Rolling Stones - 1981-12-01 - Pontiac, MI (SBD)

Rolling Stones

1981-12-01

The Silverdome

Pontiac, Mi.

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Take The A Train (Duke Ellington) intro

02. Under My Thumb

03. When The Whip Comes Down

04. Let's Spend the Night Together

05. Shattered

06. Neighbors

07. Black Limousine

08. (Just My) Imagination

09. Twenty Flight Rock

10. Going To A Go-Go

11. Let Me Go*

12. Time Is On My Side*

13. Beast Of Burden

14. Waiting On a Friend

15. Let It Bleed

CD 2:

01. You Can't Always Get What You Want

02. Band Intros

03. Little T&A

04. Tumbling Dice

05. She's So Cold

06. Hang Fire

07. Miss You

08. Honky Tonk Women

09. Brown Sugar

10. Start Me Up

11. Jumping Jack Flash

12. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

* audience source

Rolling Stones - 1981-12-01 - Pontiac, MI (SBD)

When the Stones went on tour of the US in 1981 in support of their soon to be number #1 album Tattoo You, Mick Jagger wasn’t completely in favor of hitting the concert trail once again. That didn’t stop Jagger or the band from finding ways to make plenty of money. Ticket sales for the 50 date itinerary grossed over $50 million, at an average ticket price of $16. The Stones garnered another $1 million from Jovan Musk, who in return were allowed to print their name on each and every ticket sold. It was quite ironic that the Stones, with their bad boy image, who had railed against advertising in the lyrics to Satisfaction, would be one of the first groups to engage a corporate sponsor. More cash rolled in on December 18, as the Stones’ show from Hampton VA, the next to last performance of the tour, became the first concert by any band to be broadcast on pay per view (the Grateful Dead had used closed circuit TV for their October 31, 1980 broadcast from Radio City). The end of the tour the next night didn’t mean the end of the financial windfall for the Stones. In June 1982, the band released the live album, Still Life, featuring highlights from the 1981 tour, which went to number 5 on the Billboard charts, selling over 1 million copies despite less than stellar reviews. In 1983, the Stones released the concert film, Let’s Spend The Night Together, showcasing songs from their 1981 shows on November 5th in New Jersey and December 13th in Tempe. The film grossed another $50 million for the band. All that money making did have one residual benefit for fans of the Stones. The band taped almost every show of the tour to amass material for the live album and movie. As such, over 30 soundboards from the 1981 tout are in circulation. This one captures the Stones on December 1, 1981, 3 decades ago today, in Pontiac, Michigan. Te set list includes 2 Motwon cvers - Just My Imagination from the Temptations and Going To A Go GO from Smokey Robinson.

December's Theme At So Many Roads

For December, our theme was inspired by our November 21 post in which Little Steven and Southside Johnny played their renditions of songs by other artists, including a take on Madonna's Like A Virgin! So this month we'll feature Cover Songs! Every concert in December will include a unique or memorable cover song, some of which you wouldn't expect from the artist being posted (Teaser - wait until you see what John Hiatt plays as an encore in our December 3 post!).

Cover songs have a special place in rock history. Some, such as Jimmy Hendrix's cover of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower, have become the definitive version of the song. Others, such as James Taylor's cover of How Sweet It Is, become so associated with the artist that you may forget its a cover (as I did back in September when I forgot the song was originally done by Marvin Gaye - my bad!) Still others introduced an entire genration to an unfamiliar and under appreciated musical genre, as Eric Clapton's cover of Bob Marley's I Shot The Sheriff did for reggae.

So for all those reasons and more, December is all about Cover Songs.

Enjoy the tunz!

