Preaching The Blues - Magnix's Archive/Collection of Gun Club & Jeffrey Lee Pierce Live Recordings

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: February 22, 2022
< 1989 > Index		Line-up #5C (May 1987 - December 1990): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Romi Mori (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums). Noise Now! festival, Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, March 27, 1989 - version 1 Intro (incl. A Love Supreme) Fire Of Love Thunderhead My Cousin Kim The Straits Of Love And Hate Pastoral Hide And Seek Emily's Changed Yellow Eyes Another Country's Young (early version) Hearts Fire Spirit Bill Bailey Sex Beat Goodbye Johnny Sleeping In Blood City Supposedly an audience recording. This was also broadcast (not the complete show though) by German WDR 1 FM radio, during the "Graffiti" program, with additional interviews. See below. Personal source: 2nd gen 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. 72 mins. Quality: very good/excellent
		Noise Now! festival, Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, March 27, 1989 - version 2 DJ intro Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds] Thunderhead My Cousin Kim Pastoral Hide And Seek Another Country's Young Hearts Bill Bailey Sex Beat Interview with Jeffrey and DJ talk FM radio recording. Personal source: 1st generation radio broadcast (WDR 1 FM radio) (tracks 1-4) & 2nd generation radio broadcast (WDR 1 FM radio) (tracks 5-10) > DAT tape > Fostex D-5 DAT recorder > Creative Sound Blaster X-FI HD > Audacity 2.3.2 > FLAC Running time: approx. 32 mins. Quality:
		The I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 17, 1989 - version 1 Intro Bill Bailey Pastoral Hide and Seek The Other Side (early version of "The Great Divide") Flowing My Cousin Kim She's Like Heroin to Me Another Country's Young (early version) Emily's Changed Yellow Eyes Hearts Fire Spirit - Fire of Love Thunderhead Goodbye Johnny encores: Port of Souls Like Calling Up Thunder Crab Dance Audience recording. Personal source: 2 Audio Technica mics -> Panasonic SV-250DAT -> plybck Panasonic 3800 -> Apple G4 (peak editing, sample rate conversion) -> Xact prep -> FLAC Running time: approx. 81 mins. Quality: very good/excellent
		The I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 17, 1989 - version 2 Pastoral Hide and Seek Flowing 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. 9 mins. Quality: very good/excellent
		Bogart's, Long Beach, CA, USA, July 21, 1989 Intro Bill Bailey Pastoral Hide and Seek The Other Side (early version of "The Great Divide") Flowing My Cousin Kim Moonlight Motel She's Like Heroin To Me Another Country's Young (early version) Emily's Changed Yellow Eyes Hearts Fire Spirit Fire Of Love Thunderhead Goodbye Johnny Crab Dance Port Of Souls Personal source: D3 Cassette Master -> Untracked Aiff File -> Soundforge -> FLAC Running time: approx. 79 mins. Quality: very good
		Club Lingerie, Hollywood, CA, USA, July 23, 1989 - version 1 (audience recording) Pastoral Hide And Seek She's Like Heroin To Me Like Calling Up Thunder The Other Side (early version of "The Great Divide") Flowing My Cousin Kim Another Country's Young (early version) Emily's Changed Yellow Eyes Hearts Fire Spirit Fire Of Love Moonlight Motel Bill Bailey Thunderhead Goodbye Johnny Port Of Souls Sex Beat Brother And Sister Sleeping In Blood City Audience recording. The tape was labeled as being from July 25, 1989. The included j-card listed track 4 as "On The Other Side a.k.a. The Straits Of Love And Hate". Although it sounds similar to "The Straits Of Love And Hate" it's more likely an early version of "The Great Divide". Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC Running time: approx. 87 mins. Quality: very good
		Club Lingerie, Hollywood, CA, USA, July 23, 1989 - version 2 (soundboard recording) She's Like Heroin To Me Like Calling Up Thunder The Other Side (early version of "The Great Divide") Flowing My Cousin Kim Another Country's Young (early version) Emily's Changed Yellow Eyes Hearts Fire Spirit Fire Of Love Moonlight Motel Bill Bailey Thunderhead Goodbye Johnny Port Of Souls Sex Beat Brother And Sister Sleeping In Blood City Soundboard recording. Missing the opening song "Pastoral Hide And Seek" Personal source: Low Gen Cassette Found In My Friend's Garage -> CDRW700 -> EAC -> Soundforge -> FLAC Running time: approx. 74 mins. Quality: very good
		Nightshift Café, Naugatuck, CT, USA, September 16, 1989 Pastoral Hide And Seek Brother And Sister She's Like Heroin To Me Moonlight Motel The Other Side (early version of "The Great Divide") Flowing Another Country's Young (early version) Emily's Changed Yellow Eyes Hearts Fire Of Love Fire Spirit My Cousin Kim Thunderhead Sleeping In Blood City Port Of Souls Sex Beat Personal source: MT Master(Aud)>cass1>cdr>EAC>TLH>Flac Running time: approx. 67 mins. Quality: very good
