1989 Jul 22 Hollywood USA Club Lingerie

Jerry

VinnieQ

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

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

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

Not the best of sound with this one... it's a little quiet and sounds like the venue was a large cavernous hall so a bit hollow sounding.

1989 Aug 9 Winnipeg Canada Warehouse Theatre

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

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

1990 Aug 26 Reading UK Reading Festival

A squirmingly bad interviewer: with some of the daftest questions that I've yet heard asked, Jonathan does though give an excellent on air performance. About 10 minutes long

VARA, 2 Meter Radio (1990)

VARA, 2 Meter Radio

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 Oct 3 Hildesheim Germany Vier Linden

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

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

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

I didn't know what to expect when I heard that JR was doing a country album. But in the end it's just another great JR album.

This may be JR's best sounding cd along with I'm So Confused. Both are very well produced.

Those Nashville musicians are top notch.This is the one album where I actually think that the re-makes of his songs don't spoil the album. The version of "I Must Be King" here sounds more fresh than the "Jonathan Sings's" version

Jonathan Goes Country (1990)

Jonathan Goes Country

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

Solo show. The sound quality on this one  is just awful - like it was recorded in a biscuit tin! One for completists only, a pity coz Jonathan sings a couple of songs in Italian. 

1991 Apr Genova Italy

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

1991 May 4 Sesto Calende Italy Sala Consiliare

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

It's a great solo show, of very good quality, and a new one to me. The only small flaw that I've noticed is at about 3 minutes 15 into 'This Kind of Music'. There's a 1/2 second bit where some crowd noise, or something like that, cuts in over the top of the song, the track then continues as normal. That's how the CD arrived. Also, this show could be from the 10th August or 8th October, 1991, as it came labeled 10/8/91; I've gone for the August date here, but maybe someone has a ticket stub or flyer which would confirm the date either way?

1991 Aug 10 Stockholm Sweden Daily's Bar

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

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

This one came with the Palomino show above, but without any info about where or when it was recorded, so the date's a bit of a guess... a nice recording though.

1991 USA

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 top-quality recording with the full Bermuda Monologue and a great sounding 'Velvet Underground', including snatches of 3 songs by the Velvets - Sister Ray, What Goes On & Foggy Notion -  and some nice chat too.

1992 Oct 26 Bloomington USA Jakes

1993 Mar 25 Philadelphia USA Chestnut Cabaret

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

1993 Jun 19 Los Angeles USA Palomino

Really good recording, On the same CD as 91X Radio interview from the same day.

1993 Jun 21 Solana Beach USA The Belly-Up Tavern

1993 Oct 21 Buffalo USA Nietzsches

"She Cracked" is played in the Monologue About Bermuda

1994 Feb 6 New Orleans USA The Howlin' Wolf

The first encore is "Give Paris One More Chance and "You Can't Talk to the Dude", and the second encore is "Fender Stratocaster"

1994 Sep 2 Nuremberg Germany LGB Nuernberg

1994 Oct 14 Minneapolis USA First Avenue

1994 Oct 21 Indianapolis USA Cafe Angst

1994 Nov 9 Alexandria USA The Birchmore

1995 May 11 Baltimore USA 8 x 10 Club

1995 May 25 New Orleans USA The Howlin' Wolf

This one is a little muffled, and also very quiet for the first couple of songs too... the sound does improve part way through 'Blue Moon'... but even so, no great shakes!

1995 Jul 12 Chicago USA Lounge Axe

1995 Jul 13 Chicago USA Lounge Axe

1995 Jul 15 St. Louis USA Ciceros

1996 Feb 3 New Orleans USA The Howlin' Wolf

A slightly muffled sound here: it does though include a couple of songs unique to this show.

Superb show. Did "Since She Started To Ride" after someone shouted "Go Country Jonny!". After that funny request he did another song, and afterwards remarked how he liked how informally he was addressed! ("very  familiar of them!") He then played the song with these twangy country guitar licks that I had never heard him play before

1998 Dec 6 San Francisco USA Slims

1999 Oct 16 New York City USA Knitting Factory

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

cover files available Excellent recording of a very, very good show, with a few unusual songs and a great finale. Highly recommended!

Ramon

track 9 isn't 'You Must Ask', it is a song I hadn't heard before, perhaps called 'Your Mind'

Thanks, I changed it. I had forgotten how good of a show this one is. "It's Fall Time" is special

2000 Mar 3 New York City USA Bowery Ballroom

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

After Girlfrien' there is a "we all live in denial" talk

2000 Mar 4 New York City USA Bowery Ballroom

A great sounding show, Jonathan sings in French - lots! Just look at the song list...