Men At Work

1982 - San Diego (flac)
1982-10-10 - Akron (mp3)
1983-08-05 - Dayton (flac)
1983-07-28 - Columbia (mp3)

Here's another band that I have always enjoyed.  I went to see one of Mr. Hay's solo shows many years ago.  He told lots of stories and generally seemed to have a great time.  I know I did!!  Thanks to Mr. Hay for a great show and to Kris for dragging me along.

ELO - 1982-03-02 - Twilight - Koln

Here

ELO - 1982-02-13 - Frankfurt

Here

ELO - 1978-02-23 - Osaka

Here

ELO - 1976-03-19 - Boston, MA

Here

ELO - 1976-03-16 - Flint, MI

Here

ELO - 1973 - Rockaria Overture

Here

I have few ELO releases, but I will be sharing all that I am able.  More would be welcome if you have any cluttering up your hard drives...

some links

Four wonderful Gandalf Murphy concerts here.

Robyn Hitchcock Here and Here

Gandalf Murphy - 2007-01-22 - Acoustic Cafe

Info

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

Here

RH - V - Uncarved Pumpkins

Here

** This is another rarities collection.  Two disks of serious strangeness!!

RH - 1999-11-19 - San Francisco, CA

Another fantastic Hitchcock show straight from the master DAT.  This one's got quite a few classic songs, including You & Oblivion, Oceanside, and The Cheese Alarm!!
Here

RH - 1998-04-29 - San Francisco, CA

Robyn, from time to time, toured with a violinist named Deni Bonet.  Her contributions were quite significant, broadening the sound, adding emotion.  This is one of those precious shows, once again taken from the master DAT.  A-mazing stuff!  They do Astronomy Domine.  If you haven't heard Astronomy Domine done on a violin...  Well, it's worth the download for just that!

Here

RH - 1997-06-04 - San Francisco, CA

Here is a show recorded by my friend, taken from the original DAT.  Lots of classic tunes in great quality!  This is a great show!  Arnold Layne!

Here

RH - 1997-05-31 - The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA

For a while Robyn toured with a bloke called Tim Keegan. Tim had his own band, Homer, and often did his own set as the opening act before playing along with Robyn during the second set. Such is the case here.

RH - 1996-05-25 - Borderline

Mr. Bob Dylan, as you'll no doubt recall, performed a famous concert in 1966 which was half acoustic and half electric.  Details here.  Well, in 1996, Mr. Hitchcock recreated most of the concert.  Here.

RH - V - Unhatched Crablings

I was able to confirm that 4 volumes of this series were compiled. However, the DAT we have only contains the first 2 volumes.  If anyone out there has the other 2 volumes, I would certainly like to hear from you.

Here

RH - V - Demons & Fiends

Right around 25 years ago, a new type of cassette trading became possible.  The format was called DAT - Digital Audio Tape.  The decks were more expensive.  The tapes were more expensive.  But, for the first time, copies could be made without generational loss.  Without going into a tedious history lesson, the DAT format caused a bit of a panic in the music industry, was expensive, and essentially collapsed.  But, during that brief window, a friend of mine built up a nice collection of Robyn Hitchcock-related DATs.  Some are shows that he recorded himself.  Some are things he got from his internet buddies.  The DATs have been located and losslessly transferred using a professional DAT deck.

The first one is a fan-made compilation of Robyn Hitchcock-related obscurities.  If there was ever cover art or a list of sources, we no longer have it.  Sorry!

Here

Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia

Here

April to August 1963

Here

12 September to 18 September 1969

Here

3 June to 6 June 1964 - Denmark & The Netherlands

Here

Multi-Tracks

Here

This is the very first thing that I ever shared here..  That was 5 years ago.  I burned these files to a DVD.  It promptly disappeared for several years.  Eventually, it resurfaced at the bottom of a box of papers.  Having a look at the files, I think someone must've removed 6 of the tracks.  There are 29 listed on the cover art & only 23 present.  Sorry about that.

Simon and Garfunkel - 2003-12-20 - Atlanta, GA

Here

** In-Freaking-Credible quality! The only thing I am going to do today is smile.

Paul Simon - 1992-03-04 - Complete Unplugged

part 1
part 2

North American Tour Diary 1966

part 1

part 2

part 3

The Ballad of John and Yoko

Vol 1
Vol 2

Down Under for Australia

part 1

part 2

part 3

** Please check the CD 4 folder for the cover art.  Thanks.

Interviews 1968

part 1

part 2

part 3

Interviews 1967

part 1
part 2

North American Tour Diary August 1965

part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4

part 5

Australia and New Zealand Tour Diary

With this post, we will start a series of CDs by a label called Lazy Tortoise. LT specializes in interviews. This sort of background material just doesn't surface often enough. In some cases, the interviews are staggeringly blunt and, well, not the sort of well rehearsed, polished rubbish that you'd hear these days. This particular set contains 4 CDs. Enjoy!
part 1
part 2
part 3

Committee Survival Guide

Here

I spent a bunch of hours going through the dusty archives locating images, fan magazines, and so forth.  This is, as far as I know, everything that can reasonably be shared on the subject.

Many thanks to NeonKnight for providing the above image - back in 1997.  Not only do I still have it in the collection - I was also able to find it.  Bet he didn't see that coming....

DG - 1978 - The CBS Promos (TPR CD 008)

Here OR Here

** This is the audio companion to the DVD project a few posts down.

PF - ASOS (mono)

Here original transfer

Here de-clicked, lightly polished version

This is a new transfer at 24/96 by Neonknight. See comments for details.

DG - 1978 - CBS promo videos

Here

Australian PF - 2012-02-01 - Shine On Picardie at night

Here

** Another new recording from our friend, Muadib!

Cone Photo

Kip Addotta - Life In The Slaw Lane

Here
Kip Addotta came from nowhere to center stage of the novelty song world with "Wet Dream", a lengthy narration filled to the gills with nautical puns.  It was a huge hit on the Dr. Demento show & has seen several official releases on novelty compilations.  His follow-up effort was called "Life In The Slaw Lane".  It's a similar lengthy narration - filled, this time, with puns about vegetables.  It was not the rousing success that his first effort had been.

I dug through my vast archives to find my copy of People Weekly from July 14, 1986, which featured a nice two page article about Mr. Addotta.  It mentions his 6-ft inflatable Godzilla and that his next song would be about colors.  As far as I know, it never happened.

You get the video from a U-matic source.  It's not perfect, but it's almost certainly the best version that you'll ever find.  I actually own an original LP of "Life In The Slaw Lane".  It's hard to believe that it was almost 30 years ago ....