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This is The Moody Blues recorded live in concert at the LA Forum (Los Angeles, USA) on Saturday, 3rd December, 1983, the concert was subsequently featured in full on a Westwood One broadcast first aired on the 31st December 1983. This was part of 'The Present' USA tour that included Stevie Ray Vaughn as the opening act. Source: FM stereo Westwood One broadcast. Sound Quality: Good stereo MP3@160kbps. Genre: Prog Rock, AOR, Symphonic Rock... Set: Full concert performance. Set List: 01. Sitting at the Wheel 02. Gemini Dream 03. Tuesday Afternoon 04. The Voice 05. Going Nowhere 06. Stepping in a Slide Zone 07. The Story in Your Eyes 08. Hole in the World/Under My Feet 09. Painted Smile/Veteran Cosmic Rocker 10. Driftwood 11. Talking Out of Turn 12. Running Water 13. Gypsy 14. Isn't Life Strange 15. Blue World 16. I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock 'n' Roll Band) 17. Nights in White Satin 18. Legend of a Mind 19. Question 20. Ride My See-Saw Links: Official site HER...

OK it's a double header today, with a second Beehive Candy recommendation, and this is superb (I know, in my opinion). A little record label called Casa Nueva based in Boston, USA, recently put out their first release, King Wilkie Present: The Wilkie Family Singers by the acclaimed Brooklyn-based stringband King Wilkie. I'll quote the press release because as I listen again to the album now, this kind of summarises matters.. "It’s a cinematic concept album, consisting of songs written and recorded by the fictional, dysfunctional Wilkie family as part of a music therapy program spearheaded by the mysterious Dr. Art. This haunting backdrop is brought to life with music that draws from clattering, rustic stringband sounds, while adding more contemporary and eccentric overtones – from shimmering electric guitars to wheezing, Salvation Army brass. Special guests include Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Rowan, Abigail Washburn, Sam Parton (The Be Good Tanyas), David Bromberg, and John Mc...

A quick update on one of my favorite new bands First Aid Kit . The band are touring throughout August and have just launched their new website This Is First Aid Kit . They are also recording and filming various covers following on from a very feisty version of Fleet Foxes 'Tiger Mountain Peasant Song' some months back. You are invited to suggest songs for them to perform and can do this through their website. So far covered are Buffy Sainte-Marie's classic 'Universal Soldier', Johnny Cash's 'Walk The Line' and most recent a version of Graham Nash's 'Simple Man'. All can be viewed and listened to over at their new site. Listen: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song: MP3: HERE . From the debut 'Drunken Trees' EP check out the excellent 'Cross Oceans'. Finally if you are at an event that includes First Aid Kit on the bill, don't be surprised if they turn up elsewhere for an impromptu session this summer!

I may be a little late in on The Dimes , who are based in Portland, Oregon, and made quite a splash with their 2007 debut release, The Silent Generation, getting praise and from everyone from SPIN and Magnet Magazines... to USA Today and NPR... and a ton of blogs including Large Hearted Boy, KEXP, Three Imaginary Girls, Pampelmoose and many others. Having received some promo material back in June, I kinda lost site of this one until I decided to spend some time going through each mail, and am I pleased I listened to their 'New England' EP ! Based on real stories and events born of and around Boston, Massachusetts, the four song EP is rich with texture and a consistent pastoral thread, complete with mandolins, acoustic guitars, stomps, claps, banjos, melodicas and more pop-laden harmonies than you'll know what to do with. The record reveals a glimpse of the latest material from The Dimes, as they wrap up a new full-length record based of the same themes, due out August 2009....

This is the second Nick Lowe concert to appear on the Beehive, this one some sixteen years later, and it's a superb concert Live at the London Palladium, back on October 14th, 2001. Source: Soundboard Sound Quality: Very good stereo MP3@192kbps. Genre: Pub Rock, New Wave, from rock to country to soul to pop. Set: Full concert performance. Set List: 01 Intro By Robert Elms 02 Let Things Slide 03 Intro by Nick Lowe 04 What’s Shaking On The Hill 05 Half A Boy 06 Has She Got A Friend 07 Faithless Lover 08 Man I’ve Become 09 True Love Travels On A Gravel Road 10 I Live On The Battlefield 11 You Inspire Me 12 Cruel To Be Kind 13 Indian Queens 14 Let’s Stay In 15 Band Introduction 16 Wildest Dream 17 I Knew The Bride Band Line Up: Nick Lowe - rhythm guitar, bass guitar, vocals Geraint Watkins - keyboards Robert Trehern - drums Steve Donnelly - lead guitar Links: Official site HERE . Wikipedia piece HERE . Comments: This concert was part of the promotion for the then new 'The Co...

