December 10, 1994
Version 1.0
This list is a work in progress. Please send additions, corrections or comments to Elizabeth_Setler@chiat.com.
A few notes: The dates and track listings you see here are the actual content of the disc. Bootlegs are notorious for misprints, but I haven't included those, as I can't see how they'll help you make informed consumer decisions. So if you're puzzled by, say, Live USA 1992 being listed under London 1991, don't be... I'm right.
Only compact disc releases are covered here. There are countless tapes in circulation, but it would take somebody with far more time and energy than I to attempt to catalog them.
The comments after the dates: I asked for short critiques of the discs from other collectors, then ignored them and just wrote what I thought. OK, I didn't, but I could have. Opinions were quite consistent. Nobody likes Naturally Live. Everyone loves It's Only Natural. That's how it went. I've distilled everyone's remarks into mini-reviews. I hope they help.
What if you have no bootlegs yet and you only have $100, instead of the $1,000 or so it would take to buy everything listed here? Assuming an average price of $25 for single discs, $50 for doubles, buy Live At The Ritz, Stage Time and one of the recommended London 1993 discs. (This is based on the overall combination of sound quality, performance, entertainment factor, etc.) Then save up and buy the rest later.
Some mail-order houses that have proven to be reliable follow.
The Disc Junkie
6 Summit Place
Suite 8X
Branford, CT 06405
phone (203) 483-8317/fax (203) 488-7055/e-mail discjunkie@aol.com
CD Banzai
PO Box 17081
Beverly Hills, CA 90209-2081
phone (818) 980-0054/fax (818) 980-3455
Motoring Music
PO Box 1096
Manhasset, NY 11030
phone (212) 979-2299/fax (212) 924-9055
NEW YORK March 22, 1987 Although the editing and sound quality on this disc aren't all they could be, the rare songs it contains make it well worth the price. There may be a second bootleg of this show available; I believe the content is identical. Live In New York 1987 Paper Corn PC 006 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. This Is Massive 2. When You Come 3. Mean To Me 4. World Where You Live 5. That's What I Call Love 6. One Step Ahead 7. Recurring Dream 8. Something So Strong 9. Love You 'Til The Day I Die 10. Hole In The River 11. Don't Dream It's Over 12. Now We're Getting Somewhere 13. Throw Your Arms Around Me 14. Medley: Intro Tombstone/Pretty Little Hen/Anarchy In The UK 15. Tombstone 16. Better Be Home Soon 17. Sister Madly 18. Not Fade Away Total time: 75:35 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 1988 A relatively short recording with all between-song talk deleted. The band's performance is excellent, as is the packaging. Turtle Records is out of business, so buy it if you come across it. You may not see it again. Better Be Live Soon Turtle TR-57 Source: MTV broadcast Incomplete 1. When You Come 2. Love You 'Til The Day I Die 3. Now We're Getting Somewhere 4. Don't Dream It's Over 6. Something So Strong 7. World Where You Live 8. Mean To Me 9. Sister Madly 10. Better Be Home Soon 11. Into Temptation Total time: 44:46 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOS ANGELES 7/10/91 (Capitol Parking Lot Show) The question here is why they deleted half of the show to add tracks from another, widely bootlegged broadcast. Still, it's a strong performance and a slice of history. (Does Capitol still let the band *in* the parking lot?) Live In L.A. Sounds Alive 24.013 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. It's Only Natural 2. Don't Dream It's Over 3. When You Come 4. Weather With You 5. Tall Trees 6. Sister Madly 7. Fall At Your Feet 8. There