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The Clean – Live from Johnny Brenda’s 06/06/12

The Clean Live from Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia June 6, 2012.
Just filmed a few songs – some are not complete and I didn’t have a tracklist so they are most likely not in the order they were played. I first heard the Clean (David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour (RIP) & Robert Scott) when kdu got the Tuatara – A Flying Nun Compilation in the Mid-80s. Although I instantly became a fan of all the bands on the comp and it opened me up to the whole New Zealand scene, the Clean were my favorite. I soon go the compilation not sure if was album or cd at that point and tried to find anything by them. The one problem of discovering this band this way was they had broken up in 1982, so I figured I would never see them. I did manage to see the ex-members current band (ie. The Bats, The Mad Scene and David’s solo bands). Then they reunited and I got to see them at Maxwell’s and then more new music and tours that brought them to Philly. These vidoe clips were shoot on my phone from their show at Johnny Brenda’s. I wasn’t sure I was going to put them up but with the deeply sad passing of Hamish and no other clips that I could find for that show I decided to add them here.


0:00 – 1:59 – Anything Could Happen
2:00 – 4:45 – Fish
4:46 – 7:13 – The Dream Life U Need A Rubber Soul
7:14 – 12:00 – Getting Older
12:01 – 15:17 – Odditty
15:18 – 17:35 – Tally Ho

Jean-Paul Sartre Experience – JC Dobbs 7/27/93

The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, later renamed JPS Experience after a lawsuit by the estate of Jean-Paul Sartre, were part of the 2nd wave of New Zealand’s Flying Nun Records Bands. I first heard them through their song Flex which was on the I’m In Love with These Times compilation and video comp. It was unlike any of the other bands on that and really stood out. They had a wide variety of sounds over their 3 albums and many eps. Most (maybe all?) is collected in I Like Rain: The Story Of The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
My tape has no information on it but I believe this show was at JC Dobbs – part of the Noisyland tour with The Bats and Straitjacket Fits on July 27, 1993.

Links:

Big Takeover interview
Discogs
AudioCuture
Bandcamp Page

Live JC Dobbs 7/27/93

01 – Slip
02 – Spaceman
03 – Into You
04 – Elemental
05 – Kickback
06 – Block
07 – Flex
08 – Bleeding Star
09 – Up in the Sky
10 – Crush

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NYT article

Bailterspace – Khyber – Oct 28 1992

Bailterspace

John Halvorsen Brent McLachlan & Alister Space Bailterspace
(formerly members of the Gordons) from Christchurch, New Zealand played all sorts in NZ and would later tour the world USA EUROPE Bailterspace are clearly a distinct entity, their sound dense and imposing beautiful
This is a show I taped from the Khyber in October of 1992 They almosgt only played 4 songs but got called back to do 3 more songs.
Go to their bandcamp page for very many releases from them.

01 – Skin
02 – We Know
03 – Unseen
04 – Fused
05 – The Aim
06 – Robot World
07 – Be on Time

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The Bats – JC Dobbs & Khyber Philadelphia

Christchurch, New Zealand band The Bats have clocked ten incredible albums, released on vinyl, CD and digital; each record seeing them evolve with new material from the prolific songwriting hand of Robert Scott ( the Clean). Also featuring bassist/producer Paul Kean (Toy Love) lead guitarist Kaye Woodward and drummer Malcolm Grant

This post has Two Philly shows from the early 90’s  by the Bats  one is from JC Dobbs and the other is from Khyber.
Thanks to Rob Strong for figuring out song titles

Live – JC Dobbs 7/27/93

01 – Love Floats Two
02 – It’s a Lie
03 – Miss These Things
04 – Smoking Her Wings
05 – Block of Wood

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Live – Khyber Pass

01 – Valley Floor
02 – Fear of God
03 – Other Side of You
04 – Mastery
05 – Dancing as the Boat Goes Down
06 – Boogey Man
07 – Sighting the Sound
08 – Block of Wood
09 – Unknown
10 – It’s a Lie
12 – You Know We Shouldn’t
13 – Jetsam
14 – The Looming Past
15 – North By North

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Straitjacket Fits Live from JC Dobbs – 7/27/93

Straitjacket Fits
Straitjacket Fits sprang from the ashes of the DoubleHappys, a trio (named after a particularly loud brand of firecracker) that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in the early ’80s. The band members were Shayne Carter, John Collie, David Wood and Andrew Brough. I believe this show is from JC Dobbs but I’m not sure exactly when. Most likely it is from 1993 since it has songs from all of their releases up through Blow. When the Straightjacket Fits broke up Shayne Carter formed Dimmer
Click here for an interview with Shayne Carter from the 80’s New Zealand zine Alley Oop.

