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


< 1984 >

Index

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

On Broadway, San Francisco, CA, USA, March 16, 1984
  1. Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger
  2. Death Party

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. 13 mins.
Quality: very good





Music Machine, Santa Monica, CA, USA, April 13, 1984
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother and Sister
  3. Bad America
  4. Give Up The Sun
  5. Walking With The Beast
  6. Fire of Love
  7. Death Party
  8. She's Like Heroin To Me
  9. Jack On Fire
  10. Love Supreme

Personal source: Analog audience cassette (unknown generation) > FLAC

Running time: approx. 58 mins.
Quality:





Scorgies, Rochester, NY, USA, August 8, 1984 - version 1
  1. Hey Juana
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Walking With The Beast
  4. Eternally Is Here
  5. Stranger In Our Town
  6. Moonlight Motel
  7. JLP trumpet exclusive
  8. Fire Of Love
  9. More exceptional JLP trumpet playing!!!
  10. Preachin’ The Blues
  11. Like Calling Up Thunder
  12. Sleeping In Blood City
  13. Goodbye Johnny
  14. House on Highland Ave
  15. Give Up The Sun

Personal source: AudM(unknown equipment) > cdr > EAC > Flac8

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





Scorgies, Rochester, NY, USA, August 8, 1984 - version 2
  1. More exceptional JLP trumpet playing!!!
  2. Preachin’ The Blues
  3. Like Calling Up Thunder

As available on the I Remember Scorgies blog.
From the same tape as above.

Personal source: ? > 128 kbps MP3

Running time: approx. 12 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent



Scorgies, Rochester, NY, USA, August 8, 1984 - version 3
  1. Brother And Sister
  2. Walking With The Beast
  3. Eternally Is Here
  4. The Stranger In Our Town
  5. Moonlight Motel
  6. Like Calling Up Thunder
  7. Sleeping In Blood City
  8. Goodbye Johnny
  9. House on Highland Ave
  10. Give Up The Sun

As released as disc 2 of the "The Las Vegas Story" 2LP/2CD+DVD reissue (Blixa Sounds 2022).
From the same tape as above.

Personal source: CD > 320 kbps MP3

Running time: approx. 45 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent



Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, ON, Canada, August 9, 1984 - video
  1. Hey Juana
  2. JLP trumpet solo
  3. Preachin' The Blues
  4. Sleeping In Blood City
  5. Goodbye Johnny
  6. JLP trumpet solo
  7. A Love Supreme

As released on the DVD with the "The Las Vegas Story" 2CD+DVD reissue (Blixa Sounds 2022).

Personal source: none (yet?)

Running time:
Quality:





The Jetty, Bloomfield, NJ, USA, August 14, 1984
  1. Tune Up Jam
  2. Hey Juana
  3. Brother And Sister
  4. Walking With The Beast
  5. Eternally Is Here
  6. Stranger In Our Town
  7. Bad America
  8. Preachin’ The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Moonlight Motel
  11. Sleeping In Blood City
  12. Goodbye Johnny

Audience recording. Labeled as being from The Jetty, New York, NY.

Personal source: Audience Tape > Tape (most probably), and transferred to FLAC

Running time: approx. 53 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent



The Decade, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, August 15, 1984 - video
  1. Stranger In Our Town
  2. Bad America

As released on the DVD with the "The Las Vegas Story" 2CD+DVD reissue (Blixa Sounds 2022).

Personal source: none (yet?)

Running time:
Quality:





Pop Shop, Cleveland, OH, USA, August 16, 1984 - video
  1. Brother And Sister
  2. Walking With The Beast
  3. Eternally Is Here
  4. Stranger In Our Town
    encore:
  5. Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger (with on guest guitar Bryan Gregory (formerly of The Cramps))

The last track also available on the DVD with the "The Las Vegas Story" 2CD+DVD reissue (Blixa Sounds 2022).

