Monday, April 03, 2023

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday 6-8PM Pacific - A Free For All

 

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza

Monday's 6-8PM Pacific

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Tonight it's a bit of a free for all. I have been playing full shows for a few years now, so tonight I thought I would do a show live in the studio and play a bunch of tunes that have been rocking (and jazzing, and funking and bluesing) up my world.

Tune in and give a listen to a taste of what I have to offer you.

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed: Allman Brothers - March 12, 2009

Moonage Daydream: David Bowie - September 5, 1974
I'm Losing You: The Faces - May 13, 1971
I've Been Loving You Too Long: Ike and Tina Turner - January 30, 1971

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag: James Brown - November 25, 1967

Mojo Pin: Jeff Buckley - June 24, 1995
There She Goes, My Beautiful World: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - July 11, 2009
On A Plain: Nirvana - November 19, 1991

Dancing Barefoot: Patti Smith - December 09, 2004
She: Ty Segall - January 16, 2018
Year of the Spider: Shannon and the Clams - October 08, 2022

Chunga's Revenge: Frank Zappa - July 3, 1980
40,000 Headmen: Traffic - January 26, 1973
Trampled Underfoot: Led Zeppelin - March 11, 1975

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Support these bands. Buy their officially released music and merch, and never ever sell live bootlegs. These are for trade only.

Stick around for my weekly music mix: Hell's Kitchen Radio, Mondays 8-10PM Pacific.

Enjoy and pay it forward.

jh

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Monday, March 27, 2023

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday 6-8PM Pacific - Joanna Newsom (2011) and The Knitters (2005)

 

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza

Monday's 6-8PM Pacific

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There's a special kind of music you're just not going to hear on commercial radio. Maybe those corporate types are just scared to take a risk? And such an easy risk to take. I guess this is what happens when you purchase your competition and don't feel the need to break new and exciting artists anymore?

The first artist up tonight isn't necessarily new, and she sure has gotten plenty of attention, but mostly from us here non-comm stations.

Joanna Newsom (cousin to our governor) has a very unique delivery with her voice and harp. I have really been drawn into her for the past few months and am excited to share her Austin City Limits set with you from August 1, 2011. 

Lineage: ATSC-> antenna-> computer capture card->mpeg2cut2->mpeg2repair->you

Our headliner tonight is such a treat. The Knitters are the sort-of-Western Swing version of LA's seminal punk band, X. They even cover a few of X's tunes with a bit of a Western style. Gotta love that. I have always enjoyed seeing X live, and seeing The Knitters is always a crazy and wild ride. This is a super fun show from the Showbox in Seattle, July 22, 2005, featuring the great quartet with Dave Alvin, whom I suspect is a major reason they went this direction. Both X and The Knitters still play. Go see them when they hit your town.

Lineage: Soundboard -> DAT(M) -> CDR(1) -> AIFF -> WavePad normalize and split tracks -> TLH convert to FLAC > mp3

You can find my mostly-complete list of live shows right here. Have a request? Leave a comment.

Support these bands. Buy their officially released music and merch, and never ever sell live bootlegs. These are for trade only.

Stick around for my weekly music mix: Hell's Kitchen Radio, Mondays 8-10PM Pacific.

Enjoy and pay it forward.

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Monday, March 06, 2023

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday 6-8PM Pacific - Miles Davis 1969

 

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza

Monday's 6-8PM Pacific

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What can I ever say about Miles Davis that would be better than anything ever said about the man? Nothing. I've been listening to Miles since my teens. I'm confident it was my father who turned me onto him, even if he didn't know a lot more about him than the fine music he was hearing. 

Early on my Jazz listening was all about Blue Note Be-Bop, which Miles was the undisputed King (OK, there's Bird and Dizzy of course). I ate all that Blue Note era up! When I was at KFJC (88-97) I hosted a mid-day Jazz/Soul/Funk show on Fridays for a few years. That's when I started to do a lot of deep crate digging, driving me towards the late-60s and early 70s era Miles. WOW!

It was then that I read his autobiography "Miles". I have read that book three times and each time is better than the last! I ended up hosting a five part 15 hour Miles Davis special on KFJC. I don't feel like I even scratched the surface of what this artist created.

