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
originally created: March-August 1998
'on hold' between October 2003 and October 2012
last modified: October 15, 2022


< 1983 >

Index

Line-up #3A (January 1983 - February 1983): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals)/Jim Duckworth (guitar)/Jimmy Joe Uliana (bass) and Dee Pop (drums).

Blank Tapes studios, New York City, NY, USA, January-February 1983
  1. So Why
  2. Death Party
  3. Light Of The World
  4. JH Instrumental
  5. House On Highland Ave
  6. Bad Indian
  7. John Hardy

Demos from the recording sessions for the "Death Party" EP.

The last two tracks are most probably from another source, and might not be special at all. They both sound like they have been taken from vinyl, and both sound very much like the released "Miami" album versions from 1982.

Personal source 1: Studio Soundboard Tape? -> (? ->) CD-R, and encoded to FLAC
Personal source 2: cdr trades > EAC > Audacity > TLH > Flac8

Running time: approx. 24 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Line-up #3B (February 1983 - August 1983): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals)/Jim Duckworth (guitar)/Patricia Morrison (bass) and Dee Pop (drums).

9:30 Club, Washington D.C., USA, March 5, 1983 - late show
  1. Opening
  2. Strange Fruit
  3. Sex Beat
  4. House On Highland Ave
  5. The Lie
  6. Cool Drink Of Water
  7. Fire Spirit
  8. Death Party
  9. Heebie Jeebies

Audience walkman recording. This is the 2nd show of that night.

A story from the guy who made this tape:
"Jeffery was a little drunk. At the 9:30 there used to be a post at the center of the stage. The stage was a square stage in the far corner of a square room. During "Sex Beat" Jeffery ran smack into the post, briefly knocking himself out. You'll hear another voice (Mike Lavella, former Pittsburgh punk who now publishes "Gearhead") who picked up the mic & uttered the final "Sex Beat"."

Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC

Running time: approx. 42 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent



Exo 7, Petit-Quevilly (near Rouen), France, March 9, 1983
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. Fire Of Love
  3. Run Through The Jungle
  4. John Hardy
  5. The Lie
  6. House On Highland Ave
  7. Cool Drink Of Water
  8. Fire Spirit
  9. Death Party
  10. Goodbye Johnny
  11. Sex Beat
  12. Heebie Jeebies
  13. Texas Serenade

Audience recording.

Original flyer on the left thanks to Philippe (click to enlarge)!

Exo 7 (1983-2010) was previously known as Cinéma le Chartreux (1953-1979) and as Studio 44 (1979-1983). The building was demolished in the Fall of 2021.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC (later on the FLAC files were decoded to WAV, then edited because of those annoying 0.2 seconds mini gaps caused by not splitting the separate tracks on sectory boundaries before burning to CDr, and encoded to FLAC again)

Running time: approx. 67 mins.
Quality: very good




Bataclan, Paris, France, March 10, 1983
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. Fire Of Love
  3. Run Through The Jungle
  4. John Hardy
  5. The Lie
  6. House On Highland Ave
  7. Cool Drink Of Water
  8. Fire Spirit
  9. Death Party
  10. Goodbye Johnny
  11. Sex Beat
  12. Heebie Jeebies

Audience recording.

Scans thanks to Philippe (click to enlarge).

Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

Running time: approx. 62 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Chris Club, Clermont-Ferrand, France, March 16, 1983
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. Fire Of Love
  3. Run Through The Jungle
  4. John Hardy
  5. The Lie
  6. Black Train
  7. Cool Drink Of Water (cuts in middle)
  8. Texas Serenade
  9. Death Party
  10. Sex Beat
  11. Goodbye Johnnye
  12. Heebie Jeebies

Audience recording.

Personal source: Audience Tape (possibly 1st gen.) -> WAV -> CDWAV -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 61 mins.
Quality:





Radio Geneva, Switzerland, March 18, 1983 - version 1
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. Fire Of Love
  3. The House On Highland Ave.
  4. Death Party
  5. Heebie Jeebies
  6. The Lie
  7. Run Through The Jungle

FM radio recording.

Personal source: FM radio -> Tape -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC

Running time: approx. 36 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent



Radio Geneva, Switzerland, March 18, 1983 - version 2
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. Fire Of Love
  3. The House On Highland Ave.
  4. Death Party
  5. Heebie Jeebies
  6. The Lie
  7. Run Through The Jungle

Same source as above, but 'remastered" and released as bonus tracks on the CD-issue of the 1983 "Death Party" EP on Sympathy For The Record Industry (2004).
Tracks 1-4 were released as side two of the LP-issue of the 1983 "Death Party" EP on Sympathy For The Record Industry (2004).

