They Might be Giants Tapes!



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Date Who it is Venue Quality # of Tapes Comments
Frank O'Toole Show 3/19/87

TMBG

Radio show

C

1

6/23/87

TMBG

Pyramid - Richmond, VA

A/A-

40 mins

1984 Pre-Demo Tape

TMBG

1984 Demos

A

20 mins

Demo Tape/1988 NYC Knitting Factory

TMBG

NYC+Demo

A-

1

1988 WQAX Radio

TMBG

WQAX

A-

20 mins

11/25/89

TMBG

Bottom Line, NYC

A-

90 mins

Small amount of hiss
2/21/92

TMBG

Mountain Stage, WV

A/A-

.5

Small amount of hiss
Dr Spock's Backup Band 6/27/92

TMBG

Chicago, IL

A-

60 mins

7/4/92

TMBG

Grant Park

A-

1

9/3/92

TMBG

WFNX 101.7 Radio Concert Broadcast

A

.5

10/5/92

TMBG

?

A-

1

The Day the stage fell down during the famous polka...:-) Sound quality good, but levels a little low
12/31/92

TMBG

TLA Club..Philadelphia, PA

B+/B

1

TMBG Album show!! All the songs from the 1st album in order!!
12/93

TMBG

KROQ Acoustic X-mas

A

25 mins

4/20/94

TMBG

Madison, WI

B

1

10/14/94

TMBG

Live in NY

A

1

10/29/94

TMBG

Irving Plaza, NYC

A-

1

John Henry Show! Every song from John Henry + JH Demos
10/31/94

TMBG

Irving Plaza, NYC

A-/B+

1

Secret Halloween Show!
3/24/95

TMBG

Horzontal Boogie Bar - Rochester, NY

A

1

3/14/96

TMBG

NYC

B/B+

1

Lots of new songs
3/31/96

TMBG

Madison, WI

A-

1

12/14/96

TMBG

Metropol - Pittsburgh, PA

B/B+

90 minutes

2/2/97

TMBG

Idiot's Delight Radio Show

A+

1

Great Interview :-D Really funny
2/7/97

TMBG

Irving Plaza, NYC

A

1

Factory Showroom Show!!
2/21/97

TMBG

Irving Plaza, NYC

A

2

1st part of the show is in the old format...the Johns + Drum machine! With opening act Brian Dewan
8/16/96

TMBG

9:30 Club, Washington D.C.

C+

100 mins

8/29/97

TMBG

Merc Lounge, NYC

A-

.5

Just Flans...good interview, but some hiss, but clearly audible
9/12/97

TMBG

91.9 WNRN Charlottesville, VA

A+

.5

Interview before the concert that night
9/12/97

TMBG

Charlottesville, VA

B/B+

1

10/11/97

TMBG

9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.

B

1

Fun show :-)
10/19/97

TMBG

The Rave - Milwaukee, WI

A

1

11/2/97

TMBG

Godwin Hall - JMU Harrisonbg, VA

B-

1

11/27/97

TMBG

Merc Lounge, NYC

A-

1

12/18/97

TMBG

Merc Lounge, NYC

A

1

1/17/98

TMBG

NPR Interview, This American Life

A

45 mins

Dial-A-Song featured
4/17/98

TMBG

Catholic University, Washington, D.C.

B/B+

1

I was there! To read the review, go here
8/28/98

TMBG

Radio Show 99.1 WHFS

A+

.5

I taped it off the radio myself, fun conversation + songs :-) To read my review of the concert that night, go here.
9/9/98

TMBG

Loveline Radio Show w/special guests TMBG!

A+

1

I taped it off of the radio myself...Truly interesting conversation! hehe :-)
9/27/98

TMBG

Modern Rock Live

A+

35 mins

I taped it off of the radio myself yet again...good interview
10/12/98

TMBG

Cat's Cradle - NC

B/B+

100 mins

bass is a little high, but barely any hiss, a cool show overall, though!
12/10/98

TMBG

WXPN World Cafe Interview

A

20 minutes

12/30/98

TMBG

NPR Interview w/songs

A

50 minutes

4/30/99

TMBG

WBER Interview w/songs

A-

60 minutes

great interview! inc. thunderbird
Hello Recording Club Misc.

TMBG

Various

A+

1

Gunnar and Mathew's Giant Adventure

TMBG

Various

B-

1

TMBG Vol 1

TMBG

various released/unreleased rarities

most A+

1

TMBG Vol 2

TMBG

various released/unreleased rarities

most B/B+

1

Insect Hospital (unofficial)

TMBG

A bunch of mostly unreleased songs

most A

1

all unreleased except for new live tracks that are on STD, but a few ape tracks are better quality than on the actual cd!
The Power of Dial-a-Song

TMBG

many many dial-a-song songs

telephone quality

2 (but I'll trade one or the other at a time)

unreleased songs, DAS versions of released songs (many with totally different lyrics!)