This is Ry Cooder performing live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, California, USA, on the 7th July 1974. This recording is from KSAN's broadcast series, and is also available in the excellent Wolfgangs Vault. Ry is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American roots music, and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. Ry Cooder was ranked number 8 on Rolling Stone 's "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." Ry remains one of the very few studio icons who has gained the reputation as a "musician's musician." Source: Pre FM Master. Sound Quality : Extremely good stereo mp3 @320kbps. Genre: Rock , roots music, folk, blues, soul, and more. Set: Complete performance Track List: 1. Police Dog Blues 2. FDR In Trinidad 3. If Walls Could Talk 4. Tamp Em Up Solid 5. Ax Sweet Mama 6. Billy The Kid 7. Vigilante Man 8. How an A Poor Man Stand Such Times & Live 9. Tattler...

This is Talking Heads live at The Stardust Room, Las Vegas, NV in the USA way back on the 29th September 1979. David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth were 'alumni' of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. There David Byrne and Chris Frantz formed a band called "The Artistics" in 1974. Tina Weymouth was Chris Frantz's girlfriend and often provided the band with transportation. The Artistics dissolved within a year, and the three moved to New York, eventually sharing an apartment. Unable to find a bass player in New York City, Chris Frantz decided to encourage Tina Weymouth to learn to play bass. They played their first gig as "Talking Heads" opening for the Ramones at CBGB on June 8, 1975. In a later interview, Tina Weymouth recalled how the group chose the name Talking Heads: "A friend had found the name in the TV Guide , which explained the term used by TV studios to describe a head-and-shoulder shot of a person talk...

The Flaming Lips formed back in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, USA in 1983, and have enjoyed varying degrees of critical, and popular success down the years, perhaps this past decade has been the best one for them. This recording gives those yet to see them live an audio taster, however there is no substitute for the real thing so 'catch them if you can'. If you are new to the band check them out, fans either have a copy of this, or will love it! This then is The Flaming Lips live on the 2nd May 2006, at Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden. Source: FM recording. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @192kbps. Genre: Alternative rock, Indie rock, Neo-psychedelia, Space rock, Experimental rock. Set: Full Set (possibly edited for broadcast, cannot confirm). Set List: 1. Introduction 2. Race for the Prize 3. Free Radicals 4. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt.1 5. Vein of Stars (Introduction) 6. Vein of Stars 7. Yeah Yeah Yeah Song... 8. In the Morning of the Magicians 9. The W.A.N.D. 10. The...

I did not realise until checking out some background for this recording that ZZ Top originally formed in 1969. The band holds the distinction of being among the few rock bands still composed of its original recording members, (and for nearly 40 years until September 2006, the same manager producer, and image maker, Bill Ham) . I suppose it is yet another 'how old do you feel' moment, as at the time of this concert, the band had already released seven albums including a 'best of' good thing they still look pretty much the same! This is ZZ Top live at The Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey, USA on the 30th August 1980. Source: Soundboard recording. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @192kbps. Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, distinct and oh so ZZ Top! Set: Seems to short for full set, includes all final songs. Set List: 1. I Thank You 2. Waiting For The Bus 3. Jesus Left Chicago 4. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 5. Low Down In The Street 6. A Fool For Your Stockings 7....

This is Squeeze back in 1981, and to make you feel as old as I do, this concert was performed a couple of years after 'Cool For Cats' was released, and almost a year after Jools Holland left the band, you know the score 'oh how time flies'. This includes some of the best Squeeze songs from their early years, and goes to show just how good a live act they have always been. This concert was performed at the Oxford Polytechnic on the 15th May 1981. Source: BBC radio FM broadcast. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @320kbps. Genre: New Wave, 'Indie' pop & rock. Set: Almost the complete set recorded by the BBC (two songs missing). Set List: 1. Take Me I'm Yours 2. Another Nail In My Heart 3. Separate Beds 4. Slightly Drunk 5. Out Of Touch 6. I Think I'm Go Go 7. Is That Love 8. Heaven 9. Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) 10. Yap Yap 11. Cool For Cats 12. Up The Junction 13. Messed Around 14. Goodbye Girl ('To Many Teardrops', and 'I'v...

