Red House Painters
There are dozens of "live" and "rare" recordings of the Red House Painters available, but unfortunately, most are sub-par where Mark Kozelek is barely audible over the audience noise. I've compiled some of my favorites of the sublime Red House Painters. If you had a chance to see them live in their heyday, you'll understand why these recordings are so precious.
Red House Painters / Early Demos
A collection of the early demo recordings that were used by 4AD's Ivo Watts Russell to compile the first Red House Painters 4AD release, Down Colourfill Hill.
Ivo minimally retouched the recordings for the release. Some of these pieces were rerecorded for subsequent releases, such as Evil and Uncle Joe. A must for fans of RHP.
Red House Painters / McCabes Guitar Shop - Santa Monica, CARecorded 09.06.1996
Red House Painters frequently played the famed acoustic venue, McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. I had the opportunity to see their marathon 3+ hour shows. It was beyond description. Here's a great recording from 1996. Listen for the great version of Sonic Youth's Teenage Riot.
Red House Painters/ Live
Unknown Date and Venue
A great 6 song recording of RHP Live. Unfortunately, the date and venue is unknow. Tracks include:
1. Cruiser
2. Void
3. Uncle Joe
4. River
5. Michigan
6. All Mixed Up
With these selection of songs, I would place the recording on the Old Ramon tour.
Red House Painters / McCabes Guitar Shop - Santa Monica, CARecorded 05.24.1997
Another one of their marathon shows at McCabes. I think I was at this one! This includes some good banter from Mark introing most of the songs.
Track List:
1. Cruiser
2. Void
3. River
4. Wop-A-Din-Din
5. Michigan
6. Fly Away
7. Another Song for a Blue Guitar
8. Whiskey in the Jar
9. Things Mean A Lot
10. Uncle Joe
11. Albuquerque
12. All Mixed Up
13. Take Me Out
14. I Saw the Light
15. Medicine Bottle
16. Mistress
17. Kavita - Summer Dress
18. San Geronimo
19. On Radio Shows
20. Sunday and Holidays
21. Three-Legged Cat
Red House Painters / Live at KFOG
Recorded 12.1995
Solid Radio Recording from San Francisco's KFOG.
Track List:
1. Make Like Paper
2. River
3. Silly Love Songs
4. Sundays and Holidays
Mark Kozalek / Live at KEXPRecorded 1998
Great recording of Mark solo on KEXP.
Track List:
1. Bubble
2. Four Fingered Fisherman
3. Salvador Sanchez
4. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
3 comments:
the first album you wrote about, where the venue is unknown is actually from my country; Sweden :)
Live from Hultsfred Festival, Sweden June 1997
Thanks a lot for the uploads, man!
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC SITE for 4AD lovers......
I played as a third guitar player on this tour and this show,Mccabes, We were supporting the Cardigans at the time, and had our opening slot at the Wiltern, but more importantly were these two great shows, where mark unintentionally insulted some members of the audience and they left getting their money back! HAH! Im finding this 14 years later!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much.. IM on cruiser and all mixed up.. I named the cruiser song! thank you thank you thank you.
unknown guitarist
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