Who Opened for TH…?

 

Who Opened for TH…?

 

Date	Band	Location	Note
10/10/75	Buzzy Weiler	CBGB	Triple bill
10/10/75	Quinn Brothers	CBGB	Triple bill
10/11/75	Buzzy Weiler	CBGB	Triple bill
10/11/75	Quinn Brothers	CBGB	Triple bill
10/12/75	Buzzy Weiler	CBGB	Triple bill
10/12/75	Quinn Brothers	CBGB	Triple bill
11/28/75	Sniper	Mothers
11/29/75	Sniper	Mothers
11/30/75	Sniper	Mothers
12/17/75	Marbles	Max's Kansas City
12/20/75	Joe & Blake	CBGB
12/20/75	Bonjour Aviator	CBGB
12/20/75	Buzzy Weiler	CBGB
12/21/75	Joe & Blake	CBGB
12/21/75	Bonjour Aviator	CBGB
12/21/75	Buzzy Weiler	CBGB
03/25/76	Marbles	CBGB
03/26/76	Marbles	CBGB
03/27/76	Marbles	CBGB
04/13/76	Fox Pass	The Club, Cambridge MA	Bands co-billed as "Boston vs NY"
04/14/76	Fox Pass	The Club, Cambridge MA	Bands co-billed as "Boston vs NY"
04/28/76	Manster	CBGB	Triple bill
04/28/76	Sun	CBGB	Triple bill
05/19/76	Harry Toledo	Max's Kansas City
05/20/76	Milk N Cookies	CBGB
05/21/76	Milk N Cookies	CBGB
05/22/76	Milk N Cookies	CBGB
05/28/76	Orchestra Luna	CBGB
05/29/76	Orchestra Luna	CBGB
05/30/76	Orchestra Luna	CBGB
06/30/76	Orchestra Luna	CBGB
07/01/76	Orchestra Luna	CBGB
07/02/76	Orchestra Luna	CBGB
07/03/76	Orchestra Luna	CBGB
07/04/76	Orchestra Luna	CBGB
09/01/76	Black Eagles	CBGB
09/23/76	High Winds	CBGB
09/24/76	High Winds	CBGB
09/25/76	High Winds	CBGB
10/01/76	Young Adults	RISD, Providence RI
10/28/76	TV Toy	CBGB	Triple bill
10/28/76	Frenzy Band	CBGB	Triple bill
10/29/76	TV Toy	CBGB	Triple bill
10/29/76	Frenzy Band	CBGB	Triple bill
10/30/76	TV Toy	CBGB	Triple bill
10/30/76	Frenzy Band	CBGB	Triple bill
11/19/76	Harry Toledo	Max's Kansas City
12/21/76	Joe Cool	CBGB
12/21/76	Steve Forbert	CBGB
Unknown 1976	TV Toy	Showplace, Dover NJ	Sept or Oct
Unknown 1976	Grand Slam	CBGB
01/13/77	Fans	CBGB
01/14/77	Fans	CBGB
01/15/77	Fans	CBGB
01/20/77	Fox Pass	The Rat Boston
01/21/77	Fox Pass	The Rat Boston
01/22/77	Fox Pass	The Rat Boston
01/28/77	Diodes	Toronto ON
03/03/77	Alex Chilton	CBGB
03/04/77	Alex Chilton	CBGB
03/05/77	Alex Chilton	CBGB
07/05/77	Flying Hearts Orchestra	Village Gate, NYC
07/06/77	Flying Hearts Orchestra	Village Gate, NYC
07/07/77	Erasers	Village Gate, NYC
07/08/77	Erasers	Village Gate, NYC
08/25/77	Laughing Dogs	CBGB
08/26/77	Laughing Dogs	CBGB
08/27/77	Laughing Dogs	CBGB
08/28/77	Lemur & Flamigo	CBGB
09/16/77	Scenics	Toronto ON
09/20/77	Fox Pass	Boston, MA
09/21/77	Fox Pass	Boston MA
09/24/77	Songs	Scarsdale NY
09/23/77	Young Adults	Providence RI	date uncertain
10/12/77	Clive Davis panel discussion	Buffalo NY
10/14/77	Sweaty Tools	Ithaca NY
10/21/77	Suburbs	Minneapolis MN
10/22/77	Suburbs	Minneapolis MN
10/27/77	Jeff Sheridan (magician)	New York NY
10/29/77	Ricky and the White Boys	Richmond VA	Triple bill
10/29/77	Single Bullet Theory	Richmond VA	Triple bill
10/31/77	unknown magic/fire-eater act	Pittsburgh PA
11/03/77	Loose Shoes Rhythm Band	Baltimore MD
11/05/77	Max Romeo & Jah Malla	New York NY
11/10/77	Shirts	Rochester NY
11/11/77	Richard Belzer (comedian)	Binghampton NY	Belzer walked off after someone threw ice in his eye
11/26/77	Elvis Costello	Atlanta GA	Elvis opened, TH closed
