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 21, 2012


< 1990 >

Index

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

Session & Interview, VPRO Studio, Hilversum, The Netherlands, October 3, 1990
  1. Interview Pt. 1 (earlier the same day)
  2. Interview Pt. 2 (in the studio before playing)
  3. Mother Of Earth
  4. Not Supposed To Be That Way

Jeffrey Lee Pierce studio session and interview, taken from two different Dutch VPRO FM radio broadcasts (track 1 from an unknown show, and tracks 2-4 live-on-the-air from "Nozems A Go Go"), October 3, 1990.

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

Running time: approx. 18 mins.
Quality: good (track 1)/very good (tracks 2-4)





Tivoli, Utrecht, The Netherlands, October 3, 1990
  1. Give Up The Sun
  2. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  3. The Straits Of Love And Hate
  4. She's Like Heroin To Me
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Another Country's Young
  9. Hearts
  10. Cool Drink Of Water
  11. Fire Of Love
  12. Devil In The Woods
  13. Jack On Fire
  14. Eternally Is Here
  15. Temptation And I

Audience recording.

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

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





Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 22, 1990
  1. Give Up The Sun (fades in)
  2. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  3. The Straits Of Love And Hate
  4. She's Like Heroin To Me
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Another Country's Young
  9. Hearts
  10. Cool Drink Of Water (instrumental)
  11. Fire Of Love
  12. Bad Indian
  13. Devil In The Woods
  14. Fire Spirit
  15. Jack On Fire
  16. Eternally Is Here
  17. Temptation And I
  18. Sleeping In Blood City

Audience recording.

Personal source: audience recording (1st generation tape) > Sony ECM 909> Sony WMD6> Fostex D5> Tascam CD-RW 700> EAC> CD Wave Editor> TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8)

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





Freizeit- und Bildungszentrum (FBZ) Bürgerpark, Braunschweig, Germany, October 31, 1990
  1. Give Up The Sun
  2. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  3. The Straits Of Love And Hate
  4. She's Like Heroin To Me
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Another Country's Young
  9. Hearts
  10. Cool Drink Of Water (instrumental)
  11. Fire Of Love
  12. Bad Indian
  13. Devil In The Woods
  14. Fire Spirit
  15. Jack On Fire
  16. Eternally Is Here
  17. Temptation And I
  18. Sleeping In Blood City

Audience recording.

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

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





Docks, Hamburg, Germany, November 2, 1990 - video
  1. Yellow Eyes
  2. Another Country's Young
  3. Hearts
  4. Fire Of Love

These tracks were (partially) broadcast as part of a Gun Club special on the former private TV station Tele5 in the series "Off Beat" (see also below).

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

Total running time: approx. 12 mins.
Quality: (very) good



"Off Beat", German Tele5 TV special, November 1990 - video
  1. Yellow Eyes (live)
  2. interview
  3. Another Country's Young (live)
  4. interview
  5. Another Country's Young (continued) (live)
  6. interview
  7. Hearts (live)
  8. interview
  9. Fire Of Love (live)
  10. interview
  11. St. John's Divine (promo video)

The Gun Club special from the former private TV station Tele5 in the series "Off Beat".
Live recordings from the Docks, Hamburg, Germany, November 2, 1990.

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

Running time: approx. 32 mins.
Quality: (very) good

This special was also released on the "Eternally Is Here: Gun Club Video Rarities" bootleg DVDr (Videos From Hell, 2003).
It however starts just shortly before track 5, missing the first 10 minutes.

Personal source: TV broadcast -> ? -> DVDr

Running time: approx. 22 mins.
Quality: very good





Batschapp, Frankfurt, Germany, November 5, 1990
  1. P.A. Intro
  2. Give Up The Sun
  3. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  4. The Straits Of Love And Hate
  5. She's Like Heroin To Me
  6. Thunderhead
  7. Emily's Changed
  8. Yellow Eyes
  9. Another Country's Young
  10. Hearts
  11. Cool Drink Of Water (instrumental)
  12. Fire Of Love
  13. Bad Indian
  14. Devil In The Woods
  15. Fire Spirit
  16. Jack On Fire
  17. Eternally Is Here
  18. Temptation & I
  19. Sleeping In Blood City

Audience recording.

