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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
 Posted - 09/02/2003 : 03:57:49
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I happened to stumble across a bootleg on Soul Seek today of Black Francis playing a solo gig. It appears to be from the era between Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde, as Trompe is the only album that he doesn't play songs from.
I was initially a little skeptical about how well many of the Pixies songs could be replicated by one man playing one guitar. My initial fears were soon to be completely oblitereated though. This is one awesome live show. The one guitar creates a very raw, yet intimate atmosphere, and Francis hollers as loudly and passionatly as ever. A particular highlight is hearing him belt out "Into the White".
Tracklisting:
01 Tame
02 Cactus
03 Tony's Theme
04 The Holiday Song
05 Gouge Away
06 Monkey Gone to Heaven
07 Wierd at My School
08 Hang Wire
09 No. 13 Baby
10 Dead
11 Wave of Mutilation
12 Broken Face
13 Into the White
14 I'm Amazed
15 The Happening
16 Manta Ray
17 I Bleed
18 Blown Away
19 Crackity Jones
20 Is She Weird
21 Nimrod's Son
22 Ed is Dead
23 Levitate Me
24 River Euphrates
25 Danceing the Manta Ray
26 Velouria
27 Mr Grieves
Highly recommended downloading, puts a great new spin on many Pixies tracks. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 04:17:30
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It's called The Dream Is Over. And yes, it's an amazing record.
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 05:04:45
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What's the sound quality like? I am trying to find an internet bar here which has broadband and which allows you to take your laptop in so that I can download loads of Pixies / FB stuff.
Bacon....... Its not fantastic |
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 05:45:18
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Quality is good.
There seem to be two versions.
On the one I am getting, the tracks are all listed as "Black Francis - 00 SongName (live solo circa 1991)"
The others are listed either as Black Francis or Frank Black, as part of "The Dream is Over".
For some reason, they only go up to Track 24 - Dancing the Manta Ray. Also, On this version Cactus and Tony's Theme are joined as one track. On the "Circa 1991" version Cactus and Tony's theme are split into 2 tracks, and you also get Velouria and Mr Grieves after Dancing the Manta Ray.
Sound quality wise, there appears to be little difference. They're both good for bootlegs. I have however, found the "The Dream is Over" versions seem to be available in 192kb form, while the "Circa 1991" versions are only available in 128kb form, which makes them a TINY bit lower quality sounwise (though not much, they are essentially the same recording). Also, many of the "Circa 1991" versions have a half cut of version of "Crackity Jones".
So. my recommendation is to download the "The Dream is Over" 192kb version for better sound qulaity and full version of Crackity Jones. Then get the 2 extra tracks from "Circa 1991" to tack on the end.
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Douglas
= Cult of Ray =
Sweden
308 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 07:32:39
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| I have found it under the name Songs about nothing. I've downloaded it from two different sources, so one might be better quality than the other (I don't remember). And I must admit, it's a fantastic performance! Really blew me away... |
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Dallas
= Cult of Ray =
USA
725 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 07:51:00
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I saw Black Francis solo here in Dallas and it was a complete mind-blower. He had about 4-5 electric guitars spread across the stage and hurried from one to the other with minimal banter.
A couple of interesting items from that show. One, it was pre-mosh pit, so, literally the entire audience was sitting on the floor for almost the entire show. It is really the last great show I saw that before the mosh pit era. Everyone was likely stoned and just soaking in the unbelievable performance in rapt attention.
The other item was that the show was opened by then 16 year old local folk sensation Rhett Miller, who, some of you may know as the lead singer of the Old 97's as well as his recent solo cd "the instigator". He was beating the hell out of a 12 string acoustic and I was remember thinking, "damn, Black Francis better be good, because this kid just kicked ass". Then of course, Black Francis came in and re-blew (hmmm, not a word, but should be) the room away. Damn I wish I had a time machine... |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 07:56:03
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Does anyone fancy trading this bootleg with me in return for a copy of the No Big Deal bootleg (the only bootleg I have unfortunately)?
Bacon....... Its not fantastic |
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 08:12:24
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Originally posted by Douglas
I have found it under the name Songs about nothing. I've downloaded it from two different sources, so one might be better quality than the other (I don't remember). And I must admit, it's a fantastic performance! Really blew me away...
Actually yeah, there is another version that's fairly poor quality...I downloaded "Into the White" a while ago, and realised today that it's the same version as in the bootleg i've just been downloading, albeit a lot lower in quality. So watch out you don't get that version. |
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 08:17:10
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Originally posted by Dallas
I saw Black Francis solo here in Dallas and it was a complete mind-blower. He had about 4-5 electric guitars spread across the stage and hurried from one to the other with minimal banter.
A couple of interesting items from that show. One, it was pre-mosh pit, so, literally the entire audience was sitting on the floor for almost the entire show. It is really the last great show I saw that before the mosh pit era. Everyone was likely stoned and just soaking in the unbelievable performance in rapt attention.
