let us trade. amen.

  • use only maxell xl-II tapes.
  • no high speed dubbing, noise reduction, song cutting/rearranging, etc.
  • mail tapes safely packaged and use jiffy bags/wrappings so my postman won't destroy contents.
  • i'm always looking for upgrades. i will trade for other bands.
  • i might do 2:1's or trade for other things ut-related: photos, mags, videotapes, zines, etc.
  • i have all unbelievable truth releases to date,
      but am always on the lookout for promos and multiple copies of the rarer stuff.
  • don't take forever to mail out your tapes.
  • be honest.

    just email me to work something out.

    looking for: people who taped any of the ut dates in belgium and france.


    * = coming soon (er, eventually)
    ^ = i taped this/master recording
    AUD = audience recording
    FM = radio broadcast
    MD = minidisc recording
    DCD = DAT recording to CD
    TV = tv broadcast
    (RTO) = sorry, rare trade only w/ limited circulation. ask.

    DATE - VENUE, CITY - LENGTH - SOURCE->GENERATION (if known) - QUALITY

    UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH:

    -- *13/12/98 - bloomsbury, london - ?min. - ? - ?
    setlist: higher than reason, finest little space, same mistakes, tyre tracks, stone, settle down, forget about me,
    shed your skin, angel, ciao my shining star, who's to know, landslide, from this height, building, revolution, almost here.

    -- ^05/12/98 - shine, nyc - 58min. - AUD->0 - C (missing 'higher than reason', the first song)
    setlist: (starts abruptly) finest little space, tyre tracks, stone, settle down, forget about me, shed your skin,
    ciao my shining star, who's to know, landslide, from this height, building, hurry, please hurry (w/ mark mulcahy), solved.

    -- ^25/11/98 - new jersey performing arts center - newark, nj - 36min. - AUD->0 - C-/D (*upgrade coming soon)
    setlist: solved, finest little space, stone, settle down, ciao my shining star, who's to know, landslide, from this height, building.

    -- ^24/11/98 - carpenter arena @ the univ. of delaware - newark, de - 36min. - AUD->0 - B-
    setlist: higher than reason, finest little space, stone, same mistakes, ciao my shining star, who's to know, landslide, from this height, building.

    -- ^23/11/98 - stabler arena @ lehigh univ. - bethlehem, pa - 36min. - AUD->0 - C+
    setlist: higher than reason, finest little space, same mistakes, forget about me, shipbuilding, ciao my shining star, landslide, from this height, building.

    -- *13/11/98 - mid-hudson civic center - poughkeepsie, ny - 40min. - DCD->0 - ?
    setlist: ?

    -- ^06/11/98 - pittsburgh civic arena - pittsburgh, pa - 30min. - AUD->0 - C+
    setlist: landslide, from this height, who's to know, ciao my shining star, building, higher than reason, solved.

    -- 23/10/98 (date recorded) 06/01/99 (date broadcast) - chrysler hall - norfolk, va - 35min. - FM->1
    (universal buzz radio - wber 90.1 fm) - B+
    setlist: higher than reason, settle down, same mistakes, ciao my shining star, landslide, finest little space, building, solved.

    -- 28/09/98 - club quattro, tokyo - 74min. - (RTO)MD->1 - B+
    setlist: (second skin - hugo largo song intro) higher than reason, settle down, ciao my shining star, building,
    who's to know, landslide, be ready, tyre tracks, stone, same mistakes, finest little space, solved, shed your skin,
    forget about me, from this height, almost here.

    -- 25/09/98 - club quattro, osaka - 74min. - (RTO)MD->1 - B+
    setlist: (second skin - hugo largo song intro) forget about me, settle down, same mistakes, tyre tracks,
    higher than reason, shed your skin, ciao my shining star, who's to know, landslide, building, stone, finest little space, solved, almost here, from this height.

    -- 15/08/98 - la route du rock festival, st. malo - 45min. - (RTO)FM & AUD - B+
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, same mistakes, building, higher than reason, shed your skin, who's to know, stone, finest little space, solved.

    -- 28/07/98 - horseshoe tavern, toronto - 40min. - AUD->1 - C-
    setlist: solved, settle down, same mistakes, shed your skin, building, higher than reason, forget about me, almost here.
    + soundcheck: settle down, higher than reason.

    -- 11/06/98 - le cafe de la danse, paris - 75min. - (RTO)DCD->1 - A/A-
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, same mistakes (first 3 tracks suffer from horrid fuzz/static, but the rest makes up for it), tyre tracks, higher than reason, dune sea, whose side are you on?, landslide, who's to know, angel, building, stone, finest little space, solved, shed your skin, almost here.

    -- ?/06/98 - hultsfred festival, sweden - ?min. - FM->2 - B+
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, same mistakes, tyre tracks, solved, be ready, shed your skin, who's to know, building, stone, finest little space (cut), higher than reason, almost here.

