Ok, I'd better say a few words... When I received both this and the following one (Cambridge Boathouse) they were mixed up and named as Boston 1971 & 1973, but I think they were accidentally mis-labeled at some time.   Why do I think this? Well, by doing a comparison of some tracks included in Precise Modern Lovers Order & also by checking out some other people's early Modern Lovers web pages: they tie in as actually being from Harvard University 1971 & Cambridge Boathouse.  Quality-wise though, the recording sound is pretty rough, especially when you compare them to the cleaned up songs included on Precise Modern Lovers Order, but, because some are not included on either Precise Modern Lovers Order or Live at the Longbranch Saloon, then they are probably only available within this recording. So, that's my ten cents, enough said...

1971 Boston Cambridge USA Harvard University

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.

1971 Ipswich USA Stonehenge

JR Fan 1

Tracks on the re-issue: Dignified and Old, I'm Straight, Government Center, I Wanna Sleep in your arms, Dance With Me

The very first JR album I bought. I ordered this LP through the mail around 1976-1977.

Proto Punk. Years ahead of it's time. It plays like a Greatest Hits album. Classic.

Has there ever been a greater opening few seconds than "1 2 3 4 5 6"? Answer: No

The Modern Lovers (1976)

The Modern Lovers

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

2000 Nov 4 London UK The Forum

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

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

2000 Nov 7 Glasgow Scotland King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

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 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

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

"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

Yo Tengo Una Novia is cut at the beginning

2005 Apr 14 Madrid Spain Sala Arena

Recorded by ourselves, but from too far away this time... a great show on the night that just wasn't done justice by the recording...

2006 Oct 13 Newcastle UK All Saints Church

Unlike any other song JR has written.Incredibly moving.

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

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

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

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

2006 Dec 16 Sacramento USA Marilyns on K

2007 Sep 28 Ottersum Netherlands Cultureel Podium Roepaen

Les Amoureux (?) is similar to "The Lovers" ... but in French and with a much slower tempo

2007 Nov 30 Hollywood USA Safari Sams

2008 Mar 15 Omaha USA The Waiting Room

2008 Jun 6 Los Angeles USA The Mint

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

Chris

This track list is slightly incorrect. Jonathan played Behold The Lilies Of The Field between No One Was Like Vermeer and Older Girl.

2008 Oct 10 Chapel Hill USA Local 506

I think this is JR's best album since I'm So Confused.

My mother is in a nursing home so the song As My Mother Lay Lying has special meaning for me.

Because Her Beauty Is Raw & Wild (2008)

Because Her Beauty Is Raw & Wild

2009 Mar 24 Nuremberg Germany Zentral Cafe at the K4

Mr. Sorrow:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXYjJG-kGR0

2010 Feb 14 New York City USA Williamsburg Music Hall

2010 May 18 Los Angeles USA The Smell

2010 May 20 Long Beach USA DiPiazzas

2010 May 21 Long Beach USA DiPiazzas

Jonathan with Tommy Larkins. A top notch recording which includes the new song 'The Door To Bohemia' and a great sounding 'Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love'.

2011 Mar 1 Philadelphia USA 1st Unitarian Church Basement

What could be said about this song? For me it's the epitome of Jonathan Richman

JojoBlog post for the song with a live performance: http://jojofiles.blogspot.com/2011/11/door-to-bohemia.html

I hope that Bohemia shows up on the next album but aren't there quite a few excellent JR songs that never appeared on any of his albums?

Some unreleased recent songs: Mr. Sorrow, Bohemia, Her Love Is From Somewhere Else, Hard Time Saying Goodbye, Italian Party Song, Hebrew Party Song (barbeque), Keith Richards. There's even a few that I'm missing

Creative Alliance at the Patterson. I recorded this and it was a cool show. It was in an auditorium kind of feel as there were chairs setup so everyone sat.

The opening act was not able to appear, so Jonathan started the show early which made the opening part of the concert more fresh or off-the-cuff (cool feel)

A pretty good two set show. With Tommy Larkins

2011 Oct 20 Baltimore USA The Patterson

Bob taped this about 20 feet away from Jonathan

2012 Feb 26 Liverpool UK The Kazimier

Includes a fun new song "Honeymoon is Over".Jonathan was opening for Alejandro Escovedo

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