11/27/77	unknown local band	Nashville TN	Tina says the opening act heckled TH during their set
12/04/77	Alligator	Santa Cruz CA
12/07/77	Leila & the Snakes	Berkeley CA	Triple bill
12/07/77	Little Roger & the Goosebumps	Berkeley CA	Triple bill
12/08/77	Leila & the Snakes	Berkeley CA	Triple bill
12/08/77	Little Roger & the Goosebumps	Berkeley CA	Triple bill
12/09/77	Avengers	Berkeley CA	Triple bill
12/09/77	Liars	Berkeley CA	Triple bill
12/10/77	Avengers	Palo Alto CA	Triple bill
12/10/77	Liars	Palo Alto CA	Triple bill
12/12/77	Dogs	Huntington Beach CA
12/13/77	Dogs	Huntington Beach CA
12/15/77	Heaters	Los Angeles CA
12/16/77	Heaters	Los Angeles CA
12/16/77	Heaters	Los Angeles CA
12/27/77	Shirts	New York NY	Triple bill
12/27/77	Luna Band	New York NY	Triple bill
12/29/77	Chris Rush	Boston MA
12/30/77	Chris Rush	Boston MA
01/01/78	Tuff Darts	Roslyn NY	Triple bill, this show was cancelled
01/01/78	Susan	Roslyn NY	Triple bill, this show was cancelled
01/10/78	XTC	Nijmegen, Holland
01/11/78	XTC	Rotterdam, Holland
01/12/78	XTC	Hamburg, Germany
01/13/78	XTC	Hamburg, Germany
01/14/78	XTC	Amsterdam, Holland
01/15/78	XTC	Zedelgem, Belgium
01/16/78	XTC	Liege, Belgium
01/17/78	XTC	Brussels, Belgium
01/18/78	XTC	Paris, France
01/20/78	Dire Straits	Sheffield UK
01/21/78	Dire Straits	Manchester UK
01/22/78	Dire Straits	Liverpool UK
01/23/78	Dire Straits	Doncaster UK
01/24/78	Dire Straits	Aylesbury UK
01/25/78	Dire Straits	Southampton UK
01/26/78	Dire Straits	Leicester UK
01/27/78	Dire Straits	Newcastle UK
01/28/78	Dire Straits	Huddersfield UK
01/29/78	Dire Straits	London UK	Triple Bill
01/29/78	Slaughter and the Dogs	London	Triple Bill
01/30/78	Dire Straits	Leeds UK
02/01/78	Dire Straits	Brighton UK
02/02/78	Dire Straits	Birmingham UK
02/03/78	Dire Straits	St Albans UK	Triple bill
02/03/78	Bleak House	St Albans UK	Triple bill
02/04/78	Dire Straits	Swindon UK
02/05/78	Dire Straits	Croydon UK
05/05/78	David Misch (comedian)	Bryn Mawr PA
05/06/78	David Misch (comedian)	Bryn Mawr PA
05/10/78	Johnny Castro & the Convertibles	Roslyn NY
05/12/78	Dishes	Toronto ON	Triple bill
05/12/78	Johnny & the G-Rays	Toronto ON	Triple bill
05/13/78	Dishes	Toronto ON	Triple bill
05/13/78	Johnny & the G-Rays	Toronto ON	Triple bill
05/18/78	Sunnyland Slim	Boston MA
05/19/78	Sunnyland Slim	Boston MA
05/20/78	Sunnyland Slim	Boston MA
06/06/78	Marie et les Garcons	Paris, France
06/07/78	Thrills	Brussels
06/08/78	White Honey	Gronigen, Holland
06/09/78	Tapes	Tilburg
06/10/78	Tapes	Arnhem, Holland
06/11/78	Tapes	Amsterdam, Holland	Triple bill
06/11/78	Billy Shears Show	Amsterdam, Holland	Triple bill
06/13/78	Plant Music	Nijmegen, Holland
06/22/78	Motors	Berlin, German
07/12/78	Merger	London
08/10/78	Dillinger	New York NY	Triple bill
08/10/78	The Mister Bill Show	New York NY	Triple bill
08/11/78	Dillinger	New York NY	Triple bill
08/11/78	The Mister Bill Show	New York NY	Triple bill
08/15/78	Roches	Boston MA	TH fans booed the Roches :(
08/25/78	Flaming Oh's	Minneapolis MN
08/26/78	Flaming Oh's	Minneapolis MN
09/07/78	Explosions	Vancouver BC
09/08/78	Blackouts	Seattle WA	Triple bill
09/08/78	Telepaths	Seattle WA	Triple bill
09/18/78	Psychotic Pineapple	Berkeley CA
