The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #95 #11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS vs. #75 Nomeansno, WRONG forms.gle/ckhyYdvFHHH2...

Silvio Rodríguez, 1983-04-02 Sala Avellaneda, Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Habana, Cuba. Solo acoustic performance of 'old songs', many unreleased at the time. Hecklers requesting recent popular songs get politely refused. Sounds really good, just 1 brief rough patch. 1h 22m.

Harry Belafonte, 1959-04-19 Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA Excellent live recording from two benefit shows on the 19 and 20 of April 1959 (same songs both nights). Great performance, fun banter, notable audience participation especially 'Matilda'. Historic. 1h 36m. www.discogs.com/master/80177...

Los Jaivas, 1981-08-21 Teatro Oriente, Santiago, Chile. Excellent recording and performance. Sounds immense. Tape recorder stopped between songs. 10 songs - 7 originals and 3 covers (Violeta Parra). 1h 27m. www.facebook.com/groups/58164...

Blops, 1979 Equador. Not much information about this, sounds like it is from 2-3 different concerts. The sound quality is good and the music is great. Blops were a Chilean band, formed in 1964, some of their songs are still well known to this day. 57m 28s. youtu.be/2J69_C8n3cw

Dead Kennedys, 1982-12-05 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Great recording of the only time the original Dead Kennedys played the Netherlands, with 13 of the 18 songs that were played. Full review with photos at bacteria dot nl. 50m 21s.

Los Vinchukas, 1982-08-14 Liceo 6, San Miguel, Santiago, Chile. This band would become famous a few years later as Los Prisioneros. This was their debut performance, at their school. 6 songs, a mix of covers and originals. Fun! 18m 53s. malditosbootlegs.blogspot.com/2015/02/boot...

Talking Heads, 1979-08-24 Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA, USA. This sounds great and gets exciting at times, can also hear crowd getting excited, immersive listening experience, recommended. albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-...

Los Jaivas, 1970-05-11 Sala de La Reforma, Facultad de Ciencias y Artes Musicales, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Instrumental music, great performance, excellent recording. No banter, crowd cheers and claps between the 5 pieces. 1h 09m. portaldisc.com/contenido/ep...

Queen, 1982-10-24 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium, Nishinomiya, Japan. Very good recording of a great concert. The band is on top form and the audience participation is positive - it's moving to hear how people sing along to 'Love of My Life'. 1h 49m.

Van Halen, 1982-10-22 The Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA. Great-sounding soundboard recording featuring a 12-minute guitar solo from Eddie Van Halen, plus 16 songs and banter. Some guy throwing coins at Dave and 'Edward' gets a put-down that is not fit to print. 1h 34m.

Bad Brains, 1982-04-29 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA. Good tape, band switches between ferocious hardcore punk and reggae. At 23:58 "has anyone seen my rabbit's feet?" - Ian MacKaye? - "I lost a yellow rabbit's foot" at the start of Minor Threat set, same show. 1h 23m.

Los Jaivas, 1970-01-24 Quinta Vergara, Viña del Mar, Chile. The title, 'Tocamos Música de Vanguardia ¡Y Qué!' is shouted towards the end of this cacophonous, challenging piece of improvised music. Exciting listening. 23m 51s. From 'La Vorágine 1: Pan Negro'.

Crass, 1982-09-08 The A Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Good recording - All instruments audible and plenty of audience chanting as well. Exciting performance, gave me the tingles. 'Big A Little A' highlight. 23 songs, 1h 01m.

Dead Kennedys, 1982-07-01 Fairmont Hall, San Diego, CA, USA. Jello Biafra celebrates the recent resignation of Alexander Haig, saying 'Kill the Poor' had been written about Haig and 'the mental illness of the military mind'. Muddy, chaotic, fun. 15 songs, 56m 07s.

Minor Threat, 1982-06-18 Freezer Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA. Vocals sound a bit distant but the crowd can be heard singing most of the songs, which is very cool. 17 songs, 36m 25s.

The Butthole Surfers, 1982-05-27 Bonham Exchange, San Antonio, TX, USA. Nice-sounding tape, just a bit rough at times. 16 songs, 46m 11s.

The Cramps, 1982-05-20 Astor Park, Seattle, WA, USA. Great, left me wanting more - was grooving along to this when it ended unexpectedly. 11 songs, 35m 56s.

Fugazi's '13 songs' is going up against Nomeansno's 'Wrong' in round 2 of the 'Best Album of 1989' tournament. The vote should be around the 2 October assuming the order of the matches is top to bottom and there is 1 match every weekday. Excellent albums by great bands. challonge.com/bestalbumof1...

Minor Threat, 1982-05-15 Club 57, The Fillmore, Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA. Hostile atmosphere, many interruptions, stage invasions, heckling, some unpleasant banter, "please get off the stage" x 1000, an apology. Sounds good when they get to play. 38m 09s.

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Minor Threat, 1982-04-30 Wilson Center, Washington, DC, USA. Good recording of an eventful show. Plenty of banter (see transcript), man with a gun, insults, a joke, fighting, an injury, Minor Threat play the blues, a lullaby, also 16 Minor Threat songs. 42m 10s.

Grateful Dead, 1974-10-20 Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA. Lots of fun. With Ned Lagin's Seashells. Last show before touring hiatus, last show with the Wall of Sound, the return of Mickey Hart. Road crew thanked and called up on stage for a round of applause. 4h 14m.

