| August
30, 2008 |
CD
|
B
|
60
min
|
The
Borgata Casino - Atlantic City, NJ
|
I'm
Alive
Time Stand Still
Day By Day
All You Zombies
Fightin' On The Same Side
Brother Don't You Walk Away
Where The Wind May Blow
Private Emotion
Hanging On A Heartbet
Blood From A Stone
Time After Time
One Of Us
Escalator of Life
Beat Up Guitar
|
The
band made a triumphant return to the Philly area with this two hour plus
show. The crowd that attebded got to see a truly spectactular performance
with many suprises as well as great interaction from the band. Regretfully
this is an incomplete recording and the tracks recorded have come from
multiple sources. What was recorded however offers any collector a rare
find. First the boys did a tribute to Robert Hazzard with a cover of "Escalator
of Life." They performed most of the Time Stand Still album and a
rarely played "Where The Wind May Blow" made an appearnce as
well. Another nice capture is the new arrangement of "Time After
Time". It now has a more up tempo and rockier sound. Overall this
is a nice pick up for a true fan. |
| November
23, 2007 |
CD
|
A-
|
120
min
|
The
Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
|
Johnny
B
I.m Alive
Time Stand Still
South Ferry Road
Hanging On A Heartbeat
Graveyard Waltz
500 Miles
Station ID
Boys of Summer
Until You Dare
Where The Wind May Blow
All You Zombies
Karla with a "K"
25 Hours A Day
Satellite
And We Danced
Day By Day
Free Again
Blood From A Stone
Fightin' On The Same Side
Manayunk USA (tease)
Talkin
One of Us
Time After Time
Talkin
Thank You
Fall In Philadelphia
Beat Up Guitar
Station Sign Off ID |
 |
Local music
favorites The Hooters made a much-anticipated return to the stage in Philadelphia,
playing at the Electric Factory on November 21st, the night before Thanksgiving,
and again on Friday November 23rd. The band’s Thanksgiving show tradition
continued as they debuted their new CD, “Time Stand Still”.
As a special thank you to Philadelphia and all
local Hooters fans, a free copy of the “Time Stand Still”
CD was given away with each paid ticket to either show — the only
way to get the new material in advance of its release in February 2008.
The Electric Factory show featured songs from the new record, as well
as all the hits that brought the band national and international success,
including “And We Danced”, “Day By Day”, “All
You Zombies” and “Satellite”.
|
| November
2007 |
CD
|
A
|
00
min
|
Baden-Baden,
Germany (Unplugged)
|
Boys
of Summer
500 Miles
All You Zombies
And We Danced
Graveyard Waltz
I'm Alive
Johnny B
Karla with a "K"
Private Emotion
Satellite
Time Stand Still |
A nice collection
of Hooters songs cover thei history. This is an acoustic or unplugged
show that the band did while on tour in Germany in the summer of 2007.
A good pick up for a collector that likes to hear alternate versions of
their mainstream album versions. Sound quality is outstanding. |
| August
1, 2007 |
CD
|
C
|
90
min
|
Mannheim,
Germany
|
25
Hours A Day
I'm Alive
All You Zombies
And We Danced
Catch of The Day
Day By Day
South Ferry Road - Brother Don't You Walk Away
Fightin' On The Same Side
Free Again
Graveyard Waltz - 500 Miles
Johnny B
Karla with a "K"
One of Us
Ordinary Lives
Rob Solo
Satellite
Boys of Summer
Time After Time
Time Stand Still
Until You Dare
Where The Wind May Blow |
This is another
show in the collection that is lacking in information. The copy I received
was not in a proper set list format and I am still trying to research
the show inmore detail. What is known is that this was recorded during
the summer 2007 Germany tour. The audience recording is not great and
hard to hear at times. There are a few gems recorded however, the South
Ferry Road - Brother Don't You Walk Away medly is starting to make its
way into the set list. Also captured are a 8 songs from the Time Stand
Still album. The boys are trying out the material and getting the audience
reaction to the tunes before committing them to the new album. |
| July
2, 2007 |
CD
|
A
|
100
min
|
Frankfurt,
Germany
|
01.
