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Special Selections

[listen to Vodka Girls]Vodka Girls
Vodka Girls is from a French-only Compilation release from 1994.
[listen to Cowgirl Fever]Cowgirl Fever
Vulgar Jonathan Richman. It's too, too, too much.
Fan Tribute Discs - 2000
Downloadable high-quality MP3s of Jazz Butcher songs as covered by the musician/fans of the jbc mailing list and elsewhere. All tracks with annotation by the Butcher.
Sy Klopps Studio - 13Sep1999
[listen to She's On Drugs]She's On Drugs
[listen to Girlfriend]Girlfriend
[listen to Soul Happy Hour]Soul Happy Hour
[listen to Walk With The Devil]Walk With The Devil

Rough mixes of a practice session recorded at Sy Klopps Studios in San Francisco.

Really Ancient, Frightening Music Videos (very large MPEG video files)

Jazz Butcher -v- Count Dracula (1983)
Spooky (1988)
Girl-Go (1990)

Big thanks to Robert Ferin for MPEG conversion.

KCRW in-studio 24Nov1990

[listen to Crocodile Tears & the Velvet Cosh]Crocodile Tears & the Velvet Cosh
[listen to Chinese Envoy]Chinese Envoy
[listen to Partytime]Partytime

From Deirdre O'Donoghue's SNAP program on KCRW, Santa Monica, CA. Recorded by Martin Stebbing (Rev. Botus Whiteblood Fleming). Pat and Alex duets with lots of chatter.

Live at Lounge Ax, Chicago 17Nov1989

[listen to Hysteria]Hysteria
[listen to Big Saturday]Big Saturday
[listen to Biggest Loudest Heaviest Group Of All]Biggest Loudest Heaviest Group Of All
[listen to Partytime]Partytime
[listen to Moscow Drug Club]Moscow Drug Club

Recorded by David Whittemore.

Live at Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC 26Apr1992

[listen to Still And All]Still And All
[listen to Susie]Susie
[listen to Girls Say Yes]Girls Say Yes
[listen to She's On Drugs]She's On Drugs
[listen to Sister Death]Sister Death
[listen to Racheland]Racheland
[listen to Everybody's Talkin']Everybody's Talkin'

The "1 mile per hour Art Misery tour". Recorded by David Whittemore.

Live at El Macambo, Toronto 9May1992

[listen to Angels]Angels
[listen to Falling In Love]Falling In Love
[listen to Racheland]Racheland
[listen to Somewhere Over The Rainbow]Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Recorded by David Whittemore.

Live at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco 22Sep1997

[listen to Water]Water

Flawless night out for Pat and Max. Recorded to 8-channel digital by David Whittemore.

"Cult Of The Basement" rough mixes and alt takes

[listen to Excellent!]Excellent! - Video clip from the Star Trek episode where the final version's intro sample originated
[listen to King Tut]King Tut
[listen to Pineapple Tuesday]Pineapple Tuesday
[listen to Fertiliser (Yes\, Mantor)]Fertiliser (Yes, Mantor)
[listen to Girl-Go]Girl-Go
[listen to The Onion Field]The Onion Field
[listen to Sister Death]Sister Death

Provided by Martin Stebbing (Rev. Botus Whiteblood Fleming), the session engineer.

The Black Eg (demo tapes)

"l'esprit formidable"

[listen to After Vietnam]After Vietnam
[listen to Drugs Rumble #1]Drugs Rumble #1
[listen to Bel Air]Bel Air
[listen to Mogadon]Mogadon
[listen to Lulu's Dog]Lulu's Dog
[listen to No Answer (In Cambodia)]No Answer (In Cambodia)
[listen to I Will Survive]I Will Survive
[listen to Sexual Taboos]Sexual Taboos
[listen to La Rage\, Le Sarcasme Et La Betise Humaine]La Rage, Le Sarcasme Et La Betise Humaine
[listen to After Vietnam (ambient mix)]After Vietnam (ambient mix)
[listen to Tonight\, You Belong To Me]Tonight, You Belong To Me

