Black Sabbath - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1975 - DVD

[TV-Broadcast]

As promised, here's another DVD for you. Sound and picture are excellent, this was obviously re-broadcasted on French TV and ripped to this DVD. Credits go to whoever did this, you did a good job!

It's a great show, it rocks! Enjoy!!!

Tracklist:

- Killing yourself to live

- Hole in the sky

- Snowblind

- War Pigs

- Paranoid

DVD:

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...and that's it for 2009!

Although I don't think that anything really changes just because it's a new year or even decade, I still wanna wish all of you a happy new year! I hope it'll be all you want it to be! Enjoy tonight's party if you're going to one! Well, simply enjoy whatever you're doing, especially if it involves sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll!

I also wanna thank you - especially the regulars and the guys leaving comments or using the shoutbox - for sticking and bearing with me. Your honest interest and friendly words are really keeping me going and are making this worthwhile!

Keep on rocking in the new year!

...and don't forget to boogie!


WHAT'S NEXT: I'm just uploading another DVD for you guys to start the new year properly: with rock music!

John Fogerty - Lucca Summer Festival, July 26th 2009

[Radio-Broadcast]

John Fogerty - Lucca Summer Festival, Lucca, Piazza Napoleone, July 26th 2009

You can't go too wrong with John Fogerty in my opinion. He's still a brilliant and dedicated singer and musician and he has so many classics up his sleeve, the chance that one of his shows will turn out boring is very small.

Compared to some other shows he has played in the last decade, he is playing not too many of his standards. Nothing wrong with that, nice to see he isn't solely relying on stuff written 30 years ago, although I wouldn't mind a set consisting of classics only! You know what I mean...

I'm sure you will enjoy this show, from the first powerful seconds of "Up around the bend" on you'll know that this is a goodie! Enjoy!!!!

Tracklist:
01 - Intro
02 - Up Around The Bend
03 - Green River
04 - Sweet Hitchhiker
05 - Who'll Stop The Rain
06 - Born On The Bayou
07 - Lookin Out My Backdoor
08 - Ramble Tamble
09 - Midnight Special
10 - It Ain't Right
11 - Don't You Wish It Was True
12 - Picks' Distribution
13 - Joy Of My Life
14 - Working On A Building
15 - Have You Ever Seen The Rain
16 - Keep On Chooglin
17 - The Night Time Is The Right Time
18 - Jambalaya
19 - Outro

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Karlsruhe, Schwarzwaldhalle 1972

[Soundboard]

Here's a really great sounding boot from ELP! It's a rip of an old vinyl boot btw. They're playing their way through "Pictures on an exhibition" as well as another disc worth of classics, just check out the setlist below.

Can't say much more about this one except that it's really good. It sounds warm and nice, like vinyl does... Enjoy!!!

Tracklist:
01 - Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade-The Gnome
02 - Promenade [vocal]-The Sage
03 - The Old Castle-Blues Variation-Promenade-The Hut of Baba Yaga-The Curse Of Baba Yaga-Conclusion
04 - Trilogy-The Endless Enigma
05 - Tarkus
06 - Take A Pebble 1-Old Blue
07 - Intermezzo
08 - Piano Improvisation
09 - Take A Pebble Reprise
10 - Knife Edge
11 - Rondo
12 - Rondo Drums 2
13 - Nutrocker

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Blue Cheer - Bonn, Harmonie, April 11th 2008

[TV-Broadcast]

Blue Cheer - Bonn, Harmonie, Crossroads Festival, April 11th 2008

As most of you will know, Dickie Peterson died in October. In his memory, here's a more recent Blue Cheer show. It was recorded in Germany, where he has been living for a while already.

I don't need to explain the importance of this band for rock music to any of you. The impact they caused with their first album can still be felt and who knows what we might be missing today if it had never been recorded (except for the great album itself, of course!!!). All of you who have seen Blue Cheer live will remember the powerful show and their very sympathetic front man. You could tell how much he was into what he was doing.

He'll be missed!!! Please enjoy this show and remember Dickie!

Tracklist:
01 - Parchment Farm  
02 - Rollin' Dem Bones  
03 - Out Of Focus  
04 - Just A Little Bit  
05 - Maladjusted Child  
06 - Summertime Blues  
07 - The Hunter  
08 - Interview  

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Ike and Tina Turner - Portland, March 24th 1974

[Soundboard]

Ike + Tina Turner - Portland, University Of Maine, March 24th 1974

Something a little bit different for you... When it comes to Tina Turner's career after her comeback in the eigthies - I couldn't care less!!! It obviously was a huge success with millions of people out there, but I just can't stand it. If she wants to cultivate a hedge on her head, fine with me! Sadly, that alone won't make her money I guess....

