Q: "grasshopper, what's your opinion on bootlegs?"
Grasshopper: "bootlegs are cool."


[[quality ratings]]
* = bad
** = ok
*** = good
**** = great
***** = perfect
(+ = a little better)

MERCURY REV COLLECTION

8/24/91 Reading Festival, UK [**+] 43m cdr
11/26/91 Duchess of York, Leeds, UK [**+] 40m cdr
12/3/91 Belgique Festival, Brussels [**+] 31m cdr
12/9/91 Espace, Ornano, Paris, France [***] 50m cdr
3/23/92 Leicester, DeMontford Hall [***] 45m cdr
3/25/92 The Event, Brighton, UK [**+] 40m cdr
3/26/92 Brixton Academy, London, UK [**] 45m tape
6/22/92 Toronto, ONT, Canada, Spectrum [***] 40m cdr
6/28/92 Roskilde Festival [**+] 40m cdr
11/20/92 Royal Albert Hall, London [***] 50m cdr
1/27/93 Irving Plaza, NYC [***] 51m cdr
1/29/93 Philadelphia, PA, Khyber Pass [***] 52m cdr
3/1/93 Trefcentrum Vartkapoen, Brussels [***] 65m cdr
3/14/93 Copenhagen Loppen, Denmark [**+] 63m cdr
6/22/93 Shoreline Amp., SF [**] 45m tape
6/23/93 Shoreline Amp., SF [**] 45m tape
7/14/93 Clapham Grand, London [**+] 73m cdr
7/18/93 Phoenix Festival, UK (radio broadcast) [****] 16m cdr
7/18/93 Phoenix Festival, UK [**+] 38m dvd
8/14/93 Peel Session [***] 20m cdr
11/2/93 London, Astoria [***] 45m cdr
6/11/95 LaLuna, Brussels [***] 50m cdr
6/12/95 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland [***+] 30m cdr
6/22/95 Zurich, Rote Fabrik [**+] 42m cdr
7/1/95 LA2, London [***] 65m cdr
7/7/95 Dour Festival, Belgium [***] 62m cdr
7/29/95 Peel Session [****] 15m cdr
9/6/95 Mercury Lounge, NY [**+] 41m cdr
10/5/95 Alvins, Detroit MI [***] 48m cdr
10/8/95 Minneapolis, MN (acoustic radio session) [**+] 20m cdr
10/12/95 Stadt Theatre, Baden Baden, Germany (radio broadcast) [***+] 56m cdr
11/2/95 Black Cat, Washington, DC [**+] 70m tape
11/16/95 Slim's, SF [***] 65m cdr
11/18/95 Moe's, Seattle [***] 65m cdr
12/1/95 Double Door, Chicago [**+] 70m dvd
12/8/95 New York, NY, Mercury Lounge [***] 61m cdr
12/13/95 Philadelphia, PA, Upstairs At Nick's [***+] 66m cdr
2/6/96 Galaxy Club, Dallas, TX [***] 50m dvd
2/8/96 The Abyss, Houston, TX [***+] 45m cdr
2/10/96 Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA [**+] 40m tape
2/24/96 Blind Pig, Champaign, IL [***] 45m cdr
10/19/98 Limelight, Belfast, Ireland [**+] 60m cdr
10/23/98 Dublin, Ireland, acoustic session [***] 20m?
10/28/98 Foundry, Sheffield, UK [**+] 20m cdr
11/3/98 Divan Du Monde, Paris, France (radio broadcast) [**] 65m mp3
11/4/98 The Garage, London [**+] 74m cdr
11/6/98 KCRW interview + session [***] 30m cdr
11/30/98 Steve Lamacq Radio 1 evening session [****] 15m cdr
1/99 "delta sun" on TFI Friday [***] 5m dvd/cdr
1/16/99 MDH, Manchester, UK [***+] 86m 2cdr
1/19/99 Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth [**+] 74m cdr
1/21/99 NME Awards- Astoria, London, UK TV [***] 15m dvd
1/21/99 Astoria, London (radio broadcast) [****] 45m cdr
1/28/99 Odense, Denmark (radio broadcast) [****] 45m cdr
1/31/99 Oslo, Norway (radio broadcast) [****+] 74m cdr
2/4/99 Swedish radio acoustic session [***+] 15m cdr
2/10/99 The Backstage, Munich, Germany (radio broadcast) [****] 79m cdr
2/11/99 Flex, Vienna, Austria (radio broadcast) [****] 79m cdr
2/13/99 Korto RTV, Ljubljana, Slovenia [****] 67m cdr
2/24/99 Montmarte, Paris [**+] 58m cdr
2/25/99? World Café, National Public Radio, Philadelphia, PA [***+] 25m cdr
2/25/99 L'Olympic, Nantes, France (soundboard) [***] 95m 2cdr
2/27/99 Athens, Greece (radio broadcast) [****] 60m cdr
3/4/99 Liquid Room, Tokyo ("Holes") [***] 5m dvd
3/7/99 Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan [***+] 85m 2cdr
3/19/99 La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX [**+] 35m cdr
4/6/99 KCRW, Los Angeles, interview + session [****] 32m cdr
4/6/99 El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles [**+] 73m (master) cdr
4/8/99 Bimbos, San Francisco [**+] 74m mp3
4/14/99 Double Door, Chicago, IL [***] 80m 2cdr