Personal source: Trade DVD > extract to VIDEO_TS files

Running time: approx. 23 mins.
Quality: fair/good (video); (very) good (audio)





My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY, USA, September 6, 1984
  1. Hey Juana
  2. Brother and Sister
  3. Bad Indian
  4. Sex Beat
  5. Eternally Is Here
  6. Bad America
  7. Stranger In Your Town
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire of Love
  10. Sleeping In Blood City
  11. Goodbye Johnny
  12. Give Up The Sun

Personal source: Analog audience cassette master > cassette copy (Maxell XLII-S) > FLAC

Running time: approx. 53 mins.
Quality:





The Living Room, Providence, RI, USA, September 11, 1984
  1. Hey Juana
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Stranger In Our Town
  4. Bad Indian
  5. Sex Beat
  6. My Dreams
  7. Bad America
  8. intro to Preaching The Blues
  9. Preaching The Blues
  10. Moonlight Motel
  11. Goodbye Johnny
  12. Give Up The Sun

Personal source: Analog audience cassette master > cassette copy (Maxell UDXL) > FLAC

Running time: approx. 59 mins.
Quality:





LVC, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 21, 1984
  1. Give Up The Sun
  2. She's Like Heroin To Me
  3. The House On Highland Ave
  4. Moonlight Motel

Audience recording. It only includes the last four tracks, because the recording of the rest of the show failed and only the encore was worth keeping, as the taper vaguely recalls.

Personal sources: Audience Tape -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC (later on the FLAC files were decoded to WAV, some small edits were done, and encoded to FLAC again)

Running time: approx. 19 mins.
Quality: excellent


Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 1
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Bad America
  3. Stranger In Town
  4. Gila Monster, New Mexico/Preachin' Blues
  5. Sleeping In Blood City
  6. Goodbye Johnny
  7. Give Up The Sun

As released on the "Danse Kalinda Boom - Live in Pandora's Box" LP (1985) and CD (1993/1994/2006).
Note that most of the 1993 and 1994 CD issues list an incorrect date: 3 September 1983.

Scan of ticket thanks to ??? (click to enlarge).

Personal source 1: original LP
Personal source 2: original CD (1993)
Personal source 3: original CD (2006)

Running time: approx. 40 mins.
Quality: excellent




Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 2
  1. Fire Of Love

Taken from a Dutch VARA FM radio broadcast, November 28, 1989.
This is the same gig as the one officially released on "Danse Kalinda Boom", but the above track is NOT on that album.

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

Running time: approx. 5 mins.
Quality: very good



Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 3
  1. Bad Indian
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Bad America
  4. Stranger In Our Town
  5. Preaching The Blues
  6. Fire Of Love
  7. She's Like Heroin To Me

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).
This is the same gig as the one officially released on "Danse Kalinda Boom", but tracks 1, 6 & 7 are NOT on that album.

Note that where this is one continuous recording on the original 1985 "Moonlight Motel" LP (except for the switch between sides A and B = between tracks 5 and 6), on the 2014 CD each track is faded in and out creating silence between the tracks. I don't know about the LP reissue. However, in my opinion such is pretty stupid to do with a live recording!

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

Running time: approx. 29 mins.
Quality: (very) good





Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 4
  1. Give Up The Sun
  2. She's Like Heroin To Me

Taken from the Dutch radio special by VPRO's radioshow "Nighttrain"/"The VPRO Music Archives", November 22, 2002 (see also the other recordings section).
"Give Up The Sun" is announced as "You're Not The Same".
This is the same gig as the one officially released on "Danse Kalinda Boom", but the second track is NOT on that album. The DJ incorrectly thinks that The Gun Club also performed the festival a year later and that the tracks on "Danse Kalinda Boom" were recorded that year. Although Jeffrey Lee Pierce was at the 1985 edition of the festival, it was not with The Gun Club but as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

Personal source: FM radio -> PC WAVe -> CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC

Running time: approx. 9 mins.
Quality: excellent





Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 5
  1. Bad Indian
  2. Fire Of Love
  3. She's Like Heroin To Me

Taken from a Dutch FM radio broadcast.
This is the same gig as the one officially released on "Danse Kalinda Boom", but all of these three tracks are NOT on that album.

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

Running time: approx. 9 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent



Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 6
  1. "The Spurs" / Intro
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Sex Beat
  4. Bad Indian
  5. Eternally Is Here
  6. Bad America
  7. Stranger In Our Town
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Sleeping In Blood City
  11. Goodbye Johnny
  12. Give Up The Sun
  13. She's Like Heroin To Me

Audience recording. This is the complete show!
This is the same gig as the one officially released on "Danse Kalinda Boom", but tracks 1-4, 9, and 13 are NOT on that album.

Scans on the left and right both taken from Oor magazine (click to enlarge).

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

Running time: approx. 57 mins.
Quality: very good






Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 7
  1. She's Like Heroin To Me

Taken from a Dutch VPRO FM radio broadcast.
This is the same gig as the one officially released on "Danse Kalinda Boom", but this track is NOT on that album.

