Sunday Live - Camper Van Beethoven turns 25!

Camper Van Beethoven Live at The Fillmore, 6.28.08 (from archive.org)

Camper Van Beethoven played their 25th anniversary show at The Fillmore in San Francisco on June 28th this year. For everyone who, like myself, didn't make it, I'm posting MP3's of the performance that evening. I've only had the pleasure of seeing Camper Van Beethoven once, in 1989 at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. They were the opening band, but unfortunately ended the set early, saying something like, "you just came here to see 10,000 Maniacs anyway." Well, this is an appropriately impressive set, and the band even performed "White Riot," a Clash cover that I've heard about from friends fortunate enough to catch an entire concert. So, here's the CVB silver anniversary show, and listening to it has perhaps made up for what I missed all those years ago. Prost!

[You can download the entire show as a 64Kbps MP3 ZIP or VBR MP3 ZIP file. Also, The Cat Heads opened, and you can find their performance here.]

Here are each of the tracks as VBR MP3 files:
Mad Russian intro
Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Tania
Eye Of Fatima
Cowboys From Hollywood
Shut Us Down
R 'n' R Uzbekistan
The History Of Utah
Sad Lover's Waltz
Ambiguity Song
Mao Reminisces About His Days In Southern China
banter - a kiss and a hit
Militia Song
The Day Lassie Went To The Moon
Club Med Sucks
banter- more nonsense
All Her Favorite Fruit
She Divines Water
Waka
Axe Murderer Song
Good Guys And Bad Guys
Skinhead Stomp
White Riot
(I Was So) Wasted
Tina
Take The Skinheads Bowling
banter - popular songs and eyebrows
New Roman Times
One Of These Days
Turquoise Jewelry
Seven Languages
The Humid Press Of Days
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
(We're A) Bad Trip
Interstellar Overdrive
encore break
encore intro, cake announcement, and band intro
Lottery
The Poppies Of Balmorhea
Where The Hell Is Bill?
encore break
encore 2 intro banter
Devil Song
L'Aguardiente
recordist signout



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