April 1999

WXRT Studio

Chicago, IL

Complete Set - Live from WXRT Studio FM broadcast, and also includes an in-depth interview & performance piece with Jon Langford featuring journalists Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot - it's a nice career retrospective with some good music.

1

Radio

04/13/02

Yak-Zies Club

Chicago, IL

Complete Set - From FM broadcast, and also includes a performance by The Sadies & Jon Langford given the same day (opening day for the Cubs) at Schuba's Lounge.

1

Radio

National Stadium

Kingston, Jamaica

Youth Conciousness Reggae Festival - Complete Set - Bunny's first solo show featuring Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh and Judy Mowatt.

2

AUD

Greek Theater

Berkeley, CA

Complete Show - 100 Minutes - Excellent sound

2

SDB

French’s Camp

Piercy, CA

Reggae On The River - Complete Set - Wow, first rate! Featuring covers of the best half of Black Heart Man - Available as SHN or Audio WAV

2

SDB

Various

Various

Tales From the Underground - Volumes 1 through 5 - A compilation of various tracks from various sources - Rarities and one offs - Lineage: Silver CD > EAC > WAV > SHN - Available in SHN or Audio WAV

5

ALL

Warner Theater

Washington, DC

Complete Show - "This show is two hours of pure gravel-throated bliss. Tom begins the show during " Step Right Up" by asking the audience how much they paid to get in. He then promises them that they will not be disappointed....a promise to which he makes good. Though there are other versions of the song that rank with this one, it's certainly worth mentioning in the running as definitive. And that's only the beginning. The following medley with Tom solo on the piano from track 3 to track 7, contains a beautiful "Sight for Sore Eyes" that is one of the great moments chronicled in Tom's live shows. In fact much of this show features Waits sitting alone at the piano, crooning as the audience sits spellbound by his emotive performance. Tom's voice sounds consistently dynamic throughout the evening, switching easily between a deep growl and a soft high-pitched howl. The backing band plays it fairly conservative, though they do get rowdy a few times. For the most part, this one plays like an intimate evening between Tom and his audience more than a showcase of the a band. There is a great deal of crowd interaction on this one, including a short Q&A segment near the end. The sound is excellent as well, with some signature 1970's tape hiss, but overall very clean." - Lineage: SBD > ? > CDRx (clean) > EAC> WAV > dbPowerAmp > FLAC - Available in FLAC or Audio WAV

2

SDB

Austin City Limits

Austin, TX

1

SDB

Various

Various

Tales From Riverside - A compilation of various tracks from various sources. Works as a nice addendum to the 5 disc Tales from the Underground set. The set was put together by the fine folks at www.rhinedogs.de. - Lineage: (various) > Rhinedogs.de CDR Compilation > CDR - Available in SHN or Audio WAV

1

ALL

State Theatre

Sydney, Australia

Cold Beer on a Hot Night, Live in Hollywood, Mathilda, On Broadway, Romeo is Bleeding, Tom Waits Blue. - Complete Set? - It is said to be a JJ recording (Double Jay radio station with Australian DJ Richard Kingsmill).

1

AUD

Dominion Theatre

London, England

Live in London - '85 - Complete Show

2

AUD

Tempodrome

Berlin, Germany

Live in Berlin - '85 - Complete Show

2

AUD

Audimax

Hamburg, Germany

Live in Hamburg - '85 - Complete Show - Excellent!

2

AUD

De Vereeniging

Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Live At Nijmegen - Complete Show

2

AUD

Buitensocieteit

Zwolle, the Netherlands

Jockey Full Of Bourbon - Complete Show

2

AUD

Beacon Theatre

New York, NY

Complete Show - Source One - Probably the better of the two all in all.

2

AUD

Beacon Theatre

New York, NY

Complete Show - Source Two - A bit more crowd noise especially near the taper.

2

AUD

Unknown

Hamburg, Germany

Alice, The Original Demos - Track list slightly

1

Studio

Paramount Theater

Austin, TX

South by South West Convention - Complete Show

2

AUD

Le Grand Rex

Paris, France

Complete Show - Track list slightly different from the one at the link; Disc One has the first 15 tracks and Disc Two has 11.