Personal source: FM > Cassette> Audacity > CD WAVE > FLAC 8

Running time: approx. 3 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 8
  1. Stranger In Town
  2. Gila Monster, New Mexico/Preachin' Blues

As released on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008).
This is the same gig as the one officially released on "Danse Kalinda Boom", and all of these tracks can also be found on that album.

Personal source: original CD

Running time: approx. 16 mins.
Quality: excellent



Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 22, 1984 - version 9
  1. Bad Indian
  2. Fire Of Love

These tracks are supposedly released on a white label (and generic white sleeve) bootleg 7" vinyl single. See this Symphony of Ghosts blog post from January 12, 2009 where I found details on this release (as well as the image on the left and the MP3s in my collection). As suggested there these two tracks may have been taken from the "Moonlight Motel" bootleg LP (see above). They do not come from the "Sex Beat 81" LP since that doesn't include any tracks from this show.

This is the same gig as the one officially released on "Danse Kalinda Boom", but both of these tracks are NOT on that album.

Please get in touch when you have more info on this single. Thanks.

Personal source: 7" vinyl > MP3 (224kbps)

Running time: approx. 5 mins.
Quality: excellent





Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany, September 24, 1984
  1. Brother And Sister
  2. Sex Beat
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. Eternally Is Here
  5. Bad America
  6. Stranger In Our Town
  7. Preaching The Blues
  8. Fire Of Love
  9. Sleeping In Blood City
  10. Goodbye Johnny
  11. My Dreams
  12. Give Up The Sun
  13. Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger

Personal source: Unknown cassette transfer –Kenwood stereo cassette deck>Philips CDR775 audio CD recorder>Maxell XL-II CD-RW>PC>CD wave editor>FLAC (Level 8)

Running time: approx. 64 mins.
Quality:





Alabamahalle, München, Germany, September 25, 1984
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Sex Beat
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. My Dreams
  5. Bad America
  6. The Stranger In Our Town
  7. Preaching The Blues
  8. Fire Of Love
  9. Like Calling Up Thunder
  10. Sleeping In Blood City
  11. Goodbye Johnny
  12. The House On Highland Ave
  13. Give Up The Sun
  14. Black Train
  15. A Love Supreme

Audience recording.

The tape was originally bought in 1989 at Runway Records in Covent Garden. At the time it was only known that it was recorded in Munich in 1984, probably at the Alabamahalle, but the exact date and venue were unknown at the time. Also the generation is (still) unknown.

Personal source: ? -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC (later on the FLAC files were decoded to WAV, then edited because of a previously unnoticed(?) drop-out during the first track, and encoded to FLAC again)

Running time: approx. 69 mins.
Quality: very good





Maxim, Stuttgart, Germany, September 26, 1984
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Sex Beat
  4. Moonlight Motel
  5. My Dreams
  6. Bad America
  7. The Stranger In Our Town
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Like Calling up Thunder
  11. Sleeping In Blood City
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. The House On Highland Ave
  14. Black Train
  15. A Love Supreme

Personal source: Samsung C90 [M1] - ION Tape2PC - Audacity - Flac (level8)

Running time: approx. 79 mins.
Quality:





Schlachthof, Bremen, Germany, September 29, 1984
  1. Crowd/Feedback Intro
  2. Moonlight Motel
  3. Sex Beat
  4. Eternally Is Here
  5. Bad America
  6. The Stranger In Our Town
  7. Preaching The Blues
  8. Fire Of Love
  9. Sleeping In Blood City
  10. Calling Up Thunder
  11. Goodbye Johnny
  12. Encore Call
  13. A Love Supreme
  14. Encore Call/Tuning
  15. Louie Louie

Personal source 1: from MILAN collection # 009: Aiwa Walkman with plug-in mics -> Mastercassette -> tranfer via Onkyo tapedeck (all unknown type) -> masterfiles via WETransfer (WAV 16/44) -> Audacity (edit/remaster) -> WAV 16/44 -> TLH8 -> FLAC
Personal source 2: from MILAN collection # 009: Aiwa Walkman with plug-in mics -> master tape -> cass transfer via Denon tapedeck DRM 800A -> Magix Audio & Music Lab (edit/remaster) -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 68/69 mins.
Quality:





Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, September 30, 1984
  1. Sex Beat
  2. Moonlight Motel
  3. My Dreams
  4. Bad America
  5. Stranger In Our Town
  6. Preaching The Blues
  7. Fire Of Love
  8. Like Calling Up Thunder
  9. Sleeping In Blood City
  10. Goodbye Johnny
  11. A Love Supreme

This gig started with "Eternally Is Here" and "Brother And Sister" but these are missing from the recording.

