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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

Shirley Maclaine Up-tempo rocker
Harlan Test your sci-fi references..
Monkeyface The Ventures play a greek wedding
Angels Big, beautiful powerful art misery tune
The Best Way Someone tell the manager that chicken is sick
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
Cute Submarines Light, fun pop. Concerns sea dwellers
Domestic Animal Concerns your cat
Drink The classic Max Eider tune
When Eno Sings Tribute to the great domed one
Girls Who Keep Goldfish We wonder, too
The Human Jungle Result of too much television.
JB -v- PM Suprisingly tastey
Land What was there before there was the JBC?
Lulu's Nightmare Why a nightmare?
Marnie All he wants is his girlfriend back!
Nothing Special Lovely, perfect lyrics. Bring your notebook
Rain Early, fun luv song
Real Men About those gold chains...
Sixteen Years Where's the fucking money gone?
Southern Mark Smith Just like-a..
South America Muggers, spiders and a latin beat
Water Has the elephant had any water? At all?
Who Loves You Now? What happens when she leaves, anyway?
Racheland Pain, pain, pain
She's A Yo Yo Another up-tempo rocker
Angel Station The chicken's not coming home
Ghosts What if they existed?
Penguins There're out there freezing right now
President Chang Fairly correct, in hindsight..
Rosemary Davis' World Of Sound Dreamy and lost in 2 or 3 bowls of reverb
Sweetwater Pleasant rocker
Whaddya? Need a diagram?
Girls Say Yes Rocking ballad
Sister Death Dark, smoky bar. There she is! Now, what?
Almost Brooklyn Drummachine, deeeeeelay, relationships
Big Old Wind Ancient, charming backyard observations
Excellent! This is a song we could use a case of
The Hairbrush And The Tank Paraody of a David J. tune
May I (Ayers) Ancient 4-track cover tune, the French parts
Mersey Keyboard & sugar lyrics
Olof Palme He's dead, but the populace is healthy
Peter Lorre He's a brick!
Vienna Song Lost in luv in a foreign town
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 24 comments] [Add your own]
just another note to say cheers
kevinbrindley[at]-remove-btinternet.com - kev in kent
22Sep2009 10:39 AM (174 days 8 hours ago)
Dear Sir,
I cant help it but I feel that I have to write again to say thankyou. I have made a cd of the songs available on this site for my car and its great but I would rather pay for an official cd from yourself. Any chance that you might release some more of your material? Maybe a multi cd pack with EVERYTHING!! Interviews, comments, out-takes. Could we not order from this site? Cheers again.
Mind Like a Playground..
stephen.dixon8[at]-remove-ntlworld.com - Stevie Disco Cardiff
5May2009 9:59 AM (314 days 9 hours ago)
Hey Pat,
I contacted you a while back with a JBC query and you personally invited me to a gig, which was an amazing thing to do - thanks for that. Unfortunately, I couldn't go, I was moving house, but I have always remembered the gesture.
I was wondering how would I get hold of releases these days? I'd rather buy them direct from JBC HQ than put the money into the hands of some squalid E-Bay shop merchant. Know what I mean?
Love ya
TSchimmelschmidt[at]-remove-web.de - Thomas, near Cologne
21Jul2008 1:22 PM (1 year 237 days ago)
Hey...last comment dates from january...that still reflects your "popularity"...but I have to say: I'm VERY astonished to see you're still here..and it's a shame you guys do gigs that seldom nowadays...but back in those days, during the 80s & 90s too you were one of the really great underground acts and kinda like a part of the soundtrack for my life at that time. I just discovered this site while "ripping" some old vinyl for my MP3-archive...and have to say: GODD TO SEE YOU'RE STILL HERE :-) Keep on doing whatever you do!

Best regards
i love your music
dkfinancial[at]-remove-hotmail.com - Darcy K, Toronto/Detroit
22Jan2008 8:22 AM (2 years 53 days 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 (2 years 324 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...