Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Public Image Ltd. Studio Rehearsals 1981 - 1983


Public Image Ltd. Studio Rehearsals 1981 - 1983

Sound quality is 'A'.

Info below from the original file, theres more info in it but its all mixed in with garbled ASCII bullsheet, I'm pretty sure I got the nuts and bolts.

Seems these sessions are from rehearsals for the Commercial Zone lp that was shelved and turned into This Is What You Want.

Info below from source:

"Notes: two offer up some interesting unreleased material from what appears to be two separate events. A series of incomplete tracks, possible roughs or demos, assumed to be from Park South Studios in N.Y.C. in prep for the imploding "Commercial Zone" LP. On the other reel we have a tour rehearsal or soundcheck, also undated (82 or 83) and apparently uncirculated. Many Thanks to JJL69, spunk01, and powow for helping identify this material. The ? in the lineage is, as best as could be described, supposed 10" Reel to Reel > Cassette > Cassette, mine being the 2nd gen. No lineage on the reel 2 reel, but close to the original source. The story as told to me is: the UK arm of the American record company that Public Image recorded for had some reels hand delivered from the UK to America sometime in 1983. During that process, the reels were dubbed to cassette, and those were the cassettes that I made copies of (so my 2nd gen tape to you). The reels we could assume to be at least 2nd gen, but thats only a guess. I am unaware if these shows have ever been traded before."

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

101 the Slab
102 Unknown Song
103 Unknown Song
104 Bad Night (rough version)
105 Unknown Song
106 Unknown Song
107 Bad Night (disco version)
108 Unknown Song
109 Unknown Song
110 Unknown Song
111 Flowers of Romance
112 Flowers of Romance
113 Instrumental
201 Unknown
202 Instrumental Jam [based around _Solitaire_]
203 Poptones
204 Flowers Of Romance
205 Instrumental Jam [based around _Solitaire_]
206 Public Image [band stops halfway]
207 Solitaire [band stops again]
208 Low Life [2 attempts at run through]

http://www.mediafire.com/?mzqdrxgltae

Public Image Ltd. Commercial Zone


I'm the lucky owner of a 1st pressing of this, white jacket and white labels.

Below taken from wikipedia, coz it's just feckin easier.

Commercial Zone is an album of studio recordings that were released in 1983 by guitarist Keith Levene. Levene fled with the master tapes to America, where he sold the rights for the material and had several hundred vinyl pressings created without consent from John Lydon or the rest of PiL. Levene soon received a cease and desist order from PiL's record label. The album includes several songs that were later re-recorded such as "Blue Water" and "The Slab"(renamed "The Order of Death" for inclusion on This is What You Want...). Frontman John Lydon originally wanted this stripped-down acoustic version played over the end credits of Copkiller (AKA The Order of Death), a low-budget Italian film Lydon had acted in alongside Harvey Keitel.

In May 1981 PIL moved from London to New York City, but in October 1981 their American record contract with Warner Brothers expired and was not renewed. In January 1982 the British music press reported that PIL had tried to record a new album in New York with producers Adam Kidron and Ken Lockie, but split instead - this was promptly denied by the band in a press release the following week.

In May 1982 drummer Martin Atkins rejoined the band and PIL started recording their new studio album for Virgin Records at Park South Studios in Manhattan, with sound engineer Bob Miller co-producing. On 29 August 1982 new bassist Pete Jones joined the band in the studio, the new line-up played its debut concert four weeks later (28 September 1982 in New York City). During the summer and autumn of 1982 the band planned to form their own record label (Public Enterprise Productions) and license its releases to Stiff Records USA for the American market, but these plans never materialized.

In early November 1982 PIL announced the imminent release of a new single "Blue Water" and a six-track mini album You Are Now Entering A Commercial Zone on their new label. This did not happen, instead the band continued recording at South Park Studios for a full-length album.