09/24/78	Ruby Starr	Tucson AZ
09/29/78	Saint George Pantomine Circus (jugglers)	Austin TX
10/07/78	Para Band	Atlanta
10/13/78	Rich Hall (comedian)	College Park MD
10/21/78	unknown comedians	Grosse Pointe MI
11/03/78	Young Adults	Providence RI
11/04/78	Unknown comedian	Boston MA
11/05/78	Glenn Phillips Band	Worcester MA
11/06/78	Young Adults	Amherst MA
11/08/78	Jumpers	Buffalo NY
11/10/78	Readymades	Binghampton NY
11/17/78	unknown magic act	Los Angeles CA
11/18/78	unknown magic act	Los Angeles CA
11/19/78	Dirty Angels	Los Angeles CA
11/20/78	unknown magic act	Los Angeles CA
11/21/78	unknown magic act	Los Angeles CA
11/23/78	Richard Belzer	San Francisco CA
11/24/78	Richard Belzer	San Francisco CA
11/25/78	Richard Belzer	San Francisco CA
11/27/78	Richard Belzer	San Francisco CA
12/01/78	Readymades	Santa Cruz CA
12/02/78	Readymades	Davis CA
12/05/78	Famous Potatoes	Boulder CO
12/07/78	Lotions	Austin TX
12/08/78	Lotions	Austin TX
12/13/78	Tirez Tirez	Kansas City MO
12/17/78	Romantics	Youngstown OH
12/18/78	The A's	Cleveland OH
12/29/78	Johnny's Dance Band	Trenton NJ
12/30/78	Mink DeVille	Paradise
12/31/78	XTC	New York NY
Unknown 1978	Franklin Micare	Boston MA	Paradise Theater
06/04/79	Bon Marche	Christchurch NZ
06/08/79	Mi-Sex	Sydney, Australia
06/11/79	Mi-Sex	Brisbaine, Australia
06/13/79	Mi-Sex	Adelaide, Australia
06/16/79	Mi-Sex	Melbourne, Australia
06/18/79	Mi-Sex	Perth, Australia
07/10/79	B-52's	Paris, France
07/21/79	S-Ken	Kyoto, Japan
08/16/79	B-52's	New York NY
08/24/79	B-52's	Boston MA
08/25/79	B-52's	Asbury Park
08/27/79	B-52's	Philadelphia PA
09/04/79	Buzz & the Flyers	New York NY	Triple bill
09/04/79	Boris Policeband	New York NY	Triple bill
09/06/79	Fans	Atlanta GA
09/07/79	Fans	Atlanta GA
09/08/79	Normals	New Orleans LA	Triple bill
09/08/79	Dukes	New Orleans LA	Triple bill
09/11/79	B-52's	Houston TX
09/13/79	B-52's	Dallas TX
09/14/79	B-52's	Dallas TX
09/15/79	B-52's	Austin TX	Triple bill
09/15/79	Perfect Fools (mime act)	Austin TX	Triple bill
09/16/79	B-52's	Austin TX	Triple bill
09/16/79	Perfect Fools (mime act)	Austin TX	Triple bill
09/17/79	Live Wire	Lubbock TX
09/19/79	Teenage Popeye	Las Cruces NM
09/20/79	Blue Shoes	Tempe AZ
09/21/79	Daily Planet	Tucson AZ
09/22/79	News	San Diego CA
09/24/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Los Angeles CA
09/25/79	B-52's	Santa Barbara CA
09/27/79	B-52's	Los Angeles CA
09/28/79	Mutants	Berkeley CA
09/29/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	San Francisco CA
09/30/79	B-52's	Santa Cruz CA
10/01/79	B-52's	Davis CA
10/03/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Eugene OR
10/04/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Seattle WA
10/05/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Portland OR
10/07/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Vancouver BC
10/08/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Vancouver BC
10/13/79	Angry Jung Men	Denver CO	Triple bill
10/13/79	Transistors	Denver CO	Triple bill
10/14/79	Jim Sweney	Norman OK
10/15/79	Randy Ess and the Invisible Band	Tulsa OK
10/17/79	unknown local comedian	St Louis MO
