Thursday, May 28, 2020

PLASMATICS

artist: PLASMATICS (New York City, New York, USA)
venue: ??
location: Hamburg, GERMANY
date: ?? 1982
length: 28 minutes

HERE
The recording is pretty rough, but the mix and the physical vitality of the cassette both settle in at manageable levels around "Squirm," and the band is shit hot through it all (of course).

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

DESCENDENTS

artist: DESCENDENTS (Los Angeles, California, USA)
venue: Caddyshack
location: Catasaque, Pennsylvania, USA
date: 19 January 1986
length: 64 minutes

HERE

Thursday, May 21, 2020

THE MUTANTS

artist: THE MUTANTS aka MOTOR CITY MUTANTS (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
venue: Harpo's
location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
date: ?? April 1979
length: 29 minutes

HERE

Saturday, May 16, 2020

GAG


artist: GAG (Olympia, Washington, USA)
venue: The Clown Farm
location: ??
date: ?? May 2015
length: 8 minutes


 HERE

Three live tracks with a pretty subpar recording or replication, plus a chopped remix of "Don't Like."

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

AVENGERS

artist: AVENGERS (San Francisco, California, USA)
venue: Mabuhay Gardens
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: 26 February 1978
length: 46 minutes

HERE

artist: AVENGERS (San Francisco, California, USA)
venue: Whisky a Go Go
location: Hollywood, California, USA
date: 04 August 1978
length: 28 minutes

HERE

Thursday, May 7, 2020

EATER

artist: EATER (London, ENGLAND)
venue: ??
location: London, ENGLAND
date: ?? 1977
length: 20 minutes

Recording is rough but all of the elements are there, and this take of "She's Wearing Green" is screaming.  

Sunday, May 3, 2020

CHUMBAWUMBA


artist: CUMBAWUMBA (Burnley, Lancashire, ENGLAND)
venue: Brookwood Hall
location: Dayton, Ohio, USA
date: 18 September 1992
length: 58 minutes

Multi-track live recording from around the time of Shhh (obviously), but the track listing provided with this pro-replicated cassette is completely incorrect.