The Smashing Pumpkins - Atlanta, GA, 1998

This is The Smashing Pumpkins recorded live back on August 4th, 1998 at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta GA, USA. The show was broadcast locally by 99X, Atlanta. The concert was part of the bands Adore tour and is a fairly typical example of the songs performed at this time.

After the marathon Infinite Sadness tour, the band embarked on a scaled-back 36-date world tour entitled An Evening with The Smashing Pumpkins to support Adore. Abroad, the Pumpkins played at what had been called an "eclectic mix of interesting venues", among them the rooftop of a FNAC record store in Paris, France, in the botanic gardens of Brussels, Belgium, at the Cannes Film Festival, and at an International Shipping Harbor in Sydney, Australia. In the United States, the Pumpkins donated 100% of their ticket profits to local charities (yet one stop on the tour, Minneapolis, was a free concert and underestimated the attendance of the show). In the end, the Pumpkins, with the help of their fans, raised over $2.8 million in this manner.

The lineup was the most expansive yet, including former John Mellencamp and Melissa Etheridge drummer Kenny Aronoff, percussionists Dan Morris and Stephen Hodges, and David Bowie pianist Mike Garson. Violinist Lisa Germano was also set to appear, but did not ultimately appear in the touring line-up. The set was mainly Adore material, with only a handful of reworked Mellon Collie songs and no songs from prior to 1995, eliminating many of their radio hits and fan favorites. 

A remastered and expanded version for the album will be released on CD and vinyl in 2013 as a part of the band's project to reissue their back catalogue from 1991-2000.

Source: FM Broadcast (99X - Atlanta, GA)

Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 variable@171 - 202kbps. 

Genre: Alternative Rock.

Set: Full set.

Set List:

01. To Sheila
02. Behold! The Night Mare
03. Pug
04. Crestfallen
05. Ava Adore
06. Tear
07. Annie-Dog
08. Perfect
09. Thru The Eyes Of Ruby
10. Tonight, Tonight
11. Once Upon A Time * 
12. The Tale Of Dusty And Pistol Pete
13. Where Boys Fear To Tread (tease)
14. Zero (tease) 
15. Bullet With Butterfly Wings
16. Shame
17. For Martha
18. 1979
19. Summertime [Gershwin/Heyward] (tease) 
20. Blank Page
21. Transmission [Joy Division] 
22. Let's Dance [David Bowie]
* Billy solo on acoustic guitar and vocals.
(There are three dropouts in 'To Sheila' at 00:17, 00:19 and 00:20).

Line Up: 

Kenny Aronoff - drums
Billy Corgan - guitar, vocals
Mike Garson - piano, keyboards, synthesizer
Stephen Hodges - percussion
James Iha - guitar, vocals
Dan Morris - percussion
D'arcy Wretzky - bass guitar, vocals

Web: Official HERE. 

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Clare and the Reasons - WFMU 2012

This is Clare and the Reasons back on July 16th this year performing on Irene Trudel's programme at WFMU.

Clare and the Reasons call Brooklyn home, but after touring around the world extensively for their first two albums with Van Dyke Parks, My Brightest Diamond, and on their own, they needed a new setting – one that would make them see and hear differently. For 8 months in 2011 they lived in an apartment on Berlin’s Bergstrasse, on the western edges of what used to be the East. They got a 1968 Schwalbe moped – model KR-51 – and sped around the city at a velocity the congested New York streets would have prohibited. While riding under the vast skies of Berlin, the city a blurred filmstrip of cobblestones, trees, and graffiti, they dreamed up the sounds of this new record. After months of writing under the influence of Berlin they packed up a van and drove to Haldern-Rees, a little German village, to record KR-51. 

In Oct-Nov of 2011, they recorded for long hours, in between bicycling in and around cow fields, under an unimaginable number of stars. The neighbors in the village brought the band homemade apple cake, and the sheep became familiar with the band “bahhing” at them in a strange New York accent as they walked past. The cows offered encouragement and fresh milk to the band.

WFMU who provide so many emerging, new and talented artists with a platform to a wider audience, suffered considerable damage from the recent hurricane both to their studios and transmitter sites. You can support them by visiting their website HERE. 

Source: WFMU Studio recording.

Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @256s. 

Genre: Indie pop, folk.

Set: Studio set.

Set List:

01 The Lake
02 PS
03 Magpie
04 Make Them Laugh
05 Tennessee Blues

Web: Official HERE. 

 
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