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Dennis Brown at the legendary Apollo Theater in NYC

2013-07-03T12:27:00.002-07:00

A dose of Dennis at the Apollo Theater, NYC (click)

Recommended REGGAE Streams

2013-07-03T12:24:00.002-07:00

Some great new vibes streaming from Rasjohnmon's RadioReggae ...

Toot's & The Maytals - Jamaican World Music Festival (Nov 1982)

Peter Tosh - Jamaican World Music Festival (Nov 1982)

Giant Panda Gorilla Dub Squad - May 4, 2012 -Pt. One (go to site for part 2)

Groundation - Melkweg Oude Zaal -Amsterdam, NL - 2011-1102 (Part One)

FOR MUCH MORE GO TO RADIOREGGAE.COM

Great Bruce Springsteen Show from Philly

2012-09-22T14:00:00.001-07:00

B R U C E !!! August 1978 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia... Enjoy!

See the entire list of great concerts at www.VitalVibes.com

Cultural Fusion Jukebox and Vidoes

2012-09-17T17:25:00.001-07:00

Bob Marley Dortmund Germany show needs to be fixed but there are a collection of very good videos on display at CulturalFusion.org or CulturalFusion.PreviewNet.com - you'll get to the same place with either link. Check out the Jukebox Player for an eclectic mix of great tunes from all over.... enjoy and spread the word! Much Thanks and Happy Listening!!

This week's Top Concerts (most GB's Streamed)

2012-09-09T08:47:00.001-07:00

Coldplay continues to top the chart but we have added a couple of dozen great new shows to the archives over the last couple of weeks. Here's a link to the top 50 streams from the last 7 days at www.VitalVibes.com (CLICK HERE)

Newly posted shows:

www.VitalVibes.com www.Reggae12.com www.PreviewNet.com

Alejandro Escovedo at The Continental Club in Austin, TX

2012-08-14T17:46:00.002-07:00

A New Top Pick - you will like this show!

http://previewnet.com/mobilestream/Alejandro_Escovedo_Sensitive_Boys_Continental_Club_Austin_TX_29_March_2011.mp3

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Source: soundboard

1. This Bed Is Getting Crowded
2. Anchor
3. Tender Heart
4. Chelsea Hotel '78
5. My Name Is Horizontal
6. Too Many Tears*
7. Sister Lost Soul
8. Sensitive Boys-> Band Intros
9. Castanets
10. Miss You
11. Beast Of Burden

*New song played especially for this show.

This show is particularly meaningful as the performance was only 4 days after Mike’s wife Lajuan passed away after a very short, and a very brave, battle with cancer. As you’ll hear, Alejandro dedicates “Sister Lost Soul” and “Sensitive Boys” to Mike and his daughter, Jenny. Both Mike and Jenny were at the show, surrounded by the love of friends and their “Austin family”.

At the beginning of “Sister Lost Soul”, Alejandro starts the song and then has to stop briefly to compose himself before starting the song again. Alejandro was best man when Mike and Lajuan were married on the banks of the Blanco River in Wimberley TX.

As with nearly every performance, Alejandro and Boys play with a tremendous amount of energy and emotion. This night, however, must have been a difficult night for everyone involved. The intensity of the performance is quite evident from the very moment the band hits the stage.

It was recorded by Big Ben Richardson. Big Ben works sound at The Continental Club in addition to being Alejandro’s tour manager. He also does FOH sound for all of their road shows when not touring with his own band “Grady.”

The linage would therefore be something like soundboard>unknown>cdr>foobar>flac (level 5). I used Trader’s Little Helper to create the checksums and torrent.

Thanks as always to Mike for the recordings and for all he does for us!

New Concert Streams

2012-08-12T16:06:00.001-07:00

Greetings - just loaded up some great new concert streams:

two nights of vintage New Riders of the Purple Sage at the Fillmore East in 1971 with Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar! (they opened the two shows for the Dead).
nice Robert Plant and Band of Joy
Jason Mraz from July 2007 at The Backyard_Dagmar_Ootmarsum_Netherlands
I think it was the only time they traveled to play in the UK - check out a great show by Railroad Earth in Glasgow, Scotland
Dr. John in Germany this summer (2012)
a mesmerizing show by Toubab Krewe from February 2006 in Charlotte, NC

Lots more.... ENJOY! Send people link to www.VitalVibes.com

Another Great Rasjohnmon Mix

2012-07-21T15:48:00.002-07:00

Cool Runnin's Mon! Have Some Mercy

Grateful Dead at Miami Pop Festival Dec. 29, 1968

2012-07-21T08:33:00.000-07:00

This really is a classic set from The Grateful Dead. Part of the New Year's Run of shows. Before the band headed back to California for the New Year's Eve show at the Fillmore, they played an outdoor show at Gulfstream Park (horse racing track) in Hallandale Beach, Florida on December 29, 1968.