I'm Alive
02. Time Stand Still
03. Johnny B
04. Until I Find You Again
05. Until You Dare
05. Blowin' In The Wind
07. 500 Miles
08. The Boys Of Summer
09. All You Zombies
10. Karla With A "K"
11. Satellite
12. Day By Day
13. And We Danced
-Encores-
14. Morning Buzz
15. One Of Us
16. Twenty-Five Hours A Day
17. One of Us (Pt II) |
A
great sounding radio show recording from the 2007 summer tour. This show
features 6 new songs. As they prepare to release their first studio album
in 14 years, the band shows that their new songs can seemlessly mess with
the staples that the audience expects. "I'm Alive" is a good
openner that sets the tempo for the show. There have been interviews in
the past were the Rob and Eric have stated they were trying to write another
"Dancin' On The Edge". They meant a song with that energy that
good become a staple openner. By 2008, Eric stated in a interview on a
Philly sports talk radio program that "I'm Alive" has become
just that and that he expects this to be ther openning number going forward. |
| July
16, 2006 |
CD
|
B+
|
120
min
|
The
Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
|
Hooters
Intro by Pierre Robert (WMMR DJ)
I'm Alive
Day By Day
Time Stand Still
South Ferry Road
Hangin' On A Heartbeat
Fightin' On The Same Side
That's The Way I Will Remember You (Fran on lead
vocals)
Graveyard Waltz
500 Miles
Morning Buzz
Boys Of Summer
Where Do The Children Go
Until You Dare
Johnny B
Satellite
Karla With A K
And We Danced
(Audience noise/break)
All You Zombies
White Jeans
(Encore Break)
Time After Time
One Of Us
25 Hours A Day
Intro To Beat Up Guitar
Beat Up Guitar
Blood From A Stone
|
Live
audience recording from Philadelphia 2006 from the Electric Factory. The
band returns home after another succesful Germnay summer tour. They continue
to play the classic 80's hits that made them into household names. They
do however nicely mix in 5 new tunes that will end up on the Time Stand
Still album as they try out new music. Also captured here is a rare lead
vocal performance by Fran Smith Jr (in the spirit of Andy King or John
Kuzma when they got their rare lead vocal shots.) Another nice touch is
that Rob and Eric perform songs they wrote (Time After Time and One of
Us) and had a lot of success with for other artists. A fun number "White
Jeans" would resurface as a bonus track on the European release of
Time Stand Still.
|
| November
21, 2001 |
CD
|
A
|
50
min
|
The
Hooters Reunion - The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA
|
1.
Introduction
2. Melodica intro
3. Blood From A Stone
4. Hanging On A Heartbeat
5. Satellite
6. All You Zombies
7. Talking
8. Where Do The Children Go
9. Amore tease intro
10. Karla With A K
11. And We Danced
12. Band intro by Pierre Robert
13. Beat Up Guitar
14. Day By Day |
Live
audience recording from Philadelphia 2001. This was a reunion show for
the Hooters after 6 years. The reason for the reunion was that WMMR Presented
Pierre Robert's 20th Anniversary at the radio station. It was also 20
years since the first single by the Hooters. The concert was at Spectrum
and had about 10 thousend people in the audience, not all there for the
Hooters but still a big audience came to listen to them. There were other
artists performing before and after the Hooters came on stage. This is
also the reason for the short set by the Hooters. But it was a great show
with some of the best Hooters songs and this recoridng sounds very good
too. Pierre sang background vocals on "Beat Up Guitar". Also
at the end of "Where Do The Children Go" Eric notices that someone
close to the stage needs medical help so he ask the personell at the arena
to take care of it. For this concert there had also been a release of
Amore on CD for the first time (included was also an Amore poster). Remastered
sound. Available on two CD-R. As
with many later Hooters shows, any homage to the past is special. Even
though the band did a tease intro to Amore, it still went over big by
the crowd.
|
| August
13, 1993 |
CD
|
D
|
67
min
|
NJ
State Fair - Garden State Park, ..Cherry
Hill, NJ |
1.
