The Beatles - REEPERBAHN
To celebrate the 45 anniversary of the Beatles coming to America ( I know it was last week!), here's an import ( aka bootleg) of the lads in Germany before they were famous and most likely with Pete Best on the drums. It's an audience recording and is a bit murky but still decent and hey, it's the Beatles.......
The_Beatles.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/197999445/The_Beatles.rar

The Smithereens
New Jersey's Smithereens are one of those great bands that just seemed to disappear into the woodwork after a promising start. They had some hits, Blood & Roses, Girl Like You, Behind the Wall of sleep etc and then faded away. They didn't break up .... Nope, they just got better.
The last few years has seen the band release four albums ( Meet the Smithereens - highly recommended, Christmas with...., Besides the Beatles and Live at Court Tavern --- A must for Smithereens fans and fans of searing rock and roll in general) and a fifth is rumoured to be on the way.
Today's post is a live ep from 1987, long out of print from the Restless Performance Series.
Three of the tracks are from their debut Especially For You, Two from some early ep's and a killer version of the Who's the Seeker. I've included the covers as well all in a little rar file.
Enjoy,
See you next week!!

The_Smithereens.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/195210109/The_Smithereens.rar

the catacombs are filling up......

Picked this semi-"rare" REM disc a few years back at a pawnshop in Windsor. Decent live acoustic set from the Out of Time "tour". No info on the disc or what show it's from.....
The mix starts out horrible and then gets really clean and clear particularly Stipes's voice during the first the number.
Peter Buck will be on tour with the Venus 3 supporting Robyn Hitchcock this spring.
Hitchcock new album comes out sometime in March or April.
Caught him with the Venus 3 on the Ole Tarantula tour..awesome show and set...
I'll be heading back to see them again!!!


R_E_M__LOW.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/194964887/R_E_M__LOW.rar