The Speakeasy NYC 1986

R. Stevie Moore
Live at The Speakeasy
107 MacDougal Street
Greenwich Village NYC

Volume One

Saturday, 4 January 1986

SET ONE (45:18)

01. Introduction (3:39)
02. I Like To Stay Home (4:22)
03. Traveling Man (1:57)
04. RSM's Protest Song (2:35)
05. Colliding Circles (3:35)
06. Broken Art (1:54)
07. No Sports (1:00)
08. Little Gust O' Wind (4:45)
09. Fire and Rain (:29)
10. Why Should I Love You (2:21)
11. Shakin' In The Sixties (2:18)
12. Questions (:26)
13. This Wednesday (1:31)
14. First-Hand (4:37)
15. Bigger Than The Beatles (2:38)
16. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (:45)
17. I Wish I Could Sing (2:59)
18. She's Dead (3:14)
19. Horizontal Hideaway (:13)

SET TWO (44:09)

01. Introduction (1:38)
02. Kibbles 'N Bits (3:58)
03. RSM's Protest Song (2:00)
04. I Am The Songwriter (1:16)
05. Colliding Circles (3:45)
06. Broken Art (1:43)
07. Talk (1:27)
08. Kids Are Still (1:13)
09. New Strings (2:45)
10. Zebra Standards 29 (2:00)
11. Such Are The Times (2:13)
12. The All Golden (2:59)
13. Caffeine Boy (1:04)
14. California Rhythm (:50)
15. One Moore Time (2:35)
16. Shakin' In The Sixties (2:08)
17. Little Gust O' Wind (2:47)
18. No Sports (1:19)
19. Pink Litmus Paper Shirt (3:23)
20. You Can't Write A Song (3:04)

Jon Pareles' NY TIMES Review

AMG REVIEW: In January 1986, R. Stevie Moore was pretty close to his peak. 1985's Glad Music had garnered the biggest response so far of his career, and he was beginning the recording sessions that would lead to 1987's Teenage Spectacular, probably his all-around best album. On Saturday, January 4, 1986, Moore played two sets at the Speakeasy in Greenwich Village, a gig high profile enough to garner an approving review by Jon Pareles in the New York Times, which Moore quotes in the liner notes. Both sets are gathered on the two-disc Live at the Speakeasy, 1986, one of Moore's best live performance releases. Moore is in a cheerful, conversational mood, and perhaps recognizing that he's playing for an audience that's not entirely familiar with his material, he resists his usual urge to deconstruct and generally futz around with his songs, delivering straightforward versions of songs reaching all the way back to the early '70s, along with some new material and snatches of a few unexpected covers like Van Dyke Parks' cult favorite "The All Golden." R. Stevie Moore is always best in his one-man-band home recording mode, but Live at the Speakeasy 1986, is an entertaining example of his live persona.
–Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

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Volume Two
Thursday, 27 February 1986 (WFMU night)

SET ONE (full house)
01. Intro
02. Blues For Cathy Taylor
03. I Want Your Mother
04. Norway
05. Treat Me
06. I Need Servants
07. I8
08. Busy Doin' Nothin'
09. Open Your Eyes 'n Close Your Mouth
10. Grammy Crackers
11. Saving All My Love For You
12. A Little Gust O' Wind
13. Always Good To See You
14. Pink Litmus Paper Shirt
15. If You See Kay
16. I Like To Stay Home
17. There's Nothin' As Sweet As My Baby
SET TWO (15-20pepl)
01. Mom And Dad
02. Reefer
03. I Want You To Be Modern
04. Take Off My Clothes
05. There's Nothin' As Sweet As My Baby
06. She's Dead
07. Bachelorhood
08. You Don't Have To Worry 'Bout My Love
09. The Crystal Chandelier
10. Saving All My Love For You
11. Broken Art
12. Have You Seen Me?
13. Every Time
14. Colliding Circles
15. What's Happening?!?!
16. Mom And Dad

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Both Shows
Emceed by Frank Balesteri
Presented by Joe Frye (Fyre Productions)

Lo-Fi Audio
(Monaural)

Speakeasy #3, Tues 2 Sept 1986 (not recorded)

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