The Magnix MMJ Live Recordings Archive Project

[Sleazy Rider]

I wish everyone I knew was as nice as you are Magnix.

[Magnix]

Hey Ger, I have finally got some time to start soaking in some of these early 2000 shows and wow, how great.   I just can't thank you enough.   The radios sessions and intimate shows just sound so great.

Anyway, I was thinking about some of the missing covers that could possibly be floating around out there.  In particular "The End" by the Doors and Welch's "My Morphine" seem to have been played around the time as the following shows in Belgium.  In fact, The End is labeled as being from 12-15-00 at the 4AD which I guess would be the "late show"" considering you have the Belgique listed as the "early show".  Any chance of either of these tracks still showing up?  (Sorry, I'm getting greedy.)

@ The End (Morrison)
12-15-00, 4AD Club - Diksmuide, Belgium  
Jim James solo

@ My Morphine (Rawlings/Welch)
12-?-00
Jim James solo

Hi all, it has been awhile due to celebrating my holidays somewhere away from the computer and the archive ;-)

So now some catching up on reading the forum ... First above question ...

I'm sorry, but I do not have recordings of listed covers. At some point or another they were reported being played and I listed them on my list of covers I maintained back in the day, and which was used to draw the list here on the forum. It took awhile, but in the end I contributed all missing recordings of covers I had. The shows these came from will all be part of the archive ...

Anyways, I'm glad you like most of the volumes so far. Just stay tuned for a lot more to come ...

[Magnix]

Howdy y'all, here's volume 21, and the first of many from the year 2002 to come ...

The Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive Volume 21 (MMMJLRA21)

My Morning Jacket
Exit/in, Nashville, TN
January 24, 2002

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2002-01-24.aud.flac16

                  I'm glad to see that you're getting this one out there, Ger.  Thanks for all of your help and to all of my other Jacket fanatic friends here!   The main thing I remember about this one was that they came out wearing SUITS!!  They were kind of light brown leisure suits, I think.   I don't have any pictures, unfortunately :(
                  They rocked pretty hard.   I was there with my cousin and her husband (who live in Nashville).   They're more into bluegrass but they liked MMJ a little bit!   At the beginning of the show I was kind of in the back by the tables, and there was a lot of talking going on (I think that my cousin-in-law commented in there about how ridiculous it was to try to carry on a conversation in there - it was just so loud!   There weren't a lot of MMJ fanatics there, a few were up front, though.   I apologize now for the "hootin' and hollerin'", as Jim called it, on there.  It's a decent recording, though, and I am tremendously proud (yet surprised!) that they used my recording of Lil Billy from this night on the Demos Package recently.   Those really were fun days.  It was a pleasure to be absolutely Blown Away by a band like that and ultimately being able to sort of get to know them a little bit, at least in a 'hi, how ya doin'?' way on the road when I'd see 'em.  They were a great bunch of dudes, or they did a good job of putting up with me!   As I used to tell 'em "still no punches thrown, no restraining orders issued!" (but I think it was Danny who once signed a poster something like "thanks, Low Dog, for years of support/stalking!"  
                Ger, I don't know if you're just doing MMJ shows, but I Highly recommend the Jim James solo show from the night before if it's out there somewhere available for downloading.  It was a Masterpiece of infinite beauty.   I had out-of-body experiences that night and the only thing I was on was beer and solo Jim!    Have fun and thanks again, everybody!

Low Dog

Thanks for posting your memories Low Dog! I still have all your (long) journals from your MMJ-tours from back then!

As for the solo show from the night before, I have not posted that, because it was and is already available at the Live Music Archive. Else I certainly would have included it ithis project, because I do not limit this to band shows only!

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2002-01-23.Jim_James_solo

[Magnix]

Because you all had to wait a whole month, here are two new volumes of the Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive project!

The Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive Volume 22 (MMMJLRA22)

My Morning Jacket
Troubadour, Hollywood, CA
January 30, 2002

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2002-01-30.aud.flac16

The Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive Volume 23 (MMMJLRA23)

My Morning Jacket
The Galaxy, Santa Ana, CA
January 31, 2002

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2002-01-31.aud.flac16


First and second out of three recordings in the Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive of MMJ's 9-date tour with Eyes Adrift (w/ Curt Kirkwood of The Meat Puppets, Krist Noveselic of Nirvana, and Bud Gaugh from Sublime) between January 28 to February 7, 2002.

