LITTLE VILLAGE - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA - June 22, 1992

Saturday, June 18, 2016
Little Village / Warfield Theatre, SF - Westwood One In Concert #92-26
Little Village was a short-lived project by John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner.  They left behind one so-so album and several radio broadcasts.  I know they did a BBC broadcast, a WBCN-FM (Boston), and a WXRT (Chicago), but their most well circulated show is this Westwood One syndicated show from the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.  The show was picked up by European bootleggers in the mid-90s, appearing as "Living Action," "Solar Sex Panel," "Anywhere USA," "On The Border," and "Live San Francisco '92"...and most recently resurfaced as a gray market release called "The Action In Frisco" that's easily available on Amazon.

All of these come from the Westwood One In Concert broadcast.  I've only spotted one single syndication of this show, as an In Concert for the week of June 22, 1992,  but there may be other syndication dates out there as Westwood One usually did more than one broadcast of a show.  

While this is sort of "old hat" with all the multiple versions out there, I wanted a copy of for my archives of the original show and figure someone else might want it, too.  So, here's the original broadcast, with commercials edited out.

The bootleggers listed the date as December 7, 1992, or April 7, 1992.  I'm not 100% sure which is correct, but Little Village definitely played the Warfield on April 7, so that's the most likely date.

Flac files of wavs...unfortunately the cue sheet was missing on this one so all you get is 300 dpi scans of the CDs.

Little Village
Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
broadcast the week of June 22, 1992
Westwood One In Concert 92-26

01.  Westwood One In Concert 92-26 Intro
02.  Solar Sex Panel
03.  Nick Lowe Introduces the band
04.  The Action
05.  Fool Who Knows
06.  Westwood One In Concert 92-26 Break
07.  Do You Want My Job?
08.  She Runs Hot For Me
09.  Don't Think About Her When You Drive
10.  92-26 Break
11.  Memphis In The Meantime
12.  Crying In My Sleep
13.  Westwood One In Concert 92-26 Break
14.  Big Love
15.  Little Sister
16.  Westwood One In Concert 92-26 Break
17.  Half A Boy, Half A Man
18.  Thing Called Love
19.  Westwood One In Concert 92-26 Break
20.  Lipstick Sunset
21.  Westwood One In Concert 92-26 Outro
22.  Westwood One In Concert 92-26 Promo

https://www.filefactory.com/file/37tyhwdza3zd/little%20village-w1-ic-92-26_flac.rar

LITTLE VILLAGE - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA - 04/26/1992

Little Village
(Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, Jim Keltner)
April 26, 1992
Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
FM Broadcast (WBCN), Excellent Quality recording
mp3 @ 256

Here is a gem from the short-lived band Little Village, formed by the all-star lineup of John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, and drummer Jim Keltner in 1992. Unfortunately, when their album was released later that year, most fans were dissappointed with the result. Although a solid album, it just wasn't up to the expectations and high standards set by the talent involved. The songs, which were all listed as collaborations of all four members, were not as memorable as most from Hiatt's (or the other members) recent solo albums. As a result, the group disbanded later that year, and each went back to their own solo work. However, they did tour that year in support of their album, and the tour was much more successful. It is a joy to hear these guys playing together as a band in concert. They are all consumate musicians and just seem to be having fun. For the most part, the Little Village songs also come across much better live than on record, as Ry Cooder's great guitar and slide work is much more prominent in the longer, looser, live versions. And live, the band also gets to do some of their earlier songs from each of their solo repertoires. So, although Little Village was somewhat of a failed experiment for these guys, their live show, as demonstrated here in Boston on one of their last shows from the American tour, was great, and we were fortunate to have had these guys get together for this tour and interesting musical venture. This is an excellent FM recording, probably the best of the recorded versions of Little Village live shows. So, check 'em out, the once and only Little Village.

Disc 1: 66:22
1. Introduction 1:03
2. She Runs Hot 3:57
3. Band introduction by Nick Lowe 2:53
4. The Action 3:37
5. Fool Who Knows 4:31
6. Crazy About an Automobile 6:06
7. Inside Job 5:23
8. Do You Want My Job? 6:36
9. Alone in the Dark 5:42
10. Take Another Look 4:57
11. Solar Sex Panel 4:57 (tape flip during applause)
12. Don't Think About Her When You're Trying to Drive 6:04
13. Memphis in the Meantime 5:28
14. Crying in My Sleep 5:06

Disc 2: 53:54
15: Don't Go Away Mad 5:10
16: Big Love 8:15
17: Little Sister 4:35
18: Across the Borderline 7:39
19: Carter Alan Encore Break #1 1:07
20: Don't Bug Me When I'm Workin' 5:58 [tape flip during applause]
21: Half a Boy and Half a Man 3:52
22: Announcer Encore Break #2 1:00
23: Thing Called Love 7:46
24: Lipstick Sunset 6:11
25: Carter Alan Closing Credits 2:19
Total Runtime: 120:16

https://www.filefactory.com/file/57ndhb2xyfq5/Lttle%20Vllge%2004-26-1992%20%28FM%29.rar

LITTLE VILLAGE / LITTLE VILLAGE

Artist: Little Village
Album: Little Village
Release Date: 1992
Recording Date: 1991
Label: Reprise
Time: 46:24
Styles: Rock & Roll, Roots Rock

TRACKS
       1  Solar Sex Panel    3:47
       2  The Action    3:25
       3  Inside Job    4:17
       4  Big Love    6:26
       5  Take Another Look    3:40
       6  Do You Want My Job    5:36
       7  Don't Go Away Mad    3:39
       8  Fool Who Knows    3:46
       9  She Runs Hot    3:19
       10  Don't Think About Her When You're Trying to Drive    4:33
       11  Don't Bug Me While I'm Working    3:56
All Tracks by Cooder, Hiatt, Keltner, Lowe
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MUSICIANS
 Ry Cooder Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
 John Hiatt Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
 Jim Keltner Guitar, Percussion, Drums
 Nick Lowe Bass, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
 Lenny Waronker Guitar
http://fp.io/cb845m8d/