Live At The Longbranch and More

Modern Lovers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Last Call Records
• ASIN: B0000DEM9X
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,351 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Someone I Care About

2. Dance With Me

3. She Cracked

4. Hospital

5. Girlfriend

6. Foggy Notion

7. Ride Down on the Highway

8. Pablo Picasso

9. A Plea for Tenderness

10. Walk up the Street

11. Modern World

12. Old World

13. 96 Tears

14. I'm Straight

15. Wake up Sleepyheads

16. Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste

17. Roadrunner

Editorial Reviews

At the outset of his career, Jonathon Richman was considered a radical trailblazer, precociously exploring minimalist rock years before this became a popular pastime. On these early live tracks (recorded '72 '73) before the release of the first LP, Jona.Last Records.2004.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Legendary & Live, July 29, 2003

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Jason Tharp (Wolverine, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live At The Long Branch And More (Audio CD)

This cd is worth it just for "96 Tears" & "Wake Up Sleepyheads", which you can only find here. Throw in the only live versions of "Old World" & "Modern World" out there, & an "I'm Straight" that's different from the one on "Precise M. L.s Order", & it's essential. All in all "Precise" is better for rarities, but until they come up with a "Complete Live Lovers", you must have both. The most interesting songs to me are the cover songs "96 Tears" & "Foggy Notion", which sound like they could've been written by Jonathan & point out the influence that 60's garage rock & the Velvet Underground had on them. What was completely new was Jonathan's lyrics & delivery, which were very influential (the guy from the Violent Femmes is the only one that really came close).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A magic "highway band" in its full majesty..., December 4, 2003

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J. Ball (Paris France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live At The Long Branch And More (Audio CD)

These recordings have been remastered from tapes belonging to Ernie Brooks and it is a shame they were not released before. This is pure rock in progress and the unique chance to catch the young and angry Jonathan with his perfect "highway" band, the Modern Lovers.
Had the world been submitted to those songs when they actually were performed, the story of rock would certainly have taken a different path. None of any marketing undercoverstrategy is present here, this was done before punk era and it is pure fun and passion.
The version of "I'm straight" which is here is my all time favourite, it is raunchy and Jonathan is playing it like a genuine episode of his life. "Wake up sleepy head" with the intro with John Felice, still 16 and a Real Kid to be, is one of those great lost Jonathan anthems. These recordings are essential, and are the perfect match to "Precise Modern Lovers", but for die hard fans it is different and better. "Foggy notion" is the obvious tribute to the Velvets which Jonathan still worships nowadays. In many other songs, the Modern lovers sound like the true followers of the NYC band.

4.0 out of 5 stars great early live recordings, September 21, 2011

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kay, m new york - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live At The Longbranch and More (Audio CD)

great early live recordings by the modern lovers, real garage sounding rock for the early 70s here long before the punk heyday kicked in, this cd appeals to oldschool punk rockers, garage rock fans and of coarse modern lovers fans alike. the modern lovers w/ mr richmond of coarse where always a tough act to follow, i think he will always be remembered for roadrunner, im straight and walk up the street, its hard to belive its been 35 years since the first modern lovers official release came out in 1976, class act rock n roll here.