Cheetah Chrome - NYC 1982/1983/1985

A nice dose of Cheetah all recorded from the audience. The Firefly show is a bit rough but the other two have good sound quality. There's an albums worth of rare songs here.

Cheetah Chrome & The Casualties - RT Firefly, NYC 3-05-82: [from cassette tape]
01. Calling On You (1st set)
02. No Credit
03. Used To Be Fun
04. Staring In The Night
05. Ain't It Fun
06. Federal Case
07. The Boys Are All Here
08. Goodbye
09. Sonic Reducer
10. Still Wanna Die
11. Take Me Home (2nd set)

Cheetah Chrome - CBGB, NYC  8-06-83:
01. Sweet Jane

Cheetah Chrome & The Broken Angels - NYC 1-11-85:
01. Still Wanna Die
02. All The Way Down
03. title unknown
04. Take Me Home
05. Goodbye

Ramones - Philadelphia 1977

The April show is an audience recording. The sound quality is rough but it's still exciting to listen to. The October show is either a soundboard recording or a radio broadcast and the sound quality is very good. Houston Hall is on the campus of University of Pennsylvania.

@ Houston Hall, Philadelphia 4-09-77:
01. Loudmouth
02. Beat On The Brat
03. Blitzkrieg Bop
04. I Remember You
05. Glad To See You Go
06. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
07. You're Gonna Kill That Girl
08. Carbona Not Glue
09. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
10. Commando

@ Tower Theater, Philadelphia 10-12-77:
01. Loudmouth
02. Beat On The Brat
03. Blitzkrieg Bop
04. I Remember You
05. Glad To See You Go
06. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
07. You're Gonna Kill That Girl
08. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

Ramones - CBGB, NYC 1975

I posted seven songs from this show on the old blog and just today found the first two songs and the complete third song on the end of a Milk 'n' Cookies tape. This is an audience recording and the sound quality is raw but listenable. I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed is introduced as a new song.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Loudmouth
02. Beat On The Brat
03. I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed
04. Listen To My Heart
05. 53rd & 3rd
06. Judy Is A Punk
07. California Sun
08. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
09. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World

Milk 'n' Cookies - CBGB, NYC c.1976

After all the Boston stuff it's time to move down to New York City.  Milk 'n' Cookies released one album in 1974 at the end of the Glam era and carried on until 1977. Singer/Guitarist Ian North , in 1977, became a part of the London Punk scene with his band Neo. There is no date written on this tape so not sure exactly when it is from. It's an audience recording and the sound quality is good.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Tricks Are For Kids
02. Typically Teenage
03. Little, Lost & Innocent
04. On The Outs
05. Tinkertoy Tomorrow
06. title unknown
07. Girls In Gangs
08. Six Guns
09. Buy This Record
10. Not Enough Girls (In The World)

Chequered Past/A Flock Of Seagulls/Stray Cats - Showtime, Los Angeles 1984

 All these sets were recorded live in Los Angeles. Showtime was a tv show that might have been on MTV or some other cable tv network in the 1980s. Recorded off the television. Sound quality is very good.

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. Chequered Past - title unknown
02. Chequered Past - Underworld
03. A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
04. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
05. Stray Cats - Something's Wrong With My Radio
06. Stray Cats - Sexy And 17
07. Stray Cats - Rock This Town
08. Stray Cats - Tear It Up

Jim Carroll Band - Boston + S.F. 1980

The Mab show is a soundboard recording and the Paradise show is a radio broadcast and the sound quality on both is very good. I posted the Boston show on the old blog but this copy has the first two songs of the show which were missing on the other tape I had.

@ Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco 5-08-80:

01. Catholic Boy
02. Voices
03. City Drops Into The Night
04. Nothing Is True
05. It's Too Late
06. Three Sisters
07. Wicked Gravity
08. Crow
09. People Who Died
10. Sweet Jane

@ Paradise, Boston 12-20-80: [from cassette tape]

01. Wicked Gravity
02. Three Sisters
03. City Drops Into The Night
04. Catholic Boy
05. It's Too Late
06. Voices
07. Crow
08. Lorraine
09. Nothing Is True
10. People Who Died
11. -DJ Oedipus-
12. Sweet Jane

Volcano Suns - WERS, Boston 4-07-85

One former member of Mission Of Burma is in this band which formed in 1984 after the split of MOB. This is a radio broadcast and the sound quality is very good.

info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano_Suns
discog here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Volcano+Suns

setlist: [from cassette]
01. Over The Wall
02. Ride The Cog
03. Four Letters
04. The Mouth That Roared
05. Balancing Act
06. It's Stew Time
07. Promise Me
08. Truth Is Stranger
09. Jak
10. Room With A View
11. Walk Around
12. Silvertone
13. Greasy Spine
14. 1999

Moving Targets - Boston 1985/1990

Moving Targets were from Boston Mass. They released several albums between 1986 and 1993. Both these shows are radio broadcasts and have very good sound quality. Can anyone fill in the unknown song titles?

