I'm sure you've heard of this by now, but just in case... Wolfgang's Vault is the company that owns and markets the archives of the late Bill Graham (the ultimate rock promoter). They've just opened the Concert Vault - which features 300 full concerts, all of which are 100% free to stream!!
A sampling of the available concerts: David Bowie at Nassau Coliseum in 1976, The Cure at the Ontario Theatre in 1984, Elvis Costello at the Philly Spectrum in 1984, and Hendrix at Winterland in 1968.
A quick check on the forums gives the following little tidbit:
In the next 60 days we will add new functionality to the Concert Vault. For example, listeners will soon be able to create and share their own playlists from our live performances. In the next 90 to 120 days we intend to offer full-concert downloads and, in 180 days we will present never-before-seen live performance video from the thousands of concert videos we have in our archive.
Check out Concert Vault.
Enjoy!
(h/t to Very Short List - if you're not a subscriber, you should sign up today!)
Jon,
Thanks for providing a valuable public service to us hermit crabs!
Mike
P.S. Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Mike | November 22, 2006 at 09:33 AM
Mike,
My pleasure! There is some great stuff on the site!! I was listening to a Van Morrison show last night that was fantastic.
Happy thanksgiving!!
Jon
Posted by: Jon | November 22, 2006 at 09:36 AM
Jon,
Talk about a personal wayback machine! Yeah, I'll be spending a few weeks (elapsed time) listening to things that caught my eye!
Mike
Posted by: Mike | November 22, 2006 at 11:15 AM
Mike,
Yeah, one could spend hours on the site!
Let me know what shows you enjoy!
Jon
Posted by: Jon | November 22, 2006 at 11:19 AM
Cheers for the link Jon. I'l have to check it out. Wonder if the downloads will be free or payable...
Posted by: Christopher grove | December 04, 2006 at 05:43 AM
Christopher, my pleasure!!
I'm guessing it won't be free. It should be and they should make the money on posters and t-shirts. That having been said, there are a couple of shows on there that I'd be willing to pay at least $10 - $15 USD for.
What are you listening to these days???
Posted by: Jon Strande | December 04, 2006 at 05:49 AM
Jon,
I'm listening to loads of (new and old) alt rock/indie stuff at the moment: Sugar, The Long Blondes (their first album has just come out and it sounds great), Interpol, Stereolab, The Wonderstuff, Franz Ferdinand, The Arctic Monkeys...
The current wave of indie has really re-ignited my love of guitar music, and I'm listening to very little electronic stuff at the moment.
And yourself?
C
Posted by: Christopher grove | December 04, 2006 at 12:40 PM
Chris, 'Interpol' and 'Arctic Monkeys' are two of my favorites right now as well. I'm also listening to 'Ok Go' quite a bit (just a fun CD, start to finish). I've also been listening to the new 'Kasabian' quite a bit, there are several great songs on that CD. The other two that I've been listening to a bit are 'The Doves' and 'Blue October'.
Posted by: Jon Strande | December 05, 2006 at 06:38 AM
Jon,
just on the off chance that you read this comment to an old post, th
Posted by: Christopher grove | December 11, 2006 at 01:42 PM
Sorry, clicked too quickly there...
Just wanted to say that I just got the Long Blondes album that I referred to. The group is currently being hyped by the UK press, and it's another case of do believe the hype. Loads of energy. Great album.
C
Posted by: Christopher grove | December 11, 2006 at 01:43 PM
Chris,
Cool - thank you! I'm always interested in new bands, especially good ones (obviously)! :-)
Jon
Posted by: Jon Strande | December 11, 2006 at 06:16 PM