Intro
2. Johnny B.
3. Karla With A K
4. And We Danced
5. Driftin' Away
6. Private Emotion
7. Great Big American Car
8. 500 Miles
9. Intro
10. Satellite
11. Day By Day
12. Time After Time
13. Nobody But You
|
This
is an audience recording from the New Jersey State Fair at the Garden
State Race Track in 1993. The race track is used for horse racing normally
and is located right across the street from where Emerald City used to
be. A fairly small place in comparison with The Spectrum with 18,000 seats
which they sold out a couple of years earlier. That is only another 15
minutes away from this place.. They are joking a little about it saying:
"After all these years we finally made it to the New Jersey State
Fair". Not too enthusiastic maybe. The sound quality on this recording
is really not good. Have that in mind if you are thinking about getting
it. But I have remastered the sound as good as possible. Available on
two CD-R. Although the quality is poor, there are
a few gems here that don't get played very often. Great Big American Car,
Nobody But You and Driftin' Away are all from the Zig-Zag album. |
| December
2/3, 1993 |
CD
|
A
|
75
min
|
Recorded
In Europe |
|
1. Dancin' On The Edge
2. Boys Will Be Boys
3. Karla With A K
4. And We Danced
5. Deliver Me
6. Graveyard Waltz
7. 500 Miles
8. Twenty Five Hours A Day
9. Jigs 'N' Reels
10. Satellite
11. Johnny B
12. Day By Day
13. All I Really Want To Do*
14. Blowin' In The Wind*
|
This
is an actual live released CD intitled, "The Hooters LIVE!"
It is a good representation of the live shows during the Zig-Zag tour.
The final two songs on the CD were studio tracks
recorded in Philadelphia. Also back in the set is the Graveyard Waltz
intro into 500 Miles. |
| April
23, 1993 |
CD
|
B
|
25
min
|
Scranton,
PA |
1. Intro
2. 25 Hours A Day
3. Talking
4. Boys Will Be Boys
5. Talking
6. Private Emotion
7. Talking
8. Jigs'n'Reels
9. Satellite |
An
all acoustic performance. Fairly good sound. Available on one CD-R. |
| May
25, 1992 |
CD |
A |
75
min |
Studio
4 - Philadelphia, PA |
1.
Intro
2. Dead Organic Matter
3. Beautiful Noise
4. Great Big American Car
5. Jigs'n'reels/Satelite intro
6. Empty Heart
7. Josephine
8. Introduction of the band
9. When Blue Turns To Grey
10. Driftin' Away
11. Private Emotion
12. One Too Many Nights
13. Nobody But You
14. Dancing On the Edge
15. World Without Walls
16. Strange Strange World
17. Outro |
A
VERY MEMORABLE recording in great quality from studio 4/WWMR in Philadelphia
which catches the band live "in the process" of working with
"Out Of Body". Six of these songs did
not survive to be released! Moreover songs like "Nobody But
You" and "One Too Many Nights" did end up on "Out
Of Body" but hasn't been performed live that often. Includes short
interviews. Excellent sound quality. Basically A MUST for any Hooters
fan! Remastered sound. |
| July
4, 1990 |
CD
|
A
|
50
min
|
Philadelphia
Museum of Art -Philadelphia, PA |
1.
Brother Don't You Walk Away
2. Day By Day
3. All You Zombies
4. Satellite
5. 500 Miles
6. Beat Up Guitar
7. Fightin' On the Same Side
8. Karla With A K
9. And We Danced
10. Mr. Tambourine Man |
Live
show recorded at the Freedom Festival in Philadelphia on the 4th of July
(Independence Day) 1990. The stage was outside the Art Museum on the Benjamin
Franklin Parkway. A quote from Eric: "It's 10 years this week since
we The Hooters played our first show ever in the city of Philadelphia".
So it was a very special concert for the band who celbrated their 10 year
anniversary. Among the highlights is a cover version
of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" as well as a
rare live recording of "Beat Up Guitar" - very nice too.
Remastered sound and speed corrected. Available on one CD-R. Being
in the audience for this show, I can tell you that the crowd was more
electric than you hear on the tape. The crowd was kept across the street
from the museum.
|
| April
12, 1990 |
CD
|
A
|
75
min
|
Barrymore's
- Ottawa, Canada |
1. Jonny B.
2. And We Danced
3. All You Zoombies
4. 500 Miles
5. Day By Day
6. Where Do The Children Go?
7. Blood From A Stone
8. Don't Knock It Till You Try It
9. Satellite
10. Karla With A K
11. Mr Big Baboon
12. Nervous Night
13. Deliver Me
14. Hanging On A Heartbeat |
Live
in Ottawa, Canada 1990. Excellent soundboard recording from original bootleg.