Personal source: original CD

Running time: approx. 36 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland, March 20, 1983 - version 1
  1. Run Through The Jungle
  2. John Hardy
  3. The Lie
  4. Black Train
  5. Cool Drink Of Water
  6. House On Highland Ave
  7. Fire Spirit
  8. Death Party
  9. Sex Beat
  10. Goodbye Johnny
  11. Texas Serenade

The j-card of this tape, which I bought at the famous Amsterdam Queensday flea market, reads only "Zürich '83".
The last three tracks are on the b-side of the tape and it looks/sounds like they come from a different broadcast (or recorded with different equipment).

After "John Hardy" it takes more than 3 minutes for the next song to be played due to some equipment issues.

Personal source: ? -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

Running time: approx. 58 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent



Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland, March 20, 1983 - version 2
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. Fire Of Love
  3. Run Through The Jungle (short dropout around 2:12)
  4. John Hardy
  5. The Lie
  6. Black Train
  7. Cool Drink Of Water
  8. The House On Highland Ave./radio announcer
  9. Fire Spirit
  10. Death Party (compiled from two tape sources)
  11. Run Through The Jungle (from tape 2: without dropout)
  12. Interview

FM radio broadcast on Swiss Radio DRS 3.

The 3+ minutes "equipment issues" after "John Hardy" (see above) have been edited out on this version.

Personal source: FM radio -> master tape (tracks 1-9, track 10 part 1, track 12)/higher generation tape (track 10 part 2, track 11) -> EAC -> CDR -> EAC -> WAV -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 54 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland, March 20, 1983 - version 3
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. Fire Of Love
  3. Run Through The Jungle
  4. John Hardy
  5. The Lie
  6. Black Train
  7. Cool Drink Of Water
  8. The House On Highland Ave./radio announcer
  9. Fire Spirit
  10. Death Party

Same recording as above (and exactly the same transfer, but with the dropout in "Run Through The Jungle" edited out and the repeated "Run Through The Jungle" as well as the interview removed) as released as the second disc of the 2CD-reissue of the "Death Party" EP on Cooking Vinyl (2009).

Personal source: original CD -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 46 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, March 26, 1983 - version 1
  1. Fire Of Love (fades in; incomplete)
  2. DJ Intro
  3. Run Through The Jungle
  4. John Hardy
  5. The Lie
  6. Black Train
  7. House On Highland Ave
  8. Cool Drink Of Water
  9. Fire Spirit
  10. Death Party

FM radio recording as part of a "Rock over Germany" ARD Rocknacht.

Personal source: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

Running time: approx. 44 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, March, 26, 1983 - version 2
  1. Run Through The Jungle
  2. The Lie
  3. Black Train
  4. The House On Highland Ave
  5. Cool Drink Of Water
  6. Fire Spirit
  7. Death Party
  8. Sex Beat
  9. Goodbye Johnny (cut)

Another FM radio recording. Compared to the previous source it is missing the incomplete "Fire Of Love" and the "DJ Intro" as well as "John Hardy and has a cut between "Cool Drink Of Water" and "Fire Spirit" but includes "Sex Beat" and "Goodbye Johnny" at the end.

Personal source: FM -> Cassette -> SpinDoctor -> xACT (FLAC)

Running time: approx. 48 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, March, 26, 1983 - version 3
  1. Strange Fruit / Fire Of Love
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. John Hardy
  4. The Lie
  5. Black Train
  6. The House On Highland Ave
  7. Cool Drink Of Water
  8. Fire Spirit
  9. Death Party
  10. Sex Beat
  11. Goodbye Johnny
  12. Texas Serenade
  13. Heebie Jeebies
  14. Disco Inferno

Audience recording. 




Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC



Running time: approx. 69 mins.

Quality: (very) good





















Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, March 26, 1983 - version 4






    

  1. Run Through The Jungle

  2. John Hardy

  3. The Lie

  4. Black Train

  5. The House On Highland Ave

  6. Cool Drink Of Water

  7. Fire Spirit

  8. Death Party


Same as version 1, except for the incomplete "Fire Of Love" and the "DJ Intro" which are missing here. However this version has a short piece of DJ outro at the end and like version 2 
this has a cut between "Cool Drink Of Water" and "Fire Spirit" while version 1 does not have this cut.




Personal source: German Radio broadcast (1983-03-26) -> tape -> CDR trade -> EAC -> wav -> flac (8) (foobar2000)



Running time: approx. 40 mins.

Quality: very good




















Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, March, 26, 1983 - version 5






    

  1. Strange Fruit / Fire Of Love

  2. Run Through The Jungle

  3. John Hardy

  4. The Lie

  5. Black Train

  6. The House On Highland Ave

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny

  12. Texas Serenade

  13. Heebie Jeebies

  14. Medley (Sex Bomb / More, More, More / Get Up And Boogie / Disco Inferno)


Pre-FM recording.




