Jill Sobule - Atlantic Promotional Tape

Before you download this one, do us all a favor and buy a copy of the official CD version. Even though it's probably out-of-print, there are a ton available on eBay for about $2. The fidelity of the CD version is head-and-shoulders above the version that I am sharing here...

This self-titled album by Jill Sobule was released in 1995. This pre-release demo cassette tape fell into my lap only very recently, however. The cassette is a normal bias tape - and sounds like it, which is why I really strongly suggest that you pick up the CD version.

The songs on this pre-release cassette have a few differences when compared to the CD versions, which is why I am sharing it.

1) The song order is different

2) The song "Smoke Dreams" appears here, but not on the official CD

3) (Theme From) The Girl In The Affair - very slightly different in very last portion of the song.

4) Karen By Night - The Marlon Brando remark is slightly different from the released version

5) The song Margaret is supposed to open with "She's Gonna Sing - You're Gonna Listen", but I think the duplication service screwed up & left off the first bit. So, we get only, "You're Gonna Listen"

I used the official CD as a speed reference. I found that the Side A of the cassette played into my computer at about 1.5% too fast. Side B was much better at only about 0.5 % too fast. But, appropriate adjustments have been made, so no worries there.

Any Jill Sobule archivists out there need to give this tape a listen... If you find other differences, please don't be shy. Leave a comment & I'll update the entry.

Jill Sobule - If you happen to read this & want this posting removed, just leave a comment or send an email to that effect & I'll delete it. On the other hand, if you'd care to explain just what this item actually is & how it came to exist... We'd all love to hear whatever you have to say.

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Jill Sobule & Deni Bonet - 1995-04-14 - Ann Arbor, MI

This show was my first introduction to three of my all-time favorite musicians... Jill Sobule, Deni Bonet, and Robyn Hitchcock. It was a wild, strange day full of all sorts of stories. You can get the Robyn Hitchcock portion of this show here.

Before the show started, I was just lounging around in the lobby area when this small blonde woman in a black dress came up and began making small talk. This, I thought, was very strange. After a few minutes, she just as suddenly turned & left. Again, I thought how very strange it was. When the show started, she walked on to the stage and began singing. It was magic!

There were two shows that night - an early show and a late show. The early show just had Jill Sobule as the opening act, but the late show had two opening acts. The second was Deni Bonet. Deni is an amazing violin player. She's still very much around & recording albums. Sadly, though, she doesn't tour outside the NYC area. This is the only live recording that I have of her. Check out her website here.

These sets are brilliant, fun, full of energy, and some of the best music that I have ever heard. I literally went into my local record shop the following Monday and ordered every album by each of these artists. (For Robyn, at least, that was a lot of albums!)

These shows weren't supposed to be shared and have remained locked away in the Secret Society's vaults for these past 15 years. Do me a favor... Download them, listen to them, and just rock the hell out. Here

Jill Sobule - Soho Natural Sessions - Fall 1990

This is a radio session containing material from several bands in addition to Jill Sobule. These include - Richard Barone, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Carry Nation, Soul Asylum, and Janata.

Live material from this early in Jill's career is all but impossible to find... So, if you're a fan, don't miss this one!

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Jill Sobule - Acoustic Cafe - 3/2010

Jill Sobule appeared on a radio show called Acoustic Cafe back in March. Jill's music has mellowed a bit over her career. Her wit, however, is still as sharp as ever. Jolly good stuff. Well worth a listen. (see comments for complete track listing)

original CDs -> EAC -> CDWave Editor -> flac -> rar -> you

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Jill Sobule - Radio Shows & Things

I hope that you have been daring and given a listen to some of my previous Jill Sobule posts. Her music is really personal & funny. It's absolutely worth investigating if you haven't. Here are a selection of some radio programs and SBD live recordings -

e-town - 2001-05-01

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Acoustic Cafes & The Difference (several different appearances)

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Live in Ann Arbor with Deni Bonet (1995-04-14)

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The Vault - 1998-12-21

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On The Edge - 1995-06-05

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Live in Ann Arbor (1998-03-12)

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Jill Sobule & The Kennedys - 1999-12-19 - Acoustic Cafe

This is the appearance of Jill Sobule & The Kennedys on Acoustic Cafe. I saw the Kennedys at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival last Summer. They were much better than I'd expected. (All of my friends had talked them up relentlessly and I'm a skeptic - so sue me.)

I had some trouble ripping CD1. I tried lots of different drives and EAC settings. Eventually, I got very close to a clean rip, but never quite got a perfect copy. Happily, only the first two tracks have any flaws - and those tracks are pretty forgettable. None of the live, in-studio material was problematic.

original CDs -> EAC -> CDWave Editor -> flac -> rar -> you

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Jill Sobule - I Kissed A Girl video

Classic Sobule.. Here

Jill Sobule - VARA Radio 1990

There is terribly little material available from early in Ms. Sobule's career, so it was with no small joy that I happened to discover these two songs from Jill's appearance on VARA Radio (Holland) in 1990.

Jill Sobule - My Damn Channel

Jill Sobule is featured in a few videos over at http://www.mydamnchannel.com/

Each has a "download" button that you can use to grab the videos for offline use, should you desire that.

Dance Party 1

Dance Party 2

San Francisco

A CDR single for San Francisco recently fell out of the sky.... and, since it sounds much better than the online audio, I put it here for your consideration.

Jill Sobule - Ephemera Collection

Here's something for all of you Jill Sobule collectors out there... Some folks collect Ephemera - that is to say "paper goods" - ticket stubs, posters, promotional postcards, magazine reviews, lyric sheets, set lists, etc. So, here are Ephemera collections for each of Jill's albums. ..

Pink Pearl
Happy Town
Misc
I Never Learned To Swim
Things Here Are Different
Self-Titled

Jill Sobule - Secretive Life

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For the Jill Sobule fans out there, this video has long been next to impossible to find in decent quality. Hope you don't hate it.

Also, I haven't been able to find a way to queue files for upload on hotfile. So, perhaps, I'll have to go another way... Hmmm...

Jill Sobule - 2004 - Southampton England

Sorry, but I don't have the exact date for this one.

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Jill Sobule - 2002-02-22 - NYC

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Jill Sobule - Promo CD

I removed three songs that are from Jill's recent Underdog Victorious CD. You will want to check that out. It's a great listen. But, I've left in all of the rest which are extremely obscure, even to the more hard core fans. There's even one that has never before (so far as I can determine) seen the light of day. For the Warren Zevon fans out there, yes, song number 9 is a cover of his song.

Bugs!

Jill Sobule - 2003-08-23 - Canal Street Tavern, Dayton

This show was supporting Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze. This was one of the first shows that I ever tried to film. It didn't turn out all that well. Ah, well, technology moves forward... Still, the audio recording came out really, really well.

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Jill Sobule - 2000-11-27 - Magic Bag

This is another show that I attended. I didn't stay for the Warren Zevon sets, though.

Jill Sobule - Acoustic Cafes & More

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Jill Sobule - 2003-08-27 - Pittsburgh

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Jill Sobule - 2003-08-30 - San Juan Capistrano - Coach House

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Jill Sobule & Warren Zevon - 2000-12-05 - Asbury Park, NJ

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