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[bradm]

http://archive.org/details/bnb2009-12-19.superlux.flac16

Burt Neilson Band - (live recording) 2009-12-19, The Opera House, Toronto, ON

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Brad

[bradm]

ferriswheeler - pieces

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[bradm]

http://archive.org/details/nero2004-11-06.shnf

nero - (live recording) 2004-11-06, Cafe Dekcuf, Ottawa, ON

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Brad

[Kanada Kev]

http://bit.ly/RMk3dk

Mumford & Sons - EPs

The first three EPs the band put out. They contain different versions of some of the songs that appear on their full album, plus a couple of songs not on the album.

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Mumford & Sons (2008)

1 - Roll Away Your Stone

2 - White Blank Page

3 - Liar

4 - Awake My Soul

Love Your Ground (2008)

1 - Little Lion Man

2 - Feel The Tide

3 - Hold On To What You Believe

4 - Banjolin Song

The Cave & the Open Sea (2009)

1 - The Cave

2 - My Heart Told My Head (Winter Winds)

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[bradm]

The DoneFors - Award Winning Album

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Brad

[bradm]

The DoneFors - (live recording) 2011-10-19, The Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa, ON

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Brad

[bradm]

The Jessica Stuart Few - (live recording) 2011-10-19, The Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa, ON

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Brad

[NewRider]

[bradm]

The DoneFors - (live recording) 2011-09-23, The Elmdale House Tavern, Ottawa, ON

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Brad

[hamilton]

Steve Winwood, Arc Of A Diver.

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[Kanada Kev]

oooh ... this is good. Totally diggin' it at work right now on the headphones. Works better than coffee

http://bit.ly/SuqzGu

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat + Bone

Meat And Bone is the first studio album by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in eight years. This is straight-up, Grade A Blues Explosion, mixed by Mr. Spencer himself, with no special guests. Meat And Bone is 12 prime cuts of raw rock ‘n’ roll, recorded on Sly Stone’s “Riot†Flickinger console at the legendary Key Club Recording Studio in Benton Harbor, MI, and mixed in the jungles of New York City. Judah Bauer, Russell Simins and Jon Spencer continue to blow minds with their fusillade of energy and rhythm, and have once again proven that the Blues is #1!

Says Jon Spencer: “We still have that psychic glue that allows us to create music together. Over the course of a year touring and writing new songs and recording, we rediscovered our shared history as a band. We circled the wagons, and went back to our roots. In a way this is almost like another first album.â€

On stage and in the studio, Judah Bauer, Russell Simins and Jon Spencer have destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon. Make no mistake: The Blues Explosion was there first. They are the original. It was their sanctified outbursts and blues-bending riffs that began the new-fangled roots rock revolution and spawned countless imitators. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion has blazed a furious trail into the future with incendiary spirit built from courage, audacity, and revolt. Nothing has been the same since. - Drift

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Tracklist

1. Black Mold

2. Bag Of Bones

3. Boot Cut

4. Get Your Pants Off

5. Ice Cream Killer

6. Strange Baby

7. Bottle Baby

8. Danger

9. Black Thoughts

10. Unclear

11. Bear Trap

12. Zimgar

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[Kanada Kev]

http://bit.ly/PDSgw4

Paul Simon - Live In New York

When it came time to cut a live album documenting his supporting tour for his excellent 2011 album So Beautiful or So What, Paul Simon did what he always does: he set up shop in his hometown of New York City. Previously, he — either with or without Art Garfunkel — released albums recorded at massive venues like Madison Square Garden or Central Park, but Hear Music’s 2012 Live in New York City — available either as a two-CD/one-DVD set or simply as a double CD or single DVD — was recorded at the comparatively intimate Webster Hall and, appropriately enough, the performance feels comparatively cozy, Simon striking just the right blend of playing for himself and playing for the audience. He showcases a nice chunk of So Beautiful or So What — “Dazzling Blue,†“So Beautiful or So What,†“Rewrite,†“The Afterlife,†roughly half of the album — and about half of Graceland, often opting for album tracks over hits (no “You Can Call Me Al†or “Graceland,†but “That Was Your Mother†and “Gumboots†both make the cut), and when he does dip into such standards as “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,†“Mother and Child Reunion,†“Slip Slidin’ Away,†and “Still Crazy,†he finds subtle little ways to inject a bit of groove into their well-worn contours. Simon is pleasing the crowd without pandering, and he winds up with a live album that’s lively, slightly surprising, warm, and undeniably fun. - Allmusic

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Tracklist

CD1:

01 – The Obvious Child

02 – Dazzling Blue

03 – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

04 – So Beautiful Or So What

05 – Mother And Child Reunion

06 – That Was Your Mother

07 – Hearts And Bones

08 – Crazy Love, Vol. II

09 – Slip Slidin’ Away

10 – Rewrite

CD2:

01 – The Boy In The Bubble

02 – The Only Living Boy In New York

03 – The Afterlife

04 – Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

05 – Gumboots

06 – The Sound Of Silence

07 – Kodachrome

08 – Gone At Last

09 – Late In The Evening

10 – Still Crazy After All These Years

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[Kanada Kev]

http://bit.ly/QmFqpI

Mumford & Sons – Babel

For some reason many people seem to have an issue with Mumford & Sons. This might be because they see the group’s music as being some way north of corporate. Safe enough indeed that M&S – that’s an unfortunate diminution, right there – were flown to Washington DC to perform during a summit between David Cameron and Barack Obama. But this criticism seems harsh: after all, where’s the point in judging a band by criteria that don’t apply to the music at hand?

That said, the music Mumford & Sons make is not all that safe. The group do not sound like anyone else, and the songs on Babel – as with those on debut album Sigh No More, a top five release in both the US and the UK – don’t adhere to the kind of formula one might adopt were they attempting to second-guess the pop charts.

Although the songs are melodic and accessible, they are far from routine; heavy rhythms dominate the floor of most tracks, while frontman Marcus Mumford’s impassioned and rasping vocals give the air of a man who is at least singing for his supper, and on occasions even his life.

Despite what the haters might say, this is impressive stuff. The beautiful and stirring Holland Road speaks of someone being “cut downâ€, while an ominous drumbeat suggests footsteps trudging away, frustrated and alone.

Whispers In The Dark flutters like a quickly beating heart, its melodies drifting in and out of focus as the song’s mood shifts from gentle refrain to dominant force.

Best yet is closing track Not With Haste, a fragile ballad that shimmers like sunshine on an empty sea. As this track builds force, Mumford asserts that “I am what I amâ€, although he may have added that he is not what many people assume.

Mumford & Sons are a fine modern folk band who have found ways to breathe new life into an ancient form of music. In an ideal world, it would be nice if the group were afforded the credit they deserve before they, too, fade into the past. - BBC

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Tracklist

01 – Babel

02 – Whispers In The Dark

03 – I Will Wait

04 – Holland Road

05 – Ghosts That We Knew

06 – Lover Of The Light

07 – Lovers’ Eyes

08 – Reminder

09 – Hopeless Wanderer

10 – Broken Crown

11 – Below My Feet

12 – Not With Haste

13 – For Those Below

14 – The Boxer

15 – Where Are You Now

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[Esau.]

Bob Dylan

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hamilton Place

21 August 1992

disc 1

1. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (trad.)

2. Pretty Peggy-O (trad. arr. Bob Dylan)

3. All Along The Watchtower

4. Tangled Up In Blue

5. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

6. Simple Twist Of Fate

7. Everything Is Broken

8. Little Moses (Bert A. Williams/Earle C. Jones)

9. Boots Of Spanish Leather

10. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

11. Mr. Tambourine Man

disc 2

1. Cat's In The Well

2. The Times They Are A-Changin'

3. Idiot Wind

4. Maggie's Farm

5. What Good Am I?

6. Highway 61 Revisited

7. It Ain't Me, Babe

[Kanada Kev]

Thank you Mr. Zimmerman :bonghit:

http://bit.ly/Sav9yH

Bob Dylan - The New York Sessions (Blood on the Tracks)

There’s a perfectly good reason that every time Bob Dylan has released an album of new material over the past decade it gets tagged as his “best since Blood On The Tracksâ€. Put simply, it’s because Blood On The Tracks is the finest collection of songs Dylan has recorded since his mid-60’s heyday - some would even argue it bests those undeniable classics. Whether it does or not, Blood On The Tracks remains one of the most universally praised albums in his canon, as well as, arguably, his most personal. It is also one of the best records of the 1970’s -a stunning return to form after a disappointing stretch of early 70’s albums that had many wondering if the world’s greatest songwriter had lost his touch.

One of the interesting things about Blood On The Tracks is that Dylan had recorded it in 1974 in New York, but after hearing the takes decided some changes were in order. He switched studios - finding one in Minneapolis - and re-recorded half of the 10 songs with a new set of session players. He found the original tapes a bit monotonous, but over the years fans have developed quite an affair with them because of their stripped down nature - some would say a more appropriate setting for lyrics of such a confessional nature. Now you get to decide - here’s the Blood On The Tracks’ songs as Dylan originally imagined them while in New York.