Personal source: CDR (preFM)  -  xACT  -> FLAC

(also downloaded as CDR (preFM)  -  xACT -> Re-encoded to flac (8) by TLH which is exactly the same but just two different encoding levels)



Running time: approx. 67 mins.

Quality: excellent





















Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, March, 26, 1983 - version 6






    

  1. Run Through The Jungle

  2. The Lie

  3. Black Train

  4. The House On Highland Ave

  5. Cool Drink Of Water (fades out)
    

    

  6. Fire Spirit

  7. Death Party

  8. Sex Beat

  9. Goodbye Johnny (fades out)


FM radio recording as released on the "Amarillo Beach" bootleg LP (Mania Gold Mine, 1984). Same tracklist as version 2.




Personal source: audio->vinyl->wav->flac



Running time: approx. 44 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent




















Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany, April 6, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Spirit

  3. Fire Of Love

  4. Run Through The Jungle

  5. John Hardy

  6. The Lie

  7. Black Train

  8. Cool Drink Of Water

  9. House On Higland Ave

  10. Death Party

  11. Sex Beat

  12. Goodbye Johnny

  13. Texas Serenade

  14. Heebie Jeebies

  15. Medley - Sex Bomb; More, More, More; Get up and Boogie; Disco Inferno


Audience walkman recording.




Personal source 1: unknown walkman & mic > low gen analog tape > Kenwood Stereo cassette deck X-S300>Philips audio CD recorder 775>Maxell XL-II 80 CD-RW>PC>Express rip>WAV>CD Wave editor>FLAC

Personal source 2: Unknown Recording Equipment > 1st Gen Cassette > Nakamichi CR-2 Stereo Cassette Deck > Line Out > Roland R-05 > WAV > SD Card > PC > CD Wave Editor (Track Split) > FLAC (Level 5)

(same recording, different transfers, the first is almost 64 minutes long, the second almost 65 minutes)



Running time: approx. 65 mins.

Quality:




















Zeche, Bochum, Germany, April 7, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Spirit

  3. The Fire Of Love

  4. Run Through The Jungle

  5. John Hardy

  6. The Lie

  7. Black Train

  8. Cool Drink Of Water

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny

  12. The House On Highland Ave.

  13. Heebie Jeebies


Audience recording from MILAVALENTI collection # 058




Personal source: AUD Analog Master -> DAT Remix -> CDR Clone -> wav files -> Magix Audio & Music Lab (edit/remaster) -> FLAC



Running time: approx. 59 mins.

Quality:




















Rheinterrassen, Bonn, Germany, April 8, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. John Hardy

  5. The Lie

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny

  12. crowd

  13. House On Highland Ave

  14. Texas Serenade (cut)


Audience recording




Personal source: Aud - Cassette (unknown gen.) - Audacity - xACT - FLAC



Running time: approx. 59 mins.

Quality:




















Salle des Fêtes, Dijon-Marsannay, France, April 11, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. John Hardy

  5. The Lie

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny

  12. Texas Serenade (intro cut)

  13. Heebie Jeebies

  14. Disco Inferno (intro cut) - incl. That's The Way I Like It


Mixing desk recording.




Personal source: Mixing desk Tape -> Tape -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC



Running time: approx. 66 mins.

Quality: very good




















Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, April 13, 1983 - version 1






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. John Hardy

  5. The Lie

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny (split and cut because of tape switch)

  12. Texas Serenade

  13. Heebie Jeebies

  14. Disco Inferno


Audience recording.




Personal source 1: Audience Tape -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

Personal source 2: Audience Tape -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC (CD-R most probably transferred from a 1st gen. copy of the mastertape)

Personal source 3: Aud2>cdr>EAC>Audacity>TLH>Flac



 All of these sources have the same audience tape as the original source, but each obviously has a different lineage and is a different transfer.



Running time: approx. 67 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent




















Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, April 13, 1983 - version 2






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. John Hardy

  4. The Lie

  5. Black Train

  6. Cool Drink Of Water

  7. Sex Beat


Taken from a Dutch KRO or VARA FM radio broadcast.





Personal source: FM radio -> Tape -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC (CD-R most probably transferred from the master tape)



Running time: approx. 27 mins.

Quality:




















Gigant, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, April 16, 1983 - version 1






    

  1. Goodbye Johnny

  2. Run Through The Jungle

  3. John Hardy

  4. The Lie

  5. Fire Of Love

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Death Party

  9. Sex Beat

  10. Fire Spirit

  11. Heebie Jeebies

  12. House On Highland Ave

  13. Disco Inferno


Audience recording.




Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> CD-R (and encoded to FLAC) (CD-R most probably transferred from a 1st gen. copy of the mastertape)



Running time: approx. 62 mins.

