BAD BRAINS - July 13th, 1987 @ The Ritz, New York City, NY [AUDIENCE]

 Here's a live tape from BAD BRAINS that I haven't seen yet, live at The Ritz in New York City on July 13th, 1987.  It stars off with a shoutout to Circle Jerks and Living Colour, so I assume they were on the bill, which would have made this awesome show just that much more incredible.  Certainly envious of all those in attendance, though thankfully someone had the mind to record at least the BB set.  It's an ok sounding audience tape, I didn't do any EQ'ing, it's just a straight rip.  Perhaps someday I'll give it another go and spend some time EQ'ing it to see if I can improve the sound.  As it is though, it's Bad Brains, I'll take any and all Bad Brains, especially sets I haven't heard before.   Hope ya dig it!   - DH

BAD BRAINS - July 13th, 1987 @ The Ritz, New York City, NY

Setlist:

Destroy Babylon

I

Sailin' On

Rally Round Jah Throne

Right Brigade

Let Me Help

The Big Takeover

Day Tripper

Banned In DC

House Of Suffering

Secret 77

Re-Ignition

Rock For Light

Sacred Love

FVK

I And I Survive

I Against I

At The Movies

Return To Heaven

Pay To Cum

Additional info:

 - Audience recording

 - Transferred by DH

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VERBAL ABUSE - December 1984 @ The Ritz, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

 Kicking this month off with a rare soundboard recording of classic VERBAL ABUSE, live in New York City in December of 1984.  The tape just said The Ritz 12/84, so I am guessing it was the New York City venue, as they were having bigger punk shows at the time, and VA was out there on tour in December of 1984.  Not all the dates are known, there's big gaps with nothing over on the VA page on Metallipromo.com, but they totally did a few shows in NYC, that much can be seen.  Wouldn't be un  reasonable to assume they also got on a bigger show happening around then.  If anyone knows for sure, comment below!  Or I'll edit in any info if someone fells me in  elsewhere.

So yeah, classic Verbal Abuse with Nicki on vocals.  I haven't encountered any early VA yet, so it's a treat.  Hopefully ya dig it.    - DH

VERBAL ABUSE - December 1984 @ The Ritz, New York City, NY

Setlist:

???

Additional info:

 - Soundboard recording

 - Transferred and EQ'd by DH

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SIDE BY SIDE - July 30th, 1987 @ WNYU, New York City, NY [FM]

 Here's a set from SIDE BY SIDE, a shortlived New York hardcore band.  They only released a single EP and was on a comp or two, and never toured as far as I know. Personally, they don't really stand out that much, but if you want more of that late 80's NYHC, then this will scratch that itch for sure.  They may not have been the most original band, but they also weren't bad at all.  Nopw, I don't think I EQ'd this one at all, and it's got so much high end, that I kinda wish I had.  This will probably wind up in a pile to re-transfer and EQ at some point in a few years.  But it'll do for now.  - DH

SIDE BY SIDE - July 30th, 1987 @ WNYU, New York City, NY

Setlist:

The Time Is Now

My Life To Live

Dead Serious

Friends

Violence To Fade

Living A Lie

Look Back

You're Only Young Once

Side By Side

Good Clean Fun

About Time That We Had A Change

Additional info:

 - FM recording

 - Transferred by DH

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MDC - July 14th, 1986 @ The Ritz, New York City, NY [AUDIENCE]

 MDC!  Here's a cool set of them opening for Celtic Frost and Samhain, along with Nuclear Assault and others.  If anyone has the other sets, present them!  It's pretty funny that MDC opens up this very metal show with an acoustic song, someone vocalizes their displeasure with this right into the tape recorder, haha.  Then the band gets loud and everything's business as usual.  Do you like MDC?  Well hopefully you dig this then...    - DH

MDC - July 14th, 1986 @ The Ritz, New York City, NY

Setlist:

Chicken Squawk

Greedy & Pathetic

Corporate Death Burger

Multi Death Corporation

Kleptomaniac

Political Plan

My Family Is A Little Weird

Business On Parade

Millions Of Dead Cops

Soup Kitchen Celebrity

Paradise Lost

John Wayne Was A Nazi

Dick For Brains

Tofutti

American Achievements

Big Picture

Radioactive Chocolate

No More Cops

Born To Die

I Remember

Additional info:

 - Audience recording

 - Transferred by DH

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AGNOSTIC FRONT - June 9th, 1985 @ CBGB's, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

 Here's one for all the NYHC heads out there, AGNOSTIC FRONT live at CBGB's, on June 9th, 1985.  This was with Absence Of Malice, Seizure, and Half Life.  This was their first hometown show back after being on tour a month prior, so I imagine the band and audience are all stoked.  Seems like it from the energy of the performance, it's a good one.   Decent enough mix from the soundboard as well, so that's cool.  If you dig AF, have at it!    - DH