Enjoy!

[aMD]

Thanks so much again, Ger!  I was jonesin' for another volume!  This so fun "reliving" the old days and collecting new shows.  

Can I just skip forward a bit and ask if you have 2-28-02 from Headliners?  The anticipation may kill me.  That was the show that they let me and some other friends/fans sit on stage.  I sat right behind Jim.  Please tell me you have that show!

[Magnix]

Thanks so much again, Ger!  I was jonesin' for another volume!  This so fun "reliving" the old days and collecting new shows.

Same here, I mean it's fun listening to this stuff again. For me, these were the days!

Can I just skip forward a bit and ask if you have 2-28-02 from Headliners?  The anticipation may kill me.  That was the show that they let me and some other friends/fans sit on stage.  I sat right behind Jim.  Please tell me you have that show!

No, sorry. From the years up to and including 2004 I have the following Headliners shows: December 21, 2001, September 26, 2003, and September 27, 2003. Since I uploaded the first one recently, all of these are currently available at the LMA.

Other upcoming Louisville shows are: April 30, 2002 @ Jillian's (Jim solo opening for John Mayer), May 9, 2003 @ WFPK Radio for KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic", and a short (approx. 10 mins.) "Etown broadcast" recording from The Palace Theater the same day.

I also have a recording from the Live Lunch performance on December 20, 2002, but that is from a webcast, so I'm not sure yet if I will put it up on the LMA.

[aMD]

same here. those were the days.

thanks for the heads up on what's coming up.  I remember that WFPK/KRCW broadcast and e-town performance vividly.  they should have both been amazing but technical diffifculties screwed up both performaces.  WFPK's monitors went out, i think, delaying the performance and making us look like bumpkins on the LA show.  Then, when he finally started playing the national broadcast system decided to test their emergency weather system.  so folks in louisville only ended up hearing the first half of the first song and the last half of the last song.  then, they had sound difficulties at e-town which duly sucked beacuse it was also their very first performance at the palace (which jim had said he dreamed of playing someday). the performance is uninspired and Jim appearantly left the stage in a huff after the show because of all the problems with the sound.

anyway.  I'm definitely looking forward to the jillian's solo show and the rest of the archive.  thanks again

[Magnix]

The Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive Volume 24 (MMMJLRA24)

My Morning Jacket
Trees, Dallas, TX
February 5, 2002

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2002-02-05.aud.flac16

Another Low Dog recording!

It's being processed to all the usual formats as we speak ...

[George_Savage]

The Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive Volume 24 (MMMJLRA24)

My Morning Jacket
Trees, Dallas, TX
February 5, 2002

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2002-02-05.aud.flac16

Another Low Dog recording!

It's being processed to all the usual formats as we speak ...

