Willie Nelson - PBS Soundstage, Park West, Chicago, IL, 9-28-2009

Yesterday, I noticed that out of the dozens of "PBS Soundstage" episodes I have yet to post, three of them are of musical acts that performed at the Farm Aid 40 concert a couple of days ago. So yesterday I posted a Soundstage episode with Bob Dylan in it, and today I'm posting episodes of Wynonna Judd and Willie Nelson. Here's the Willie one, from 2009.

In 2009, Nelson was 76 years old. That sounds pretty old for a singer, but age seems to have little meaning for him. He's currently 92 years old as I write this in 2025, and he's still going strong. Maybe all that pot he famously smokes helps his health, who knows. 

Anyway, he put on a fine performance here, with a lot of interesting song selections instead of just the big hits. Heck, he didn't even play his signature song, "On the Road Again."

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 51 minutes long. 

01 Whiskey River (Willie Nelson)
02 talk (Willie Nelson)
03 Man with the Blues (Willie Nelson)
04 talk (Willie Nelson)
05 You Done Me Wrong (Willie Nelson)
06 talk (Willie Nelson)
07 Cry, Cry, Darlin' (Willie Nelson)
08 talk (Willie Nelson)
09 Dark as a Dungeon (Willie Nelson)
10 talk (Willie Nelson)
11 Your Poison Love (Willie Nelson)
12 talk (Willie Nelson)
13 Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (Willie Nelson)
14 talk (Willie Nelson)
15 Freight Train Boogie (Willie Nelson)
16 talk (Willie Nelson)
17 Drinking Champagne, Feelin' No Pain (Willie Nelson)
18 talk (Willie Nelson)
19 Dream of Me (Willie Nelson)
20 talk (Willie Nelson)
21 You Asked Me To (Willie Nelson)
22 talk (Willie Nelson)
23 Trouble in Mind (Willie Nelson)
24 Whiskey River [Reprise] (Willie Nelson)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/iDPHBBXs

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/pkwLR2f4JehW6D6/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. 

Wynonna Judd - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, 5-12-1993

Here's Wynonna Judd appearing on the "PBS Soundstage" TV show in 1993.

(Note that this was the one year the show was called "Center Stage," but I'm calling it "Soundstage" for consistency with all the other years of the show.)

Wynonna Judd rose to fame in the 1980s as part of the Judds with her mother Naomi Judd. But the duo ended in 1991 when Naomi retired due to health issues (specifically, chronic hepatitis C). Wynonna then started a very successful solo career. She released the album "Wynonna" in 1992, which sold millions of copies, and then "Tell Me Why" in 1993, which also sold over a million. This concert took place one day after the release of that album. Not surprisingly, most of the songs here are from those two albums.

Here's her Wikipedia page:

Wynonna Judd - Wikipedia 

I edited out some parts of the show. This was one of those episodes where interview segments were sometimes inserted between songs. I cut all those out. Two of the songs have "[Edit]" in their titles because some of the interviews overlapped some of the music. I got rid of the talking with the help of the UVR5 audio editing program.

All the music here is unreleased, and the sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 53 minutes long. 

01 Tell Me Why (Wynonna Judd)
02 talk (Wynonna Judd)
03 Girls with Guitars (Wynonna Judd)
04 I Saw the Light (Wynonna Judd)
05 My Strongest Weakness (Wynonna Judd)
06 Let's Make a Baby King (Wynonna Judd)
07 Only Love (Wynonna Judd)
08 Why Not Me (Wynonna Judd)
09 That Was Yesterday [Edit] (Wynonna Judd)
10 A Little Bit of Love [Goes a Long, Long Way] (Wynonna Judd)
11 She Is His Only Need (Wynonna Judd)
12 Is It Over Yet [Edit] (Wynonna Judd)
13 No One Else on Earth (Wynonna Judd) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ztZ9KEev

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/BypjRuk9eVwb6ta/file

The cover is a screenshot I took from a video of this exact concert. 

Various Artists - The Carlsberg Concert - Songs and Visions, Wembley Stadium, London, Britain, 8-16-1997

This is a really fascinating concert, with a format I've never seen before. I highly recommend it. Basically, the idea was to get ten famous musicians to perform one classic song a year, in reverse order, going back to the start of rock and roll in 1955. The stars: Toni Braxton, Seal, Robert Palmer, Jon Bon Jovi, Steve Winwood, k.d. lang, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Rod Stewart, and Eikichi Yazawa.

Occasionally, the "one song per year" format that meant having the star sing their own hits. For instance, Rod Stewart sang "Maggie May," Robert Palmer sang "Addicted to Love," and k.d. lang sang "Constant Craving." But more often, they sang songs they probably have never sang in public before or since. For example, Seal sang "Stairway to Heaven," Rod Stewart sang "In the Midnight Hour," Bon Jon Bovi sang "Sympathy for the Devil," and k.d. lang sang "I Will Survive!" 

Even more intriguingly, the stars sometimes sang unexpected duets. For instance, Seal and Steve Winwood teamed up to sing U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," and Chaka Khan & Robert Palmer sang a duet version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." The backing band was the same for all the songs, so there was no time wasted between songs. Stewart was the emcee, making very brief comments between all the songs. If you watch a video of this concert on YouTube, you'll see that each time he introduced a song, iconic images from the year the song was a hit were shown on a huge screen behind the stage.

For better or worse, the "one song per year" rule was only loosely enforced. Sometimes, they played two songs for one year, and more often years went by with no songs at all. They sometimes fudged the years songs came out. For instance, Rod Stewart in his banter implied that "Stairway to Heaven" was released in 1973, when it came out in 1971. The first and last songs were also wildly out of order. And the rule was only even loosely enforced until 1963. At that point, the concert turned into an Elvis Presley tribute, with seven Presley hits in a row. But those are just quibbles. The bottom line is that these big stars sang nothing but classic songs for the whole concert.

In terms of the stars, the one I had never heard of, and chances are you have never heard of, is Eikichi Yazawa. He is very little known in most Western countries, but he's a big star in Japan, filling stadiums there. He has the nicknames "The Boss" and "The King of Rock" there as well. The reason he isn't better known elsewhere is that his hits songs are sung in Japanese. He only did one song in this concert on his own, "Don't Be Cruel." I watched the YouTube video of it. He danced and held the stage with lots of charisma, but unfortunately one can hear a clear Japanese accent on his singing. Still, kudos for the concert organizers in giving him this big platform.

By the way, it may seem odd at first that one of the songs chosen was "Some Guys Have All the Luck," because it wasn't as big of a hit as the other songs here. But that's Robert Palmer had a hit with it in 1982, and then Rod Stewart had a pretty differently arranged hit with it in 1984. So it made perfect sense for the two of them to sing a duet version of it here. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the only time they sang the song together.

I found two main sources for this concert. One was a high quality video file, and the other was a video downloaded from YouTube. It's a good thing I found two, because each of them had songs the other one didn't. Furthermore, "Don't Be Cruel" sung by Yazawa wasn't included on either one. But I managed to find a YouTube video of it, as mentioned above, and I included it in the proper order (since the video kept going with the next song). 

This is called "The Carlsberg Concert" because it was sponsored by the Carlsberg Beer Company. (You can see the company logo in the background in the cover image). It was conceived and directed by someone named Tony Hollingsworth. I had never heard of him before, but it turns out he came up with some really unusual and intriguing concerts. For instance, at the same time I found this one, I found another one where he paired big name American and British music stars like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Jon Bon Jovi with Japanese musicians. I plan on posting that one as well, eventually. Here's his bio page. 

Tony Hollingsworth 

It seems this "one song per year" format has never been repeated in a big concert like this in the many years since. That's too bad. I had never heard about this concert until I randomly stumbled across it the other day. If you know of other "various artists" concerts that you think I should post at my blog, please let me know. It seems there are many of these, like this one, that once appeared on TV and have only existed in video format, so they've gone way under the radar when it comes to being audio bootlegs. 

The music is unreleased, and the sound quality is excellent. I did make a few fixes, such as brief volume drops, but nothing major. Oh, but one consistent problem was that all the lead vocals were low in the mix. So I boosted that for all the songs using the UVR5 audio editing program.

This album is two hours and 37 minutes long.