Personal source: AIWA CSJ1 + CM 30 - Cassette (M) - SpinDoctor - xACT FLAC

Running time: approx. 61 mins.
Quality:





"Music Convoy", WWF TV, Münster, Germany, October 1, 1984 - video
  1. My Dreams

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. 3 mins.
Quality: (very) good





Circus, Oslo, Norway, October 5, 1984 - version 1
  1. Moonlight Motel
  2. My Dreams
  3. Fire Of Love
  4. Like Calling Up Thunder
  5. Sleeping In Blood City
  6. Goodbye Johnny
  7. Black Train
  8. DJ Outro

Taken from an unknown Norwegian FM radio broadcast.

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

Running time: approx. 25 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Circus, Oslo, Norway, October 5, 1984 - version 2
  1. Moonlight Motel
  2. My Dreams
  3. Fire Of Love
  4. Like Calling Up Thunder
  5. Sleeping In Blood City
  6. Goodbye Johnny
  7. Black Train
  8. DJ Outro

Taken from an unknown Norwegian FM radio broadcast.

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

Running time: approx. 27 mins.
Quality:





Saltlageret, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 8, 1984
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Sex Beat
  4. Moonlight Motel
  5. My Dreams
  6. Bad America
  7. Stranger In Our Town
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Black Train
  11. Sleeping In Blood City
  12. Goodbye Johnny
    encore:
  13. The House On Highland Ave
  14. Give Up The Sun
  15. She's Like Heroin To Me

Audience recording.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 68 mins.
Quality:





Paard van Troje, Den Haag, The Netherlands, October 10, 1984
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Sex Beat
  4. Moonlight Motel
  5. My Dreams
  6. Bad America
  7. Stranger In Our Town
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Black Train
  11. Sleeping In Blood City
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. The House On Highland Ave
  14. Give Up The Sun

Soundboard recording.

"Death Party" was played as the last song, but it's missing from this recording.

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

Running time: approx. 59 mins.
Quality:





Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 13, 1984
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. Sex Beat
  5. My Dreams
  6. Bad America
  7. Stranger In Our Town
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Sleeping In Blood City
  11. Goodbye Johnny
  12. House On Highland Ave
  13. Give Up The Sun
  14. A Love Supreme

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)
(also downloaded this as: audience cassette master > cassette > CDR> EAC> TLH 2.4.1 (flac - level 8) but this is the same transfer)

Running time: approx. 79 mins.
Quality: very good





"The Tube", Channel 4, Newcastle, England, UK, October 19, 1984 - version 1
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Moonlight Motel

First broadcast October 24, 1984.

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

Running time: approx. 6 mins.
Quality: (very) good





"The Tube", Channel 4, Newcastle, England, UK, October 19, 1984 - version 2 (video)
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Moonlight Motel

First broadcast October 24, 1984.

Taken from a Channel 4 TV broadcast.

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

Running time: approx. 7 mins.
Quality: good

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. 6 mins.
Quality: (very) good





"The Tube", Channel 4, Newcastle, England, UK, October 19, 1984 - version 3
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Moonlight Motel

First broadcast October 24, 1984.

Most probably taken from a Channel 4 TV broadcast.

Personal source: ? -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 7 mins.
Quality: very good





Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, October 20, 1984 - version 1
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Sex Beat
  4. Moonlight Motel
  5. My Dreams
  6. Bad America
  7. The Stranger In Our Town
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Black Train
  11. Sleeping In Blood City
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. The House On Highland Ave
  14. Give Up The Sun

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

Running time: approx. 64 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent



Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, October 20, 1984 - version 2
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Sex Beat
  4. Moonlight Motel
  5. My Dreams
  6. Bad America
  7. The Stranger In Our Town
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Black Train
  11. Sleeping In Blood City
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. The House On Highland Ave
  14. Give Up The Sun

As released on the "Trigger Treat" bootleg CDr (SuperSonicScientists SSS 079).

