first studio album in six years. It would come out two weeks later. Rolling Stone Magazine would later include it in their list of the top 500 albums of all time. A few songs were played from it: "Chocolate Jesus," "Get Behind the Mule," "Hold On," "Picture in a Frame," "House Where Nobody Lives," and "What's He Building." This is mostly performed in solo acoustic mode.” Paul at ATSE

01 talk 
02 Tango 'till They're Sore
03 talk 
04 Hang Down Your Head 
05 talk 
06 Ol' 55 
07 talk 
08 Strange Weather
09 talk 
10 Hold On [False Start] 
11 Hold On 
12 talk 
13 Picture in a Frame 
14 talk 
15 I Can't Wait to Get Off Work 
16 talk 
17 House Where Nobody Lives 
18 Get Behind the Mule Intro 
19 Get Behind the Mule 
20 talk 
21 Chocolate Jesus 
22 talk
23 What's He Building
24 talk 
25 A Little Rain
26 talk 
27 Downtown Train 
28 talk 
29 Black Wings 
30 talk 
31 Jesus Gonna Be Here
32 talk 
33 Jersey Girl 

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World Party (Karl Wallinger) - 1993-07-25 - Wadsworth Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

World Party
1993-07-25
Wadsworth Theatre
Los Angeles, CA 
FM broadcast recording, excellent quality

Available in both lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320 kbps) versions

Here's more from Karl Wallinger and World Party, this time following the release of their follow-up album to Goodbye Jumbo (1990), Bang! (1993) and their subsequent tour. By this time, Karl had added David Caitlin Birch on guitar and Chris Sharrock on drums to the band, as well as additional touring support. I was fortunate to be able to see them live on this tour, where they opened for 10,000 maniacs on much of their 1993 tour.  This is an excellent quality recording from one of those shows. here they feature several new songs from Bang, in addition to some from earlier albums. Another fine example of the music of Karl Wallinger and World Party. I have one more (longer) show from this same period that I will post in few days, but enjoy this one now. 

 

Tracklist:
01 show introduction
02 Is It Like Today
03 Sunshine
04 Put The Message In The Box
05 Let The Kingdom Come
06 Ship Of Fools
07 Like A Rolling Stone
08 Way Down Now
09 Don't Give It All Away

World Party:
Karl Wallinger - vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion 
David Catlin Birch - guitar, vocals 
Jeff Trott - guitar, vocals 
Chris Sharrock- drums, vocals 
John Turnbull - bass, vocals

Elvis Costello / MTV Unplugged June 3, 1991 - VOODOO WAGON

Elvis Costello - MTV Unplugged - June 3 1991

Elvis Costello & the Rude 5

VOODOO WAGON [a draftervoi special]

MTV Unplugged, Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, CA June 3, 1991

Unknown source, probably videotape. There's a VHS promo out there, but I don't have it.

This is NOT the audience tape.

According to www.elviscostello.info, "Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head" was started as the first song, but was aborted and there was no second take. It was not on my copy of the tape. I've marked the songs that were broadcast on the show.

• MTV Unplugged, Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Musicians

• Elvis Costello
• The Rude 5  
  Marc Ribot - lead guitar 
  Jerry Scheff - bass 
  Larry Knechtel - keyboards 
  Pete Thomas - drums

Setlist

01. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head - incomplete
02. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror - broadcast
03. So Like Candy / I Want You - broadcast
04. The Other Side Of Summer - broadcast
05. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
06. Hidden Charms
07. Everybody's Crying Mercy
08. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) - broadcast
09. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4
10. Bama Lama Bama Loo - broadcast

"Deep Dark Truthful Mirror," "The Other Side Of Summer" and "Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)" are released on Mighty Like A Rose (2-cd 2002 Rhino reissue).

Leonard Cohen - Columbia Records Radio Hour - L.A. 1993 -VOODOO WAGON

Leonard Cohen - Columbia Records Radio Hour - Voodoo Wagon

Fabulous quality rarity from Voodoo Wagon and regular Draftervoi has turned up trumps here

These legendary Radio Hour recordings broadcast from Columbia include Lou Reed, James McMurtry Boz Scaggs and others

Leonard Cohen
Columbia Records Radio Hour Presents
Live!
From The Complex, Los Angeles, Calif.
April 18, 1993

01. First We Take Manhattan
02. Ain't No Cure For Love
03. Coming Back To You
04. Dance Me To The End Of Love
05. Democracy
06. Waiting For The Miracle
07. The Future
08. I'm Your Man

Draftervoi says:

There are two regular releases of "The Best of the Columbia Records Radio Hour" but I've never seen CDs or cassettes of the original shows up for auction and it may be that most of these were released on reels and not pressed up as CDs.  

Enjoy! I certainly am!

The extraordinary German site DEEJAY.DE says:

The Future World Tour began in late April, 1993, in support of The Future, Cohen's 1992 album. It was the only tour Cohen would go on in a nearly 20 year period (1999-2007). Just prior to the first date of the tour, Cohen and his group recorded a live set at The Complex in Los Angeles, for a live radio broadcast. Including tracks from The Future as well as classics like "First We Take Manhattan", "Bird On A Wire", and "The Sisters Of Mercy", this live set is impeccably recorded and is one of the few available live documents of Mr. Cohen for all of the 1990s and into the late 2000s. A truly beautiful live set from the brilliant, beloved, and dearly missed Leonard Cohen.

DEMOCRACY

The Future On Letterman 1993