01 Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Rod Stewart, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige & Steve Winwood)
02 talk (Rod Stewart)
03 Unbreak My Heart (Toni Braxton)
04 talk (Rod Stewart)
05 Kiss from a Rose (Seal & Mary J. Blige)
06 talk (Rod Stewart)
07 Keep the Faith (Jon Bon Jovi)
08 Sympathy for the Devil (Jon Bon Jovi)
09 talk (Rod Stewart)
10 Constant Craving (k.d. lang)
11 talk (Rod Stewart)
12 Nothing Compares 2 U (Rod Stewart & Mary J. Blige)
13 talk (Rod Stewart)
14 Ain't Nobody (Chaka Khan)
15 talk (Rod Stewart)
16 Bad Medicine (Jon Bon Jovi)
17 talk (Rod Stewart)
18 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Seal & Steve Winwood)
19 talk (Rod Stewart)
20 Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer)
21 Some Guys Have All the Luck (Robert Palmer & Rod Stewart)
22 talk (Rod Stewart)
23 Every Breath You Take (Chaka Khan & k.d. lang)
24 talk (Rod Stewart)
25 Another One Bites the Dust - Good Times (Mary J. Blige)
26 talk (Rod Stewart)
27 I Will Survive (k.d. lang)
28 talk (Rod Stewart)
29 Is This Love (Seal)
30 talk (Rod Stewart)
31 Tonight's the Night (Rod Stewart)
32 talk (Rod Stewart)
33 Stairway to Heaven (Seal)
34 talk (Rod Stewart)
35 Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
36 talk (Rod Stewart)
37 Travelin' Band (Jon Bon Jovi)
38 Proud Mary (Jon Bon Jovi)
39 talk (Rod Stewart)
40 You're All I Need to Get By (Seal & Toni Braxton)
41 talk (Rod Stewart)
42 Gimme Some Lovin' (Steve Winwood)
43 talk (Rod Stewart)
44 [You Make Me Feel Like] A Natural Woman (Mary J. Blige)
45 talk (Rod Stewart)
46 In the Midnight Hour (Rod Stewart)
47 talk (Rod Stewart)
48 Like a Rolling Stone (Seal, Jon Bon Jovi & Robert Palmer)
49 talk (Rod Stewart)
50 [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction (Chaka Khan & Robert Palmer)
51 Dancing in the Street (Steve Winwood & Chaka Khan)
52 talk (Rod Stewart)
53 All My Loving (k.d. lang & Chaka Khan)
54 talk (Rod Stewart)
55 Love Me Tender (Toni Braxton)
56 Hound Dog (Steve Winwood)
57 That's All Right, Mama (Jon Bon Jovi)
58 All Shook Up (Robert Palmer)
59 Jailhouse Rock (Rod Stewart)
60 Don't Be Cruel (Eikichi Yazawa)
61 Heartbreak Hotel (Rod Stewart, Robert Palmer, Jon Bon Jovi, Steve Winwood & Eikichi Yazawa)
62 Hey Jude (Everybody) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/bD6sqiV8

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/l69yltKzWGqfd88/file

The cover image shows a promotional photo taken in conjunction with this concert. The version I found was very wide but vertically narrow, so I split it into two parts, to allow me to make everyone appear larger. From left to right, top row: Eikichi Yazawa, Toni Braxton, Seal, Robert Palmer, and Jon Bon Jovi. From left to right, bottom row: Steve Winwood, k.d. lang, Chaka Khan, and Rod Stewart. Mary J. Blige seems to have missed the photo shoot. I used the Krea AI program to fill in some detail. 

Bob Dylan, Benny Goodman & Friends - The World of John Hammond, PBS Soundstage, NET Television Studios, Chicago, IL, 9-10-1975

Here's a really strange and interesting episode of the "PBS Soundstage" TV show. Especially in the show's early years, it had some theme shows, and this was one. The title was "The World of John Hammond," and the show celebrated the role of producer John Hammond in the music industry. 

The big name here is Bob Dylan. But be warned that Dylan only performed three songs, at the end of the show. Most of the show is filled with big band swing music, with the first three songs starring singer Helen Humes, and then the next three being instrumentals led by Benny Goodman. (Note that George Benson, who was becoming a star in his own right, was the lead guitarist in this band.) Then the episode made a drastic stylistic shift, with Sonny Terry playing the blues for four songs, joined by John Hammond Jr. (son of John Hammond) for the last two. Then there was another drastic stylistic shift, with the three Bob Dylan songs at the end. 

The reason for all the musical jumping around is because John Hammond had a role in the musical careers of many musical acts in many different styles. Wikipedia's entry on his says: "Hammond became one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music. ... Hammond sparked or advanced numerous musical careers, including those of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Big Joe Turner, Fletcher Henderson, Pete Seeger, Babatunde Olatunji, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Freddie Green, Leonard Cohen, Arthur Russell, Jim Copp, Asha Puthli, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mike Bloomfield, and Sonny Burke. He is also largely responsible for the revival of delta blues artist Robert Johnson's music."

He died in 1987 at the age of 76. Here's his entry, if you want to know more:

John Henry Hammond - Wikipedia

Note that this originally was two episodes. I cut out some of the material, but I don't think you're missing much. There were video tributes to Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, but neither of those contained any live music. I also cut out a few gospel songs by Marion Williams that I didn't like.

There's a lot more I could say about this episode, but instead I'd recommend reading this Rolling Stone Magazine article about it, published shortly after it happened:

Bob Dylan, Jazz Stars Salute Label Pioneer John Hammond 

In that, it mentions that only about 100 people attended the taping of the episode, and most of them were older musical insider types who were there mainly to see Benny Goodman. By the time Dylan performed, only a couple dozen people remained. 

Even though Dylan only played three songs, this was an important event for him. John Hammond was the person who discovered him back when he was little known, and Dylan wanted to show his appreciation. It was the first time Dylan had performed on national TV since 1969. Two of the three songs he played, "Hurricane" and "Oh Sister," were unreleased at the time. In fact, this was the very first time he performed them in public. They would be released on his album "Desire" in early 1976. The version of "Hurricane" is particularly important, because this is the version with the original lyrics. One month later, record company lawyers found out about the song and worried that Dylan could be sued for libel regarding some of the things he said about real people in the song. So Dylan was forced to rewrite some of the lyrics, and then he rerecorded it. I'm guessing this performance still hasn't been officially released because those legal issues might still be a concern.

This album is an hour and four minutes long. 

01 Ain't Nobody's Business (Helen Humes & the All Star Band)
02 Body and Soul (Helen Humes & the All Star Band)
03 Where Can I Go (Helen Humes & the All Star Band)
04 talk (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
05 Sweet Lorraine [Instrumental] (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
06 Avalon [Instrumental] (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
07 talk (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
08 Seven Come Eleven [Instrumental] (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
09 talk (Sonny Terry)
10 My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door (Sonny Terry)
11 talk (Sonny Terry)
12 A Whoopin' the Blues (Sonny Terry)
13 talk (Sonny Terry)
14 Terraplane Blues (Sonny Terry & John Hammond, Jr.)
15 talk (Sonny Terry & John Hammond, Jr.)
16 I Can't Find My Baby (Sonny Terry & John Hammond, Jr.)
17 Hurricane (Bob Dylan)
18 Oh Sister (Bob Dylan)
19 Simple Twist of Fate (Bob Dylan)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/f6TY3bLE

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/kjyK7MobPdvjyFn/file

The cover photo of Bob Dylan is from this exact concert. However, the picture was rather low-res so I used the Krea AI program to fill in more detail. 

Lindisfarne - WLIR Ultrasonic Concert Series, Ultrasonic Recording Studios, Hempstead, NY, 11-28-1972

Here's an appearance by the British folk rock band Lindisfarne on the WLIR Ultrasonic radio show in 1972.

While I've been big fans of similar bands like Fairport Convention and Pentangle for ages, for some reason I never got around to listening to Lindisfarne until getting this album ready to post. I've only known a couple of their big hits ("Meet Me on the Corner" and "Lady Eleanor") which are very good songs. I liked what I heard, so hopefully I'll post more of their stuff in the future.

