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

Jerry

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

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

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

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

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

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

2003 Oct 16 Indianapolis USA The Patio

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

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

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

"That Summer Feeling" is cut due to tape flip

2004 Apr 20 Madrid Spain Sala El Sol

Some tape cuts on "Girlfirend", "Maybe a Walk Home...", and "My Love For Her Ain't Sad"

2004 Apr 23 Santiago de Compostela Spain Sala Capitol

A pretty good show this, with quite a lively audience and a pretty long one. The sound for the first 30 seconds is a bit off but from there on the recording sharpens up and the sound is pretty good for the rest of the night. Like I said it's a pretty long one this - at about one and three quarter hours and with several encores... Jonathan has has said in the past how much he enjoys playing to Spanish audiences.. this is a good example why... the rapport's great here!

In "She Cracked", the beginning is cut due to a tape flip

2004 Apr 24 Bilbao Spain Kafe Antzokia

2004 May 5 Groningen Netherlands Vera

Great recording made by P3 Live (Swedish Radio)

2004 May 8 Gothenburg Sweden Tragarn

"I Love the World", "That Summer Feeling", and "Not So Much to be Loved as to Love" are clipped

2004 May 10 Stockholm Sweden Mondo

An absolutely spot on recording with extremely crisp and clear sound, right up there with Caesars Tampa 92 for sound quality and one of the best sounding shows we have.

2004 Jun 5 Atlanta USA Echo Lounge

2004 Sep 24 Menorca Spain Sala Akelarre

A pretty short concert from the Island of Mallorca - at about an hour long only. Not a bad recording though.

2004 Sep 25 Mallorca Palma Spain Teatre Lloseta

Not a good recording here, too much background noise and its a bit muffled as well. 

2004 Sep 30 Toledo Spain Picaro Cafe

A good show this one, Jonathan's quite talkative and speaking mainly in Spanish throughout the evening.

2004 Oct 1 Segovia Spain Centro Cultural Caja Segovia

This was a pretty long and stand out show from all accounts, and most of it's here, but not all unfortunately... so the recording cuts out maybe 20 minutes before the end, even so it's a pretty good recording.

2004 Oct 6 London UK Jazz Cafe

2004 Nov 4 Des Moines USA Vaudeville Mews

This show and the ones directly below and above it were recorded by the same taper... they're all high quality recordings, each of them but, of the three, this one sounds the best, to my ears anyway. The atmosphere is just better somehow, so the performance has moved up a notch... What are the highlights?Well 'El Joven se Estremece', and 'Joy over Sorrow' are both sounding terrific tonight...

2004 Nov 5 Chicago USA Double Door Lounge

2004 Nov 6 Cleveland USA The Grog Shop

I grin from ear to ear each time I hear The World Is Showing It's Hand.

The bus fumes from the diesal motor. My two-year-old mind could only applaud that odor.

Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love (2004)

Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love

2005 Jan 28 San Francisco USA Great American Music Hall Tsunami Relief Benefit

Tsunami Relief Benefit

2005 Apr 2 Munich Germany Feierwerk (Hansa 39)

2005 Apr 13 Valladolid Spain Cafe Espana

Yo Tengo Una Novia is cut at the beginning

2005 Apr 14 Madrid Spain Sala Arena

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

The instrumental is funky (Funky Goodtime?)

2005 Jun 9 Atlanta USA The Earl

Chris

2005 Jun 10 Huntsville USA The Crossroads

2005 Jun 11 Athens USA 40 Watt Club

Post about this song: http://jojofiles.blogspot.com/2008/06/stupenda-e-misera-citt.html

2005 Jun 22 Akron USA The Lime Spider

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

2006 Oct 15 Cambridge UK The Junction

2006 Oct 16 London Union Chapel

Partners in Crime from this show:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnrsmrMijJU

2006 Oct 17 Paris France Le Trabendo

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

Chiusa la festa, chiusa la sera (?) (in Italian, translates as 'ends the party, ends the night?')

Bajando, bajando por ceniza y mineral (?) is a new Spanish song, which may be titled &acirc;&#128;&#152;Bajo la tierra, en el subsuelo&acirc;&#128;&#152; - Under the earth, in the subsoil.

Part of this show was also broadcast on Madrid's Radio 3

2006 Oct 27 Madrid Spain Circulo de Bellas Artes

Chiusa la festa, chiusa la sera (?) is a new song in Italian... 'ends the party, ends the night'

2006 Nov 1 Guadalajara Spain Teatro Moderno

Pretty chaotic (and fun) show with two guest artists singing and playing guitars: Kiko Veneno and Muchachito Bombo Infierno. The show had three sets. 

Set two (South American Folk Song-No More Gasoline) is with Kiko Venero and Muchachito

2006 Nov 2 Barcelona Spain CCCB

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

Jonathan's in a really good mood tonight, still on an up from the last nights show. Its a fun recording too, with lots of people singing along... especially on the Spanish language songs.

2006 Nov 3 Valencia Spain El Loco Club

Radio recording of Jonathan and Tommy performing live for 'Los Conciertos de Radio 3' (RNE 3), which was aired on the 4th of June 2007. 

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