As received 20Aug1993


"Peter Murphy"
[listen to Do Ya Wanna?]Do Ya Wanna?
[listen to Filth]Filth
[listen to Coney Island Nightmare]Coney Island Nightmare
[listen to Ezcsta]Ezcsta
[listen to L.A. Stories (gameboy mix)]L.A. Stories (gameboy mix)
[listen to Hypnotic Eye]Hypnotic Eye
[listen to L.A. Stories (metal mix)]L.A. Stories (metal mix)

As received 15Sep1992


The Black Eg
[listen to WHPK (Chicago) Radio Interview]WHPK (Chicago) Radio Interview (42Meg) - 26Jun1992

The Black Eg [a pretty picture]

[listen to Live Debut!]Live Debut! (67Meg) - 1Jun1994 - Soundshaft, London

Includes: Tribute To Asian Youth, Mitropa Express, and Indianapolis 500 Go!

Recorded by David Whittemore.


30 Second Streaming Album Track Samples

[listen to Shirley Maclaine]Shirley Maclaine Up-tempo rocker
[listen to Harlan]Harlan Test your sci-fi references..
[listen to Monkeyface]Monkeyface The Ventures play a greek wedding
[listen to Angels]Angels Big, beautiful powerful art misery tune
[listen to The Best Way]The Best Way Someone tell the manager that chicken is sick
[listen to Caroline Wheeler's Birthday Present]Caroline Wheeler's Birthday Present Elevators and fish
[listen to Cowgirl Fever]Cowgirl Fever Food and sex and sex and food and sex and sex
[listen to Cute Submarines]Cute Submarines Light, fun pop. Concerns sea dwellers
[listen to Domestic Animal]Domestic Animal Concerns your cat
[listen to Drink]Drink The classic Max Eider tune
[listen to When Eno Sings]When Eno Sings Tribute to the great domed one
[listen to Girls Who Keep Goldfish]Girls Who Keep Goldfish We wonder, too
[listen to The Human Jungle]The Human Jungle Result of too much television.
[listen to JB -v- PM]JB -v- PM Suprisingly tastey
[listen to Land]Land What was there before there was the JBC?
[listen to Lulu's Nightmare]Lulu's Nightmare Why a nightmare?
[listen to Marnie]Marnie All he wants is his girlfriend back!
[listen to Nothing Special]Nothing Special Lovely, perfect lyrics. Bring your notebook
[listen to Rain]Rain Early, fun luv song
[listen to Real Men]Real Men About those gold chains...
[listen to Sixteen Years]Sixteen Years Where's the fucking money gone?
[listen to Southern Mark Smith]Southern Mark Smith Just like-a..
[listen to South America]South America Muggers, spiders and a latin beat
[listen to Water]Water Has the elephant had any water? At all?
[listen to Who Loves You Now?]Who Loves You Now? What happens when she leaves, anyway?
[listen to Racheland]Racheland Pain, pain, pain
[listen to She's A Yo Yo]She's A Yo Yo Another up-tempo rocker
[listen to Angel Station]Angel Station The chicken's not coming home
[listen to Ghosts]Ghosts What if they existed?
[listen to Penguins]Penguins There're out there freezing right now
[listen to President Chang]President Chang Fairly correct, in hindsight..
[listen to Rosemary Davis' World Of Sound]Rosemary Davis' World Of Sound Dreamy and lost in 2 or 3 bowls of reverb
[listen to Sweetwater]Sweetwater Pleasant rocker
[listen to Whaddya?]Whaddya? Need a diagram?
[listen to Girls Say Yes]Girls Say Yes Rocking ballad
[listen to Sister Death]Sister Death Dark, smoky bar. There she is! Now, what?
[listen to Almost Brooklyn]Almost Brooklyn Drummachine, deeeeeelay, relationships
[listen to Big Old Wind]Big Old Wind Ancient, charming backyard observations
[listen to Excellent!]Excellent! This is a song we could use a case of
[listen to The Hairbrush And The Tank]The Hairbrush And The Tank Paraody of a David J. tune
[listen to May I]May I (Ayers) Ancient 4-track cover tune, the French parts
[listen to Mersey]Mersey Keyboard & sugar lyrics
[listen to Olof Palme]Olof Palme He's dead, but the populace is healthy
[listen to Peter Lorre]Peter Lorre He's a brick!
[listen to Vienna Song]Vienna Song Lost in luv in a foreign town
[listen to We Love You]We Love You (Jagger) Dance, nothing but.
Misc. Recordings