By May 1983 a new track "This Is Not A Love Song" was earmarked as a new single for Virgin Records, but PIL broke up when first Pete Jones and then Keith Levene left the band. The remaining members, John Lydon and drummer Martin Atkins hired session musicians to fulfill touring commitments and carried on under the PIL name. The single "This Is Not A Love Song" (with "Blue Water" as a 12" single b-side), both from the Park South sessions, was released by Virgin Records in September 1983 and went to no.5 in the UK single charts.

In summer 1983, in PIL's absence, Keith Levene took the unfinished album tapes and did his own mix. He then flew over to London and presented them to Richard Branson as the finished new PIL album for Virgin Records, but John Lydon decided to completely abandon the tapes and re-record the whole album from scratch with session musicians. This new version of Commercial Zone became This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get in 1984.

Levene decided to put the album out himself on the American market and founded the label PIL Records Inc. for this one-off release. The first limited pressing was released in November 1983 and was heavily imported to the UK and European market. A second pressing (with the track listing changed around and a shorter mix of "Bad Night") followed in August 1984 in an edition of 30,000 copies, to compete directly with the official re-recorded album This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get. Virgin Records promptly took legal actions and stopped the distribution and any further re-pressings of Commercial Zone.

Band Line-Up

* John Lydon - vocals
* Keith Levene - guitar, synthesizers (bass on "Bad Night" and "Lou Reed Part 2")
* Pete Jones - bass (on "This Is Not A Love Song", "Mad Max", "Solitaire", "Miller Hi-Life")
* Martin Atkins - drums, percussion
* Bob Miller - sound effects (on "Miller Hi-Life")

Ken Lockie was a member of PIL during the initial recording sessions, playing keyboards, but was dropped from the line-up in September 1982. His contributions, if any, were erased or not used.

The second pressing of Commercial Zone was released around the same time as the official This Is What You Want... album and was generally more favourably reviewed in the music press.

Side A

01 Love Song
02 Mad Max
03 Bad Night
04 Solitaire

Side B

05 the Slab
06 Lou Reed (Pts 1&2)
07 Blue Water
08 Miller High Life

http://www.mediafire.com/?cyytrzgeyhy

Public Image Ltd. Live Le Stadium Paris December 12th 1978


Public Image Ltd. Live Le Stadium Paris December 12th 1978

Sound quality is 'C+/B-'.

I have a little over 60 Public Image Ltd. shows and I weeded through them all to find the best sounding and OR ones I thought should be included due to time period, dates, set list.

Most of the shows I have are admittedly from 1978 thru 1985 so in all reality the range of time is somewhat limited.

Most of these have a bit of history / info to them, I was given an info file on most of the shows included but I left them on the disk so I'm going from wrapped memory here and if I recall correctly this is one of the 1st Public Image Ltd. shows or maybe one of the 1st to be recorded, either way it's the 1st of something. Or maybe it's just the last one I'll post and the 1st one you'll see.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Theme
02 Low Life
03 Annalisa
04 Religion
05 Public Image
06 Belsen Was A Gas
07 Attack
08 Problems
09 Public Image (Encore)
10 Annalise (Encore)

http://www.mediafire.com/?kxy2qeanygy

Public Image Ltd. Live London Rainbow Theatre December 26th 1978


Public Image Ltd. Live London Rainbow Theatre December 26th 1978

Sound quality is 'B-/B'.

Mp3 audio source: mp3

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Theme
02 Low Life
03 Belsen Was A Gas
04 Annalisa
05 Public Image
06 Religion
07 Attack
08 Public Image II

http://www.mediafire.com/?o43zto4mjym

Public Image Ltd. Live Bruxelles Belgium December 20th 1978


Public Image Ltd. Live Bruxelles Belgium December 20th 1978

Sound quality is 'B-/B'.

Bloody hell, this is a 1978 AUD recording, the problem with AUD recordings is that, they're feckin AUD recordings.

This show actually sounds great, I listen to it more so than other PIL shows, the problem is it sounds like you're in a big fucking warehouse and you're in a room thats about 1500 feet away from the band behind an oak door.

Great sound esp the band but the draw back is you think you're outside the venue in the alley smoking pot dropping acid missing the fecking show.

