FLAMIN' GROOVIES
LIVE AT THE ROXY (1976)
LIVE AT THE WHISKEY A GO-GO (1979)
Here are two vintage Groovies' concerts. Live at The Roxy is one of the most famous "Shake Some Action" era concerts, never offcially released. It was released in a plain white cardboard sleeve with an insert. Maybe you know another unofficial Flamin' Groovies album with a similar track list, but it is a different performance to the "No Candy" album for instance.
In 1993, five songs from this set were picked for the "Collection of rare demos and live recordings" released on the Marilyn record label
Live at The Roxy (240 mb)
Live at The Whiskey A Go-Go (197 mb)
She Said Yeah / Let The Boy Rock 'n' Roll / House Of Blue Lights / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Please Please Me / Please Please Girl / Ups And Downs / Shake Some Action / I Wanna Be Your Man / Don't Lie To Me /I Can't Hide / Miss Amanda Jones / Under My Thumb / Hey Hey Hey
Live At The Whiskey A Go-Go was recorded in 1979, this concert was only released (officially) a few years later on the french label Lolita. The Whiskey a Go-Go '79 concert serves to document a typical Groovies gig of the time with staples like "Shake Some Action", "Tell Me Again" and "First Plane Home", covers of "Feel A Whole Lot Better", Moby Grape's "Fall On You", the odd Beatles and even NRBQ's "I Want You Bad" - an excellent pop song the Groovies almost make their own. Sound quality not vastly better than the Live At The Roxy bootleg (1976).
Live At The Whiskey a Go-Go
House Of Blue Lights / Feel A Whole Lot Better / Fall On You / Please Please Me / From Me To You / Tell Me Again/ First Plane Home / Let It Rock / I Want You Bad / Big City / Shake Some Action
6 comments:
Hi Angelo,
I thought you would like to know:
During the Live at the Roxy show, supposedly recorded in 1976, before they play Please Please Me they anounce it as being from their
new Sire Lp - which would be Jumpin' In The Night. A 1979 release!
What do make of that?
Thanks for the hard work!
David
RFW
I was at the 1976 Roxy shows (I was there to see the Ramones, primarily).
Does the live LP include their endless tuning sessions between songs. My friends and I always referred to them as the Flamin' Tune-Ups after that show.
They might have been great, but they spent as much time tuning as playing, so the set couldn't build any momentum. They seemed like a sad, old joke compared to the Ramones.
"Sad old joke" might be a bit harsh, but The Ramones (who opened) definitely blew them off the stage (and I was there mostly to see the Groovies!)
I didn't get the last three songs of the Whiskey show - did something happen to the file?
Great blog though, found a lot of good stuff!
Hello. I'm very sorry to trouble you, but I'm glad if you can Re-up. Thank you.
Any chance to get the Live at the Roxy Show re-uploaded? Thanks in advance!!
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