    -- 20/05/98 - LA2, london - 60min. - MD->2 - B (incomplete recording)
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, same mistakes, tyre tracks, higher than reason, dune sea, whose side are you on?, landslide, who's to know, angel, building, stone, finest little space, solved, shed your skin (cut).

    -- *19/05/98 - the junction, cambridge - ?min. - ? - ?
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, same mistakes, tyre tracks, higher than reason, whose side are you on?, landslide, who's to know, angel, building, stone, finest little space, solved, shed your skin, almost here.

    -- 09/05/98 - concert d'un soir - 75min. - FM (rtl radio, france) - B+
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, stone, tyre tracks, angel, shed your skin, hurry please hurry, higher than reason, be ready, same mistakes, building, whose side are you on?, who's to know, landslide, finest little space, solved,
    almost here.

    -- 07/04/98 - dingwalls, london - 30min. - MD->2 - B (incomplete recording)
    setlist: forget about me, stone, settle down, tyre tracks, building, higher than reason, whose side are you on?,
    dune sea (cut).

    -- 21/02/98 - zodiac, oxford - 40min. - MD->2 - B
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, same mistakes, building, finest little space, angel, stone, who's to know, solved, higher than reason, almost here.

    -- *04/02/98 - the boat race, cambridge - ?min. - ? - ?
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, same mistakes, building, finest little space, angel, who's to know?, solved,
    higher than reason, almost here.

    -- 23/01/98 - the astoria, london - 30min. - FM->1/CDR-1 (radio 1) - B+
    setlist: settle down, same mistakes, finest little space, who's to know, stone, solved, higher than reason.

    -- 14/11/97 - alleycat, reading - 22min. - ? - B-/C+
    set: (cut) same mistakes, finest little space, angel, stone, settle down, higher than reason.

    -- 30/10/97 - ponana, oxford - 37min. - AUD->2 - C-
    setlist: almost here, same mistakes, finest little space, settle down, higher than reason, stone, forget about me,
    who's to know, solved.

    -- ?/10/97 - sound city '97, oxford - 20min. - FM->2 - A-
    setlist: almost here, same mistakes, stone, finest little space, forget about me, solved, higher than reason.



    radio and tv sessions:

    -- 25/11/98 (date broadcast), 28/07/98 (date recorded) - canada am - 8min. - TV->1 - B+
    setlist: intv + solved.

    -- *21(?)/11/98 - wkps 90.7fm penn state radio, state college - ?min. - FM->0 - ?
    setlist: intv + higher than reason, solved, ?.

    -- 15/08/98 - couleur 3, st. malo - 10min. - FM->2 - A-
    setlist: intv.

    -- 03/08/98 - kcrw, los angeles - 35min. - FM->2 - A
    setlist: intv + forget about me, settle down, building, same mistakes, landslide, ciao my shining star.

    -- 27/07/98 - cfny radio, toronto - 17min. - FM->1 - B+
    setlist: intv + same mistakes, forget about me.

    -- *24/05/98 - later w/ jools holland - ?min. - TV - ?
    setlist: solved, building.

    -- 07/05/98 - nulle part ailleurs, paris - 5min. - TV->1 - A-
    setlist: solved

    -- 27/04/98 - black session, paris - 55min. - FM->? - B+
    setlist: forget about me, settle down, stone, tyre tracks, building, (cut) who's to know, same mistakes,
    finest little space, solved (cut twice), higher than reason, almost here, landslide (totally different, quite incoherent lyrics!), be ready.

    -- 22/04/98 - bbc, london (?) - mark mulcahy, accompanied by jason and nigel - 15min. - FM->2 - A
    setlist: hurry, please hurry, in the afternoon, i woke up in the mayflower.

    -- 03/98 - oui fm, paris - 18min. - FM->1 - B+
    setlist: intv + same mistakes, forget about me.

    -- 03/98 - fritz radio, potsdam (germany) - 10min. - FM - B+
    setlist: intv + who's to know.

    -- 22/01/98 - glr fm, london - 28min. - FM - C+
    setlist: intv + same mistakes, forget about me.

    -- ? - rock over london - 4min. - FM->1 - A-
    setlist: same mistakes.

    -- ? - bbc radio 1 session, london - 8min. - FM->1 - C
    setlist: finest little space, almost here.

    -- ?/02/97 - oxygen fm, oxford - 15min. - FM - C-
    setlist: intv + same mistakes, (only the last third of) angel.



    what i also want:
    cat power, hugo largo/mimi, tindersticks, mogwai, bedhead, belle and sebastian, patti smith,
    throwing muses/kristin hersh, sugar, arnold, idlewild, the lucksmiths, pulp, magnetic fields,
    momus, elephant 6 bands, etc.

    non-ut boots:
    miracle legion, mark mulcahy, belle and sebastian, neutral milk hotel, arab strap, elliot smith, radiohead, pulp, etc.
    for now, email and ask about specifics.

    last meager update: 25/05/99