and the blackest thing in harlem is white: the patti smith group executing 26 versions of (we're gonna have) (a) real good time (together) between 1974 and 1977

 

gored mournink, am=ericka! this is the original classic patti smith group execoutioneering 26 versions of a wombatourful great song of the late=layed velvet underground called (we're gonna have) (a) real good time (together) at various places between 1974 and 1977!

please note: most of the music in this=here blog has been deleted by some fnording idiots; but by the time being all files in this=here post are available. please enjoy.

the patti smith group of course were patti smith on vocals (and guitars and keyboreds whenever she thought an aesthetic intervention was necessary), lenny kaye on guitars and bass, ivan kral on bass and guitars, jay dee daugherty on drums, and richard sohl on keybroads. 

 

though some of the following tracks of course are part of my very own record collection, i must admit that i found most of the tracks on the wonderful sugarmegs server that is offering litterallye thousands of live concerts by the likes of the grateful dead, the beatles, the kinks, bob dylan, the ramones, the velvet underground, pink floyd and the stooges, to name but a few.

so here we go:

01 - 1975-05-28 / new york / wbai studio / fm broadcast
02 - 1976-03-31 / new york / avery fisher hall
03 - 1976-01-16 / washington / cellar door / king biscuit flower hour / late show (listen directly)
04 - 1976-05-17 / london / roundhouse
05 - 1976-02-15 / san francisco / boarding house
06 - 1975-12-26 / new york / bottom line / late show
07 - 1976-12-27 / new york / bottom line
08 - 1974-??-?? / new york / cbgb
09 - 1977-09-05 / philadelphia / penn's landing
10 - 1976-01-03 / stockholm / konserthus (listen directly)
11 - 1975-12-27 / new york / bottom line / wnew fm broadcast
12 - 1976-11-26 / new york / bottom line / late show / with john cale and bruce springsteen
13 - 1976-01-09 / boston / jazz workshop / wbcn fm broadcast
14 - 1977-07-26 / scarsdale, ny / syncopation club
15 - 1976-02-15 / san francisco / boarding house / almost the same version as 05; sorry
16 - 1976-01-16 / washington / cellar door / king biscuit flower hour / early show (listen directly)
17 - 1976-05-12 / copenhagen / daddy's dance hall
18 - 1976-09-23 / hempstead, ny / hofstra university
19 - 1977-12-31 / new york / cbgb (listen directly)
20 - 1976-12-12 / detroit / masonic temple
21 - 1976-12-26 / new york / bottom line / early show
22 - 1978-03-07 / copenhagen / daddy's dance hall
23 - 1976-10-05 / east lansing, mi / silver dollar saloon
24 - 1975-12-20 / philadelphia, pa / bijou café (listen directly)
25 - 1976-03-27 / upper darby, pa / tower theatre / wmmr fm broadcast
26 - 1975-04-17 / new york / cbgb


download (we're gonna have) (a) real good time (together)
(mp3 / all scans included except for the tracklist for a lot of reasons / direct download)