4/17/99 Showplace Theater, Buffalo, NY [***] 85m 2cdr
4/19/99 Bowery Ballroom, NYC [***] 74m cdr
4/20/99 Black Cat, Washington, DC [***] 80m cdr
4/25/99 Bowlie Festival, UK (Japanese TV) [***+] 40m dvd
4/27/99 Later with Jools (UK TV) ("Goddess" & "Holes") [**] 12m dvd
4/29/99 Olympia Theatre, Dublin [**] 80m mp3
5/5/99 Peel Session [****] 20m cdr
5/6/99 Oxford, England [**+] 70m mp3
6/2/99 Metro, Chicago, IL [***] 50m cdr
6/15/99 Opera House, Toronto, Canada [***] 74m cdr
6/20/99 Higher Ground, Burlington, VT [**+] 50m cdr
6/27/99 Glastonbury Festival, UK [**+] 40m cdr
6/29/99 Jo Whiley show, Belfast, acoustic session [****] 10m cdr
7/11/99 T in the Park, Scotland [***+] 45m cdr
8/6/99 Benicassim Festival, Benicassim, Spain [***+] 49m dvd
8/11/99 Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA [***+] 25m? cdr
8/13/99 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA [***] 45m cdr
8/20/99 Bizarre Festival, Koln, Germany [***] 35m mp3
8/21/99 V99 Festival, England [**] 45m mp3
9/20/99 Studio 22, ABC, Australia [**+] 25m cdr
9/23/99 RRR Rooftop, Melbourne, Aus. [***] 30m? cdr
9/28/99 The Joint, Channel V, Australia [**+] 17m cdr
9/30/99 Corner Hotel, Australia (radio broadcast) [****+] 55m cdr
4/1/00 Zenith Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel (radio broadcast) [****+] 73m cdr
8/4/01 Benicassim Festival, Spain [***] 50m cdr
8/19/01 Summer Sonic 2001, Japan [***] 20m? cdr
8/26/01 Reading Festival (radio broadcast) [**+] 25m cdr
8/26/01 Reading Festival (aud) [**+] 65m cdr
8/28/01 Paris, France, Black Session (radio broadcast) [****] 63m cdr
10/10/01 Jo Wiley Show [?] ?m cdr
10/15/01 Oslo, Norway, Rockefeller [***+] 115m 2cdr
10/18/01 Stockholm, Sweden (radio broadcast) [***+] 55m cdr (fm>mp3>cdr)
11/2/01 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK [***] 117m 2cdr
11/8/01 Le Divan du Monde, Paris (radio broadcast) [***+] 82m 2cdr
11/14/01 Razzmatazz II, Barcelona, Spain [***] 106m 2cdr
11/15/01 Peel Session [****] 31m cdr
11/23/01 The Magic Stick, Detroit, MI [***] 104m 2cdr
11/27/01 Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn, Los Angeles ("Dark Is Rising") [****] 5m dvd/cdr
11/28/01 Moore Theater, Seattle, WA [***] 40m cdr
11/30/01 Commadore Ballroom, Vancouver [***] 105m 2cdr
12/4/01 KCRW, Los Angeles, interview + session [***] 40m? cdr
12/11/01 Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA [***] 95m 2cdr
12/20/01 Osaka, Japan, Bayside Jenny [***+] 80m cdr
4/12/02 Milan, Italy, MTV Supersonic [***] 30m (TV>cdr)
4/15/02 Rome, Italy, Palacisalfa [**] 70m cdr
4/20/02 Paradiso, Amsterdam [***] 100m? 2cdr
6/10/02 'Canes, San Diego, CA [**+] 103m 2cdr (master)
6/27/02 Meltdown Festival, London [**+] 75m cdr
11/7/04 Nottingham, UK, Rescue Rooms [**+] 100m? 2cdr
11/9/04 Later With Jools Holland, BBC Studios, London, England (2 songs) [***] cdr
11/21/04 CCH, SAAL3, Hamburg, Germany [**+] 35m cdr
1/26/05 Santa Monica, CA, KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic [***+] 39m mp3
1/30/05 Razor Cuts, Virgin Radio (fm) [***+] cdr
1/27/05 XFM (fm) [***+] cdr
1/28/05 Gideon Cole, BBC6 (fm) [***+] cdr
1/29/05 Dermot O'Leary, Radio 2 (fm) [***+] cdr
1/29/05 Loose Ends, Radio 4 (fm) [***] cdr
1/31/05 Black Session, Paris (fm) [****] mp3
2/2/05 Kultkomplex-Café, Cologne, Germany (fm) [****] mp3
3/17/05 Berns, Stockholm (fm) [****] mp3
3/24/05 (b'cast date) Janice Long, Radio 2 (fm) [**+] cdr
3/24/05 Elysée Montmartre, Paris France [***] mp3
Mercury Rev - 2005-05-03 KEXP, Seattle mp3
Mercury Rev - 2005-05-12 Minnesota Public Radio mp3
5/14/05 Majestic Theater, Detroit, MI [***] mp3
6/3/05 Art Rock Festival, France [***+] 22m dvd
8/12/05 St. Malo, France [***] mp3
12/8/05 Shepherd's Bush, London [***] 89m 2cdr
12/5/05 Hanger 11, Tel Aviv, Isreal [***] 109m flac
2006-07-12 Bornholm, Denmark mp3
7/15/06 Godiva Festival, Coventry, UK [***] 74m cdr
 