Van Morrison - 1989-11-30 - Beacon Theatre, NY (SBD)

Van Morrison
1989-11-30
Beacon Theatre
New York, NY
Soundboard Recording (except 3 tracks)
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. I Will Be There
02. Whenever God Shines His Light
03. Cleaning Windows
04. It's All In The Game
05. Orangefield
06. Tore Down A La Rimbaud
07. When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God
08. Beautiful Vision
09. Help Me
10. Everybody Cryin' Mercy [with Mose Allison]
11. When You Get To The City [with Mose Allison]
12. Benediction [with Mose Allison]
13. Raglan Road
14. Carrickfergus
15. Full Force Gale
16. Summertime In England

CD 2:
1st Encore
01. Caravan
02. Moondance > Fever

2nd Encore:
03. Vanlose Stairway **
04. Star Of The County Down
05. Northern Muse [Solid Ground]
06. In The Garden

3rd Encore:
07. Have I Told You Lately
08. These are the Days **
09. Gloria > Smokestack Lightning [with J.L.Hooker]
10. Serves You Right To Suffer [with J.L.Hooker]
11. Boom Boom [with J.L.Hooker]
12. She Moved Through The Fair

4th Encore:
13. Buena Sera **

(**) audience source

Van Morrison - 1989-11-30 - Beacon Theatre, NY - Pt 1 (SBD)

Van Morrison - 1989-11-30 - Beacon Theatre, NY - Pt 2 (SBD)

1989 - Sometime in early 1989, a good friend of mine handed me 2 cassette tapes and told me I had to listen to them. They were 2 recent albums from Van Morrison, Poetic Champions Compose and Avalon Sunset. While I was of course familiar with Van’s recordings, especially the Moondance album, I can’t say that I was deeply into his music. All that changed when I listened to those 2 tapes. The 2 discs, with their combination of spiritualism and Irish mysticism, drawing from sources as diverse as Plato and Yeats, combining rock, jazz and soul in one package, all propelled by his incredible voice, reached into my soul and took up residence there. Three years later, in 1992, when I married my beautiful bride, our wedding song would be Someone Like You from Poetic Champions Compose and the last song played at our reception would be Have I Told You Lately, from Avalon Sunset. Back in 1989, inspired by the 2 albums, I went to see Van live at The Beacon Theatre in New York on November 28, 1989. Of course, having produced albums filled with jazz and soul, Van took a typical turn in another direction and filled his live show with blues, including a guest appearance by John Lee Hooker. By the end of the night, when his band asked “have ye been healed, tonight”. the answer was a resounding yes! While I’ve never been able to find a tape of that show, I do have this soundboard from just 2 nights later at the Beacon, on November 30, 1989, 22 years ago today. The show not only includes another guest spot by John Lee Hooker, but also one by renowned blues pianist Mose Allison, making it a must have for your collection. By the way, this concert is the 500th show we've posted here at So Many Roads, a fitting way to wind up our 2nd anniversary celebration.

U2 - 2001-11-30 - Atlanta, GA (SBD)

U2

2001-11-30

Philips Arena

Atlanta, GA

Soundboard Recording

192 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Elevation

02. Beautiful Day

03. Until The End Of The World

04. New Year's Day

05. Out Of Control

06. Sunday Bloody Sunday

07. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

08. Bono: Intro To Kite

09. Kite

10. My Sweet Lord

11. Angel Of Harlem

12. People Get Ready

13. Please

CD 2:

01. Bad > Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

02. Where The Streets Have No Name

03. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

04. Pride (in The Name Of Love)

05. Bullet The Blue Sky

06. What's Going On

07. New York

08. One

09. Peace On Earth

10. Walk On

U2 - 2001-11-30 - Atlanta, GA (SBD) 

2001 - We have presented numerous shows from U2’s landmark 2001 tour here at So Many Roads, and with good reason. Their landmark tour, which began as a celebration of their award winning album All That You Can't Leave Behind, evolved into a cathartic remembrance and honoring of those we lost in the terrorist attacks on 9-11. Given the fear of additional terror attacks and the heightened security concerns, U2 almost cancelled the fall leg of the tour. They decided to go on, however, knowing that cancelling shows would be a sign that the terrorist had won in their gambit to disrupt the lives of free people around the globe. This soundboard recording captures U2 on November 30, 2001, a dozen years ago today, in Atlanta. Download this one to hear U2 on a tour that helped heal America, a tour that would culminate in a historic performance at the Super Bowl in February 2002.

