**_John Cale - TT The Bear’s Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 18, 1995_** The world’s coolest 83-year-old — legendary Welshman John Cale — somehow became _even cooler_ in recent weeks as a result of his collab with global pop superstar Charli XCX for the new _Wuthering Heights_ soundtrack. Wow! Will Gen Z start using _Music For A New Society_ tunes for their TikTok dances soon?! Will Gen A start asking their hairdressers for “the John Cale circa 1991” look?! You know more than I know… Thirty years ago, Cale was touring around with a cool ensemble: pedal steel maestro B.J. Cole and the Soldier String Quartet. And we can check out what they were up to on a freshly uploaded/freshly freshened up audience tape via the excellent Palmer Eldritch YouTube channel and Mr. Charlie/Greg Kay. Thank you, guys! An intimate gig — Cambridge, MA’s late/lamented TT The Bear’s Place was tiny. But Cale and co. make a massive sound. This is not a rock band by any means (though they do close with “Dirtyass Rock & Roll”), but they often bring a decidedly wired vibe to the neo-classical setting, spiraling into harrowingly great mid-set renditions of “Fear Is A Man’s Best Friend” and “Heartbreak Hotel.” There are also some welcome curiosities, like the unreleased “Salman Rushdie,” a jaunty ode to the embattled author. The ballads sound beauteous as well, including a gorgeous “Set Me Free” from the then-forthcoming _Walking On Locusts_ and a sweepingly romantic “I Keep A Close Watch.” All in all, a very sweet night back in 1995 …

**Elton John** 2022-11-20 Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour Dodger Stadium Los Angeles, CA Webcast recording 320 kbps Artwork Included 01. Opening 02. Bennie And The Jets 03. Philadelphia Freedom 04. Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues 05. Border Song 06. Tiny Dancer 07. Have Mercy On The Criminal 08. Rocket Man 09. Take Me To The Pilot 10. Someone Saved My Life Tonight 11. Levon 12. Candle In The Wind 13. Funeral For A Friend > Love Lies Bleeding 14. Burn Down The Mission 15. Sad Songs Say So Much 16. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 17. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (w/ Brandi Carlile) 18. The Bitch Is Back 19. I'm Still Standing 20. Don't Go Breaking My Heart (w/ Kiki Dee) 21. Crocodile Rock 22. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 23. Cold Heart (w/ Dua Lipa) 24. Your Song 25. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road **Elton John - 2022-11-20 - Los Angeles, CA (Webcast)** ** ** **2020s - #3:** In September 2018, Elton John lauched his final tour, aptly named Farewell Yellow Brick Road, a play on title of his #1 album and single from 1973. Due to the pandemic, the tour stretched over 5 years, encompassing more than 300 shows across 3 continents, and grossing almost $940 milllion in revenue before coming to an end on July 8, 2023 in Sweden. Along the way, Elton played his final US shows on November 17, 19, and 20 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Elton chose Los Angeles as a "Circle of Life" moment - his first US performances had been at the Troubador night club in the City of Angels in 1970! In addition, Elton had played 2 legendary concerts at Dodger Stadium in 1975, when he was at the peak of his career, making him the first artist since The Beatles to play that venue. This webcast recording captures Elton's final historic American concert, on November 20, 2022, 3 years ago today.

I got a tip from a commenter the other day, pointing to an additional song from the "Dead Man Walking" 1998 concert that I posted here in 2022. I investigated further, and found out that the entire Tom Waits set from the show somehow was leaked to the public with excellent sound quality about a week ago (as I write this in mid-November 2025). That's eight songs, over half an hour long, almost like a mini-Tom Waits concert. So I've updated the album with those extra songs included. Here's the link to the post if you want to update your version: https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2022/02/various-artists-dead-man-walking.html And thanks to aranyláz for giving me the tip!