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Rare/non-rare stuff - [*****] & cd or direct cdr copy, unless otherwise noted.
Lego My Ego cdr
Chasing A Bee single + if you want me to stay & peel session [coney, syringe, fritter, bee]
Car Wash Hair single + coney island [demo] & chasing a bee [demo] & long hidden track
Hum Is Coming From Her cd (which is just Girlfren + So There)
Bronx Cheer single + spider eggs & suzanne peels out & "Pop Rocks + Soda = Kaboom"
Something For Joey single + so there & boys peel [live] & sleepy rivers [live] & ron jeremy inter.
Everlasting Arm single + deadman
Goddess On A Hiway single + rag tag & I only have eyes for you
Delta Sun uk cd singles
Opus 40 uk cd singles
Holes australian cd single
Goddess On A Hiway (re-release) uk cd singles
Deserter's Songs import with bonus disc of "morning becomes eclectic" 11/6/98 (just songs, no int.)
"The Left Handed Raygun of Paul Sharits" (from comp CD) 2m cdr
"Bring in the Year 2000" (Zenith [GH+JD+Jon Ashton], from Suicide tribute) 7m cdr
"The Sun Machine" (from David Bowie Tribute) 5m cd
"It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" (from James Brown tribute) 4m cd
"Cartwheel" (from Japanese SYOTOS) 7m cd
"Endlessly (instrumental)" [****] 4m (vinyl>tape>cdr)
"Trickle Down (clean version)" [****] 5m (original tape>cdr)
Live Session - '99 promo cd 15m cdr (4 live tracks)
"Car Wash Hair" (acoustic 13Nov95) w/interview - Request Audio Files Radio Show #11 cdr
"Tonite It Shows" from XFM live session cd. 6m cdr
"Opus 40" live in Austin, TX 19Mar99 from "Circuit" music DVD [****] 6m cdr (dvd>cdr)
"Opus 40" - from 2 Meter Sessions CD VOL 8. cdr
"Holes" (live Jooles) - from UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED 2000.4 CD. cdr
"Holes" (live in austin) + interview from LAUNCH 28 CD-ROM [**] (cdrom>speaker?>cdr)
Nite & Fog b-sides, 4-track demo
Dark Is Rising b-sides
Little Rhymes b-sides
"Dark Is Rising" (vocal down radio edit) promo cd. cdr
"Tides Of The Moon" (live at Reading 26Aug2001) - NME Exclusives. cdr
"The Saw Song" (live in Austin, 6Dec01) official site mp3 (mp3>cdr)
V2 interview cd. 30m cdr
"In a Funny Way" (Laurel Canyon soundtrack)
"Blue Clouds" (Daniel Johnson tribute)
"Secret For a Song" (Single version, promo)
"When You Wish Upon A Star" - live on Australian TV '99. from Studio 22 cd
"Tenesee Blues" (from vinyl)
"Androgynous" (from vinyl)
Grasshopper with the OCD Bottle Factory - "Back in No Time" from ESOPUS MAGAZINE NUMBER 5 (FALL 2005) free cd
A Camp - "Algebra" (featuring Jonathan Donahue on saw)
Back to Mine - compilation cd put together by Mercury Rev (w/ rare rev track "Cecilia's Lunar Exposé")