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

Running time: approx. 85 mins.
Quality: very good





Nachtwerk, München, Germany, November 6, 1990 - video
  1. Give Up The Sun
  2. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  3. The Straits Of Love And Hate
  4. She's Like Heroin To Me
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Another Country's Young
  9. Hearts
  10. Cool Drink Of Water (instrumental)
  11. Fire Of Love
  12. Bad Indian
  13. Devil In The Woods
  14. Fire Spirit
  15. Jack On Fire
  16. Eternally Is Here
  17. Sleeping In Blood City
  18. Crabdance

Audience video recording.

Photo on the right: Thanks to Florian Waldeck. © 1990 Angelika Bichlmaier. Dedicated to Jochen Kolm.

Personal source 1: Audience video -> ? -> VHS PAL video -> VHS PAL video (tape 1), and transferred to DVD+R
Personal source 1: Audience video -> ? -> VHS PAL video (tape 2), and transferred to DVD+R

Running time: approx. 80 mins.
Quality: fair (tape 1) / good (tape 2)





Le Transbordeur, Lyon, France, November 17, 1990 - version 1
  1. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  2. The Straits Of Love And Hate
  3. She's Like Heroin To Me
  4. My Cousin Kim
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Another Country's Young
  9. Hearts
  10. Cool Drink Of Water (instrumental)
  11. Fire Of Love (end cut...tape flip)
  12. Bad Indian
  13. Devil In The Woods
  14. Fire Spirit
  15. Jack On Fire
  16. Eternally Is Here
  17. Temptation & I
  18. Sleeping In Blood City

Soundboard recording.

Personal source: Soundboard -> master analogic cassette tape (azimuth optimised) -> SB -> Adobe Audition (acquisition & editing) -> Wav -> Trader's Little Helper (level 6/sb aligned)

Running time: approx. 74 mins.
Quality: excellent





Le Transbordeur, Lyon, France, November 17, 1990 - version 2
  1. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  2. Another Country's Young
  3. Hearts
  4. Fire Spirit
  5. Temptation & I

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. 22 mins.
Quality: excellent





Salle des Fêtes, Fontenay-le-Comte, France, November 23, 1990
  1. Give Up The Sun
  2. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  3. The Straits Of Love & Hate
  4. She's Like Heroin To Me
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Another Country's Young
  9. Hearts
  10. Fire Of Love
  11. Bad Indian
  12. A Devil In The Woods
  13. Fire Spirit
  14. Jack On Fire

Audience walkman recording.

Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape

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



Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France, November 29, 1990 - version 1
  1. Yellow Eyes
  2. Hearts
  3. Fire Of Love

As released on the "Divinity" double 12"/single CD (New Rose/What's So Funny About/Solid, 1991).

Personal source: original CD

Running time: approx. 15 mins.
Quality: excellent



Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France, November 29, 1990 - version 2
  1. Yellow Eyes
  2. Hearts
  3. Cool Drink Of Water (instrumental)
  4. Fire Of Love

  5. The Straits Of Love And Hate
  6. She's Like Heroin To Me
  7. Emily's Changed
  8. Bad Indian
  9. Devil In The Woods
  10. Fire Spirit
  11. Jack On Fire
  12. Temptation And I
  13. Sleeping In Blood City

As released on the "Divinity - 9 Lives No. 6" 2CD (Flow Records 2006).
Tracks 1-4 appear on disc 1, which comprises the original release from 1991 as it was originally intended by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, so including track 3 as an extra track.
Tracks 5-13 appear on disc 2 together with a pair of alternate versions, and three session tracks.

The release lists this recording as being from November 28, 1990.

Personal source: original CD

Running time: approx. 18 mins.
Quality: excellent




Index
< 1990 >

Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France, November 29, 1990 - version 3
  1. Give Up The Sun
  2. I Hear Your Heart Singing
  3. The Straits Of Love & Hate
  4. She's Like Heroin To Me
  5. Thunderhead
  6. Emily's Changed
  7. Yellow Eyes
  8. Another Country's Young
  9. Hearts (incorrectly listed as "My Dreams"!)
  10. Cool Drink Of Water (instrumental) (unlisted)
  11. Fire Of Love
  12. Bad Indian
  13. Devil In The Woods
  14. Fire Spirit
  15. Jack On Fire
  16. Temptation And I
  17. Goodbye Johnny
  18. Sleeping In Blood City

As released on the "Larger Than Live!" CD (Last Call, 2008).

The release only incorrectly lists the recording as "Recorded in 1992".
It also lists Romoi instead of Romi Mori on bass, and Simon Fish instead of Nick Sanderson on the drums.

Tracks 10 and 11 are on the disc as one track.

Personal source: original CD

Running time: approx. 79 mins.
Quality: excellent


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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