Lindisfarne peaked early. Formed in 1968, they released the albums "Nicely Out of Tune" (1970), "Fog on the Tyne" (1971), and "Dingly Dell" (1972), which all made the Top Ten in the British album charts. "Fog on the Tyne" in particular was the best selling album in Britain that year. However, artistic differences were growing with the album "Dingly Dell," and it didn't result in any big hits. In early 1973, the band split up, with the main songwriter, Alan Hull, staying, but three of the other four members leaving to form the band Jack the Lad. Even Hull put most of his musical energies into a solo career. The band's next album, "Roll on Ruby" in 1973, didn't even make the British album charts, which was a drastic decline in commercial success. (An Alan Hull solo album also released that year did much better.) The band then broke up after one more album. The original band members did get back together in the late 1970s, and had some success, including a hit single. Many more reunions and break-ups followed, with most of the original members gradually falling away.

Given all that, the timing of this radio show is fortuitous. The band had released the third of their successful and acclaimed albums a few months earlier, but were still some months away from breaking up. Five of the songs here are from that third album, "Dingly Dell," while the rest generally come from the first two albums. However, one of the band's best known songs from this ear, "Fog on the Tyne," wasn't performed.

Here's their Wikipedia entry:

Lindisfarne (band) - Wikipedia 

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is very good. 

This album is 58 minutes long. 

01 Meet Me on the Corner (Lindisfarne)
02 talk (Lindisfarne)
03 All Fall Down (Lindisfarne)
04 Plankton's Lament (Lindisfarne)
05 Bring Down the Government (Lindisfarne)
06 talk (Lindisfarne)
07 Turn a Deaf Ear (Lindisfarne)
08 talk (Lindisfarne)
09 Lady Eleanor (Lindisfarne)
10 talk (Lindisfarne)
11 Go Back (Lindisfarne)
12 talk (Lindisfarne)
13 Newcastle Brown Ale (Lindisfarne)
14 talk (Lindisfarne)
15 Alright on the Night (Lindisfarne)
16 talk (Lindisfarne)
17 Scotch Mist [Instrumental] (Lindisfarne)
18 talk (Lindisfarne)
19 Clear White Light (Lindisfarne)
20 talk (Lindisfarne)
21 Together Forever (Lindisfarne)
22 talk (Lindisfarne)
23 No Time to Lose (Lindisfarne)
24 talk (Lindisfarne)
25 Oh No, Not Again (Lindisfarne)
26 talk (Lindisfarne)
27 We Can Swing Together (Lindisfarne)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/pHD66Eez

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/jya1ObsdtkNM0V8/file

The cover photo is from an appearance on an unknown British TV show in 1972.

Farm Aid Poll

The 40th Farm Aid benefit concert was held yesterday, September 20, 2025. The entire thing, all eleven hours' worth, was released on multiple platforms, including YouTube. I already grabbed a video file of the whole shebang. Since I've made posting music festivals a focus for my blog, it's a no-brainer for me to post some of this one.

So, the question I have for you is, how much of this would you like to have in your music collection? I'm going to leave this open ended. Vote for as many musical acts as you want. Then I'll look at the vote breakdown and decide how many I'll turn into albums. I assume the big names are going to get plenty of votes, but I'm curious to see the level of interest in the lesser known ones.

Note that the sets are pretty short, at least based on song number (I actually haven't listened to any of this yet). For instance, Steve Earle played just four songs, and Bob Dylan just five. John Mellencamp and Neil Young each played seven. You can look here to see who played what:

Farm Aid 2025 Setlists | setlist.fm 

Also, here's the YouTube link, if you want to watch part or all of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozJqyuELKRU 

Here's a list of the artists to vote for, in order of appearance: 

Madeline Edwards
Jesse Welles
Eric Burton
Waxahatchee
Wynonna Judd
Trampled by Turtles
Steve Earle
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Lukas Nelson
Billy Strings
Kenny Chesney
Margo Price
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
John Mellencamp
Bob Dylan
Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts
Willie Nelson

Various Artists - Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Honoring Garth Brooks, D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, 3-4-2020

Up until now, I've posted eight "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" award concerts. There's a bunch more out there; they're just currently very hard to find. Happily, yesterday, a person anonymously sent me this one, so now I can post the ninth. I still call on people to help me post the other ones I've missed. If you have them, please share! Anyway, this one is from 2020, a couple of weeks before the world shut down due to the Covid pandemic, and honors Garth Brooks.

This one is pretty different from the other Gershwin Prize concerts I've found so far. The first half proceeded more or less usually, though it was unique that Brooks himself started the concert by playing a song. But then, instead of playing a couple of songs at the end, or even a few, Brooks basically played a mini-concert. He played no fewer than 15 songs at the end! Admittedly, many of these were short versions, usually only a minute or two, often acoustic cover versions. But still, about half of this tribute concert was performed by Brooks. By comparison, when Joni Mitchell would accept her Gershwin Prize three years later, she would sing only two songs.

The music here is unreleased, and the sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and 45 minutes long. 

01 Ain't Goin' Down ['Til the Sun Comes Up] [Edit] (Garth Brooks with Keith Urban)
02 talk (Jay Leno)
03 Rodeo (Chris Stapleton)
04 talk (Chris Stapleton)
05 Shameless (Chris Stapleton)
06 talk (Keb Mo)
07 The River (Keb Mo)
08 talk (Jay Leno)
09 talk (Keith Urban)
10 We Shall Be Free (Keith Urban)
11 talk (Lee Brice)
12 More than a Memory (Lee Brice)
13 talk (Ricky Scaggs)
14 Callin' Baton Rouge (Ricky Scaggs & the Oak Ridge Boys)
15 talk (Margaret George)
16 For the Last Time (Trisha Yearwood)
17 talk (Trisha Yearwood)
18 The Change (Trisha Yearwood)
19 talk (David Rubenstein)
20 talk (Carla Hayden)
21 talk (Garth Brooks)
22 Vincent (Garth Brooks)
23 Operator [That's Not the Way It Feels] (Garth Brooks)
24 talk (Garth Brooks)
25 Unanswered Prayers (Garth Brooks)
26 talk (Garth Brooks)
27 Sing Me Back Home (Garth Brooks)
28 talk (Garth Brooks)
29 Make You Feel My Love (Garth Brooks)
30 talk (Garth Brooks)
31 [Sittin' On] The Dock of the Bay (Garth Brooks)
32 Ain't No Sunshine (Garth Brooks)
33 talk (Garth Brooks)
34 Wild World (Garth Brooks)
35 talk (Garth Brooks)
36 Night Moves (Garth Brooks)
37 talk (Garth Brooks)
38 That Summer (Garth Brooks)
39 talk (Garth Brooks)
40 The Thunder Rolls (Garth Brooks)
41 talk (Garth Brooks)
42 Piano Man (Garth Brooks)
43 American Pie (Garth Brooks)
44 talk (Garth Brooks)
45 Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks)
46 talk (Garth Brooks)
47 The Dance [Edit] (Garth Brooks)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/6BuegDKz

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/VAr9F5qWXeMBnC7/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. 

Covered: Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein & Richard Gottehrer: 1962-1982

Here's a rather unusual entry in my "Covered" series highlighting talented songwriters who were widely covered by others. This one focuses on the songwriting and production team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer. You probably don't know their names, but I'll bet you know a bunch of their songs.

Bob Feldman and Jerry Goldstein were friends and neighbors growing up in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1950s. They began writing songs together, and released a single as "Bob and Jerry." In 1962, they met Richard Gottehrer, and he joined their songwriting team. Then the hits started coming. Their first really big smash was "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels, which made it all the way to Number One in the U.S. in 1963. The song was started by Feldman, after he overheard a girl talking to a boy she was rebuffing.

The three of them had their greatest success in the mid-1960s. As they were all young and musically talented, they decided to form their own rock band, which they called the Strangeloves. Although, weirdly, they claimed that they were three brothers from a sheep farm from Australia. Perhaps they thought being seen as Jewish kids from Brooklyn wasn't cool. In 1965, they had a Top Ten hit in the U.S. under the Strangeloves name with "I Want Candy," a song the three of them wrote with Bert Berns. (I've posted two Covered albums featuring him.) However, instead of including that version here, I've included the 1982 version by Bow Wow Wow, which was a Top Ten hit in Britain. They had two other Top 40 U.S. hits in 1965 as the Strangeloves: "Cara-Lin" and "Night Time." I've included the Strangeloves version of "Night Time," but I chose a version the Sorrows did of "Cara-Lin."

