John B Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I know there are a few fans of Fugazi on the board, so I thought I'd post something I just saw. Fugazi records all of their shows and are releasing 20 of the directly. I am very excited about this, as I've wanted some high quality live Fugazi for years and the price they are charging is fantastic. From their website: http://www.fugaziliveseries.com/ "For many years, Fugazi has made a point of taping our live shows. We started out using a simple cassette recorder, moved on to a digital audio tape recorder (DAT) and finally just burned straight on to CDs. Our past attempts at releasing a definitive live show proved fruitless as we could never settle on performances we all felt represented the band at it's best. Instead it was decided that some day we would try to find an easy way to make as many of the tapes available to people as we could. Most shows are on one disc and will be available for $8. Longer sets were put on 2 discs and will be available for $10. This site marks the beginning of that concept - a basic testing of the waters to see what, if any, interest there is. We have digitally transferred an initial sampling of tapes from our archives and for every order we receive, we will burn a CD copy of the show requested using a generic cover with concert information and a track listing. These are very much the original recordings without any attempt to correct for things like volume changes, strange mixing effects, or the occasionally out-of-tune guitar. Though the sound quality on these tapes does vary, if a show was too poorly recorded it didn't make the cut. There will be more shows added as interest indicates and time permits but for now here's twenty. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 WOW. Well, I just ordered one, to test the waters, so to speak. Fugazi was at one time considered one of the best live groups to see, in any genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyd4 Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Hmmm... every time I go to that link, it ends up redirecting me through to the Dischord site - I can't actually find anything dealing with the live releases themselves.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 They must have just done something to screw up the website at Dischord, because I was able to get to the site this morning. It listed 20 shows from 87 to 00, of varying locations around the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 (edited) That must be it, the site was working earlier. If you look at the main page of the Dischord site they provide a link to the live fugazi site. Hopefully they will fix it soon. I printed out all of the info I needed and will be ordering four of the 20 shows tomorrow. Which one did you order, Stefan? as of 4:00 (est) the link has been fixed. Edited April 21, 2004 by John B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyd4 Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Everything except the .mp3 clips now seems to be working fine... looks like I may be ordering some of these, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I have a video of their first concert. Pretty intense stuff. Guy wasn't playing guitar - he just jumped on stage to do a little singing. Sorry, I can't make copies for anyone - I'd like to say I would but I know that in practice I would never actually get around to doing it. I have videos of a few other DC shows too - one where they had a woman singing for a few songs, another that was their first anniversary show (I believe), and another that was outside on a very cold day, near the White House from the time of the first Gulf War. They were all great concerts. I've seen them in person a few times as well. They're good performers. They never seem to get tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I have a video of their first concert. Pretty intense stuff. Guy wasn't playing guitar - he just jumped on stage to do a little singing. Sorry, I can't make copies for anyone - I'd like to say I would but I know that in practice I would never actually get around to doing it. I have videos of a few other DC shows too - one where they had a woman singing for a few songs, another that was their first anniversary show (I believe), and another that was outside on a very cold day, near the White House from the time of the first Gulf War. They were all great concerts. I've seen them in person a few times as well. They're good performers. They never seem to get tired. Their first show is one of the 20 they have up for sale. I might pick it up at some point, but it is not one of my first four choices. I'd love to see those videos someday, but I'm much more interested in the cds, as I'll listen to them a lot more than I would ever watch a video. I've seen Fugazi live two or three times over the years and always had a great time at the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I ordered the DC Sylvan Theater from 93. If this is as good as it sounds, I will definitely order more. While many might prefer Fugazi's early work, their last cd was excellent, and the live date from '99 looks very tempting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I'm ordering the '99 show as well as the Deember '87 show. I'm still trying to decide between shows from '90, '93 and '97 to complete my order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street singer Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 I might have to pick up a few of these myself. I've seen Fugazi twice...once in '94 and once in...'96, maybe? It'd be great to have copies of those shows...especially the one from '94, since that was my first show EVER! Memories, memories... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 Has anyone gotten there copies yet? I grew up in Richmond VA and Fugazi had a big pull. I'll have to check one or two of these out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 Just received my order yesterday. I only bought the Sylvan Theater 93 concert, and it came as a two disc set, with nice tray graphics and track listings. The sound was as I expected -- a bit harsh, but hey, this is a punk concert! Sometimes the vocals or the instruments come and go, probably because they moved away from the mikes. It was recorded from a DAT machine, and overall I am pleased with it. A smoking concert from their heyday. I'll probably go after one of their later concerts next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzypaul Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 I must say, I am very tempted to order a bunch of these...this could be very very cool indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted May 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 up for some air... I received half of my order tonight and have almost finished listening to the 12/28/87 show. The music is fantastic, the sound is better than I had hoped for and it is a blast hearing older versions of Repeater era songs as well as older tunes that never made it to album. I'll be ordering more of these sets in a few weeks. So far this series gets a big from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted May 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 I'm listening to the 10/8/90 show now. The sound is rougher than the '87 show, which surprised me, as this one is listed as being recorded by a radio station. Still a very listenable show. A lot of energy and a lot of fun to listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 up again, as Fugazi has added ten more shows to the list. The newly added second set comprises of the following shows; Gainesville, FL - March 1990, Sydney, Australia - October 1991, Bordeaux, France - May 1992, Washington, DC - August 1993, Kansas City, KA - August 1993, Geneva, Switzerland - October 1999, New Orleans, LA - March 2002, Birmingham, England - October 2002, Leeds, England - October 2002 and London, England - November 2002. The November 2002 show is the last show Fugazi played to date. Time to blow through some of the money sitting in my paypal account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 John - Thanks for the head's up. How do the CDs fare in sound quality compared to the ones from this site? http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-...ollection=etree I doubt we'll see Fugazi live again for awhile. Though I did see Brendan perform with Bob Mould in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 They are a mixed bag on both sites. I have three or four so far from the official site and the quality ranges from excellent to disappointing. One of the sets never gets any listening as the sound quality is a real barrier to my enjoying the show. The 5/7/1999 show in Ireland (vol. 20) is, imo, a dud. 12/28/1987 is fantastic. Great sound quality and a really raw, early mix of songs. 10/8/1990 is a good one, too. The Irving Plaza show at the site you linked to blows all of these away for sound quality, though. I would definitely grab that one if you are a fan and have a fast connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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