10/20/79	Charlie Burton & Rock Therapy	Omaha NE
10/21/79	Alex Cole (comedian)	Minneapolis MN
10/24/79	(review states no opening act)	Urbana IL
10/26/79	Cramps	Chicago IL	Triple bill
10/26/79	A's	Chicago IL	Triple bill
10/27/79	Cramps	Macomb IL
10/28/79	a short film was shown	Carbondale IL
10/30/79	A's	Cleveland OH
10/31/79	Buttons	Columbus OH
11/01/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Detroit MI
11/03/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	State College PA
11/04/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Albany NY
11/05/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Cherry Hill NJ
11/06/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Cherry Hill NJ
11/08/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Canton NY
11/09/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	West Hartford CT
11/10/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Providence RI
11/11/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Amherst MA
11/12/22	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Flushing NY
11/14/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Washington DC
11/16/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Burlington VT	Triple bill
11/16/79	Atlantics	Burlington VT	Triple bill
11/17/79	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Passaic NJ	Triple bill
11/17/79	Neccessaries	Passaic NJ	Triple bill
11/26/79	Section 25	Leicester UK	Human League dropped out of the UK-79 tour
11/27/79	Section 25	Newcastle UK
11/28/79	Section 25	Aberdeen UK
11/29/79	Section 25	Edinburgh UK
12/01/79	A Certain Ratio	Manchester UK
12/02/79	A Certain Ratio	Birmingham UK
12/03/79	A Certain Ratio	Hemel Hempstead UK
12/04/79	A Certain Ratio	London UK	Triple bill
12/04/79	Books	London UK	Triple bill
12/06/79	A Certain Ratio	Portsmouth UK
12/07/79	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	London UK	Triple bill
12/07/79	U2	London UK	Triple bill
12/08/79	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	London UK	Triple bill
12/08/79	U2	London UK	Triple bill
12/10/79	Lili Drop	Paris, France	Triple bill
12/10/79	Taxi Girl	Paris, France	Triple bill
12/11/79	Lili Drop	Paris, France	Triple bill
12/11/79	Taxi Girl	Paris, France	Triple bill
12/13/79	B-52's	Lyon, France	(possibly B-52's continued to the German leg of the tour)
08/27/80	Plastics	New York NY
10/17/80	English Beat	Los Angeles CA
10/18/80	English Beat	Los Angeles CA
10/19/80	English Beat	Santa Barbara CA
10/20/80	English Beat	Hollywood CA
10/22/80	English Beat	Berkeley CA
10/23/80	English Beat	San Francisco CA
10/24/80	English Beat	San Francisco CA
10/26/80	Odd	Chicago IL
10/31/80	Psychedlic Furs	Cleveland OH
11/02/80	Steel Pulse	New York NY
11/03/80	Steel Pulse	New York NY
11/04/80	Psychedlic Furs	Passaic, NJ
11/05/80	Psychedlic Furs	West Hartford CT
11/06/80	Psychedlic Furs	Bloomfield CT
11/07/80	Psychedlic Furs	Providence RI
11/08/80	Psychedlic Furs	Cherry Hill NJ
11/09/80	Psychedlic Furs	Cherry Hill NJ
11/11/80	Kid Creole and the Coconuts	Washington DC
11/12/80	Psychedlic Furs	Albany NY
11/14/80	Psychedlic Furs	Boston MA
11/15/80	Psychedlic Furs	Boston MA