Goes God 9. Spellbound 10. All I Ask 11. Chocolate Cake 12. Mean To Me* 13. Whispers And Moans* 14. Six Months In A Leaky Boat* 15. Something So Strong* 16. World Where You Live* Total time: ? * From Chicago 9/15/91 (see complete listings for this date below) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS September 15, 1991 Of the three discs of this show, Life Behind Wooden Doors is the least recommended. It's not quite complete, and it's sped up a bit. I think it's also out of print, so doesn't that work out nicely? The others are more or less identical. Excellent sound, strong musical performance marred slightly by hints of familial tension throughout. Chicago 1991 Arriba ARR 053 Source: FM broadcast Complete 1. It's Only Natural 2. Tall Trees 3. Mean To Me 4. Whispers And Moans 5. Sister Madly 6. Weather With You 7. Six Months In A Leaky Boat 8. When You Come 9. Fall At Your Feet 10. Something So Strong 11. There Goes God 12. Chocolate Cake 13. World Where You Live 14. Don't Dream It's Over Total time: 66:53 I'll Take The Weather With Me Flashback Worldproductions Flashback 0205 Source: FM broadcast Complete 1. It's Only Natural 2. Tall Trees 3. Mean To Me 4. Whispers And Moans 5. Sister Madly 6. Weather With You 7. Six Months In A Leaky Boat 8. When You Come 9. Fall At Your Feet 10. Something So Strong 11. There Goes God 12. Chocolate Cake 13. World Where You Live 14. Don't Dream It's Over Total time: 66:53 Life Behind Wooden Doors American Concert Series ACS 071 Source: FM broadcast Nearly complete (one song intro cut) 1. It's Only Natural 2. Tall Trees 3. Mean To Me 4. Whispers And Moans 5. Sister Madly 6. Weather With You 7. Six Months In A Leaky Boat 8. When You Come 9. Fall At Your Feet 10. Something So Strong 11. There Goes God 12. Chocolate Cake 13. World Where You Live 14. Don't Dream It's Over Total time: ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND October 28, 1991 This one is not widely distributed, but find it. Great, excellent, fabulous, stupendous. Rare songs, brilliant performance, high comedy, perfect sound. Try Motoring Music first. Stage Time The Swingin' Pig TSP-CD-175-2 Source: FM radio broadcast 2-CD set Disc 1: 1. Tall Trees 2. Something So Strong 3. Weather With You 4. Into Temptation 5. There Goes God 6. World Where You Live 7. It's Only Natural 8. All I Ask 9. Don't Dream It's Over 10. Mean To Me Disc 2: 1. When You Come 2. Chocolate Cake 3. Fall At Your Feet 4. The Same Language As Me 5. Sister Madly 6. How'm I Gonna Sleep 7. I See Red 8. The Weeping Song 9. Better Be Home Soon 10. Throw Your Arms Around Me 11. Four Seasons In One Day Total time: ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LONDON, ENGLAND November 9, 1991 When it comes to boots of the band's official promotional release, the best advice is: Find the original. Of course, that advice only works if you're willing to drop around $175. Second best advice: Get someone to tape the original for you. If you can't, buy one of these. The 2-CD set (Live USA) has the same music for double the money of the others. Four Seasons In One Day Kiss The Stone KTS 092 Source: Promotional CD 'Live At The Town & Country Club' Incomplete 1. Tall Trees 2. World Where You Live 3. There Goes God 4. Fall At Your Feet 5. It's Only Natural 6. Hole In The River 7. Instrumental 8. Into Temptation 9. Weather With You 10. Italian Plastic 11. Sister Madly 12. Whispers And Moans 13. Mean To Me 14. Chocolate Cake 15. When You Come 16. Better Be Home Soon 17. Don't Dream It's Over Total time: ? Live USA Volumes 1 and 2 (Discs sold separately) Imtrat Music IMM 40.90207 and .90208 Source: Promotional CD (Town & Country) Incomplete Disc 1: 1. Tall Trees 2. World Where You