Quality:




















Gigant, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, April 16, 1983 - version 2






    

  1. Goodbye Johnny

  2. Run Through The Jungle

  3. John Hardy

  4. Death Party

  5. Sex Beat

  6. Fire Spirit

  7. Heebie Jeebies

  8. House On Highland Ave


Taken from a Dutch KRO "Rocktempel" FM radio broadcast.





Personal source 1: FM radio -> Tape -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC (CD-R most probably transferred from the master tape)

Personal source 2: Sony CHF90 [FM1] - ION Tape2PC - Audacity - Flac



Running time: approx. 33 mins. / 35 mins.

Quality:





















Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 17, 1983 - version 1






    

  1. The Lie

  2. interview

  3. Fire Spirit


As released on the "Moonlight Motel" bootleg LP (Superb Productions, 1985; reissued as "The Enigma Of Desire" in 2000) and official LP/CD (Cleopatra 2014).




Personal source: original "Moonlight Motel" bootleg LP -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

Personal source: original "Moonlight Motel" bootleg LP

Personal source: "Moonlight Motel" CD -> FLAC



Running time: approx. 6 mins.

Quality: very good




















Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 17, 1983 - version 2 (video)






    

  1. The Lie

  2. interview

  3. Fire Spirit


Taken from the Dutch VPRO TV program "Hotel Suburbia", broadcast in April/May 1983.





Personal source: TV broadcast -> ? -> VHS PAL video -> VHS PAL video, and transferred to DVD+R



Running time: approx. 7 mins.

Quality: good (image in black and white)






The original broadcast was also released on the "Eternally Is Here: Gun Club Video Rarities" bootleg DVDr (Videos From Hell, 2003).





Personal source: TV broadcast -> ? -> DVDr



Running time: approx. 16 mins.

Quality: good (image in black and white)






Part of "The Lie" and the interview are also included in the 1989 VPRO TV documentary "Jeffrey's Blues"
(see the 1989 and 1996 recordings sections for details).





On December 5, 2001, "The Lie" has been shown again during a VPRO 'other side of the eighties' special.





Personal source: TV broadcast -> VHS PAL video, and transferred to DVD+R



Running time: approx. 4 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent






In the Summer of 2006, the original "Hotel Suburbia" show was rebroadcast on Dutch digital channel Geschiedenis 24.





Personal source: standalone Panasonic DVD recorder to DVD-RAM -> ripped to HDD -> encoded with TMPEGEnc 3.0 -> MPEG



Running time: approx. 7 mins.

Quality: excellent




















Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 17, 1983 - version 3






    

  1. The Lie

  2. interview

  3. Fire Spirit


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. 7 mins.

Quality: excellent























Hacienda, Manchester, England, UK, April 20, 1983






    


  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. John Hardy

  5. The Lie

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny

  12. Texas Serenade

  13. Heebie Jeebies

  14. Disco Inferno




As released on the VHS video "Live At The Hacienda", Wide Angle Collectors Edition by Visionary Communications (1994). Also released by Jettisoundz (Australia) in 1994.

As released on the DVD "Live At The Hacienda 1983/1984" by Cherry Red (2006).




Personal source "Live At The Hacienda": original video -> VHS PAL video, and transferred to DVD+R

Personal source "Live At The Hacienda 1983/1984": original DVD



Running time: approx. 55 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent






Released on Record Store Day April 23, 2022: a  limited edition exclusive "Live At The Hacienda '83" coloured vinyl LP by Culture Factory mentioning  an incorrect date: December 7, 1983.




















Dingwalls, Newcastle, England, UK, April 22, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. John Hardy

  5. The Lie

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny (cut near the end)


Audience recording.


This tape was labeled as being from Sheffield, April 23, 1983.




Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC



Running time: approx. 43 mins.

Quality: fair/good




















Lyceum, London, England, UK, April 24, 1983 - version 1






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. John Hardy

  5. The Lie

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny

  12. The House On Highland Ave.

  13. Texas Serenade


Obtained as an audience recording, but appears to be from the same source as version 2 below and that was shared as a possible soundboard, which could be true.



The tape has a break between "Cool Drink Of Water" and "Fire Spirit" and while the quality till that point is very good it decreases to just good after that.

There's another break after "Goodbye Johnny" and the tape is cut just as "Heebie Jeebies" starts (see below).






Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC



Running time: approx. 53 mins.

Quality: good/very good





















Lyceum, London, England, UK, April 24, 1983 - version 2






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. John Hardy

  5. The Lie

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny

  12. The House On Highland Ave.

  13. Texas Serenade

  14. Heebie Jeebies


Possible soundboard? Appears to be from the same source as version 1. It has the same breaks as above but includes "Heebie Jeebies". Also, the quality remains the same throughout. 






