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Sonic Youth - The Jim Years (Live Recordings 2000-2005)

Publication date: 2021-03-16

Topics: sonic youth, fan compilation, alternative rock, indie, noise, music

Sonic Youth

The Jim Years: Live 2000-2005

This is a personal compilation made from fan-circulated recordings from lossless SBD, FM and AUD sources. There is no overlap with the official Sonic Youth Archive releases on nugs.net or bandcamp. I chose from some of my favorite performances across the time period that Jim O'Rourke was a member. Five and a half hours with (almost) no repeats!

Mastering was undertaken to provide continuity. While I wasn't necessarily trying to make it all sound like one big fake show, the intention was that there be no bad edits, abrupt cuts, cut-off notes or stage comments, wild volume jumps, repeated banter (who knows how many times Thurston said "hot and nasty" onstage in 2002? I have some idea) or songs being introduced that you aren't about to hear. Other than that, I didn't try to mess with the sound of the original recordings to any great extent.

There were a few instances where I chose a more interesting performance over a better-sounding one. I highlighted interesting moments of improv wherever I could. Much love and respect to all the tapers who made such great recordings in this era. Sound quality is broadly excellent, with maybe 1 or 2 moments of suboptimal quality.

First assembled in 2017, and circulated privately, now revised (twice) in 2020, so call this v3.0. Included in a separate text file is lineage data for every source used. All files are fully tagged with source data in the "comment" field.

Presented as five "discs" running between 60-80 minutes each

01 Tom Violence - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

02 Drunken Butterfly - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

03 Eric's Trip - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

04 Plastic Sun - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

05 Kissability - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

06 The Empty Page - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

07 Karenology - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

08 Shadow Of A Doubt - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

09 Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

10 Cotton Crown - 2002-08-15 Koolhaus, Toronto

11 Bull in the Heather - 2002-08-03 Tippitina's, New Orleans

12 Candle - 2002-08-27 Fillmore, San Francisco

13 Rain on Tin - 2002-08-27 Fillmore, San Francisco

14 Skip Tracer - 2002-08-03 Tippitina's, New Orleans

15 Sympathy for the Strawberry - 2002-08-03 Tippitina's, New Orleans

01 Improv > Four6 - 2001-06-14 Montjuich 2Sonar Festival, Barcelona

02 1234 - 2003-02-22 Drum Logos, Fukuoka JP

03 She Is Not Alone - 2003-06-27 Central Park Summerstage

04 Making the Nature Scene - 2002-08-27 Fillmore, San Francisco

05 Silver Rocket - 2002-08-27 Fillmore, San Francisco

06 Free City Rhymes - 2000-06-11 Phoenix Center Ampitheatre, Pontiac

07 Nevermind (What Was It Anyway) - 2000-06-11 Phoenix Center Ampitheatre, Pontiac

08 Sunday - 2000-06-11 Phoenix Center Ampitheatre, Pontiac

09 NYC Ghosts & Flowers - 2000-06-11 Phoenix Center Ampitheatre, Pontiac

10 Hoarfrost - 2001-04-22 Syracuse University

11 Lightnin' - 2000-06-23 Tabernacle, Atlanta

12 I Wanna Be Yr Dog - 2000-06-11 Phoenix Center Ampitheatre, Pontiac

13 Kill Yr. Idols - 2003-02-22 Drum Logos, Fukuoka JP

01 I Love You Golden Blue - 2004-07-15 Crystal Ballroom, Portland

02 Total Trash - 2003-06-20 Newport Music Hall, Columbus OH

03 (I Got A) Catholic Block - 2003-06-20 Newport Music Hall, Columbus OH

04 Peace Attack - 2003-06-28 Penn's Landing, Philadelphia

05 Mariah Carey & The Arthur Doyle Handcream - 2004-07-18, Glass House, Pomona

06 Paper Cup - 2004-07-15 Crystal Ballroom, Portland

07 Schizophrenia - 2004-07-18, Glass House, Pomona

08 Dripping Dream - 2003-11-08 ATP, Queen Mary, Long Beach

09 100% - 2004-08-02 Majestic Theater, Detroit

10 Brother James - 2004-07-30 The Rave, Milwaukee

11 Mote - 2004-08-14 Avalon, Boston

12 White Kross - 2004-07-29 Vic Theatre, Chicago

13 Death Valley '69 - 2000-06-20 9:30 Club, DC

01 Teenage Riot - 2004-08-30 Paradiso, Amsterdam

02 New Hampshire - 2004-08-30 Paradiso, Amsterdam

03 Burning Spear - 2004-08-14 Avalon, Boston

04 Disconnection Notice - 2004-08-14 Avalon, Boston

05 Sugar Kane - 2004-08-04 Metropolis, Montréal

06 Dude Ranch Nurse - 2004-08-14 Avalon, Boston

07 Kool Thing - 2004-08-02 Majestic Theater, Detroit

08 Inhuman - 2004-08-02 Majestic Theater, Detroit

01 Sleepin' Around - 2005-08-16 NASA Reykjavic, Iceland

02 Rain On Tin - 2004-10-23 Bridge School Benefit, Mtn View CA

03 Stones - 2004-08-30 Paradiso, Amsterdam

04 Pattern Recognition - 2004-08-30 Paradiso, Amsterdam

05 Unmade Bed - 2004-08-30 Paradiso, Amsterdam

06 Pacific Coast Highway - 2004-08-30 Paradiso, Amsterdam

07 Expressway To Yr Skull - 2004-08-30 Paradiso, Amsterdam

08 Isolation - 2005-10-27 Cité de la Musique, Paris

track notes:

"Sleepin' Around" 2005-08-16: this is the only occasion I know of where SY debuted post-Nurse material with Jim still in the band, and is thus included in spite of fairly poor sound quality.

"Rain on Tin" 2004-10-23: I allowed myself a song repeat for this unique and bracing acoustic version.

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Reviewer: choc e-Claire - - April 22, 2021
Subject: This is great!

Hey, thank you so much for uploading some of these compilations, it's exactly what I'm into! If you wanted to connect to share tapes, projects, etc., that'd be great.

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