11/17/80	Kid Creole and the Coconuts	Atlanta GA
11/18/80	Kid Creole and the Coconuts	Atlanta GA
11/21/80	Lester Bangs & the Delinquents	Austin TX
12/01/80	U2	London UK	Triple bill
12/01/80	Boots for Dancing	London UK	Triple Bill
12/02/80	U2	London UK	Triple Bill
12/02/80	Boots for Dancing	London UK	Triple bill
12/04/80	U2	Nouget, France
12/10/80	B-52's	Brussels, Belgium	Triple bill
12/10/80	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Brussels, Belgium	Triple bill
12/11/80	B-52's	Amsterdam, Holland	Triple bill
12/11/80	Pearl Harbor & the Explosions	Amsterdam, Holland	Triple bill
12/15/80	Selector	Milan, Italy	Triple bill
12/15/80	Telephone	Milan, Italy	Triple bill
12/16/80	Selector	Bologna, Italy	Triple bill
12/16/80	Telephone	Bologna, Italy	Triple bill
12/17/80	Selector	Rome, Italy	Triple bill
12/17/80	Telephone	Rome, Italy	Triple bill
02/23/81	Plastics	Osaka, Japan
02/24/81	Plastics	Nagoya, Japan
02/26/81	Plastics	Tokyo, Japan
02/27/81	Plastics	Tokyo, Japan
02/28/81	Plastics	Tokyo, Japan
04/20/82	Tom Tom Club	Chiba, Japan
04/22/82	Tom Tom Club	Tokyo, Japan
04/24/82	Tom Tom Club	Tokyo, Japan
04/27/82	Tom Tom Club	Tokyo, Japan
04/28/82	Tom Tom Club	Tokyo, Japan
04/30/82	Tom Tom Club	Osaka, Japan
05/01/82	Tom Tom Club	Kyoto, Japan
05/02/82	Tom Tom Club	Nagoya, Japan
07/01/82	Tom Tom Club	Leiden, Holland	Triple bill
07/01/82	U2	Leiden, Holland	Triple bill
07/06/82	Tom Tom Club	Lyon, France
07/07/82	Tom Tom Club	Paris, France
07/08/82	Tom Tom Club	Paris, France
07/09/82	Tom Tom Club	Montreaux, Switzerland	Triple bill
07/09/82	Steve Miller Band	Montreaux, Switzerland	Triple bill (replaced Laurie Anderson)
07/12/82	Tom Tom Club	London, UK
07/13/82	Tom Tom Club	London, UK
07/18/82	Tom Tom Club	Bologna, Italy
07/19/82	Tom Tom Club	Palermo, Italy
07/20/82	Tom Tom Club	Milan, Italy
07/22/82	Tom Tom Club	Athens, Greece
07/25/82	Tom Tom Club	Budapest, Hungary
07/26/82	Tom Tom Club	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
07/27/82	Tom Tom Club	Zagreb, Yugoslavia
08/07/82	Black Uhuru	Santa Barbara CA
08/08/82	Defunkt	Los Angeles CA
08/09/82	Black Uhuru	San Francisco CA
08/11/82	Defunkt	Pasadena CA
08/15/82	Defunkt	Clarkston MI	Tom Tom Club was annouced as opener
08/16/82	Defunkt	Hoffman Estates IL
08/20/82	Burning Spear	Staten Island NY
08/21/82	Burning Spear	Flushing NY
08/23/82	Burning Spear	Saratoga Springs NY
08/24/82	Burning Spear	Columbia MD
08/27/82	Someone & the Somebodies	Boston MA
08/28/82	Someone & the Somebodies	Boston MA
08/30/82	Steel Pulse	Philadelphia PA
09/01/82	Gang of Four	San Francisco CA	*This show was cancelled
09/07/82	D-Day	Austin TX	Triple bill
09/07/82	Altered Images	Austin TX	Triple bill
09/08/82	Judys	Houston TX
09/12/82	Joe "King" Corrasco	Oklahoma City OK
09/13/82	White Animal	Carbondale IL
09/14/82	Combo Audio	Urbana IL
09/16/82	Jason and the Nashville Scorchers	Nashville TN
09/17/82	Pylon	Atlanta GA
09/18/82	Triple-X Girls	Tampa FL
09/19/82	(no opening act)	Gainesville FL	Tom Tom Club was annouced as opener
09/21/82	Kids	Sunrise FL	Johnny Depp's band
01/30/84	Pretenders	Melbourne, Australia
01/31/84	Pretenders	Melbourne, Australia

