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 17, 2022


< 1988 >

Index

Line-up #5C (May 1987 - December 1990): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Romi Mori (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums).

Interview Stray Pop, 88.9 FM KXLU, Los Angeles, CA, USA, January? 1988
  1. Music
  2. Interview part 1
  3. Music
  4. Interview part 2
  5. Music
  6. Interview part 3
  7. Music

Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Kid Congo Powers interview on KXLU radio, Los Angeles, CA.
The interview consist of three parts throughout the broadcast with a total duration of 29 minutes.
The other 65 minutes of the tape includes some obscure picks by the two, r'n' b, punk, etc., and Gun Club, Nick Cave stuff as well.

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

Running time: approx. 94 mins.
Quality: very good





Rodon, Athens, Greece, March 20, 1988
  1. Intro
  2. She's Like Heroin To Me
  3. My Cousin Kim
  4. Thunderhead
  5. Like Calling Up Thunder
  6. Lupita Screams
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Hearts
  9. Bad Indian
  10. Fire Spirit
  11. Fire Of Love
  12. Bill Bailey
  13. Ghost On The Highway
  14. Sleeping In Blood City
  15. Goodbye Johnny
  16. Crabdance
  17. Moonlight Motel
  18. Port Of Souls
  19. Sex Beat

Audience recording.

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

Running time: approx. 73 mins.
Quality: very good





9:30 Club, Washington D.C., USA, March 28, 1988
  1. P.A. Intro: Touch Of Evil
  2. Strange Fruit
  3. She's Like Heroin To Me
  4. My Cousin Kim
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Like Calling Up Thunder
  7. Lupita Screams
  8. Yellow Eyes
  9. Hearts
  10. Bad Indian
  11. Fire Spirit
  12. Fire Of Love
  13. Bill Bailey
  14. Ghost On The Highway
  15. Sleeping In Blood City
  16. Goodbye Johnny
    encore 1
  17. Crabdance
  18. Moonlight Motel
  19. Sex Beat
    encore 2
  20. Death Party
  21. P.A. Outro (Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well) / audience noise / the taper leaving

Audience recording. Show billed as "The Reunion Tour".
Apparently there was a tape switch between "Bad Indian" and "Fire Spirit" as the former fades out near the end of the song and the latter cuts in at the start.

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

Running time: approx. 82 mins.
Quality: (very) good





Drums, New York City, NY, USA, March 29, 1988
  1. P.A. Intro
  2. Strange Fruit
  3. She's Like Heroin To Me
  4. My Cousin Kim
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Like Calling Up Thunder
  7. Lupita Screams
  8. Yellow Eyes
  9. Hearts
  10. Bad Indian
  11. Fire Spirit
  12. Fire Of Love
  13. Bill Bailey
  14. Ghost On The Highway
  15. Sleeping In Blood City
  16. Goodbye Johnny
  17. Crabdance
  18. Moonlight Motel
  19. Port Of Souls
  20. Sex Beat

Audience walkman recording.

Tape and xerox copy of original setlist (click to enlarge) thanks to Greg!

Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape

Running time: approx. 75 mins.
Quality: (very) good





R.P.M. Club, Toronto, ON, Canada, March 31, 1988
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. She's Like Heroin To Me
  3. My Cousin Kim
  4. Thunderhead
  5. Like Calling Up Thunder
  6. Stranger In Our Town
  7. Lupita Screams
  8. Yellow Eyes
  9. Hearts
  10. Bad Indian
  11. Fire Spirit
  12. Fire Of Love
  13. Bill Bailey
  14. Ghost On The Highway
  15. Goodbye Johnny
  16. Crab Dance
  17. Sex Beat

Video recording. Camcorder shot from audience, no tripod.

Available on YouTube.

Running time: approx. 67 mins.





Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 8, 1988
  1. Strange Fruit
  2. She's Like Heroin To Me
  3. Cousin Kim
  4. Thunderhead
  5. Like Calling Up Thunder
  6. Stranger In Our Town
  7. Lupita Screams
  8. Yellow Eyes
  9. Hearts
  10. Bad Indian
  11. Fire Spirit
  12. Fire Of Love
  13. Bill Bailey
  14. Ghost On The Highway
  15. Sleeping In Blood City
  16. Goodbye Johnny
  17. Crab Dance
  18. Moonlight Motel
  19. Sex Beat

Video recording, taken from TV broadcast, filmed by Louis Elovitz and broadcast by a L.A. public-access cable TV channel.

Available on Vimeo.

Running time: approx. 71 mins.





Waterpop festival, Wateringen, The Netherlands, August 20, 1988 - 1st show
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. My Cousin Kim
  4. Thunderhead
  5. Straits Of Love And Hate
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Hearts
  9. Fire Spirit
  10. Bill Bailey
  11. Black Train
  12. Texas Serenade
  13. Fire Of Love
  14. She's Like Heroin To Me

Audience recording. First dated as on August 21, 1988 but the band did two shows on August 20th, this one first and later in Belgium (see below). On the 21st they came back to The Netherlands, performed at the Zomermanifestatie Sterren In Het Park festival at the Stadspark in Groningen in the afternoon and at the Amsterdam Paradiso in the evening.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape -> Tape

Running time: approx. 60 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent





Neurorock Open Air Festival, Nieuwerkerken, Belgium, August 20, 1988 - 2nd show
  1. Eternally Is Here
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Thunderhead
  4. My Cousin Kim
  5. Straits Of Love And Hate
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Hearts
  9. Fire Spirit
  10. The Fire Of Love
  11. Bill Bailey
  12. She's Like Heroin To Me
  13. Texas Serenade
  14. Sex Beat
  15. Crab Dance

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. 64 mins.
Quality:





Nighttown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 19, 1988
  1. Pastoral Hide And Seek
  2. Brother And Sister
  3. Moonlight Motel

Audience recording.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape

Running time: approx. 10-15 mins.
Quality: very good

Index
< 1988 >

Paard van Troje, Den Haag, The Netherlands, November 21, 1988
  1. Intro tape
  2. The Master Plan
  3. Pastoral Hide And Seek
  4. Brother And Sister
  5. Moonlight Motel
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Hearts
  9. The Straits Of Love & Hate
  10. My Cousin Kim
  11. Thunderhead
  12. Fire Spirit
  13. Fire Of Love
  14. Bill Bailey
  15. Goodbye Johnny
  16. Eternally Is Here
  17. ...?
  18. Sleeping In Blood City

Audience recording at the Trojan Horse, The Hague.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape
(also downloaded this as: audience recording (2nd generation tape) > Nakamichi DR-1> Tascam CD-RW 700> EAC> CD Wave Editor> TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8)

Running time: approx. 75 mins.
Quality: (very) good


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