In addition to songwriting, the three of them also found success as producers. One of their biggest successes came early, with "Hang On Sloopy." They didn't have a hand in writing it (though Bert Berns did). But they were getting a big reaction performing it live in concerts. They wanted to release it as their next single, but their song "I Want Candy" was still rising in the charts. So they took the version they'd already recorded in the studio and had a then-unknown singer from another band, Rick Derringer, sing lead on it. That version, credited to the McCoys, hit Number One in the U.S.

This songwriting team was really good at the garage rock song that was all the rage in 1965 and 1966. When popular trends moved to psychedelic music in 1967, their success went way down. The Strangeloves faded away in 1968. The three of them gradually drifted apart. Each of them found success as producers. In 1966, Gottehrer co-founded Sire Records. It was a very successful independent record company for many years. In 1978, it essentially got swallowed up by Warner Brothers Records, though it still exists as a branch of that mega-company. Gottehrer went on to produce albums by the Go-Go's', Dr. Feelgood, Richard Hell, the Bongos, Marshall Crenshaw, Joan Armatrading, Link Wray, and many more.

As a songwriter, Goldstein was the only one of the three who continued to have big success into the 1970s. He became the producer for the band War from their very first album in 1970. He co-wrote most of their biggest hits while continuing to produce them, including "All Day Music," "Low Rider," and "Why Can't We Be Friends." In fact, he was so closely tied to the band War that in a 1990s lawsuit he won the right to the band name, forcing virtually all of the original members to record as the Lowrider Band instead. 

Feldman died in 2023 at the age of 83. Goldstein and Gottehrer are still alive as I write this in 2025.

Here are their Wikipedia pages, if you want to know more:

Bob Feldman - Wikipedia 

Jerry Goldstein (producer) - Wikipedia 

Richard Gottehrer - Wikipedia

This album is 56 minutes long.

01 What Time Is It (Jive Five)
02 My Boyfriend's Back (Angels)
03 I'm on Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)
04 The Drifter (Ray Pollard)
05 Cara-Lin (Sorrows)
06 Sorrow (Merseys [Merseybeats])
07 Night Time (Strangeloves)
08 Say Those Magic Words (Birds)
09 Beat the Clock (McCoys)
10 Come On Down to My Boat (Every Mother's Son)
11 It's Nice to Be with You (Monkees)
12 All Day Music (War)
13 Low Rider (War)
14 Why Can't We Be Friends (War)
15 Summer (War)
16 I Want Candy (Bow Wow Wow)
17 You Got the Power (War)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/SYsxwH2r

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/yznTM351UNw7hYf/file

Feldman, Goldstein, and Gottehrer were the members of the band the Strangeloves in the mid-1960s. The cover photo is taken from a promotional photo of the band. They put out a lot of photos wearing these zebra-striped vests. From left to right: Richard Gottehrer, Bob Feldman, and Jerry Goldstein.

Ringo Starr & Friends - Ringo at the Ryman, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, 1-14-2025

Just a few days ago, a commenter (Brett Allen) suggested that I post the "Ringo at the Ryman" concert, which was broadcast on TV in early 2025. I had never even heard of this, but I went to check it out. I discovered this was a really excellent suggestion, so here it is already. Thanks again to Brett for making that suggestion.

In January 2025, Ringo Starr released a studio album called "Look Up." It was the first album since his very first solo album in 1970 that had a overt country sound to it. For his supporting musicians, he picked some of my favorite currently performing musical acts, like Larkin Poe, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, and Alison Krauss. They appeared for this concert (minus Alison Krauss), plus some other very well chosen guests, like Jack White, Sheryl Crow, and Rodney Crowell. I'm especially gratified to see the prominent role Larkin Poe had. I've been promoting their music for a long time now. It's nice to see them gradually breaking into the major leagues, despite the lack of obvious hit singles or hit albums, but just from building up a following through touring and being really talented.

Oddly, though, two famous guests only appeared on stage to help with the singalongs on the last two songs: Emmylou Harris and Brenda Lee.

Out of the four Beatles, Starr was the one most influenced by country music. This concert was meant to promote his latest studio album, for sure. But it also showed the country influence in his earlier works, including many country-influenced country songs. Starr sang and/or played drums on some of the songs. But for a majority of the songs, he let the guest stars sing lead vocals. About half of the time, he wasn't even on stage.

I was able to find a video file of this concert. Then I converted it into audio format and broke it into mp3s. So I don't think this has been shared as an audio bootleg until now. The music is all unreleased, and the sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and nine minutes long.

01 Matchbox (Ringo Starr with Jack White)
02 talk (Ringo Starr)
03 It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr with Sheryl Crow, Mickey Guyton & Molly Tuttle)
04 talk (Ringo Starr)
05 Time on My Hands (Ringo Starr)
06 talk (Molly Tuttle)
07 Octopus's Garden (Molly Tuttle)
08 talk (Jack White)
09 Don't Pass Me By (Jack White)
10 talk (Ringo Starr)
11 Thankful (Ringo Starr with Larkin Poe)
12 Honey Don't (Billy Strings)
13 talk (War & Treaty)
14 Without Her (War & Treaty)
15 talk (Sheryl Crow)
16 I Don't Want to Spoil the Party (Sheryl Crow with Molly Tuttle)
17 talk (emcee & Sheryl Crow)
18 Boys (Ringo Starr with Molly Tuttle, Sheryl Crow & Larkin Poe)
19 Have You Seen My Baby (Jamey Johnson)
20 talk (Mickey Guyton)
21 You Don't Know Me at All (Mickey Guyton)
22 talk (emcee)
23 Act Naturally (Rodney Crowell & Sarah Jarosz)
24 talk (Larkin Poe)
25 I Wanna Be Your Man (Larkin Poe)
26 talk (emcee)
27 What Goes On (Billy Strings & Molly Tuttle)
28 talk (Ringo Starr)
29 Look Up (Ringo Starr with Molly Tuttle)
30 Photograph (Ringo Starr with Billy Strings)
31 talk (emcee)
32 Yellow Submarine (Ringo Starr & Everyone)
33 With a Little Help from My Friends (Ringo Starr & Everyone)
34 talk (Ringo Starr)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/7TRMtQ7z

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/xe1onLDARTa363m/file

The cover photo is from the encore at the end of this exact concert. I can recognize some of the people, but not all of them. From left to right: unknown, Molly Tuttle, unknown, Jack White, Ringo Starr, Rodney Crowell, Brenda Lee (in front of Crowell), Rebecca Lovell and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe, Emmylou Harris, Mickey Guyton, unknown, and Billy Strings. There were a few more people standing on each side that got cropped out, or otherwise everyone would have appeared considerably smaller.

Note also that I made some edits in Photoshop to the crowd at the bottom of the picture. In the original, a couple of people were holding their cell phones up high to take pictures, and I found that distracting. So I pasted in heads of more random people (taken from parts of the image cropped on either side) to cover up the cell phones.

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Fillmore East, New York City, 6-7-1968

First off, I want to say this post is all due to the excellent audio editing work of Prof. Stoned. It's taken from his blog, "Prof. Stoned: Rare and Deleted," which you can find here:

Prof Stoned: Rare & Deleted 

This is probably the very best full-length concert by Quicksilver Messenger Service when they were at their peak, in 1968.

The music has been officially released, but it was done so badly that Prof. Stoned ended up doing a ton of work to fix it. It was first released in 1983 as the album "Maiden of the Cancer Moon." However, that didn't use the best quality sources, had been partly mislabeled as being from a different concert, and wasn't complete. Then it was released in 1999 as "The Unreleased Quicksilver Messenger Service: Lost Gold and Silver," which was basically just a renaming of the 1983 released. Then it was released again in 2013, as "Live at the Fillmore June 7, 1968." But, as Prof. Stoned put it, this was "little more than a cash grab with its horrible mastering, shuffled track order and lame packaging."

Prof. Stoned found the best version publicly available, which is a soundboard made by the band, and then made some improvements to it. Here's more quotes from his notes, which I've included in full in the download: "The original stereo image is wonky with drums and vocals on one channel; I'm guessing this was the mono house mix. The other channel had a bit of everything except vocals. This new mix set to rectify the poor balancing where possible but also to create a much more satisfying stereo image, which vocals and drums in the center and guitars spread left and right. It proved to be a long arduous process to achieve that, requiring lots of manual work, but here it is."

The band performed two sets on this night. Unfortunately, this is most of what they played, but not all of it. The first ten tracks make up the first set. But there are an unknown number of songs before the first track that apparently didn't get recorded. But the second set is complete, from track 11 to 21. 

