1978 Apr 15 Boston USA The Paradise

JR Fan 1

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

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

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

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.

Jonathan with Leroy Radcliffe and Asa Brebner, both this and the show from the following night are really sharp recordings; neat that such early shows occasionally turn up in great condition.

The band introduction is after "New England"

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/6bc06777.html

1978 Jul 7 Roslyn USA My Fathers Place

An early solo show with a few unusual song choices, and, tantalizingly, a few lines of an unknown and unrecorded song 'Nuclear Power', probably made up on the spot soon after Jonathan noticed someone wearing an anti-nuclear button....Ends with a barely audible acapella encore

1979 Apr 1 Apeldoorn Netherlands Gigant

A really good recording and something of rarity from this time. Tonight's and the following nights recording are solo performances, a lot of fun, and full of spontaneity. An added bonus too is the inclusion of  a rare recording of 'I Don't Want No Nuclear Power Plants (in My Life)', a song once planned to be released as a single with the Beserkley label. This release never came to be and the song quickly dropped from Jonathans live shows.

1979 Jul 13 Chicago USA Gaspars

1979 Jul 14 Chicago USA Gaspars

I love the instrumental break in Affection.

This album was a wild departure from his previous. One of his most overlooked and underrated

Back in Your Life (1979)

Back in Your Life

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

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

Ramon

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

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1980 Oct 18 Santa Cruz USA The Catalyst

A cracking two set show featuring the Rockin' Robins (Beth Harrington and Ellie Marshall). The second set is particularly enjoyable... everyone's loosened up and having fun.

1981 Feb 6 Bloomfield USA The Dirt Club

Set 2 sounds to have come from a different source to that for Set 1, and is a much better recording; hence a different rating for each of the sets.With the Rocking Robins & Michael Guardabascio. 

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/ffab0972.html

1981 Feb 13 Boston USA Bradford Ballroom

With Curly Keranen, Michael Guardabascio and Ken Forfia, plus 'The Rockin' Robins' : Ellie Marshall and  Beth Harrington.Yoyos On Parade' & 'Creeps On The March' aren't really songs they're just a few lines while Jonathans messing about for a minute or two.

1981 Feb 14 Providence USA

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1981 Feb 20 Mt. Vernon USA Left Bank

With Curly Keranen, Beth Harrington, Ellie Marshall, Ken Forfia, and Michael Guardabascio.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/ee7df973.html

1981 Feb 21 New York City USA My Fathers Place

Very clear - probably a soundboard recording. With Beth Harrington, Ellie Marshall, Ken Forfia, Michael Guardabascio, and Curly Keranen.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/63eb2c77.html

1981 Mar Detroit USA Bookies

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"

With Beth Harrington, Ellie Marshall, and Ken Forfia. A pretty short show this, at something like 30 minutes long. 

1981 Oct 10 Boston USA Commonwealth Pier Exhibition Hall

Pol Dodu

Recorded live at the Th&eacute;&acirc;tre de l'Empire in paris, this was actually broadcast on April 8th 1979 in Antoine de Caunes' Chorus show. Now available for sale as a download here : http://www.ina.fr/art-et-culture/arts-du-spectacle/video/I10251089/jonathan-richman-sur-la-scene-du-theatre-de-l-empire-a-paris.fr.html

French TV (1981)

French TV

The proper title for this one is "At my front door", although on stage in 1979 in Paris for the Chorus show, Jonathan himself first introduced it as "Crazy little Mama", before correcting himself. It's a cover of the biggest hit by The El Dorados, from 1955...

A solo show in the main, except for a few songs with 'the Rockin Robins' on each set, joined by Andy Paley on piano for 'Up In The Sky Sometime'.

1982 Mar 2 Boston Cambridge USA Jonathan Swifts

Recently got hold of this one, and guess what... it's as good as the following nights show.And a couple of  very rare songs too.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/d2497f80.html

1982 Mar 20 New York City USA The Other End

cover files available     This is a great little show! It sounds really intimate and of the 16 songs Jonathan plays 6 that I've only heard here (well maybe one or two exist on a couple of other live shows but the performance here is spot on). This is one of my favorites and listened to lots.

1982 Mar 21 New York City The Other End

I'd have probably graded this one as excellent if it hadn't have been for some very occasional loss of sound in one channel. With a few unusual songs choices that don't get performed too often, and a very unusual end of show poem...