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Tracklist

01. Tangled Up In Blue (Alternate Take)

02. Simple Twist Of Fate

03. You’re A Big Girl Now (Alternate Take)

04. Idiot Wind (Alternate Take)

05. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

06. Meet Me In The Morning

07. Lily, Rosemary, & Jack Of Hearts (Alternate Take)

08. If You See Her, Say Hello (Alternate Take)

09. Shelter From The Storm

10. Buckets Of Rain

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[Esau.]

Bob Dylan

Jewels and Binoculars

26 CD bootleg box set covering most of Dylan's (& the Hawks') 1966 tours, studio recordings and performances.

Disc 10/26

April 29 - KonsertHuset, Stockholm, Sweden

She Belongs To Me (3:15)

4th Time Around (4:09)

Visions Of Johanna (7:25)

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (5:14)

Desolation Row (4:32 - incomplete)

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Have Never Met) (5:09)

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (3:31)

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (0:38 - incomplete)

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (3:10)

One Too Many Mornings (2:16 - incomplete)

Ballad Of A Thin Man (6:04)

[bradm]

http://archive.org/details/nero2004-11-05.shnf

nero - (live recording) 2004-11-05, Cafe Dekcuf, Ottawa, ON

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Brad

[bradm]

The Unseen Strangers - (live recording) 2012-09-19, Irene's Pub, Ottawa, ON

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Brad

[Schwa.]

linkskee?

[bradm]

linkskee?

Not just yet. I'm still chopping it up, and I'm going to run it by the band to get their OK for uploading it. (I've given them the previous two nights, but they haven't got back to me about them yet.)

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Brad

[Kanada Kev]

http://bit.ly/UKNC4n

The Tragically Hip – Now For Plan A

Critically acclaimed for over two decades, The Tragically Hip has been at the heart of the Canadian musical zeitgeist for evoking a strong emotional connection between their music and their fans that remains unrivaled in this country. A five-piece group of friends including Robby Baker (guitar), Gordon Downie (vocals, guitar), Johnny Fay (drums), Paul Langlois (guitar) and Gord Sinclair (bass), who grew up in Kingston, Ontario, The Hip has achieved the enviable status of a band that enjoys both mass popularity with over 8 million albums sold worldwide, as well as peer recognition through 11 Juno Awards from more than a dozen recordings.

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Tracklist

01 – At Transformation

02 – Man Machine Poem

03 – The Lookahead

04 – We Want To Be It

05 – Streets Ahead

06 – Now For Plan A

07 – The Modern Spirit

08 – About This Map

09 – Take Forever

10 – Done And Done

11 – Goodnight Attawapiskat

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[bradm]

A recently unearthed recording of BNB at moe.down in 2004. (I recorded them that weekend, but my discs sound overloadly crappy, unlistenable; one of the Daves I know was also recording, and this weekend he gave me a stack of MDs to transfer and upload.)

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Brad

[Kanada Kev]

http://bit.ly/P0DrmK

Phish - 12/6/1997 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI

Phish’s third show at The Palace on December 6, 1997 was yet another defining fall ‘97 gig, with an under-recognized set I and a renowned set II that must be heard in one sitting, preferably loud with headphones.

Set I highlights include an intense second-song Run Like An Antelope, alien landscapes of Train Song and seamless pairings of Bathtub Gin > Foam and Fee > Maze. Set II was a unified, non-stop affair: Tweezer > Izabella > Twist > Piper > Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise. As they rounded the bend into the final week of this storied fall tour, the band had a confident swagger that exploded in The Palace with a flood of combined energy that flows through on the tapes. The Palace is deep in the suburbs but this Saturday night show in the home of The Pistons was a slam dunk that reverberated throughout Detroit Rock City and beyond.

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Tracklist

Set I:

1. Golgi Apparatus (5:35)

2. Run Like an Antelope (16:29)

3. Train Song (2:44)

4. Bathtub Gin (12:35)

5. Foam (10:24)

6. Sample in a Jar (5:03)

7. Fee (5:35)

8. Maze (15:10)

9. Cavern (4:49)

SET II:

1. Tweezer (22:25)

2. Izabella (9:26)

3. Twist (7:44)

4. Piper (14:11)

5. Sleeping Monkey (6:05)

6. Tweezer Reprise (4:32)

ENCORE

7. Rocky Top (2:52)

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