SScotts Janes Addiction Trading Page

szumsteg@pacbell.net

I have traded Janes on and off for a long time, lets face it since 1991 its been quite a bit off except for some Relapse in 1997. Because I was a college kid back when Janes was tromping around the clubs through Lollapalooza, I collected many of these tapes when they were happening, so you may see some low gens..

Now I also collect a ton of bands, and I admit, Janes trading and taping was by far the laziest of any band I ever saw. Many of them were done with poor eqipment for its day (the old Aiwa with an external mic). Many were done by guys under a heavy influence of 'shrooms, dope, whatever so like I say the audio quality is just not that great. There are some exceptions, as always, and you can tell from my list what they are. The difference I think that separates my list from others you will see is yes im an older guy and these tapes were collected when they happened, I didnt "get into" janes in 1997 or discover them five years after they broke up. I got into them in 88 and picked up there tapes as they were happening, so even the crappy ones dont have much if any hiss, there just low gen average recordings.

So with another lineup of Janes embarking on the road again, I am looking for some good quality ones from this year..I will trade on DAT or CDr. I cant see any reason to trade anymore on cassette. If you want something thats on cassette I have no problem burning it to CD...I use a denon 3 head deck in through my Egosys WT2496 digital soundcard to convert stuff to CDR. I also try to avoid "cooking" the tapes and many times go in flat...To many people fancy themselves as master enhancers of tapes, problem is many of these guys just ruin them. So I try to keep that to a minmum if I do it at all. I do not use Noise reduction software as I have still not found one that works without creating artificial noizes or kill the high end.

So here is my list, shows denoted with a * are ones I have already converted to CDR for myself
Janes Addiction

Los Angeles  UCLA  1-22-87   65m   3   u
Los Angeles   USC   2-14-87   60m   9   u
Northridge   MPL   5-2-87  25m    3   u
LaVerne    Club   2-26-87    20m   2   u
* Houston Rockefellers  9-27-87  60m  10  MIXING DESK DAT 0
Fisher   Club      11-9-87    25m   2   u
Houston   Xcess Club     10-11-88   55m   2   u
*Chicago   Cabaret Metro    11-23-88   70    6   u  sample
*Chicago   Cabareto Metro   11-25-88   70   9   MIXING DESK u  sample
* Minneapolis  7th St Entry    11-27-88   55m   6   u  sample
* Cambrige TT The Bears  12-11-88  55m  5 u
* New York  CAt Club   12-14-88   90m    7   2nd
Phoenix  Underground   1-6-89  45m  4.5   2nd
*Phoenix  Underground   1-7-89   60m   6    2nd   sample
Austin   Club   1-13-89   60m   2   u
* New Orleans   Tipatinas  1-16-89   65m   9.5   MIXING DESK 1st
Houston   The Numbers  1-19-89   60m   3   u
Nashville   Club    2-12-89    45m   6   u
Raliegh  Rialto Theater    2-16-89   70m   4.5    u
* Philadelphia  Theater Living Arts  2-20-89  80m  10   MIXING DESK DAT 0
New York    Lamours   2-25-89    65m   6    u
Trenton   Trenton Gardens   2-26-89   70m   4   u
Boston    CitiClub     3-1-89   65m   4  u
Milwaukee  Shock Club   3-11-89   80m    4   u
*Chicago  Riviera Theater   3-16-89    80m   7   2nd    Sample
Minneaoplis  7th St Entry   3-12-89   55m   5   u
Portland  Starry Night (Roseland)  4-14-89  65m  5    u
Seattle  Paramount    4-17-89   75m   9   u
Ottowa  Concert Hall   4-89   45m   9   MIXING DESK u
* Los Angeles  Ford Theater   4-20-89   70m   5     1st
* Los Angeles  Ford Theater   4-21-89   70m   8     1st
*Los Angeles  Ford Theater   4-25-89   75m   4     1st
*Los Angeles  Ford Theater   4-28-89   75m   4     1st
Mt Baldy  Natural Ampitheater    7-7-90   70m    8.5   MIXING DESK 2nd (sharp, but very hissy, just mixed crappy)
London  Brixton Academy   9-22-90   70m   6   2nd
Manchester  Apollo    9-27-90   60m   5  2nd
Nottingham   Rock City   10-4-90    80m   1   2nd
London  Astoria    10-5-90   80m   4   2nd
Amsterdam   Paradiso   10-7-90   55m   7  2nd
* Paris   Elysee Montmarte    10-15-90   60m   8   ADM0  Sample
Hamburg   Market Hall   10-17-90   60m   7   2nd
Los Angeles   Ford Theater    10-31-90    120m   2    u
LaJolla   UCSD    11-3-90   75m    2   u
*Philadelphia   Tower Theater   11-19-90   50m   4   u    Sample
*New York   Ritz     11-20-90    90m   8    u
New York   Rotz    11-21-90    90m    6  4th
Boston   Orphuem   11-23-90   25m   5   u
*Toronto   Concert Hall    11-25-90    70m   7   3rd
Chicago   Aragon Ballroom   11-30-90   70m   4.5   u
Milwaukee   Central Park Ballroom   12-1-90   65m    5   u
San Francisco   Civic Center   12-15-90   80m   4   u
Los Angeles  Hollywood Palladium   12-18-90   80m   4   u
Los Angeles  Hollywood Palladium   12-19-90  75m    6   u
Los Angeles  Hollywood Palladium   12-20-90  75m   10  MIXING DESK CD 1st
*Los Angeles  Universal Ampitheater   2-4-91   90m   8  DAT 2nd   Sample
Austin   Coliseum    2-10-91   70m   5   4th
New Orleans  Muni Auditorium   2-15-91   70m   4.5   VIDEO 1st
Orlando  Fairgrounds    2-18-91   70m    5    2nd
StPetersburg  Civic Arena   2-19-91   70m   6   2nd
Miami   Civic Center    2-20-91    70m     5   2nd
London   Astoria     3-4-91   70m   5   2nd
Nottingham  Rock CIty    3-12-91   70m   5   2nd
London  Brixton Academy    3-15-91   70m   6   2nd
Gent   Voorit     3-19-91   3-19-91   80m   7  2nd
Caneggio  Palasport  3-28-91    65m  6   2nd
Rome  Teatro Tendasice   4-1-91   65m   6   2nd
Madrid   Sala Universal    4-7-91    80m   8   FM 2nd
Washington  GWU    4-23-91    70m   4    u
Warwick  Rocky Point    5-1-91    70m    5   u
Rochester   Arena    5-4-91  70m   5   u
Pitttsburgh  Arena    5-7-91   70m   8    u
*Davenport   Palmer Arena  5-18-91   70m    9   DAT 3rd  Sample
St Paul    Roy Wilkins Auditorium     5-19-91   70m   6   1st
* Salem  Salem Armory   5-27-91     70m    8.3   D3 MASTER
Sacramento   CalExpo    5-30-91   70m   7   D3   1st
* Los Angeles  Laguna Hills   7-21-91    85m   9  MIXING DESK u
Los Angeles  Laguna Hills   7-21-91    85m   6  1st
* Los Angeles  Laguna Hills   7-23-91   85m   9  MIXING DESK u
Los Angeles  Laguna Hills  7-23-91   85m   7   2nd
Los Angeles  Laguna Hills  7-24-91   80m   9   MIXING DESK CD 1
Mountain View   Shoreline  7-26-91   95m  6  1st
*Mountain View   Shoreline  7-27-91   90m   8  1st    Sample
Minneapolis   Fairgrounds    8-1-91    85m   7  2nd
Chicago  World Ampitheater  8-3-91   85m   7  2nd
Detorit   Ampitheater    8-4-91   95m   6   2nd
Mansfield  Great Woods   8-9-91   90m   6   2nd
Stanhope   Field     8-11-91   80m   4   2nd
Stanhope   Field    8-13-91  85m   4  2nd
Fairfax   Ampitheater  8-16-91   90m   10  MIXING DESK CD to DAT
Atlanta   Lakewood    8-18-91   90m   9  1st
Orlando  Phallus Fairground    8-20-91   90m   3   2nd
Enumclaw  Fairgrounds   8-29-91    90m   6   2nd
Honululu  Aloha Tower    9-26-91  80m   8  D6 1st
Honululu  Aloha Tower    9-26-91  80m   9.8  MIXING DESK CD 1

