1999 Oct 12 Boston Cambridge USA The Middle East

Jerry

How is JR able to point out things that rarely get pointed out in such a lucid way?

I love it when JR writes songs about real people. Velvet Underground,Pablo Picasso,Walter Johnson, etc.

"Twist and Shout" and "Pablo Picasso" are together

1999 Oct 15 New York City USA Knitting Factory

cover files available Excellent recording of a very, very good show, with a few unusual songs and a great finale. Highly recommended!

Ramon

track 9 isn't 'You Must Ask', it is a song I hadn't heard before, perhaps called 'Your Mind'

Thanks, I changed it. I had forgotten how good of a show this one is. "It's Fall Time" is special

2000 Mar 3 New York City USA Bowery Ballroom

She's not so scary she's got all of my records! 

The term "Vampire Girl" has entered into my natural dialect because of this song

After Girlfrien' there is a "we all live in denial" talk

2000 Mar 4 New York City USA Bowery Ballroom

VinnieQ

i always wanted to hear the full version of CornerStore from the film Kingpin, but i never found it..

2000 Jun 29 New York City USA Summerstage

With a bit of a muffled sound unfortunately...

2000 Jun Boston USA Somerville Theatre

Radio 3 Studios (2000)

Radio 3 Studios

A great sounding show, Jonathan sings in French - lots! Just look at the song list...

2000 Oct 25 Paris France Cafe de la Danse

2000 Nov 4 London UK The Forum

Jonathan toured with Belle and Sebastian throughout their West Coast Tour as support act (surely some mistake here!). Have read some of the reports about the shows and regularly Jonathan was reported as having 'virtually stolen the show' from Belle. This is a very clear recording of both nights at the Wiltern.

The second show starts with the second "Egyptian Reggae"

2001 Sep 5 Los Angeles USA Wiltern Theatre

The very first JR song I ever heard. I heard Hospital on the radio around 1976 or so. That got me hooked for life.

This is a really good recording and definitely deserves to be classed as Excellent!   

2001 Oct 17 Manchester UK Manchester University

In my opinion this album started a new phase in JR's career that lasts up till present (2011)

I totally agree JB with your opinion below.

Her Mystery Not Of High Heels and Eyeshadow (2001)

Her Mystery Not Of High Heels and Eyeshadow

A super show that includes quite a few rarities.

2002 Feb 15 Atlanta USA The Variety Playhouse

2002 Feb 23 Columbus USA Little Brothers

2002 Mar 31 San Francisco USA The Make Out Room

Copied straight from the taper. Most of the show's here, there's just a couple of songs that are missing because of some background noise.Some background info to the show... apparently Jonathans guitar had got broken during the flight over so somebody lent him a couple of guitars on the night, and a few songs near the end are played with electric guitar. I've had to take guess at the title of the very last song, it seems to have only been played on this particular tour, and even then just a few times.

"He Gave Us the Wine to Taste", "Couples Must Fight", and "Give Paris One More Chance" are with electric guitar

2003 Mar 4 Madrid Spain Sala El Sol

Doesn't seem to get played much anymore, but I love this song

2003 Mar 5 Madrid Spain Sala El Sol

"Here Come the Martian Martians" and "Mary Anne" are together

2003 Mar 6 Valencia Spain Sala Roxy

Behold the Lilies of the Field is missing the first few seconds on this recording

Camina y ven pa? la loma is a Spanish song from Cuba by Ciro Rodriguez

2003 Mar 7 Barcelona Spain Sala Razzmatazz 3

A super sounding show and a pretty long concert. Jonathan does quite a few French songs tonight, as well as a French version of 'Not in my Name'.

C'etait Toujours Toi means "It Was Always You"

2003 Mar 14 Paris France Cafe de la Danse

Just a few crackles during 'Springtime in New York' but otherwise all okay.This is one of the few recordings we have that includes 'Not in my Name', a short verse on the pending American/British attack on Iraq, he didn't choose to do it when we saw him in Liverpool a week later.

"Life is unpredictable" surely was "in che mondo viviamo". Weird that lots of these shows I went to and I had no idea any recording of any of them existed till now.

2003 Mar 16 London UK Shepherds Bush Empire

A great show this!We recorded this one ourselves from a great position, in the centre and about 15 feet out from the stage. The recording came out nicely and Jonathan plays quite a few new songs. He also has a really funny new section mid way through "Let her go into the darkness", involving four languages, great stuff!

2003 Mar 20 Liverpool UK Liverpool University

2003 Mar 24 Koln Germany Gerbaude 9

2003 Mar 25 Hamburg Germany Schlachthof

The unknown song after "Her Mystery..." is just a few lines

2003 Mar 28 Berlin Germany Columbia Fritz

2003 Mar 30 Munich Germany Orangehouse

Another great sounding Italian show, and straight from the taper too...  It's a fairly short set though, of maybe only 50 minutes, but a very good recording, and it also gives a good example of Jonathan's multi language abilities... 

2003 Apr 4 Sesto Calende Italy Verbano Park

Fault with recording (loud and annoying crackle) with: Abu Jamal, 19 in Naples, Springtime in New York, Pablo Picasso, My Baby Love, Love Loves Me. All the others are okay

2003 Oct 3 Atlanta USA The Variety Playhouse

It's weird when JR get's political...but it happens so rarely that you know it's a subject that means a lot to him

Ace sounding show with plenty of new songs too, I'm not yet sure of the titles so I've had to take a bit of a guess for now. The new songs sound great by the way!

2004 Apr 8 Glasgow Scotland The Renfrew Ferry

The first of two recordings that we made ourselves during the Spring 2004 tour, the other one was at the next night's show, 'Night and Day Cafe', Manchester: both nights were excellent and featured a clutch of new songs, some of which, hopefully, will find their way on to Jonathan's next official CD.Tonight's show is in a small pub-type venue with a pretty tightly packed audience, well pretty tightly packed where we were anyway, of probably about 150 people, tops. There's a little bit of conversation picked up on this one, but not too much, and it sounds fine.Tonight's highlight is a great sounding 'Let her go into the Darkness' with the full boyfriend/girlfriend argument done in all five languages... English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Hebrew... great fun!A bit of special show for me too, coz it's the first one that I could take my daughter to: she's now just old enough to start going to see shows, so I was really pleased to be able to take her to a Jonathan one, and Yes, she had a great time too! her words afterwards were... 'I enjoyed it loads...take me again!!'

2004 Apr 9 York UK Fibbers

Another of our own recordings, done from right near the front of stage...came out pretty good too... another small pub-type venue, but a little larger than the night before.

2004 Apr 10 Manchester UK Night and Day Cafe

Another great show from the UK spring tour... and the last recording of a run of four successive nights from different cities.You can clearly hear, across the four nights, a couple of new songs being developed and worked on...  'Older Girl' and 'For drama we have the seasons'.

2004 Apr 11 Bristol UK The Fleece and Firkin

2005 Apr 16 Murcia Spain Garaje de la Tia Maria

Has a bit of a muffled sound but includes a few unrecorded songs.

The beginning is cut from "Her Mystery..."

2005 Apr 17 Castellon Spain Sala Van Van

2005 Jun 23 St. Louis USA Blueberry Hill

I've never heard this song. I wonder if it's a full song or some sort of poem

"The Springtime of the Lovers" is in French and English

2007 Dec 6 San Francisco USA Great American Music Hall

Jonathan performing this in someone's backyard!: http://vimeo.com/1385299

Unlike any other song JR has written.Incredibly moving.