CyberHippie Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Weird, someone at work just handed me a Days of You tape called 'Promise of Spring'. Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Cosmic Steve always speaks very highly of this band... must be good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 It's their very first tape. Their sound was really different back then; more "jangly" and not nearly as well produced or professional as their later stuff. That was what they used to sell at their shows in the late-'80s back when Mike Lowcock was still playing piano in the band, before he and Mark Thackway got into a fist fight. After that, the lineup changed alot, they got a much bassier sound, and even started throwing in some Zappa sound. Anyway, I always really liked Promise of Spring, but it was easily their weakest release. Any chance you want to somehow digitize that tape and make it available to someone (say me?) on CD or something? I haven't heard it in like 12 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted February 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I could probably hook that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 StoneMtn, you are the man! Bring back Days Of You................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 They're great, Stn was spinning some out west.... Remember when they played Ottawa last (was this it? 2.27.2002) SICK NFO that night eh Booche?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Last time I saw Days Of You was in Toronto at Rock & Roll Heaven opening for Kingfish...(89,90 or 91 I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 They're great, Stn was spinning some out west.... Remember when they played Ottawa last (was this it? 2.27.2002) I think that's from 2002-04-27, not 02-27. My 2002 calendar also has a show on 2002-09-19 at Cafe Dekcuf, which I remember as they gave out (or was it sold?) an EP CD with a bunch of newly recorded stuff. I don't have any DoY shows written down in 2003, so I think 2002-09-19 was the last Ottawa one. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Hey BradM, I actually have that CD you speak of in my hands! They did give it away at the show. It's 4 tracks (Mo'reen, Ahh, The Last One to Leave and Elements). All very good songs and the recording quality is great. I'm throwing it on right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I second Booche's commenst... being back the DoY!! Was a long time fan in Toronto since about 1990... used to love the days at the Rivoli or Sneaky Dees... great shows at the Opera House too... any chance the guys still read this board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Here's some quick trivia for ya... Unless I'm mistaken, Days of You originally called themselves "Deja Vu". Unfortunately, the name was already taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 They're great, Stn was spinning some out west.... Remember when they played Ottawa last (was this it? 2.27.2002) SICK NFO that night eh Booche?? I thought the empty stage was a shot at the "George Jones" ishness of the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Weren't they also called "The Other Ones" at one point, and did a lot of Grateful Dead material? Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 They did start out doing Dead stuff, but I think that The Other Ones were a different band; but I may be wrong. (It's hard to remember that long ago.) There were also a couple of other bands in that group from Toronto, including The Kind and The Smoking Coconuts (and the lesser-known The Coma Toast) that would often play together and had the same fanbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Coma Toast? Ha! That empty picture above actually has a toaster singing into the mic. Look closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Last time I saw Days Of You was in Toronto at Rock & Roll Heaven opening for Kingfish...(89,90 or 91 I think) Oh my gosh!! I was there too... I forgot about that night until you mentioned it. Wasn't that at the Spectrum? I saw Phish at the Spectrum in 92...cost me $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted February 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Incidently, the guy who gave me the tape says he has a pile of them, never been opened. If he's looking to get rid of them anyone interested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 YES PLEASE Hippie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Yes! Those are serious relics, and although I owned 10 or more copies of that over time, I don't think I currently have one, because I kept giving them away.CyberHippie, if you could hook me up, I'd certainly send you something in return. Let me know if you can pull this off, and I'll PM you my contact info.(And Thanks!)Edit by SM: Oh, but I still hope to get a digitized version. I have no idea how to do that from a cassette, myself, and I don't even have a working cassette deck; so I probably would only ever listen to a CD. I'd still love a copy of that tape, though, to keep my DoY official-release collection complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Incidently, the guy who gave me the tape says he has a pile of them, never been opened. If he's looking to get rid of them anyone interested? Please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I was there too! Look what I found: ps: D.O.Y were originally called The Other Ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I was there too!Look what I found: ps: D.O.Y were originally called The Other Ones Nice,I have mine somewhere,wish my scanner worked. I was hoping you would post in this thread,I couldn't recall who else from this board was also there but I knew someone was. I won a "Deadicated" CD that night for wearing two pieces of tye dye clothing...oh have the times changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 a friend of POG and mine recorded that Kingfish show on video i believe Sneaky Dees... oh those were some good times hey bro :: I too have promise of spring...or i should say had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 D.O.Y were originally called The Other Ones Ya, I thought about that since posting. Were they not, though, called "The Other One"? I'm not trying to be nitpicky. I just don't think they had the same name that the Dead had in between being the Grateful Dead and their current name. I may be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 They're great, Stn was spinning some out west.... Remember when they played Ottawa last (was this it? 2.27.2002) SICK NFO that night eh Booche?? or how abouts that SICK frampton by DOY "Ooooh baby I love your way"..... YEAH BABY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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