Perfect sound and it also includes two live bonus tracks. A must for all
true Hooters fans. Available on one CD-R. As
with most recordings from this time period, a rare song is performed.
Here, Don't Knock It To You Try It is played.
|
| February
13/14, 1989 |
CD
|
B
|
55
min
|
Jamaica |
1.
Intro
2. Man In The Street
3. Talking
4. All You Zombies
5. Talking
6. Rough Rider
7. Hangin' On A Heartbeat
8. Talking
9. Harder They Come
10. Talking
11. Karla With A K
12. Talking
13. She's A Woman
14. Talking
15. Mr. Big Baboon
16. Intro
17. 25 Hours A Day
18. Talking
19. Boys Will Be Boys
20. Talking
21. Private Emotion
22. Talking
23. Jigs'n'Reels
24. Satellite |
This
is a very special WMMR Morning Show broadcasted from Jamaica to Philadelphia
during a short holiday (!) from working on "Zig Zag". The Hooters
played there two mornings in a row in a very relaxed mood. Every song
is special, and the atmosphere of a small place (a studio) can be heard
as well as a desire from the band to jam a little instead of just hard
work in the studio. It starts off with a very good version of "Man
In The Street" followed by an interestingly sounding "Zombies".
Other highlights are covers of the reggae classic
"The Harder They Come" (together with a Jamaican band
called Native) and maybe the coolest song of all on this set, a reggae
classic called "Rough Rider". There's
also a nice version of the Beatles song "She's
A Woman". It finishes off with what has got to be the first
live performance of "Mr Big Baboon".
The sound is good except for some radio noise which is quite audieble
in the beginning of this recording. |
| November
25, 1987 |
CD
|
A
|
76
min
|
The
Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA |
1. Satellite
2. Hanging On A Heartbeat
3. South Ferry Road
4. Where Do The Children Go
5. Greensleves - intro
6. Johnny B.
7. Day By Day
8. And We Danced
9. All You Zombies
10. Nervous Night
11. Engine 999
12. Don't Take My Car Out Tonight
13. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
14. Fightin' On the Same Side
15. Karla With A K
16. Washington's Day |
Thanksgiving
concert at Spectrum, Philadelphia. Patty Smyth guest on "Where Do
The Children Go". She actually sang the wrong
lyrics. This is a mix of the radio broadcast and the TV broadcast.
Songs from #11 onwards is from the TV broadcast and the rest is from the
radio. This means that all songs are not in the original order. Fairly
good sound. "Fightin' On the Same Side" is faded out. Available
on 1 CD-R. A treat as always is
Washington's Day. Eric mentioned in an interview that Bob Dylan called
him and told him that this was the best song Eric ever wrote and that
Dylan wanted to cover it. Another
show I was fortunate to be at. The crowd was very loud. The band also
had to play Karla twice as footage from the concert would be in the video.
|
| August
4, 1988 |
CD
|
B+
|
120
min
|
Boardwalk
Hall - Atlantic City, NJ |
500
Miles
A Man Understands
All You Zombies
And We Danced
Beat Up Guitar
Blood From A Stone
Brother Don't You Walk Away
Day By Day
Deliver Me
Don't Knock It Til You Try It
Fightin' On The Same Side
Give The Music Back
Hangin' On A Heartbeat
Johnny B
Karla With a K
Man In the Street
Mr Big Baboon
You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
Satellite
South Ferry Road
|
A
good quality readio broadcast broadcast of the Hooters at the Atlantic
City Convention Conter Boardwalk concert hall. A couple of gemas here
are "A Man Understands" and "Man In The Street". This
show features 8 songs from the soon to be released Zig Zag album. Currently
I am still researching this show in more detail to get a more accurate
set list as the copy I have defaulted all tracks in alphabetical order.