1999 TV feature (interview/live clips/Opus 40 video) [**] 12m dvd
music videos: "Car Wash Hair", "Bronx Cheer", "Chasing A Bee", "Something For Joey"(clean, w/kids), "Something For Joey"(dirty, w/kids), "Something For Joey"(dirty, w/mannequins [poor quality]), "Young Man's Stride" (all on dvd)


HARMONY ROCKETS
12/14/95 Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA [*] 30m cdr
7/26/96 Brooklyn, NY, Anchorage '96 [**] 40m cdr
"Ihr Kinderlein Kommet" (track from a holiday comp) 3m cdr
Paralyzed Mind... CD {41:39}
I've Got A Golden Ticket CD (US version) {35:25}


other rev related recordings...
Shady - World cd
Shady - "Micro Dot Bodi Con" (b-side) cdr
Grasshopper - Orbit Of Eternal Grace cd + Silver Balloons b-sides (Japanese import)
XJ6 Donahue - "The Typewriter" (track from Futurismo comp) cdr
Hopewell - Contact cd
Hopewell - Purple Balloon cd
Hopewell - Curved Glass cd
Hopewell - Birds of Appetite cd
Vas Deferens Organisation and Brad Laner - cd w/ Grasshopper, Suzanne, and Jayson Russo
Regular Fries - "Anno Domini (Mercury Rev remix)" cdr
Adam Snyder - When It Comes (solo cd) cdr

--rev wants--
* just about any pre-1998 rev stuff
* 1998-current "A+" quality shows or shows with rare songs / songs I don't have live versions of yet

* Hopewell any good live or radio session stuff






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