The Band, 1971-12-31 The Academy of Music, New York, NY, USA. Great stuff. Features a horn section on some songs, and a 4-song encore with Bob Dylan. From Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 (The Rock Of Ages Concerts). 2h 07m.

Crass, 1982-05-03 Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham, England. Intense, urgent performance including some pre-recorded multimedia interludes. Good recording. 1h 24m.

Minor Threat, 1982-04-29 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA. Excellent recording of energetic performance packing 11 songs + some banter into 26 minutes. A few pauses due to stage divers knocking the musicians out of tune: "what is this, a fucking highway?"

Grateful Dead, 1971-07-02 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA. Advantages of being unmusical - really enjoyed this despite the band being slightly out of tune for part of the show. Pigpen on fine form - check out hard to handle (9m) and good lovin' (17m). 2h 59m.

New Riders of the Purple Sage, 1971-07-02 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA. Lovely clear recording, strong performance featuring Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar and a cover of 'The Weight' by The Band. 1h 12m.

Grateful Dead, 1971-06-21 Chateau d'Hérouville, Hérouville, Val d'Oise, France. A great recording of an unusual show, many highlights, check out the Dead's rendition of Otis Redding's 'Hard to Handle'. 2h 34m.

Midnight Oil, 1982-03-26 Old Lion, Adelaide, Australia Sounds great, high-energy performance with an instrumental interlude, some nice surprises. Gave me the tingles and made me want to pogo. Recommended! 1h 3m.

Mission of Burma, 1982-02-14 Walker Memorial Building, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. Listened to this twice in a row. Fiery performance and excellent sound quality - love how the bass sounds so clear.

The Rolling Stones, 1981-12-18 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, USA. FM radio broadcast. First 5 songs have some sort of static but from 'Neighbors' onwards it sounds very good. Includes some cover versions as well as Stones originals. 2h 23m.

U2, 1981-11-14 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, USA. Recorded for FM radio broadcast, very good sound quality, cuts between tracks. 18 songs mostly from 'Boy' (1980) and 'October' (1981). 1h 08m.

Grateful Dead with New Riders of the Purple Sage, 1970-07-12 Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA. Dead acoustic set (52m) + NRPS set (42m) + Dead electric set (1h 45m). Rousing China / Rider, monster 'Viola Lee Blues' jam (18m), 'Uncle John's Band' brought tears to my eyes. archive.org/details/gd19...

Bob Dylan, 1965-07-25 Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, USA. Dylan playing the Newport Folk Festival with an electric guitar and backing band. It was controversial at the time! 3 electric songs, 2 acoustic songs as an encore, some banter. 31m.

Grateful Dead, 1970-07-11 Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA. Highly enjoyable and atmospheric audience recording with lots of blues songs and epic rendition of 'Lovelight'. Cuts between tracks and other minor defects but not going to quibble, it's a keeper. 2h 37m. www.archive.org/details/gd19...

The Ramones, 1981-11-09 Juventud de Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. High-energy performance, good sound quality, minimal banter, intro + 30 songs in 70 minutes.

Various Artists, 1970-06-29 Festival Express Train, Toronto - Winnipeg - Calgary, Canada. A jam gem. Passengers: Grateful Dead, NRPS, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Ian & Sylvia's Great Speckled Bird, Mountain, Delaney & Bonnie, Traffic. www.archive.org/details/gd19...

Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band, 1970-06-28 CNE Grandstand, Toronto, Canada. Excellent live recording from the second night in Toronto of the Transcontinental Pop Festival. 1h 17m.

Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, 1964-07-00 The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, USA. Great recording of jug band featuring Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan. Love 'The Monkey and the Engineer'. Banter and interview. Exact dates unknown. 49m 08s.

Chet Baker, 1955-12-11 The Odd Fellow Palais, Copenhagen, Denmark. Lovely recording of a very cool jazz performance, zero banter, applause after solos, some cuts between tracks, fades out at the end.

Grateful Dead, 1981-08-28 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA. A generous helping of fine-sounding audience-recorded musical goodness. If I had to pick a highlight it would be 'The Wheel'. 2h 58m.

Grateful Dead, 1981-08-27 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA. Nice-sounding audience recording of a fun, energetic performance with plenty of variety. A few cuts and other minor blemishes, some static at the end. 2h 40m.

Fairport Convention, 1981-08-15 Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. Nice-sounding, long and entertaining recording in which the band covers an impressive range of styles and material. 1h 48m.

Grateful Dead, 1967-10-22 Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA. Fine recording of one of the first shows with Mickey Hart as second drummer, featuring first known performance of 'That's it for the Other One'. Great stuff. 55m 06s.

Minor Threat, 1981-08-03 O'Banions, 611 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USA. Intense and engaging performance, good quality recording. 25m 22s.

Mission of Burma, 1981-07-26 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, USA. An interesting and unusual recording, definitely worth a listen.

Grateful Dead, 1970-06-07 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA Loved this. Includes brief instrumental renditions of 'Louie Louie' and 'Teddy Bears' Picnic'.

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, 1961-07-04 Bluegrass Festival, Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA, USA. Sounds very good, features some great banjo picking and some banter - complaining about Flatt & Scruggs refusing to appear on the same bill.

The Clash, 1981-06-09 Bond International Casino, New York, NY, USA. A great-sounding, mood-lifting, pogo-inducing recording from the band's 17-night run in New York. 1h 34m.