Whatever - this is a nice show, check it out! Tina doesn't join the band until "Sweet Soul Music", so don't let her absence during the first track confuse you! The crows seems to enjoy this a lot, I hope you will, too!

Tracklist:
01 - Intro - Space Race 
02 - El Burrito  
03 - I Feel Allright  
04 - Shaft  
05 - Sweet Soul Music  
06 - With A Little Help From My Friends  
07 - Get Back  
08 - A Love Like Yours  
09 - Come Together  
10 - Nut Bush City Limits  
11 - Proud Mary  
12 - Been Loving You Too Long  
13 - Wanna Take You Higher  
14 - Respect

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Before the decade is over....

Hey everyone,

I know I haven't been posting a lot this month, but there wasn't much I could do about it. Don't wanna go into details and bore you with them, but I wanna do things right and if I can't I'd rather not do (post) anything at all...

Anyway, here are some new boots for you! I'll try to start posting on a regular base again, but I have tons of stuff to catch up with, so forgive me if things are moving a bit slow at first - thanks!

Billy Squier - Beat Club 1982 - DVD

[TV-Broadcast]

Beat Club, Bremen, Germany 1982

Because you demanded it, here's the first full DVD. I hope you like it, I sure do. It took quite a while to upload this one so don't let me down!

It was transferred from a VHS tape, but it's perfectly watchable and 1000% enjoyable! if you like Billy, get this rare recording! It rocks and so does Billy (of course!)!!!

Enjoy!

Tracklist:
-Intro
-In the dark
-Rich kid
-My kinda lover
-Whadda you want from me
-Lonely is the night
-The Stroke
-You should be high, love
-Too daze gone

I'll upload proper artwork soon!

DVD:
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Ka-boom!!! ...and thanks for voting!

Ka-boom!!!

I'm terribly sorry, but I'll have to take another break for a day or two. My computer obviously got infected by a virus from a friend's USB-stick. Damn!!! Gimme a day to fix this and I'll be back posting!

Isn't that just great? It seems that just when I started to feel okay again, my 'puter decided to get sick....

I'm posting this from a friend's machine, but I can't (ab)use it for uploads, of course.

Thanks for voting!!!!!

On a different note: Thanks to everyone who has voted for or against full DVDs or admitted being lost wherever! I really appreciate it. I honestly didn't expect that many people to vote! Cheers!

Consequently, my next post will be a full DVD, I think will probably post one every week or maybe every other week depending on the number and size of files.

Thanks again for understanding and participating!!!

P.S.: Don't worry, the pic above is not a pic of my computer! Gladly, most known malware won't cause it to catch fire!!!

The Black Keys - Chicago - Taste of Randolph St. 2006-06-17

[Great Audience]

Isn't it amazing how much two guys can rock if they know how to do it? Well, The Black Keys surely know how to rock! Their - among others - Zep-influenced tunes won't give you the idea that there are only two guys playing! The pics alone will show you that these guys are the real deal! Just wait 'til you've heard them play (that's in case you're not familiar with their music!).

A friend of the guys came up with the name, it describes people you can't trust. They get compared to The White Stripes a lot, but I guess nobody would do that if they weren't a two-piece. In my humble opinion, the blues influences in The Black Keys' music is much higher, but that's just my two cents....

This show was recorded at the Taste of Randolph St. Open Air in 2006. It sounds awesome, credits go to whoever taped this, you did an awesome job! Check this out and enjoy!

Tracklist:

01 - Just Got To Be

02 - Girl Is On My Mind

03 - Thickfreakness

04 - Stack Shot Billy

05 - Busted

06 - Strange Desire The Flame

07 - 10 A.M. Automatic

08 - Grown So Ugly

09 - Your Touch

10 - You're the One

11 - Set You Free

12 - No Trust

13 - Modern Times

14 - Till I Get My Way

15 - Have Love Will Travel

Audio:

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John Mellencamp - Cleveland, Agora Ballroom, WMMS-FM Coffee Break, August 25th 1984

[FM-Broadcast]

This show is pretty special, first of all it's an acoustic set and he's playing a load of cover versions, just check out the tracklist!

There's not much more to say I think... except: Enjoy!!

