In recent weeks, I've been listening almost exclusively to April 2026 Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York soundboard concerts. In my opinion, this is an amazing musical treasure trove, but most of it is in danger of being forgotten.
I've posted about 35 concerts from the trove already. There are a few dozen different ones posted by others at bootleg sharing sites as well. But there are many dozens more that are not being shared anywhere I can see, not even at SoulseekQT, which normally has everything. It's been more than six months since the leak, and I don't see anyone else posting more concerts from this, not even in their raw form. So that's why I'm really focusing on getting these out there, even for musical acts I barely know or don't like all that much. And also even though it's a pain in the rear, since the vast majority of these were leaked as single files, which I then have to chop up into mp3s. I have a feeling that if I don't share these, nobody will.
I've been a very busy bee. The following is a list of all the concerts I have all ready to go, with the mp3 splits and other audio editing, plus the cover art made. (Another thing I really like about these concerts is that there are good photos from the vast majority of them, due to the venue posting thousands of photos at Flickr.) All I need to do is upload them and write the write-ups. I could post these in any order, and so far I'm doing that pretty randomly. But if anyone wants me to post any of these sooner rather than later, please let me know which ones in this thread. I should start posting a lot more now that I've finished processing so many. I believe it's 53 more concerts in all.
B.B. King
Beth Hart
Black Crowes (two concerts)
Bob Weir (three concerts)
Brandi Carlile
Bruce Hornsby
Chris Stapleton
Counting Crows
Elvis Costello & the Roots
Decemberists
Fishbone
Garbage
Gov't Mule (two concerts)
Grace Potter
Hot Tuna
Iggy Pop
Iron & Wine
Jackson Browne
J. Geils Band
Keb Mo
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
King Crimson
Lemonheads
Little Feat
Los Lobos
Lyle Lovett
Moody Blues
Neko Case
Neutral Milk Hotel
Old 97's
Peter Frampton
Phil Lesh & Friends (three concerts, all with Joan Osborne)
Psychedelic Furs
Queens of the Stone Age
REO Speedwagon
Roots
Sarah McLachlan
Sheryl Crow
Shins
Spoon
Steve Earle
Tedeschi Trucks (two concerts)
Trigger Hippy
Wallflowers
Warren Haynes
Willie Nelson
But wait, there's more! There are still more concerts that I haven't listened to or processed at all. These will take more time. Generally speaking, they consist of musical acts I'm less familiar with or completely unfamiliar with. (And, by the way, there are still dozens more concert recordings in the leak that I'm skipping entirely, because I checked at the rateyourmusic.com website, and they don't have many fans.) Out of the ones below, I'll probably process some of them, but not all. It depends on two things. One, how much do I like them. And two, how much popular demand there is for them. So if you want me to post some of these, let me know which ones, and that will influence what I do with them. I believe there's 37 concerts in this second list below. Thanks.
I gotta say I'm enjoying this project because my musical tastes are mostly stuck in the 1960s to 1990s. Since the vast majority of these are from 2012 to 2019, it's "forcing" me to listen to more musical acts I had overlooked. (There's a minority from after 2019 that weren't part of the leak, mostly webcasts from the same venue that I happened to find.) Some of these musical acts don't impress me much, but some do, so it's expanding my musical horizons a bit. Overall, I'd say the venue has very good taste in the kinds of musical acts they book, which is what makes this trove so interesting to me.
Alabama Shakes
Alejandro Escovedo
Avett Brothers (two concerts)
Blues Traveler
Claypool Lennon Delirium
Courtney Marie Andrews
Dan Auerbach
Dawes
Dion
Drive-By Truckers (2013)
Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians
Elf Power
Felice Brothers
Furthur
Gary Clark, Jr.
Geese (two concerts)
Grizzly Bear
Jane's Addiction
Jason Isbell (2019)
Jenny Lewis
Jim James
Mac DeMarco
Modest Mouse
My Morning Jacket
Ray LaMontagne
Regina Spektor
Ryan Adams
Spin Doctors
Strokes
Trey Anastasio Band (two concerts)
Warren Haynes (two concerts)
Ween
Wilco
Good morning Paul. I would request The Moody Blues Port Chester show. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMe, too, for the Marvelous Moody Blues.
DeleteDefinitely Moody Blues, such a beautiful concert. Amazing.
DeleteCounting Crows, Jackson Browne, Warren Haynes, Govt Mule, Black Crowes...........Thanks for all you do!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteif you are looking for votes - Dawes, Jenny Lewis, Steve Earle, Counting Crows, & Fishbone
ReplyDeleteDefinately Grace Potter for me. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI would like to add Dion - his later work has been phenomenal!
DeleteThanks Paul. If you are looking for votes mine are Bob Weir, Decemberists, Jackson Browne and King Crimson from first list would be great and Felice Brothers and Modest Mouse from second list. ANY Felice Brothers more than welcome!!! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see Jenny Lewis, Ray Lamontagne and Regina Spektor! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, looking forward to all this great live music!
ReplyDeleteNeutral Milk & Hot Tuna if possible.
ReplyDeleteRyan Adams, Trey Anastasio and Dawes would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteFrom the first List, Jackson Browne, Bob Weir and Hot Tuna! Thanks so much!! (P.s) One uploader who I will not name did track and "master" the two Jackson Browne shows from sept 2015, but he did some offset channel doubling/tweaking that make it sound really weird (in an attempt to make a mono recording stereo). We need it done properly and I know you can do it Paul! Thanks for everything!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I checked, and it looks like I used the version you don't like. The reason is that one split the single track into songs, and that saved me time. This is a hugely time consuming task so I'm looking for any way to save more time. If you want to remaster it yourself, I'd be happy to post that version.
