1978 Feb 17 Philadelphia USA Houston Hall

JR Fan 1

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

So classic...includes a very early version of Abdul 

1978 Feb 17 Philadelphia USA University of Pennsylvania

1978 Mar 3 Chicago USA The Quiet Knight

Jerry

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

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

1978 Mar 4 Chicago USA The Quiet Knight

1978 Apr 15 Boston USA The Paradise

Good  live in the studio recording of the Modern Lovers, with nice and relaxed performance. Some nice chat between songs too.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/c3bb5678.html

Radiohuset Radio Show (1978)

Radiohuset Radio Show

Jonathan with Leroy Radcliffe and Asa Brebner, both this and the show from the following night are really sharp recordings; neat that such early shows occasionally turn up in great condition.

The band introduction is after "New England"

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/6bc06777.html

1978 Jul 7 Roslyn USA My Fathers Place

Top Pop (1978)

Top Pop

Abdul & Cleopatra/Oh Carol (1978)

Abdul & Cleopatra/Oh Carol

A really good recording and something of rarity from this time. Tonight's and the following nights recording are solo performances, a lot of fun, and full of spontaneity. An added bonus too is the inclusion of  a rare recording of 'I Don't Want No Nuclear Power Plants (in My Life)', a song once planned to be released as a single with the Beserkley label. This release never came to be and the song quickly dropped from Jonathans live shows.

1979 Jul 13 Chicago USA Gaspars

I love the instrumental break in Affection.

This album was a wild departure from his previous. One of his most overlooked and underrated

Back in Your Life (1979)

Back in Your Life

A pretty rare solo show, but not the best of recordings with this one. 

1980 May 10 USA The Tam OShanter

1980 May 23 New York City USA Club 57

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/dedc5873.html

1980 Oct 18 Santa Cruz USA The Catalyst

A cracking two set show featuring the Rockin' Robins (Beth Harrington and Ellie Marshall). The second set is particularly enjoyable... everyone's loosened up and having fun.

1981 Feb 6 Bloomfield USA The Dirt Club

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

Very clear - probably a soundboard recording. With Beth Harrington, Ellie Marshall, Ken Forfia, Michael Guardabascio, and Curly Keranen.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/63eb2c77.html

1981 Mar Detroit USA Bookies

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

"Roll With Me Henry" and "My Guy" are cut

1981 Jul 17 Boston USA The Channel

Right, I had this previously listed as New York 1982, and as a one CD show only, but now have a copy of the full show as below... the thing is that the one CD copy seemed to sound better than the new complete copy does (the 1 CD copy ran from fireside chat to Abdul & Cleopatra) so I now need to do some further sound checking and come up with the best recording.Here's the show... and by the way, 'Bring Back Springtime' still stands out as a great unlisted and unrecorded song...

1981 Jul 20 New York City USA The Peppermint Lounge

Also known as "I Can't Stand To See People With Their Feeling's Hurt"

There are a few faults with the recording of "Walter Johnson" on this one

1981 Nov 18 New York City USA The Bottom Line

A solo show in the main, except for a few songs with 'the Rockin Robins' on each set, joined by Andy Paley on piano for 'Up In The Sky Sometime'.

1982 Mar 2 Boston Cambridge USA Jonathan Swifts

With  Beth Harrington, Ellie Marshall, and Michael Guardabascio.

1982 May 13 Boston Cambridge USA Jonathan Swifts

1982 May 19 Paris France The Rex Club

1982 Jun 3 Lyon France

With the Modern Lovers and Beth and Ellie (The Rockin' Robins)

1982 Sep 24 Boston USA The Channel

1982 Oct 23 New Orleans USA Tupelos Tavern

French Radio Show (1982)

French Radio Show

Pol Dodu

The proper title for this one is "At my front door", although on stage in 1979 in Paris for the Chorus show, Jonathan himself first introduced it as "Crazy little Mama", before correcting himself. It's a cover of the biggest hit by The El Dorados, from 1955...

Loads of unusual songs here, Jonathan's very chatty and joking throughout and everybody's having a great time. Lots of interaction between him and what is a pretty lively audience. A great show!

1983 Feb 14 Los Angeles USA Uncle Charlies

I believe he is referring to the Roman god "Pan", the god of nature-like things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god). So, maybe the grammar should be: "I'm Your God, Pan". He keeps his Pan-Pipe ready for Pan-Melodies! He lives in the woods...not much to steal...but those colors well, those colors are real (natural)

1983 Oct 9 Bloomfield The Dirt Club

One of the best sounding shows I have of The Modern Lovers from the early 1980's.Jonathan doesn't introduce all the band members so can't be sure of the full line-up tonight, but the performers included 'The Rockin' Robins' (Beth and Ellie), Curly Keranan, and Carla Brownlee on Saxophone. Carla's Sax is put to full use throughout and some of the songs have never sounded better

"This Kind of Music", and "Hospital" are cut

1983 Oct 10 Boston USA Jonathan Swifts

With Jonathan, Curly & Ellie Marshall. A few faults with the original taping : every once and a while the microphone seems to be getting a bit of a knock which then affects the recording levels for the next 30 seconds. This doesn't happen too much at the start though it's a lot more noticeable for the last 10 minutes.

"There is No Squiltage" and "There is No Abomination" are very short

1984 Aug 3 Edinburgh UK Queens Hall

Another of those great sounding mid-eighties shows with a lot of Saxophone.cover files available

"Back in Your Life" is performed as an acapella

1986 Apr 15 Milanese San Giuliano Italy Viridis

Jonathan with Brennan Totten & Andy Paley.

1986 Apr 17 Bologna Italy

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

Jonathan's pretty chatty and comes up with plenty of ad libs during 'That Summer Feeling', and Brennan Totten's here too.

1986 Sep 8 Bloomington USA Second Story

1988 Jul 3 Berlin Germany The Loft

1990 Sep 17 Paris France New Morning

Solo show. The sound quality on this one  is just awful - like it was recorded in a biscuit tin! One for completists only, a pity coz Jonathan sings a couple of songs in Italian. 

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