A long solo show that includes an early version of 'When She Kisses Me'.

1990 Sep 8 Wuppertal Germany Borse

Jerry

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

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.

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!

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

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

Hard to believe that this album is now 20 years old! One of my favorites. Really solid album.

Listening to this now. This album is just packed with great songs.

My two favorite songs on here are "Our Swinging Pad", and "Just For Fun"

Having A Party With Jonathan Richman (1991)

Having A Party With Jonathan Richman

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

Features an ace version of Pablo Picasso and quite a lot of ad-libbing... and a new song that's only on this recording: 'She brings out the best in me'... plus an early version of 'Rock and Roll Drummer' with different verses.

1992 Dec 13 Boston Cambridge USA The Middle East

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

VinnieQ

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

Last night of a 3 night stand at Yab Yum's. Very intimate shows. you can hear the door to the coffee house or whatever it was opening and closing...

1994 Feb 13 Orlando USA Yab Yum's

A fun show with a few nice moments: especially so on the very funny and extended 'Down in Bermuda' 

1994 Aug 25 Manchester UK

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

Quite a good recording until the start of the last four songs, but from there on the recording is pretty flawed, sounds like there was a very bad burn done sometime ago, and because of this the end of the show is pretty much unplayable.

Flawed songs: Let Her Go into the Darkness, A Higher Power, You Must Ask the Heart, Now is Better Than Before

Songs with Beth and Ellie: Down in Bermuda, Somebody to Hold Me

1995 Apr 6 Boston USA Lansdowne Playhouse

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

1996 Jan 31 Orlando USA Yab Yum's

The second version of "The Girl Stands Up to Me Now" is performed with a new arrangement

1996 Jul 24 Manchester UK Manchester University

The songs themselves are fine but I think that the big band sound may be a bit over the top at times. But like all JR albums there's still a lot to love here.

Half of this album (the first and last parts) are among the best of JR's work...but the other half of this album (the middle part) is my least favorite of his work

Surrender. Maybe Jonathan's best set of lyrics?