More to follow. |
| October
3, 1987 |
CD
|
A
|
132
min
|
Tower
Theatre - Upper Darby, PA |
1. Intro
2. Nervous Night
3. Hanging On A Heartbeat
4. South Ferry Road
5. Engine 999
6. Don't Take My Car Out Tonight
7. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds
8. Where Do The Children Go
9. Greensleves - intro
10. Johnny B.
11. Satellite
12. Fightin' On the Same Side
13. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
14. Karla With A K.
15. Blood From A Stone
16. Day By Day
17. And We Danced
18. All You Zombies
19. Amore
20. Birdman
21. One Way Home
22. My Generation
23. Who's
That Girl
24. Washington's Day
25. Interview |
Famous
show shortly after the release of "One Way Home". Including
several odd live tracks like "One Way Home",
"Engine 999" and a medley of "My
Generation"/"Not Fade Away"/"Who's That Girl"
as well as the unreleased "You've Got To Hide
Your Love Away". This is a very good
full show of the band at its peak. Because this was a radio broadcast,
the audience gets a rare before and after interview with the band. Also,
this is the night where Rob announces the Thanksgiving concert at the
Spectrum. Immediately after that announcement, the band gives the crowd
a special treat by playing a couple throw backs Amore and Birdman.
|
| September
25, 1987 |
CD
|
B+
|
100
min
|
The
Ritz, New York City, NY |
1.
Satellite
2. Hanging On a Heartbeat
3. South Ferry Road
4. Engine 999
5. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds
6. Where Do The Children Go
7. All You Zombies
8. Intro
9. Johnny B.
10. Fightin' on the Same side
11. Karla With A K 2. Blood From a Stone
12. Nervous Night
13. Day By Day
14. And We Danced
15. Talking
16. One Way Home
17. Hard Rockin' Summer
18. Medley: Magic Bus/The Saints Go Marching In/Not Fade Away/Who's That
Girl
19. Talking
20. Washington's Day * |
Soundboard
recording from New York 1987. The last five songs of this show is great,
from "One Way Home" onwards! One thing to note is that they
also play a small part of "The Saints Go Marching In" in the
medley and that they have included Magic Bus. This medley is a true highlight
of the show. One of the microphones falls on the floor in the beginning
of the concert, so Rob says "anything can happen like it already
did". But it was only a small mistake. Overall this is a great performance.
Good but not entirely perfect sound quality on this rare recording. |
| October
23, 1985 |
CD
|
A
|
50
min
|
Tower
Theatre - Upper Darby, PA |
1. Day By Day
2. Hanging on a Heartbeat
3. She Comes in Colors
4. Don't Take My car Out Tonight
5. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds
6. Where Do The Children Go
7. All You Zoombies
8. Time After Time
9. Trouble in Paradise
10. Who's That Girl
11. And We Danced |
The
last of five straight sold out shows at the Tower. This show was broadcast
on 93.3 WMMR. Because of the radio broadcast, the entire show was not
aired. Two gems did air however, Trouble In Paradise and Who's That Girl
are unreleased tracks but the band has played them live for a few years.
Available on one CD-R. |
| October
22, 1985 |
CD
|
A
|
35
min
|
Tower
Theatre - Upper Darby, PA |
1. Hanging On A Heartbeat
2. Don't Take My Car Out Tonight
3. Where Do The Children Go
4. All You Zombies
5. Blood From A Stone
6. Time After Time
7. Nervous Night
8. Day By Day |
Classic show
from the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia for the most part also used for
the "Nervous Night" home video.. Excellent soundboard quality.
Available on one CD-R.
|
| November
22, 1984 |
CD
|
A
|
94
min
|
Chestnut
Cabaret - Philadelphia, PA |
1.
Intro
2. Oh Susanna
3. Hanging On a Heartbeat
4. Solid Rock
5. All You Zombies
6. Day By Day
7. Amore
8. But I Do
9. Walkman
10. You Still Belong To Me
11. I Don't Wanna Fight
12. Black Cloud
13. She Comes in Colors
14. End Of My Rope
15. Who's That Girl
16. Trouble in Paradise
17. Concubine
18. Birdman
19. Blood From a Stone
20. Hanging On a Heartbeat
21. Man in the Street
22. Should Have Known Better
23. Obla-Di-Obla-Da
24. Time After Time
25. Glad All Over
26. Peace Love & Understanding
27. Goodnight/outro |
Audience
recording from Philadelphia 1984 on Thanksgiving evening - a free show.
