WHOLE
SHOWS
Here are the Austin Alternatives Archives as they were broadcast
between 1987-1989.
This show was produced in the
basement and ground floor of the old KOKE radio station building at 31st and
Lamar. At the time some easy-listening station occupied the
top floor. Our Austin Flagship Station was Z102, our hostess,
"the voice" Elise stuck with us through 84 national
broadcasts for less money than I would like to note here; bless
her. In our prime we were on 84 stations in the
U.S. and three European networks, including RAI Italy. Keith Ayres
was running Glitch Records and Louis Meyers was managing the Killer
Bees from one of the outside suites. It was a great
hemp-friendly music incubator. Down in the bowels of the
basement I had taken over the studio space previously occupied by
Joe Gracy. The studio had the vibes from many great
recordings when I moved in and, although I did thrash a bit during
the radio show era, I hope I left it the same way. The show
turned out to be a bit ahead of its time - we couldn't find sponsors
for bands with weird names like 10,000 Maniacs and Jesus and Mary
Chain. Natalie probably owns Nike by now.
I would like to thank Keith for his
musical vision that he brought to the show. We were an
alternative music program and I was, to this point, pretty
mainstream. With some of the bands Keith booked I didn't get it at
first. As an example when we booked Sonic Youth, we had to
roll tape without a sound check. I was in the bus behind
Liberty Lunch when the loudest, gnarliest, nastiest audio I had ever
heard erupted from the stage. All the meters slammed in to the red -
I yanked off my headphones wondering what was going on. Keith
came into the bus and said, "Are you getting this?"
"Getting what?" I replied. "THIS!! Its
the show!" he screams. "The What?!"
Had I done my research I would have
gotten it - Sonic Youth was just that: sonic. After a few more
bands like the Dead Milkmen, Fetchin' Bones and the Meat Puppets, I
finally got it. These are great artists doing great stuff - it isn't
all pretty and musical - "pretty music" just wasn't vogue
at the time. But man did it rock.
Other people that need thanking are
the corps of interns from UT and others that crawled in the mud,
blood and beer under the stages to run our snake, who selflessly
gave of themselves keying in radio stations into our database and
would proof our copy. In particular Junda Woo and Jennie
Brasford deserve a special thanks.
Tech Notes"
Digital recording was in its infancy
when these programs were recorded. The recording procedure was
to split from the Front Of House mix to our bus out in the parking
lot out back. The signal was run into a Studiomaster 16x4x2
mixer with a Lexicon PCM60, Yamaha SPX-90 through aux busses and from there to a SONY F-501 PCM converter onto
VHS video
tape. Back in the studio the digital tape was transferred to a
TASCAM-32 at 15ips with a bit of compression inline. The 1/4
track masters were sent to the duplicator and the cassettes mailed
to the stations. All mixes were done on location direct to 2-track.
No safety line, no net, no smoke, no mirrors, and sadly, no
remix. Needless to say some of the recordings are a bit rough
- especially those without a sound check.
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There may be some duplication of
files - some of the artists got "greatest hits" return
appearances. Some of the files are
not
duplicates but utilize footage not used in the first show appearance. More
information about the concerts and sampled shows are being added in the order I find
them in the shoebox . .
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SHOW #2
Glass Eye, February 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of Bar None Records
Fetchin'
Bones, November 1987
Liberty Lunch Austin, TX 31:21
Courtesy of Capitol Records
SHOW #5
Prohibition, October 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Thin White Rope, October 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin TX
SHOW #6
Do Dat, November 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Joe "King" Carrasco, April 1988
Steamboat, Austin, TX
Courtesy of Rounder Records
SHOW #8
The Grandmothers w/Jimmy Carl Black, February 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Claude Morgan/The Blast, November 1987
Buy
It!
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 30:48
Courtesy of OverDue Records
SHOW #9
The Mercy Seat
featuring Gordon Gano, December 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of Slash Records
The
Dead Milkmen, November 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
SHOW #10
Alex Chilton, Part 1, November 7, 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 28:10
Alex Chilton, Part
2, November 7, 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 30:32
SHOW #11
The Rhythm Rats, October
1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 27:49
Courtesy of Glitch Records.