Here's another episode of the great "PBS Soundstage" TV show. This one features the band Wilco in 2003. Wilco has been a very critically acclaimed band. They've been led by Jeff Tweedy, who has also done a lot as a solo artist. Their 2001 album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" is their most acclaimed, for instance making Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the top 500 albums of all time. It also was their best selling, selling over half a million copies in the U.S. and almost making it to the Top Ten in the U.S. album charts. This concert took place when they were still promoting that album, since they wouldn't release their next album until 2004. There's a long and interesting story about how their record company refused to release that album and then cancelled their record contract. In fact, an documentary has been made about it. If you want to know more about that, and the band in general, here's their Wikipedia link: Wilco - Wikipedia The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. This album is 43 minutes long. Note that this is suspiciously short, since the show was an hour long without commercials, and most other episodes are about 58 minutes long. I don't know if there are some missing Wilco songs, or if the band shared the show with another musical act that didn't make it to the video I found, or if there's some other reason for this length. According to the setlist.fm set list, the band did perform a few more songs, but I don't know if those were televised or not. 01 Handshake Drugs (Wilco) 02 Sunken Treasure (Wilco) 03 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Wilco) 04 War on War (Wilco) 05 talk (Wilco) 06 When the Roses Bloom Again (Wilco) 07 Poor Places (Wilco) 08 Red-Eyed and Blue (Wilco) 09 I Got You [At the End of the Century] (Wilco) 10 talk (Wilco) 11 Kicking Television (Wilco) https://pixeldrain.com/u/BpZtZC2u alternate: https://bestfile.io/en/QTRqGs0BxiGTFon/file The cover image is a screenshot I took from a video of this exact concert.

Here's another BBC concert by Chris Isaak, from 1993. I previously thought there was just one BBC concert, in 1991. So when I posted that one, I just called it "BBC In Concert." Now, I've changed that to "BBC Sessions, Volume 1," and changed the cover art and mp3 tags accordingly. If you want to get the updated version, here's the link: https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2022/12/chris-isaak-bbc-in-concert-town-and.html Isaak was at the peak of his popularity in the early to mid-1990s, thanks mostly to his classic song "Wicked Game." But the above "Volume 1" album took place around the time that song was a hit. This concert took place two years later, when he was supporting his 1993 album "San Francisco Days." So the songs here are fairly different, though it's not surprising he played "Wicked Game" again. Note that I've gotten some conflicting information about the venue. At the end of concert, the BBC DJ voiceover stated it took place at the Manchester Apollo. But the BBC website from the date the concert was broadcast stated it took place at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. I'm guessing the Manchester Apollo because I figure the DJ was more likely to be right (even though that voice was recorded later and not at the concert). I'd be happy if anyone know the answer one way or another. The main concert is just 28 minutes long. I thought that was a bit too short, so I went looking for some extra songs to add. I found a version of "Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)" from a BBC TV show in 1993, so I added that. Then I found three more songs from another BBC TV show in 1995, when he was promoting his next album, "Forever Blue." This album is 41 minutes long. 01 Dancin' (Chris Isaak) 02 San Francisco Days (Chris Isaak) 03 talk (Chris Isaak) 04 Gone Ridin' (Chris Isaak) 05 Blue Spanish Sky (Chris Isaak) 06 I Want Your Love (Chris Isaak) 07 Wicked Game (Chris Isaak) 08 Blue Hotel (Chris Isaak) 09 Can't Do a Thing [To Stop Me] (Chris Isaak) 10 Goin' Nowhere (Chris Isaak) 11 Graduation Day (Chris Isaak) 12 I Believe (Chris Isaak) https://pixeldrain.com/u/caC3Kmkt alternate: https://bestfile.io/KnrhlZYE9E1R4ZR/file The cover photo is from 1993. I don't know any additional details.

LIMITED TIME / LAST TIME https://pixeldrain.com/u/AdkKHGds Ramones November 19, 1987 Living Room Providence, RI Line-up: Joey, Johnny, Dee...