Recorded at the small club Chestnut Cabaret where the Hooters have continued
to play all through their career and always giving the audience a really
good performance - often with some suprise songs. Actually this was the
third year the Hooters played at Chestnut Cabaret. Overall the recording
is very good and so is the performance. At this time the Hooters had just
got their recording contract with CBS. "Oh Susanna" is only
a short acoustic version as is "Hangin' On A Heartbeat" right
after that (a song which was performed twice that night). Also
notable is the original, un-released version of "Day By Day"
with different lyrics and different guitar licks and the rarely performed
"But I Do". Highlights are also the good cover-versions
of the Beatles songs "Should Have Known Better" and "Obla-Di-Obla-Da".
I also very much like "Goodnight" as closing number on these
1984 shows (Eric plays a little part of Brahms Lullaby in the middle section
wishing everybody a good night). "End Of My
Rope" is an unreleased song and sounds a little bit like "South
Ferry Road", and it was actually supposedly a part of that song,
but it was turned into a separate song. Nice to have "Peace Love
& Understanding" in good sound too which is an Elvis Costello
cover (from "Armed Forces", 1979). It should be noted that this
is not the complete performance. The melodica solo was edited. Recorded
by Freezing Temperatures Productions. Remastered sound. Available on two
CD-R. If starting a collection, I would recomend
this show as an early recording. Most of the Amore album is performed
as well as the early version of Day By Day. There was good energy from
the crowd and the band seemed in good form all night..
|
| April
19, 1984 |
CD
|
A-
|
90
min
|
Ardmore,
PA |
1.
Intro
2. Nucleus
3. All You Zombies
4. Hanging On A Heartbeat
5. Amore
6. I Don't Wanna Fight
7. But I Do
8. Solid Rock
9. Point Your Little Pinky
10. Time After Time
11. You Still Belong To Me
12. Scared By Science
13. Black Cloud
14. Rescue Me
15. Trouble In Paradise
16. Concubine
17. Birdman
18. Blood From A Stone
19. Happy Birthday
20. Fightin' On The Same Side
21. Man In The Street
22. Talk Too Much
23 . Glad All Over
24. Who's That Girl
25.. Goodnight
|
Old
radioshow from a bar in Ardmore, PA in 1984. This was a WMMR broadcast
on their own birthday which explains "Happy Birthday". Hosted
by DJ Michael Tearson. Very interesting material for any Hooters collector.
Live cuts of all the "Amore" songs are included, as some
unreleased/cover songs too; "Nucleus", "But I Do",
"Point Your Little Pinky", "Time After Time", "Still
Belong To Me", "Scared By Science", "Black Cloud",
"Happy Birthday", "Man In the Street", "Talk
Too Much", "Glad All Over", "Who's That Girl"
and "Goodnight". |
| February
25, 1984 |
CD
|
A
|
76
min
|
Willow
Grove Park Mall - Willow Grove, PA |
1. Nucleus
2. All You Zombies
3. Hangin' On A Heartbeat
4. Amore
5. I Don't Wanna Fight
6. Solid Rock
7. Point Your Little Pinky
8. Time After Time
9. You Still Belong To Me
10. Scared By Science
11. Black Cloud
12. Trouble In Paradise
13. Concubine
14. Birdman
15. Blood From A Stone
16. Talk too Much
17. Fightin' On The Same Side
18. Glad All Over
19. Got My Own |
WYSP
radio broadcast from Willow Grove, USA 1984. Great performance and enthusiastic
audience. The setlist is similar to the Ardmore show but less songs. The
sound quality is slightly better than Ardmore though. Very interesting
setlist as there all songs from Amore and some unreleased or cover songs
too; "Nucleus", "Point Your Little Pinky", "Time
After Time", "Still Belong To Me", "Scared By Science",
"Black Cloud", "Talk Too Much" and "Glad All
Over". Perfect sound quality. Available on one CD-R.
|
| November
4, 1983 |
CD
|
A
|
75 min
|
The Empire Rock Club - Philadelphia,
PA
|
1.