The other item was that the show was opened by then 16 year old local folk sensation Rhett Miller, who, some of you may know as the lead singer of the Old 97's as well as his recent solo cd "the instigator". He was beating the hell out of a 12 string acoustic and I was remember thinking, "damn, Black Francis better be good, because this kid just kicked ass". Then of course, Black Francis came in and re-blew (hmmm, not a word, but should be) the room away. Damn I wish I had a time machine...
Nice. Sounds like you'd probably like The Mountain Goats. It's one very passionate guy with an acoustic guitar. His lyrics are great, as is the music, and his songs tell interesting stories.
Musicians performing solo with only a guitar and their voice can be very passionate and awe inspiring. Two of the greatest live musical performances I've ever seen have been by musicians playing solo. (The Mountain Goats and Billy Bragg). Perhaps I can add Frank to that list if he ever decides to come here. |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 08:23:46
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I saw Billy Bragg play once with just a guitar and that was pretty good. Evan Dando also was amazing.
Bacon....... Its not fantastic |
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Dallas
= Cult of Ray =
USA
725 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 08:46:00
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I havent seen Billy Bragg, but, he is highly touted by lots of people with great taste.
I have seen Evan Dando solo and live and I agree with you Stuart. I saw him solo once when the rest of the band left the stage after a marathon club show and Evan was so wasted he just kept on playing. Great show, Julianna Hatfield opened and was also kickass solo. |
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MikeW
- FB Fan -
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 09:38:08
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| During that 90-91 solo thing, Francis also played at McCabes. Which if I remember correctly, it was the first time I ever saw him there. Oh wait, now i am a dog in the sand |
Edited by - MikeW on 09/02/2003 09:39:06 |
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il_capo
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Posted - 09/03/2003 : 12:12:58
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| the boot is from the boderline, in london, early novemeber 90 (frank played a few shows there to pay for a cruise back to the states, or so reported the nme at the time). have a tape of it somewhere. the mccables show includes joey at some points so is speacial too. |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 21:54:53
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Originally posted by Dallas
I have seen Evan Dando solo and live and I agree with you Stuart. I saw him solo once when the rest of the band left the stage after a marathon club show and Evan was so wasted he just kept on playing. Great show, Julianna Hatfield opened and was also kickass solo.
One of the few people who I'd love to see if Juliana Hatfield. I have been a fan of hers for years but she hasn't played the UK for nearly a decade and I missed her last time around.
Is Juliana Hatfield fit??? I see lots of pics of her, sometimes she looks stunning and sometimes she looks not so stunning.
Bacon....... Its not fantastic |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 22:27:25
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Originally posted by Dallas
A couple of interesting items from that show. One, it was pre-mosh pit, so, literally the entire audience was sitting on the floor for almost the entire show. It is really the last great show I saw that before the mosh pit era.
for the sake of argument and being nitpickey, the "mosh pit" era started way before Black Francis was doing solo shows.. even the 90's revitalization of moshing started in the late 80's.. people have been slamming at rock shows since i've been going to shows, which pre-dates BF solo shows for sure.. (hey, i'm old)
The Dream Is Over is awesome.
i was at the McCabes show MikeW speaks of too. which will probably always be the best show i've ever been to. he went off at McCabes the way he goes off in TDIO.
i feel fortunate..
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2003 : 02:20:49
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I once saw J Mascis do a solo acoustic gig...that was pretty cool (and he covered a Smiths' song and 'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon) |
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Dallas
= Cult of Ray =
USA
725 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2003 : 09:05:19
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Stuart - when I saw Julianna at that show she was amazing looking. Her t-shirt hung just right and her hair was jet-black and basically bobbed. She was an indie-rock goddess. I was right up front for the show and she was awesome to see and hear.
Floop - I'm not referring to the punk-era slam dancing. Absolutely that pre-dated moshing. But, 'mosh pits' came with the grunge movement after punk receded from popularity. It is the point that those kids began aping punk slam dancing. That is why I used the term mosh pit and not slam dancing or whatever. I do feel nitpicked BTW... |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2003 : 09:33:37
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sorry to nitpick Dallas.. yeah, i was referring to post-punk "slam" pits too.. i think that started a bit earlier.. (like, late 80's).. but who cares..
where does the term nitpick come from anyway?
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Dallas
= Cult of Ray =
USA
725 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2003 : 09:37:34
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| I was just kidding floop. I was down here in Texas, so, lets chalk it up to us Texans being a good year or 2 behind the rest of the world in indie-rock attitude and fads. |
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MMD
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
233 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2003 : 06:38:40
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I saw the last song of Billy Brag's Reading Festival set the weekend before last, I was wandering back to the campsite with my friend and passed the tent he was playing in. It was just him and his guitar on stage, great stuff, it drew me in so fast my friend didn't know where I had gone.
Incidently Placebo did a cover of Where Is My Mind at said festival. I was watching them when the guy said we're going to play a song by Frank Black, it made my day. |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2003 : 16:26:24
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| Is this the bootleg where Black messes up Levitate Me? |
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