This album is an hour and 28 minutes long. 

01 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
02 Smokestack Lightning (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
03 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
04 Codine (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
05 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
06 Light Your Windows (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
07 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
08 Mona (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
09 Maiden of the Cancer Moon (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
10 Mona [Reprise] (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
11 Pride of Man (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
12 If You Live (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
13 Dino's Song (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
14 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
15 Back Door Man (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
16 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
17 Acapulco Gold and Silver (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
18 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
19 Who Do You Love (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
20 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
21 The Fool (Quicksilver Messenger Service)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/9Hj35ufP

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/bbhlXr2N6XjyBNl/file

There are surprisingly few good photos of this band in the late 1960s, and almost no color ones. After some digging, I found this one, which might be from a TV appearance. It was in black and white, but I colorized it with the Kolorize program.

Tower of Power - Live at the Record Plant, Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, 6-3-1973

I have a ton of "Live at the Record Plant" radio show episodes to share, so here's another one. This one features the Tower of Power in 1973.

Tower of Power was formed in 1968, at a time when many bands with horn sections started happening. Their first album was released in 1971. Released in early 1973, their third album, the cleverly titled "Tower of Power," was their commercial peak, containing their biggest hit, "So Very Hard to Go," along with the minor hits "This Time It's Real" and "What Is Hip." They played two of those here, but not "This Time It's Real."

I've read that these "Live at the Record Plant" had audiences up to 60 people. That's as many as could fit in the small confines of that recording studio. But there's virtually no audience noise on this one. Perhaps this was one of the first shows in the radio show series, and they hadn't began inviting audiences yet.

I cut out some banter by DJ Tom Donahue near the end, when he was hyping the products of the sponsor of the show. Basically, it was a commercial inserted into his banter.

The music is unreleased. The sound quality is very good. 

This album is 56 minutes long. 

01 Squib Cakes [Instrumental] (Tower of Power)
02 talk (Tower of Power)
03 What Is Hip (Tower of Power)
04 talk (Tower of Power)
05 Both Sorry Over Nothin' (Tower of Power)
06 Down to the Nightclub (Tower of Power)
07 talk (Tower of Power)
08 You're Still a Young Man (Tower of Power)
09 talk (Tower of Power)
10 Soul Vaccination (Tower of Power)
11 talk (Tower of Power)
12 Clean Slate (Tower of Power)
13 So Very Hard to Go (Tower of Power)
14 talk by Tom Donahue (Tower of Power)
15 talk (Tower of Power)
16 Knock Yourself Out (Tower of Power)
17 talk by Tom Donahue (Tower of Power) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/rfZizjzn

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/B8qsM1kA4DkV8kk/file

The cover photo was taken in 1973. That's all I know about it. 

Linda Ronstadt - Live at the Record Plant, Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, 11-18-1973

Recently, I decided to add "Live at the Record Plant" radio shows to my list of priority postings. So here's one from 1973 starring Linda Ronstadt.

Based on the banter between songs, it seems there was a lot of confusion during this recording. The radio show just started broadcasting everything that was happening without any commercial breaks. You can hear that Ronstadt didn't really get that until well into the show. I cut out some diddling around and dead air between songs, but you can still hear some of that. 

One interesting thing about this performance is that it includes a version of "You're No Good." She started performing it in concerts in early 1973, but treated it as just another song. But she didn't release it until late 1974, and even then it was a last-minute addition to fill out her next album. But it was released as a single and went all the way to Number One in the U.S., turning her into a big star. 

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is very good. 

This album is 55 minutes long. 

01 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
02 Nightingale (Linda Ronstadt)
03 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
04 I Fall to Pieces (Linda Ronstadt)
05 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
06 Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Linda Ronstadt)
07 Love Has No Pride (Linda Ronstadt)
08 Rock Me on the Water (Linda Ronstadt)
09 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
10 I Can't Help It [If I'm Still in Love with You] (Linda Ronstadt)
11 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
12 It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Linda Ronstadt)
13 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
14 The Dark End of the Street (Linda Ronstadt)
15 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
16 I Believe in You (Linda Ronstadt)
17 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
18 Crazy Arms (Linda Ronstadt)
19 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
20 Long, Long Time (Linda Ronstadt)
21 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
22 You're No Good (Linda Ronstadt)
23 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
24 Steel Guitar Rag [Instrumental] (Linda Ronstadt)
25 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
26 Break My Mind [Instrumental] (Linda Ronstadt)
27 talk (Linda Ronstadt) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/gujj9HgQ

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/NhLSXhHS2lFHl83/file

The cover image is from an appearance on ABC TV in October 1973.

Judy Collins - Lenox Music Inn, Lenox, MA, 7-28-1973

I like posting bootleg concerts from quality musical acts that don't have their bootlegs shared that much. I also like posting rare bootleg concerts that deserve more attention, especially from long ago. So this one checks both of those boxes for me. It's a concert from singer-songwriter Judy Collins, in 1973.

I've posted three Collins concerts already, but all of those have been pretty short, an hour or less. This one actually is longer than typical concerts at the time, over an hour and a half.  

Collins was a very capable songwriter. For instance, at the time of this concert, her most recent album was 1973's "True Stories and Other Dreams," and this concert features three songs from it that she wrote on her own, "The Fisherman Song," "Secret Gardens," and "Song for Martin." However, she was better known for her covers of songs by other singer-songwriters, and we get plenty of those here, especially songs by Leonard Cohen (three) and Joni Mitchell (two).

This album remains unreleased. It's a soundboard, and the sound quality is excellent. 

This concert is an hour and 40 minutes long.

01 Oh, Had I a Golden Thread (Judy Collins)
02 Someday Soon (Judy Collins)
03 talk (Judy Collins)
04 City of New Orleans (Judy Collins)
05 talk (Judy Collins)
06 So Begins the Task (Judy Collins)
07 The Fisherman Song (Judy Collins)
08 Both Sides Now (Judy Collins)
09 The Hostage (Judy Collins)
10 Easy Times (Judy Collins)
11 Hard Lovin' Loser (Judy Collins)
12 Suzanne (Judy Collins)
13 Famous Blue Raincoat (Judy Collins)
14 Secret Gardens (Judy Collins)
15 talk (Judy Collins)
16 Song for Martin (Judy Collins)
17 Open the Door [Song for Judith] (Judy Collins)
18 Four Strong Winds (Judy Collins)
19 Chelsea Morning (Judy Collins)
20 My Father (Judy Collins)
21 Bird on a Wire (Judy Collins)
22 Sons Of (Judy Collins) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/M8ucm9Ew

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/leHO7HMJSrOxW65/file

I don't know when or where the cover photo is from, just that it's from the 1970s. 

Def Leppard - BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Britain, 9-7-2025

Here's the last of the six albums that I'm posting from the 2025 BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park Festival. For the second and final night of the festival, the headliner was Def Leppard. As a result, their set was significantly longer than most of the other sets from the festival.

I already posted another Def Leppard concert, their VH-1 Storytellers performance in 1999, which you can find here:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2024/09/def-leppard-vh-1-storytellers-vh-1.html

So I don't have a lot to say about them. Clearly, by 2025, their peak commercial era was far behind them. They haven't had a Gold studio album since 1999. But they've had the same line-up since 1992, and they show in this concert that they can still rock.

This music here is unreleased, and the sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and 16 minutes. 

01 Rock, Rock [Till You Drop] (Def Leppard)
02 Rocket (Def Leppard)
03 talk (Def Leppard)
04 Let's Get Rocked (Def Leppard)
05 Foolin' (Def Leppard)
06 talk (Def Leppard)
07 Armageddon It (Def Leppard)
08 Animal (Def Leppard)
09 Love Bites (Def Leppard)
10 talk (Def Leppard)
11 Just like '73 (Def Leppard)
12 Bringin' on the Heartbreak (Def Leppard)
13 When Love and Hate Collide (Def Leppard)
14 talk (Def Leppard)
15 Rock of Ages (Def Leppard)
16 Photograph (Def Leppard)
17 Hysteria (Def Leppard)
18 Pour Some Sugar on Me (Def Leppard)
19 talk (Def Leppard) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/zcJwPbMs

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/hr5uZI77jBuo08b/file

Frankly, by 2025, the band sounds a lot better than they look. So I figured this was a good occasion to show how large the crowd at the festival was. That's the band's lead singer Joe Elliott looking out over the crowd.