More info here: http://ihrtn.com/2008/12/boston-scene-moving-targets/
Discog here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Moving+Targets

@ WERS, Boston 9-15-85: [from cassette tape]
01. Brave Noise
02. This World
03. Only Life Of Fun
04. Through the Door
05. title unknown
06. Coming Home
07. The Other Side
08. Underground
09. Always Calling
10. Let Me Know Why
11. 2500 Club
12. Travel Music
13. MTV
14. Faith
15. Less Than Gravity
16. Almost Certain/Drone
17. Urban Dub

@ WNBR, Boston 7-10-90: [from cassette tape]
01. Thin Line
02. Faith
03. Nothing Changes/Always Calling
04. Instrumental #3
05. In The Way
06. Overheard
07. Into The Forest
08. Through The Door
09. Lights
10. Fade

Alter Boys - TT's, Cambridge MA 3-18-88

These Altar Boys were from New York City and released a single and two albums between 1986 and 1995. Their first album was produced by Andy Shernoff of the Dictators so you know it is worth a listen. This show is an audience recording and the sound quality is good. Can anyone help with the unknown song titles?

http://www.discogs.com/Alter-Boys-Piles/release/3728780
http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2011/09/alter-boys-soul-desire-1-1987-big-time.html
http://www.gemm.com/store/HORIZONS/item/ALTER-BOYS-COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE-CD/158108846

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Buks Song
02. One Step Ahead of the Rain
03. Gashound
04. Put Me In Another Head
05. title unknown
06. One Eye Only
07. Katie
08. Hold Me Up
09. Soul Desire
10. title unknown

Neighborhoods - WERS, Boston 4-10-88

Here's one more show from the Neighborhoods. this one is from a radio broadcast and the sound quality is very good. Can anyone help with the unknown song titles?

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Reptile Man
02. Out Of Your Reach
03. Dangerous
04. The Man
05. title unknown
06. title unknown
07. Roxxanne
08. Hate Zone
09. title unknown
10. White Punks On Dope
11. California Man
12. Peeping Tom

Beachmasters - WERS, Boston 11-10-85

The Beachmasters were a surf band from Boston. The drummer is Bob MacKenzie, who had played drums with GG Allin, Hopelessly Obscure and Underachievers. Tommy White, who was the guitarist in Unnatural Axe, plays bass here. This is a radio broadcast and the sound quality is very good.

info here: http://vinyljourney.blogspot.com/2006/07/beachmasters-self-titled-1988.html
some info here: http://www.reverbcentral.com/reviews/b/beachmasters2658.html

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. On The Beach
02. King Of The Beach
03. title unknown
04. Ocean City
05. title unknown
06. Caught In The Undertow
07. title unknown
08. title unknown
09. I'll See You In Hell
10. title unknown
11. If You Don't Wanna Surf
12. Don't Ever Surf Alone

Band 19 - WERS, Boston 1985/86 (ex-Unnatural Axe)

Band 19 were a Boston band that featured the former singer of the 1970s Punk band Unnatural Axe. They released on 12" ep in 1985. These shows are from radio broadcasts and the sound quality is very good on both.

some info here: http://www.killfromtheheart.com/albums.php?id=12395&band_id=5820
and here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Band+19
video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKBt77s4QNc
and here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMnZYhokUQU

@WERS, Boston 4-28-85: [from cassette tape]
01. When It's Over
02. title unknown
03. You Know Me
04. My Heart
05. Walk Alone
06. Your Eyes
07. No Why
08. It's Too Late
09. Party In 311
10. title unknown

@WERS, Boston 3-06-86: [from cassette tape]
01. Young Fast & Scientific
02. When It's Over
03. Don't Want Anymore
04. You Know Me
05. Your Eyes
06. Can't Stand It
07. She's A Dog
08. Drinking And Driving
09. Too Late
10. We Want The World
11. title unknown
12. No Why

Straw Dogs - WERS, Boston 11-15-87

Formerly known as the F.U.'s. They released three albums between 1996 and 1991. This show is a radio broadcast and the sound quality is very good.Can anyone help with song titles?

discog here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Straw+Dogs

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. title unknown
02. title unknown
03. title unknown
04. title unknown
05. title unknown
06. Trigger Finger
07. title unknown
08. title unknown
09. title unknown
10. interview
11. title unknown
12. title unknown
13. title unknown
14. title unknown

Alex Chilton - Feedback Concert 1979

Alex Chilton needs no introduction. This is either a radio broadcast or a soundboard recording and has very good sound quality. I don't think this is the complete show.

