Sundays - Brockport, NY 1990 + Leicester, UK 1992

Hartwell Hall Ballroom
S.U.N.Y. Brockport (university) 
Brockport, N.Y.
September 23, 1990

audience recording (sound quality: VG+)

The Sundays: mesmerizing the crowd in NYC

01 Can't Be Sure
02 I Won
03 I Kicked a Boy
04 A Certain Someone
05 Joy
06 What Do You Think? 
07 On Earth
08 Skin and Bones
09 Something Wrong +
10 My Finest Hour
11 Hideous Towns
     encore:
12 Turkish
13 Here's Where 
     the Story Ends

+ SHARER'S NOTE ON TRACK 09: According to some info I found at syadnuseht.tripod.com/suntrivia,
"Something Wrong" was performed live from 1989 to 1992, but never released as a studio recording. The song has also been referred to in the past as "Now", "All I Ever Wanted", and "I Wish". In a recently discovered recording from a 1990 performance in Amsterdam, Harriet clearly introduces the song as "Something Wrong" (as she does here).
 
Leicester Polytechnic Arena
City of Leicester Polytechnic 
Leicester, UK
Dec. 3, 1992

audience recording (sound quality: VG; there's some crowd noise & vocals are a bit distant; but this one's still fine)

01 I Won
02 Can't Be Sure
03 On Earth
04 Medicine
05 My Finest Hour
06 What Do You Think?
07 More
08 Joy
09 God Made Me
10 A Certain Someone
11 Here's Where the Story Ends
12. Goodbye
13 I Kicked A Boy
14 Love
15 Turkish
16 Hideous Towns

Harriet Wheeler: the voice & face of The Sundays

ROB SEZ: Ahh — The Sundays. They were an exquisite breath of musical fresh air in the late 1980s and most of the 1990s. They had a unique-but-accessible sound with a strong pair of leaders in vocalist Harriet Wheeler and her romantic/musical partner, guitarist David Gavurin. After three albums and a clutch of popular singles, they grew weary of the pop music grind and bid farewell in order to raise a family — without dissolving the band. Fans like me harbored fleeting hopes of a return. It became more than a passing fancy a few years ago when the pair revealed they continue to write & record music in their home studio. But we'll have to keep dreaming unless (and until ?) Wheeler & Gavurin actually grace us with new music or live performances. MEGA THANKS to the tapers & sharers, especially Mike, Zeb & Tom for the 1990 recording and nashspacerocket (via darkcircleroom and TJB) for the 1992 recording. OF COURSE there's a mystery bonus share...

FLAC

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Sundays - Black Session 1992 + Atlanta, GA 1997

Black Session no. 17 
Radio Inter
Paris, France
Dec. 15, 1992

FM recording (sound quality: VG+) 

01 I Won

02 Can't Be Sure
03 What Do You Think? 
04 Joy
05 On Earth
06 Medicine
07 My Finest Hour
08 Here's Where the Story Ends
09 More
10 Hideous Towns

Note: an additional song, A Certain Someone, ended the set. A recording of it doesn’t seem to circulate widely, and thus is missing from this post.

Variety Playhouse
Atlanta, GA
Dec. 5, 1997 

Dream Remaster (mega thanks to Colin!)

Custom covers by Tim Barron

audience recording (sound quality: VG to VG+)

01 intro [theme from "Hawaii Five-O"] 
02 banter 1
03 Can't Be Sure
04 What Do You Think?
05 Cry
06 I Kicked A Boy
07 Medicine
08 banter 2
09 Another Flavour
10 banter 3
11 When I'm Thinking About You
12 Homeward
13 banter 4
14 Monochrome
15 banter 5
16 My Finest Hour
17 Goodbye
18 encore break 1
19 She
20 Here's Where the Story Ends 
21 encore break 2
22 Joy
23 crowd / banter 6
24 Summertime
25 encore break 3
26 Turkish
27 Hideous Towns

ROB SEZ: Coupla new things here: a Sundays post and a collaboration with Colin from the fab Dream Remaster blog. For some years, Colin has been posting excellent ROIOS by artists we love — and I recommend you check out his blog if you haven't already (he's got many more Sundays goodies). I obtained a CD-R copy of the Atlanta show, but it was well beyond my meager talents to improve. Knowing Colin's superior skills & appreciation for The Sundays, I pitched the idea to him and he ran with it. Thanks to him, this relatively rare recording is now quite an enjoyable listen. Thank you, kind sir.

FLAC (Atlanta gig in lossless; Black Session in MP3)

MP3@320