Straitjacket Fits live on KPFK fm, Los Angeles, 1989-10-21

Borrowed from the wonderful wilfully obscure blogspot co uk. Uploaded because these things are so hard to come by and this one is so very, very good. Will be removed on request -- from anyone.
1. Dialing A Prayer 00:00
2. Seeing You Fled 04:04
3. Bad Note For A Heart 07:59
4. Hand in Mine 12:15
5. Roller Ride 15:25
6. She Speeds 20:00
7. Follow & Fall 25:20
8. Headwind 28:54
9. Quiet Come 33:29
10. Hail 37:57

[@StephenGallagher101]

The greatest guitar band of the 80's. Full stop.

[@ten10strips85]

I've never heard Full Stop, going to check 'em out now, thanks!

[@ten10strips85]

FAAAARRT!

[@chrishayes9453]

No doubt about it. Best live band I've ever seen as well

[@Blackscorpion1963]

I second that. All those in favor say I...motion carried.

[@richardhill6769]

Wicked! I saw straight jacket fits play at the Auckland uni in about 1988.That venue is gone but the memory remains,thanks Shane you f.......amazing queer.

[@mjwarmie378]

When those waves of guitars and harmonies hit, so good live

[@mjwarmie378]

Still Seeing You Fled is a lost gem, so glad I saw them from the first Auckland gig to their very last.

[@shauncollins1611]

RIP Andrew Brough

[@emancipateu5879]

Well U wind me up just to let me go... Straight jackets fits have a legacy they'll be forever 👍👍👍👍

[@rgrant]

Thanks for the upload, just reading Shayne's book and keen to hear them live, I only saw them at the end of their time so this is great.

[@garymcgillivray6217]

She Speeds is an absolute classic song

[@keesvanrijssen805]

I was fortunate enough to witness the whole SJF from early beginnings to the final shows. So talented. NZ music rocked in the 80s and 90s.

[@brianwinkenweder3682]

Thanks for making obscure, still relevant audio recordings of pre-shoe gaze wonders available. Please make all such college radio station live recordings available. They provide a glimpse on real rock from the last two decades of the 20th century. We need to save this era of music.

[@stephenbradley6285]

F- ing brilliant!. Roller Ride ..a relationship ride.

[@smidon]

Andrew Brough has just died. And I found this. What a superb recording. Thank you OP and YT.

[@lovehandles4193]

My 20+ years flirtation with The Chills, and, by affiliation, Flying Nun, brought me here (four years ago). Had the Internet the reach in 1990 (or NZ was that much closer to New England) that it does now, these guys would have been there for me, treasured sounds of my youth, much like REM, U2, and Husker Dü are now. But better late than never at all, right?

[@GBH001]

Thanks for the upload. Very few recordings like this of one of the greatest bands ever. I am mesmerised by shaynes voice and the boys were on fine form here. Thanks

[@jasonthedogcatcher]

Fucking amazing! What a band! The could have conquered the world had they held it together. But, they left us with amazing music anyway.

[@coldanimal5107]

Nothing's forever, so make sure it's good.

[@RustyHistory-l9h]

Wow -- all great songs but the Brough-penned tunes were genius!

[@darinpaterson4403]

Saw them live at the subway in chc when their first ep come out. Was blown away with dialing a prayer and all the songs off the first ep. My later wife showed me the bored games and double happys too. Brilliant band suffering from tragedy for too long

[@JH-kd6hs]

So good. Shane Carter, David Mitchell, Graeme Downes... NZ was ace back in the day if you loved guitar. Wah-hoooooooo!

[@stephenbradley6285]

My route trainer was a speed queen… There’s a real metaphore in that!

[@rosecottagefrance]

I saw these guys for the first time at the Vic Uni Student Union in 1993 and yes they played She Speeds. Good times.

[@emancipateu5879]

I love she speeds. Just listened to it. Brilliant yea. Rock on

[@lindawhalen1325]

She turned me on to the Straightjacket Fits and they were on a lot of my mix tapes of the 80's

[@Kiwiodp]

So much potential.

[@clairetrolove5747]

Wow,I remember!!shane carter?!!

[@dalekboy7]

Dialling a Prayer scorches

[@davecaughley4398]

Awesome, thanks for the upload! Haven't heard this before. =)

[@lindawhalen1325]

I LOVE ANDREA ENTHOL where are you my dearest darling. I have this and other 12 O'clock rock show pieces but the songs she spun WERE THE BEST !!!!! I love you I love you I love you . Did you retire. ?

[@FungusMossGnosis]

I felt so bad when the station went thru its NPR-ification in the late 90s and gave their best shows the ax. 'Enthal was my favorite. I tried emailing her, and she was understandably bitter about it all. I inquired if she had any plans in digitalizing the archives, and I may have phrased it wrong, got back a semi-hostile answer. I just hate to think most of the tapes that defined the better part of my childhood will be lost in the ether.

[@nicks6813]

This band had two legit songwriting geniuses. Each with their own unique voice and style. Grateful for the 2 albums they put out, and a shame they had to part ways with Andrew. I think Bike and Dimmer were great follow on bands, but didn't really compare to the full SJF sound. Shayne grounded Andrew in rock, and Andrew drove Shayne to more complex melodies. Perfect creative partnership.

[@stephcaseymusic]

Thank you so, so much for this.

[@billbaggins1688]

Shoegaze emerged in Dunedin.

[@ten10strips85]

This is so fucking awesome, thanks for the upload. It's a very loose performance, they just roll, heavy, grooved, insouciant.... Great banter between songs as well 8DDD!

[@simac3880]

In their heyday, at their absolute best. Thanks for the upload

[@jimmyjones9670]

amazing live set. never heard this before. i'm trying to get straitjacket fits touring australia next year so searching out all things shane carter

[@john-zr7jb]

AHHHH! please forgive me for ignoring this awesome band back in the day. very influential sound.

[@ten10strips85]

Shit man, we had to pay for it back in the day - probably average out to ~$14 per cd in US - there's no ignoring that. Don't beat yourself up about it.... ; )

[@smidon]

Listening to this again in 2021. Hail contains a remarkably similar opening riff to Sex Type Thing by STP. SJFs were 1st I hasten to add.

[@MrKmanmusic]

2 words.... FUCK YEAH ! Thank you for uploading this brilliant recording. May your day be filled with perfectly ripe avocados and things of good. *** Sorry for the profanity - though I have a feeling you will be okay with it.

[@MrKmanmusic]

+MrKmanmusic P.S - I saw the Jackets live in Brisbane in 1991 supporting The Church. They blew my socks off. I still have and listen regularly to Hail and Melt. I never found the socks.

[@clairetrolove5747]

So pretty!!!!

[@ShawnStevensNZ]

OHHH fucking Wow!!!

[@jimsmint]

How junkstoned does old Carter sound?

[@ten10strips85]

No idea about that, but he's fucking hilarious between songs. Also apparent throughout is that they're hardly able to hear each other - seems lackadaisical or incompetent engineering. The mix sucks, but still love this upload.

[@lovehandles4193]

@@ten10strips85 Well, it was a radio station production, and it was 1989. At least the recording is still here now.

[@MiaogisTeas]

@@ten10strips85 I dunno, Shane sounds like the kinda kiwi douche that I grew up with who makes constant acid remarks. And when someone calls him out for going too far, he just laughs "can't ya take a joke, mate?" They're really tiring to deal with because everyone knows it's because they're insecure.

[@xdef1ne]

@@MiaogisTeas yeah forsure

[@dpapa2175]

cool intro

[@stephenbradley6285]

Better than she speeds

[@lawrencescott2824]

Shaine the Paine