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A few days ago (writing this in November 2025), I posted an earlier Aerosmith album. I said I had a "Volume 3" as well, so here it is. This one is extra nice because BBC concerts often are edited down to an hour or less, but this is the full concert, nearly two hours long. Aerosmith's career got a second wind starting in the late 1980s. That continued in the early 1990s. Their 1993 album, "Get a Grip" sold seven million copies in the U.S. alone. This concert was part of a world tour to support the album. The band leaned heavily on playing songs from that album, as well as their late 1980s ones. So there were relatively few songs from their 1970s albums. There's a 1994 BBC concert as well (at the Monsters of Rock festival in England), but it isn't that different from this one, so I don't think I'll post that one. So these three volumes in this series are probably all the BBC albums I'll be posting from this band, unless something else pops up. The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. This album is an hour and 51 minutes long. 01 Eat the Rich (Aerosmith) 02 Young Lust (Aerosmith) 03 F.I.N.E (Aerosmith) 04 Love in an Elevator (Aerosmith) 05 Fever (Aerosmith) 06 talk (Aerosmith) 07 Draw the Line (Aerosmith) 08 What It Takes (Aerosmith) 09 Last Child (Aerosmith) 10 talk (Aerosmith) 11 The Other Side (Aerosmith) 12 Cryin' (Aerosmith) 13 Boogie Man (Aerosmith) 14 Shut Up and Dance (Aerosmith) 15 talk (Aerosmith) 16 Stop Messin' Around (Aerosmith) 17 Rag Doll (Aerosmith) 18 talk (Aerosmith) 19 Janie's Got a Gun (Aerosmith) 20 Dude [Looks like a Lady] (Aerosmith) 21 Dream On (Aerosmith) 22 Walk This Way (Aerosmith) 23 talk (Aerosmith) 24 Livin' on the Edge (Aerosmith) 25 Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith) 26 Peter Gunn Theme [Instrumental] (Aerosmith) 27 Train Kept A-Rollin' (Aerosmith) https://pixeldrain.com/u/7BjHGAga alternate: https://bestfile.io/en/HhGyAlYTssEUdLa/file This is one of those times I got lucky and found a photo from the exact concert presented here.

King Biscuit Flower Hour Show #1 Air date: February 18, 1973 Blood Sweat and Tears Bruce Springsteen Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin Recorded at: Blood Sweat and Tears North Mesquite High School Dallas, TX January 20, 1973 Bruce Springsteen Max's Kansas City, NYC January 31, 1973 Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin Century Theater, Buffalo, NY January 27, 1973 01 Bill Minkin - KBFH #1 Intro 02 Commercial - Pioneer 03 Blood Sweat and Tears - I Can't Move No Mountains 04 Blood Sweat and Tears - Snow Queen 05 Blood Sweat and Tears - Maiden Voyage 06 Blood Sweat and Tears - When I Die 07 Bill Minkin - KBFH #1 Break 08 Commercial - Pioneer 09 Commercial - Newmark & Lewis 10 Unknown - WNEW ID 11 Bill Minkin - Write To KBFH 12 Bruce Springsteen - Bishop Danced 13 Commercial - Pioneer 14 Commercial - Newmark & Lewis 15 Bill Minkin - Segment Intro 16 Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin - Dawn 17 Bill Minkin - KBFH #1 Break 18 Commercial - Newmark & Lewis 19 Bill Minkin - Write To KBFH Brought to you through the efforts of the Collective For Live Music. Our pal Sam Eliot's Mustache found this audio on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1mZCtJZJWI&t=1849s He recorded the streaming audio, burned it as WAV files and sent it to me to chapter. I chaptered it but also took the time to remove several hundred bits of (what I think is...) radio static. I didn't get everything but it's improved over the streaming audio. I want to note that while this is "flac files of wavs" it is most likely "lossy" - streaming audio is usually not CD quality audio. I lack the expertise to analyze the stream (I could figure it out but I have to go to work in an hour...). Saving as a wav allows us to burn CD-rs so it makes sense and compressing them as flac to save space is also smart. I just want to call out that this is not a direct transfer from a reel source. The gang felt that this was an historically important show; the start of the rise of syndicated live concerts distributed nationally. This outweighs the fact we didn't record this ourselves and can't verify the source. It sounds very good; there's virtually no hiss that I can hear. Some "hum" that's probably 60 Hz and the 120, 180, etc. harmonics...which could be stage amps and monitors. Whatever this is, it's really good quality and a great historical document of a vintage radio broadcast. My guess is this is recorded off-the-air from WNEW in New York. The other announcer (not Bill Minkin) is a female disk jockey; she's inserting intro and outro remarks, and a WNEW-FM station identification. The commercials are for Newmark & Lewis, which the internet tells me was based in the New York area (mainly Long Island). I note that the vocal talent on these commercials have a regional New York accent that stands out to my West Coast California accent ears. The YouTube channel has a print ad for the show as a graphic; I haven't been able track a high-resolution copy of this down yet. Does anyone have access to Rolling Stone magazine archives? One really weird thing about this show was Springsteen's choice of song. His debut album was released six weeks prior on January 5, 1973. Now... if your first album was out there, and you had a national performance platform, what would you do? Well, I'd pick my single "Blinded By The Light" and play the friggin' heck out of it. What I wouldn't do is pick a song that wasn't on the album...and wasn't on ANY album for the next 25 years (it finally turned up on 1998's "Tracks.)" But that's what he did. Another weird thing about the past: High profile rock bands played high schools. Blood Sweat & Tears are playing a high school here. The Kinks played at my high school (Ygnacio Valley High School, Concord, CA) in the summer of 1970. Miles Davis played at our cross-town rival, Las Lomas High School. Santana played there, too. ---------- Also... I "asked the Internet" and got a Bing Copilot response that I cut and pasted into a jpg in the artwork file. It says, "the show was special as it marked the reunion of the band after lead vocalist David Clayton-Thomas rejoined the group." I didn't hear Clayton-Thomas's distinctive vocals on this at all. He's not there, and Concert Vault says it's Jerry Fisher. --- This is just wrong. And in point of fact, they do NOT play "Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)," "Spinning Wheel," "Lucretia McEvil," or "You've Made Me So Very Happy." This is our future: we ask the Internet, and it gives us incorrect information. https://mega.nz/file/fJ50ATrJ#7lXRwF2MuejNOgrwLBsN70GxJhnIkKu_MTSTn4b-LJE Đ®åⒻṬëŕṽøï says, "Please do not believe everything you read on the internet, including this sentence."