Personal source: Tape Trade/ Probably 2nd or 3rd Generation Cassette > Cool Edit - WAV 44100 hz, 16 bit, stereo> Normalized to 98% > FLAC



Running time: approx. 56 mins.

Quality: very good






On Record Store Day September 26, 2020 this show (and probably from this same source) was released on the "Live In London 1983" LP by Blixa Sounds/Extra Term Audio (ETA 855). 
Limited to 1,700 copies.




[Note that I haven't heard this release, 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.]




















X-Treems, Brighton, England, UK, April 25, 1983 - tape 1






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. John Hardy

  5. The Lie

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Fire Spirit

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Goodbye Johnny


Audience recording.


"Fire Of Love" released on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008).




Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

(also downloaded this as: AudM>cass>?>cdr>EAC>Flac, and later a new transfer from the same source as Unknown gen(low) cass > 24/96 wav > Audacity(minor editing & tracking) > 16/44.1 Flac8, 
but this is all from the same source since my tape as well as both transfers came from the same person; the downloaded transfers  should only have one tape generation less in the lineage than my 
own transfer)

Personal source "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce": original CD



Running time: approx. 47 mins. (incomplete)

Quality: very good




















X-Treems, Brighton, England, UK, April 25, 1983 - tape 2






    

  1. Louie Louie


Audience recording.




Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC



Running time: approx. 4 mins.

Quality:




















Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, USA, July 7, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. John Hardy

  4. The Lie

  5. Stranger In Your Town

  6. Black Train

  7. Cool Drink Of Water

  8. Eternally Is Here

  9. Moonlight Motel

  10. She's Like Heroin to Me

  11. Death Party

  12. Sex Beat

  13. Texas Serenade


  14. Goodbye Johnny

  15. Love Supreme


Audience recording.




Personal source: audience cassette master > CDR > FLAC



Running time: approx. 60 mins.

Quality:



















Line-up #3C (September 1983): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals)/Jim Duckworth (guitar)/Patricia Morrison (bass) and Terry Graham (drums).






Cathay De Grande, Hollywood, CA, USA, September 23, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. She's Like Heroin to Me

  4. The Lie

  5. Walking With The Beast

  6. Sleeping In Blood City

  7. Moonlight Motel

  8. Death Party

  9. Sex Beat

  10. Texas Serenade


  11. Goodbye Johnny


Audience recording.




Personal source: Cassette Master -> Untracked Aiff File -> Soundforge -> FLAC



Running time: approx. 54 mins.

Quality:




















Prospect Hill Hotel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, September 28, 1983
Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo - version 1






    

  1. Intro

  2. Mean Old Train

  3. I'm Lonesome (Lonely Old Sun)

  4. Not Supposed To Be That Way

  5. Secret Fires

  6. Run Through the Jungle

  7. Moonlight Motel

  8. Mother Of Earth

  9. House On Highland Ave

  10. My Man's Gone Now

  11. Brother And Sister

  12. Carry Home

  13. Black Train

  14. Lost Highway

  15. John Hardy (incomplete)


A Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo acoustic performance at the start of the Australian tour Autumn 1983.




Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape -> ? -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC



Running time: approx. 52 mins.

Quality: (very) good





















Prospect Hill Hotel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, September 28, 1983
Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo - version 2






    

  1. Hello Walls


A Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo acoustic performance at the start of the Australian tour Autumn 1983.


As released on the "Danse Kalinda Boom - 9 Lives No. 4" 2CD (Flow Records 2006).




Personal source: original CD



Running time: approx.  mins.

Quality:




















Prospect Hill Hotel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, September 28, 1983
Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo - version 3






    

  1. Moonlight Motel

  2. Mother Of Earth


A Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo acoustic performance at the start of the Australian tour Autumn 1983.


As released on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008).


This appears to be from a different (and better) source than the audience tape above.




Personal source: original CD



Running time: approx. 8 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent



















Line-up #4A (29-Sep-83): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/Patricia Morrison (bass)/Spencer P.Jones (guitar) and Billy Pommer Jr.(drums).






Eureka Hotel, Geelong-Calendina, VIC, Australia, September 29, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. Brother And Sister

  5. The House On Highland Avenue

  6. Cool Drink Of Water

  7. A Love Supreme


As released on the "Danse Kalinda Boom - 9 Lives No. 4" 2CD (Flow Records 2006).




Personal source: original CD



Running time: approx. mins.

Quality:



















Line-up #4B (September 1983 - October 1983): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals)/Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/Patricia Morrison (bass)/Spencer P.Jones (guitar) and Billy Pommer Jr.(drums).