This CDr is about three minutes shorter than the above tape transfer. It has been remastered way too loud, the tape transfer is much more natural sounding. Also, the CDr has those annoying 0.2 seconds mini gaps between the tracks caused by not splitting the separate tracks on sectory boundaries before burning to CDr! Oh well, bootleggers are just plain stupid!

Personal source: bootleg CD-R> EAC> TLH 2.4.1 (flac - level 8)

Running time: approx. 61 mins.
Quality: "very good" (see note above)





Polytechnic, Leeds, England, UK, October 22, 1984
  1. My Dreams
  2. Bad America

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. 10 mins.
Quality: very good





Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK, October 23, 1984 - version 1
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Moonlight Motel
  3. Eternally Is Here

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. 12 mins.
Quality: very good





Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK, October 23, 1984 - version 2
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Sex Beat
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. Eternally Is Here
  5. Bad AmericaStranger In Our Town
  6. Preaching The Blues
  7. Fire Of Love
  8. Black Train
  9. Sleeping In Blood City
  10. Goodbye Johnny
  11. A Love Supreme

"Walking With The Beast", "Moonlight Motel", and "Eternally Is Here" are missing here, because they are available officially on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008). These tracks have been removed except for the non released bits before and after the song.

Personal source: Mixing desk tape (3rd generation) > CDR > EAC > CD Wave Editor > TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8)

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





Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK, October 23, 1984 - version 3
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Sex Beat
  3. Moonlight Motel >
  4. Eternally Is Here
  5. Bad AmericaStranger In Our Town
  6. Preaching The Blues
  7. Fire Of Love
  8. Black Train
  9. Sleeping In Blood City
  10. Goodbye Johnny
  11. A Love Supreme

Same as above, but including the three tracks released on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD boxed set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

Personal source: Mixing desk tape (3rd generation) > CDR > EAC > CD Wave Editor > TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8)

Running time: approx. 55 mins.
Quality: very good





Electric Ballroom, Camden, London, UK, October 25, 1984
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Stranger in Our Town
  3. Walkin' With the Beast
  4. Sex Beat
  5. Moonlight Motel
  6. My Dreams
  7. Bad America
  8. Preaching the Blues
  9. Fire of Love
  10. Black Train
  11. Texas Serenade
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. Give Up the Sun
  14. She's Like Heroin to Me
  15. Love Supreme

Personal source: Unknown Recording Equipment > Unknown 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. 75 mins.
Quality:



Hacienda Club, Manchester, England, UK, October 26, 1984
  1. Hey Juana (listed as "Hey Wanna")
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Stranger In Our Town
  4. Bad Indian
  5. Sex Beat
  6. Brother And Sister
  7. Bad America
  8. Preaching The Blues (The Devil Got My Woman)
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Like Calling Up Thunder
  11. Moonlight Motel
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. Give Up The Sun
  14. Sleeping In Blood City

As released on the VHS video "Preaching The Blues", Wide Angle Collectors Edition by Visionary Communications (1995).
As released on the DVD "Live At The Hacienda 1983/1984" by Cherry Red (2006).

Original liner notes by Saucerman, December 1994:
"I am all dressed up like Elvis" ... Screamed Jeffrey Lee Pierce the first time I met him all those years ago. The Gun Club have always been special to me. Hell, for 5 years or so I ran the official fan club, a small but important part of the Gun Club machine. I saw the high and the lows and done told the truth to all the loyal fans the world over.
What you now hold in your greasy palms, Daddyo, is a document of film that covers a killer show from their 1984 (Las Vegas Story) UK tour. It's all here... The return of Kid Congo Powers (via the Cramps) and Terry Graham behind the drums once again... It's one hell of a show that will have you wanting for more... Now turn on and tune in to the Death Party..."

Personal source "Preaching The Blues": original video -> VHS PAL video, and transferred to DVD+R
Personal source "Live At The Hacienda 1983/1984": original DVD

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





Palais de la Mutualité, Paris, France, October 30, 1984
  1. Intro
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Sex Beat
  4. Moonlight Motel
  5. Brother And Sister
  6. The Stranger In Our Town
  7. Bad America
  8. Preaching The Blues
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Like Calling Up Thunder
  11. Sleeping In Blood City
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. The House On Highland Ave (incomplete)

Audience walkman recording.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC (later on the FLAC files were decoded to WAV, very very tiny gaps between the tracks were corrected, a few cuts were repaired, fades were applied to the start and end of the recording, and finally it was encoded to FLAC again)

Running time: approx. 59 mins.
Quality: very good



Line-up #4CD (October 31, 1984 - November 1, 1984): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/Patricia Morrison (bass) and "some horrible French boy" (drums).