The Rolling Stones American Tour of 1972, often referred to as the S.T.P. Tour (for Stones Touring Party), was a much publicized and much written about concert tour of the United States and Canada in June and July 1972. According to the Wikipedia entry for this tour: 'the tour followed the release of the group's album Exile on Main St. a few weeks earlier on 12th May . But this was far more than a rock band's typical promotional tour following the release of a new recording. Rather, it became a major pop cultural event of the time. It came at the height of the Stones' reputation as "The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World." At the same time, singer Mick Jagger was by now a glamorous celebrity who had moved into the jet set of high society. These aspects were all intertwined, and so the tour attracted much attention from observers of both high culture and low culture'. This particular bootleg, is a compilation of four shows, over two nigh...

This is Marillion back in 1983, the year they released their debut album 'Script for a Jester's Tear' (recorded at Marquee Studios, London, December 1982 - February 1983) and released in March 2 003. Throughout 1983 the band toured across the UK, Europe, and the USA, predominately as the headline act and selling out mainstream venues ( they opened for Rush at the Radio City Music Hall, New York for 5 nights) . Having built a credible London audience at the legendary Marquee Club prior to achieving notable success, the band chose to perform two secret gigs at the venue in 1983 (the previous year the club was their key London venue). On May 12th 1983 they appeared as 'Skyline Drifters' at the venue, and for this particular concert at the Marquee Club London, on Sunday 30th, October, 1983 , they sold out under the name 'Lufthansa Air Terminal' , clearly their fans back then new what was going on. Source: Original soundboard to audio cassette to MP3 ...

Whilst this is not an exclusive for this site, I just felt obliged to to share this gem, for anyone who likes Annie Lennox , either as a solo artist, or from her days with The Eurythmics, or going a bit further back The Tourists. This was from a solo performance with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Recorded for BBC Radio Two at the Mermaid Theatre, London, on the 16th August 2007 and subsequently broadcast on the 25th August 2007, this is a very distinctive performance from one of rocks leading ladies. Source: Pre FM master. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @192kbps. Genre: Rock, pop, blue eyed soul. Set: Full Set. Set List: 01 - Little Bird (4:32) 02 - Walking On Broken Glass (4:38) 03 - No More I Love Yous (5:00) 04 - Cold (5:45) 05 - Dark Road (4:25) 06 - Smithereens (5:18) 07 - Ghost In My Machine (3:24) 08 - A Thousand Beautiful Things -Sisters Are Doing It (5:15) 09 - Saved The World Today (4:55) 10 - Here Comes The Rain Again (5:12) 11 - Why (5:12) 1...

This is the second live recording of The Tubes featured on Beehive Candy, this one from 1981, on this occasion live at The Palladium, New York City, USA. This concert was also circulated on a promo disc (radio transcription vinyl album) at the time. A bootleg version called Shocker has also circulated. I think based on the quality of this recording it is from an off air FM recording. Source: King Biscuit Flower Hour recording (not currently available within Wolfgangs Vault). Sound Quality: Good stereo (FM source) mp3 @128kbps. Genre: Rock, from Pop Rock to New Wave. Set: One hour of concert (some other songs probably edited out). Set List: 1. Overture - Matter of Pride 2. Think About Me 3. Mr. Hate 4. Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman 5. Smoke 6. Mondo Bondage 7. Don’t Want To Wait Anymore 8. Sushi Girl 9. Talk To Ya Later 10. White Punks On Dope Band: Rick Anderson - bass Michael Cotton - synthesizers Prairie Prince - drums Bill Spooner - guitar, vocals Roger Steen - guitar, harmonica,...

This is the excellent Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy live in concert at The Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany, and broadcast back on the January 21st, 2008. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one, and was the best selling album in the UK in 2008 and has sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide. In 2009 she won three BRIT Awards , British breakthrough, Best female solo and Best British album. She also won a Grammy Award in the category Best pop vocal album for Rockferry , and she was nominated for two other Grammy awards. Duffy was the first Welsh female to achieve a number one pop single in twenty-five years with her second single 'Mercy ' which also happens to be the most played song on radio and in restaurants and bars in the United Kingdom in 2008. Source: RBB Radio Eins (Berlin, Germany) FM Stereo. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @320kbps. Genre: Pop, Rock, Soul. Set: Full radio performance set. Set List: 1. Rockferry 2...