Miranda Hotel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 8, 1983






    

  1. Moonlight Motel

  2. Brother And Sister


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. 6 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent




















Norwood Town Hall, Adelaide, SA, Australia, October 14, 1983






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Run Through The Jungle

  4. Brother And Sister

  5. Cool Drink Of Water

  6. The Lie

  7. Fire Of Love

  8. Death Party

  9. Jack On Fire

  10. Sex Beat

  11. For The Love Of Ivy

  12. The House On Highland Avenue

  13. A Love Supreme (cut) 






Personal source: Unknown Recording Equipment > 1st or 2nd Gen Cassette > Nakamichi CR-2 Stereo Cassette Deck > Line Out > Roland R-05 > WAV > SD Card > PC > CD Wave Editor (Track Split) > FLAC (Level 5)



Running time: approx. 60 mins.

Quality: 


Comments from the source:

"Here we have a Gun Club recording I've never seen before which I recently acquired off a Belguim Ebayer. The tape came with a piece of paper which the writer wrote that they had been at the 
gig and that they were GREAT and also there was an audience of 100 - 120.

Also written was about how the drummer and second guitarist for Sydney based band The Johhnies replaced two members of The Gun Club as they were not allowed into the country. Also included on the 
tape were a couple of sessions from Adelaide band The Sputniks.


The piece of paper included with the tape has 1st or 2nd gen written on it and the the quality of the recording is of it's day and is still quite listenable. The downside there is some tape wear 
after the tape flip with Sex Beat although the recording picks up on The House On Highland Avenue. Track 13 is listed as Walls Are Green but doesn't last long as the tape speeds up then cuts out. 
It is what it is so please enjoy."


Also see this video on YouTube of "Brother And Sister" ...




















The Club, Collingwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 15, 1983 - version 1






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Run Through the Jungle

  4. Brother And Sister

  5. The Lie

  6. Fire Of Love

  7. Death Party

  8. Jack On Fire

  9. Sex Beat

  10. For the Love of Ivy

  11. House On Highland Ave

  12. Cool Drink of Water

  13. Love Supreme
    
-filler-

  14. PAT WILSON - Bop Girl


With Patricia Morrison on bass, Kid Congo Powers slide guitar, Spencer P. Jones guitar (from the Johnnys), and Billy drums (from the Johnnys).


Quote from PJB who sent me the tape: "Pat Wilson's "Bop Girl" is a horrible catchy song which Jeffrey Lee Pierce heard when it was a No.1 hit on local radio
at the time, and he sampled lines from the song at every show he did. Hear him describe what he wants to do with Pat Wilson!"




Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC



Running time: approx. 81 mins. (filler approx. 5 mins.)

Quality: very good


This tape was previously thought to be from the Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 1, 1983 gig.


For a little more info on Pat Wilson's Bop Girl, see this Wikipedia page. Fun fact from there: "The music video was the 
screen debut of 15-year-old Nicole Kidman playing the role of a young "bop girl"."




















The Club, Collingwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 15, 1983 - version 2






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Run Through the Jungle

  4. Brother And Sister

  5. The Lie

  6. Fire Of Love

  7. Death Party

  8. Jack On Fire

  9. Sex Beat

  10. For the Love of Ivy

  11. House On Highland Ave

  12. Cool Drink of Water > Love Supreme


From the same tape as above, but with a different (unknown) generation.




Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> FLAC



Running time: approx. 77 mins.

Quality: very good


This was labeled as being from October 29, 1983, and previously thought to be from the Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 1, 1983 gig.




















The Club, Collingwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 15, 1983 - version 3






    

  1. Strange Fruit

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Run Through the Jungle

  4. Brother And Sister

  5. The Lie

  6. Fire Of Love

  7. Death Party

  8. Jack On Fire

  9. Sex Beat

  10. For the Love of Ivy

  11. House On Highland Ave

  12. Cool Drink of Water

  13. Love Supreme


From the same tape as version 1.




Personal source: 1st gen cassette copy > cassette digitised to CD 2010 > .wav files ripped from CD in 2020  > .wav files in Audition, track marks added and some basic EQ mixing > FLAC 8. (mondoprune/audiowhore)



Running time: approx. 80 mins.

Quality: very good


Comments from the source:

"I purchased this Gun Club live (Bop Girl) cassette in a record shop in Melbourne in 1983. Featuring Spencer P. Jones (guitar) and Billy Pommer Jr. (drums) from the Johnnys. I was told it was 
recorded at the Seaview Ballroom. I don't have the tape in my collection anymore. I did see (but didn't record) JLP at his first solo show on the tour and later the Melbourne University with a 
full band both which were very unique! Note: There are some minor burn error noises during the last 2 minutes of the final song (13 A Love Supreme). These were introduced during the original burn 
process. Enjoy."


This tape was previously thought to be from the Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 1, 1983 gig.




















Her Majesty's Nightspot (a.k.a. Macy's), South Yarra, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 16, 1983






    

  1. The Lie

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Death Party

  4. Jack On Fire

  5. Sex Beat

  6. For The Love Of Ivy


As released on the "Danse Kalinda Boom - 9 Lives No. 4" 2CD (Flow Records 2006).




