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June 1, 2009

Off-Day Outtakes: Dictators & Sonic Youth

The Dictators
Demos & Rare Tracks 1973-1976

Miami Steve Van Zandt calls the Dictators "the connective tissue between the eras of The MC5, Stooges, New York Dolls, and the punk explosion of the mid to late 1970's".
01  Weekend
02  Backseat Boogie
03  Master Race Rock
04  California Sun
05  Fireman's Friend
06  Interstellar Overdrive
07  Tits to You
08  Too Much Fun
09  Dogs (Rock And Roll Made A Man Out Of Me)
10  America the Beautiful
11  Sleepin' With the TV On I
12  Heartache
13  Search & Destroy
14  Disease
15  Sleepin' With the TV On II
16  Exposed
17  Smash That Faggot's Head
18  Radio Ad
Video Bonus: The Dictators play "New York, New York" at CBGBs on October 13, 2006:



Makes me a bit homesick (sniffle ...)

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Sonic Youth
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star - Early Rough Mixes
01  Bull In The Heather
02  Starfield Road
03  Skink
04  Screaming Skull
05  Screaming Skull (Rap Damage)
06  Self-Obsessed And Sexxee
07  Bone
08  Bone Remix
09  Androgynous Mind
10  Sweet Shine
11  Waiste Away
12  Doctor's Orders Part 1
13  Doctor's Orders Part 2
14  In The Mind Of The Bourgeois Reader
This set has a horrifically low bit rate (80 kbps!), but after poking around online, I think this is all there is.

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Also check out Daytrotter:
Daytrotter is a recording studio with a website. We invite musicians to our studio, record their songs, and give (give, as in "for free, no strings attached") them to you, from our website. Simple.
I will confess to having heard of maybe 1.7% of the bands listed on the sessions archives, so feel free to recommend one or four.
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13 comments:

  1. JereJune 1, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    ooh, two bands I am a fan of, nice. thanks.

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  2. laura kJune 1, 2009 at 1:46 PM

    Yeah Dictators! We all know Sonic Youth was great and influential, but the Dictators are so often forgotten. Nice choices, thanks.

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  3. allanJune 1, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    The album "NY, NY" comes from is "... And You?" and is credited to Manitoba's Wild Kingdom. A short (10 songs in 26 minutes!), fun blast of punky rock and an overlooked gem from 1990.

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  4. JereJune 1, 2009 at 5:06 PM

    Stupid Tribe doesn't know you're supposed to have your hittin' pants on in the 1st against Jobber. He's retired the first 8.

    Orel just went on and on about how watching this game is like watching a no-hitter in that every ball hit is important, as the Yanks are going for the consecutive errorless games streak. Was dead serious, saying how nobody wants to be the one to end the streak.

    Then Philips asks the third guy (almost as if he didn't hear a word of what Orel said), "do you think any of the players care there's a streak?" and the other guy said "half of them probably don't even know about it." Orel had to feel like an ass--then they asked him if it mattered (again, he just went on about how much it does--maybe they were so shocked they thought they dreamed it) and he said, "if you're on the New York Yankees it matters."

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  5. andyJune 1, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    Baby is a girl.

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  6. allanJune 1, 2009 at 6:15 PM

    WOO-HOO!!!

    Congrats!

    Might I suggest a name?

    "Ortizina 2004 [last name]"?

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  7. laura kJune 1, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    Yay Andy!!! Well done. Lots of love to you all.

    I think Jacobina is a nice name, don't you?

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  8. laura kJune 1, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    I love Manitoba's Wild Kingdom.

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  9. andyJune 1, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    As a name for my girl? That's far out. Manitoba Wild Kingdom come in for dinner!

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  10. laura kJune 2, 2009 at 5:07 AM

    Ha ha, I threw an on-topic post in there. Maybe just Manitoba.

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  11. timJune 2, 2009 at 5:10 AM

    Saskatchewan!

    Congrats andy!

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  12. latechimesApril 16, 2020 at 1:10 PM

    Hello,
    Are these sonic youth early rough mixes still shareable?

    Thank you!

    Robert

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  13. allanApril 16, 2020 at 6:52 PM

    No, sorry. But they must be out there in the 'tubes somewhere.

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