Well, I'm finally getting around to digitizing my 700+ cassettes (at my wife's insistence--she wants them out of the house), so I'm going to start posting some goodies here. I taped many a show in the Toronto area from the late '80's to the late '90's, and also recorded a lot of radio broadcasts, mostly from CFNY, 102.1 in Toronto. Hope you stumble across something you like, or even a show you were at!

addendum: I have had many comments about the fate of my tapes, so for those worried about them...the masters I am boxing up and storing in my parents' basement. The others (mixed tapes, recorded LP's, etc) are getting tossed. My wife is not evil or insensitive--we live in a small place, and the many boxes were getting in the way.  This is something I'VE wanted to do for awhile, as well.  She just gave me the push. Oh, and she doesn't have shelves of makeup, or hundreds of shoes, no matter what stereotypes you care to buy in to. Her comic collection, however....


Tragically Hip--Phil's Grandson's Place, Waterloo, ON, Canada, June 24, 1990

This was supposed to be a free outdoor festival, but it was raining all day, so at the last minute they moved everything into this little underground dive of a bar.  The place was packed to beyond capacity, with a line up outside of people waiting to get in on the off-chance someone else left. I wasn't even a Hip fan at the time, but seeing this show and listening to the tape afterwards is what convinced me.  It has become one of my fave shows, and I know it's also popular amongst Hip trading circles.
It's not the best recording--I was right up at the speakers, so the bass comes through distorted due to overloading, and the place was full of drunks who wouldn't shut up.  But it's these drunks that make for the hightlight of this show, as well--one of the best versions of "New Orleans is Sinking" you're ever going to hear!  One guy starts yelling "Swim! Swim!" over and over again in the middle of the song--the crowd picks up on it, joins the chant, and the band starts to work with it.  At the time, I wondered if this was a regular thing at their shows, but it was a one-time occurence.  The first guy can still be heard yelling "Swim!" throughout the encore break and right up to the next song. It's moments like these that justify taping, if you ask me. Oh, and the fact they opened with a still unreleased song. 

Lineage: aud master from Sony WM-F17 cassette deck>M audio sound card>wav>flac  editing with CDWav

Track Listing:
01. Crack My Spine Like a Whip
02. She Didn't Know
03. Just as Well
04. Cordelia
05. Everytime You Go
06. Trickle Down
07. Boots Or Hearts
08. Long Time Running
09. Three Pistols
10. Fight
11. Before I Spin (fades in)
12. 38 Years Old
13. Blow at High Dough
14. New Orleans Is Sinking
15. encore break
16. I'll Believe in You
17. Ouch

Enjoy!

This is number 82 in an ongoing series.