Personal source: original CD



Running time: approx. mins.

Quality:





















Australia 1983 - video






    

  1. Moonlight Motel

  2. Run Through The Jungle

  3. Brother And Sister

  4. Cool Drink Of Water

  5. For The Love Ivy


As released on the "Eternally Is Here: Gun Club Video Rarities" bootleg DVDr (Videos From Hell, 2003).




Personal source: Audience recording -> ? -> DVDr



Running time: approx. 23 mins.

Quality: (very) good




















"House On Highland Ave" (Australian promo video)






    

  1. House On Highland Ave (promo video)


Rare promo video for Australian TV, 1983.






Personal source: ATN7 TV broadcast -> VHS PAL video -> VHS PAL video, and transferred to DVD+R



Running time: approx. 4 mins.

Quality: very good



















Line-up #4C (November 1983 - October 1984): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/Patricia Morrison (bass) and Terry Graham (drums).






Music Machine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, November 19, 1983






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. Brother And Sister

  5. Bad America

  6. Walking With The Beast

  7. Preaching The Blues

  8. Jack On Fire

  9. Death Party

  10. Sleeping In Blood City

  11. For The Love Of Ivy
    
encore
    

  12. A Love Supreme


This recording was labeled as being in London, England, but this is not true.




Personal source: ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC



Running time: approx. 70 mins.

Quality: (very) good




















Teatro Palladium, Rome, Italy, November 25, 1983






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. Bad America

  5. Walking With The Beast

  6. Preaching The Blues

  7. Sleeping In Blood City

  8. Fire Of Love

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. For The Love Of Ivy

  12. A Love Supreme


Audience recording.




Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

(also downloaded this in FLAC from an unknown generation tape, but this is from the same tape; and also downloaded as: unknown (received in CDR trade)>EAC>TLH 2.4.1 (level 8), but 
this is the same as the previous download, only the volume has been maximized ...)



Running time: approx. 68 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent





















Discoteca Manila, Campi Bisenzio, Firenze, Italy, November 26, 1983 - version 1






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. Bad America

  5. Brother and Sister

  6. Walking With The Beast

  7. Sex Beat (fades in)

  8. For The Love Of Ivy


As released on the "Destroy The Country" bootleg LP (Not Just Jazz Records, 1984), official LP/CD (Cleopatra 2014), and "Live At Manila Club, Florence, Italy" LP (Radiation Reissues 2017).


Release only mentions "Recorded Live, Europe 1983" and has an incomplete and incorrect tracklist:

Track 1 listed as "Blood City"; track 2 unlisted; track 3 listed as "Bad American"; track 4 listed as "Bad Indian"; track 8 unlisted.




Personal source 1: original "Destroy The Country" LP -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

Personal source 2: original "Destroy The Country" LP



Running time: approx. 30-35 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent




















Discoteca Manila, Campi Bisenzio, Firenze, Italy, November 26, 1983 - version 2






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. Bad America

  5. Brother And Sister

  6. Walkin' With The Beast

  7. Preaching The Blues

  8. Sleeping In Blood City

  9. Fire Of Love

  10. Death Party

  11. Sex Beat

  12. For The Love Of Ivy

  13. A Love Supreme






Personal source: Tape Trade/ 2nd Generation Cassette > Cool Edit - WAV 44100 hz, 16 bit, stereo> Normalized to 98% > FLAC frontend FLAC Level 8



Running time: approx. 71 mins.

Quality: very good





















Vinavil Club, Imola, Italy, November 28, 1983 - version 1






    

  1. Sleeping In Blood City (incorrectly labeled as "Lost Highway")

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Death Party

  4. For The Love Of Ivy

  5. Love Supreme


As released on the "Love Supreme" semi-legal LP on Offence Records (1985), and on the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Revenge Records/Caroline Records (1987; reissued on FGL in 2004).

Date and venue unlisted on sleeve. In a December 1984 interview Jeffrey mentioned that these tracks were in fact recorded at The Channel Club, Boston, MA on March 2, 1983.




Personal source "Love Supreme": original LP

Personal source "Death Party": CD -> CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC)



Running time: approx. 28 mins.

Quality: very good




















Vinavil Club, Imola, Italy, November 28, 1983 - version 2






    

  1. Sleeping In Blood City (incorrectly labeled as "Lost Highway")

  2. Fire Of Love

  3. Death Party

  4. For The Love Of Ivy


Same as above (minus 1 track), but this is from the "Death Party" semi-legal CD on Éditions Atlas, Paris in the "Les Génies du Rock" series (1993).

Date and venue unlisted on sleeve. In a December 1984 interview Jeffrey mentioned that these tracks were in fact recorded at The Channel Club, Boston, MA on March 2, 1983.