ReLapse

New York Hammerstein  10-30-97  60m INC  8.8  DAT 0
* New York Hammersten  10-31-97  75 PRE-FM DAT 0 (mixed)
* New York Hammerstein  10-31-97  90m   8.8  DAT 0
* Miami Fla  Bayfront Theater  11-13-97  80m  9.0 DAT 0
* Atlanta International Ballroom  11-15-97  80m  9.2 DAT 0
Sacramento CA Civic Auditorium  11-21-97  80m  9.2 DAT 0 (sonics, mertz)
* San Francisco Ca  Enit Feistval  11-22-97 85m  8.8  DAT MASTER (sonics, there are better versions than mine)
* Los Angeles, Ca  Universal Amp  11-28-97  85m  9.2  DAT 0 (sonics)
Los Angeles, Ca  Universal Amp  12-1-97   85m  3  DAT 0 (Hot, Distorted ALD system tape)

Tour 2001

Coming
Worcester (from master)
New York (from master)
Meadowlands (from master)
 
 

You can go here to see my lists of other bands

other notes:

1) I traded a bit back in 97, so some may remember me, and one problem i had in 1997 was my list had a few more shows, but it came to my attention then that some of them went missing probably due to moving about 4 times in 8 years..So this time around before I compiled the list , I actually went through and cross checked all the tapes in my boxes with whats on the list, so hopefully I will not run into that problem this time.

2) I can trade online in SHN format, and give you server access. I am on ADSL so my upload speed usually tops at 14/15 kbps, but I can go down pretty fast if you can push fast..But this is for one to one trades. I do not operate a open server at all, I dont have the drive space for it or bandwith.

3) I trade 1 for 1, I have extremely limited time so I dont do B and Ps, and I dont just blast things out for mp3 conversion. I cant stand MP3, Its garbage, It's a sin to here Eric Avery bass converted to Mp3. I want to get some of this stuff out there, but I want to get something to listen to in return

4) For the DAT heads and people who have come to trading the last couple years, heads up, Janes traders in the old days didnt keep track of decks, mics and whatnot to well..So dont ask what the rig was for the show in 1989 at some random venue, if I knew it I would put it there..Many of the 88-90 shows were sony analog d3 at best. And I dont just lie or make up gens to draw people to my list, some that don't have a generation are maybe not more than 2nd , and have virtually no hiss at all, but I am not just going to guess and lie about it.

5) My ratings are a bit harsh, but again thats relative to other bands I collect, as stated above, some reason Janes tapers were just quite a bit crappier than say Pixies, Cure or U2 at the time..so may see some low grades for shows, but its a relative things. It was hard to ever get a 9 janes tapes in the late 80s as most the PA's they played on where to crappy to be capable of generating that
 

Long live the original Janes Tapers

Mark Wasserman, Sal Espinoza, Eric Denning, Dave Mertz (who I think I still owe a tape) and a ton of guys who I mainly knew as "dude".