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

< 1985 >



Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Live line-up #1 (March 1985 - July 1985): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Derek Thompson (guitar)/ Dean Dennis (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums).


"Music Convoy", WDR/WWF TV, Gronau, Germany, May 13 1985 - video

  1. intro by Alan Bangs + short interview with Jeffrey Lee Pierce (one question)
  2. Hey Juana

The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet as released on the "Eternally Is Here: Gun Club Video Rarities" bootleg DVDr (Videos From Hell, 2003).
Afternoon recording (they perform at the Bochum Zeche in the evening).

Personal source: TV broadcast -> ? -> DVDr

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






Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, May 15, 1985 - version 1

  1. Hey Juana
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Cleopatra Dreams On
  4. Love & Desperation
  5. The Midnight Promise
  6. Texas Serenade
  7. Get Away
  8. Bells On The River
  9. The Lie
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

As released on the Jeffrey Lee Pierce "No Sensitivity" bootleg LP ("Statik" 1986).
This was first believed to have been recorded in Germany in October 1985; now it is most likely from this date.

Personal source 1: LP -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Personal source 2: LP -> CDRtrade -> EAC -> WAV -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 52 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent






Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, May 15, 1985 - version 2

  1. Bells On The River
  2. Hey Juana
  3. Cleopatra Dreams On
  4. Eternally Is Here
  5. Love And Desperation
  6. Midnight Promise
  7. Get Away
  8. The Lie
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. crowd / tuning
  13. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)
  14. Book Of Love

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

Personal source: Aiwa CSJ 1 + Aiwa CM 30 Cassette (master) - Audacity - xACT - FLAC

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






Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, May 15, 1985 - version 3

  1. Bells On The River
  2. Hey Juana
  3. Cleopatra Dreams On
  4. Eternally Is Here (cut, fades out)
  5. Love And Desperation
  6. Midnight Promise
  7. Get Away
  8. The Lie
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)
  13. Book Of Love

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

Personal source: from MILAN collection # 012: 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

Running time: approx. 58 mins.
Quality:






Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany, May 15, 1985 - matrix of versions 2 & 3

  1. Intro
  2. Bells On The River
  3. Hey Juana
  4. Cleopatra Dreams On
  5. Eternally Is Here (cut, fades out)
  6. Love And Desperation
  7. Midnight Promise
  8. Get Away
  9. The Lie
  10. Texas Serenade
  11. Wildweed
  12. Sex Killer
  13. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)
  14. Book Of Love

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

Personal source 1: master tape version 2 -> transfer via Onkyo tapedeck TA-2330 -> Magix Cleaning Lab -> addition of version 3 -> edit/remaster -> flac
Personal source 2: master tape version 2 -> cass transfer via Akai GX-75 -> Magix Audio & Music Lab (edit/remaster) -> FLAC + version 3 -> Magix Audio & Music Lab (edit/remaster) -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 62/63 mins.
Quality:






De Gigant, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, May 19, 1985

  1. Bells On The River
  2. Hey Juana
  3. Eternally Is Here
  4. Cleopatra Dreams On
  5. Love And Desperation
  6. Midnight Promise
  7. Get Away
  8. The Lie
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer (cut)
  12. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)
  13. Book Of Love

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording.

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

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






Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 21, 1985

  1. Instrumental Intro
  2. Bells On The River
  3. Hey Juana
  4. Eternally Is Here
  5. Cleopatra Dreams On
  6. Love And Desperation
  7. Midnight Promise
  8. Get Away
  9. The Lie
  10. Texas Serenade
  11. Wildweed
  12. Sex Killer
  13. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
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)
(both are from the same source and are about the same quality, the lineage and transfers are just different)

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






Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 23, 1985 - version 1

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Moonlight Motel
  4. Midnight Promise (incomplete)
  5. Sex Killer (announced, but not broadcast; see next 2 versions)

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Taken from a Dutch VPRO FM radio broadcast, May 24, 1985.

