This is a series of soundcheck tracks from the Blasters reunion of 2002. One set is from the House of Blues in Hollywood, dated March 8th. The other set is from two days earlier in San Diego. I discussed with a mod whether to make this one torrent or two, and since the FLAC files fit on one disc, and since the people interested in one set are probably going to want both, I joined them together into one torrent.

The sound on the Hollywood tracks is much better than the sound on the San Diego tracks.

It is great music, but I'd be hard put to call any of the tracks "songs."

As for titles? Forget it. The closest I get is on the one track with a vocal where Phil starts singing "Mystery Train," but I'd rather call it Phil's Yodeling Blues as I think that's more accurate. Howabout "Blue Shadows Instrumental," since there are no vocals and it could be "Blue Shadows?" But it could also be a handful of other tunes that use the same rhythmic structure as "Blue Shadows."

And you know something? I don't care. Doesn't bother me in the least that the tracking is questionable. That's not the reason to listen to something like that. If you've never heard Dave play lead guitar, here's a good chance. If you've never heard how f***ing great the Blasters were as a live band -- Dave, Bill, John and Gene -- give it a listen.

But if it is going to bother you that I'm not going to try to title all 22 Hollywood tracks and 18 San Diego tracks, then pass on the thing.

The Hollywood Set

The Original Blasters Reunion tour played March 7th at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California and March 8th at the House of Blues in Hollywood, California. This disc says it is HOB (House of Blues) soundchecks from the 7th and 8th, so I'm going to assume these tracks are from March 8th. Hard to be sure.

As for a track list, well, there are 22 tracks. As for titles, anybody's guess is as good as what I am offering up.

01. Mystery Train or Phil's Yodelling Blues
02. Hallelujah its Chanukah (talk)
03. Track 3
04. Track 4
05. Track 5
06. Track 6
07. Eventually Dave vocalizing Help You Dream
08. One Bad Stud Instrumental
09. Track 9
10. Blue Shadows Instrumental
11. Track 11
12. Track 12
13. Track 13
14. Track 14
15. Track 15
16. Track 16
17. Track 17
18. Playing with Wipe Out
19. Track 19
20. Track 20
21. Track 21
22. Hollywood Bed Instrumental

The San Diego tracks:

01. High School Confidential
02. Track 2
03. Track 3
04. Track 4
05. Tag Along
06. Track 6
07. Big Road
08. Smokestack Lightnin'
09. Track 9
10. Track 10
11. Track 11
12. Track 12
13. Track 13
14. Track 14
15. Blue Shadows
16. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
17. Tag Along
18. Goodbye Baby So Long

Lineage:

I'm reluctant to call this a reseed because I think I got it in a trade. I took the audio disc, used Exact Audio Copy to rip it to the cd, Trader's Little Helper to turn it into FLAC and there you go. The md5 file is courtesy of TLH.