Live 3. There Goes God 4. Fall At Your Feet 5. It's Only Natural 6. Hole In The River 7. Instrumental 8. Into Temptation 9. Weather With You 10. Italian Plastic Total time: 45:17 Disc 2: 1. Sister Madly 2. Whispers And Moans 3. Mean To Me 4. Chocolate Cake 5. When You Come 6. Better Be Home Soon 7. Don't Dream It's Over 8. Recurring Dream* 9. Love You 'Til The Day I Die* 10. Improvisation* Total time: 45:32 * From Live At The Ritz CD (see complete listings for this date below) Taking The Weather Not Guilty 200293 Source: Promotional CD (Town & Country) Incomplete 1. Tall Trees 2. World Where You Live 3. There Goes God 4. Fall At Your Feet 5. It's Only Natural 6. Hole In The River 7. Instrumental 8. Into Temptation 9. Weather With You 10. Italian Plastic 11. Sister Madly 12. Whispers And Moans 13. Mean To Me 14. Chocolate Cake 15. When You Come 16. Better Be Home Soon 17. Don't Dream It's Over ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW YORK, NY 11/26/91 Siskel and Ebert give this one two thumbs up. A majority of respondents named this as their favorite boot. Buy it. Now. But donŐt listen to it in public on your Walkman for the first time 'cause you'll get hysterical and probably be taken somewhere for 'observation.' How do I know that? Never mind. Live At The Ritz Rocks 92034 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. Recurring Dream 2. Mean To Me 3. There Goes God 4. Into Temptation 5. Weather With You 6. Whispers And Moans 7. Love You 'Til The Day I Die 8. Hole In The River 9. Don't Dream It's Over 10. Tall Trees 11. Improvisation 12. When You Come 13. Chocolate Cake 14. Fall At Your Feet 15. Italian Plastic 16. World Where You Live Total time: 74:05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUSTRALIA (WOMAD Fest. Adelaide March 14 and Sydney March 28, 1992) Sydney's incomplete. Adelaide is sped up. But this is still a quality package, with excellent sound, great musical performances, and a fair bit of comedy thrown in for good measure. Again, Turtle Records is out of business, and Getting Bigger is much better than It's Only Natural, so grab it if you see it. Getting Bigger Turtle TR-56 Source: FM radio broadcast 2-CD set Disc 1 (Adelaide): 1. World Where You Live 2. There Goes God 3. Fall At Your Feet 4. In The Lowlands 5. Hole In The River 6. Don't Dream It's Over 7. (Intro) 8. Whispers And Moans 9. (Intro) 10. Sister Madly 11. Weather With You 12. When You Come 13. (Applause) 14. Tall Trees 15. Four Seasons In One Day Disc 2 (Sydney): 1. Weather With You 2. (Intro) 3. Something So Strong 4. (Intro) 5. There Goes God 6. Sister Madly 7. Don't Dream It's Over 8. (Intro) 9. It's Only Natural 10. When You Come 11. Chocolate Cake 12. What You Need (short) 13. Chocolate Cake 14. (Crowd Participation Time) 15. Chocolate Cake 16. Better Be Home Soon Total time: 102:57 It's Only Natural Living Legend LLRCD207 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete (more so than Getting Bigger) 1. Weather With You 2. Something So Strong 3. Sister Madly 4. Don't Dream It's Over 5. It's Only Natural 6. When You Come 7. Chocolate Cake 8. Better Be Home Soon 9. World Where You Live* 10. Fall At Your Feet* 11. In The Lowlands* 12. Hole In The River* 13. Whispers And Moans* 14. Tall Trees* 15. Four Seasons In One Day* Total time: ? * Adelaide show; all other tracks from Sydney ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCHLACHTHOF, GERMANY June 11, 1992 A fun, loose show with the band in extremely *high* spirits. Good performances of the standard songs, but much of the charm in this disc lies in the saga of 'the man with the incredibly hairless back.' Weather With You... Live Top 26 Source: FM/TV broadcast Complete (?) 