Personal source: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
(also downloaded this as: Radio Hilversum FM broadcast -> Mastercassette (SONY HF60) -> playback on Harman Kardon Cd 491 -> Zoom H2 (at WAV 16/44) -> HD -> Audacity (edit/balance of levels) -> WAV -> TLH8 -> FLAC) and as: Amsterdam Paradiso FM -> recorded on Maxell XL1 35-90B tape at 9,5 cm/sec. ( four track/two channel ) -> played back with TEAC X-300R to Tascam CD RW-402 -> CDr ripped with EAC ( secure mode ), track separation done with Cd-Wave Editor -> Flac files ( level 6 ) with Trader's Little Helper; these are all from the same broadcast, but different recordings, transfers, and lineage; the first download also has the DJ intro, which is missing on the tape and the 2nd download)

Running time: approx. 14/18 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent






Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 23, 1985 - version 2

  1. Sex Killer
  2. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)
  3. Texas Serenade (incomplete)

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Taken from the Dutch radio special by VPRO's radioshow "Nighttrain"/"The VPRO Music Archives", November 22, 2002 (see also the other recordings section).

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

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






Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 23, 1985 - version 3

  1. Sex Killer
  2. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
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






Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK, June 3, 1985

  1. Hey Juana
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Cleopatra Dreams On
  4. Love And Desperation
  5. Midnight Promise
  6. Get Away
  7. The Lie
  8. Texas Serenade
  9. Wildweed
  10. Sex Killer

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording.

I got this labeled as March 6, 1985, but that may be due to the difference in US vs EU date notation somewhere down the line.

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

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






Marquee Club, London, England, UK, July 3, 1985

  1. Intro / Hey Juana
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Cleopatra Dreams On
  4. Love And Desperation
  5. Midnight Promise
  6. Get Away
  7. Texas Serenade
  8. Wildweed
  9. Sex Killer
  10. Feedback

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

The tape was labeled as being from July 31, 1985.

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

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






Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Live line-up #2 (August 1985 - December 1985): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Romi Mori (guitar)/ Dean Dennis (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums).


688 Club, Atlanta, GA, USA, August 30, 1985

  1. Eternally Is Here (cuts in)
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Love & Desperation
  6. The Midnight Promise
  7. Hey Juana
  8. Texas Serenade
  9. Moonlight Motel
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Fire

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

Personal source: Analog audience master recording > FLAC

Running time: approx. 58 mins.
Quality:






Villa Tempo TV show, BRT 2 TV, Belgium, October 11, 1985 - video

  1. Love & Desperation

Playback and filmed on the afternoon of the "Pandora's Music Box festival" outside in Rotterdam, The Netherlands at Fenomena (an amusement park) near the Euromast, followed by an interview with Jeffrey. Broadcast on November 14, 1985 (re-broadcast by BRT 1 TV on November 18, 1985).

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. 5 mins.
Quality: (very) good






Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 11, 1985 - version 1

  1. Midnight Promise
  2. Interview

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Taken from an unknown Dutch VPRO FM radio broadcast.

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

Running time: approx. 8 mins.
Quality: very good




Pandora's Music Box Festival, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 11, 1985 - version 2

  1. Hey Juana
  2. Wildweed

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
As released on the "Wildweed - 9 Lives No. 1" 2CD (Flow Records 2005).

Personal source: original CD

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






Luxor, Köln, Germany, October 13, 1985

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Hey Juana
  6. Love & Desperation
  7. The Midnight Promise
  8. Sensitivity
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. Fire

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

Personal source: Vivanco EM160 - Sony WMD6C - TDK-SF90 - ION Tape2PC - Audacity - Flac

Running time: approx. 61 mins.
Quality:






Maxim, Stuttgart, Germany, October 15, 1985 - version 1

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Hey Juana
  6. Love & Desperation
  7. The Midnight Promise
  8. Sensitivity
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. Bad America
  14. Fire

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording.

Personal source: Audience recording -> higher generation tape -> EAC -> normalize -> CDR -> EAC -> wav -> flac (8) (foobar2000)

Running time: approx. 74 mins.
Quality: (very) good






Maxim, Stuttgart, Germany, October 15, 1985 - version 2

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Hey Juana
  6. Love & Desperation
  7. The Midnight Promise
  8. Sensitivity
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. Bad America
  14. Fire

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording.