		Live Tonight, Hoboken, NJ, USA, September 17, 1989 Pastoral Hide And Seek Brother And Sister She's Like Heroin To Me Moonlight Motel The Other Side (early version of "The Great Divide") Flowing Another Country's Young (early version) Emily's Changed Yellow Eyes Hearts Fire Of Love Fire Spirit My Cousin Kim Thunderhead Sleeping In Blood City Port Of Souls Eternally Is Here Goodbye Johnny Audience recording by the Punk-Rock Cop. Personal source: CHEAP SONY RECORDER>1ST GEN CASSETTE>STAND ALONE BURNER>WAV>FLAC (later downloaded as a reworked version: Sony Walkman Master >Cass1 > Stand Alone Burner > Flac > Audacity (boosted low end/Balanced Channels/editing) > Flac8) Running time: approx. 73 mins. Quality: very good
		9:30 Club, Washington D.C., USA, September 21, 1989 Pastoral Hide And Seek Moonlight Motel My Cousin Kim She's Like Heroin To Me Like Calling Up Thunder Flowing Another Country's Young (early version) Emily's Changed Yellow Eyes Hearts Fire Spirit Fire Of Love Thunderhead Goodbye Johnny Eternally Is Here Sleeping In Blood City Bill Bailey Sex Beat Audience recording. Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape (also downloaded this as: Unknown gen aud cass > Azimuth 24-96 Audacity > 16/44.1 > Flac8 but this is a transfer from the same tape; it only has one tape generation less in the lineage) (and traded this in FLAC - generation and lineage unknown- the same source, but of lower quality; approx. 2 mins. shorter; and there are some disc errors at the end, athough this doesn't affect any music) (and once more 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 5); ... more details to follow) Running time: approx. 81 mins. Quality: (very) good
		Blues Session, VPRO radio, The Netherlands, December 3, 1989 - version 1 I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) (Howlin' Wolf cover) Mother Of Earth House On The Water Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo session, recorded in harmonica player Kim Snelten's living room, and taken from a Dutch VPRO "Stompin'" FM radio broadcast, December 1989. From The Archives lists this as being recorded somewhere in November and broadcast on December 3rd. However, the exact broadcast date is unknown. During the intro the DJ refers to the already past TV broadcast from Sunday December 3rd. Personal source: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC Running time: approx. 14 mins. Quality: (very) good
		Blues Session, VPRO radio, The Netherlands, December 3, 1989 - version 2 I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) (Howlin' Wolf cover) Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo session, recorded in harmonica player Kim Snelten's living room, and 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 encoded to FLAC Running time: approx. .. mins. Quality: very good/excellent
		"Jeffrey's Blues", Dutch VPRO TV special, broadcast December 3, 1989 - video A Dutch VPRO "Onrust!" TV special, December 3, 1989. Includes an interview with Jeffrey Lee Pierce, live shots, and acoustic blues performances. An edited replay has been shown in "Lola Looks Back" on July 15, 1996 as a "memorial edition" (see the 1996 recordings section for details). The photosession during which the picture on the left was taken, is part of this documentary. The documentary ends with this picture shown full screen with the credits printed over it. The "memorial edition" has "Jeffrey Lee Pierce 1958-1996" before the credits are shown. Personal source: TV broadcast -> ? -> VHS PAL video -> VHS PAL video, and transferred to DVD+R Running time: approx. 25 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. 23 mins. Quality: very good
		"Poppaden van de Jaren '80 deel 2" ("Poptrails of the Eighties part 2"), Dutch TV special, December 15, 1989 - video Dutch TV special in two parts, broadcast on December 8 and 15, 1989, in which Henk Hofstede (of Nits fame) looks back on the popmusic during the past decade. It includes interviews and fragments of live shows and promotional clips. The second part is about popmusic abroad, and also includes an interview with Jeffrey Lee Pierce in which he talks about Nick Cave, R.E.M, The Cramps, and U2 with B.B. King. The interview contains live shots of The Gun Club (a.o. VPRO 1983), plus live shots and parts from promotional videos of the mentioned artists. Personal source: TV broadcast -> ? -> VHS PAL video -> VHS PAL video Running time: approx. 10 mins. Quality: good
Index < 1989 >		Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, Germany, December 2x, 1989 Humanesque (demo) Pastoral, Hide & Seek (demo) Demos from the recording session for the "Pastoral Hide & Seek" album. As released on the "Ahmed's Wild Dream" CD reissue (Cherry Red 2007). Personal source: original CD Running time: approx. 10 mins. Quality: good Disclaimer: These recordings are not for sale from this site! Except official, and semi-official releases, these are only swapped amongst collectors.
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