All that said ... in jest a bit, this one I would recommend.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Soundchecking
02 More Soundchecking
03 Theme
04 Belsen Was A Gas
05 Low Life
06 Religion II
07 Attack (False Start)
08 Attack
09 Cowboy Song I
10 Cowboy Song II
11 Public Image

http://www.mediafire.com/?lmxmnn4mnm4

Public Image Ltd. Live Russell Club Manchester June 18th 1979


Public Image Ltd. Live Russell Club Manchester June 18th 1979

Sound quality is 'B-/B'. As this show goes on it seems to get to "B+". Or maybe its just me ... lets call it a strong B recording.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Albatross
02 Chant
03 Death Disco
04 Memories
05 Public Image (False Start 1)
06 Public Image (False Start 2)
07 Public Image
08 Annalisa
09 No Birds Do Sing

http://www.mediafire.com/?v3jnjdudno2

Public Image Ltd. Peel Session December 1979


Public Image Ltd. Peel Session December 1979

Sound quality is 'A'.

I don't know if this was a 3 or 4 song session but all I have is 3, but then it includes one of my fav Public Image Ltd. tracks, Careering, ok fine I have a lot of all time fav Public Image Ltd. songs .... up to and including "Album" (or cassette or cd which ever/s you own) Public Image Ltd. were brilliant.

Mp3 audio source: mp3

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Poptones
02 Careering
03 Chant

http://www.mediafire.com/?zay2tmn22ny

Public Image Ltd. Live American Bandstand May 3rd 1980


Public Image Ltd. Live American Bandstand May 3rd 1980

Sound quality is 'C+/B-'.

Honestly I was 10 and I saw this on the TV, it like the Clash that year burned an image in my mind that has never left of freedom and 'punk' (for lack of a better word though the word is a bit of an inslut) rock energy that has at times in my life made me a prisoner and at times filled me with the only permenat family I've ever known, sound.

It was lost on my young self that year how insane it was that Public Image Ltd. was on American Bandstand.

My fahter was a Vietnam Vet hippy motherfucker who raised me without TV until sometime around 8 years old, nothing but music in the house, both instruments and records. Out in the country and my mother working for a radio station with a few "punk" friends who started to expose my lil ass to a movement and sound that would change my life (better or worse is arguable).

Shit I had heard Public Image Ltd thanx to Margie, she exposed me to "First Issue" for my birthday along with a host of others.

I never watched American Bandstand, it wasnt a cartoon or a war movie and I knew that it was pop culture crap (thanx dad) but this new band I was recently exposed to and liked was going to be on ... so my dad and I watched it ....

I had pretty much all but forgot about it in the grand scheme of life until I came acrossed this recording ....

Now I can understand how insane it was for Public Image Ltd. to be on American Bandstand. Kinda lime when FEAR was on Saturday Night Live thanx to one cool ass motherfucker named John Belushi. Now that was a show.

Mp3 audio source: mp3

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Dick Clark Intro
02 Poptones
03 Careering

http://www.mediafire.com/?mw3nvmwrn2h

Public Image Ltd. Live La Olympic Auditorium May 04th 1980


Public Image Ltd. Live La Olympic Auditorium May 04th 1980

Sound quality is 'B'.

This is a show taken from cd, I think a regular old fashion bootleg. Track 03 is either missing or else the person who ripped this fecked up the numbering. I dunno.

Mp3 audio source: mp3

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by the bootleggers.

01 Intro Jam
02 Careering
03 (missing)
04 Attack
05 Low Life
06 Chant
07 Death Disco
08 Poptones
09 Religion
10 Bad Baby
11 Public Image
12 Memories
13 Home Is Where the Heart Is

Pt01
http://www.mediafire.com/?4gmiqyld0yk

Pt02
http://www.mediafire.com/?imydndxyhma

Public Image Ltd. Live Metal Tape Agora Atlanta April 1980


Public Image Ltd. Live Metal Tape Agora Atlanta April 1980

Sound quality is 'B'.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Fodderstompf
02 Careering
03 Chant
04 Annalisa
05 Poptones
06 Attack / Low Life
07 Public Image
08 Swan Lake
09 Memories

http://www.mediafire.com/?xfgtjrjefvz

Public Image Ltd. Live New York Palladium April 19th 1980


Public Image Ltd. Live New York Palladium April 19th 1980

Sound quality is 'B'.

Mp3 audio source: mp3

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) das bootenlargger.

01 Intro Jam
02 Careering
03 Annalisa
04 Attack
05 Low Life
06 Death Disco
07 Memories
08 Public Image

http://www.mediafire.com/?lnmgv4x3mo0

Public Image Ltd. Live Orpheum Bostom April 18th 1980


Public Image Ltd. Live Orpheum Bostom April 18th 1980

Sound quality is 'B-'.

Volume on the bass for tracks 03 - 05 starts out a bit too loud, think the mixer at the orpheum was a bit of a n00b.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Poptones (Soundcheck)
02 Bad Baby (Soundcheck)
03 Death Disco Dub (Soundcheck)
04 Public Image Dub (Soundcheck)
05 Careering
06 Annalisa
07 Attack
08 Poptones
09 Lowlife
10 Public Image
11 Fodderstompf
12 Swan Lake
13 Bad Baby
14 Home Is Where the Heart Is
15 Theme
16 Socialist / Chant
17 Another
18 Unknown Instrumental
19 Public Image
20 Memories
21 Poptones

http://www.mediafire.com/?mmrnez3wy1t

Public Image Ltd. Tomorrow Show Interview June 6th 1980


Public Image Ltd. Tomorrow Show Interview June 6th 1980

Sound quality is 'B+'.

Can you say awkward? I guess they did another interview some years later and John was a bit more ... ummmm polite, agreeable, willing to not be an ass? I dunno ... I get it and all but seriously how far can you take it. Even on 5 hits of window pane most of what John and Keith say in this interview is just a bunch of crap ... the birth place of Emo perhaps, this interview.

I never cared for the Sex Pistols so I can appreciate them not wanting to talk about the 1st modern built by agent (malcome) "boy band".

Mp3 audio source: mp3

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Previous Guest
02 1st Part Interview
03 2nd Part Interview
04 Snyder Concluding Comments

http://www.mediafire.com/?n5l2h5zhwgd

Public Image Ltd. Live Ritz NYC May 15th 1981


Public Image Ltd. Live Ritz NYC May 15th 1981

Sound quality is 'A'.

Isnt this the show we all got to hear about thru the years of Pil being complete ass's, and not playing any songs at all?

I think it is ... and after that "we're a corp not a band, we don't play concerts" interview?

If you had any questions as to whether or not Lydon was a media whore while the whole time acting repulsed by it, well if you know anything about him I ask you who can you question it.

And as for being a band, well after Flowers Of Romance he just gets more and more pop oriented as the time went on.

Sorry I liked PiL but Lydon had to be one of the biggest stokes in rock when he choose to be, which was pretty much all the time.

But then ,... after all ... thats just his Public Image <;-), I've heard he is a pretty alright chap in regular life.

Mp3 audio source:mp3

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Flowers (Prerecorded)
02 Instrumental
03 Snyderredux
04 Four Enclosed Walls
05 Theres a Hole In My Hear
06 Go Back
07 Happiness
08 the End

http://www.mediafire.com/?wyzjtntflyj

Public Image Ltd. Live Pasadena CA November 8th 1982

Public Image Ltd. Live Pasadena CA November 8th 1982

Sound quality is 'B+/A'.

Show has a total of 13 tracks. Another show with screwed #s, its either a 13 track show or track 11 is missing. Listing is for 14 tracks.

Mp3 audio source: mp3

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Theme
02 Lou Reed Part 2
03 Religion
04 Careering
05 Chant
06 Bad Baby
07 Attack
08 No Birds
09 Swan Lake
10 Mad Max
11 (Missing)
12 Annalisa
13 Public Image
14 Under the House

http://www.mediafire.com/?ez1lknq1xmz

Public Image Ltd. Live Newcastle November 15th 1983


Public Image Ltd. Live Newcastle November 15th 1983

Sound quality is 'A'.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Crowd
02 Public Image
03 Annalisa
04 Lowlife
05 Religion
06 Memories
07 Solitaire
08 Death Disco
09 Flowers Of Romance
10 Chant

http://www.mediafire.com/?mwjmfit2dmj

Public Image Ltd. Live the Studio Bristol November 8th 1983

Public Image Ltd. Live the Studio Bristol November 8th 1983

Sound quality is 'A'.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Crowd
02 Public Image
03 Lowlife
04 Annalisa
05 Religion
06 Memories
07 Chant
08 Solitaire
09 Flowers Of Romance
10 Anarchy In the UK
11 This Is Not A Love Song
12 Attack

http://www.mediafire.com/?twudkmwknmf

Public Image Ltd. Live Unknown Venue 1983


Public Image Ltd. Live Unknown Venue 1983

Sound quality is 'A'.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Crowd
02 Public Image
03 Lowlife
04 Annalisa
05 Religion
06 Memories
07 Solitaire
08 Flowers Of Romance
09 Chant
10 Anarchy In the UK
11 This Is Not A Love Song
12 Attack (cut)

http://www.mediafire.com/?emq0gmomjzv

Public Image Ltd. Live Zeche Bochum October 31st 1983 (Rockpalast)


Public Image Ltd. Live Zeche Bochum October 31st 1983 (Rockpalast)

Sound quality is 'A'.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Public Image 1
02 Annalisa
03 Religion
04 Memories
05 Flowers Of Romance
06 Solitaire
07 Chant
08 Anarchy In the UK
09 This Is Not A Love Song
10 Lowlife
11 Under the House
12 Bad Life
13 Public Image 2
14 Interview

http://www.mediafire.com/?zzjf0odjhej

Public Image Ltd. Live Paradiso Amsterdam May 28th 1986

Public Image Ltd. Live Paradiso Amsterdam May 28th 1986

Sound quality is 'A'.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Public Image
02 Banging the Door
03 Four Enclosed Walls
04 Flowers Of Romance
05 Annalisa
06 the Order Of Death
07 Rise

http://www.mediafire.com/?5ahzmuuwfuw

Public Image Ltd. Live Holidays In Estonia 1988

Public Image Ltd. Live Holidays In Estonia 1988

Sound quality is 'B'.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Public Image
02 FFF
03 Seattle
04 Home
05 Bags
06 Rise
07 Hard Times
08 Religion
09 Rules & Regulations
10 Angry
11 Open & Revolving
12 Holidays In the Sun
13 the Body

http://www.mediafire.com/?zt4zymktdrm

Public Image Ltd. Live Ritz Theatre NYC July 16th 1989


Public Image Ltd. Live Ritz Theatre NYC July 16th 1989

Sound quality is 'A/B'.

Mp3 audio source: m4a

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 Warrior
02 Happy
03 This Is Not A Love Song
04 the Body
05 Rise
06 Disappointed
07 Seattle
08 Time Zone

http://www.mediafire.com/?ynnwtnm0m02

Monday, March 8, 2010

Midnight Oil Live London 1990

Midnight Oil Live London 1990

Sound quality is 'A'.

Posting this for some nice people over at the NMA forum. Originally posted by mbass but for some reason some people (including myself) were having issues dl'ing it so it's now here.

If anyone has any Midnight Oil shows from the Red Sails In the Sunset tour/era that you can share please do!

Mp3 audio source: mp3

2 part post

Covers (single image-itunes/winamp) created by me, thanx original photographer.

01 King Of the Mountain
02 Dream World
03 River Runs Red
04 Warakurna
05 Read About It
06 Read About It (Continued)
07 the Dead Heart
08 Best Of Both Worlds
09 Kosciusko
10 Power & the Passion
11 Beds Are Burning
12 Bedlam Bridge Forgotten Years
13 Whats So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding
14 Hercules
15 Know Your Product
16 Blue Sky Mine

Pt01
http://www.mediafire.com/?tymdnziyj2y

Pt02
http://www.mediafire.com/?tzdnjomm3wg