Guided by Voices
Khyber Pass
Philadelphia, PA
8/6/94

Bee Thousand Tour

audience recording - handheld recorder (Mitch's side)

cass > ? > CDr(2) > EAC secure > Flac 

01) Shocker in Gloomtown (cuts in)
02) Striped White Jets
03) Exit Flagger
04) I am a Scientist
05) Tractor Rape Chain
06) Just for a Moment (Ultravox cover)
07) Smothered in Hugs
08) Drinker's Peace
09) Break Even
10) Pimple Zoo
11) Non-Absorbing
12) (beginning cut due to tape flip) Cruise
13) Unleashed: the Large Hearted Boy
14) Weed King
15) Blatant Doom Trip
16) Lethargy
17) My Impression Now
18) Expecting Brainchild

lineup was:

Bob Pollard: v
Mitch Mitchell: g
Tobin Sprout: g, v
Dan Toohey: b
Kevin Fennel: d

Anaz-notes:

The excavation into the not-that-distant, yet still strangely murky early history of GbV's first steps out of Ohio continues with the (re)discovery of their second-ever Philadelphia show!  This show was provided by the legendary Revelogic, who got it from the taper as a housewarming gift.  This show is previously uncirculated, and seems to have been forgotten entirely until now.

The performance and recording are both raw and rockin'.  The performance is really well captured, but, based on the nature of the recording, it is, to say the least, crusty.  The most notable problem is an occassional minor fluctuation in tape speed/pitch.  The "perspective" tends to shift a bit too. The track transitions were occassionally a little rough: it's that way on the master.  Turn it up loud! 

No self-respecting fan is going to want to miss this.  It is a great discovery and a crucial missing link in the live history of GbV.  A couple songs here were almost entirely unknown in the GbV live canon until now: 

-a way-out-of-left-field rendition of Ultravox's "Just for a Moment"... (gbv.com webmaster/head Rockathon guy RichT: "Bob recalls that they used to do that song sometimes...He said that he loved that song and he can't wait to hear this tape!")

-the debut live recording of Blatant Doom Trip!!!


Enjoy!


notes from Rev:

-When the Geebs play "Pimple Zoo", Bob references the fact that it's the 2nd time they played the song - "We're gonna do the first song we did one more time" - I asked the taper if he had any idea if he missed that first song played that night (or any other songs) and he had no clue.  Twelve f'in years ago...

-there appears to be a small gap at the intro to "Cruise" 

-Bob introduces "Kicker of Elves" and "14 Cheerleader Coldfront", but it seems like they detour into playing other songs instead, rather than those songs being performed and missing from the master tape.