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

Jerry

"Here Come the Martian Martians" has cuts

1976 Apr Iowa USA

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

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.

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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

This album had me scratching my head when I first heard it. This album came out right after The Modern Lovers and it was like night and day. But this album was the direction JR would take from then on.

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (1977)

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

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

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1977 Mar 23 Washington DC USA The Cellar Door

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

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

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

1977 Boston USA The Paradise

1978 Mar 3 Chicago USA The Quiet Knight

JR Fan 1

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

1978 Mar 4 Chicago USA The Quiet Knight

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

This radio show starts out with a little ditty called something like "We're the Modern Lovers"

VPRO Radio - Amigos De Musica (1978)

VPRO Radio - Amigos De Musica

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

I received this a while back unnamed and undated, and previously had it listed as 1978 filler, Venue Unknown. However I've now been given a lot more info about where it was recorded and also confirmation of the date. Apparently this was a free concert recorded by BRT , Belgium National TV, since then re-named  VRT, which was broadcast in three sections. VRT say that what we have here is just one of them,... so maybe someone out there has the others?

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/dea5ac6d.html

1978 May 18 Herentals Belgium Netepark

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

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1978 Jun 22 Bristol UK Bristol University

Includes a couple of very unusual songs, but, be warned... the sound quality is poor.

"I'm a Little Dinosaur", and "Shirin and Fahrad" are performed acapella

She's Mine is really Rama Lama Ding Dong by the Edsels

Thanks Ramon! I changed the song to Rama Lama Ding Dong

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1980 Oct 7 Berkeley USA The International House

Short tape of Jonathan with Joe Viglione, John Hovorka, and Fred Pineau

Boston Area Tape (1980)

Boston Area Tape

1985 Aug 31 New Orleans USA Jimmys

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..

With Johnny Avila and Brennan Totten. Brennan's doing the singing on 'Born to be Wild'.

"When I'm Walkin'" and "The Fenway" are performed a capella

My copy doesn't have "When I Dance" (it shows up on the track listing as a medley with "This kind of music" but there is no sign of it on the track.  Is your copy different?

Thanks Ramon, I removed that track listing

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1988 Feb 12 Mezzago Italy Bloom

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

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