2

AUD

Victoria Theater

San Francisco, CA

Matthew Sperry Memorial Concert - Complete Set

1

AUD

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

New York, NY

Healing the Divide Concert For Peace and Reconciliation - Complete Set - Accompanied by The Kronos String Quartet and Greg Cohen on bass.

1

AUD

The Cavern

Los Angeles, CA

Psychedelic Days - CDR Tree Volume 3 - Complete show

1

AUD

Various

Various

Acoustic Tales - 1990-1996, CDR Tree Volume 4 - Complete set

1

ALL

Paradiso

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Complete Set - This is a recording from a Dutch TV Program called "All Along The Watchtower" running 30 minutes with an interview with Chris and Carla with 5 live songs.

1

TV

Roskilde Festival

Roskilde, Denmark

Live Roskilde - 1993, CDR Tree Volume 2 - Complete set

1

AUD

Various

Various

Mystery Mountain Chronicles - Live in Europe set originally issued as a limited edition of 500 in 1997,...now long OOP.

1

AUD

Kulturladen KFZ

Marburg, Germany

An Evening with the Walkabouts, CDR Tree Volume 6 - Complete show - Sony D7 DAT deck, Aiwa CM30 microphones

2

AUD

Various

Various

I'm Sorry - Live Various - Official Bootleg released in 2002 now OOP.

1

AUD

Kantine

Koln, Germany

Airmail - Live Various - Official Bootleg released in 1999 now OOP.

1

AUD

Jazzhaus

Freiburg, Germany

Live Germany 1999 - CDR Tree Volume 1 - Complete show - SDB > DAT > CDR

2

SDB

The Colosaal

Aschaffenburg, Germany

European Travelling Songs - Complete show - Excelent sound for an AUD recording

2

AUD

Die Kantine

Koln, Germany

Never Say Goodbye - CDR Tree Volume 5 - Complete show - SDB > DAT > CDR

2

SDB

Experience Music Project

Seattle WA

Bringing It All Back Home - CDR Tree Volume 6b - The Walkabouts do Bob Dylan covers.

1

SDB

Glitterhouse Orange Blossom Special 5 Festival

Beverugen, Germany

Wake me When I'm Under - Complete set - Chris and Carla with members of The Willard Grant Conspiracy - SDB > DAT > CDR

1

SDB

Glitterhouse Orange Blossom Special 5 Festival

Beverugen, Germany

Lazy Horse - Complete set - Walkabouts do Neil Young covers- SDB > DAT > CDR

2

SDB

Szene

Vienna, Austria

Komm Doch Tanz Mit Uns - CDR Tree Volume 8 - Complete show - With filler from the same tour.

2

SDB

Linhart Hall

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Emona - Complete show - Recorded & mixed for Radio Slovenia and released by the Italian magazine Mucchio Extra n. 9, primavera 2003, 2003.

SDB

02/11/02

Karlstorbahnhof

Heidelberg, Germany

Complete Show - No setlist available

2

AUD

Jewel Box Theatre

Seattle, WA

One Night Only - CDR Tree Volume 9 - Complete set - Acoustic performance - Sony Walkman D6. Digital transfer to CD with a CDRW700

1

AUD

The Jewel Box

Seattle, WA

i - Complete show - " i is composed of the original Walkabouts lineup (Chris, Carla, Grant, & Curt) + Glenn Slater. They play ambient electronic rock."

1

SDB

10/07/03

Die Kantine

Cologne, Germany

"Shine" - CDR Tree Volume 10 - Complete show - SDB > DAT > Hard Disc > Wavelab > Nero > CDR

2

SDB

10/25/03

Karlstorbahnhof

Heidelberg, Germany

Complete Show - No setlist available

2

AUD

Maida Vale Studio

London, England

Zane Lowe Show - Comes coupled with 04/29/04, The Garage, Highbury, London, England - Source: SP-CMC-20 > SP-SPSB-1 (Bass Rolloff @ 95Hz) > Nomad JB3 - Conversion: JB3 > Firewire > Soundforge 7.0 > CDWave > mkwACT > SHN - Location: 40ft. From Stage. Dead Center - Taper: JeffBr - Available in SHN or Audio WAV