1982 May 5 St. Louis USA Mississippi Nights

With  Beth Harrington, Ellie Marshall, and Michael Guardabascio.

1982 May 13 Boston Cambridge USA Jonathan Swifts

1982 May 19 Paris France The Rex Club

1982 Jun 3 Lyon France

With the Modern Lovers and Beth and Ellie (The Rockin' Robins)

1982 Sep 24 Boston USA The Channel

1982 Oct 23 New Orleans USA Tupelos Tavern

A super fun show and one of the best we have! Lots of jokes, fooling around, and an unusual song list, plus, towards the end of the show Jonathan's joined on stage by The Baltimores, for a great version of......... well, what else but ........ The Baltimores!Jonathan at his very best!!!!

This show has also been listed as September 27 1985

1983 Mar 19 Santa Monica USA McCabes Guitar Shop

1983 Oct 7 Amherst Bluewall USA University of Massachusetts

1983 Oct 9 Bloomfield The Dirt Club

One of the best sounding shows I have of The Modern Lovers from the early 1980's.Jonathan doesn't introduce all the band members so can't be sure of the full line-up tonight, but the performers included 'The Rockin' Robins' (Beth and Ellie), Curly Keranan, and Carla Brownlee on Saxophone. Carla's Sax is put to full use throughout and some of the songs have never sounded better

"This Kind of Music", and "Hospital" are cut

1983 Oct 10 Boston USA Jonathan Swifts

KALX Radio Show (1983)

KALX Radio Show

Another of those great sounding mid-eighties shows with a lot of Saxophone.cover files available

"Back in Your Life" is performed as an acapella

1986 Apr 15 Milanese San Giuliano Italy Viridis

Jonathan with Brennan Totten & Andy Paley.

1986 Apr 17 Bologna Italy

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

A very low key and relaxed performance with some great guitar playing, particularly on 'That Summer Feeling' and 'Everything's got to be right'.

From http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/ddb96478.html:Jonathan was in a really good mood as he played at Holsteins, the now defunct sit-down folk club on Lincoln Avenue. Holsteins was run by the Holstein brothers, Fred and Ed, who were folk musicians themselves. It was a great place to see a show, and it was on the same side of the street as where Lounge Ax later stood, about a block north. The club was long and not wide,

1986 Sep 5 Chicago USA Holsteins Folk Club

A fairly lively audience for this show, and with a sound quality that is probably a little better than I've marked it in the main, but, the sound quality drops away for all of 'California Desert Party' and also for part of 'UFO Man' so I've rated this one as 'good' only. Even so, it's a pretty good recording.Brennan Totten does the singing for a couple of songs midway through the show (Born to be Wild & My Baby). With a pretty funny encore.

1988 Jan 14 Liverpool UK Liverpool Polytechnic

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

Last date of the tour before the band are heading home to the states, and a fun show it is too! including a great version of  'Hospital'. Brennan Totten, guitar, and Johnny Avila, drums. At the end of the show Jonathan can be heard throwing cards out into the audience, imploring people to use them to write him - "I always write back, sometimes it takes a while, but I write back!"

1988 Mar 6 London UK Town and Country Club

1988 Sep 10 Tokyo Japan

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

VinnieQ

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

1990 Sep 17 Paris France New Morning

1990 Savannah USA

"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

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!

Other than it was recorded in Canada in the 1990's no other info came along with this show. My best guess dates it as sometime in late 1991 - going by the song choices and Jonathans comments between songs. An early version of 'Let Her Go Into The Darkness' is introduced here as a brand new song, "not even on the new album that just came out" - Possibly, 'Having A Party With Jonathan Richman' which, far as I know, was released  in late September 1991.About half the show looks to be here- The taping cuts out straight after Jonathan calls an intermission.

"Let Her Go To Her Old Boyfriend" is cut at the end

1991 Sep Canada

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

A great show including an outstanding version of 'Monologue on Bermuda' - the full story is here with two, yes, two songs within a song, 'Here come the Martian Martians' &  'Abominable Snowman in the Market',  before moving back to where we started at 'Down in Bermuda' - Excellent.It's also one of the few shows I have, so far, that includes a live version of "Tandem Jump!" so, set your altimeters...another - Highly recommended!

1992 Jun 9 Arlington USA The Birchmore

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

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

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

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