Live on WNYC (August 27, 2008)

Interview with Craig and Tad, songs from the CD are cut out.
Topics include: Stay Positive, touring, earlier work, and the Late Show skit.

1. Interview 1
2. Interview 2
3. Interview 3

Source

MP3s

Stay Postive & Boys and Girls in America Album Commentaries

Boys and Girls in America:
This consists of 1 mp3 file that has Craig Finn talking about each song followed by a clip of the song. This used to be hosted on the THS site, but I can't find it right now, so it has been preserved here.

Mediafire
Megaupload

Stay Positive:
This consists of the introductions Craig and Tad did for the album for the Imeem On The Record segment. 12 mp3's, one for each song and an opening one.

MP3s (8.52mb)

Live on The Sound of Young America ( August 19, 2008)

An interview with Craig and Tad.

1. Intro
2. Interview 1
3. Interview 2
4. Interview 3
5. Interview 4


Source

Mp3s

NPR: World Cafe

01. Interview
02. Constructive Summer
03. Hot Soft Light
04. Sequestered in Memphis
05. Stay Positive
06. Outro

Source

MP3s (16.55mb)

9:30 Club (August 14, 2008)

The Hold Steady
9:30 Club,Washington,DC
8/14/08


DPA(B&K) 4011s(clamped to balcony DFC)->Luminous Monarchs->V2->
Luminous Synchestra Signature XLRs->SD 722 @ 24/96.SD722 ->
CD Wave (tracking) -> Wavelab 5(edit,resample,dither)->
FLAC -> V0 MP3
Recorded and transfered with a little luck by Mark Lynn(mark@ninebullets.org).

01. Intro
02. Constructive Summer
03. You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came With)
04. You Can Make Him Like You
05. Sequestered In Memphis
06. Chips Ahoy!
07. Curves and Nerves
08. Massive Nights
09. Party Pit
10. The Swish
11. One For The Cutters
12. Magazines
13. Girls Like Status
14. Chillout Tent
15. Ask Her For Some Adderall
16. Lord, I'm Discouraged
17. Yeah Sapphire
18. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
19. Slapped Actress
-Encore-
20. Stay Positive
21. Stuck Between Stations
22. Southtown Girls
23. Killer Parties
-2nd encore-
24. How A Resurrection Really Feels

Source with FLAC

MP3 a
MP3 b

The Norva (August 13, 2008)

The Hold Steady
August 13, 2008
The Norva
Norfolk, Virginia


source: B&K4022(xy)>Sonosax>744t (24/48)
location: stand 7.5' inside sbd cage/dfc
transfer744T>wavelab(fades/resample/bit depth)>cd wave>flac>V0 MP3
recorded & seeded: craig davis


01 Intro
02 Constructive Summer
03 Chips Ahoy!
04 Cattle and the Creeping Things
05 Sequestered In Memphis
06 Magazines
07 Cheyenne Sunrise
08 One for the Cutters
09 Milkcrate Mosh
10 Navy Sheets >
11 Banging Camp
12 Joke About Jamaica
13 Massive Nights
14 Party Pit
15 Lord, I'm Discouraged
16 Hornets! Hornets!
17 Don't Let Me Explode
18 Sweet Payne
19 Slapped Actress
20 -Encore-
21 Stay Positive
22 Stevie Nix
23 Your Little Hoodrat Friend
24 Stuck Between Stations
25 First Night

Source with FLAC

MP3 tracks 1-13 (84.05 MB)
MP3 tracks 14-25 (84.35 MB)

Cat's Cradle (August 12, 2008)

The Hold Steady
Cat's Cradle
Carrboro, NC
August 12, 2008

















Recording: Larry Tucker
Peluso CEMC6/CK4 > Fostex FR2-LE @ 24/44.1
Adobe Audition (bit conversion) > CD Wave > Flac > V0 MP3


There is a slight fade-in to remove the music prelude
of Nick Lowe's "And So It Goes".