Line-up #4D (November 1984 - December 1984): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/Patricia Morrison (bass) and Desi Desperate (a.k.a. Peter Kablean) (drums).

Palais d'Hiver, West Side Club, Lyon, France, November 8, 1984
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Run Through The Jungle
  4. Moonlight Motel
  5. The Lie
  6. John Hardy
  7. Bad America
  8. Stranger In Our Town
  9. Death Party
  10. Fire Of Love
  11. Sex Beat
  12. Jack On Fire
  13. Louie Louie
  14. The Twist

Pre-FM recording. Recorded for Radio-Bellevue FM.

Personal source 1: Master K7 tape (azimuth correction) > SB > Adobe Audition (acquisition - editing - denoising) > Wav > Flac Frontend (level 6/sectors boundaries aligned)
Personal source 2: "Mulitband Remaster by the Digital Loyalist" = source 1 > Wav > Steinberg Multiband compression > Wav > Flac level 8
Personal source 3: source 2 fixed: slowed by 2.9%, fixed several level drops

Running time: approx. 66-68 mins.
Quality: very good





"La Edad de Oro" - live TV Studios, Madrid, Spain, November 13, 1984 - version 1
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. The Lie
  5. John Hardy
  6. Bad America
  7. Death Party
  8. Fire Of Love
  9. Sex Beat
  10. Jack On Fire
  11. The Twist

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

Running time: approx. 47 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





"La Edad de Oro" - live TV Studios, Madrid, Spain, November 13, 1984 - version 2 (video)
  1. Run Through The Jungle
  2. Moonlight Motel
  3. The Lie
  4. John Hardy
  5. Bad America
  6. Death Party
  7. Fire Of Love
  8. Sex Beat
  9. Jack On Fire
  10. The Twist

"Walking With The Beast" is missing on this video.

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

Running time: approx. 45 mins.
Quality: (very) good





"La Edad de Oro" - live TV Studios, Madrid, Spain, November 13, 1984 - version 3 (video)
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. The Lie

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. 16 mins.
Quality: (very) good





"La Edad de Oro" - live TV Studios, Madrid, Spain, November 13, 1984 - version 4
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. The Lie

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

Running time: approx. 16 mins.
Quality: (very) good



"La Edad de Oro" - live TV Studios, Madrid, Spain, November 13, 1984 - version 5 (video)
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. The Lie
  5. Interview
  6. John Hardy
  7. Bad America
  8. Death Party
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Sex Beat
  11. Jack On Fire
  12. The Twist

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

Personal source: original DVD

Running time: approx. 56 mins.
Quality: very good



"La Edad de Oro" - live TV Studios, Madrid, Spain, November 13, 1984 - version 6 (video)
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. The Lie
  5. John Hardy
  6. Bad America
  7. Death Party
  8. Fire Of Love
  9. Sex Beat
  10. Jack On Fire
  11. The Twist
    EXTRA:
  12. Interview

Broadcast by TVE2.

"STOLEN FILES series 00"

Personal source: Copywork Edited Betacam --> DVD --> MPEG Streamclip to cut the files and demux --> DVD Studio PRO --> VIDEO_TS files

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



Palladium, Geneva, Switzerland, November 16, 1984
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Run Through The Jungle
  4. The Stranger In Our Town
  5. Moonlight Motel
  6. The Lie
  7. John Hardy
  8. Bad America
  9. Death Party / A Love Supreme
  10. Fire Of Love
  11. Sex Beat
  12. Jack On Fire
  13. Louie Louie
  14. Let's Do The Twist
  15. Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger

Audience recording.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> higher generation tape -> EAC -> normalize -> CDR -> EAC -> WAV -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 72 mins.
Quality:



Le Loft, Strasbourg, France, November 20, 1984 - version 1
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. The Lie
  5. John Hardy
  6. Bad America
  7. Stranger In Our Town
  8. Death Party
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Sex Beat
  11. Jack On Fire
  12. Louie Louie
  13. Do The Twist
  14. House On Highland Ave

FM (or soundboard) recording.

Personal source: Master -> Tape -> Tape -> Tape -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC
(also downloaded this as: CD TRADE > EAC > flac, and as: SBD>?>cdr>EAC>TLH>Flac, but these are the same as my transfer - also see below!)

