Got a weird feeling Maria's last blog title is about me... Anyways, haven't really gotten into anything that new since last posts. But I have been listening to this one Mats bootleg I downloaded a couple of weeks ago (Mats=Placemats=Replacements. I thought we already established this). It's actually rather hard to find live shows by The Replacements on the internet (there were no smartphones that could record video in 1986. Did you know that?) and even harder if you don't know what they are called. Well this one's called Maniac, and although the cover's a bit weird, it's a pretty good show (recorded at Maxwell's, in New Jersey), especially considering that this is a few months before Bob Stinson quit/was fired (end of Tim era). That's not all that is on the bootleg though. There's the soundcheck from the before-mentioned show plus the SNL performances (evidently sourced from the TV broadcast) PLUS a couple of other radio tracks with early versions of Pleased To Meet Me songs (with Bob playing on them!). Some of the highlights on it include "Gary's Got A Boner," "Take Me Down To The Hospital," a great version of "Left Of The Dial" (which falls apart at the end), and especially "I.O.U."
And if you don't like somewhat rough recordings (I love them, sometimes the quality gives the song more bite) I'm adding another link to download Putting On The Ritz, which is a great PTMM show (1987) with a perfect soundboard recording (official release quality). It's actually one of my favorite boots ever, as it contains stuff like "Favorite Thing" (Paul pretty much makes the lyrics up during the song, sounds great), "Little Mascara," and "California Sun." Only the performances are kinda lackluster compared to Maniac's. It just shows how focused the band became after Bob left. That's not necessarily a good thing either. Rock should be spontaneous and fun. The Maniac show is considered to be "professional" by Replacements (1986) standards. And I'm looking for the 12/9/84 show at CBGB (interesting date), which is one of the drunkest shows they ever did. So it's bound to sound good.
More info about the shows here; http://www.22designs.com/foshaytower2/index_net.html
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