01 Ask For Adderall
02 Constructive Summer
03 Yeah Sapphire
04 Sequestered in Memphis
05 The Swish
06 You Can Make Him Like You
07 Party Pit
08 Navy Sheets
09 Chips Ahoy!
10 Stuck Between Stations
11 Joke About Jamaica
12 Cheyenne Sunrise
13 One For the Cutters
14 Lord I'm Discouraged
15 Your Little Hoodrat Friend
16 Magazines
17 How A Resurrection Really Feels
18 Slapped Actress
19 -Encore-
20 Both Crosses
21 Stay Positive
22 Most People Are DJs
23 Killer Parties

Source with FLAC

MP3s tracks 1-13
MP3s tracks 14-23

Live on KUT( August 11, 2008)

A live rendition of Cheyenne Sunrise as well as Craig talking about the influence of The Replacements on him.

1. Intro
2. Cheyenne Sunrise
3. Craig Finn on The Replacements

Tracks 1-2 source
Track 3 source

MP3s

40 Watt (August 9, 2008)

The Hold Steady
40 Watt,Athens,GA
8/9/08

FOB DFC AKG 483s->HHB PDR 1OOO->CD->EAC->FLAC ->V0 MP3. Recorded by Chris Pennington, compiled and edited slightly by Mark Lynn(mark@ninebullets.org). Thanks to Jayne for the source discs and to Chris again for getting it done.

01. Constructive Summer
02. The Swish
03. Hot Soft Light
04. Chips Ahoy!
05. Sequestered In Memphis
06. 212 Margarita
07. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
08. Hot Fries
09. One For The Cutters
10. You Can Make Him Like You
11. Joke About Jamaica
12. Barfruit Blues
13. Magazines
14. Southtown Girls
15. Lord, I'm Discouraged
16. Ask Her For Adderall
17. Yeah Sapphire
18. Stay Positive
19. Slapped Actress
20. Citrus
21. First Night
22. Stuck Between Stations
23. Most People Are DJs
24. Ballad of the Midnight Hauler
25. Killer Parties

Source

MediaFire

SkyDrive

Chelsea's (August 7, 2008)

The Hold Steady
August 7, 2008
Chelsea's
Baton Rouge, LA


















Source: LSD2(cardiod :: x/y) + SP C4's > R-4 (24/96)
Transfer: R-4 > Logic Express 8 (mixing/resample/dither) > Sound Studio (tracking) > aif > flac > V0 MP3
Taped & transferred by: jay sayatovic
Seeded by: craig davis


01. Intro
02. Constructive Summer
03. You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came To The Dance With)
04. Chips Ahoy
05. Sequestered in Memphis
06. Cattle And The Creeping Things
07. Massive Nights
08. Party Pit
09. Navy Sheets
10. Banging Camp
11. Modesto Is Not That Sweet
12. Hornets! Hornets!
13. You Can Make Him Like You
14. Magazines
15. Yeah Sapphire
16. Lord, I'm Discouraged
17. Stay Positive
18. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
19. Slapped Actress
20. First Night
21. Stuck Between Stations
22. Southtown Girls

Source with FLAC

MP3 1-13 (77.96 MB)
MP3 14-22 (74.39 MB)

The Parish Room (August 6, 2008)

The Hold Steady
2008-08-06
The Parish Room
Austin, TX

















Taped and transferred by Lee Hart
leehookem21 at yahoo dot com

Source: AKG 483 > Oade Concert Mod Edirol R-44
Location: Mics hung from ceiling, DFC, DINa
Transfer: Edirol R-44 > Soundforge 7.0 (fades, resample, dither) > CDWave (tracking) > flac level 8 > V0 MP3

01 Intro
02 Constructive Summer
03 Hot Soft Light
04 Chips Ahoy!
05 Sequestered In Memphis
06 You Can Make Him Like You
07 One For The Cutters
08 Cheyenne Sunrise
09 Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
10 Massive Night
11 Navy Sheets
12 Banging Camp
13 Joke About Jamaica
14 Don't Let Me Explode
15 Stevie Nix
16 Lord I'm Discouraged
17 Ask Her for Some Adderall
18 Stay Positive
19 Slapped Actress
20 -first encore-
21 Stuck Between Stations
22 The Swish
23 Your Little Hoodrat Friend
24 How a Resurrection Really Feels
25 -second encore-
26 Positive Jam
27 Killer Parties

Source + FLAC

MP3 a
MP3 b