 

 

Tape Talk - Yes, I Love Technology

Vids Part One, “Yes, I love technology”

Thanks to those enterprising students and budding techies of long ago who got their hands on early video gear to make these great tapes. Here’s a survey of what’s available in terms of early concert footage (not TV broadcast).

The earliest known footage (not video in this case) of TH was shot by Ivan Kral at CBGB’s in mid-1975, probably during the “CB’s Rock Festival” that summer, for his film “Blank Generation”. The silent footage has dubbed-over live audio of Psycho Killer and First Week Last Week Carefree(with Chris heard on vibes).

Thanks to Metropolis Video  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_Video  there’s excellent early TH video tape, mainly a 33-minute segment from either October or December 1975, some of which was used for Chronology. Here’s a track:

On January 26^th 1977, both early & late shows at Syracuse University’s Jabberwocky were video-taped by Synapse, a student-run production company. The shows were taped onto half-inch open video reels. So far, the only surviving part to circulate is audio from reel #2 (part of the early show). Here's hoping the video surfaces someday…

So far, no complete video from 1977 has circulated. We’re patiently waiting for the apocryphal January 1977 video from Toronto to see the light of day! Here’s a photo from the first week of March 1977 at CBGB’s, Jerry’s first official gigs as a member. Note the guy up front taping video.

A crew of NYU students recorded both audio & video of all three nights, but it’s not clear what became of all that footage. Here’s a montage video showing different versions of Psycho Killer over the years 1975 thru 1982. Buried inside are bits from March 1977 at CBGB's. Would be lovely to see this not all chopped up!

Video shot at TH performance at the Kitchen, March 13th 1976. Stylish duds & Chris on vibes!

Here’s a pic of TH playing on one the very first public access cable shows, “TV Party” from the artist collective Cable Soho, in autumn or late 1976. Hopefully this video survives somewhere…

Brian Eno was quite the taper, having recorded TH at the Rock Garden when he first saw them, plus other shows. Eyewitnesses placed him at the mixing board for the show at My Father’s Place on May 10th, 1978. It’s a good guess that he had something to do with making video tape of that show.

