A Bootleg CD circulating on Wild Child Records (?) The cover describes the recording as "unreleased demo version with bonus tracks". It seems likely that these recordings were done at Sunset Studios, Burbank, in Autumn 1981. (see Tim Mitchell's Book, 'There's Something About Jonathan' - page 132). Most of the recordings are very similar to those that were released on "Jonathan Sings!" , though a couple didn't make it onto the record.

Jonathan Sing's Demos (1981)

Jonathan Sing's Demos

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

Jerry

He also appeared on Tulane University Radio WTUL-FM on this date

Full band present with Asa, Curly, and Ellie on Rhythm guitar

1983 Nov 22 New Orleans USA Tipitinas

Really solid album. One of his best and one of my favorites.Love The Tag Game.

Listening to Jonathan Sings right now. Depending on your speakers this album sounds so good on a decent system. Especially his vocals.

It's funny because I agree with you Jerry...but JR himself would disagree!

There are so many songs that could have ended up on this album but ended up on future albums...Vincent Van Gogh, Miracles Will Start To Happen, New Kind of Neighborhood...

Jonathan Sings! (1983)

Jonathan Sings!

Excellent recording made for Radio-Bellevue, recorded through the soundboard and mixed on-the-fly, incorporating a couple of  ambience microphones standing in front of the stage. With Ellie Marshall and Curly Keranen.

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/3f3da275.html

1984 Jul 12 Lyon France West Side Club

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

1984 Jul 27 Manchester UK The Hacienda

Very good audience recording of Jonathan with Ellie & Curly. Including an improvised and otherwise completely unknown song, 'Jonathan I feel so Bad'', the words of which Jonathan seems to be spilling out, line by line, in a stream of consciousness style of improvisation.

1984 Jul 31 Bath UK Moles Club

With Ellie and Curly, a great sounding performance, and several encores too.

1984 Aug 6 London UK Dingwalls

Ramon

I am pretty sure that the instrumental, track 20, is really Malaguena De Jojo. 

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/bfcdd072.html

1985 Jun 24 Torino Italy Big Club

VinnieQ

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

Jonathan with Asa Brebner and Andy Paley.

William McQueen Opened.Ticket price was $8. http://www.bottomlinecabaret.com/tline_index.html

1985 Aug 6 New York City USA The Bottom Line

A great and hugely extended 'This kind of Music', something like 15 minutes in total, adds to a very memorable performance. 

1985 Sep 27 Santa Monica USA

Excellent apart from a couple of songs where Jonathan's singing away from the microphone. 

1985 St. Louis USA Heartbreak Club

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/7f20ce70.html

1986 Mar 4 Lund Sweden Pub Sparta

1986 Mar 16 Hoboken USA Maxwells

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

JR Fan 1

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

A radio broadcast, it probably would have been a great show, but it's a bit spoilt by the radio announcers cutting into the show endlessly between songs to remind you that  you're listening to 'Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers', by the end of the show you've probably heard this 20 times. They also, near the end, start to overlap their conversation well into the start of some songs. (I've now got hold of a very clear and edited copy of this show, without all the announcers 'babble', but there's a couple of track missing too).

1986 Apr 16 Turin Italy

Jonathan with Brennan Totten & Andy Paley.

1986 Apr 17 Bologna Italy

1987 Feb 27 Chicago USA Holsteins Folk Club

1988 Jan 27 Aarhus Denmark Huset

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

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

http://haystackpudding.com/MP3/de27e37a.html

1988 Feb 12 Mezzago Italy Bloom

1988 Mar 2 Paris France New Morning

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

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?

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

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