Well, I'm finally getting around to digitizing my 700+ cassettes (at my wife's insistence--she wants them out of the house), so I'm going to start posting some goodies here. I taped many a show in the Toronto area from the late '80's to the late '90's, and also recorded a lot of radio broadcasts, mostly from CFNY, 102.1 in Toronto. Hope you stumble across something you like, or even a show you were at!
addendum: I have had many comments about the fate of my tapes, so for those worried about them...the masters I am boxing up and storing in my parents' basement. The others (mixed tapes, recorded LP's, etc) are getting tossed. My wife is not evil or insensitive--we live in a small place, and the many boxes were getting in the way. This is something I'VE wanted to do for awhile, as well. She just gave me the push. Oh, and she doesn't have shelves of makeup, or hundreds of shoes, no matter what stereotypes you care to buy in to. Her comic collection, however....
Sonic Youth--Great Hall, Toronto, Oct. 15, 1990
Not my recording, but I was at the show. My first SY show, and I loved it, even though it was plagued with problems.
While walking from the car to the club, we passed Kim Gordon! A friend I was with said "That's Kim!", and ran back to talk to her. I went back too, shook her hand, said I was looking forward to the show. We continued on our way, and passed Thurston, who just glared at us from a great height, so we didn't speak to him. When we got to the club, there was already a huge crowd waiting. Turns out they had oversold the gig, so when we did go in, we were packed like sardines, and apparently a hundred or so ticket holders were still outside, and couldn't get in. We were unaware of that at the time, of course. Redd Kross opened (gig already posted here on Dime), and were great. When Youth hit, the whole crowd starting moving. You could actually feel the floor going up and down! At one point, I was wondering if it would give out. They had an equipment failure at one point, so Thurston just spoke with the crowd, showing off his knowledge of obscure Toronto punk bands. Things got going again, but by this time, the people outside were getting angry and nasty, and the cops came and shut down the show! This was the first gig I ever saw at the Great Hall, and I never saw another rock show booked there again. Probably not a coincidence.
Lineage: first gen, equipment unknown>wav>flac editing with CDWav
Track Listing:
01. Tom Violence
02. Eric's Trip
03. Cinderella's Big Score
04. White Cross
05. Schizophrenia
06. Tunic (Song for Karen)
07. Dirty Boots
08. Catholic Block
09. equipment failure--banter
10. Mary Christ
11. Kool Thing
12. Silver Rocket
Enjoy!
This is number 94 in an ongoing series.