Audio files

01 – Missing Presumed Drowned
02 – Done
03 – Train
04 – Let It Blow
05 – She Speeds
06 – APS
07 – Brother’s Keeper
08 – If I Were You
09 – Spacing
10 – Cat Inna Can
11 – Way

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CakeKitchen – Khyber 6/25/92

Cakekitchen

CakeKitchen is Graeme Jefferies with various other musicians. Graeme had been in Nocturnal Projections and This Kind of Punishment with his brother Peter Jefferies. I’m not 100% sure but judging by the time frame it was probably Graeme with bassist Rachael King and drummer Robert Key. This show was on June 25, 1992 at the Khyber opening for Seam. Lots of tracks off the World of Sand album and the earlier Time Flowing Backwards album. Greame is still putting out releases – the latest is Kangaroos In My Top Paddock. For more on Cakekitchen (including buying cd’s directly from the band) check out the Cakekitchen Facebook Page.

Audio files

01 – ?
02 – Airships
03 – This Perfect Day
04 – Big Fat Mouth
05 – ?
06 – Crimson To Gunmetal
07 – Walking On The Glass
08 – Dave The Pimp
09 – Fahrenheit 451
10 – Tomorrow Came Today

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Alastair Galbraith & Peter Jefferies Live Khyber – Philadelphia 08/19/93

Alastair Galbraith & Peter Jefferies from (I believe) their first tour of America. This was recorded in the audience at the Khyber on 8/19/93. I tired to figure out all of the titles but both of them were in a lot of bands and other projects so I couldn’t get them all. If anyone can fill the titles in please let me know. I was and still am a big fan of New Zealand music and they were in some of the best bands like Nocturnal Projections, Plagal Grind, A Handful of Dust, The Rip, This Kind of Punishment and all of their solo albums and projects. I skipped going on a vacation road trip because this show was happening while I was supposed to be on vacation. The show turned out to be worth missing the trip. If you want to check out more this is Alastair Galbraith on Siltbreeze’s site and Peter Jefferies’ site
Also here is a pdf of an interview with Peter Jefferies from a New Zealand zine Alley Oop
Thanks to Jim for the updates on the Peter Jefferies song titles.

Audio files – Peter Jefferies

Peter Jefferies – 01-Chain Of Reaction
Peter Jefferies – 02 – Difficult Days (originally by his first band Nocturnal Projections)
Peter Jefferies – 03 – Slow Motion (a Leo Sayer cover !)
Peter Jefferies – 04-Electricity
Peter Jefferies – 05-Don’t Look Down
Peter Jefferies – 06-Some More Than Others
Peter Jefferies – 07-Ahead Of Their Time
Peter Jefferies – 08-Wined Up
Peter Jefferies – 09-A Chorus Of Interludes
Peter Jefferies – 10-(Medley)
Peter Jefferies – 11-On An Unknown Beach
Peter Jefferies – 12-fate of the human carbine

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Audio files – Alastair Galbraith

Alastair Galbraith – 01-Screaming E
Alastair Galbraith – 02-Cranes
Alastair Galbraith – 03-Milky Milo Man
Alastair Galbraith – 04-Starless Road
Alastair Galbraith – 05
Alastair Galbraith – 06-Ivy Bound
Alastair Galbraith – 07-Yes Jazz Cactus
Alastair Galbraith – 08-As In A Blender
Alastair Galbraith – 09-Hawks
Alastair Galbraith – 10-Semaphone
Alastair Galbraith – 11-Vincent
Alastair Galbraith – 12
Alastair Galbraith – 13
Alastair Galbraith – 14-Warden Tie
Alastair Galbraith – 15
Alastair Galbraith – 16
Alastair Galbraith – 17-Huxley

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Audio files – Alastair Galbraith & Peter Jefferies

Galbraith_Jefferies – 01
Galbraith_Jefferies – 02-Couldn’t Write A Book
Galbraith_Jefferies – 03-Marquesite Lake
Galbraith_Jefferies – 04-Timebomb
Galbraith_Jefferies – 05-Scissors
Galbraith_Jefferies – 06-Domestica
Galbraith_Jefferies – 07-An Open Denial(cutOff)
Galbraith_Jefferies – 08-Other Side Of Reason

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