The Miami Pop Festival was the name of two different music festivals that took place in 1968 at Gulfstream Park, a horse racing track in Hallandale, Florida (now called Hallandale Beach), just north of Miami.

The first Miami Pop event took place May 18–19, 1968. An estimated 100,000 people attended this concert, which was promoted by Richard O'Barry & Michael Lang, later famous as promoter ofWoodstock. Bands featured at the festival included Steppenwolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Mothers of Invention, Blue Cheer and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Jimi Hendrix performed "Fire", "Foxy Lady", "Getting my heart back together" and "Purple Haze". Sunday's concert was rained out and because of this, Hendrix wrote "Rainy Day, Dream Away." Chuck Berry, The Blues Image, Pacific Gas and Electric and Three Dog Night also performed. The opening act on the main stage on Saturday was a little-known group called The Package and the closing act on that same stage was Jimi Hendrix.

The second Miami Pop Festival was held December 28–30, 1968 at Gulfstream. It was promoted by Tom Rounds, who had previously promoted the seminal Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. True to its name, Miami Pop II emphasized a lighter, "Top 40" style of music including Procol Harum, The Turtles, The Grass Roots, Three Dog Night, Jose Feliciano, The Blues Image and The Box Tops. More "serious" veins of music were represented by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Hugh Masekela, Pacific Gas and Electric, Fleetwood Mac, Richie Havens, The Sweet Inspirations, Joni Mitchell, Jr. Walker & The Allstars, The McCoys, Sweetwater, The James Cotton Blues Band, Canned Heat, The Charles Lloyd Quartet, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Ian & Sylvia, Country Joe and The Fish, Buffy St. Marie, Steppenwolf, The Amboy Dukes and Iron Butterfly; rounding things out were Chuck Berry's roots rock, the picking of Flatt and Scruggs, jamming from the Grateful Dead, smooth nightclub stylings by Marvin Gaye, raucous soul from Joe Tex, and covering a range from hard rock to folk.^[1] Many of these musicians were cast as superheroes in a commemorative comic book distributed at the festival.

HERE'S A LINK TO THE SET BY THE GRATEFUL DEAD at www.VitalVibes.com for 100's of Great Concert Recordings

Frank Sinatra

2012-07-15T07:56:00.001-07:00

Got a nice addition with recordings from studio sessions from December 1960 with Frank Sinatra

Sessions for the Reprise album RING-A-DING-DING!
December 19-21, 1960
Johnny Mandel, arranger

1. Studio chatter [December 19]
2. Ring-a-Ding-Ding (test) [December 19]
3. Ring-a-Ding-Ding (alternate take + studio chatter) [December 19]
4. Ring-a-Ding-Ding (incomplete take) / Let's Fall in Love (studio chatter) [December 19]
5. Let's Fall in Love (incomplete takes + studio chatter) [December 19]
6. In the Still of the Night (alternate take + studio chatter) [December 19]
7. In the Still of the Night (incomplete takes + studio chatter) [December 19]
8. A Foggy Day (alternate take) [December 19]
9. Let's Face the Music and Dance (alternate take) [December 20]
10. Let's Face the Music and Dance (studio chatter) [December 20]
11. Let's Face the Music and Dance (alternate take) [December 20]
12. You'd Be So Easy to love (test) [December 20]
13. You'd Be So Easy to love (alternate take) [December 20]
14. A Fine Romance (alternate take) [December 20]
15. The Coffee Song (alternate take) [December 20]
16. Be Careful It's My heart (false start + alternate take) [December 20]
17. Have You Met Miss Jones? (test) [December 20]
18. Have You Met Miss Jones? (incomplete take) [December 20]
19. I've Got My Love to Keep You Warm (alternate take) [December 21]
20. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart (alternate take) [December 21]
21. You and the Night and the Music (test + alternate take) [December 21]
22. When I Take My Sugar to Tea (studio chatter + alternate take) [December 21]

Excerpts of sessions for the album RING-A-DING-DING, with the usual assortment of alternate takes, incomplete takes, false starts, session chatter, etc. One notable inclusion is the brief attempt at "Have You Met Miss Jones?" Sinatra can be heard expressing the opinion that the arrangement doesn't fit the mood of the album, and the track was soon abandoned. (A completely different Billy May arrangement of the song, lacking the opening verse, was subsequently issued on the Reprise album SINATRA SWINGS a.k.a. SWING ALONG WITH ME.)

Great Beach Boys Unreleased

2012-07-14T18:50:00.001-07:00

http://previewnet.com/mobilestream/Beach_Boys_Studio_Outtakes.mp3
If you ever had any doubt about what a great band the Beach Boys are, listen to this.
Really nice enjoy!

Jimmy Cliff - Hall of Fame Mon!