1

Radio

The Garage

Highbury, London, England

Complete Set - 55:34 minutes - Comes coupled with 04/28/04, Maida Vale Studio, London, BBC Radio 1, Zane Lowe Show - Source: SP binaurals(SP-BMC-2) > SP battery box (roll off 107hz) > Sharp MD-MT88H > SPDIF to PC > Cool Edit Pro > CD Wave Editor > SHN - Taper: pherron - Available in SHN or Audio WAV

1

AUD

Neumo's

Seattle, WA

Complete Set - Source: SP-CMC-20 > SP-SPSB-1 (Bass Rolloff @ 95Hz) > Nomad JB3 - Conversion: JB3 > Firewire > Soundforge 7.0 > CDWave > mkwACT > SHN - Location: 40ft. From Stage. Dead Center - Taper: JeffBr - Available in SHN or Audio WAV

1

AUD

Timberwolf Amphitheater

Kings Mills, OH

Complete Set - Taper: Joe Cooper ([email protected]) - Position: DFC, FOB, Section 3 (Tier One) Seat 11 (About 15' From Left Stacks) - Source: CA Stereo T (Clipped To Hat) > SP-SPSB-6 (Bass Roll Off @ 160Hz) > Sharp MD-MT99 - Transfer: Sharp MD-MT99 Line Out > 1/8" Stereo Cable > PC Line In > Soundforge 6.0 (44.1 kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo) > WAV > FLAC Frontend > FLAC > Md5Summer - Filesize: 306 MB AV, 181 MB FLAC - Available in FLAC or Audio WAV

1

AUD

El Mocambo Club

Toronto, Canada

Complete Set - Time 51:55 min

1

AUD

Saint Andrew's Hall

Detroit, MI

Complete Set - Source: Superlux SMK-H8K/H > Edirol UA-5 > NJB3/48.0khz > IEEE-1394(lossless) > Sound Forge 7.0 (resampling) > CD Wave Editor > FLAC - Location: FOB JROC - Mics: Hyper Cardioids - Taper: SpeshulEd Email: [email protected] - Available in FLAC or Audio WAV - LF-10

1

Radio

06/11/05

Bonnaroo Music Festival

Manchester, TN

Complete Set - Source: FOB DFC DPA(B&K) 4011s->Luminous Monarchs->V2->AD2K->M1- Conversion:Sony R500 ->M Audio Audiophile 2496 ->Soundforge (record/resample) -> CDWAV (track) ->FLAC - Recorded and converted by Mark Lynn- Available in FLAC or Audio WAV - LF-19

1

AUD

The Radio Cafe'

Nashville, TN

Complete Show - Gillian and David as The Esquires - Excellent!

2

AUD

Moore Theatre

Seattle, WA

Complete Show - 106 minutes - "I used Adobe Audition 1.5 to reduce the clapping between tracks. That's all..." - Source: AUD > ? > CD-Rx > EAC > WAV > Adobe Audition 1.5 > FLAC-LEVEL 8 - Available in FLAC or Audio WAV

2

AUD

Austin Songwriters Stage

Merlefest, NC

2

AUD

Rio Theatre

Santa Cruz, CA

Complete Show - 125 minutes - Excellent sound, with David Rawlings and Mike McKinley guests on mandolin for three tracks on Disc Two
- Source: CSHEB> D100> 44k dat, from 3rd row at far right directly back from speaker stack; 44k dat > midiman delta dio 2496 > cooledit > wav > shn - Available in SHN or Audio WAV

2

AUD

Shepherds Bush Empire

London, England

2

AUD

Fine Arts Center, Calvin College

Grand Rapids, MI

Complete Show - Source: Sony ECM121 Microphones > Sony WMD6E > Maxcell MX-S Metal Tape > Echo Audio > Sound Forge > CD Architect - CDR - Recorded from the 7th Row, close to the Center

2

AUD

02/14/70

Leeds University

Leeds, England

Live At Leeds - Complete - Excellent.

2

SDB

Majestic Theatre

Detroit, MI

2

SDB

Mercury @ Jazz

Austin, TX

Complete Show - Good audience recording

2

AUD

03/05/99

Fillmore

San Francisco, CA

2

AUD

2001

Various

Various

Tour Compilation - Rust Treed Version - Excellent!