Tracklist:

01 - Intro

02 - Crumblin' Down

03 - All along the watchtower

04 - Please don’t bury me

05 - Little Honda

06 - Authority Song

07 - Spider and the Fly

08 - Interview

09 - Mercedes Benz

10 - Sam Stone

11 - Taxi Dancer

12 - Five O’Clock World

13 - Street Fighting Man

14 - Thundering Hearts

15 - Early Bird Cafe

16 - Pink Houses

17 - DJ talk

18 - Last of the rock stars

19 - White Middle Class Blues

20 - Jack and Diane

Audio:

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The Alarm - Toronto, RPM Club 3-01-86

[FM-Broadcast]

I gotta admit that when The Alarm from Wales appeared on the scene in the 80s I was judging a book by its cover, in other words their looks made me think they were another one of the loads of New Wave or U2-clone bands... There were many of them back then and while there were some really good ones, there also were a lot that just didn't rock.... At least not in my opinion.

Not much later I saw them play a few songs live on TV and was blown away!!! A guy I knew taped it and so I listened to it over and over again. These guys ROCKED with so much raw energy and enthusiasm I was speechless. Shame on me for judging them by some funny hairdos!!!! I learned a valuable lesson as a music enthusiast: Close your eyes and open your ears and heart for the music!!!

Anyway, I went to buy their records and they were great, too. In later years they changed their sound a bit towards a classic rock sound without betraying their roots, but with less success than they deserved... I also went to see them live several times - ah, good times!!

Here's a fantastic show from 1986, I'll post some more in the future. Enjoy!!!

Tracklist:

01 - Absolute Reality

02 - Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke

03 - Walk Forever By My Side

04 - Spirit of 76

05 - Blaze Of Glory

06 - 68 Guns

07 - The Stand - The Chant Has Just Begun

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John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K.S. in the U.S.A.

[FM-Broadcast/Soundboard]

I couldn't let you go without more Mellencamp!

Here's a silver boot from 1992, released on the Italian Living Legend label. I really like this one. The sound quality varies a bit on this one, as if it was copied from an audio cassette (it probably was!) instead of the master(s). It's still very enjoyable and it sounds as if John and the band are having a blast, too!! He's cracking jokes, laughs a lot and you can't help but get into a good mood yourself while enjoying this great boot!

There's a mistake on the cover though: Track 12 is not "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." but "Crumblin' down" and 15 isn't "Hurts so good", but "Rumble seat"!!! I have to admit that I forgot about that when I was ripping the CD, so the MP3s are mislabelled, too. Please rename it for now, I may upload it again with the correct title one day....

This one goes out to Kyra!

Tracklist:

01 - Empty Hands

02 - Down And Out In Paradise

03 - Rooty Toot Toot

04 - Pink Houses

05 - Paper in Fire

06 - Hard Times for a Honest Man

07 - Cherry Bomb

08 - Sham Lang Ding Dong

09 - Small Town

10 - Lonely ol´ Nite

11 - Scarecrow

12 - Crumblin' down

13 - Authority Song

14 - Jack & Diane

15 - Rumble seat

Tr. 01-11: Recorded live 1987 in Bloominton, Indiana at a local radio station.

Tr. 12-15: Live in Detroit 1988

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The Vines - ABC Studio 262, Sydney 27-04-2006

[FM-Broadcast]

Australia's The Vines have been described as "Beatles meet Nirvana" and while that's not too far from the truth, there's more to them in my opinion. Well, let's say they're simply a good rock band - no need for stupid labels!!!!

They were about to become super stars a few years ago, they were touring worldwide and their albums sold very well. They even made it onto the cover of Rolling Stone magazine:

Their singer/guitarist/songwriter Craig Nichols was thought to be the "next Kurt Cobain", also because he was acting strange at some times, told reporters crazy made up tales about the band and their future plans, some labelled him a psycho...

After he attacked a photographer and smashed her equipment and charges were pressed, it was revealed that he's suffering from Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. The charges were dropped and Craig started getting treatment.

Since the diagnosis, The Vines have stopped touring, but have played a few shows in Australia. So here's one of the few chances to listen to them play live. This is a radio session they played in 2006. They're playing tracks from all of their albums, so it's a good chance to check them out in case you don't know them. For those who know and like them.... well.... it's a treat!

Enjoy!!

I received this show as one file, so I decided to split the file into the individual tracks, I think that's much more convenient for you! Of course, nothing's missing, it's the full show!

Tracklist:

- Nothings Comin'

- Vision Valley

- Dope Train

- Highly Evolved

- Spaceship

- Outtathaway

- Don't Listen to the Radio

- Gross Out

- Winning Days

- Ride

- Fuk Yeh

- Ms. Jackson

- Anysound

- Get Free

Audio:

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DVDs anyone??? VOTE!!!

