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 - June 1982): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals)/ Ward Dotson (guitar)/ Rob Ritter (bass) and Terry Graham (drums).
Cathay De Grande, Hollywood, CA, USA, February 12, 1982
- Intro
- Goodbye Johnny
- Brother And Sister
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Ghost On The Highway
- Bad Indian
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Black Train
- Jack On Fire
- Sex Beat
- Devil In The Woods
- For The Love Of Ivy (cut)
Personal source: Cassette Master -> Untracked Aiff File -> Soundforge -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 46 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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7th St. Entry/First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA, March 9, 1982
- Strange Fruit
- Fire Spirit
- Brother And Sister
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Goodbye Johnny
- John Hardy
- Bad Indian
- Preaching the Blues
- Jack On Fire
- Devil In The Woods
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Intermission before Encore
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
Audience recording.
The tape was incorrectly labeled as being from March 10, 1982.
Personal source: ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 42 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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Non Plus interview, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1982
- Interview (including parts of early Gun Club tracks)
As released on the "NON PLUS Premiere Issue" MC, April 1982, also with the Whirlybirds, Suburban Lawns, Police, Keith Morris, and attached to an 8.5" x 11" b/w photo of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and the Gun Club.
Personal source 1: original Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape
Personal source 2: original Tape (and photo), and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 10 mins. (complete tape approx. 42 mins.)
Quality: excellent
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Club Lingerie, Hollywood, CA, USA, April 10, 1982
- Strange Fruit
- Fire Spirit
- I Hear Your Heart Singing
- Fire Of Love
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Brother And Sister
- Sex Beat
- A Devil In The Woods
- Texas Serenade
- John Hardy
- Jack On Fire
encore
- For The Love Of Ivy
Audience recording.
Personal source: Cassette Master -> Untracked Aiff File -> Soundforge -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 55 mins.
Quality: very good
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The Continental, Buffalo, NY, USA, April 27, 1982
- Ghost On The Highway
- Walkin' With The Beast
- I Hear Your Heart Singing
- Devil In The Woods
- Goodbye Johnny
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Bad Indian
- Strange Fruit
- Fire Spirit
- Carry Home
- Preaching The Blues
- Sex Beat
- Jack On Fire
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).
Also released on the second disc of the 2CD-reissue of the "Miami" LP on Cooking Vinyl (2009).
Personal source "Early Warning": original CD
Personal source "Da Blood Done Signed My Name": CD -> FLAC
Personal source "Miami": CD -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 50 mins.
Quality: excellent
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Scorgies, Rochester, NY, USA, April 28, 1982
- Strange Fruit
- Fire Of Love
- Texas Serenade
- Brother And Sister
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- John Hardy
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Fire Spirit
- Preaching the Blues
- Sex Beat
- Goodbye Johnny
- Ghost On The Highway
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
- For The Love Of Ivy
Audience recording.
Personal source: ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
(also downloaded this as: Aud>cass>?>wav>EQ>cdr>EAC>flac but this is a transfer from the same tape; it only has one extra tape generation in the lineage)
Running time: approx. 50 mins.
Quality: very good
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Sourcerer Sound/Acoustilog Studios, New York, NY, USA, May 14, 1982 - version 1
- Intro
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Intermission (talk / Jeffrey Lee Pierce 'interview')
- Fire Of Love (cut)
- Intermission ('satellite cock up' / talk / Jeffrey Lee Pierce 'interview')
- Fire Of Love (complete)
- John Hardy
- Sex Beat
- Preaching The Blues
- Outro
Taken from a France Inter FM radio broadcast.
Recording originally dated as from May 5.
Personal source: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 24 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Sourcerer Sound/Acoustilog Studios, New York, NY, USA, May 14, 1982 - version 2
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Fire Of Love
- John Hardy
- Sex Beat
- Preaching The Blues
Taken from a France Inter FM radio broadcast.
Recording originally dated as from May 5.
Same as above, but without the intermissions, the cut "Fire Of Love", and the 'satellite cock up'. Most of the DJ talking has been removed.
Personal source: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 18 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Sourcerer Sound/Acoustilog Studios, New York, NY, USA, May 14, 1982 - version 3
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Fire Of Love
- John Hardy
- Sex Beat
- Preaching The Blues
Taken from a France Inter FM radio broadcast.
Recording originally dated as from May 5.
Same as above, but all DJ talking has been removed. Tape also runs faster than the ones above.
Personal source: FM radio -> 2nd gen.cassette -> CDR audio -> CDex -> wav -> Audacity (edit) -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 16 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Sourcerer Sound/Acoustilog Studios, New York, NY, USA, May 14, 1982 - version 4
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Fire Of Love
- John Hardy
- Sex Beat
- Preaching The Blues
Taken from a France Inter FM radio broadcast.
