ognetty's Smashing Bootlist

  Smashing Pumpkins Live Shows 

1988-1990

Please note that these info lists are edited from how I received them, so they appear somewhat uniform. Where possible I have provided information as to source, lineage, and some extras. Not all information is guaranteed to be accurate. The personal views expressed in these texts do not necessarily reflect my opinions or those of anybody mentioned in, or linked to this site. Original text files unaltered. Time is rounded up to the nearest minute.
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Ratings are my personal view based on performance, setlist and sound quality.
Thanks to those who shared their music with me. I hope to do the same for others.
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SP Shows 1988-1990

1988-08-10 Avalon, Chicago, IL, US

Source: SBD>ANA>CDR

Set:

01. The Vigil
02. Armed to the Teeth
03. Bleed
04. There It Goes
05. My Eternity
06. I Fall
07. Nothing and Everything
08. 6234
09. Holiday
10. Screaming

1988-10-05 Metro, Chicago, IL, US

Source: "cr05"
Conversion: silverback cd > SHN

Disc 1:

01. There It Goes
02. She
03. My Eternity
04. Under Your Spell
05. Bleed
06. Spiteface
07. Nothing and Everything

1988-11-19 Annie May Swift Hall, Evanston, IL, US

Tracks:

01. {interview}

(Pre?) FM > ? > CD (Mashed Potatoes)

NOTES: This is obviously incomplete as they did play this day. Awkwardly they played with a drum machine this day even though they had already hired Jimmy as a drummer. As far as a lead to the complete recording I have some information. The radio show that this was played on was "Airplay" on WNUR-FM, a college radio station. I contacted them a couple days ago (April '05) and asked if they had a recording of this and if they could rebroadcast. The person on the other end told me that: "it is MIA", "gone", "stolen", "I was on airplay for awhile and looked for it", "no luck", and "it is the stuff of legend". Judging by the fact it is on Mashed Potatoes, a compilation by Billy, he is probably the one that requested to have it and he has it in his possession.
-quandar

1988-11-19 Roselle Music, Roselle, IL, US

SOURCE: VID-?>CDR-?>FLAC

Tracks:

01. My Eternity

NOTES: Sourced from the Psycho video. A clip of this show is also in Vieuphoria when Billy says "We used to be a new wave band". It was broadcasted on a show called "The Pulse". Only one song is currently surfaced.

1988-11-20 Exit, Chicago, IL, US

AUD>R2R>ANA(1)>DAT(M)

Tracks:

01. Time Has Come Today [Chambers Brothers]

According to the SPFC this is the only recordings from this show and its only one song. From the Ignoffo Tape.

1988-11-23 Metro, Chicago, IL, US

Note: Based on incomplete recording.

Set:

01. Oui Henri
02. Under Your Spell
03. My Eternity
04. There It Goes
05. Time Has Come Today [Chambers Brothers]

AUD > NAK > D5 (Only known copy)
Time Has Come Today cuts after about 20 seconds on circulating copies.
A NAK300 or NAK500 mic was used.
http://www.spfc.org/tours/date.html?tour_id=5

1989-03-16 WZRD-FM Studios, Chicago, IL, US - 3 sources*

*1st Source:

Disc 1:

01. Venus in Furs [Velvet Underground]
02. Snap
03. My Eternity
04. East
05. Cinnamon Girl [Young]
06. There It Goes
07. Nothing and Everything
08. Under Your Spell
09. Rhinoceros
10. Sun
11. Spiteface

Length: 62 minutes.

*2nd Source:

FM->??->CD-r->wav->Flac Frontend(level 6)->Flac->You

A very early FM broadcast from WZRD studios. A must have for any Pumpkins fan. A totally different vibe than what they turned into a few years later with Siamese Dream and MCIS. Also has two cover tunes from the Velvet Underground and Neil Young.
Enjoy.

Set:

01. Venus in Furs [Velvet Underground]
02. Snap
03. My Eternity
04. East
05. Cinnamon Girl [Young]
06. There It Goes
07. Nothing and Everything
08. Under Your Spell
09. Rhinoceros
10. Sun
11. Spiteface

Thanks to slipkid69 for this version.

*3rd Source:

I thought I'd put some SP up, with them now being open-taping and on the archive. This is the fourth or fifth known tape of the band, and they REALLY cook on this one. More info about this show can be found at http://splra.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tsp1989-03-16
First documented performances of Venus in Furs, Snap, Rhinoceros, East, Cinnamon Girl, and Sun.
Last documented performances of My Eternity, There It Goes, Nothing and Everything, Under Your Spell, and Spiteface.