3

AUD

05/16/03

Universal Hall

Berlin, Germany

Rust Treed Version - source: DPA 4060's > DPA MPS6020 p/s > Sony SBM-1 > Sony TCD-D100 (2m from left P.A. stack) dat > shn: Sony PCM-R300 > coax cable > Midiman Delta DiO 2448 > Cool Edit Pro v1.2a (**resampling and fade in/out only**) > CDWave v1.6 (trackmarks) > mkw ACT v0.97 b1

2

AUD

KPFK Studio

Los Angeles, CA

Complete Program plus the Phone-In - "An unknown Vic, who was working at a newsstand, phones into the radio program, and is asked to come on as a guest. She sings, answers call-in queries, and drinks beer. I love this."

1

Radio

11/20/88

McCabe's

Santa Monica, CA

Complete Show - Not tracked. Good early show - No setlist available

1

AUD

1991-1992

Unknown

Unknown

"Loose" Demos - Demos for studio LP entitled Loose ("Sometimes one has to wonder just where great records come from; when something comes out of the factory spotless, full of brightness, life and love, grit and suffering, all offered as a gift to the listener.") released in 1995 on Mammoth Records.

1

Studio

03/17/96

Texas Union Ballroom

Austin, TX

Complete Show - With a larger band - Great sound albeit there are a few pops in the final two tracks..

1

AUD

05/07/97

Unknown

Big Bear, CA

Complete Show - With Mark Olson and Razz Russell - Excellent Sound

2

AUD

03/22/98

Tramps

New York, NY

Complete Show - With a larger band - No setlist available

2

AUD

04/09/98

Miner's Foundry

Nevada City, CA

Complete Show - Radio Broadcast; sound is so good
that this could be from the master - A+

1

Radio

London Royal Festival Hall

London, England

Smile Performed Live with Full Orchestra

1

AUD

Unknown Studio

London, England

Wire: Rehearsals(?) - August (?)1976 as a five piece band with George Gill, and March (?)1977 - For completists only...sound varies from * to ***

1

Studio

EMI & Riverside Studios

London, England

EMI & Riverside Studios 1977 - EMI Studios May 4, Riverside Studios May 25, and Riverside Studios December 14

1

Studio

The Roxy & Unknown Studio

London, England

Behind the Curtain - Officially released in 1995 with the cooperation of EMI this disc is now OOP - 7 unreleased cuts from the immortal Live at the Roxy punk gig (04/01/77), and 24 demos (05/14/77, 04/14/78, & 12/11/78) six of which were not released. The other 18 became Chairs Missing, 154 and other singles.

1

Studio

Various

London, England

Graham's Rehearsal Tape - "Pink Flag & Chairs Missing rough mixes,
plus rehearsals ca. 1980 & "40 Versions" -- 95 mins (std, aud) E to VG+ -- About 80% of this is rough mixes and outtakes from Pink Flag and Chairs Missing, often with scratch vocals and otherwise lacking production polish. The Chairs Missing material is more interesting, including "Underwater Experiences", and a very different "Heartbeat". Then there's an audience tape of a playback of "40 Versions" in the control room with the band and
engineers discussing the song. Lastly there are three songs from a late 1979 or 1980 rehearsal, including "Eels Sang Lino", "Cancel Your Order", and "Second Length" - Available De-Hissed (The hiss isn't that bad to begin with, but this is actually a good job noise reduction, which I usually don't espouse), or Raw

2

Studio/AUD

Various

Various

Not About To Die - Demos (18 cuts) - Plus Winter Gardens (4 cuts), 06/09/77, and CBGB's, WPIX-FM, New York (10 cuts), 07/28/78.

1

Studio/AUD

Riverside Studios

London, England

Riverside Studios, London 1978 - April 14, and December 11

1

Studio

1978

Unknown

London, England

1978 London - Plus - Sourced from vinyl, but the sound is first rate. Also includes cuts from 02/29/80, Electric Ballroom (not on Document and Eyewitness), 11/10/79, Jeanette Cochrane Theatre, the OOP self released single Third Day 2000, and the OOP 1980 single Second Length (Our Swimmer) - Excellent!

1

AUD

Bradford University

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Complete Show - Last track (second encore), Reuters, cuts out after a minute or so - A superior version of Sand In My Joints (amongst the other gems) alone is worth the price of admission - Excellent!

