Looking to download some live shows...

[Candy Cane]

But I don't know where to start. Are there any legendary live shows essential for any Pumpkin fan? Any live shows agreed by general consensus to be the best?

Thanks in advance.

[soniclovenoize]

Always been my favorites, what I think are "essential" and are all excellent quality. For time constraints, I just listed what I felt are the essential three of each era:

Gish & pre-Gish era:
3/16/89 WZRD Radio
6/16/90 Club De Wash
1/19/92 Paard, Den Haag

Siamese Dream-era
6/29/93 Studio 105 (acoustic show)
8/14/93 The Metro
9/25/93 Brixton Academy

Mellon Collie-era
10/23/95 Riviera
1/8/97 GM Place
6/28/97 Roskilde Festival

Adore-era
1/15/98 Viper Room (Billy solo acoustic, solo James opening)
5/19/98 Lisbon
5/23/98 Shepards Bush

Machina-era
4/23/99 Spreckles Theatre
5/1/00 Electric Factory
11/29/00 United Center

[whywontyoulistn]

Pittsburg '99; an incredibly powerful show from the Arising Tour (band reunited with Jimmy post-Adore/pre-Machina).

http://archive.org/details/tsp1999-04-17.flacf

As for Adore tour, Botanique (Brussels) really sticks in the mind.

http://archive.org/details/tsp1998-05-28.flac16

[redbull]

I recommend these ones:

pre-gish:
http://archive.org/details/tsp1989-03-16.shn
http://archive.org/details/tsp1990-06-16.flac16

91
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp19...7.lateshow.shn
http://archive.org/details/tsp1991-12-31.ecm909

92
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1992-07-23.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1992-09-01.okm.flac16 <-- possibly the best SP in existence. if you get nothing else, get this.

93
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp19....sbd.ana.promo
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1993-08-14.flac16

94
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1994-02-26.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1994-08-28.shn

95
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1995-02-28.flac16 <-- questionable sound quality but this is a GOAT setlist/performance
http://archive.org/details/tsp1995-10-23.flac16

96
http://www.archive.org/details/sp1996-02-06.csb.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1996-07-10.flac16

97
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1997-01-08.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1997-10-18.mk4.flac16

98
http://www.archive.org/details/TSP19..._1998_05_14_FM
http://archive.org/details/SmashingP...8-04.fm.flac16

99
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp1999-04-10.shn
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp19....CSB.M1.flac16

00
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp2000-02-06.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/tsp2000-11-29.shn

don't bother with SP 2/3 live stuff until you've worked your way through SP1

[Shallowed]

Great thread!

[Cool As Ice Cream]

such a thing has never been done!

http://images.wikia.com/simpsons/images/9/9b/Apu-n.gif

[Rocket Launcher]

yeah, redbull sure has a clue what's good. those pre-gish shows are also my favs..club de wash with this fantastic razor > honeyspider > try to try ending is insane..

I would add 1992-07-11 (great versions of rocket, obscured and blue, acoustic show at blackout records) and 1995-08-25 (reading festival, great energy)

[Shallowed]

Originally Posted by Cool As Ice Cream

such a thing has never been done!

Not for a few months at least, no.

[Rocket Launcher]

1988-08-10 at the avalon also, for obvious reasons.

"the reason we don't have a drummer is cause we had a drummer and he fucked everything up you know what i'm saying..."

"this is called armed to the teeth" "see you know it's not"

sadly it's not on the archive (yet).

[Shallowed]

I love that show. I thought it was on the archive, I can't remember where I got it from though.

[redbull]

http://archive.org/details/tsp1988-08-10.sbd.flac16

either billy / quinto had it nuked or someone just screwed up the upload. not sure which

edit - forgot about the no soundboard rule, even though it's actually an aud