Coming Attractions

From September 11 to 20, we'll bring you:
Bruce Cockburn, Edie Brickell, Bruce Springsteen, Rick Derringer, David Bowie, Southside Johnny, Music For Montserrat, Jerry Garcia, Crowded House, Counting Crows,The Pretenders, Men At Work, Elton John, and Bob Weir!
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Friday, March 4, 2016

The Eagles - 1980-03-04 - Ingelewood, CA (SBD)

The Eagles
1980-03-04
The Forum
Inglewood, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. Hotel California
02. Already Gone
03. In The City
04. King Of Hollywood
05. The Sad Cafe
06. Lyin' Eyes
07. I Can't Tell You Why

CD 2:
01. Those Shoes
02. Heartache Tonight
03. One Of These Nights
04. Turn To Stone
05. The Long Run
06. Life's Been Good
07. Life In The Fast Lane
08. Carol (incomplete)
09. Best of My Love (missing)


This soundboard recording from March 4, 1980, 3 dozen years ago today, features The Eagles on tour in support of the last #1 album of the 1970's. The band spent over 2 years recording the follow up to their masterpiece Hotel California, and the result was another massive commercial success. When the band released The Long Run in September 1979, it debuted at #2 on the Billboard Albums chart. A few weeks later, the disc climbed to the top spot, dethroning Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door. The Long Run reigned for eight weeks in the #1 slot, finishing the decade in that position. The album has sold more than seven million copies to date in the US alone. It also yielded  three Top 10 singles; with the title track and I Can't Tell You both reaching #8, while the tune Heartache Tonight climbed all the way to number 1. Download this one to hear The Eagles play tunes from the last album they would record for over 14 years, as later in this tour the band would breakup, not to reunite until "Hell Freezes Over".  Listen to this one in memory of Glenn Frey.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Santana - 1987-03-03 - Baden-Baden, Germany (TV SBD)

Santana
1987-03-03
SWF Studios
Baden-Baden, Germany 
TV Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Beat Of My Drum
02. Veracruz
03. Primera Invasion
04. Open Invitation 
05. She's Not There
06. Incident At Neshabur 
07. She Can't Let Go
08. Black Magic Woman > Gypsy Queen
09. Oye Como Va
10. Evil Ways
11. Jingo 
12. Deeper, Dig Deeper
13. Songs Of Freedom   
14. Before We Go 


1987 -  The late 1980s were not kind to Santana. Some 20 years after they burst on the music scene, the band's albums barely made an impact on the Billboard charts. Beyond Appearances, released in 1985, only went to #50, while Freedom, released in 1987, barely cracked the top 100, peaking at #95. Critical reviews of the two discs were just as bad. Rolling Stone wrote that "Beyond Appearances hardly bears consideration on any level." Allmusic wrote that "Freedom was a literal return to form, but, unfortunately, not to the quality of early Santana albums." Santana would endure another decade of commercial and critical disappointment, before the album Supernatural stunned everyone in 1999 by climbing to #1 on the charts. In the interim, unable to make any magic in the studio, Carlos did what he did best - perform live, as evidenced in this TV sounboard recording from his European Tour in support of Freedom from March 3, 1987,29 years ago today.




Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Glen Campbell - 1985-03-02 - Greensboro, NC (FM)

Glen Campbell
1985-03-02
War Memorial Auditorium
Greensboro, NC
Soundboard Recording
192 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Introduction
02. Gentle On My Mind
03. Galveston 3:04
04. Hello Greensboro
05. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
06. A Lady Like You
07. Rhinestone Cowboy
08. Speaking of Cowboys
09. True Grit
10. Faithless Love
11. On the Road Again
12. Crazy
13. Learning the Blues
14. Young At Heart
15. MacArthur Park
16. Southern Nights
17. Boston Pops
18. William Tell Overture
19. Band Introductions
20. Amazing Grace
21. Dream the Impossible Dream
22. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
23. Rhinestone Cowboy


To kick off our March Theme of Concerts from the 1980s, I though we'd pay tribute to Glen Campbell, whose 50 year musical career unfortunately has ended due to Alzheimer's disease, a condition which may soon also take him from this earth. Campbell released more than 70 albums, sold 45 million records and accumulated 12 Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. He had over 80 singles charts, of which 29 made the Top 10.  Nine of those reached #1 on either the Billboard Country, Hot 100 or Adult Contemporary charts. We pay tribute to this legend with this soundboard recording from March 2, 1985, 31 years ago today, and wish him and his family Godspeed.



Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Expanding The Roster At So Many Roads

In the almost 6 1/2 years that we've run this blog, we have continually added more artists to the roster off live shows we present.  And this year is no exception. We've already brought you in January and February our first posts from Dusty Springfield, The Youngbloods and Bobby Darin.  In the months to come, we'll debut our first posts from all the following acts:
  • The Alarm
  • Glen Campbell
  • Counting Crows
  • 10,000 Maniacs
  • Gin Blossoms
  • The Firm
  • Little Village
Enjoy the tunz -  and you never know what other bands we will be adding in the future!

Lone Justice - 1987-03-01 - Amsterdam, Netherlands (FM)

Lone Justice
1987-03-01
Paradiso
Amsterdam,  Netherlands
FM Broadcast
224 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Working Late
02. Inspiration
03. Cottonbelt
04. Ways To Be Wicked
05. Wheels
06. Shelter
07. Belfry
08. I Found love
09. East of Eden
10. Soap, Soup and Salvation


Lone Justice, fronted by Maria Mckee, has been a guiltily pleasure of mine since the very first time I heard the tunes Ways To be Wicked and Shelter. This FM broadcast captures Lothe band in Amsterdam on March 1, 1987, 32 years ago today. The band was on tour in support of their second album Shelter, which was co-produced by Jimmy Iovine and Steve Van Zandt. Yet even those two rock heavy weights and an infectious title track, couldn’t help the band achieve the breakthrough commercial success they sought, The album stalled at #65 on the Billboard charts, while the single made it only to #47. A shame that the public didn’t take to this vastly under rated band. Download this one and you can see for yourself what everyone missed. Today we capture Lone Justice in Amsterdam on March 1, 1987, 29 years ago today. The band was on tour in support of their second album Shelter, which was co-produced by Jimmy Iovine and Steve Van Zandt.  Yet even those two rock heavy weights and an infectious title track, couldn’t help the band achieve the breakthrough commercial success they sought,  The album stalled at #65 on the Billboard charts, while the single made it only to #47.  A shame that the public didn’t take to this vastly under rated band.  Download this one and you can see for yourself what everyone else missed!

















 

Monday, February 29, 2016

Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1972-02-29 - Tokyo, Japan (Aud)

Creedence Clearwater Revival
1972-02-29
Budokan Hall
Tokyo,Japan
Audience Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Introduction
02. Born On The Bayou
03. Green River > Susie Q
04. It Came Out of The Sky
05. Door To Door
06. Travelin' Band
07. Fortunate Son
08. Commotion
09. Lodi
10. Bad Moon Risin'
11. Proud Mary
12. Up Around The Bend
13. Hey Tonight
14. Sweet Hitch Hiker
15. Keep On Chooglin'


Since Leap Year comes just once every 4 years, I don't have all that many bootlegs from February 29. One I do have is this performance from Creedence Clearwater Revival, from February 29, 1972, 44 years ago today, from Tokyo, Japan. Just a heads up that this is an audience recording, and not the usual quality I post, but I thought I’d share it for several reasons. First, it fits with our February theme of the 1970s. Second, it’s Creedence, and there simply aren’t enough CCR bootlegs in circulation. Finally, this show features Creedence as a trio, with John Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford, as Tom Fogerty had left the band about a year earlier. Creedence was near the end of the line at this point, and would officially disband later that year on October 16, 1972. Download this one, therefore, to capture the band on one of its final tours!



Sunday, February 28, 2016

March's Theme At So Many Roads

After spending February in the 1970s we decided to skip ahead one decade for March's theme. That's right, our theme for March theme is the 1980s!  Every concert we post in March takes place between 1980 and 1989!

Enjoy the tunz