 

John Fogerty - 2007-11-29 - Chicago, IL (TV Audio)

John Fogerty
2007-11-29
PBS Soundstage
Chicago, IL
FM broadcast
256 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Good Golly Miss Molly
02. Bad Moon Rising
03. Longshot
04. Born On The Bayou
05. Ramble Tamble
06. Commotion
07. Midnight Special
08. Summer Of Love
09. Deja Vu (All Over Again)
10. Don't You Wish It Was True
11. Have You Ever Seen The Rain
12. Long Dark Night
13. I Can't Take It No More
14. Travelin' Band
15. Proud Mary
16. Lookin' Out My Back Door
17. Gunslinger
18. Green River
19. River Is Waiting
20. Bootleg
21. Who'll Stop The Rain
22. Creedence Song
23. Keep On Chooglin'
24. Broken Down Cowboy
25. Down On The Corner
26. Centerfield
27. Up Around The Bend
28. Old Man Down The Road
29. Fortunate Son

John Fogerty - 2007-11-29 - Chicago, IL (TV Audio)

2007 - In October 2007, John Fogerty released his first new album in 3 years, the critically acclaimed Revival.  The disc features several songs protesting the Iraq War and the Bush administration, continuing Fogerty's long tradition of political activism in his music.  The album also includes a track titled Creedence Song, ironic for a man who spent a good portion of his solo career distancing himself from the music he made with CCR!  This audio from the television broadcast of the PBS Sound Stage show captures Fogerty on November 11, 2007, just 6 years ago today.  Download this one for an outstanding mix of tunes from Revival, Fogerty's earlier solo work, and of course, CCR classics.

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2012-11-29 - Boston, MA (Ex Aud)

Tedeschi Trucks Band

2012-11-29

House of Blues

Boston, MA

HQ Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Everybody's Talkin'

02. Wah-Wah

03. Don't Let Me Slide

04. That Did It

05. I Know

06. Ball And Chain

07. Sky Is Crying

08. Midnight In Harlem

09. Ain't No Use

10. Get What You Deserve

11. Love Has Something Else To Say

12. Band Intros > Old Time Lovin'

13. Uptight

14. Drums

15. Bound For Glory

16. Crowd Noise & Encore Break

Encore:

17. Angel From Montgomery >

18. Sugaree > Angel From Montgomery

19. Wade In The Water

20. Sweet Inspiration

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2012-11-29 - Boston, MA (Ex Aud) 

2012 - Here’s our 2nd post at So Many Road to feature the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a high quality audience recording from November 30, 2012, just 1 year ago today. Powered by the dynamic husband and wife duo of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, the band, which formed into 2010, won a Grammy for best blues album for their debut disc, Revelator, in 2011. Their follow up disc, Everybody’s Talking, was a live album released in 2012, that featured their unique take on a host of cover tunes, such as the title track. If you’re not familiar with the band’s work, be sure to download this one - you won’t be disappointed.  By the way - the Deadheads who follow this blog will really enjoy the Sugaree in the encore!

 

The Animals - 1983-11-29 - Royal Oak, MI (FM)

The Animals

1983-11-29

Royal Oak Music Theatre

Royal Oak MI

FM broadcast

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Introduction

02. It's Too Late

03. Melt Down

04. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

05. The Night

06. My Favourite Enemy

07. Trying To Get To You

08. When I Was Young

09. Loose Change

10. Elmo James

11. I'm Crying

12. Bring It On Home To Me

13. O Lucky Man

14. San Francisco Nights

15. Heart Attack

16. House Of The Rising Sun

17. Hard Times

18. It's My Life > Don't Bring Me Down

19. Young Girls

20. Boom Boom

21. We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place

The Animals - 1983-11-29 - Royal Oak, MI (FM) 

1983 - The on again, off again relationship between Eric Burdon and The Animals was back on in 1983, when the band reunited for an album and a tour. The album Ark, was released in August 1983, and was accompanied by a world tour. Two thirds of the set list was composed of songs from Ark, with the remaining third being tunes from their catalog of 1960s hits. This soundboard recording captures the Animals on November 29, 1983, 3 decades ago today, in Michigan. Download this one to hear one of the last live shows ever performed by the original Animals line up.