Nucleus
2. All You Zombies
3. Hanging On A Heartbeat
4. Point Yer Little Pinky
5. Walkman
6. Manayunk USA
7. Amore
8. Don't Wanna Fight
9. Blood From A Stone
10. Birdman
11. Scared By Science
12. Words & Music
13. Trouble in Paradise (cut end)
14. Concubine
15. Fightin' On The Same Side
16. Upside Down
17. Got My Own
18. Rescue Me |
A
show at the The Empire Rock Club in Philadelphia recorded about a month
before the release of "Amore". Fantastic sound quality for such
an old show! Including about half of the songs which are also on the Ardmore
'84 show, plus a further 5 unreleased songs
which can only be found here. No Hooters fan could be dissatisfied with
this one. A true must for any Hooters Collector!
|
| December
1982 |
CD |
B+
|
91 min
|
Stone
Balloon, Newark, DE |
|
1. Man In The Street 4.02
2. Uptown, Downtown 5.59
3. Love On The Line 3.43
4. Point Your Little Pinky 4.16
5. Positive Train 5.40
6. (Keep On Walking) Don't Look Back 4.35
7. Pete Rose 3.22
8. Drop Your Eyes 5.36
9. Got My Own 3.52
10. Trenchtown Rock 4.45
11. Rescue Me 5.35
12. Fighting On The Same Side 2.30
13. Trouble In Paradise 4.13
14. Hanging On A Heartbeat 4.13
15. Walkman 4.07
16. Wireless 5.31
17. Double Barrel 5.57
18. Walking Hand In Hand (Beside You) 4.06
19. Just Can't Figure Out 5.18
20. Guava Jelly 3.32
(Bob Marley cover)
|
This
is a rare audience recording from the small Stone Balloon club in Newark,
Delaware. A full lenght show which has decent but not perfect sound quality.
The show in itself is a pretty good one, with more improvisation on the
instrumental parts of the songs compared with the soundboard shows from
the early 80's. A highlight is also the early version of "Hanging'
On Heartbeat", which surely has more of a Reggae-feel over
it compared with later versions and an added verse. The show also includes
a couple of unique songs in the sense that they don't appear on any other
recording "Double Barrel" and "Guava
Jelly" (both cover songs). For the die hard fan this show
should therefore be a must, but if you're only interested about how the
Reggae and Ska-influenced early Hooters sounded you should instead check
out soundboard shows like Cherry Hill '81 and Brandywine '82. Remastered
sound. Available on one CD-R. |
| October
13, 1982 |
CD
|
A
|
30 min
|
Brandywine Club - Brandywine,
DE
|
1.
All You Zombies
2. Trouble In Paradise
3. Jet Black
4. Wireless
5. Point Yer Little Pinky
6. Fightin' On the Same Side
7. Hangin' On A Heartbeat
8. Man In The Street |
Very
rare soundboard recording from Brandywine Club in 1982 with the original
band line-up (Including John Kuzma on guitar and Bobby Woods on bass).
This is a TV show that has never been broadcasted according to some sources.
I do however know of one person who did see it broadcasted on the USA
Cable channel on a show called "Hot Spots". I don't think this
version origins from that broadcast though. Also I find it strange that
this was filmed for television when the band had not even released a single
yet. But they had a lot of airplay on WMMR with their demos around that
time. The set is rather short, only 29 minutes, but the TV show is mixed
tight and there are some really rare songs performed here in suprisingly
good mono sound (TV shows in these days were always in mono). Includes
the unreleased "Jet Black" (sung by John Kuzma) which has a
special "cult-status" among some fans. It should interest any
die-hard fan as should "Wireless", the early performances of
"Trouble In Paradise", "Hangin' On A Heartbeat" and
"Fightin' On The Same Side". "Man In the Street" was
never released either. Excellent remastered sound. Available on one CD-R.
|
| April 1981 |
CD
|
A
|
53 min
|
Emerald City - Cherry
Hill, NJ |
1.
