1971 Ipswich USA Stonehenge

JR Fan 1

1-4 Jonathan's first demos said to have been made in the Harvard Square area of Boston, Summer 19705-7  From The Modern Lovers first session, Intermedia Studios, Boston, 19718-9 From The Warner Brothers Demos with John Cale, Elektra Studios, LA, April 197210-11 From Dinky Dawsons Studio, Boston with Kim Fowley, Summer 197212 Gold Star Studios, LA, with Kim Fowley, October 197313 Live Radcliffe, Cambridge, October 197214 - 17 The Mercer Arts Center, NYC, New Years Eve 197218 Cambridge Boathouse, MA, 1972 Also, - Tracks 5,7, and 9, are among the extra tracks on the 2003 Castle Music re-issue of 'The Modern Lovers' (CMQCD 782) Track 6 was on the original 1976 release of 'The Modern Lovers', but the version here has some brief studio chat before it begins.

A CD bootleg released in 1998 by Punk Vault(PVCD1003). The sound is generally pretty good

http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/374565773/songs-of-remembrance-more-jojo-this-one-takes-us

Songs of Rememberance (1972)

Songs of Rememberance

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.

1972 Oct 27 Boston Cambridge USA Radcliffe

Much of this recording is in a very poor state, and a number of the tracks are barely audible. The tape had a note attached  'with Mo Tucker in audience'.

"Song of Remembrance for Old Girlfriends" and "Hey Good Looking" are cut

"Hey Good Looking" and "Take a Walk Around Town" are barely audible

1974 Feb 23 Boston USA Boston Center For the Arts

Ernie Brooks -- bass guitar, Andy Paley -- drums / vocals, Jonathan Paley -- guitar, Jody Thaxter -- backing vocals, Miranda Remington -- backing vocals

Jonathan Paley

I remember that members of what would be the Talking Heads were in attendence.

I LOVE this show!It's such a rare period in Jonathan's career.The highlight for me is "Hi Fred, We Still Love You". It was also on the Laura Palmer Tape and this version gives us a peek as to what JR meant the song to be.

That is awesome that members of the future talking heads were there...takes this show to a whole new level for me...thanks Jonathan! BTW...who sang "Good Night Baby" on this show? I sing that song in the car all the time!

1975 Mar 20 New York City USA The Kitchen

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

"Here Come the Martian Martians" has cuts

1976 Apr Iowa USA

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

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.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/befa3b71.html

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

With Leroy Radcliffe, Curly Keranen, and D. Sharpe.

This is the early show of two shows played that day

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/3e59e175.html

1977 Mar 13 San Francisco USA The Boarding House

This is the late show of two shows played that day 

From a radio broadcast recently made available on 'Night Train', VPRO Radio, Netherlands, a super sounding show, and with something almost unique too, 'Here we are in ancient Egypt', great stuff...

Roadrunner cuts out at about one minute in

http://www.miscmusic.net/hear/hear-jonathan-richman-and-the-modern-lovers-live-from-1977/

1977 Sep 24 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso

A great show this - with a very funny trombone instrumental and a few unusual songs, as well as, Little Boy In My Heart, a song that I'm only aware of through this recording and one other - The Paradise, Boston (just above here) with Leroy Radcliffe, Asa Brebner, and D. Sharpe.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/dff89573.html

i was at this show..i was a freshman at nyu..pretty sure he played nyu 2 different times

1977 Oct 29 New York City USA New York University

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

1977 Boston USA The Paradise

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

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

Roadrunner Once/Roadrunner Twice (1977)

Roadrunner Once/Roadrunner Twice

1978 Feb 17 Philadelphia USA Houston Hall

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

1978 Mar 4 Chicago USA The Quiet Knight

1978 Apr 15 Boston USA The Paradise

Jonathan with the Modern Lovers: Asa Brebner, Leroy Radcliffe and D. Sharpe. Ice Cream Man is great fun... with loads and loads of false endings.

1978 Apr 30 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique

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

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/9f90f76d.html

1978 Jun 22 Bristol UK Bristol University

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

1980 May 10 USA The Tam OShanter

On the same CD as the one from the Roxy of the 5th October 1980. The whole of this show seems to be recorded, the other one is incomplete and just a few songs surviving on tape (see the other entry).

1980 Jul 18 Hollywood USA Roxy

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"

Seems like 'Roadrunner' is the only recording from this show - unless someone knows otherwise? 

1981 Jul 25 New York City USA The Ritz

The Original Modern Lovers (1981)

The Original Modern Lovers

1988 Sep 10 Tokyo Japan

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

Jonathan's pretty chatty tonight... inviting questions from the audience, etc, more so during the first set than the second. There's an interesting explanation of why 'Roadrunner' doesn't get performed much anymore and also an early embryonic version of You Can't Talk to the Dude'.

"Roadrunner" is a short instrumental version

1988 Nov 14 Columbus USA Staches

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

VinnieQ

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

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!

Some digi-noise on "Fender Stratocastor" for this recording

1991 May 4 Sesto Calende Italy Sala Consiliare

1991 Nov 15 Bloomington USA Second Story

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

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

1994 Oct 14 Minneapolis USA First Avenue

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

1995 Feb 1 New Orleans USA The Howlin' Wolf

A few songs by Jonathan and Tommy at the beginning of this great sounding show with many other acts. Jonathan is joined on stage by ex-Modern Lover Ernie Brooks for a couple of songs. The other performers on the night were- Ronnie Spector, Leonard Graves Phillips (the Dickies), The Pristeens, Lenny kaye, Jessie Malin, Joey Ramone, and also the Dictators.

"Girlfriend" and "Roadrunner" are with Ernie Brooks

1998 May 18 New York City USA Coney Island High

1998 Nov 9 New York City USA Irving Plaza

1998 Nov 14 Columbus USA Little Brothers

"The Night Is Still Young" is cut."Nineteen in Naples" has it's start missing

1998 Dec 4 Palo Alto USA Cubberley Community Center

1998 Dec 8 Santa Cruz USA The Catalyst

Sounds a pretty good show this one, but, I don't think the recording can have the whole thing, as it cuts out part through the last song.

"The Lonely Little Thrift Store" cut's out part way through on this recording

1999 Feb 22 Bordeaux France

With a bit of a muffled sound unfortunately...

2000 Jun Boston USA Somerville Theatre

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

For All the Modern Lovers

Regression

This is a collection of songs that someone put together of lots of Jonathans rarer live songs from various other boots complied onto the one CD. A nice CD this but as I listen U can't help wondering where the rest of the concerts are at? (I can recognize some of the recordings but not all) without this thought it'd be a very nice disc.