2012-07-14T14:45:00.000-07:00

Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Inductee JIMMY CLIFF, according to a recent Rolling Stone article, was key in getting Bob Marley his start - they were friends from the teenage years and Jimmy helped him get his first two songs recorded. Sadly, Bob is no longer around to make great new music but Jimmy keeps pushing on. Here is a recent concert that demonstrated he is still in great form (part two can found at www.VitalVibes.com) Here's a link to the first part of the show - Jimmy Cliff in Concert - June 2012
--- Here's a link to his excellent NEW album!

The Big Wu at High Sierra

2012-07-14T12:40:00.001-07:00

Here's a nice jam band you may not know with a very nice set for your listening pleasure:

Big Wu at High Sierra Music Festival

Jimmy Cliff - Listen in at the beach!

2012-07-01T11:02:00.002-07:00

Here is something really nice you can do - if you are not having a great day, it will lift your Spirits for sure. First go to Reggae12.com - the sound of the beach on a beautiful day in Jamaica will start (does require you have Flash on your computer or phone) - turn the volume on the BEACH down a bit using the volume slider on the bottom player in the row on the right side of page. Next, go to VitalVibes.com in another browser window using this link Jimmy Cliff June 16 2012 Weesner Family Amphitheater-Apple Valley, MN - Part One - you'll find the show and Part Two in the REGGAE section under J for Jimmy.

Crank up your sound system, close your eyes and you can be sitting on the beach with this great concert going on the beach stage! Irie Mon!

Electric Forest in Roxbury, Michigan

2012-06-30T13:22:00.001-07:00

This weekend is a special treat - you can listen to a tasty chunk of the Electric Forest music festival including all THREE String Cheese Incidents... http://www.livecheese.com/packages/2,267,423/The-String-Cheese-Incident-mp3-flac-download-Electric-Forest-2012.html
all for only $12.99 - awesome!! Missed the pre-Cheese shows yesterday but watching and listening to The Incredible Stringdusters show now...NICE! If you miss the webcast, you will probably be able to buy downloads or CD's of many of the shows at NUGGS.net - but, don't miss the fun right now - get in on the webcast!

New Stuff

2012-06-24T15:59:00.000-07:00

Up-Loaded another great bunch of concerts this weekend.
There are all nice but here are my favorites:
JGB - 2007-06-15 - River Theater Guerneville, CA (find it under J at VitalVibes.com) with special guest Steve Kimock on guitar
set one
d1t01 Melvin intro
d1t02 Second That Emotion
d1t03 banter etc.
d1t04 Ain't No Bread In The Breadbox
d1t05 dead air etc.
d1t06 Money Honey
d1t07 dead air etc.
d1t08 Dear Prudence
d1t09 dead air etc.
d1t10 Let It Rock
d1t11 Mystery Train
set two
d2t01 All Tore Up >
d2t02 That's What Love Will Make You Do
d2t03 dead air etc.
d2t04 Don't Let Go
d2t05 banter etc.
d2t06 Gomorrah >
d2t07 Brothers And Sisters
d2t08 Everybody Needs Somebody
d2t09 intros etc.

From Good Homes - Stanhope House 1998 (find it under listings starting with F at VitalVibes.com

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Disc 1: Dance a Hole Giving Tree Butterfly & the Tree Ride All Night WNTI-FM broadcast statement Everything Comes Together Bang That Drum Cold Mountain Decision Song 2nd Red Barn on the Right Kick It On Broken Road I only Want Disc 2: It's Hard to Find Where Songs Begin She's So Happy Girl From the North Country Away in the Manger Maybe We Will Into the Mystic Go Wild I am a Mess

The last is a GREAT show by a band I was totally unaware of until I came across this show... find it under A at www.VitalVibes.com

Acoustic Junction 1998-12-16 The Inferno Steamboat Springs, CO
Set 1 ====== 1. Fisherman's Blues 2. Desire 3. Burden 4. Never Until Now 5. Think About It 6. East Side Now 7. Today We Sing The Blues 8. Do What You Do 9. Something 10. It's A Goodbye World 11. Guide My Boat 12. Oh Me, Oh My
Set 2 ===== 1. Build A Road 2. Wooden Ships 3. High On A Mountain > 4. Where Is She Now 5. Penny For Your Thoughs 6. Bombay Bound 7. Time 8. Whereabouts Unknown 9. Poets > 10. Uncle Jed Encore ====== 11. Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie*
* a capella Notes: Bass mix is come and go for the first song or two. A few pops are present in the drum mix during Desire.

ENJOY!!!