Running time: approx. 64 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent

This show appeared as a bonus disc with the 2009 Cooking Vinyl CD reissue of "The Las Vegas Story" and it turned out to be exactly the same as my transfer which I originally burned on CDr and swapped with other fans (through which it found its way into circulation as the two mentioned downloads above show). The track separation is identical to what I made.
Cooking Vinyl only 'remastered' it a bit (read: pumped up the volume; it is even slightly clipped at some points). I must say that I was a bit disappointed to find out that a label with a good reputation like Cooking Vinyl released this.



Le Loft, Strasbourg, France, November 20, 1984 - version 2
  1. Walking With The Beast
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. The Lie
  5. John Hardy
  6. Bad America
  7. Stranger In Our Town
  8. Death Party
  9. Fire Of Love
  10. Sex Beat
  11. Jack On Fire
  12. Louie Louie
  13. Do The Twist
  14. House On Highland Ave

Soundboard (or FM) recording.

This is a different transfer from a tape with a different lineage. The quality of both tapes is roughly the same. This one is only around three minutes shorter ...

Personal source: Sony HF90 [SBD1] - ION Tape2PC - Audacity - Flac

Running time: approx. 61 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Tivoli, Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 23, 1984
  1. Walking With The Beast (starts mid song)
  2. Run Through The Jungle
  3. Brother And Sister (cut)
  4. Sex Beat
  5. Jack On Fire
  6. 96 Tears

Audience recording.

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

Running time: approx. 25 mins.
Quality: (very) good





Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, November 24, 1984
  1. Eternally Is Here (aborted)
  2. Moonlight Motel
  3. Eternally Is Here
  4. Run Through The Jungle
  5. Brother & Sister
  6. The Lie
  7. John Hardy
  8. Bad America
  9. Stranger In Our Town
  10. Walking With The Beast
  11. Fire Of Love
  12. Sex Beat
  13. Jack On Fire
  14. audience
  15. The House On Highland Ave
  16. Hound Dog
  17. Do The Twist

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)
(also downloaded this as: audience cassette master > cassette > CDR> EAC> TLH 2.4.1 (flac), but this is from the same transfer)

Running time: approx. 65 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Patronaat, Haarlem, The Netherlands, November 25, 1984
  1. "The Spurs" / Intro
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Brother And Sister
  4. Run Through The Jungle
  5. Moonlight Motel
  6. The Lie
  7. Walking With The Beast
  8. John Hardy
  9. Bad America
  10. The Stranger In Our Town
  11. Fire Of Love
  12. Sex Beat
  13. Jack On Fire
  14. The House On Highland Ave
  15. Tutti Frutti

Audience recording.

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

Running time: approx. 59 mins.
Quality: (very) good





Big Club, Torino, Italy, November 28, 1984
  1. Instrumental Intro
  2. Hey Juana
  3. Eternally Is Here
  4. Run Through The Jungle
  5. Brother And Sister
  6. Moonlight Motel
  7. The Lie (end cut)
  8. Jack On Fire (beginning cut)
  9. Louie Louie

Broadcast live-to-air by Italian radio. Short show due to PA problems. Patricia does vocals on "Hey Juana" and "Louie Louie".

Personal source: Low gen cassette > Cool Edit - WAV 44100 hz, 16 bit, stereo> Normalized to 98% > FLAC

Running time: approx. 30 mins.
Quality: very good





Dingwalls, Camden, London, England, UK, December 10, 1984
  1. 96 Tears
  2. The Twist

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

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Dingwalls, Camden, London, England, UK, December 11, 1984
  1. Instrumental Intro
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Run Through The Jungle
  4. Moonlight Motel
  5. The Lie
  6. John Hardy
  7. Bad America
  8. The Stranger In Our Town
  9. Walking With The Beast
  10. Fire Of Love
  11. Sex Beat
  12. unknown short song
  13. Jack On Fire
  14. Jazz Jam
  15. Do The Twist/Let's Twist Again ('The Gun Club Ruins Rock Classics' medley)

Audience recording.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC
(also downloaded as Unknown Recording Equipment > Unknown Gen Cassette > Nakamichi CR-2 Stereo Cassette Deck > line Out > Roland R-05 > WAV > SD Card > PC > CD Wave Editor (Track Split) > FLAC (Level 8) which is a different transfer and sounds like a different lineage, but comes from the same source)

Running time: approx. 65/67 mins.
Quality: very good


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