Suede - BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Britain, 9-7-2025

Here's another album from the 2025 BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park Festival. So far, I've posted four albums from September 6, 2025, the first day of the festival. I have two albums from the next day, and here's the first one, Suede.

Suede was one of the first and most important of the Britpop bands in the 1990s. They were considered one of the "big four" in that genre, along with Oasis, Blur, and Pulp. But for some reason, I've paid much attention to them until now. That's probably because I'm American, and they had less success in the U.S. than those other Britpop bands. For instance, they had three albums hit Number One in Britain, but none of their albums even made the Top 100 in the U.S.

Here's their Wikipedia entry, if you want to know more about them:

Suede (band) - Wikipedia 

As with all the albums from this festival, the music is unreleased and the sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 35 minutes long. 

01 Trash (Suede)
02 Dancing with the Europeans (Suede)
03 Animal Nitrate (Suede)
04 Trance State (Suede)
05 She Still Leads Me On (Suede)
06 talk (Suede)
07 Saturday Night (Suede)
08 Metal Mickey (Suede)
09 Beautiful Ones (Suede)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/Fjxg7z4A

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/Yqp3Dpr4X2Ciy3i/file

The cover photo of the band's lead singer Brett Anderson is from this exact concert. 

Various Artists - MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2-8-2013

A few days ago, I got a request to post the MusiCares tribute concert to Bruce Springsteen. I'm happy to do so, because I've been meaning to post more of these MusiCares concerts soon anyway. So here you are.

MusiCares has been holding annual tribute concerts since 1991. They cleverly have these concerts in Los Angeles, where the Grammy Awards take place, and hold them only a couple of days apart from the Grammies. That way, many musical stars are in town and able to participate. I've only posted one such album so far, the tribute to Brian Wilson in 2005. But I have seven more to post after this. Thus, today I've created a MusiCares Tribute label to help you find them all.

Bruce Springsteen is a very big name in music, and lots of other big names paid tribute to him here, including Elton John, Neil Young, and Sting. This was a particularly long concert as far as these MusiCares tributes go. It's easily the longest of all the ones I've found so far, which is fitting since Springsteen concerts are known for their length. Springsteen himself played five songs at the end, which again is more than usual. 

This comes from a DVD. It hasn't been released on any audio format. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is two hours and 16 minutes long. 

01 talk (Jon Stewart)
02 Adam Raised a Cain (Alabama Shakes)
03 Because the Night (Patti Smith)
04 Atlantic City (Natalie Maines, Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite)
05 American Land (Ken Casey)
06 talk (Jon Stewart)
07 My City of Ruins (Mavis Staples & Zac Brown)
08 talk (Jon Stewart)
09 I'm on Fire (Mumford & Sons)
10 American Skin [41 Shots] (Jackson Browne & Tom Morello)
11 My Hometown (Emmylou Harris)
12 One Step Up (Kenny Chesney)
13 talk (Jon Stewart)
14 Streets of Philadelphia (Elton John & Raphael Saadiq)
15 Hungry Heart (Juanes)
16 Tougher than the Rest (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
17 The Ghost of Tom Joad (Tom Morello & Jim James)
18 talk (Jon Stewart)
19 Dancing in the Dark (John Legend)
20 Lonesome Day (Sting)
21 Born in the U.S.A. (Neil Young)
22 talk (Jon Stewart & Bruce Springsteen)
23 We Take Care of Our Own (Bruce Springsteen)
24 Death to My Hometown (Bruce Springsteen)
25 Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
26 Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)
27 Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen)
28 talk (Bruce Springsteen)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/fXM5GV8j

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/B96M5E8MDQxu5O4/file

For the cover, I wanted a photo of Springsteen from this exact concert. But of the photos I saw, he was generally alone or with just one other person nearby, so I went with a group photo from this concert instead. From right to left: Zac Brown, Emmylou Harris, Ben Harper, Jackson Browne and Patti Scialfa. There were some distracting things in the background, so I used Photoshop to remove them.

Bryan Adams - BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Britain, 9-6-2025

Here's another album from the 2025 BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park Festival that took place earlier this month. (I'm writing this in September 2025.) This is the set by Canadian rocker Bryan Adams.

The festival mainly took place on September 6th and 7th, 2026. I've previously posted three sets from the 6th. Adams was the headliner for that day, so his set was twice as long as the others I've posted. After this, I'll post the sets from the 7th.

Adams has been extremely successful for a very long time. He's sold close to 100 million records worldwide. He had many hit albums from the early 1980s until the late 2000s, though his sales have slowed a lot since then. His most recent album, "Roll with the Punches," was released just a week prior to this festival. He played three songs from it: "Roll with the Punches," "Make Up Your Mind," and "Never Ever Let You Go."

Other than those, he generally focused on his earlier hits. He kept banter between songs to a minimum, squeezing in a lot of songs for the time he was allotted. He's 65 years old at the time of this concert, but he still sounds energetic and good.

This album is an hour and 16 minutes.

01 Kick Ass (Bryan Adams)
02 Run to You (Bryan Adams)
03 Somebody (Bryan Adams)
04 Roll with the Punches (Bryan Adams)
05 talk (Bryan Adams)
06 18 til I Die (Bryan Adams)
07 talk (Bryan Adams)
08 Shine a Light (Bryan Adams)
09 Heaven (Bryan Adams)
10 talk (Bryan Adams)
11 Make Up Your Mind (Bryan Adams)
12 talk (Bryan Adams)
13 You Belong to Me [False Start] (Bryan Adams)
14 You Belong to Me - Blue Suede Shoes (Bryan Adams)
15 talk (Bryan Adams)
16 When You're Gone (Bryan Adams with Melanie C)
17 The Only Thing that Looks Good on Me Is You (Bryan Adams)
18 Never Ever Let You Go (Bryan Adams)
19 [Everything I Do] I Do It for You (Bryan Adams)
20 Back to You (Bryan Adams)
21 So Happy It Hurts (Bryan Adams)
22 Cuts like a Knife (Bryan Adams)
23 Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
24 talk (Bryan Adams)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/GBa6n6Pj

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/0yLdirePNuDCVvr/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. 

Stereophonics - BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Britain, 9-6-2025

Here's another album from the 2025 BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park Festival. This is the set by the British band Stereophonics.

I have to say Stereophonics haven't really been on my radar screen until now. Maybe that's because I'm an American, and they are very big in Britain but not the U.S. Nine of their albums have hit Number One in Britain, and they've had lots of hit singles there too, but not even a single hit single in the U.S. 

Listening to this album, I thought it was okay, but I wouldn't be posting this had it not been for them doing well in the poll I posted about this festival. Maybe I haven't listened to their music enough yet.

Note this album is pretty short. I think it's the shortest out of all the albums I'm posting from this festival. But it seems to be complete.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. This album is 33 minutes long. 

01 Vegas Two Times (Stereophonics)
02 I Wanna Get Lost with You (Stereophonics)
03 talk (Stereophonics)
04 Have a Nice Day (Stereophonics)
05 talk (Stereophonics)
06 There's Always Gonna Be Something (Stereophonics)
07 Maybe Tomorrow (Stereophonics)
08 Dakota (Stereophonics)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ADaxDCSy

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/TwRR6POO61O0Gq5/file

The cover photo the band's lead singer Kelly Jones is from this exact concert. 

Belinda Carlisle - BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Britain, 9-6-2025

Here's more from the poll results for the BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park Festival from earlier this month (writing this in September 2025). This is a set by Belinda Carlisle, former lead singer of the Go-Go's.

While I think Carlisle is a good singer and I like a lot of her songs, I'm bummed she didn't sing even one song by the Go-Go's. Not even "We Got the Beat?" Really? She had a lot of success with a solo career in the late 1980s and 1990s, and most of the songs come from that. Curiously, she released a new album just a couple of weeks prior to this concert, "Once Upon a Time in California," and she didn't play a single song from it. It's a covers albums of famous songs, so I think those songs would have gone over reasonably well with the crowd. Perhaps she felt limited by the time, since this concert is pretty short, due to there being lots of musical acts getting squeezed into the festival.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 43 minutes long. 

