Jonathan with Leroy Radcliffe on guitar, Curly Keranen on bass, accompanied an unnamed drummer.The sound is a little 'boomy'. 

1976 Apr 11 San Francisco USA

Jerry

1976 Apr Iowa USA

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

"Here Come the Martian Martians" has cuts

Jonathan and the Modern Lovers - Leroy Radcliffe, Curly Keranen, and D. Sharpe. A really rare recording, with a couple of completely unknown songs - 'At Home with a Lover' and  'I Love People'' - both of them don't seem to exist on any other JR recordings. Some issues with the sound, a bad burn's been done at some time in the past, but nothing too much to spoil it.

1976 Oct 3 San Francisco USA The Boarding House

I just remembered how much I love this song

This is such a fun recording! Jonathan taking the second line up of Modern Lovers on the road with his new songs; Ice Cream Man; Here come the Martian  Martians; Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns; etc  to a New York audience that sound like they fully expected to hear the 'old stuff!' Lots of heckling at the beginning but Jonathan soon has them won over  well most of them) Best heckle is something like 'You sound like you've got a head full of Ice Cream!'

neats

i was at this show too..very close to the front and it was still hard to hear...curly, leroy and the late d sharpe..d sharpe had a great drum kit..big african skin floor tom..leroy had the epiphone casino type guitar...curly was, curly on standup bass..

That's awesome.I guess this show got a lot of press too. I get the sense that this was the first time that Jonathan introduced his "child-like" songs/persona to a NYC audience.

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Ramon

Thanks Ramon, I updated the track listing

Thanks Ramon, I updated it to to Summer Morning

Between 'Important in your Life' and 'Abominable...' I have a version of 'Fly into the Mystery'

1976 Oct 9 New York City USA Town Hall

This album had me scratching my head when I first heard it. This album came out right after The Modern Lovers and it was like night and day. But this album was the direction JR would take from then on.

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (1977)

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

This is the late show of two shows played that day 

1977 Mar 13 San Francisco USA The Boarding House

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1977 Mar 23 Washington DC USA The Cellar Door

Sweet!!! Someone referenced this page: http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2012/06/01/jonathan-richman-is-the-crazy-uncle-you-wish-you-had

With Asa, Leroy, and D. Sharpe. Including a 12 minute version of "Roadrunner"

1977 Boston USA The Paradise

Exact date of this show unknown. But it seems to be pretty likely near the date of  the New York University show - from the 29th October - as both shows include 'Little Boy In My Heart' along with a trombone instrumental.Another fun sounding two set show with the Modern Lovers, marred only by two of the songs were cut short on the taping.

"Roadrunner" and "Important in Your Life" cut before the end

1978 Mar 3 Chicago USA The Quiet Knight

JR Fan 1

JR is the man!  He lives near my family.  I want to wear his socks

A little bit of echo for the 1st couple of  songs only, but excellent for the rest of the show.

1978 May 15 Netherlands Pinkpop Festival

Pinkpop Festival

1980 May 23 New York City USA Club 57

Includes a couple of very unusual songs, but, be warned... the sound quality is poor.

"I'm a Little Dinosaur", and "Shirin and Fahrad" are performed acapella

She's Mine is really Rama Lama Ding Dong by the Edsels

Thanks Ramon! I changed the song to Rama Lama Ding Dong

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1980 Oct 7 Berkeley USA The International House

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1980 Oct 18 Santa Cruz USA The Catalyst

Set 2 sounds to have come from a different source to that for Set 1, and is a much better recording; hence a different rating for each of the sets.With the Rocking Robins & Michael Guardabascio. 

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1981 Feb 13 Boston USA Bradford Ballroom

With Curly Keranen, Michael Guardabascio and Ken Forfia, plus 'The Rockin' Robins' : Ellie Marshall and  Beth Harrington.Yoyos On Parade' & 'Creeps On The March' aren't really songs they're just a few lines while Jonathans messing about for a minute or two.

1981 Feb 14 Providence USA

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1981 Feb 20 Mt. Vernon USA Left Bank

With Curly Keranen, Beth Harrington, Ellie Marshall, Ken Forfia, and Michael Guardabascio.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/ee7df973.html

1981 Feb 21 New York City USA My Fathers Place

I'd have probably graded this one as excellent if it hadn't have been for some very occasional loss of sound in one channel. With a few unusual songs choices that don't get performed too often, and a very unusual end of show poem...

1982 May 5 St. Louis USA Mississippi Nights

1987 Aug 21 Davis USA

This song was written in the studio during the recording of "Modern Lover's 88"

The single version of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmSH-628jI

The first few seconds of this sound a little strange but the tape soon perks up. 'Velvet Underground' is the highlight for me on this one, Jonathan throws in some great sounding snatches of 'Sister Ray' and 'What goes on...' probably the best version of 'Velvet Underground' I've yet heard.

1999 Feb 18 London England Jazz Cafe

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

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

Not a bad recording but with a couple of silent points on a few of songs it's rated as 'good' only. 

2000 Feb 22 Baltimore USA Fletchers

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

2000 Oct 25 Paris France Cafe de la Danse

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

2000 Nov 4 London England The Forum

We were at this one and enjoyed it loads; it's a good show but unfortunately the recording has some slight digi-noise in the background on some songs, nothing that spoils the show but it's noticeable in the quieter moments, more so towards the end than the beginning. Because of this I think I prefer the Manchester 2001 show to this one.

2000 Nov 5 Manchester England Manchester University

"I Took a Chance On Her" has a couple of seconds cut