Tonight's show features the late, great sax player from Miles' second great quintet: Wayne Shorter. I could have chosen a show or two from his post-Miles fusion group Weather Report, but I what I'm playing for you tonight is really going to kick your ass.

You think you know Jazz? You don't Jazz until you have heard this right here.

Two shows from Miles' 1969 European tour, featuring Shorter on Sax, Chick Corea on piano/organ, Jack DeJohnette on drums, and Dave Holland on bass. The first show is from Festival Mondial du Jazz d'Antibes, La PinĂ‹de, Juan-les-Pins, France 7/26/69. The second show is from Folkets Hus, Stockholm 11/5/69. Most of the tracks are from the Bitches Brew era, and live they really come to life. The interplay between all players if beyond words.

I know you're going to dig this.


Lineage: Soundboard

You can find my mostly-complete list of live shows right here. Have a request? Leave a comment.

Support these bands. Buy their officially released music and merch, and never ever sell live bootlegs. These are for trade only.

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Monday, February 27, 2023

Hell's Kitchen Radio #508: Thanks For Being A Friend


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It feels like the first time almost every time. I get an itch to share all of this with you Monday nights. No guests tonight, and I honestly just felt like stretching way out tonight, hence the few tracks you see below. There are a few long ones in here that I know are going to take you on a little trip if you allow them to.

I suggest you make the time to sit back and enjoy this one.

Not much else to say. I hope I get to play more music for you again soon.

Enjoy.

jh

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Radio Valencia in SF
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Stepping Out: The Fall
The Passenger: Siouxsie and the Banshees

Up From the South: The Budos Band
Seker Oglan: Altin Gun

Encrypted Bounce: Oh Sees
Blue Jay Way: The Beatles

All Dead To Me: Sgt. Splendor
Chocolate Jesus: Tom Waits

No Hay Problema: Pink Martini
Sorcery: Big Band Katowice
Separate Ways: Neil Young

Mountains of the Moon>Dark Star: Grateful Dead (February 27, 1969)
The High Road: Broken Bells

New York Town: Peter Rowan
In That Great Getting Up In The Morning: The New Gospel Keys

Sunday, February 19, 2023

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday 6-8PM Pacific - Ray Charles (1966) and Amy Winehouse (2007)

 

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza

Monday's 6-8PM Pacific

http://radiovalencia.fm



Looking through my catalogue of shows I try to put together a night that Bill Graham would be proud of. Let's see if I can find two artists who would have really enjoyed playing on the same bill together. I think I hit the jackpot tonight!

First up I have a classic set by one of the hottest artists of his day: Ray Charles! This show from October 22, 1966 at the Palais Sport in Paris is one of my favorite shows of his. And the quality is really top notch, especially for the time. I'm surprised this was never officially released. I'll need to look into that.

Every song is a smash.

Lineage: Soundboard > SHN > flac > mp3 320kbps

Our headliner tonight would be so humbled to be playing in the top spot, and it would not be false modesty. Amy Winehouse was never false. If anything she had imposter syndrome, which is bad enough. I really wish she found a way to get clean and healthy. My daughter, Little Lauson Hell really is quite obsessed with her, and I can understand why!

Check out this show from Glastonbury, June 22, 2007. She was on top of her game at this time in history. You'll note some fadeouts during this set. I had to get rid of the DJ chatter. This is a FM source.

Lineage: FM-MASTER - Grundig FineArts T-IR / AS-IR line-out > line-in SBLive! > HDD > WAV > normalized to 98%, than track splitting > FLAC level 8 > mp3 320kbps

I throw some Staples Singers in there between acts for some quality filler, from June 8, 1986 at the Chicago Blues Festival. What a solid act they were.

You can find my mostly-complete list of live shows right here. Have a request? Leave a comment.

Support these bands. Buy their officially released music and merch, and never ever sell live bootlegs. These are for trade only.

Stick around for my weekly music mix: Hell's Kitchen Radio, Mondays 8-10PM Pacific.

Enjoy and pay it forward.

jh

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