“Everybody loves an Ego
Maniac”, The Replacements at CBGB’s, New York City. 12th October
1994.
Set-list:
Disc One: (71:54)
1.
Gary's Got a Boner
2.
Run It
3.
Color Me Impressed
4.
White and Lazy
5.
Takin' a Ride
6.
I Will Dare
7.
Unsatisfied
8.
Johnny's Gonna Die
9.
Favorite Thing
10. 20th
Century Boy
11. Go
12. I'll
Be There
13. Kids
Don't Follow
14. Black
Diamond
15. Kansas
City Star
16. Sixteen
Blue Live
at CBGB’s New York, 3rd June 1984
17. Hayday
18. Favorite
Thing
19. I'm
in Trouble
20. Will
Power
21. Take
Me Down to the Hospital
22. Hey,
Good Lookin'
23. Fuck
School
24. You
Lose
25. Mr.
Whirly
26. Nowhere
Man Dunno
where this is from.
Notes:
Complete show: Yes plus fillers
Musicians: The Replacements v1. But I have no idea
who sings on “Kansas City Star”
CD quality: Fine, seamless copy, with a couple of
sharp edits on the original boot.
Remarks:
A really good performance captured with great sound. All captured from soundboard, except the bonus track 26. A great 8 rating for all apart from the last track. Easily one of my – and everyone else’s - favourite Mats bootlegs. This is what the Foshay Tower site has to say about this –
This CD, as it is commonly available, was mastered
it at the wrong speed, and it is WAY too slow. The band sounds like they are on
quaaludes instead of the usual cocaine and beer. Anyway, through the wonders of
modern sound editing software, I have corrected the speed and restored the Mats
to their normal loud/fast sound. At the correct speed, this disc runs about
four minutes shorter, so I also had room to add a bonus track: a great
rendition of "Nowhere Man" from an unknown date and locale. I have
also corrected the indexing mistake which originally split "Kansas City
Star" across two separate tracks. Overall some nice 84 performances... and
tracks 1-15 especially are probably the best sound quality of any Bob-era
recording I've heard.