DeleteThank you for this incredible service. I hope you are finding it to be a labor of love. If you are looking for votes, mine would be: Furthur, Elvis Costello, Steve Earle and Hot Tuna.
ReplyDeleteHard to choose, but there are three on the second list I hope you get to. They are Claypool Lennon Delirium, Drive-By Truckers and Jason Isbell. Thanks for all that you do / are doing.
ReplyDeleteMy wish list would be Brandi Carlile, Counting Crows, and Tedeschi Trucks. There's more but I'll stop there.
ReplyDeleteFor the bottom list, my wish list of these is Dion, Avett Brothers, Jane's Addiction, Ryan Adams, and Gary Clark Jr. Thank you for all you do Paul. Best site of its kind with thought and effort second to none!
Hi Paul, there are a bunch of names on the top list that are interesting, especially Iron and Wine, QOTSA and the Roots. From the bottom list Geese (let's see if they're all that), Wilco and the Strokes.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being busy, and for all the releases this month. Been getting great mileage recently out of Nathaniel Rateliff, Gillian Welch and that Prince gig in Germany you posted a while back. Wow.
Thank you for the diversity of stuff!! Heck yes on Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, QOTSA, The Shins, Alejandro Escovedo, Drive By Truckers, Elf Power, Jenny Lewis, The Strokes, and Ween!
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear the following acts:
ReplyDeleteJ. Geils Band
Peter Frampton
Psychedelic Furs
Hot tuna et clayton lennon delirium , please. Thank you very much for everything you do.
ReplyDeleteAndré from France
My favorites are: Jason Isbell (2019), Grace Potter, Glen Hansard, J. Geils Band,
ReplyDeleteThese are the top six I'd grab as soon as I saw they're posted:
ReplyDeleteIggy Pop
Jackson Browne
King Crimson
Psychedelic Furs
Jane's Addiction
Strokes
From the bottom list I'd love to hear Wilco and Ryan Adams. Thanks for all the great shows.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see The Decemberists, and Steve Earle posted. From the bottom list I'd vote for Alabama Shakes and Dawes. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Paul. From the bottom list I would be most interested in Drive-By Truckers, Felice Brothers, My Morning Jacket, Jenny Lewis, Regina Spektor and Ween. I would be interested in hearing almost all of them though to be honest. Thanks for all the work you do!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear any Strokes recordings you got!!
ReplyDeleteAlso love Mac DeMarco
Ohh... Blues Traveler, Dion, Gary Clark, Jr., Warren Haynes (two concerts)
ReplyDeleteHi Paul,
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the great work you do.
From the bottom list I would like Bluse Traveler, Janes Addiction, Modest Mouse, Regina Spektor and the Strokes.
Would love the Chris Stapleton show posted.
ReplyDeleteAnd for the not processed shows....post them all. Maybe not this year but when you have time and not much else to do........
Wallflowers, Claypool Lennon Delirium, Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians, My Morning Jacket, Ween and of course: Wilco!
ReplyDeleteAlabama Shakes, Warren Haynes, Trey Anastasio and Blues traveller would be great! .... and, by the way, thanks für your excellent job. It's always a pleasure to see what comes next!
ReplyDeleteNothing regarding The Police ?
ReplyDeleteNope. Not Sting solo either. I can only work with what's there.
DeleteI agree...........Dion would be great.......
ReplyDeleteHey Paul, your blog is AMAZING and a must visit daily. I would love if you could eventually share J Geils Band from Capitol Theatre leak as well as the obscure Marilyn McCoo if show possible. Thanks in advance! - Eric
ReplyDeleteWhat obscure Marilyn McCoo show??
DeleteMy apologies Paul. The Marilyn McCoo / Billy Davis Jr show was from the Pacific Northwest leak of soundboards that came out around the same time as the Capitol Theatre Portchester leak. Most of the shows were from county fairs in Oregon or a casino in Oregon. The McCoo show was from the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City Oregon in 1999. I am looking for that if you have any luck finding it. I have lots of the other Oregon based shows that leaked out....Gregg Allman, 38 Special, America, Three Dog Night, Eddie Money, Glen Campbell, etc etc. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. And thanks for the J Geils Capitol show whenever you find the time. You and your blog are the ABSOLUTE BEST!!!! - Eric from NJ
DeleteSorry, I don't have that. I just searched Soulseek and didn't find it there. However, I am aware of that leak you speak of. I guess more from that are still coming out. I'm not so interested in those, since they mostly consist of bands way past their prime. But there might be some good ones there. I know a person going by the handle KRW_CO is posting all of those at the Dime a Dozen site. I'll bet if you contact that person via a PM at that site, they would have the one you're looking for. It probably just fell off the tracker due to lack of interest.
DeleteWhat site has the raw files available for DL? I could definitely help with chopping the files
ReplyDeleteThat would be great! Please contact me by email. My address is thompson 22 @ runbox . com (remove all the spaces). Thanks.
DeleteThank you for the wonderful work you do. From the second list I would love to hear Alejandro Escovedo, Warren Haynes and Jason Isbell. Many thanks for considering this request!
ReplyDeleteI posted the Counting Crows show at http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=813990 and the Frampton show at http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?returnto=/account-cp.php&id=814025. They're still available.
ReplyDeleteThe two Jackson Browne shows are also available at Dime.
DeleteThanks for all the great Capitol concerts! Both Gov't Mule and the J.Geils shows would be much appreciated!
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