1. It's Only Natural 2. Tall Trees 3. Weather With You 4. When You Come 5. Fall At Your Feet 6. World Where You Live 7. There Goes God 8. Four Seasons In One Day 9. Mean To Me Total time: ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LONDON November 14, 1993 The band's most widely bootlegged show. If you've heard it, you know why. Of the 8 discs following, the loser is Naturally Live. Botched sound, added audience recordings for serious completists only. It's Only Natural offers possibly the best sound quality in bootleg history. Pure Australian Honey, Seductive And Emotional, and Together Alive come close in terms of quality, are slightly more complete, and offer added tracks that are nearly worth the prices of the discs on their own. Revolver is quite chopped up but has two extra tracks that may or may not be from the November 14th show. Everything else falls in the middle. But this is probably the must-have show on the list. Another Time, Another Place Teddy Bear 50 Source: FM radio broadcast (Track listings and quality unknown at this time.) Europe 1993 Red Line RFCD 1304 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. Kare Kare 2. It's Only Natural 3. Born On The Bayou 4. Distant Sun 5. Fall At Your Feet 6. Fingers of Love 7. Into Temptation 8. Better Be Home Soon 9. Locked Out 10. In My Command 11. Weather With You 12. Don't Dream It's Over Total time: ? ItŐs Only Natural Kiss The Stone KTS 266 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. Kare Kare 2. It's Only Natural 3. Born On The Bayou 4. Distant Sun 5. Fall At Your Feet 6. Fingers of Love 7. Into Temptation 8. Better Be Home Soon 9. Locked Out 10. In My Command 11. Weather With You 12. Don't Dream It's Over Total Time: 57:08 Naturally Live Kiwi Music KM 001 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. Kare Kare 2. It's Only Natural 3. Born On The Bayou 4. Distant Sun 5. Fall At Your Feet 6. Fingers of Love 7. Into Temptation 8. Better Be Home Soon 9. Locked Out 10. In My Command 11. Weather With You 12. Don't Dream It's Over 13. Now We're Getting Somewhere* 14. Chocolate Cake* 15. Fall At Your Feet* 16. Weather With You* Total time: 77:35 * audience recording from HMV, London, March 5, 1992. Pure Australian Honey Uniquement Music CD014 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. Kare Kare 2. It's Only Natural 3. Born On The Bayou 4. Distant Sun 5. Fall At Your Feet 6. Fingers of Love 7. Into Temptation 8. Better Be Home Soon 9. Locked Out 10. In My Command 11. Weather With You 12. Don't Dream It's Over 13. Private Universe* 14. Black & White Boy* 15. Nails In My Feet* Total time: 76:14 * recorded at Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, November 19, 1993 Revolver Montana 10023 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. Don't Dream It's Over 2. It's Only Natural 3. Weather With You 4. Fall At Your Feet 5. Better Be Home Soon 6. Distant Sun 7. Locked Out 8. Into Temptation 9. Kare Kare 10. Fingers Of Love 11. Four Seasons In One Day 12. World Where You Live 13. Born On The Bayou 14. In My Command Total time: ? Seductive And Emotional Octopus Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. Kare Kare 2. It's Only Natural 3. Born On The Bayou 4. Distant Sun 5. Fall At Your Feet 6. Fingers of Love 7. Into Temptation 8. Better Be Home Soon 9. Locked Out 10. In My Command 11. Weather With You 12. Don't Dream It's Over 13. Locked Out* 14. Private Universe* 15. In My Command* 16. Nails In My Feet* Total Time: ? * Acoustic recordings from BBC Radio 1, October 9, 1993 Together Alive Tarantula TNT 007 Source: FM radio broadcast Incomplete 1. Kare Kare 2. It's Only Natural 3. Born On The Bayou 4. Distant Sun 5. Fall At Your Feet 6. Fingers of Love 7. Into Temptation 8. Better Be Home Soon 9. Locked Out 10. In My Command 11. Weather With You 12. Don't Dream It's Over 13. Locked Out* 14. Private Universe* 15. In My Command* 16. Nails In My Feet* Total Time: ? * Acoustic recordings from BBC Radio 1, October 9, 1993 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LONDON June 8, 1994 Just A Lucky Goal Home 5948-4 (Track listings and quality unknown at this time.