  Thanks, Ger, and to all of the tapers and traders.   It's kind of fun to relive my childhood here on the board!   Actually, I was less than two months short of 40 at the time of this recording.   The main thing I remember about this night was that it SNOWED in Dallas that night - a lot for Dallas, too - I think we had four to five inches of snow on the ground by February 6!   And five and a half years later, I still don't think we've equaled that amount since 2/5/02.     I remember getting there early, as they were openers.   Trees was a fairly lousy dump.  The stage was okay, it was pretty big and about 3-4 feet high.  I'd been 'Busted' by yet another overzealous 'security guard' here on April 27, '99 (Old 97's show).   Trees was an anti-taping establishment, for sure.   No matter what the bands said, they had a hard-on for telling their clientele that we were lower than a snake's belly if they were so inclined!  
      Anyway, I went upstairs before the show and I got my gear out  - from a geeky historical standpoint, this was the first MMJ show I ever taped with these new microphones (Sonics Studios, binaurals, D-6-S, I think).   Prior to that I had a standard Sony mike that I had to hold or put up on a stand.  These new ones slipped onto the rims of my glasses (and they still do but much less frequently).   I had these long cords coming out of my jacket and pants' pockets, and a patron of the bar asked me about my mikes after I set them up in the balcony.   He said something like "what are those?" and I was paranoid about getting busted again at Trees and I said something like "they're headphones" and he didn't buy it and he said "let me listen" - I laughed him off, and moved away!
        I moved downstairs and the show started fairly soon after that.   In fact, I think that this is the show that began as I was still in the back trying to get my equipment squared away.    This was the second show I'd taped using these.   I had taped Hank III the night before in Houston.   I remember sitting in my car prior to the Shelton H3 show listening (on cassette) to the solo Jim show from Jan. 23.  It was less than two weeks old and I was still completely blown away by it (actually, I still am!).   Anyway, the show started and Jim has some faux-British accent going on as they go into The Dark (I think, I haven't listened lately).   Forgive me if I'm wrong about his accent or the song!  
         Mainly, they played the same stuff from the Oct 25 show I'd seen in Austin.
War Begun, Picture of You, Just Because I Do, Lowdown, One Big Holiday, stuff like that.    Oh yeh!   I almost forgot - prior to setting up my mikes earlier upstairs, I'd drifted back to the upstairs hangout for the bands.   There was a loft that the bands used that was upstairs.   Tommy was sitting there rolling up a cigarette.    He was the only one there, but I recognized him as a 'Nice Jacket' and I said, I believe, "Are you Johnny?"   He was nice about it, I talked to him for a minute and left him alone.  I didn't see any of the other nice Jackets that night.   Yeh, I'm a freak, but still no punches thrown, no restraining orders issued!"    
         My friend Cheryl (who later shot hundreds of Great photos of this band and many others, once available at yellowchevyluv.net, not sure of it's availibility now) showed up mid-show, I think (unfortunately) I can be heard on this recording talking to her, ugh!    Keep in mind, though, this was the first time the mikes had been so close to my mouth....still, as a taper, it's unforgiveable!    
           Other notes that possibly exist during this show, going on memory - after War Begun, I think, or possibly Picture of You, Jim greets the audience in his usual (for those days) way, "We are My Morning Jacket....all the way from Louisville, Kentucky" (and of course he'd draw it out like"Lou-uh-vull" - it's hard for me to hear talking heads call it "Louie-ville"& I'm not even a native - just going on my son's usual pronunciation - I've become used to the Lou-uh-vull way!)
            And right after Jim says that, this dude in the balcony shouts out  "And You Rock!" - I know that the band was happy to hear that as there were scarcely  50 people in there for MMJ.   The other thing that happened on this night is that Jim comes up to the mike between songs again and calls the band "My Morning Crack Hit" (again, just going on memory, sorry if this is wrong and I should try to find this and listen to it before posting!).   I think that's one of only two or three times I recorded them and he referred to them as MM Crack Hit, which is comic genius in itself.  
                 Well, I am praying that my 1997 computer's browser allows this message to actually go out!   Thanks for reading if you made it through this.   To paraphrase my friend Sitter, "MMJ rUUUUUUUUUUUUUUles!!!" - long live MMJ and the tapers and traders.

Yer pal,
Low Dog
"never were a drawback, always were an asset.."

[BH]

Great story as always low dog!

[Magnix]

Well, it has been almost two weeks since I uploaded volume 24 of my archive project. Meanwhile I have been working on two new volumes (both from 2002), but I have decided not to post them! Why? I tell ya...

These two recordings are from March 13 and the second show from March 14. Both are soundboard recordings. When I started working on these two, I already had doubts on making them available on the LMA. Although the band allows recordings added there, their policy notes (http://www.archive.org/details/MyMorningJacket) mention this: "Don't like the board sound but are cool with aud taping, so bring your mics." Anyhow, it's not 'stricly forbidden' or anything to add soundboard recordings I think. However, when listening to the March 13 recording I (again) understand what they mean. The mix isn't balanced, the vocals sound distant for example, and there's some sort of speaker buzz present throughout the recording. It is very listenable, but there are audience recordings of other shows, which are way way better, and really represent how the band sounds/sounded live.
The March 14 (second show) is another story. Again a soundboard, and again some problems. There's some distortion on the vocals, because the mic was recorded too loud, and there are gaps/cuts throughout the recording. I was able to edit those gaps out, and although they are still audible, it is not as annoying as a short piece of silence in the middle of a song. Besides that there are also quite some jumps, probably caused by bad ripping, or previously 'corrected' gaps, and quite a few pops and clicks. Although this is a very good recording soundwise, all and all it has too many flaws ...
Sorry for this, and I will see/think about if I will make them available otherwise, but as far as the project and the LMA goes, it's a no go.

