1988 Jul 9 New York City USA Summerstage

Jerry

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

A nice show this one, a bunch of instrumentals performed near the beginning and a great version of 'Closer'.'Fender Stratocaster' and 'Make a Mistake' are both described as new songs.

1988 Nov 3 Toronto Canada

VinnieQ

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

A pretty interactive and friendly show with some nice chat between songs too, and an especially nice moment when a woman joins Jonathan up on stage, unexpectedly, part way through 'Affection'.Some slight background hiss during the early part but this fades away part way though. 

1988 Nov 9 Boston Cambridge USA Nightstage

A Radio broadcast of the full show, quite long, at about 1 1/2 hours and with many encores. The Spanish presenters do chip in quite a bit between some songs, but nothing too much and the show isn't spoilt . A very good recording!

1988 Dec 5 Sevilla Spain Discoteca Rio

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

1989 Jul 13 San Francisco USA Slims

1989 Oct 20 Ardmore USA 23 East Cabaret

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

Our first recording that we got from a friend years ago, until recently this was the only live recording we had too. It's a great show as well and another favorite, 'Ring of Fire for Sweden!!!!' (You'll know what I mean when you hear it - it's a very funny recording!)

1989 Dec London UK Subterranea Club

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

My favorites from this album are Closer and Everyday Clothes.

It's interesting that he pulled "Miracles Will Start To Happen" out of nowhere... a song that he played way back in 1980 and hadn't (to my knowledge) been heard from until it was put on this album.

I love the sound of Jonathan's guitar on this album.

Even simple songs like Sleepwalk will haunt on this album. To get this album you must enter a specific mood

Jonathan Richman (1989)

Jonathan Richman

His funniest song? Even though it's not really a song.

This song threw me off at first but now I think it's hilarious

DMDCAF

There were many shows I was at where Jonathan at least did some of CLOSER as CERCA in espanol! Definitely my favorite song of his in Spanish!

I love when he goes "mas y mas y mas y mas y mas y mas"!

An FM "TUL Box" broadcast solo set. The show was opened by "The Iguanas". This is missing about 4 songs between "California Dance Party" and "Dancin' Late At Night"

1990 Mar 5 New Orleans USA Tipitinas

Jonathans pretty talkative on this one, there are just one or two flaws with it, it cuts out for about 20 seconds during 'hot nights' and also the recording stops during 'At night' just before the end of the show.

1990 Jul 1 Baltimore USA Maxs

1990 Aug 26 Reading UK Reading Festival

A long solo show that includes an early version of 'When She Kisses Me'.

1990 Sep 8 Wuppertal Germany Borse

1990 Sep 17 Paris France New Morning

JR Fan 1

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

1990 Sep 30 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique

Another great show with several nice moments; the best of which occurs just when you think it's about to end - an unexpected and great 'I eat with Gusto' finale. Excellent.

1990 Oct 3 Melbourne Australia

1990 Savannah USA

This show has the most songs of any show in this database

1991 Feb 13 Bloomington USA

A rowdy and very lively audience; Jonathan joins 'the Skeletons' for the first 3 songs...

1991 Feb 16 Chicago USA Lounge Axe

A strange JR song. Dark and almost evil sounding at times. Unless I'm missing the point of the song entirely. It wouldn't be the first time!

Yeah, this one and The Neighbors are both dark. Still not completely sure if I really get them...and I've heard them both countless times!

"My Career as a Home Wrecker" has some different words on this recording

Jeff Cowan

This show was recorded at Club Detroit. Club Detroit was the hotel bar for the Detroit Hotel in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. My first time meeting Jonathan. He sat and enjoyed a beverage with me and my friend Stan Lapinski. I have never found a recording of this show.

1991 Feb 2 St. Petersburg USA

1991 Feb 8 Columbia USA Greenstreets

1991 Mar Los Angeles USA Palomino

A good solo show with quite a bit of chat in Italian...

1991 May 5 Castelnuovo del Garda Italy Usignolo Club

A few great standout moments, particularly so with Monologue on Bermuda, Pablo Picasso, and a very early sounding version of Velvet Underground, for which Jonathan is still playing about with lyrics... sounds pretty different here!