01 [We Want] The Same Thing (Belinda Carlisle)
02 talk (Belinda Carlisle)
03 Summer Rain (Belinda Carlisle)
04 talk (Belinda Carlisle)
05 Big, Big Love (Belinda Carlisle)
06 talk (Belinda Carlisle)
07 I Get Weak (Belinda Carlisle)
08 Circles in the Sand (Belinda Carlisle)
09 Big Scary Animal (Belinda Carlisle)
10 Live Your Life Be Free (Belinda Carlisle)
11 Leave a Light On (Belinda Carlisle)
12 Heaven Is a Place on Earth (Belinda Carlisle)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/uVyb3KxB

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/R6pfRWgubak9to3/file 

The cover photo is from this exact concert.

Maria Muldaur - King Biscuit Flower Hour, Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA, 12-22-1974

I have to admit I don't know much about Maria Muldaur and her music beyond her one hit, "Midnight at the Oasis," which reached the U.S. Top Ten in 1973. But I stumbled across this concert, and I thought it was intriguing because in 1974 she was performing mostly swing songs from decades earlier with a jazz band. I gave it a listen, and I liked it enough to post it. 

One album I really enjoy is "Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive," in which Joe Jackson did a kind of tribute album to jump blues from decades earlier. This is a similar sort of tribute to music that was way out of style in the early 1970s. What's even more interesting is that there isn't much overlap with her studio albums. I checked the two albums she released at the time of this concert. From her first album, "Maria Muldaur," released in 1973, she played two songs: "Any Old Time" and "Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Make Me High)." And from 1974's "Waitress in a Donut Shop," she played three songs: "Squeeze Me," "I'm a Woman," and "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)." Also, there are no songs from the album she'd release in 1975. So about half of the songs here were not put on her albums.

It seems this concert  was not part of her usual tour at the time with her usual backing musicians. Instead, it was one of only a handful where she performed with the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars, which led to the different set list. Benny Carter had a very respected and long career as a composer, musician and bandleader. In fact, his career was so long that he first recorded in the 1920s, and ended up recording in eight different decades! (He died in 2003 at the age of 95.)

I don't know if or when I'm going to post more Maria Muldaur albums. "Midnight at the Oasis" wasn't included in this concert, though I don't know if this recording is incomplete or she just chose not to play it. But since I associate that song so strongly with her, and it was a hit the year before this concert, I stuck a live version of it at the end as a quasi bonus track. It's from a concert at Ebbets Field, Denver, Colorado, on January 30, 1974.

Everything here is unreleased, and sounds great, including the song at the end from the other source. 

This album is 51 minutes long.

01 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
02 Squeeze Me (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
03 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
04 Any Old Time (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
05 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
06 Ain't I Good to You (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
07 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
08 Sweetheart (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
09 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
10 Doozy [Instrumental] (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
11 It Don't Mean a Thing [If It Ain't Got That Swing] (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
12 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
13 Lover Man [Oh, Where Can You Be] (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
14 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
15 Walking One and Only (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
16 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
17 Don't You Get Me High [Don't You Feel My Leg] (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
18 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
19 I'm a Woman (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
20 talk (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
21 It Ain't the Meat [It's the Motion] (Maria Muldaur & the Benny Carter Jazz All-Stars)
22 Midnight at the Oasis (Maria Muldaur)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/Lh9xtDcC

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/6X1fS1wLxMgFHVy/file

The cover photo is from a concert in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 20, 1975. I used the Krea AI program to clean it up and sharpen it a bit.

James Taylor - Benefit for Gerry Studds, Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA, 8-30-1975

Here's a great concert from James Taylor that seems to be surprisingly little known. What makes it stand out is that it was a solo acoustic concert in 1975, and he almost never performed in that mode after 1971, until decades later. It sounds much like Taylor playing to a small group of friends on his front porch (even though the venue actually held about 5,000 people).

This was a benefit concert for Gerry Studds, a Democrat, who was in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. The concert took place a couple of months before the next election for Studds.

This actually consisted of two concerts. First, Taylor performed for about an hour, with a break halfway through. Then Studds gave a speech. Then Taylor performed for another hour, with another halfway break. I assume there were different crowds for the two sets, because Taylor played almost the exact same songs in the same order for both. This recording is based on the late show. There were only two songs exclusively performed in the early show: "Walking Man" and "Rainy Day Man." I put those at the start. Then the late show follows, in full. However, he sometimes made comments between songs in the early show that were different from comments he made in the late show. So I added those in as well. That means this is kind of a mix of both shows, due to some early show banter sprinkled in to the late show. But hopefully from a listener's point of view, it should sound like one seamless show.

The concert took place a few months after the release of Taylor's hit album "Gorilla." He played a couple of songs from the album, "Gorilla" and "Lighthouse," as a well as a B-side, "I Can Dream of You," written by his brother Livingston Taylor. But surprisingly, he didn't play either of the two big hits from the album, "Mexico" and "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)." I strongly suspect that for some songs here, this is the only recording of them being performed in solo acoustic mode, but I don't know for sure. 

This concert is unreleased. There were no sound problems. However, I used some noise reduction on the banter to remove some hiss and background noise. But I didn't use any of that for the actual music. 

This album is an hour and 13 minutes long. 

01 talk (James Taylor)
02 Walking Man (James Taylor)
03 Rainy Day Man (James Taylor)
04 You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor)
05 talk (James Taylor)
06 Sunny Skies (James Taylor)
07 talk (James Taylor)
08 One Man Parade (James Taylor)
09 Brighten Your Night with My Day (James Taylor)
10 talk (James Taylor)
11 Things Go Better with Coke (James Taylor)
12 talk (James Taylor)
13 I Can Dream of You (James Taylor)
14 talk (James Taylor)
15 Anywhere like Heaven (James Taylor)
16 talk (James Taylor)
17 Mud Slide Slim (James Taylor)
18 talk (James Taylor)
19 Baby, It's Cold Outside (James Taylor)
20 talk (James Taylor)
21 talk (James Taylor)
22 Hello Old Friend (James Taylor)
23 talk (James Taylor)
24 Riding on a Railroad (James Taylor)
25 talk (James Taylor)
26 Blossom (James Taylor)
27 Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (James Taylor)
28 Gorilla (James Taylor)
29 Circle Round the Sun (James Taylor)
30 Lighthouse (James Taylor)
31 talk (James Taylor)
32 Migration (James Taylor)
33 Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
34 talk (James Taylor)
35 Steamroller (James Taylor)
36 talk (James Taylor)
37 Sweet Baby James (James Taylor) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/pXmTf5wb 

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/Aqi04KxiJDsvnLZ/file

Listening to the banter between songs, I heard Taylor complain about the great heat. So that means this concert must have taken place in the middle of the day. Based on that, I wanted to use a photo of him outside. I couldn't find any photos of him in concert outside in the mid-1970s. I ended up using a screenshot taken from a movie he starred in in 1971 called "Two Lane Blacktop." The hair blowing in the wind on the right side was cropped off in the original photo, but I used the AI powers of Photoshop to extend the image on that side.

Kid Creole & the Coconuts - BBC Radio 2 Live in the Park, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Britain, 9-6-2025

I promised that I would post the musical acts that got the most votes in a poll for the BBC Radio in the Park Festival, which was held on September 6th and 7th, 2025. Here's the first result. I'm starting by posting the set from my favorite musical act from the festival, Kid Creole and the Coconuts.

The band's peak years were in the 1980s, which was a long time ago. But listening to this, you'd never know that so many years have passed. It was a solid show, but a short one. That's because most musical acts in the festival had sets under 40 minutes, except for the big headliners.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 35 minutes long. 

01 Caroline Was a Drop-Out (Kid Creole & the Coconuts)
02 I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby (Kid Creole & the Coconuts)
03 Stool Pigeon (Kid Creole & the Coconuts)
04 Trombone - Stool Pigeon (Kid Creole & the Coconuts)
05 talk (Kid Creole & the Coconuts)
06 Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy (Kid Creole & the Coconuts)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/DNnWs6iM

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/Of8DKuXj5SlLcTo/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. It show's the band's lead singer August Darnell with the three women making up the Coconuts.

James Brown - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, 9-16-1966

Here's a James Brown concert from 1966.

I usually don't post much live music from Brown, because there's been a large number of official live albums released already. However, it's very rare to have a recording from this far back with this pristine sound quality, even though it's a bootleg. Also, I don't think there have been any official live releases from 1966. And this recording seems to have stayed surprisingly obscure, so hopefully this post will help spread it around.

