Preaching The Blues
formerly known as "Goodbye Jeffrey Lee"
  dedicated to the memory of Jeffrey Lee Pierce (1958-1996) and his work
The Magnix Archive of The Gun Club & Jeffrey Lee Pierce Live Recordings
(formerly known as The Gun Club Bootlegs & Tape/CD-R Trading Page)
by Ger Potze
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Line-up #2C (December 1980 - August 1982): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals)/ Ward Dotson (guitar)/ Rob Ritter (bass) and Terry Graham (drums).
Starwood, Hollywood/Los Angeles, CA, USA, January 20, 1981 - version 1
Said to be the first gig as The Gun Club (also see the image on the right), but this is not true.
Personal source: ? -> Tape -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC
(also downloaded this as: unknown (received in CDR trade)>EAC>TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8), but this is the same as my transfer) Running time: approx. 45 mins. Quality: very good The scan on the right is from my own tape. The scan on the left (click to enlarge) was sent to me many years ago (thanks Philippe).
Highschool friend Steven Wolfe wrote in May 2001:
"I never saw them play as Creeping Ritual - I was living in San Francisco at the time. It's all a bit hazy all these
years later, but I know without question that I saw at least one Gun Club show before the Starwood, and I think there were
more. I can't recall club names or anything, sadly. But at this one show - which I think was the actual first show as Gun
Club, it was a small dive and Jeffrey had a portrait of Robert E. Lee onstage (how's your US history? Robert E. Lee,
commander in chief of the Confederate army during the Civil War)."
A recording (same?) of this show was released on the "Hollywood Writhes" bootleg CD-R (SuperSonicScientists SSS 079).
On Record Store Day Black Friday November 26, 2021 this show (same recording? tbc) was released on the "Sex, Murder, Drugs, And Bad Vibes - Live At The Starwood 1981" LP by
Blixa Sounds/Extra Term Audio (ETA 878) on gold colored vinyl. Limited to 2,000 copies.
[Note that I haven't heard this release yet, but as with previous 'official' releases I don't expect this to be an upgrade over what has circulated freely before amongst fans and collectors.]
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Starwood, Hollywood/Los Angeles, CA, USA, January 20, 1981 - version 2
As released on the "Sex Beat 81" semi-legal LP (1984; reissued by Culture Factory in 2019) and MC (1984) on Lolita Records, the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Revenge Records/Caroline Records (1987; reissued on FGL in 2004), and the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Éditions Atlas, Paris in the "Les Génies du Rock" series (1993).
Personal source "Sex Beat 81": original LP Personal source "Death Party", 1987: CD -> CD-R -> FLAC Personal source "Death Party", 1993: original CD Running time: approx. 6 mins. Quality: very good |
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Club 88, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 6, 1981 - version 1
As released on the "Sex Beat 81" semi-legal LP (1984; reissued by Culture Factory in 2019) and MC (1984) on Lolita Records, and the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Revenge Records/Caroline Records (1987; reissued on FGL in 2004). Recording date incorrectly listed as March 7, 1981. "She's Like Heroin To Me" also available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008).
Personal source "Sex Beat 81": original LP Personal source "Death Party", 1987: CD -> CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC Personal source "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce": original CD Running time: approx. 20 mins. Quality: very good |
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Club 88, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 6, 1981 - version 2
Same as above (minus one track, and a different running order), but this is from the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Éditions Atlas, Paris in the "Les Génies du Rock" series (1993). Recording date incorrectly listed as March 7, 1981. "She's Like Heroin To Me" also available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008).
Personal source "Death Party": original CD Personal source "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce": original CD Running time: approx. 13 mins. Quality: very good |
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Club 88, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 6, 1981 - version 3
As released as disc 2 of the "Fire Of Love" 2LP/2CD reissue (Blixa Sounds 2021).
Personal source: 2CD -> FLAC Running time: approx. 30 mins. Quality: very good/excellent |
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Program Studio, Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 1981 - version 1
As released on the "Sex Beat 81" semi-legal LP (1984; reissued by Culture Factory in 2019) and MC (1984) on Lolita Records, the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Revenge Records/Caroline Records (1987; reissued on FGL in 2004), and the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Éditions Atlas, Paris in the "Les Génies du Rock" series (1993).
"Devil In The Woods" previously released on the various artists compilation LP "Keats Rides A Harley" on Happy Squid Records (1981).
Personal source "Sex Beat 81": original LP Personal source "Death Party", 1987: CD -> CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC Personal source "Death Party", 1993: original CD Running time: approx. 14 mins. Quality: very good/excellent |
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Program Studio, Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 1981 - version 2
Same as above plus one extra track, as released on the first disc of the "Early Warning" 2CD-set on Sympathy For The Record Industry Records (1997; reissued as "Da Blood Done Signed My Name" on Castle Music in 2007). All tracks also released as bonus tracks on the first disc of the "Fire Of Love" 2CD reissue from 2021 by Blixa Sounds.
"Devil In The Woods" previously released on the various artists compilation LP "Keats Rides A Harley" on Happy Squid Records (1981).
Personal source "Early Warning": original CD
Personal source "Da Blood Done Signed My Name": CD -> FLAC Personal source "Fire Of Love" Blixa Sounds reissue: CD -> FLAC Running time: approx. 16 mins. Quality: excellent
These 5 tracks were also released on the "Elvis From Hell" bootleg LP (Rancid Records, 2020) b/w the May 5, 1982 Acoustilog Studios, New York, NY session.
Since I don't own this, I don't have information about the lineage and quality.
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Al's Bar, Hollywood, CA, USA, June 20, 1981 - version 1
As released on the "Love Supreme" semi-legal LP on Offence Records (1985).
Personal source: original LP Running time: approx. 15 mins. Quality: very good |
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Al's Bar, Hollywood, CA, USA, June 20, 1981 - version 2
Same as above (minus 2 tracks), but this is from the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Revenge Records/Caroline Records (1987; reissued on FGL in 2004), and the "Death Party" semi-legal
CD on Éditions Atlas, Paris in the "Les Génies du Rock" series (1993).
Personal source "Death Party", 1987: CD -> CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC Personal source "Death Party", 1993: original CD Running time: approx. 7 mins. Quality: very good |
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On Broadway, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6, 1981
Taken from a KUSF FM radio broadcast, one day after the show (the DJ announces it as "from last night"). The Gun Club opening for The Cramps. "Sex Beat" released on the various artists "Target Video Presents: Underground Forces Volume 3" VHS video (Target, 1983), on the various artists "Target Video Presents: Hardcore Volume 3" VHS video (Target 1985), and also on the Canadian "Nomad video 1997: Third Dispatch" (1997; incorrectly labeled as "Live LA 1982").
Both of the "Target Video Presents" videos can be found on YouTube, see: https://youtu.be/qMFJoUSUPlM and
https://youtu.be/fu9z2ihBfFg.
Personal source FM broadcast: FM - My Cassette - DAT - CDR - EAC - FLAC Personal source "Sex Beat" video: original video -> ? -> VHS PAL video, and transferred to DVD+R Running time: approx. 37 mins. Quality: very good/excellent
Bootleg LPs of this show were released in 2018 as "Like An Elvis From Hell" by Hedgehog Records (HDG0033), and in 2020 as "On Broadway, San Francisco CA. November 6, 1981 - KUSF FM
Broadcast" by Mind Control (MIND 707). Since I don't own these boots, I don't know about the lineage and quality of them.
Disclaimer: These recordings are not for sale from this site! Except official, and semi-official releases, these are only swapped amongst collectors.
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