The shows at Entermedia Center (Lower East Side NYC) were taped for a short TH promotion video. The tape comes from the first night, August 10th. This is an early MTV-style documentary, with great musical performances, but also some priceless late-70’s crowd commentary…

Tape Talk – Roxy Theatre 1978 Recordings

Tape Talk – Roxy Theatre 1978 Recordings

Let’s try to make sense of the various recordings associated with the Roxy Theatre gigs from 1978. This info is based on what circulates as of November 2017...

TH toured California twice in 1978, September and November, stopping at the Roxy both times, with early and late shows on each date. There were six dates for a total of eleven or twelve shows.

First, we have an excellent AUD recording of the early set from September 19, good tape transfer, complete with full lineage and scans of the ticket stub. This is the best of the Roxy bunch in terms of sound quality, highly worth seeking out. The taper’s notes state he was unable to get a ticket for the sold-out late show on that date. We also have a fan-remembrance setlist, which could be the late show from this date, or from one of the two shows (early and late) on the 20th.

Next, we have two AUD recordings of the same show, but made by different tapers recording from apparently different locations within the theater. This is likely Saturday, November 18th, and we’re guessing this is the early show. The first tape to circulate digitally presents the complete concert, decent recording, albeit a little tinny. This circulates labeled as “October 18”. On that date, TH were travelling (or playing a gig) in the vicinity of Ohio and Michigan; given that they were still touring by car at that point, it’s not likely they would have made it from the Midwest out to California for a single date and then back to the Midwest. It’s likely that the “October 18th” label is simply just a typo for November 18th.

There’s also a partial tape of this very same concert from a different taper, this one boomy and somewhat distorted. This file-set was labeled November 18th, which we presume to be correct. The taper apparently arrived late and captured only “The Good Thing” through to the end of the show. This show has two encores, one song each, which leads us to guess it’s from the early show, as there would have been a time constraint to get the early show finished. (Roxy showtimes were generrally 9:00 & 11:30 PM each night.)

Finally, we have the “Electrically” 2-LP set, a widely circulated vinyl bootleg that’s been available since 1979. The first disc of the set was originally released as “Compassion Is a Virtue, But…”, which contains ten songs labelled as “The Roxy, November 1978”. The performance captured in this recording is definitely different from the show captured in the two recordings detailed above. This is a fairly weak and thin sounding AUD recording, which appears to present the first six songs of the show, then jumps to the four songs that made up the three encores from the concert. We’re only guessing this is from the late show, since the final encore has two songs, and the band would have not been under any time constraints to stop playing, thus having the time to go off and back on stage three times. Note that the pairing of “Who Is It” going directly into “With Our Love” was only performed in shows from October thru December of that year, so it’s not likely this recording is from the September Roxy date(s). Of course, since the album’s not labeled, and the more complete cassette version hasn’t surfaced, this could also be from any one of the four late shows that were played that November.

The other LP in the “Electrically” set was originally released as a single LP also called “Electrically” with a black & white cover. (When the two LP’s were combined into the 2-LP set they appeared with the more commonly recognized yellow cover showing various store signs on both front and back.) This disc was labeled “UCLA December 1978” and has usually circulated dated as “December 1st, 1978”. This is a most excellent AUD recording, perhaps the best of ’78, sounding professionally made to our ears. Unfortunately, the ten songs on the LP are the only part of this recording to have surfaced to date. The recording is clearly from an indoor show, so assuming the UCLA labelling is correct, this would be the show from September 21st at the Ackerman Student Union.

After TH played The Roxy on November 18th, they returned to UCLA for a highly regarded outdoor show on the Janss Steps on Sunday November 19th. This is the show depicted in the crowd shot on the cover of the “Chronology” DVD, and in various TH promo shots; there’s also a short silent video on youtube. Audio of this excellent show has now surfaced (Nov 2014). TH proved to be so popular, and sold out so quickly, that The Roxy brought them back fo extra added gigs on November 20th and 21st. These were the band's last ever club gigs in LA…