At the time of this release, Brown's most recent single hit was "Money Won't Change You." That's probably why it was emphasized, getting played once at the start and then again at the end. " It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" was also emphasized, making up most of a 14-minute-long medley, as that was a big hit earlier in the year.

This album is 54 minutes long.

01 talk by emcee (James Brown)
02 The King [Instrumental] (James Brown)
03 Money Won't Change You (James Brown)
04 Try Me (James Brown)
05 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (James Brown)
06 Prisoner of Love (James Brown)
07 Maybe the Last Time (James Brown)
08 I Got You [I Feel Good] (James Brown)
09 talk (James Brown)
10 It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World - Lost Someone (James Brown)
11 When a Man Loves a Woman - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World [Reprise] (James Brown)
12 Please, Please, Please (James Brown)
13 Money Won't Change You [Reprise] (James Brown)
14 talk by emcee (James Brown)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/oR9hd5be

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/9aejtTgDWUBJ6mu/file

The cover photo shows Brown on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1966. I used the Krea AI program to improve the image quality. For the name at the top, I used a concert poster from the 1960s.

Blondie - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, 12-10-2015

I just posted a Blondie concert album yesterday, but I'm going to post this one here already before I forget about it. This was Blondie's turn on the excellent TV show "PBS Soundstage."

It's rather unfortunate it took so long before Blondie appeared on this show, especially since the show first began the same year the band was formed, way back in 1974. But at least the band has stayed pretty active coming up with new material. They released three new studio albums in the 2010s. The second one, "Ghosts of Download," was released a year prior to this concert. Although it was a sign of their declining sales that they felt the need to bundle it with a greatest his collection.

This album is a mix of old and new. I count seven songs from their recent albums, compared to seven of their classic hits.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and 12 minutes long. 

01 Dreaming (Blondie)
02 One Way or Another (Blondie)
03 Rave (Blondie)
04 Hanging on the Telephone (Blondie)
05 talk (Blondie)
06 Gravity (Blondie)
07 talk (Blondie)
08 Mile High (Blondie)
09 Call Me (Blondie)
10 Mother (Blondie)
11 Euphoria (Blondie)
12 A Rose by Any Name (Blondie)
13 talk (Blondie)
14 My Monster (Blondie)
15 Rapture (Blondie)
16 The Tide Is High - Groove Is in the Heart (Blondie)
17 talk (Blondie)
18 Heart of Glass (Blondie) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/F5FkPyze

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/wlsGDqIuQb5HhA1/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert.

Various Artists - A Grammy Salute to the Beach Boys, Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 2-8-2023

A few days ago, a commenter suggested I should post this concert. It so happened that I already had it all ready to go (except for making the cover), which is the case for countless hundreds, if not thousands of albums. But since it was requested, I put it at the top of the pile, and here it is. It's a Grammy salute to the Beach Boys from 2023.

This tribute was shown on prime time television, so that meant it was faced paced, and with lots of guest stars. Famous actor Tom Hanks started things off with a spoken tribute, and actors John Stamos and Drew Carey also had turns to speak. 

I found a video of this concert, converted it to audio, and then broke it into mp3s. So I don't think it's circulated as an audio bootleg before. The music is unreleased, and the sound quality is excellent.

This album is an hour and eleven minutes long. 

01 talk (Tom Hanks)
02 Help Me Rhonda (Little Big Town)
03 talk (John Stamos)
04 California Girls (Weezer)
05 talk (Jimmy Jam)
06 Sail On, Sailor (John Legend)
07 Barbara Ann (Hanson)
08 In My Room (Brandi Carlile)
09 Wouldn't It Be Nice (Charlie Puth)
10 Don't Worry Baby (Michael McDonald & Take 6)
11 talk (John Legend)
12 The Warmth of the Sun (Norah Jones)
13 Do It Again (Foster the People)
14 Surfer Girl (Lady A)
15 talk (Drew Carey)
16 Do You Wanna Dance (Fall Out Boy)
17 talk (emcee)
18 Sloop John B (Beck)
19 Caroline, No (LeAnn Rimes)
20 talk (Mumford & Sons)
21 I Know There's an Answer (Mumford & Sons)
22 Darlin' (Andy Grammer)
23 talk (Norah Jones)
24 You Still Believe in Me (St. Vincent)
25 I Get Around (My Morning Jacket)
26 talk (LeAnn Rimes)
27 Heroes and Villains (Pentatonix)
28 talk (John Stamos)
29 Surfin' U.S.A. - Fun, Fun, Fun (Luke Spiller & Taylor Momsen)
30 Good Vibrations (Beck & Jim James)
31 talk (Brandi Carlile & John Legend)
32 God Only Knows (Brandi Carlile & John Legend)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/BvP9j4sK

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/I8sT7w5JNg2CT8v/file

The cover image is from this exact concert. It shows Brandi Carlile singing to John Legend, who has his back to the camera.

Poll Results

A few days ago, I made a poll that asked you which musical acts you'd like to see me post from the BBC Radio 2 in the Park Festival that took place on September 6th and 7th, 2025. I'm closing that poll now. Here are the results: 

Bryan Adams                            XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Stereophonics                           XXXXXXXXXXX
Kid Creole and the Coconuts   XXXXXXXXXXX
Belinda Carlisle                        XXXXXXXXXX
Def Leppard                              XXXXXXXXX
Suede                                        XXXXXXXX
David Gray                               XXXX
Sophie Ellis‐Bextor                  XXX    
Ella Henderson                         XX
Jessie J                                      XX
Marti Pellow                             X
Ronan Keating                          X
Louise                                       X
Anastacia                                  X
Soul II Soul                
Olly Murs                
Gary Davies                

I see a clear demand for the first six acts, so those are the ones I'll post. I already have most of those ready, so look forward to those in the next few days. Thanks for participating. 

Marvin Gaye - The Midnight Special, Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 9-6-1974

Here's an unreleased concert from the soul great Marvin Gaye, from 1974.

In 1974, Gaye went on tour for the first time since 1968. That resulted in the live album "Marvin Gaye Live!" which was released shortly before this concert. This comes from "The Midnight Special" TV show. I believe an entire episode was devoted just to this concert. Even so, I think only parts of this were shown, and the full version has only emerged as a bootleg in recent years. 

The original file was well over an hour long, but I cut it down. The reason for the cutting is that there were some extra parts added that weren't from the concert. The main ones were interview segments between Gaye and his parents. I separated those bits out and strung them together as the bonus track. It makes strange listening to hear Gaye talk with his father for some of it, in light of the fact that his father would end up murdering him in 1984 after Gaye tried to intervene in a fight between his parents. (His father's first degree murder change was later reduced to manslaughter after it emerged he had a brain tumor that may have affected his behavior.)

The set list between this concert and the one for "Marvin Gaye Live!" is very simila. Gaye, unfortunately, didn't change his set list very much. Even the new few tours would largely have the same set list as this one. But this has two extra songs not on the official live album: "Come Get to This" and "Keep Gettin' It On." And even removing those two songs from the count, the rest of the album is still several minutes longer than the official album, because some of these versions are longer. Also, the song order is somewhat different. 

By the way, "Keep Gettin' It On" has "[Edit]" because some of the interview talk overlapped some of the song. I got rid of the overlap with the use of the MVSEP audio editing program.

Tracks 8 through 11 are a medley of older hits. On the official live album, it's called the "Fossils Medley."

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is pretty good, but not great.

This album is 54 minutes long, not including the interview bonus track. 

01 Introduction (Marvin Gaye)
02 Overture [Instrumental] (Marvin Gaye)
03 Trouble Man (Marvin Gaye)
04 Inner City Blues [Make Me Wanna Holler] (Marvin Gaye)
05 talk (Marvin Gaye)
06 Come Get to This (Marvin Gaye)
07 Keep Gettin' It On [Edit] (Marvin Gaye)
08 I'll Be Doggone - Try It Baby (Marvin Gaye)
09 Can I Get a Witness - You're a Wonderful One (Marvin Gaye)
10 Stubborn Kind of Fellow (Marvin Gaye)
11 How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved by You] (Marvin Gaye)
12 Distant Lover (Marvin Gaye)
13 talk (Marvin Gaye)
14 Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
15 Jan (Marvin Gaye)
16 What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)

interview (Marvin Gaye) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/4bBAW6iz

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/ZQl0zEXdv0JICoI/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert.