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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Audience film Medium: DVD (converted from super 8) Date Recorded: 1980 Location: 7th St Entry, Minneapolis Recording Quality: B Time: 8:53 Notes: Shot from fairly close, on Bob's side of the stage, under poor lighting conditions. Some jumpy edits. Audio in right channel only. Bob switches from the Flying Vee to a Strat (or Mosrite?) on "Gravity." Contents: Push The Button 1:59 Gilligan's Island [fragment] :05 Sexual Economics 1:12 Gravity 2:53 Amusement [fragment] :13 Private Hell 2:31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Pro-shot tape Medium: VHS cassette Date Recorded: 05 Sep 1981 Location: 7th St Entry, Minneapolis Recording Quality: B+/C (serious tracking problems during "Free Land," "Wheels" and half of "Call On Me" at beginning of the second set.) Time: 60 min Notes: Multi-camera concert video shot with eventual public release apparently in mind. Part of five successive nights of shooting. Other bands (e.g., Replacements) were videotaped during these sessions as well. The tapes are rumored to reside in the Twin/Tone vaults. Bob Mould comments: "The recordings from 1981 were to be released as a multi-lp/video package tentatively entitled 'Soundcheck.' Twin/Tone probably has the tapes somewhere; I would suspect it's their final 'ace-in-the-hole', for when they next run out of money, or need another M&D deal. Everyone from that period (Mats, Loud Fast Rules, Hüsker, etc.) were part of it, so it'll be a big item at some point." The provenance of this particular copy is a mystery. Long uncirculated, this recording leaked out in the early 90s and is now fairly common. Contents: All Tensed Up Don't Try To Call I'm Not Interested Guns At My School Push The Button Gilligan's Island MTC Don't Have A Life Drug Party Bricklayer Tired Of Doing Things You're Naive Strange Week Big Sky Ultracore Let's Go Die [drum test] In A Free Land Wheels Call On Me Private Hell Won't Say A Word Diane Sexual Economics Do You Remember? Gravity [Instrumental (Sep 1981)] Statues ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS cassette Date Recorded: 16 Oct 1983 Location: Metropolis, Seattle WA Recording Quality: B- Time: 25 min Notes: Single-camera (8mm) with zoom on tripod. Decent lighting, but some color noise and interference bars. Found in a basement in Seattle. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS cassette Date Recorded: 25 Mar 1984 Location: City Gardens, Trenton NJ Recording Quality: C+ Time: 35 min Notes: Audience tape. Withdrawn from circulation. Shot with hand-held camera with zoom. Video distortion and color smearing are significant. Contents: Something I Learned Today It's Not Funny Any More From The Gut Wheels Everything Falls Apart What's Going On? Sunshine Superman Broken Home, Broken Heart Diane Gravity Masochism World In A Free Land What Do I Want? Data Control ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS cassette via YouTube Date Recorded: 17 Dec 1984 Location: I-Beam, San Francisco CA Recording Quality: B+ Time: 10:01 Notes: Fixed camera (with zoom) probably wall-mounted at the back of the club. The person who uploaded the video to YouTube notes that the audio track is from the soundboard. He also says that there is more video from on the tape, but there are condition issues he hopes to address in the future. The date is listed on YouTube as 18 Dec 1984, a day later than the flyer indicates. Contents: Something I Learned Today It's Not Funny Any More Everything Falls Apart The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill I Apologize [truncated] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS cassette Date Recorded: 21 Jun 1985 Location: Patio Club, Indianapolis IN Recording Quality: A- Time: 77 min Notes: Shot with tripod from back of club. Zoom lens used to advantage. Grant Hart partially screened. Contents: New Day Rising It's Not Funny Any More Everything Falls Apart The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill I Apologize If I Told You Folklore Every Everything Makes No Sense At All Keep Hanging On Find Me All Work And No Play Terms Of Psychic Warfare Drug Party Powerline Books About UFOs Chartered Trips Diane Celebrated Summer Pink Turns To Blue Ticket To Ride Eight Miles High Love Is All Around ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS cassette Date Recorded: 19 Feb 1986 Location: Sherwood Country Club, Indianapolis IN Recording Quality: A- Time: 52:22 Notes: Shot from a fixed