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. Hey! Little Child
02. In The Street
03. Come On Down
04. The Letter
05. Rocket To The Moon
06. Once I Had A Car

Unnatural Axe - Rat, Boston 5-18-79

Unnatural Axe were from Boston. They started in 1977 and existed until about 1980. In 1978 they released one four song ep and also had one song on a compilation LP in 1979. Three of those five songs are played at this show plus a few others that were not released at the time.

info here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Unnatural+Axe
1979 interview here: http://www.bostongroupienews.com/UnnaturalAxeInterview.htm
single here: http://isksp.blogspot.com/2010/02/unnatural-axe-1978-they-saved-hitlers.html
recent video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Dme1tE6Kc

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Sad Girl
02. Summertime
03. Big Noise
04. Someone Told Me
05. Sex Substitute
06. Three Chord Rock
07. Media Blitz
08. They Saved Hitler's Brain
09. We're In The Youth Corps

Loners - WERS, Boston 3-29-81

The Loners were a Boston Power Pop/New Wave band. They released one single in 1980 and had one song on the Wicked Good Time compilation LP in 1981. This is a radio broadcast and the sound quality is very good.

discography here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Loners%2C+The#t=Releases_All&q=&p=1

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Neighborhood Kids
02. It's My M.O.
03. R.S.V.P.
04. Wild Children
05. Planet Spirit
06. Inanimate Objects

V.A. MRR Gilman Street special 12-28-89

This tape is the Maximum Rock 'n' Roll radio show. All recordings played were recorded live through the soundboard at the Gilman Street warehouse in Berkeley California. Can anyone help with the unknown song titles? Sound quality is very good.

part 1: [from cassette tape]
01. MRR intro
02. SNFU - The Ceiling
03. SNFU - The First Place
04. Corrupted Morals - Peer Pressure
05. Corrupted Morals - title unknown
06. Neurosis - Obsequious Obsolescence
07. Neurosis - Self-Doubt
08. Neurosis - Grey
09. Neurosis - Black
10. Last Stand - title unknown
11. Isocracy - Rodeo
12. Crimpshrine - Bricks
13. Crimpshrine - My Friend
14. Crimpshrine - Another Day
15. Crimpshrine - Rearrange
16. Crimpshrine -Tomorrow

part 2: [from cassette tape]
01. Scream - People People
02. unknown
03. Doughboys - Today
04. Political Asylum - Apathy
05. Nomeansno - Body Bag
06. Victim's Family - title unknown
07. Kamala and The Karnivores - 29
08. Mr. T Experience - On The Tean
09. Mr. T Experience - A Song About A Girl Who Went Shopping
10. Youth Of Today - One Family
11. unknown
12. Plaid Retina - title unknown
13. Plaid Retina - title unknown
14. unknown

Nuisance - Attractive Nuisance demo 1988

Nuisance were from Humbolt County California. They were part of the East Bay/Gilman Street scene and had several albums released on Lookout Records in the early 1990s. This is an early demo recording, unfortunately, this copy is missing one song. Sound quality is very good.

info here: http://wowcool.com/engine/music-monday-nuisance-%E2%80%93-attractive-nuisance-demo
discog here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nuisance#t=Releases_All&q=&p=1

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. Your House
02. Censorship Song
03. Waiting Room
04. Day Of Sun

Spent - Demo 1988

Spent were one of the many East Bay/Gilman Street bands around in the late 1980s. They never released their own record and only had two songs released on compilations at the time. Members were later in Sweet Baby Jesus and Samiam. Sound quality is very good.

discography here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Spent

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. Cut Off
02. Destroyed
03. The World
04. Someday

Offspring - Tehran demo 1988

Early demo from a legendary Punk Band. sound quality is very good.

info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Were_Born_to_Kill

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. Tehran
02. Crossroads
03. Jennifer Lost The War
04. Out On Patrol

Soul Asylum - The Cabooze, Minneapolis 10-23-90

A very famous Minneapolis band playing live on the radio. Sound quality is very good.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Spinnin
02. Be On Your Way
03. Cartoon
04. Little Too Clean
05. Easy Street
06. Nice Guys Don't Get Paid
07. All The King's Friends
08. Something Out Of Nothing
09. Grounded
10. Veil Of Tears
11. Tracks Of My Tears
12. Something To Return
13. Gulliver's Travels
14. To Sir With Love
15. Mercedez Benz
16. Shakin' Street
17. Standing In The Doorway

Libido Boys - Radio Broadcast

Libido Boys from Minneapolis again. I'm not sure what this is as no further info is written on the tape cover. It's from around 1989. Sound quality is very good.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Life
02. America

GG Allin - WSIA, NYC 10-06-86

Radio interview with the king of shit. Excellent sound quality.

tracklist: [from cassette tape]
01. interview

Soul Side/Swiz - Bethesda Community Center, Bethesda MD 11-29-87

Both sets recorded from the audience. Sound quality is good.