WZRD Radio Show - Chicago, IL 3.16.89
Source: Studio R2R Mix>ana2(?)>CD3 (>SHN)

Set:

01. Venus in Furs [Velvet Underground]
02. Snap
03. {talking}
04. My Eternity
05. East
06. {talking}
07. Cinnamon Girl [Young]
08. {talking}
09. There It Goes
10. Nothing and Everything (cut)
11. Nothing and Everything
12. {talking}
13. Under Your Spell
14. {talking}
15. Rhinoceros
16. {talking}
17. Sun
18. {talking}
19. Spiteface
20. {talking}

Thanks to rhinowing for this version.

1989-04-30 Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, US

35m NAK (balcony) > D5 > .shn > CDR

Set:

01. Venus in Furs [Velvet Underground]
02. Snap
03. Rhinoceros
04. Alabaster
05. East
06. Cinnamon Girl [Young]
07. Psychodelic
08. Sun

1989-10-31 Metro, Chicago, IL, US

VID-L > DAT > CDR > SHN

Incomplete.

Set 1:

01. I Am My End
02. Rhinoceros
03. Ball and Chain
04. Bury Me
05. Try to Try

Set 2:

06. Salt
07. Lie I Lie
08. Razor
09. Love
10. C'Mon

1990-06-16 Club de Wash, Madison, WI, US

Set:

01. Tristessa 3:17
02. Snail 4:24
03. Rhinoceros 5:23
04. I Am One 4:08
05. Window Paine 6:15
06. Razor 4:23
07. Honeyspider II 2:41
08. Try to Try 4:25

FM > ANA-1 > DAT DDC-3 > CDR-0 > SHN

Total time: 34:56

Just in case people think they 'already have this show from a bootleg, and it sounds decent enough';
I have one word for you:
HAH!
;-)
Be blissed
Jeroen
MAD props to DA. He da man!
Mucho thanks and cheers to Fresko and Roth :-)
.cue file contains the track split times. CDRwin can do it
I don't know about other programs. Nero? Feurio? No idea.
Whatever, just burn it as one track if you can't split it! :-)

1990-08-25 Metro, Chicago, IL, US

Source : PRO-VID>DAT>CDR (complete)

Set:

01. I Am One
02. Snail
03. Rhinoceros
04. Bury Me
05. Tristessa
06. Window Paine
07. Razor
08. Sookie Sookie [Steppenwolf]
09. {crowd noise}
10. Godzilla [Blue Öyster Cult]

1990-09-13 Shorty's Underground, Cincinnati, OH, US

Source: aud/ana?>cdr
CDs: 1
Length: 49 min
Quality: 6.5

Tracks and flaws of this copy:

Disc 1:

01. Tristessa
        (00:00 - beginning cut, from recording)
02. Snail
03. Rhinoceros
04. Bury Me
    > I Am One
05. Window Paine
06. Razor
07. Suffer
08. Worship
09. Over You
10. Siva

1990-12-31 Metro, Chicago, IL, US - 2 sources*

*1st Source:

SBD>ANA2>DAT>CDR2>SHN

Setlist: 

01. Suffer 
02. Blue 
03. Tristessa 
04. Rhinoceros 
05. Bury Me 
06. I Am One 
07. Window Paine 
07. Snail 
08. Slunk 
09. Siva

NOTES:
	Often mislabelled as 12.31.91 
	Misc clicks and pops.
	Some tracks doesn't seem to run together, probably this was caused because of the ANA generations.

*2nd Source:

Taper: ?
Source: SBD>ANA-L>CDR-0>EAC>FLAC
...your copy is a CDR-1
Transfer: Dan Elsen's ANA-L tape>Tascam 102 (tape deck)>(Gold Stereo RCA Cables)>Soundforge 4.5>CD Wave>CDR-0

Set:

01. (intro music)
02. Suffer
03. Blue
04. Tristessa
05. Rhinoceros
06. Bury Me
07. I Am One
08. Window Paine
09. Snail
10. Slunk
11. Siva

Total time: 50:23

Notes: This is an upgrade to the widely circulating SBD>ANA-2 source which has gaps or cuts between some of the tracks. Though the exact gen of this source is unknown the sound quality is similar to the ANA-2 if not better and it is slightly longer, including the intro music to the show and a little more crowd in between songs that has been cut on the ANA-2. The beginning of Slunk is still slightly cut as in the ANA-2. If you have a better sounding known gen or better yet the ANA-M, torrent it!
Thanks to Dan for another fine upgrade!
Torrented 9/13/05
Dan Elsen: ragingday@msn.com
Charles Drost: traveller03@charter.net

Thanks to traveller03 for this show.

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