1989 Oct 20 Ardmore USA 23 East Cabaret

Jerry

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

A much better interview today, he's getting on really well with the shows presenter and is much more talkative than he was at the VARA interview yesterday. Jonathan also performs a few songs live in the studio too. About 30 minutes long

VPRO Radio (1990)

VPRO 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

VinnieQ

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

This show has the most songs of any show in this database

1991 Feb 13 Bloomington USA

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

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!

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

"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

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 England 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 Dailys Bar

This is a really funny recording; Jonathan has a lot of fun trying out his French with this dual language audience - A great show!

1991 Sep 30 Montreal Canada Club Soda

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Second to last night of a 3 night stand at Yab Yum's.

1994 Feb 12 Orlando USA Yab Yum's

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 England

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 1 Providence USA

"Parties in the USA" goes into "Hang On Sloopy"

1994 Nov 4 Ogunquit USA

The recording's a bit quiet unfortunately. It includes though a great version of 'You're crazy for taking the Bus' - A very funny and extended tale of life on the bus!

1994 Nov 10 Alexandria USA The Birchmore

1995 Apr 7 Wetlands USA

1995 Apr 21 San Francisco USA Noe Valley

1995 May 11 Baltimore USA 8 x 10 Club

1999 Oct 16 New York City USA Knitting Factory

DMDCAF

Great site. Thanks so much for this resource. Question on this recording date: Has anyone verified it as 1999? It seems very unlikely Jonathan played these songs after so long without playing them: Gail Loves Me; Closer; The Neighbors--to name a few. paz y amor, DMD dmdother@gmail.com

Good point DMDCAF, this show's setlist looks like it's more of a 1995 show than a 1999 show. I don't have the show to further verify...maybe someone could shed more light here?

1999 Germany

2000 Nov 4 London England The Forum

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

We were at this one and enjoyed it loads; it's a good show but unfortunately the recording has some slight digi-noise in the background on some songs, nothing that spoils the show but it's noticeable in the quieter moments, more so towards the end than the beginning. Because of this I think I prefer the Manchester 2001 show to this one.

2000 Nov 5 Manchester England Manchester University

"I Took a Chance On Her" has a couple of seconds cut

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