Ani Difranco: Early Songs (1989)
Source: Studio
Length: 45 min (0.5x90min)
Sound Quality: A-
Setlist: Submerged / Subway / Waiting For Susan / 1x1x1 / Please / Hansome Musician / Fair Weather / North Main Street / AIDS / Your House
Comments: Unreleased solo acoustic studio recordings from early in Ani's career. Nice stuff.
Ani Difranco: 02/09/94, Phil's Grandson's Place, Waterloo, Ontario.
Source: Audience
Length: 95 min (1x100min)
Sound Quality: A-
Setlist: A:Buildings And Bridges / 4th Of July / God's Country / Hell Yeah / The Slant / Letter To A John / Face Up And Sing / How Have You Been / Falling Is Like This / Out Of Range / Both Hands
B:Pick Yer Nose / Coming Up / Willing To Fight / Cradle And All / Talk To Me Now / The Diner / In Or Out / If He Tries Anything / What If No One's Watching / Anticipate
Comments: A solo gig. Just Ani and an acoustic guitar. A wonderful show, with lots of amusing conversation with the audience. There's not much distracting noise from the audience, which is nice.
Ani Difranco: 07/14/94, River Days Festival, Renton, WA.
Source: Soundboard
Length: 70min (1x90min)
Sound Quality:
Setlist: A:Both Hands / Buildings And Bridges / Pick Yer Nose / Coming Up / Willing To Fight / God's Country / Worthy / 4th Of July / Letter To A John / Sorry I Am / Cradle And All
B: Asking Too Much / My I.Q. / What If No One's Watching / In Or Out
Comments: Another solo gig, with excellent sound quality. Just Ani and an acoustic guitar. Notice a trend emerging in my tastes? This one lacks any conversation with the audience, which I find endearing on the previous show, but then again, it's soundboard.
Ani Difranco: 03/31/96, KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic"
Source: FM
Length: 35min (0.5x90min)
Sound Quality:
Setlist: Amazing Grace (Studio) / Shameless / Gravel / Pulse / Dilate (Studio)
Comments: An interview with songs.
Ani Difranco: Keynote address, NAIRD Convention 1997
Source: Soundboard
Length: 90 min (1x90min)
Sound Quality:
Setlist: Speech
Comments: This is a speech given by Ani at the 1997 National Convention of the National Association of independant Record Distributors. It has some funny stories, including one about getting stuck on an escalator with all of the band equipment.
Ani Difranco: 01/04/98, Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Source: Audience
Length: 110 min (1x110 min)
Sound Quality: A
Setlist: Hat Shaped Hat / Virtue / Fuel / Little Plastic Castle / As Is / Letter To A John / The Slant / Up Up Up / Two Little Girls / Untouchable Face / Anticipate / Swan Dive / Pulse / Independance Day / Cradle And All / Loom / Everest / Shameless / Gravel / Joyful Girl
Comments: Quite a good recording, from DAT I think. Ani is backed by a full band. At times, the vocals are a little faint for my taste, but for the most part it's a great tape.
Ani Difranco: 03/29/98 "Dead Man Walking Benefit", Shrine Auditorium, LA
Source: Audience (2nd Gen from DAT)
Length: 30 min (0.5x90 min)
Sound Quality: Varies B+ to A-
Setlist: Crime For Crime / Up, Up, Up / As Is / The Slant / Fuel
Comments: Ani was thrilled to be there. She sang a bit softer than the other artists, so the levels are a little low, hence the B+. I also have the Tom Waits and Pearl Jam sets from this show.
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