Source: 1982 01 08 San Miguel Hotel, Sydney, Australia T2 Cassette. Skin Of Our Teeth got a great run during the 2014 tour, but amazingly was not played between 1982 and the brief reformation in 2011 – nearly 30 years. Here is one of the last live performances from back in 1982 before it was dropped from the more »
Archive for November, 2014
Mark on meeting The Rolling Stones
An amusing post from Mark Seymour on his Facebook about meeting the Rolling Stones… Met the Rolling Stones on Saturday. A photo-op in a tent. Got steered down a corridor, told to wait next to a pot plant by a large American named Cheryl, given instructions on where to stand, heard people whisper “they’re coming”, more »
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Set List
Saturday 22 November 2014 Mount Smart Stadium, 2 Beasley Ave, Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand Hunters and Collectors (supporting The Rolling Stones) Set: Introduction (Assault on Precinct 13) Talking to a Stranger Blind Eye Inside a Fireball True Tears of Joy Do You See What I See? This Morning Where Do You Go? Say Goodbye Holy Grail Throw Your more »
The Trade Off demo
Source: 1993 12 Demon Flower Roughs T2 Cassette One of the requests we field here at True Believers is for live versions of b-sides – particularly the ones that ended up on the Mutations b-sides album. The problem is that only a handful of the tracks on Mutation ever got played live! What we do have, more »
The Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand Set List
What a venue. What an audience. What an evening! Friday 21 November 2014 The Powerstation, 33 Mt Eden Road, Eden Terrace, Auckland, New Zealand Hunters and Collectors Main Set: Introduction (Assault on Precinct 13) Talking to a Stranger Blind Eye Inside a Fireball True Tears of Joy This Morning Where Do You Go? Stuck on You Crime of Passion Dog more »
Jack Howard Rallies to Save Palais
Jack Howard made a brief media appearance today in support of funding to save the Palais Theatre in St Kilda. Jack was present, along with Ross Wilson (Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock), at the Andrews Labor opposition announcement of a $13.4 million commitment to restore the Palais Theatre if elected. It’s very special It’s cheap to more »
Hear No Evil demo
Source: 1991 04 21 Cut Demos VHS PCM Fan Jamie contacted us hopeful of a live version of Hear No Evil – but we have already done two live versions of it in The Vault (one electric, one acoustic). Then we found this – a delightful, rocking early demo!
PledgeMusic ‘Final Live’ Track Listings
Over at PledgeMusic, a series of 2014 Final Live tour recordings are available as part of packages. Make sure to take your pledge to lock in a copy once in production! Here are the track listings! The digital live album: Inside A Fireball Where Do You Go? Dog Back In The Hole Head Above more »
Is There Anybody In There? live at the Enmore 1986
Source: 1986 05 22 Enmore Theatre, Sydney VHS PCM With the incredible PledgeMusic deal promising recordings of the Enmore and Palais shows from earlier in the year, now seems a great time to revisit an earlier well recorded gig from the Enmore! So here, from 1986, is a live rendition of the fourth single from Human more »
The Unbeliever (full length studio edit)
Source: UK 12″ Carry Me vinyl single Here in semi-official Hunters and Collectors land, we have been fiddling with digitising vinyl. The first reason is archival. The original tapes for many Hunters and Collectors recordings are either degraded or, even worse, missing. This often makes vinyl one of, if not the, authentic artifact for many recordings. The more »