Personal source: CD



Running time: approx. 18 mins.

Quality: very good





















Vinavil Club, Imola, Italy, November 28, 1983 - version 3






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. Black Train

  5. Bad America

  6. Walkin' With The Beast

  7. Preachin' The Blues

  8. Sleeping In Blood City

  9. Fire Of Love

  10. Death Party

  11. For The Love Of Ivy

  12. A Love Supreme


Audience recording.




Personal source: Master cassette -> behringer ultra curve pro deq 2496 equalizer -> tascam cdrw750 -> plex tool professional XL -> wav -> FLAC



Running time: approx. 66 mins.

Quality:




















Cinema Nuovo, Bergamo, Italy, November 30, 1983






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. Brother And Sister

  5. Bad America

  6. Walkin' With The Beast

  7. Preachin' The Blues

  8. Sleeping In Blood City

  9. Death Party

  10. Fire Of Love

  11. For The Love Of Ivy

  12. A Love Supreme


Video recording.




Available on YouTube.



Running time: approx. 48 mins.




















Slego Club, Rimini-Viserba, Italy, December 2, 1983






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. The House On Highland Avenue

  5. Bad America

  6. Walkin' With The Beast

  7. Preachin' The Blues

  8. Sleeping In Blood City

  9. Fire Of Love

  10. Sex Beat

  11. For The Love Of Ivy

  12. For The Love Of Ivy (Reprise)

  13. Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger






Available on Soundcloud.



Running time: approx. 54 mins.





















The Lyceum, London, England, UK, December 4, 1983






    

  1. Om (John Coltrane)

  2. Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger

  3. Walking With The Beast

  4. Bad Indian

  5. Moonlight Motel

  6. Bad America

  7. The House On Highland Ave

  8. Preaching The Blues

  9. Fire Of Love

  10. Death Party

  11. Sleeping In Blood City

  12. For The Love of Ivy


Audience recording (generation unknown). "A Love Supreme" was also played, but is missing from this recording.




Personal source: Nakamichi DR-1> Tascam CD-RW 700> EAC> CD Wave Editor> TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8)



Running time: approx. 61 mins.

Quality: (very) good




















Warehouse, Leeds, England, UK, December 6, 1983 - version 1







    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. She's Like Heroin To Me

  4. Bad Indian

  5. House On Highland Ave

  6. Bad America

  7. Preaching The Blues

  8. Fire Of Love

  9. Death Party

  10. Wipe Out

  11. Mother Of Earth (short instrumental version)

  12. Sex Beat

  13. Sleeping In Blood City

  14. A Love Supreme






Personal source: ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC



Running time: approx. 65 mins.

Quality: good



The scan on the right is from this tape (click to enlarge). Well, actually it's more red, but this is how it came out when scanning the j-card.





















Warehouse, Leeds, England, UK, December 6, 1983 - version 2






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. She's Like Heroin To Me

  4. Bad Indian

  5. House On Highland Ave

  6. Bad America

  7. Preaching The Blues

  8. Fire Of Love

  9. Death Party

  10. Sex Beat

  11. Sleeping In Blood City

  12. A Love Supreme




Different recording as released on February 21, 2015 for download in various formats (FLAC, MP3, etc.) from the Sheffield Tape Archive through 
Bandcamp.




Personal source: FLAC download from Bandcamp



Running time: approx. 54 mins.

Quality: very good






















Hacienda Club, Manchester, England, UK, December 7, 1983






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. The House On Highland Ave

  5. Bad America

  6. Walking With The Beast

  7. Preaching The Blues

  8. Sleeping In Blood City

  9. Fire Of Love

  10. Death Party

  11. For The Love of Ivy

  12. A Love Supreme




As released on the DVD "Fire Of Love" by Cherry Red (2007).




Personal source: original DVD



Running time: approx. 62 mins.

Quality: very good




















On Broadway, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 30, 1983 - version 1






    


  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad Indian

  4. Texas Serenade

  5. Bad America

  6. Preaching The Blues

  7. Fire Of Love

  8. Death Party

  9. Sleeping In Blood City (start cut)

  10. For The Love Of Ivy






Scan thanks to Philippe (click to enlarge).



Personal source: ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC

(also traded this as: Unknown cassette transfer –Kenwood stereo cassette deck>Philips CDR775 audio CD recorder>Maxell XL-II CD-RW>PC>CD wave editor>FLAC (Level 8)
from the same source, but it is a different transfer)



Running time: approx. 50 mins.

Quality: very good











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On Broadway, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 30, 1983 - version 2






    

  1. Lost Highway

  2. Moonlight Motel

  3. Bad America

  4. Preaching The Blues


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. 20 mins.

Quality: very good/excellent







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