Here's another episode of the "Midnight Special" TV show. This one is hosted by singer-songwriter Bill Withers. But it's kind of a soul music triple header, because there are two guest stars, Bobby Womack and Buddy Miles, and they have larger roles than usual. Normally when posting these Midnight Special episodes, I just have the main artist plus sometimes a guest artist. But this episode ended with Withers singing one of his songs with both Womack and Miles, so it made sense to include all three of them. That's especially so since they performed similar kinds of music. The episode was rather short, however, so I added in some extra songs from other episodes. It turns out Withers only performed one more song for the show, "Lovely Day," in 1977. That isn't publicly available yet (with the episodes being rereleased one per week on YouTube), so I didn't have the option of including that one. However, both Womack and Miles performed the occasional song prior to this, so I included more of their songs. "Harry Hippie" by Bobby Womack is from an August 3, 1973 episode. "It's All Over Now" by Bobby Womack is from a June 15, 1973 episode. And "Life Is What You Make It" by Buddy Miles is from a June 7, 1974 episode. That's not all either of them did on the show, but hopefully some other stuff will come out on other albums I post eventually. I edited the first track, where emcee Wolfman Jack is introducing the guests for the show. I removed the names of the other guests not included here. In case you're curious, they were Rory Gallagher, Montrose, Melissa Manchester, and Cliff de Young. I also got rid of the theme song playing in the background, and replaced it with more applause. And unfortunately, the last song, "Railroad Man," got abruptly cut off, due to the TV broadcast ending. Since it was a unique version with all three stars, I couldn't find a different version to finish it off. Instead, I faded it out and faded in some applause. So that's why those two songs have "[Edit]" in their titles. This album is 45 minutes long. 01 talk [Edit] (Wolfman Jack) 02 Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers) 03 talk (Bill Withers) 04 Lookin' for a Love (Bobby Womack) 05 talk (Bill Withers) 06 You Really Got Me (Buddy Miles) 07 The Same Love that Made Me Laugh (Bill Withers) 08 Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out (Bobby Womack) 09 Lean on Me (Bill Withers) 10 Harry Hippie (Bobby Womack) 11 talk (Bill Withers) 12 Green Grass (Bill Withers) 13 It's All Over Now (Bobby Womack) 14 Life Is What You Make It (Buddy Miles) 15 Railroad Man [Edit] (Bill Withers, Bobby Womack & Buddy Miles) https://pixeldrain.com/u/zdBKEC8X alternate: https://bestfile.io/en/Gu1S6BkLihVSfcf/file The cover photo is a screenshot taken from this exact concert. From right to left: Bobby Womack, Bill Withers, and Buddy Miles.

NOMONovember 25th, 2016Schubas TavernChicago, ILUSARecording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.Mastering: .wav > Audacity (trimming,...

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