(varying lengths, MPEG, publisher David Whittemore)

[listen to Biggest Loudest Heaviest Group Of All]Biggest Loudest Heaviest Group Of All Performed in-studio: 26Apr92 - WXYC [image], Chapel Hill, NC
A John Cale tune, but typical of the Butcher's acoustic performance.
[listen to stream] "Unrivaled In The Prairies"
0:06 (48k)
Live between-tune banter - refering to the Highlander Hotel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Uttered: 17Jun92 - Nick's, Birmingham AL
[listen to stream] "Jdete Pryc"
0:15 (116k)
The audience of the Royal Albert Hall in London accosts the JBC with shouting in Czechoslovakian.
From: 4Jun94 - Creation Record's 10th anniversary mega-gig, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

[extra shit] Visitors' recent comments for this page [Read all 21 comments] [Add your own]
i love your music
dkfinancial[at]-remove-hotmail.com - Darcy K, Toronto/Detroit
22Jan2008 8:22 AM (111 days 16 hours ago)
OMFG I can't believe your music is here. Jazz Butcher had a big impact on me in the 80s/early 90s, and I'd put your music up there, in terms of overall quality, with the Smiths and Style Council. I still have all the LPs, so I don't feel bad about d/l MP3s here. :)

I know it sounds daft but your ironic sense of humour makes me think of Ricky Gervais, either in The Office or Extras. Don't know why.

Have a great day!
My Space -Picture
jamiejack1[at]-remove-aol.com - Mike
25Apr2007 9:01 PM (1 year 18 days ago)
Pat,

I just noticed that the snapshot you've chosen for your myspace space was clicked by none other than myself. Great memories of a Chicago boy in NYC to see what was billed as the JBC's swan song. I'm glad it wasn't. Keep on keepin' on...
vids
plasticsoul2001[at]-remove-hotmail.com - PSoul, San Gabriel, CA
29Oct2006 6:44 AM (1 year 196 days ago)
Have my eyes gone all wonky or have the videos disappeared? I thought I would drop by this morning and start my day with a little "Girl Go" visual. No go. Oh well, we will make up for it with all of Basement via the iPod. That will get you going more proper than a bowl of wheaties. I just had a visual of The JBC on a Wheaties box. More collectable than the Mary Lou Retton!
In Bath of Bacon
nataliec26[at]-remove-hotmail.com - Sacramento, CA. USofA
4Sep2005 6:20 PM (2 years 251 days ago)
The comment "...VERY early eighties..." does not mean that In Bath of Bacon was not a great album! If there is no hope of re-releasing this masterpiece can you please make it available for download? I purchased "Draining the Glass" because there are two songs from this album. Not enough though, I MUST HAVE THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!

Kittens are only six inches tall...
good old times
zotenschmied - ratingen, germany
3Aug2005 1:59 AM (2 years 283 days ago)
i haven't come across the jazz butcher for quiet a long time. while surfing around i visited jazzbutcher.com today for the first time.

congratulations, great and informative website.

and the generous audio downloads are marvellous. the music makes me feel good and will accompany we not only for today. later i will get out my old vinyl recordings and have more fun with the jazz butcher and max eider.