Hear this - for free

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:27 am

I'm amazed by the amount of great material that's available on the web for nothing, and thought it might be fun to have a thread on here where people could share links to free music they've stumbled across. It could be an MP3 single from an upcoming album, live material, demos, or even an entire album. I'll start - with Ropeswing, a complete 9-song album from Martha Tilston, who has toured recently with the likes of Roddy Frame. A beautiful, gentle acoustic album, a bit Beth Orton-ish...

http://www.pondlifestudios.com/artist_i ... .asp?id=23

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:30 am

Here's a great 5-song EP from 50 Foot Wave (the newset band from Kristin Hersh, formerly of Throwing Muses). It's actually called Free Music, and it's available here:

http://www.throwingmusic.com/freemusic/

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:07 am

Good thread idea. Some live stuff by Tom Waits (1976) here: http://ofmirroreye.net/blog , and some previews to Johnny Cash's American V: A Hundred Highways. I think the mp3s are only up for a few days.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:40 pm

Wel, we already have a thread for podcasts, but I continue to be amazed at what cool stuff you can find for free in that format. And you don't need an iPod, just iTunes on your computer (sometimes not even that). I'm addicted to the ones that come out of the science mags (Science, Nature, New Scientist, Scientific American, etc.) but there's something for everyone.

As a sample, try this (another one I love) which is about Scottish Indie music:

http://www.tartanpodcast.com/ (also find-able via iTunes)

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:40 am

As for music blogs, this must be one of the best :

http://www.chromewaves.net/

Plenty of info on new releases and tours, links to articles, reviews and interviews, and quite a few mp3's and videos available for download.

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:36 am

invisible Pole wrote:As for music blogs, this must be one of the best :

http://www.chromewaves.net/

Plenty of info on new releases and tours, links to articles, reviews and interviews, and quite a few mp3's and videos available for download.

And he's from Toronto too

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:44 am

Excellent live Beach Boys rehearsals from 1967 - http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/2006/ ... 67_05.html

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:59 am

C'mon, post lots of links to free stuff here!

I thought more people would be into the spirit of saving everyone time... Is the image of you downloading free stuff considered unbearably unbefitting to thee or below thee, or what?

Lots of goodies on this site - http://knkisser.blogspot.com/ - Jeff Buckley, Neko Case, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, They Might Be Giants, Bjork, Cat Power...

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:19 pm

http://www.gbvdb.com/bughouse.asp

Great collection of Guided By Voices live radio sessions, contains some brilliant stuff.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:39 pm

Those Beach Boys tracks are amazing - that was recorded after their projected "Lei'd in Hawaii" live album was deemed unfit for release so they recorded themselves live in the studio and were going to add audience applause etc. later. It also contains the famous "Heroes and Villians" take with asshole Mike Love talking over the top badmouthing the song and taking delight in how "Smile" had bombed, with Brian laughing in the background - amazing stuff.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:06 pm

This one's pretty good, too :

http://www.jefitoblog.com/blog/

Some of the latest features : The Complete Idiot's Guide to Graham Parker, Part I ; Bruce Springsteen's VH1 Storytellers ; The Replacements' bootleg from NYC 1987 show ; and a short review of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band latest album.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:16 pm

The Springsteen Storytellers is amazing iP, thanks. Really enjoyed the insight into Blinded By The Light and Devils And Dust.

Am in full Bob Dylan mode again, finally bought Chronicles and Bootleg Series Vol. 7 (both at bargain prices, you know) the same day I got Modern Times last week, and evidently so are some music blog Bob fans on the 'net now:

http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/2006/ ... takes.html (self explanatory)

http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com -- Bob interviewed on the radio by Studs Terkel in Chicago, 1963, and performing several songs including Boots Of Spanish Leather before he recorded it.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:59 am

Anyone aware of any more MP3s of Bob's radio programmes available where you don't have to join up or anything?

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:19 am

http://www.archive.org/details/lf1974-09-19.flac16

The Internet Archive has some great live shows - none better than this superb Little Feat show from 74 - it really rocks.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:23 am

bambooneedle wrote:Anyone aware of any more MP3s of Bob's radio programmes available where you don't have to join up or anything?

I'm willing to trade something with someone who can offer any episode from no.7 to the latest one on disc. PM me.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:57 am

Blonde On Blonde outtakes - http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:15 pm

If you're into The Beatles, listen to rehearsals and demos of The Quarrymen, recorded in mid 1960.
The quality is rather poor, but hey, they're John, Paul and George (and Stu).

http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/2006/09 ... rymen.html

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:33 pm

http://theheatwarps.blogspot.com/

This great blog now has the last of Neil Youngs infamous out of print LPs for download - get "Journey Through The Past" while you can , with the 15 minute version of "Words" and the haunting "Soldier" and other odds and ends from the film soundtrack.
The Beach Boys "Holland" is available there too as a follow up to "Pacific Ocean Blue". Contains the very weird Brian contribution "Mt Vernon and Fairway" - which I think is really cool, tho I realise I am probably alone in this respect.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:47 pm

P.S
Its not actually a Beach Boys cover , its actually THE Beach Boys instrumental "Lets Go Away For Awhile" on "Journey Through The Past".

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:59 pm

Wow, I haven't heard "Journey Through the Past" for pretty close to 30 years, my best friend at high school was a Neil Young FREAK - he got all the records the day they came out and they were pretty much all he ever played - I had forgotten how good this was, the way it goes from a killer version of "Find the Cost of Freedom" straight into a killer version of "Ohio", the stitched together version of "Alabama" that goes into "God Bless America" - I would love to see this film.
Serious flash backs maaannn!

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:15 am

bambooneedle wrote:Blonde On Blonde outtakes - http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/

Part 2 is up now in case someone didn't notice (I'm such a good person...).

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:41 am

it's only one mp3, but maybe some of you Tom Waits fans will enjoy.

http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/186

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:52 am

mood swung wrote:it's only one mp3, but maybe some of you Tom Waits fans will enjoy.

fanks.

invisible Pole wrote:This one's pretty good, too :

http://www.jefitoblog.com/blog/

Some of the latest features : The Complete Idiot's Guide to Graham Parker, Part I ; Bruce Springsteen's VH1 Storytellers ; The Replacements' bootleg from NYC 1987 show ; and a short review of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band latest album.

Have been listening to the Graham Parker and reading up on him. Can't help but admire old guys such as GP who have been so prolific for so long in such a highly individual and so non-populist sort of way. His catalogue seems incredible (in quantity and quality), about as many albums as EC. I can imagine how disorientated someone might be trying to get a handle on EC's when unfamiliar. And it must be very rare for someone to do too

. This complete idiot's guide is a great a introduction.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:03 am

Really looking forward to this Orphans box set. Lots of little gems on there, from the sound of it.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:02 am

http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/ This site has Elvis and several other people covering James Carr's Dark End Of The Street, and others covering The Beatles' Yesterday, including Bob Dylan whose version I find funny because it makes the lyrics seem absurd.