I will move on to the next date in my archive, which is March 15, 2002, and it's another Low Dog recording ... Stay tuned.

[Magnix]

I will move on to the next date in my archive, which is March 15, 2002, and it's another Low Dog recording ... Stay tuned.

And it will absolutely make up for the two soundboard recordings!

[Kory]

Sounds great Ger, also sounds like you made the right decision on the SBD recordings. Keeping them in not so easily accessible circulation is probably a good idea.

Thanks buddy!

[Kory]

What # should we give this one?

Volume ?? (MMMJLRA??):
My Morning Jacket
University of Louisville, Gheens Planetarium; Louisville, KY
September 08, 2001

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2001-09-08.Gheens_Planetarium

[MyLifeISought]

Planetarium show is FANTASTIC!!! Thanks!!!

[George_Savage]

What # should we give this one?

Volume ?? (MMMJLRA??):
My Morning Jacket
University of Louisville, Gheens Planetarium; Louisville, KY
September 08, 2001

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2001-09-08.Gheens_Planetarium

          "Chills down my spine" - just kidding, I haven't heard it, but I *am* listening to Chills now (what a song!)    I have heard *about* it, and my memory seems to recall that this was a fantastic show but that it was flawed, or certain copies were flawed.   Was there more than one "Planetarium" show out there?    Maybe there were two tapers and one of them had a problem, like a skip or a popping sound?   Maybe a copy got distributed that wasn't very clear.   Anyway, it's a broken record here, but I "still....feeling that I'm getting ill" because I can't download anything.  Hell, I can't download a comma!  (whatever, sorry for the ridiculosity!)   Anyway, are there any of you out there with time to burn it to disc and trade with me?    I figure Dylan/Kory/Dave/Riny/Ger and whomever I forgot are sick of burning stuff for me; consider this an attempt to spread the grief and angst along to some others!   (I'd use a smiley face but my browser won't allow! - trivia:  I bought this computer exactly 10 years ago today!   My mouse still works but doesn't have a rolling bar!    I'm old and in the way....."and loving it!" (Maxwell Smart, '67)    Nuff sed, 'cept bring on another brew, it's probably time for another one.   Long live MMJ and the tapers and traders.

Low Dog
"what Madonna said really helped..."

[aMD]

there definitely were NOT two tapers at the show.  There may have been shitty copies of from the same source but this IS the planetarium.  For the past five years or so there have been 2 mp3s, one for the first set and the other for the second.  This is from the original burn discs, spliced and leveled by our very own datadawg, Kory.  

I'll trade ya for the Bonarroo video, George!

[Magnix]

What # should we give this one?

Volume ?? (MMMJLRA??):
My Morning Jacket
University of Louisville, Gheens Planetarium; Louisville, KY
September 08, 2001

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2001-09-08.Gheens_Planetarium

My first thought is not to give it a number in the MMMJLRA project, simply because it didn't come from my collection. If it is going to numbered within the project, it could be labeled as the Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive Supplementary Volume 1 (MMMJLRAsupp01) ... If there are going to be any new shows from the period already finished, I was planning on something like that as well ... So, please give me your thoughts ...

[Magnix]

The Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive Volume 25 (MMMJLRA25)

My Morning Jacket
Rubber Gloves, Denton, TX
March 15, 2002

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2002-03-15.aud.flac16

Another great Low Dog recording!

It's being processed to all the usual formats as we speak ...

[Magnix]

Currently processed to all the usual formats:

The Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive Volume 26 (MMMJLRA26)

My Morning Jacket
Hi Ho Lounge, New Orleans, LA
March 18, 2002

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2002-03-18.aud.flac16

Low Dog strikes again!