Swiz setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Stone
02. Lie
03. Sorry
04. Much
05. Condemn
06. Cause
07. Taste
08. Ghost
09. Time
10. Toon

Soul Side setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Problems Faced When Travelling
02. Don't Let Me Down
03. Pearl To Stone
04. Dreams
05. Name In Mind
06. Otherside
07. Dixieland
08. Trigger
09. Baby
10. One Step Higher

Moss Icon - The Life demo 1989

Here's another late 1980s Washington DC emo/HC band. The first track is missing from the tape this come off of. Sound quality is very good.

listen here: http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/and+quot+The+Life+and+quot+Demo/6324877
info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Icon
discography here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Moss+Icon

**UPDATE 1-20-13** I found the missing song unmarked on the other side of the tape.

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. The Life
02. Kick The Can
03. Lyburnum Wit's End Liberation Fly
04. Cricketty Rise (Haverton Roads Browns And Greens)
05. Cape Of Holes (Cut Rope Sky Song)
06. As Afterwards The Words Still Ring
07. Happy (Unbounded Glory)
08. Nov 10th (Autumn Whirlwind)
09. Cornflower Blues

Swiz - WFMU, East Orange NJ 8-14-88

Another Washington DC band. The original singer from Dagnasty, Shawn Brown, was the singer of Swiz. This show is a radio broadcast and the sound quality is very good.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Ghost
02. Draw
03. Lie
04. Wash
05. Stone
06. Toon

Embrace/Rites Of Spring - Chevy Chase Community Center, Bethesda MD 10-25-85

Both sets were recorded through the soundboard. Sound quality is very good.

Embrace setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Dance Of Days
02. Can't Forgive
03. Spoke
04. Give Me Back
05.  -Embrace The Moment jam-
06. Building
07. Money

Rites Of Spring setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Drink Deep
02. For Want Of
03. Spring
04. Hidden Wheel
05. Theme
06. Nudes
07. Hains Point
08. All Through a Life
09. All There Is
10. Patience

Shudder To Think - Demos 1987

Very good sound quality. Can anyone help fill in the unknown song titles?

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Ro
02. Take The Child
03. Abysmal Yellow Popcorn Wall
04. Touch
05. It Was Arson
06. Questionable
07. Cloak of Wine
08. Thou Shall Not Kill
09. Imagine
10. Cure Sing
11. Too Little Too Late
12. Let It Ring
13. I Grow Cold
14. Believe

Shudder To Think/Liquid Boy - DC Space, Washington DC 11-08-89

Liquid Boy were a very short-lived and mostly unheard DC supergroup that had Pete Moffett ( Government Issue, Dove) on drums, Robert Bowers (Government Issue soundman and former guitarist of West Virginia HC band Th'Inbred) on bass, Pat Bobst (Kingface) on guitar, and Eric Lagdameo (Red C, Double O,Dove) on vocals. They never released any records and this live show might be the only known recording of the band. Both sets were recorded from the audience and have good sound quality.

Liquid Boy setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. title unknown
02. title unknown
03. title unknown
04. title unknown
05. title unknown
06. Plan 9 Channel 7
07. Ave Maria
08. Home
09. title unknown

Shudder To Think setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. About Three Dreams
02. Rag
03. A Vampire's Proposal
04. Heaven Here
05. On The Rain
06. Jade-Dust Eyes
07. Take The Child
08. Summertime Train
09. Corner Of My Eye
10. Fresco
11. Crosstown Traffic
12. Ro
13. Three Sisters
14. Abysmal Yellow Popcorn Wall

One Last Wish - Chevy Chase Community Center, Bethesda MD 9-26-86

One Last wish were from Washington DC and featured three former members of Rites Of Spring and the guitarist from The Faith. They only played a handful of shows and recorded but never released a record before splitting up. This show is an audience recording and is probable taken from a video source. There is a lot of tape hiss but is still very listenable.

info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Last_Wish
video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9R8FVy_dYU
and here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knGUpVrJZZo

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. Break To Broken
02. Shadow
03. This Time
04. Friendship Is Far
05. Wish
06. Three Unkind Silences
07. Home Is The Place
08. Sleep Of The Stage
09. Loss Like A Seed
10. My Better Half

Soul Side - Allentown PA 1988

Good sounding audience recording.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Name In Mind
02. 103
03. Punch The Geek
04. Baby
05. Trigger
06. Bad Show
07. What Do You Know About That
08. Pearl To Stone