Crosby, Stills and Nash are yet another group (with and/or without Neil Young) that have been the subject of many live bootleg recordings. This recording has circulated as 'Acoustic Harmonies' or 'The Acoustic Concert' and a thirteen track version was circulated as 'Remember The Good Days'. All were recorded from a performance at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco back on the 10th November 1991. The concert was broadcast a year later (6th November 1982) on TV in the USA. Some versions are audio rips from the TV broadcast, some are soundboard (I hope you are keeping up with this, a small exam follows). From the early 1980's well into the 1990's Crosby, Stills and Nash were hardly on peak form, for all manner of well documented reasons. However a well-conceived box set arrived in 1991, four  discs  of expected group highlights amidst unexpected better tracks from various solo projects. Owing to 'certain difficulties', a reasonable amount of ...

Katrina and The Waves are understandably considered a one hit wonder band for many, largely as a result of the success and longevity of 'Walking On Sunshine' . That's hardly that surprising, as according to a survey by the UK's Performing Rights Society, the song was the second most played summer song on radio in 2008. In Europe they also remain well known because they surprisingly (if briefly) surged back into the limelight by winning the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom, with the song 'Love Shine a Light' . This is the band around the time of their original period of success performing for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, at the 9:30 Club, in Washington, DC, USA on the 16th May 1985. Source: Pre FM recording. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @192kbps. Genre: Pop, 80's Rock. Set: Full KBFH set. Set List: 1. Intro 2. Jealous Browned Eyed Son 3. Lovely Lindsay 4. Que Te Quiero 5. Do You Want Crying 6. The Game O...

It's not surprising there are so many live bootlegs of Bruce Springsteen to be found, the guys been a prolific tourer across four decades now, so it's nice to come across one that's a little bit different. This is the second half of a benefit concert for the Rumson Country Day School (RCDS) that Bruce Springsteen had performed at every year between 2002 and 2006 (during April-May). On this occasion he is playing alongside past and present members of The Asbury Dukes , and is joined on several numbers by Southside Johnny . This is from the 2005 benefit, and in someways sounds like you have gate crashed someones private party, the interaction with the audience is intimate and spontaneous, the music superb. Performing on the 10th April 2005, at The Stone Pony, New Jersey, this is Bruce Springsteen and friends. Source: Soundboard recording. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3 @224kbps. Genre: Rock, Folk, Blues Rock , Heartland rock. Set: Second part of con...

The Psychedelic Furs have been a favorite band of mine since first hearing 'Sister Europe' back in 1980, a song that seems as fresh and original today, as it did getting on for thirty years ago. The band came together in England's developing punk scene in 1977, where they were initially called 'RKO' then 'Radio'. They then alternated between calling themselves 'The Europeans' and 'The Psychedelic Furs', playing gigs under both names before permanently settling on the latter. The band initially consisted of Richard Butler (vocals), Tim Butler (bass guitar), Duncan Kilburn (saxophone), Paul Wilson (drums) and Roger Morris (guitars). By 1979, this line up had expanded to a sextet with Vince Ely replacing Wilson on drums and John Ashton being added on guitar. By 1981 the band had found reasonable success in the USA, and were picked up by mainstream radio stations. This is the band live in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, (Main Event), ...

I still read several of the UK music press publications every month, and have built up a personal list of music sites, that have reliably led me to discover highly enjoyable new music on a regular basis. Along with that, one of the perks of running this music website, is the material from promoters, agencies, and bands themselves, that come this way. I select new music to share on a simple criteria, either I like it (another perk), it complements the live material, or finally, it adds to the diversity of music on Beehive Candy. There's a selection of all of the above in this months recommendations, nicely mixed up, see what you think. Camera Obscura . OK this is easy, I love the very excellent Scottish band Camera Obscura, and am a little late in encouraging some more interest in their latest album (released back in April). The new album 'My Maudlin Career' is their fourth and continues to present some wonderful indie pop songs, crafted in a very definitive and warm style....