AGNOSTIC FRONT - June 9th, 1985 @ CBGB's, New York City, NY

Setlist:

Bomber Zee

Hiding Inside

United Blood

Remind Them

Society Sucker

The Jam

Blind Justice

Victim In Pain

Pauly The Dog

Power

Last Warning

Your Mistake

Time Will Come

Fascist Attitudes

Additional info:

 - Soundboard recording

 - Transferred by DH

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TOKEN ENTRY - June 18th, 1987 @ Crucial Chaos, WNYU, New York City, NY [FM]

More fantastic New York hardcore via TOKEN ENTRY!  I don't have much to write about them, if you are into late 80's NY hardcore, then you will be already familiar with this band.  For those not familiar, check out the upload.  New York hardcore was alive in kicking in the latter half of the 80's, despite some claims that hardcore was dead by 1986.  Token Entry seems to be a very key band from that era, and released some killer records.  Here they are from a local radio show, "Crucial Chaos", lots of rad bands of the time period have live sets from this show and they always sound pretty decent compared to typical raw live recordings I upload. So yeah, stoked to have the Token Entry set to share, check em out below, and if you dig it, check out those records!   - DH

TOKEN ENTRY - June 18th, 1987 @ Crucial Chaos, WNYU, New York City, NY

Setlist:

Jaybird

Revelation

Over You

The Edge

Actions

Look Around

Decide

Think About It

Antidote

Additional info:

 - FM recording

 - Transferred from unknown gen cassette by DH

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CRUCIFIX - January 7th, 1984 @ CBGB's, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

 Gonna keep this one short as I ain't got much time, but this recording speaks for itself anyway.  CRICIFIX isn't a band that needs any introduction.  So what we have here is a soundboard recording of them performing at the legendary CBGB's in early 1984.  How kickass is that?  Now, there are some technical difficulties in the early portion of the set, like the vocal mic seems to be cutting out during the first song, but it's punk so deal with it.  Things get sorted and the set rages on.  Play this one loud!  And if anyone has a flyer, photos, or knows the setlist, chime in below!   - DH

CRUCIFIX - January 7th, 1984 @ CBGB's, New York City, NY

Setlist:  ?

Additional info:

 - Soundboard recording

 - Taper : ?

 - Transferred and EQ'd by DH

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REAGAN YOUTH - December 17th, 1983 @ CBGB's, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

This is a killer set from REAGAN YOUTH out of New York City at the legendary CBGB's.  It's a soundboard recording with a decent mix as well, hell yeah.  This sounds worse than the copy that was uploaded by Fullmetal Archivist on Youtube HERE, but this is more complete, with a couple more songs, including the Led Zeppelin medley.  There is some confusion over the date though, hopefully I can get it cleared up.  My tape's J card lists this show as happening on December 19th, 1982.  I have another tape with this set on it also listed on this date.  Fullmetal Archivist lists it as December 17th, 1982.  There are a couple copyright notices that list the songs that were officially released as recorded on December 17th, 1983.  Who's right?  No idea at the moment, but I'll default to the band and the label here for now until I find out otherwise.  Anyone could be wrong.  Bands forget or are inattentive to these details, labels screw up, and tapers and traders certainly have typos all the time.   Perhaps when I come across the other sources I have of this show I'll have the mystery sorted, and I look forward to seeing how it compares audio quality wise with this tape and the others that are online already.  Oh, a clue about the proper year is that they mention playing an upcoming New Years Eve anarchist festival with Crucifix.  If anyone knows about this show, and can verify the year, speak up please!  - DH

REAGAN YOUTH - December 17th, 1983 @ CBGB's, New York City, NY   

Setlist:

[unknown]

Additional Info:

 - Soundboard recording

 - Azimuth adjusted

 - Transferred by DH

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7 SECONDS - September 21st, 1985 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

Ok, did a new transfer of this 7 SECONDS live soundboard tape recorded at the legendary CBGB's in New York City, 1985.  This time I ran it through Izotope which gives me the ability to wiggle some of the levels.  Vocals were turned down, guitars were turned up.  This should sound better this way, the guitars were pretty buried in the mix as they often are with soundboard recordings.

So this is a killer set, and the recording sounds pretty decent, but when the band has to stop for a bit and let people fill the space with "jokes" then it's an ugly reminder of the time period this was.  Someone starts cracking jokes about punks, and that's cool, but then some starts with "jokes" about Ethiopians and it just just racist as all hell for a minute.  Back then most younger folks would know of Ethiopia because of all the television ads asking for donations, so it just seems a lot meaner in the context that these were people in need of help.  Big oof.  I debated omitting it but I'm not down with editing shit like that, even as ugly as it is.  Feel free to skip it or delete it.  I couldn't fault ya for that. It's easy to hear these old recordings and think of how badass the scene likely was (for those of us not there at that time), but these bits are a reminder that it certainly had it's downside.   - DH