position at the rear of the club, either with a tripod or, more likely, from a wall- mounted camera. No zoom used. Contents: Flip Your Wig Every Everything Makes No Sense At All The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill I Apologize If I Told You Folklore Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely I Don't Know For Sure Terms Of Psychic Warfare Powerline Books About UFOs Hardly Getting Over It Sorry Somehow Eiffel Tower High Green Eyes Celebrated Summer Never Talking To You Again Love Is All Around ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 07 Mar 1987 Location: Arlington Theater, Indianapolis IN Recording Quality: B+ Time: 6 min Notes: Hand-held camera, up close from left of stage. Too many people in the way. Contents: These Important Years Charity, Chastity, Prudence And Hope ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 11 Jun 1987 Location: Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt FRG Recording Quality: B- Time: 10 min Notes: Hand-held camera, rather far back, from a bad angle to the left of the stage. Only Bob is visible for the most part, but Greg dances into the picture occasionally. The last song is incomplete. Contents: Charity, Chastity, Prudence And Hope Standing In The Rain Back From Somewhere Ice Cold Ice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Bob Mould Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 18 Oct 1989 Location: Cotton Club, Atlanta Recording Quality: A- Time: 100 min Notes: Camera a little shaky (hand-held 8mm). Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 21 Jan 1990 Location: Lounge Ax, Chicago Recording Quality: A Time: 94:55 Notes: Obviously shot by a person (unidentified) who had permission, some videography skills, and decent equipment. Views, from multiple angles, are unobstructed. Audio (mono) distorts from saturation in a few spots. Members of Run Westy Run (who probably opened) make guest appearances during the set. Contents: [See setlist page] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Bob Mould Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 25 Jul 1990 Location: Georgia Theatre, Athens GA Recording Quality: A- Time: 100 min Notes: Shot from balcony. Good angle, hand-held 8mm. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 07 Aug 1990 Location: J. C. Dobbs, Philadelphia Recording Quality: B+ Time: 60 min Notes: Some uncertainty about date. Could be 02 Aug. Tripod-shot with unobstructed view; mid-range distance, no zoom. Contents: Introduction Woton Getaway (Gateway) In Time Admiral Of The Sea Wernher Von Braun Space Jazz Where You Gonna Land? Over My Head Admiral Of The Sea Persuaded Lavender And Grey The Last Days Of Pompeii/Benediction Evergreen Memorial Drive Anything Let Go ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Bob Mould Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 12 Mar 1991 Location: Maxwell's, Hoboken NJ Recording Quality: A- Time: 100 min Notes: Shot with 8mm camera from a decent angle, fairly close and with some support. Focus is a little soft, possibly indicating too much reliance on autofocus. Zoom could have been used more frequently on unscreened shots, as Bob's face is somewhat washed out much of the time. Contents: [Same as audio tape above except cuts off during "Chartered Trips"] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Grant Hart Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 29 Mar 1991 Location: Maxwell's, Hoboken NJ Recording Quality: A- Time: 57 min Notes: Hand-held camera with unscreened view of the stage and adequate lighting. Contents: Introduction Getaway (Gateway) In Time Come, Come Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? Over My Head Evergreen Memorial Drive 2541 St James Infirmary Where You Gonna Land? Anything The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill The Main Admiral Of The Sea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 05 Apr 1991 Location: Willem II, Den Bosch NL Recording Quality: B+ Time: 68 min Notes: Converted from PAL. Shot with 8mm from center near front. Occcasional instability near top of picture. Some graininess. Slight color streaking. Contents: [Same as audio tape above, less soundcheck] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 06 Apr 1991 Location: Vrije Vloer, Utrecht NL Recording Quality: B Time: 72 min Notes: Converted from PAL. Shot with 8mm from center, fairly close. Club is very dark and picture suffers from graininess as a result. Wavy vertical noise bars seem to appear whenever there are rapid changes in the lighting; this could be a problem with the camera or a conversion artifact. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 07 Apr 1991 Location: Vera, Groningen NL Recording Quality: A- Time: 78 min Notes: Converted from PAL. Shot with 8mm from center at fairly close range. Lighting is pretty good. There is hardly any graininess or video noise. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 04 May 1991 Location: Marquee Club, London Recording Quality: A- Time: 42 min Notes: Converted from PAL. Shot from balcony with no obstructions. Lighting is good. Audio is very slightly distorted on some passages. Contents: Hey Joe Come, Come Evergreen Memorial Drive Getaway (Gateway) In Time Anything 2541 Admiral Of The Sea Where You Gonna Land? Over My Head You're The Victim Diane ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Bob Mould Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 24 Aug 1991 Location: Tanzbrunnen, Koln FRG Recording Quality: A Time: 35 min Notes: Solo acoustic show at "Monsters of Spex" outdoor festival. Converted from PAL. Picture is decent thanks to adequate lighting. Bob sports a skinhead haircut. A string breaks during "Hardly Getting Over It" and Bob finishes the gig on 11-string guitar. Tape is not in general circulation. Contents: Wishing Well Hear Me Calling Disappointed Hanging Tree Poison Years Hardly Getting Over It Too Far Down Makes No Sense At All ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Bob Mould Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 30 Aug 1991 Location: Vera, Groningen NL Recording Quality: A- Time: 56 min Notes: Solo acoustic show. Converted from PAL. Camcorder did not cope well with low-light conditions, resulting in grainy picture in most shots. Frequent jitter due to use of max zoom. Tape is not in general circulation. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 21 May 1992 Location: The Point, Atlanta GA Recording Quality: A Time: 51 min Notes: Shot with tripod. Unobstructed view. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 05 Jun 1992 Location: TT the Bear's, Cambridge MA Recording Quality: A Time: 65 min Notes: Audience obstruction of the lower portion of the picture ranges from none to somewhat less than 50%. Because of the brightness and proximity of the spotlight on Grant's face, his features are washed out on some of the longer range shots. Some jitter on tight shots as no tripod was used. Marc Retish is largely obscured by his drum kit. Several nice closeups of Grant and Tom. Contents: Come, Come Old Empire Pink Turns To Blue Oh! To Behold Evergreen Memorial Drive Ballad #19 Admiral Of The Sea 2541 Anything Space Jazz Never Talking To You Again Shoot Your Way To Freedom It's Not Funny Any More The Main Let Go ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Sugar Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 23 Oct 1992 Location: Academy, NYC Recording Quality: A Time: 74 min Notes: Shot from balcony with hand-held camera. Picture nonetheless fairly steady, with occasional audience blockage and jostling. Also a couple of audio dropouts. Audio level low in general. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Sugar Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 12 Dec 1992 Location: UEA, Norwich UK Recording Quality: A- Time: 58 min Notes: Shot from middle of crowd with hand-held camera. Picture rather shaky (high zoom) with frequent blackouts. Opening song incomplete. Stereo. Contents: The Act We Act A Good Idea Changes Running Out Of Time Where Diamonds Are Halos Hoover Dam Sapphire Capital After All The Roads Have Led To Nowhere Frustration Slick Anyone Clownmaster Come Around Tilted Armenia City In The Sky That's When I Reach For My Revolver ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 30? Dec 1992 Location: Schwimmbad, Heidelberg FRG Recording Quality: A- Time: 71 min Notes: Clear view from stage left. Hand-held camera, but pretty steady. Video a little grainy. Grant decked out in his Bivouac t-shirt. Date is uncertain: videotaper beileved it to be 26 Dec, but this pre-tour magazine ad lists it as 30 Dec. It's entirely possible that several of the dates shown in the ad were shuffled around. Contents: Come, Come Now That You Know Me Evergreen Memorial Drive Buddy Ballad #19 Admiral Of The Sea 2541 Anything Old Empire Over My Head Where You Gonna Land? Please Don't Ask The Main Shoot Your Way To Freedom The Last Days Of Pompeii Let Go ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Sugar Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 19 May 1993 Location: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC Recording Quality: A- Time: 74:30 Notes: Tripod shot at max zoom from rear of club at slight elevation. Bob visible from about the knees up with lower 20% of screen obscured by bouncing heads. Band members' faces often washed out when brightly illuminated. Audio level extremely low. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Sugar Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: ?? Jun 1993 Location: Roskilde Festival, Denmark Recording Quality: Unknown Time: Unknown Notes: Contents: Unknown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Sugar Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 04 Jul 1993 Location: Werchter Festival, Belgium Recording Quality: Unknown Time: Unknown Notes: Contents: Unknown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Bob Mould Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 14 Oct 1993 Location: Irving Plaza, NYC Recording Quality: A Time: 85 min Notes: Shot from balcony with some kind of support and no obstructions, resulting in a clear, steady view. A little facial whiteout at the beginning, but compensation is made eventually. The audio is unfortunately weak again. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 22 May 1994 Location: Pacific, Antwerp, Belgium Recording Quality: Time: 60 min Notes: Contents: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 01 Jun 1994 Location: Odeon, Munster FRG Recording Quality: A- Time: 71 min Notes: Shot with two cameras, video special effects. Good view of stage with both cameras. Sound is hifi-stereo. Contents: [Same as audio tape above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Nova Mob Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 03 Jun 1994 Location: Live Station, Dortmund FRG Recording Quality: A- Time: 30 min Notes: Shot with two cameras, video special effects. Good view of stage with both cameras. Sound is hifi-stereo. Contents: Come, Come Shoot Your Way To Freedom Old Empire Little Miss Information I Won't Be There Any More Evergreen Memorial Drive Admiral Of The Sea Not Talking About 2541 Anything Keep Hanging On Please Don't Ask Puzzles Oh! To Behold Introduction Over My Head The Last Days Of Pompeii/Benediction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Sugar Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 10 Oct 1994 Location: Paradiso, Amsterdam Recording Quality: A- Time: 1:04:38 Notes: Shot with two cameras from balcony with slightly overused video effects. Sound a little muddy. Bob makes more guitar mistakes than usual. Tape has been edited. Not in current circulation. Contents: Gift Company Book Changes Going Home Helpless A Good Idea Running Out Of Time Frustration Slick In The Eyes Of My Friends Clownmaster Your Favorite Thing The Act We Act Gee Angel Explode And Make Up The Slim ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Sugar Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 11 Oct 1994 Location: Markthalle, Hamburg FRG Recording Quality: A- Time: 1:04:50 Notes: Single camera, tripod-mounted, shot from balcony. A few glitches, and an occasional head silhouetted along the bottom of the screen. Tape not in circulation. Contents: Gift Company Book Changes Running Out Of Time Where Diamonds Are Halos Granny Cool A Good Idea Going Home Frustration Hoover Dam In The Eyes Of My Friends Clownmaster Your Favorite Thing Mind Is An Island Gee Angel Explode And Make Up Helpless Man On The Moon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Bob Mould Format: Audience tape Medium: VHS Cassette Date Recorded: 07 Oct 1996 Location: St Andrews Hall, Detroit Recording Quality: B Time: 1:23:15 Notes: Shot from balcony, some distance from the stage, with maximum zoom, no support, and with the taper making little or no use of the viewfinder (probably to keep the camera hidden, given that Bob's explicit prohibition of videotaping is widely known). Results are predictable: shaky picture, when it isn't all black. Audio isn't too bad though. Solo acoustic show except (*) solo electric. Contents: Wishing Well Hoover Dam Needle Hits E Your Favorite Thing Fort Knox, King Solomon Can't Help You Anymore I Apologize Can't Fight It Panama City Motel Explode and Make Up/Hardly Getting Over It Sinners and Their Repentances Lonely Afternoon Roll Over and Die No Reservations Chartered Trips Celebrated Summer *Egøverride *Makes No Sense at All Thumbtack ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go on to next section