Recording originally dated as from May 5.
Same as above, also contains some DJ talking, but is a different edit.
As released on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008).
Personal source: original CD
Running time: approx. 17 mins.
Quality: very good
These 5 tracks were also released on the "Elvis From Hell" bootleg LP (Rancid Records, 2020) b/w the April 1981 Program Studio, Los Angeles, CA recordings.
Since I don't own this, I don't have information about the lineage and quality.
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Sourcerer Sound/Acoustilog Studios, New York, NY, USA, May 14, 1982 - version 5
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Fire Of Love
- John Hardy
- Sex Beat
- Preaching The Blues
Taken from a France Inter FM radio broadcast.
Recording originally dated as from May 5.
Same as above, also contains some DJ talking, but again is a different edit.
Personal source: Analog radio broadcast (stereo): France Inter FM radio broadcast > unknown analog generations > 1985-86 US Maxell XLII Extra Fine Epitaxial C90 (Type II CrO2) analog audio
cassette {from the Gene Poole collection} > Sony TC-WE435 (azimuth adjustment) > Roland R05 (24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (audio cleanup, convert to 16/44) > SHNtool (fixed SBE) > CD Wave (track
splits) > TLH (WAV > FLAC8)
Running time: approx. 18 mins.
Quality: very good
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CBGB's, New York City, NY, USA, May 14, 1982
- Devil In The Woods
- Walkin' With The Beast
- Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger
- Louie Louie
- She's The Girl I Love / Ghost On The Highway
As released on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008).
Personal source: original CD
Running time: approx. 15 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA, May 29, 1982 - version 1
- Goodbye Johnny
- Fire Of Love
- Texas Serenade
- Carry Home
- She’s Like Heroin To Me
- Fire Spirit
- Black Train
- Sex Beat
- Promise Me
- Preaching The Blues
- Devil In The Woods
- Jack On Fire
- Applause
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
Audience recording.
Personal source: Audience Cassette Master -> WAV SoundForge -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 56 mins.
Quality:
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Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA, May 29, 1982 - version 2
- Devil In The Woods
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
As released on the "Bang Zoom" issue no. 3 MC (1983) together with an interview with Jeffrey conducted in February 1983.
Personal source: Original Tape -> ? -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 12 mins.
Quality: very good
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Line-up #2D (June 1982 - December 1982): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals)/ Ward Dotson (guitar)/ Patricia Morrison (bass) and Terry Graham (drums).
Clutch Cargo's, Detroit, MI, USA, August 6, 1982 - version 1
- Lost Highway (cut in)
- Fire Spirit
- Calling Up Thunder
- John Hardy
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Cool Drink of Water
- Preaching The Blues
- The Fire Of Love
- Sex Beat
- Sleeping In Blood City
- For The Love Of Ivy
Audience recording.
Personal source: aud Cassette (first gen) -> Xitel -> LP Recorder -> hd -> Nero (tracking) -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 40 mins.
Quality:
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Clutch Cargo's, Detroit, MI, USA, August 6, 1982 - version 2
- Lost Highway
- Fire Spirit
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- John Hardy
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Preaching The Blues
- Fire Of Love
- Sex Beat
- Sleeping In Blood City
- For The Love Of Ivy
Soundboard recording.
Personal source: ANA(M) -> WAV -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 42 mins.
Quality:
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1st Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA, August 9, 1982 - version 1
- Lost Highway
- Texas Serenade
- Brother And Sister
- John Hardy
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Fire Of Love
- Sex Beat
- Preaching The Blues
- Goodbye Johnny
- For The Love Of Ivy
Soundboard recording.
Labeled as 1st Ave, Minneapolis, MN, USA, March 10, 1982, but this is most probably from August 9, 1982. However, I have also seen this listed as September 8, 1992.
Personal source: Soundboard -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC
Running time: approx. 50 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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1st Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA, August 9, 1982 - version 2
- Lost Highway
- Texas Serenade
- Brother And Sister
- John Hardy
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Fire Of Love
- Sex Beat
- Preaching The Blues
- Goodbye Johnny
- For The Love Of Ivy
Soundboard recording.
Same as above, and maybe even the same source, although there appear to be some minor differences which I haven't sorted out yet. This most probably is just a different transfer.
Personal source: Sbd > cass > ? > cdr > EAC-FLAC
Running time: approx. 50 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Paradise Theater, Burbank, Los Angeles, CA, USA, September 21, 1982
- Interview with Jeffrey Lee Pierce in L.A., including two live tracks:
- Brother And Sister
- Fire Spirit
Filmed for "New Wave Theatre", a public access television program, hosted by Peter Ivers, broadcast locally in the Los Angeles area by KSCI on UHF channel 18. Also broadcast on the East Coast by
USA Network on the "Night Flight" show. And on French TF1 TV program Mégahertz (with french subtitles).