Please take the time and vote! On the upper right side you'll find a poll, I want to know if you'd like me to post full DVDs on Bootquake... I'm talking about boots of course, I'll never post any official releases. I have quite a few nice DVDs you might be interested in, so let me know...

I can also convert the DVDs or parts of them to AVI files, if the majority of you guys thinks that's better. So let me know what you want!!!!

Feel free to post a comment on that subject, too! I'm looking forward to seeing what you think!

Bridge School Benefit 1986

Getting back into action after a tooooo long break, here's the first of 3 boots for you today:

[Audience]

Bridge School Benefit 1, October 13, 1986

Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Although it's an audience recording - and that's obvious - it sounds okay, because it's an acoustic show so there's much less risk of distortion and such... Anyway, just check the tracklist and you'll know you want this.

If you wanna find out more about the Bridge School Benefit Festival, here's the wiki page.

The artwork came with it, it's terrible I know - a true eyesore.... I'll create a different cover later today and will upload that, too so you'll have the choice!

Update: Here it is..... Not my best work due to a lack of time, but I hope it'll do!

Tracklist:

01 - Neil Young - Comes a time

02 - Neil Young - Heart of Gold

03 - Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Nils Lofgren - Helpless

04 - Neil Young - I am a child

05 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart

06 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Change Partners

07 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Daylight again

08 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio

09 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young + Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart

10 - Ensemble - Teach your children

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Thanks for your patience!

Hey everybody,

as I told you on the shoutbox, I got pretty sick all of a sudden and couldn't take care of the blog or anything else. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I'm sure you understand.

I am feeling a wee better now and am trying to catch up with everything: the blog, email, private stuff etc etc.... I hate being outta action, but sometimes I can't help it.

Anyway... I am preparing a few boots for upload right now, so be sure to check this spce again tomorrow!

Thanks everybody for being patient and especially to those who said "Get well soon!".

See ya all back here tomorrow....

George Thorogood - Reelin' & rockin' - Springfield Civic Centre, Springfield, MA, March 16th, 1988

[Soundboard]

This boot was released on the Good Karma label in the early 90s, the same label that released the excellent Jackson Browne boot I posted yesterday. That's not all they have in common, the sound quality is also great and so is the show itself. Very enjoyable and highly recommended! If you want to get one George Thorogood boot only, get this one!!!!

Tracklist:

01 - Born To Be Bad

02 - Move It On Over

03 - I Drink Alone

04 - 1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch, 1 Beer

05 - Who Do You Love

06 - Bad To The Bone

07 - No Particular Place

08 - You Talk Too Much

09 - Reelin' & Rockin'

10 - Ride On Josephine

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Jackson Browne - For every man - Mountain View, CA 1986

[FM-Broadcast]

Here's another one of my fave boots! I really recommend this one, it sounds great and the performance is outstanding. I actually bought several copies of it back then in 1991 or 1992 and gave them away as presents because this is so great...

As on any release on the Good Karma label, the quality is first class, but no recording date or venue is mentioned. Well, I found out it was recorded in San Francisco in 1986, so I can give you that much info....

Update: I was informed by a visitor that it was recorded on 8-23-1986 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA! Thanks to the anonymous visitor for the info!

Tracklist:

01 - Boulevard

02 - Shape of a Heart

03 - For Everyman

04 - Soldier of Plenty

05 - Black & White

06 - Late for the Sky

07 - Lives in the Balance

08 - Lawless Avenues

09 - For America

10 - Doctor My Eyes

11 - Somebody's Baby

12 - Downtown

13 - For a Rocker

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Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds - Guns without Roses - Paris 92

Espace Orano, Paris, France 09/30/1992

Do you remember this short lived band Izzy Stradlin formed after "leaving" Guns 'n' Roses. They released a pretty good self titled album and went on a worldwide tour. I went to see them play in a pretty small club back then and it was a good show, a lot of fun!

For those who remember and those who'd love to, here's a nice silver boot from 1992, released on Klondyke Records. It sounds really good. I'm not sure if this is a good audience or a soundboard recording.... Unanswered questions, so let the music do the talking!

Tracklist:

01 - Unglued

02 - Bucket o´ Trouble

03 - Cuttin´ The Rug

04 - Highway 49

05 - Shuffle It All

06 - Crackin´ Up

07 - Time Gone By

08 - Ho Will It Go

09 - Gotta Wanna Go

10 - Somebody Knockin´

11 - Train Tracks

12 - Take A Look At The Guy

13 - Pressure Drop

14 - Wipe Out

15 - Been A Fix

16 - Rock´n´ Roll Pills

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