Trouble in Paradise
2. Wireless
3. Fightin' On the Same Side
4. All You Zombies
5. Drop Your Eyes
6. Rescue Me
7. Point Yer Little Pinky
8. The Israelites
9. Bombscare
10. Trenchtown Rock
11. Downtown
12. Talk Too Much |
Very
rare soundboard recording at Emerald City in Cherry Hill, NJ, 1981. Recorded
some two years before the release of "Amore" the show captures
what partly seems like a different band than later. And OK, two members
were switched before "Amore", but more apparent perhaps are
the obvious Reggae and Ska influences that can be found here in songs
like "Trenchtown Rock" (Bob Marley cover), "Drop Your Eyes"
and "The Israelites" (a cover of the biggest hit from Desmond
Dekker and The Aces which was the first succesful Reggae act reaching
top 10 in the US with this song in 1969). Although different to later
Hooters-shows, it is still a great live band that can be heard here, and
the early versions of "All You Zombies" and "Fightin' On
The Same Side" makes one feel somewhat "home" if nothing
else does. Contains some unreleased songs. Wireless is also a very rarely
performed song. "Drop Your Eyes" is sung by John Kuzma whom
John Lilley replaced in 1983, John Kuzma used to do some writing and would
get a few songs per show to sing. Good sound for such an old and rare
recording! Available on one CD-R.
|
| June
23/24, 1980 |
CD
|
A
|
80 min
|
Vernon's
- Levittown, PA |
1.
Happy Birthday Billy
2. Trouble In Paradise
3. World's Apart
4. Soon You'll Be Gone (Blues Busters cover)
5. Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson cover)
6. Ain't That Peculiar (Marvin Gaye cover)
7. Just Can't Figure Out (How It Comes About) (The Mighty Diamonds cover)
8. Love On The Line
9. Walking Hand In Hand (Beside You)
10. Talking & improvisation of 500 Miles
11. Best Friend
12. The Lone Ranger
13. Fightin' On The Same Side
14. Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
15. Misery Loves Company
16. Who's That Girl
17. I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles cover)
18. (You Got To Walk And) Don't Look Back (Peter Tosh cover)
19. Happy Birthday Billy
20. Little Sister (Elvis Presley cover) |
This
is a very rare soundboard recording from Levittown (the hometown of the
drummer David Uosikkinen), 1980. It is one of the oldest if not the very
oldest soundboard you can get from this band - in fact it is not even
a radio broadcast. This was three years (!) before their debut LP Amore.
You can hardly hear any audience because of the soundboard sound and the
few people in the audience. The reason why it was recorded at all is because
it was the birthday of the soundguy Billy McKutchison so that's why they
sing "Happy Birthday Billy".
Recorded at a high school the first
year the Hooters excisted this is a very cool and interesting show not
the least from the "band-historical" point of view. Alright
the band isn't always a complete working unit at this point, but what
can one expect? Still there's a bunch of interesting covers never performed
on any other recording of the band as far as I know right now. Some
of them are; "Fire" (Bruce Springsteen), "Tears Of A
Clown" (Smokey Robinson), "Just Can't Figure Out" (The
Mighty Diamonds) "I Saw Her Standing There" (The Beatles),
"(You Got To Walk And) Don't Look Back" (Peter Tosh) and "Ain't
That Peculiar" (Marvin Gaye). The 8 minute long "World's Apart"
must also be a cover, I just don't know by whom. If you take a look
at the setlist you see that most of the songs are in fact covers, many
of which I don't know anything about. They are a mix of reggae and ska
songs mostly.
Something cool is also that they announce
an acoustic set (which they don't do) at the second part of the gig
and Rob starts singing "500 Miles", and although he stops
it after just a few seconds it is of course a proof that it was thought
of as a possible cover as early as nine years before it was finally
released.
I must also say, that although they
didn't have their own set of songs it is perhaps clearer compared to
shows from '81 and '82 that they want to play rock as well as reggae
and ska influenced music. It's also cool to hear the earliest (?) recording
of "Fightin' On The Same Side" although it doesn't sound too
well rehearsed.
But what about the sound then, isn't
that always a problem with these old recordings? Well, not with this
one! It has some background noice, but frankly I am amazed by the great
soundboard quality considering this one is 20 years old! One interesting
thing to note is the very clear stereo separation between instruments.
A big belated thank you also to the guys for recording this - how many
other acts can present a show from a high school in front of a small
audience when they had just got started? Available on one 80 minutes
CD-R.
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