First dated as March 1992.
French broadcast released on the "Eternally Is Here: Gun Club Video Rarities" bootleg DVDr (Videos From Hell, 2003).
Personal source: French broadcast -> ? -> DVDr
(see also version 3 of the October 7, 1982 Paris show for another personal source!)
Running time: approx. 12 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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CBGB, New York, NY, USA, October 2, 1982
- Goodbye Johnny #1
- Brother and Sister
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Run through the Jungle
- Sleeping in Blood City
- Fire Spirit
- Goodbye Johnny #2
- Black Train
- Sex Beat
- Me and Mrs. Jones >
- Jack on Fire
encore
- Keep A Knockin'
Audience recording.
Personal source: Analog audience recording (stereo) {recorded by Gene Poole}: unknown mics/recorder > 1977-79 Ampex 371 Plus Series (Type I Normal) 90-minute analog audio cassette master > 1979-81 US/European TDK AD-C60 (Type I Normal) analog audio cassette {from the Gene Poole collection} > Sony TC-WE435 (azimuth adjustment) > Roland R05 (24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (audio cleanup, convert to 16/44) > SHNtool (fixed SBE) > CD Wave (track splits) > TLH (WAV > FLAC8)
Running time: approx. 41 mins.
Quality: very good
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The Venue, London, England, UK, October 5, 1982 - version 1
- Lost Highway
- Texas Serenade
- Run Through The Jungle
- John Hardy
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Fire Of Love
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Goodbye Johnny
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Preaching the Blues
- Devil In the Woods
- Sex Beat
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Fire Spirit
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
Audience recording.
Personal source: ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 61 mins.
Quality: very good
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The Venue, London, England, UK, October 5, 1982 - version 2
- Lost Highway
- Texas Serenade
- Run Through The Jungle
- John Hardy
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Fire Of Love
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Goodbye Johnny
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Preaching the Blues
- Devil In the Woods
- Sex Beat
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Fire Spirit
- Sleeping In Blood City
Audience recording. Appears to be a different recording than the one above. The last song played "Keep A Knockin'" is missing.
As released on the "Hole" bootleg CD-R (SuperSonicScientists SSS 060).
Personal source: ? -> bootleg CD-R -> WAV (EAC) -> FLAC (TLH 2.4.1)
Running time: approx. 60 mins.
Quality: very good
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Le Palace, Paris, France, October 7, 1982 - version 1
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Fire Of Love
- Goodbye Johnny
- Preaching The Blues
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Devil In The Woods
- Sex Beat
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Black Train
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
Taken from a French FM radio broadcast. Includes (as usual) quite some DJ banter.
Personal source: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 42 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Le Palace, Paris, France, October 7, 1982 - version 2
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Fire Of Love
- Goodbye Johnny
- Preaching The Blues
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Devil In The Woods
- Sex Beat
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Black Train
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
Taken from a French FM radio broadcast. This one has all DJ talking which is present on the above source edited out ("intrusive speaker edited out").
Personal source 1: FM radio -> 2nd gen.cassette -> CDR audio -> CDex -> wav -> Audacity (edit) -> FLAC
Personal source 2: FM radio -> 2nd gen.cassette -> CDR audio -> CDex -> wav -> Audacity (edit) -> FLAC -> extracted to wav in DCART -> Raised left channel cut right-no filters applied -> re encoded to FLAC 8
Running time: approx. 38 mins.
Quality: very good
A recording of this show (lineage and quality unknown, but probably from this same source) has surfaced on a couple of bootleg/homemade CD-Rs: "Paris 07-10-1982 - Palace," "Le Palace
Paris 1982" (SAS), and "1982 Paris" (Great Hidden Mistake, Japan, 2020).
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Le Palace, Paris, France, October 7, 1982 - version 3
- Interview with Jeffrey Lee Pierce in L.A., including two live tracks:
- Brother And Sister
- Fire Spirit
- Run Through The Jungle
- Carry Home
- Sex Beat (cut)
When I got this in a trade, it was only labeled as "Los Angeles N.W. Theater 1982 + interview" and supposedly taken from a FM broadcast. However, this actually includes two different recordings:
The first part (the interview including "Brother And Sister" and "Fire Spirit") is the audio of a broadcast from 1982 on French TF1 TV program "Mégahertz" of "New Wave Theatre", a
public access television program, hosted by Peter Ivers, and originally broadcast locally in the Los Angeles area by KSCI on UHF channel 18. It was recorded on September 21, 1982 (first dated as
March 1982) at the Paradise Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles, CA, USA (also see above). The second part is the audio of the French TV show "Houba Houba" (also see below).