A Rasjohnmon Reggae Mix

2012-06-20T12:37:00.001-07:00

Today I have been listening to a nice mix of Reggae by artists not normally know as Reggae musicians. The opening track was actually the first Reggae pop chart hit by Millie Small, a British artist. This is from a cassette tape in my mix collection and over the two sides you will recognize several big time artists who are clearly Reggae Music fans themselves and wanted to take a shot at a Reggae tune. Some of the tracks were pretty big hits as well. Eric Clapton's version of "I Shot The Sheriff" (a song written by Bob Marley) actually was important in taking Bob Marley's career to a global level. You'll find this mix at VitalVibes.com - here are the title listing to look for: RasJohnMon's PositiVibes Mix #12 - Part 1 RasJohnMon's PositiVibes Mix #12 - Part 2

McCartney Part Two

2012-06-19T17:52:00.001-07:00

Just a reminder - you can find this show and a few hundred more at VitalVibes.com - had a bunch of requests for link to second half of this very nice Paul McCartney show in Washington, DC a couple of months before his 60th! Here it is McCartney in Washington, DC 2002 - Part Two Highly recommend: Good Evening New York City [2 CD + 1 DVD Combo]

Happy Birthday Paul!

2012-06-18T18:14:00.001-07:00

Today is Paul McCartney's 70th Birthday - can you believe it?? Anyway, here is a GREAT show from 2002 in Washington, DC that we know you will enjoy... (find part two at vitalvibes.com) Paul McCartney in Washington, DC

Exodus 77 - Bob Marley

2012-06-17T10:12:00.001-07:00

Today I want to point out a link to a video broadcast by the BBC that I don't believe is commercially available and well worth getting to see: Video Feature: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus 77 It's on the Marley Feature page at Reggae12.com - when you get there, a very nice recording of Bob Marley and The Wailers from 06/27/80 at Stadio San Siro - Milan, Italy will start playing - just stop the player before you launch the video. Enjoy!

Psychedelic 60's Revisited

2012-06-14T17:50:00.000-07:00

Here's a really nice JAMMIN' show from the David Nelson Band - Dave was a founding member of The New Riders of The Purple Sage. In later years some of the shows have been great and some have been lacking - this is a great one, with Part Two the stand out! LIVE at Pirate Cove Find LOTS more at VitalVibes.com

Ziggy at Park West 2003 - Nice One!

2012-06-14T05:47:00.001-07:00

This is my favorite of the many great Ziggy Marley shows in my collection: Park West, Chicago 2003 Don't forget to check out all the other great music available for FREE listening at Reggae12.com and VitalVibes.com Practice seeing what you want in the people and circumstances around you and watch the world blossom before your eyes. Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don't want. Be happy, it's OK for everything to be alright!

New Ziggy Marley Song

2012-06-13T05:24:00.001-07:00

You can download a fresh copy of this song at www.ZiggyMarley.com (and a couple of others) but here's a link to stream "Can You Feel It" - a great new song by Ziggy Marley! Can You Feel It

Dave Matthews - Spirit - Sinead O'Connor

2012-06-10T12:02:00.001-07:00

Some nice new additions to the www.VitalVibes.com archives of great non-commercially released recordings - The Dave Matthews Band is on their Summer Tour 2012 now - here's a show from last summer:
Dave Matthews Band - Lakeside - Chicago, IL - July 10, 2011 - Part One Here's a link to a DVD of an official release - awesome show for any DMB fans out there!
Dave Matthews Band - The Central Park Concert
Next, one of my long time favorite bands - SPIRIT - featuring Randy California - not many live recordings of them floating around but here's one you should enjoy -
Spirit - the link to the show is below but this link will take you to Amazon and Spirit's first album - check it out! There were many classic albums that came out of L.A. in the 60's and this is certainly one of them. One of the greatest opening songs for a band's career has to be "Fresh Garbage". A "green" song that was about 35 years ahead of its time, no less. "Uncle Jack" has a vocal that really sticks with you for awhile. Then the "Mechanical World". Great vocals, great guitar from Randy California, moody and strange song. Typical Spirit. This song leads directly into a beautiful Randy piece entitled "Taurus". If it sounds vaguely like "Stairway to Heaven" it should considering that Led Zep toured with Spirit in 1968 (as the opening act!) and Page essentially ripped off the main chords. I prefer "Taurus" to "Stairway". The opening string section with the cello and flute is beautiful. The variety on the entire album is awesome.
Spirit - My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY - October 31, 1975 - there is also a show from 1987 at www.VitalVibes.com

Finally, a show from another talented artist Sinéad O'Connor - Paradise Theater - Boston, MA. - March 31, 1988
Here's a good sampler of Ms. O'Connor So Far: Best of Sinead O'Connor

More Beatles

2012-06-05T16:43:00.000-07:00

Last week we started streaming Alternate Versions - Part Two (we didn't have the "Part Two" then because we didn't know their was a part one) - Well, Part One is now available to listen to at www.VitalVibes.com. I tend to think the Beatles got better and better but these earlier alternate versions are really nice. If you are a Beatles fan, you will enjoy this.