1991 May 29 Manchester UK Manchester International

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

Good quality solo show, something like  45 minutes long. 

1991 Aug New York City USA Lone Star Roadhouse

1991 Oct 30 Binghamton USA S.U.N.Y. Binghamton

A great recording - apart from it being a bit quiet - and an excellent solo show. Jonathan's in a great mood throughout and has loads of fun with the audience.

1991 Nov 12 Columbus USA Staches

1991 Nov 15 Bloomington USA Second Story

The date for this one I've had to take a bit of a wild guess at, coz the guy who sent me it was not too sure about when the recording was first made. He also said that this is about 1/2 of what the complete show was when first broadcast; so, unfortunately, this is a shortened and edited up version.All that said it's still a great show! Jonathan's having a whale of a time with his audience and he even sings a Spanish version of 'Reno'.Hopefully the rest of the show will eventually turn up, but at present the song list is :-

1991 Madrid Spain Sala Universal

1992 Jan 30 New Orleans USA Tipitinas

A flaw with the recording on this one. The sound's pretty clear but for the first third of the show until part way through 'Action Packed' it's only recorded onto the right channel; from there on though it's okay and the rest of the show sounds fine.

1992 Apr San Rafael USA New Georges

Soundboard recording - but as the audience are hardly being picked up there is little or no live atmosphere present. Probably not a bad show but not a favourite of mine - I much prefer hearing shows where there's lots of interaction between Jonathan and the audience.

1992 Jul 15 Winnipeg Canada Spectrum Cabaret

A great show and a pretty lively audience too; just Jonathan with support from a drummer, Joseph Marc (?). Highlight of the night is a great sounding 'Monologue on Bermuda'.

1992 Aug 21 San Francisco USA The Paradise

Features an ace version of Pablo Picasso and quite a lot of ad-libbing... and a new song that's only on this recording: 'She brings out the best in me'... plus an early version of 'Rock and Roll Drummer' with different verses.

1992 Dec 13 Boston Cambridge USA The Middle East

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

This is about the very best of all the live recordings - Jonathan's on great form, some great songs, nice chat and the audience are having a hoot too; there are many, many highlights, and all with a sound quality that is just excellent!Personal Highlight - 'I eat with Gusto, Damn You Bet!'This is a must have!!

1992 Tampa USA Caesars

"She Cracked" is played in the Monologue About Bermuda

1994 Feb 6 New Orleans USA The Howlin' Wolf

Second to last night of a 3 night stand at Yab Yum's.

1994 Feb 12 Orlando USA Yab Yum's

Last night of a 3 night stand at Yab Yum's. Very intimate shows. you can hear the door to the coffee house or whatever it was opening and closing...

1994 Feb 13 Orlando USA Yab Yum's

Sounds like this is an outdoor music festival; a fairly short show at about 45 minutes long.

1994 May 5 Netherlands Bevrijdingspop

1994 Oct 14 Minneapolis USA First Avenue

"Let Her Go Into the Darkness" is cut off due to a tape flip

1994 Oct 16 Chicago USA Park West

The first of three great sounding recordings from Japan.

1997 May 26 Kyoto Japan Taku-Taku

Just the last few seconds were recorded from "Her Way Moves Me"

1997 May 29 Shibuya Japan Club Quattro

A few faults with the sound develop during the last couple of songs on this one, but it's a great show and Jonathan does several encores before leaving the stage to rapturous applause.

1997 Oct 24 New York City USA Knitting Factory

A pretty good one this: especially so on 'Pablo Picasso' and 'Let her go into the Darkness' both of which have some great and extended guitar playing. Great performance!

1998 Jul 26 Boston Cambridge USA The Middle East

Great site. Thanks so much for this resource. Question on this recording date: Has anyone verified it as 1999? It seems very unlikely Jonathan played these songs after so long without playing them: Gail Loves Me; Closer; The Neighbors--to name a few. paz y amor, DMD dmdother@gmail.com

Good point DMDCAF, this show's setlist looks like it's more of a 1995 show than a 1999 show. I don't have the show to further verify...maybe someone could shed more light here?