Personal source: TV broadcast(s) -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC
Running time: approx. 20 mins.
Quality: very good
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Le Palace, Paris, France, October 7, 1982 - version 4 (video)
- Run Through The Jungle
- Carry Home
- Sex Beat
Taken from "Houba Houba", a French television broadcast. This is the same as the audio recording above.
Personal source: TV broadcast -> ? -> VHS PAL video -> VHS PAL video, and transferred to DVD+R
Running time: approx. 10 mins.
Quality: good
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Le Palace, Paris, France, October 7, 1982 - version 5
- Black Train
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
Taken from a French FM radio broadcast.
Personal source: Analog radio broadcast (stereo): France Inter FM radio broadcast > unknown analog generations > 1985-86 US Maxell XLII Extra Fine Epitaxial C90 (Type II CrO2) analog audio cassette {from the Gene Poole collection} > Sony TC-WE435 (azimuth adjustment) > Roland R05 (24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (audio cleanup, convert to 16/44) > SHNtool (fixed SBE) > CD Wave (track splits) > TLH (WAV > FLAC8)
Running time: approx. 5 mins.
Quality: very good
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De Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 8, 1982 - tapes 1+3
- Run Through The Jungle
- John Hardy
- Devil In the Woods
- Fire Of Love
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Preaching The Blues (cut)
Taken from an unknown Dutch FM radio broadcast.
Personal source tape 1: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Personal source tape 3: FM radio -> Tape -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 18 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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De Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 8, 1982 - tape 2
- Run Through the Jungle
- John Hardy
- Devil In the Woods
- Fire Of Love
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Preaching The Blues (complete)
Taken from an unknown Dutch FM radio broadcast.
Note: The j-card of this tape, which I bought at the famous Amsterdam Queensday flea market, reads "Melkweg '82" (where they played two days later), but it is definitely the same recording as the
previous one. However, this tape includes the DJ intro and outro plus a complete "Preaching The Blues"!!
Personal source: FM radio -> ? > Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 22 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Spanky's, Nashville, TN, USA, November 1, 1982
- Lost Highway
- Texas Serande
- John Hardy
- Black Train
- Fire Of Love
- Carry Home
- Fire Spirit
- Brother & Sister
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Preaching The Blues
- Sex Beat
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Goodbye Johnny
- Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard cover)
Personal source: Untracked CDR -> EAC -> Soundforge -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 58 mins.
Quality:
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9:30 Club, Washington D.C., USA, November 5, 1982 - version 1
- Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger (only end part)
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Fire Of Love
- John Hardy
- Brother And Sister
- Albert Finch
- Fire Spirit
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Black Train
- Sex Beat
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Stairway To Heaven
- Carry Home
- Texas Serenade
- Outro
Audience recording.
Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 54 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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9:30 Club, Washington D.C., USA, November 5, 1982 - version 2
- Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger (only end part)
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Fire Of Love
- John Hardy
- Brother And Sister
- Albert Finch
- Fire Spirit
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Black Train
- Sex Beat
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Stairway To Heaven
- Carry Home
- Texas Serenade
- Outro
Audience recording.
Same show and source as above, but this is a different transfer and taken from a tape with unknown lineage.
Also, the above recording has almost 2 extra minutes at the end with an announcer mentioning upcoming shows at the same venue.
Personal source 1: ANA(x) > wav > FLAC
Personal source 2: Aud unknown gen > Audacity 24/96(balanced channels, Normalised, track, tag 16/44.1) > Flac8
Running time: approx. 52 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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Peppermint Lounge, New York City, NY, USA, November 11, 1982 - video
- Run Through The Jungle
Filmed by Paul Tschinkel (for his "Inner-Tube" Punk and New Wave documentary/cable TV series). Above track broadcast on Manhattan Cable access TV.
The Gun Club backed Jeffrey's then girlfriend Texacala Jones
As released on the "Eternally Is Here: Gun Club Video Rarities" bootleg DVDr (Videos From Hell, 2003).
Personal source: TV broadcast -> ? -> DVDr
Running time: approx. 4 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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Paycheck's Lounge, Hamtramck, Detroit, MI, USA, November 21, 1982
- Lost Highway
- Goodbye Johnny
- John Hardy
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Jack On Fire
- Strange Fruit
- Fire Spirit
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Preaching The Blues
- Devil In The Woods
- Sex Beat
- For The Love Of Ivy
- Stormy Weather
- Bo Diddleys A Gunslinger
- Sleeping in Blood City (incomplete)
Audience recording.
Personal source 1: ? -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC
Personal source 2: Aud>cass>?>cass?Azimuth>Audacity>EQ>Normailized>DC Ofset>TLH>Flac (transfer from the same tape)
Running time: approx. 60 mins.
Quality: very good
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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