1

SDB

S036 Club

Berlin, Germany

Incomplete Show(?) - The main body of the show is complete, but the encore (if any?) is missing. The opening to (Ignorance No Plea) I Should've Known Better is clipped, and the last few seconds of the last tune, Practice Makes Perfect are missing. No matter, this show is excellent.

1

SDB

WDR Studio L

Koln, Germany

Rockpalast - Superior sound from the original TV airring. There is a minor bit of static hum that builds slightly towards the end (this is from the best source known) - Superb!!!

1

TV

Palais Des Artes, Montreaux

Montreux, Switzerland

Wire - Plus filler from an unknown source probably from 03/79

1

AUD

Tiffany's

Hull, England

Wire

1

AUD

Notre Dame Hall

London, England

Complete Set - This is a truly great audience recording taken from a very low generation cassette. Featuring two songs that became their final singles, two that ultimately turned up on Colin Newman's Not To, and three tunes that were unique to this disc (they have subsequently turned up on various collections) - Superb!!!

1

AUD

Jeanette Cochrane Theatre

London, England

Complete Set - Excellent set including some unique to this date song performances,...albeit, the sound quality is very average for '79 recordings, but highly listenable - 44:20 minutes

1

AUD

WMO 4CD

WMO

Turns and Strokes - Originally released in 1996 on Wire's mail order service and now OOP. From the 1979 Notre Dame Hall and 1980 Electric Ballroom gigs with cuts from Wire's Jeanette Cochrane Theatre concerts in 1979

1

Various

Museum of Modern Art & Paradiso

Oxford, England & Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wire - Two short, but sweet shows @ 37:32 and 27:19 respectively showing early workings of the tunes that would end up on Snakedrill and Ideal Copy.

1

AUD

Melkweg

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wire - Still one month before the release of Snakedrill and Ideal Copy, Wire is already blithely reworking the material. Highlight is the second (encore) version of Drill.

1

AUD

WMO 14CD

WMO

Coatings - Originally released in 1997 on Wire's mail order service and now OOP. Alternate takes on tunes from 1986-91. First appearance of studio takes on four cuts. Includes the 18 + minute version of Ambitious commissioned for the ballet MiddleSex Gorge by Stephen Petronio and performed once on 10/12/90.

2

Various

La Dolce Vita

Lausanne, France

1

AUD

St. Andrew's Hall

Detroit, MI

Complete Set

1

AUD

The Roxy

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1

AUD

Royal Festival Hall

London, England

It's All In the Brochure - Originally released by Wire as a limited edition which has subsequently sold out. Now OOP it consists of the 02/26/00 show plus one live cut each from Immersion, He Said, DJxDJ, and Krev

1

SDB

El Rey Theatre

Los Angeles, CA

Complete Show - FM Radio Broadcast - 66:17 minutes - Includes the OOP "The Third Day" Tour EP from 2000 -This is 50/50 old and middle period material - Excellent!

1

Radio

The Showbox

Seattle, WA

1

AUD

The Metro

Chicago, IL

The Metro - Lineage: Master Mini Dics recording > ? > CDR > EAC Secure > FLAC Frontend (Level 8) - Available in FLAC or Audio WAV

1

AUD

All Tomorrow's Parties

Camber Sands, UK

1

AUD

ICA

London, England

1

AUD

Metro

Chicago, IL

Wire - Incredible live set with outstanding sound!

1

SDB

Melkweg

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Read and Burn - Excellent!

1

AUD

11/10/02

Vera

Groningen, The Netherlands

1

AUD

04/26/03

Barbican

London, England

Pink Flag Plus - Serviceable sound (intrumentation is upfront and swell, but Colin sounds a bit distant), but a very nice performance in which the play the entire Pink Flag album in the first set, and follow with second set consisting of darn near all of their newest album, Send. - No setlist available

1

AUD

04/27/03

All Tomorrow's Parties

Camber Sands, England

1

AUD

Paradiso

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1

Radio

06/26/03

Abbey Pub

Chicago, IL

1

AUD

Drury Lane Theatre Royal

London, England

2

AUD

09/08/98

The Knitting Factory

New York, NY

2

AUD

10/12/97

The 400 Bar

Minneapolis, MN

2

SDB