Sleepy
LaBeef, April 1988
Red River Amphitheater, Austin, TX
SHOW #12
The Royal Court Of China, June 1988
The Cannery, Nashville, TN
Courtesy of A&M Records
Guadalcanal Diary, March 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of Electra Records
SHOW #13
fIREHOSE Part 1, May 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of SST Records
fIREHOSE Part 2, May 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of SST Records
SHOW #14
Ponty Bone & The Squeeze Tones, December 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of Amazing Records
Queen Ida & Bon Temps Band, December 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of GNP/Crescendo Records
SHOW #15
Big Guitars From
Texas, January 1988
Antones, Austin, TX
The
Reverend Horton Heat, March 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
SHOW #17
Two
Hoots & A Holler, April 1988
Antones, Austin, TX 28:40
Anson Funderburgh & The
Rockets featuring Sam Myers, April 1988
Antones, Austin, TX 34:00
Courtesy of Black Top Records
SHOW #18
Glass Eye, February 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of Bar None Records
Fetchin'
Bones, November 1987
Liberty Lunch Austin, TX 31:21
Courtesy of Capitol Records
SHOW #20
The
Wild Seeds, March 1988
The Backroom, Austin, TX 27:45
Courtesy of Passport Records
Dash
Rip Rock, May 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 28:10
Courtesy of 688 Records
SHOW #21
Spot 1019, October 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin TX 30:32
Courtesy of Pitch A Tent Records.
Claude Morgan/The Blast, November 1987
Buy
It!
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 30:48
Courtesy of OverDue Records
SHOW #22
Hickoids, Late 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 26:12
Courtesy of Toxic Shock Records
Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, January 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 30:54
Courtesy of Down There Records
SHOW #23
Blue Movie, December 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Courtesy of Good Foot Records
Joe "King" Carrasco, April 1988
Steamboat, Austin, TX
Courtesy of Rounder Records
SHOW #24
The Rhythm Rats, October
1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 27:49
Courtesy of Glitch Records.
Tiesco
Del Rey & The Nutrockers, December 1987
Antones, Austin, TX , 22:39
SHOW # 25
The Killer Bees Part 1, March
1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin Texas 28:13
Courtesy of Jungle/Bee Hive Records
The Killer Bees Part 2, March
1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin Texas 29:09
Courtesy of Jungle/Bee Hive Records
SHOW # 28
Doctor's
Mob, February 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 28:09
Courtesy of Relativity Records
Fetchin'
Bones, November 1987
Liberty Lunch Austin, TX 31:21
Courtesy of Capitol Records
SHOW #29
The Best of The Worst Covers, Part 1
Various Artists at Various Venues, 27:22
The Best of The Worst Covers, Part 2,
29:20
Various Artists at Various Venues
SHOW # 32 (reruns)
Big
Guitars From Texas, January 1988
Antones, Austin, TX
Two
Hoots & A Holler, April 1988
Antones, Austin, TX 28:40
SHOW # 34
Billy Bragg Part 1, Election Time 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 27:03
Courtesy of Elektra Records
Billy Bragg Part 2,
Election Time 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 24:15
Courtesy of Elektra Records
SHOW # 36
The Booze Weasels, July
1988
Antones, Austin, TX 25:21
Anson Funderburgh & The
Rockets featuring Sam Myers, April 1988
Antones, Austin, TX 34:00
Courtesy of Black Top Records
SHOW # 37
Run Westy Run, Early 1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 28:48
Courtesy of SST Records
Invisible Pedestrian, Early
1988
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 245:04
Courtesy of Pampoon Records
Billy Bragg, October 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Jesse Colin Young, November 24, 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX They
Might Be Giants, November 29, 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX Tex Thomas
& The Danglin' Wranglers, November 17, 1987
Liberty Lunch, Austin TX Timbuk 3
Part 1, June 22, 1988
Texas Union Ballroom, Austin, TX Timbuk
3 Part 2, June 22, 1988
Texas Union Ballroom, Austin, TX
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