This appears to be the same recording as above, but except for it's known linage, the quality is much better.

Personal source: analog aud-Master aiwa-CM30-> sony D6 (onto TDK SA 90)-> master cassette played back on nakamichi CR-7e ( azimuth aligned)-> edirol 04-> wav file smoothed in audacity (fades ,volume/channel correction), tracked in cdwave--> flac(8)

Running time: approx. 70 mins.
Quality: very good






Maxim, Stuttgart, Germany, October 15, 1985 - version 3

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Hey Juana
  6. Love & Desperation
  7. The Midnight Promise
  8. Sensitivity
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. Bad America
  14. Fire

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording. BIbER master-series #041.

Personal source: Master - Audience recording from old TDK - SA C-90 taped with a Toshiba-walkman and an unknown microphone clipped on the walkman -> FLAC

Running time: approx. 72 mins.
Quality: very good






Maxim, Stuttgart, Germany, October 15, 1985 - version 4

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Hey Juana
  6. Love & Desperation
  7. The Midnight Promise
  8. Sensitivity
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. Bad America
  14. Fire

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording.

Personal source: Audience recording - Cassette (1. gen.) - Audacity - xACT - FLAC

Running time: approx. 71 mins.
Quality:






Interview Bayern 2 FM radio, München, Germany, October 16?, 1985

  1. Interview

Jeffrey Lee Pierce interview. Exact date unknown, but it was recorded shortly after the Pandora's Music Box performance, and the band toured Germany from October 13th-20th 1985 including a show in Munich, Bayern on the 16th.

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

Running time: approx. 10 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent




Ritz, Stockholm, Sweden, October 23, 1985

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Hey Juana
  6. Love & Desperation
  7. The Midnight Promise
  8. Sensitivity
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Goodbye Johnny
  13. Bad America
  14. Fire
  15. Moonlight Motel

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

Personal source: Audience cassette master>cassette>cassette>DAT FOSTEX D-5>TASCAM CD-RW 700>EAC>CD Wave Editor (track splitting)>TLH 2.4.1 (FLAC level 8)

Running time: approx. 80 mins.
Quality: very good






Errols, Göteborg, Sweden, October 25, 1985

  1. Get Away
  2. Sensitivity
  3. Texas Serenade
  4. Wildweed
  5. Sex Killer
  6. Goodbye Johnny

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Taken from an unknown Swedish SR P3 FM radio broadcast.

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

Running time: approx. 23 mins.
Quality: very good




Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland, December 3, 1985

  1. Audience/Tuning
  2. Eternally Is Here
  3. Cleopatra Dreams On
  4. Get Away
  5. From Temptation To You
  6. Hey Juana
  7. Love & Desperation
  8. The Midnight Promise
  9. Sensitivity
  10. Texas Serenade
  11. Wildweed
  12. Sex Killer
  13. Goodbye Johnny
    Encores: JLP solo with electric guitar
  14. Mother Of Earth
  15. Secret Fires

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording.

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

Running time: approx. 72 mins.
Quality: very good




Otto Zutz Club, Barcelona, Spain, December 4, 1985

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Hey Juana
  6. Love & Desperation
  7. The Midnight Promise
  8. Sensitivity
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Goodbye Johnny

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording.

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

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

< 1985 >




Totentanz, Basel, Switzerland, December 7, 1985

  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Cleopatra Dreams On
  3. Get Away
  4. From Temptation To You
  5. Hey Juana
  6. Love & Desperation
  7. The Midnight Promise
  8. Sensitivity
  9. Texas Serenade
  10. Wildweed
  11. Sex Killer
  12. Goodbye Johnny

Recorded live as the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.
Audience recording.

Personal source: Sony Walkman TCS 310 / built-in microphone (by nadir_53) -> Tape -> CD (Philips CD recorder) -> CD ripped to WAV -> FLAC (8)

Running time: approx. 63 mins. (since the recording ran a bit slow, it was sped up by 3% and then sounds better; running time approx. 61 mins.)
Quality: very good



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