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LONDON June 11, 1994 The show of choice for those that still aren't convinced of the band's live viability without Paul Hester. With new drummer Peter Jones, they sound as amazing as ever, and guess what? They're still funny, too. (Neil's description of a heckler as a 'surly wanker with a sausage stuffed in his gob' is a classic.) Highlights include the 'original' ballad version of Locked Out, and an appearance at the end by a Maori choir with a less-than-ideal vocal mix, but still required listening for the majority of us who didn't see the band's songs realized in this manner. Fleadh Kiss The Stone KTS 322 Source: FM radio broadcast Complete (?) 1. When You Come 2. In My Command 3. Fall At Your Feet 4. Fingers Of Love 5. Distant Sun 6. Pineapple Head 7. Four Seasons In One Day 8. There Goes God 9. Locked Out 10. Weather With You 11. Private Universe 12. Don't Dream It's Over 13. Catherine Wheels 14. Together Alone 15. The Parting Glass Total time: 76:57 The following bootlegs have been listed separately because they're available from only one dealer, and are culled from a variety of sources and dates. Discs #1-4 are all LIVE tracks. CD QUALITY - mastered from DAT or CD. NO background noise. Most are taken from the CD singles released by the band, both US and Import. Disc 4 has some tracks taken from the Together Alone 10" vinyl EPs. Disc #1 (70:00 min) 1. Don't Dream It's Over - 1987 2. Throw Your Arms Around Me - 1987 3. One Step Ahead - 1987 4. This Is Massive - 1987 5. When You Come - 1987 6. Something So Strong - 1987 7. World Where You Live - 1987 8. Now We're Getting Somewhere - 1987 9. Four Seasons In One Day - 1991 10. Tall Trees - 1991 11. World Where You Live - 1991 12. There Goes God - 1991 13. Fall At Your Feet - 1991 14. It's Only Natural - 1991 Disc #2 (71:09 min) 1. Hole In The River - 1991 2. Into Temptation - 1991 3. Weather With You - 1991 4. Italian Plastic - 1991 5. Sister Madly - 1991 6. Whispers And Moans - 1991 7. Mean To Me - 1991 8. Chocolate Cake - 1991 9. When You Come - 1991 10. Kill Eye - 1991 11. Fame Is - 1991 12. Better Be Home Soon - 1991 13. Love You 'Til The Day I Die - 1991 14. Don't Dream It's Over - 1991 Disc #3 (70:48 min) 1. Fall At Your Feet #2 - 1991 2. When You Come #2 - 1991 3. Walking On The Spot - 1991 4. Message To My Girl - 1992 5. It's Only Natural - 1992 6. Hole In The River - 1992 7. Sister Madly - 1992 8. There Goes God - 1992 9. Chocolate Cake - 1992 10. The Burglar Song 11. Italian Plastic - 1992 12. Love You 'Til The Day I Die - 1992 13. It's Only Natural #2 - 1992 14. Four Seasons In One Day - 1992 Disc #4 Track listing currently unavailable, but it's all the live tracks from the TA CD singles (US + import including the 10" vinyl EP live songs - with CD clean editing!!) Disc #5 (B-sides) All the CH b-sides, approximately 10 - the track list will be available in a couple of days. The four LIVE Crowded House CDs are $25.00 each. The Crowded House b-side CD is $29.95. Add $5.00 for S&H in the U.S. (sent 2-day mail). Pay by money order for faster service or by check (held to clear). Boots by other artists also available - write for a catalog. Desert DJ Services 850 S. Rancho #2248 Las Vegas, NV 89106 Fax# (702) 870-9597 attn#248