7 SECONDS - September 21st, 1985 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY
Setlist:
01. [ line check ]
02. Young Til I Die
03. Here’s Your Warning
04. In Your Face
05. Out Of Touch
06. Put These Words To Music
07. How Do You Think You’d Feel?
08. Compro
09. Regress No Way
10. Colorblind
11. Spread
12. Not Just Boy’s Fun
13. This Is The Angry (Part 2)
14. [ "jokes" ]
15. Still Believe
16. Committed For Life
17. Grown Apart
18. New Wind
19. [encore break]
20.. Walk Together, Rock Together
21. 99 Red Balloons [Nena cover]
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BAD BRAINS - December 16th, 1979 @ Max’s Kansas City, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

BAD BRAINS - December 16th, 1979 @ Max’s Kansas City, New York City, NY
Setlist:
01. I
02. Don’t Need It / At The Atlantis
03. Pay To Cum
04. Supertouch / Shitfit
05. The Regulator
06. Why’d You Have To Go?
07. Don’t Bother Me
08. Success
09. Banned In D.C.
10. Big Takeover
11. Stay Close To Me
12. Attitude
13. You’re A Migraine
14. Just Another Damn Song
15. The Man Won’t Annoy Ya
16. Redbone In The City
17. I
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MINOR THREAT - May 15th, 1982 @ Irving Plaza, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

Here's a real cool tape, fresh with a 2023 transfer!  While th tape says NJ on it, and I originally uploaded it with that info, my buddy and punk historian and walking show encyclopedia Eric figured out pretty quick that this was actually from their New York City show.  So now that all that is sorted, just crank it and jam it in the earholes already, because you know this set is fire.   - DH

MINOR THREAT - May 15th, 1982 @ Irving Plaza, New York City, NY
Setlist:
Straight Edge
Seeing Red
Little Friend
Filler
Small Man, Big Mouth
No Reason
Minor Threat
Stand Up
12XU (Wire cover)
Bottled Violence
Out Of Step
Asshole Dub (Government Issue cover)
Screaming At A Wall
Guilty Of Being White
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone  (Paul Revere & The Raiders cover)
In My Eyes

Additional info:

 - Soundboard recording

- Transferred by DH

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AGNOSTIC FRONT - 1984 @ Don Fury’s Studio, New York City, NY (Rehearsal)

AGNOSTIC FRONT - 1984 Rehearsal
Setlist:
Blind Justice
Your Mistake
Friend Or Foe
No One Rules
Fight
Last Warning
United And Strong
Hiding Inside
Discriminate Me
With Time
Traitor
Victim In Pain
Power
United Blood
Time Will Come
Society Suckers
The Blame
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SWANS - July 21st, 1983 New York City, NY [AUDIENCE]

SWANS - July 21st, 1983 New York City, NY
Setlist:
unknown
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BEASTIE BOYS - November 20th, 1982 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

BEASTIE BOYS - November 20th, 1982 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY

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SHEER TERROR - July 24th, 1988 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

SHEER TERROR - July 24th, 1988 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY

Setlist:

F.Y.A. / Here To Stay

Hand Over Heartburns

Only 13

Just Can’t Hate Enough

Cup O Joe

Ashes, Ashes

Twisting And Turning

Roses

Ready To Halt

Not Giving Up

Walls

???

Burning Time

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BUTTHOLE SURFERS - February 12th, 1986 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY [AUDIENCE]

BUTTHOLE SURFERS - February 12th, 1986 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY

Setlist:

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SPAZZ - June 29th, 1997 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY [AUDIENCE]

SPAZZ - June 29th, 1997 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY

Setlist:

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P.T.L. KLUB - November 17th, 1985 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

P.T.L. KLUB - November 17th, 1985 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY

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MISFITS - December 20th, 1978 @ Max’s Kansas City, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

MISFITS - December 20th, 1978 @ Max’s Kansas City, New York City, NY

Setlist:

Bullet

Where Eagles Dare

Who Killed Marilyn?

Horror Business

Static Age

TV Casualty

Hollywood Babylon

Teenagers From Mars

Children In Heat

Attitude

Blue Christmas  (Doye O’Dell)

We Are 138

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B.G.K. - July 24th, 1984 New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

B.G.K. - July 24th, 1984 New York City, NY
Setlist:
01. Computer Control
02. Commercial Music
03. Isolatiefolter
04. (technical difficulties)
05. Rules
06. Vivisection
07. ???
08. Buy Or Die
09. Police Crimes
10. Action Man
11. Electro Shock
12. Pray For Peace
White Male Dumbinance  [missing]
Soylent Green  [missing]
Crime Pays  [missing]
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 - Same source tape, transferred on much better equipment however
 - Incomplete.  Some songs are missing from the tape despite being listed on the J Card
 - SBD > ANA(x) > WAV > FLAC
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