This is a listing of live Tom Verlaine audiotapes known to exist. For each tape, the following information is provided: date of performance; location of performance; length of perfomance (in minutes); sound quality of tape (G, VG, EX); source of recording (AU=audience; SB=soundboard; VD=videotape; TV= television; FM=radio); set list.

19811982198419861987
19881990199119961998



10/10/81     My Father's Place, Roslyn, Long Island     VG++      70     AU
Glory / Mr. Blur / Souvenir From A Dream / Always / Down On The Farm / Breakin' In My Heart / A Future In Noise / Penetration / Kingdom Come / Marquee Moon / Yonki Time / Wild Thing



10/19/81     Market Street Cinema, San Francisco     VG+     70     AU
Glory / Red Leaves / Down On The Farm / Mr. Blur / Penetration / Always / Kingdom Come / Breakin' In My Heart / A Future In Noise / Marquee Moon / Yonki Time / Wild Thing / There's A Reason



11/07/81     Scorgies, Rochester     VG+     73     AU
Glory / Souvenir From A Dream / Red Leaves / Down On The Farm / Mr. Blur / Kingdom Come / Always / Penetration / Breakin' In My Heart / A Future In Noise / Marquee Moon / There's A Reason

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1982


05/06/82     The Ritz, New York      EX     95     AU
There's A Reason / Souvenir From A Dream / Coming Apart / Kingdom Come / True Story / Clear It Away / Always / Penetration / Breakin' In My Heart / A Future In Noise / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain / Glory (cuts)



05/22/82    Left Bank, Mount Vernon, New York    VG++    85    AU
Kingdom Come / Mr. Blur / Souvenir From A Dream / Postcard From Waterloo / Clear It Away / True Story / Always / Words From The Front / Coming Apart / Penetration / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain / Glory



05/27/82     Paradise Club, Boston     VG+/++     90     AU
There's A Reason / Souvenir From A Dream / Kingdom Come / Clear It Away / True Story / Prove It / Always / Penetration / Breakin' In My Heart / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain (cuts)



06/04/82     The Ritz, New York      EX     95     SB
There's A Reason / Souvenir From A Dream / Coming Apart / Kingdom Come / True Story / Clear It Away / Always / Penetration / Breakin' In My Heart / A Future In Noise / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain / Glory (cuts)



06/05/82     The Ritz, New York      EX     85     SB
Kingdom Come / Souvenir From A Dream / Coming Apart / True Story / Clear It Away / Always / Penetration / Breakin' In My Heart / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain / Glory



06/12/82     Stocvishal, Arnhem, Holland     VG++      90     AU
Kingdom Come / Souvenir From A Dream / Coming Apart / True Story / Clear It Away / Always / Penetration / Breakin' In My Heart / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain / Glory / Prove It



06/15/82     Lobo Disco, Gothenburg    EX-     90     AU
Kingdom Come / Souvenir From A Dream / Coming Apart / True Story / Clear It Away / Always/ Penetration / Breakin' In My Heart / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain / Glory / There's A Reason / Wild Thing / Prove It



06/23/82     Le Palace, Paris     VG+     45     AM
Coming Apart / True Story / Clear It Away / Penetration / Breakin' In My Heart / Marquee Moon



07/18/82     Old Waldorf, San Francisco      EX-     75     AU
Kingdom Come / Souvenir From A Dream / Coming Apart / True Story / Clear It Away / Always / Breakin' In My Heart / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain / Prove It



10/22/82     Peppermint Lounge, New York     EX-     85     AU
Glory / Souvenir From A Dream / Red Leaves / True Story / Clear It Away / Kingdom Come / Always / Words From The Front / Penetration / Marquee Moon / Days On The Mountain / Prove It / Mr. Blur / Wild Thing

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1984


09/22/84     De Doelen, Rotterdam     EX     30     FM
Kingdom Come / Clear It Away / Miss Emily / Marquee Moon



10/03/84     The Hacienda, Manchester      EX-     75     AU
Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Penetration / Dissolve-Reveal / Glory / Kingdom Come / Swim / Clear It Away / Marquee Moon / Red Leaves / Psychotic Reaction / Wild Thing



10/04/84     Electric Ballroom, Camden, London     EX-     75     AU
Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Penetration / Dissolve-Reveal / Glory / Swim / Clear It Away / Marquee Moon / Kingdom Come / Psychotic Reaction / Red Leaves / Wild Thing



12/21/84     The Ritz, New York     EX-     40    AU
Penetration / Dissolve-Reveal / Oh Foolish Heart / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Penetration / Swim / Clear It Away



12/22/84     The Ritz, New York     VG+     45     AU
Souvenir From A Dream / Let Go The Mansion / Dissolve-Reveal / Oh Foolish Heart / Miss Emily / Clear It Away / Swim / Glory

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1986


00/00/86  London Sessions 1986     EX     55     SB
Sixteen Tulips / The Scientist Writes A Letter / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Caveman-Flashlight / Vanity Fair / ? / One Time At Sundown / Anna / Vanity Fair / Anna / Call Me The / One Time At Sundown

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1987


3/17/87    Bierkeller, Bristol, England    90    AU
Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Dissolve-Reveal / A Town Called Walker / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Bomb / Penetration / Swim / Clear It Away / Kingdom Come / Cry Mercy, Judge / Marquee Moon



3/19/87     Town And Country Club, London     VG+     80     AU
A Town Called Walker / Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Dissolve-Reveal / Bomb / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Penetration / Swim / Clear It Away / Kingdom Come / Cry Mercy Judge / Marquee Moon / Glory / Psychotic Reaction



3/20/87    The International, Manchester, England    EX    90    AU(1)
Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Dissolve-Reveal / Bomb / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Glory / Penetration / Swim / Clear It Away / Kingdom Come / Cry Mercy, Judge / Marquee Moon / Psychotic Reaction



4/22/87    The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London    AU
Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Dissolve-Reveal / Bomb / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Penetration / Swim / Clear It Away / Glory / Kingdom Come / Marquee Moon / Psychotic Reaction



03/26/87     Errol's, Gothenburg      VG+     55     FM



04/03/87     Quasimodo, Berlin     EX-     70     AU
Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Dissolve-Reveal / Bomb / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Penetration / Swim / Clear It Away / Kingdom Come / Marquee Moon / Glory / Psychotic Reaction / Red Leaves



04/08/87     Big Club, Turin     VG++     65     FM
Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Bomb / Dissolve-Reveal / Cry Mercy Judge / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Penetration / Swim / Clear It Away / Kingdom Come / Marquee Moon



04/26/87     The Ritz, New York      VG/+     75     AU
Rotation / Souvenir From A Dream / Dissolve-Reveal / Bomb / Scientist Writes A Letter / Penetration / Swim / Clear It Away / Kingdom Come / Marquee Moon

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1988


08/14/88     Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco (solo acoustic)      VG++      20     AU



11/25/88     I-Beam, San Francisco (solo acoustic)     VG++     60     AU

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1990


05/04/90     Bloomsbury Theatre, London 2nd Show (solo)     EX     70     AU
Kaliedescopin' / At 4 A.M. / Smoother Than Jones / Song / Words From The Front / One Time At Sundown / The Man In The Backyard / Stalingrad / Shimmer / Ancient Egypt / I Am Daylight / The Scientist Writes A Letter / Let Go The Mansion / I Walk The Line / Oh Foolish Heart



04/12/90     Boston (solo acoustic )    VG/+    55    AU
Kaleidoscopin / At 4am / Ancient Egypt / Words from the Front / Smoother than Jones / Stalingrad / Man in the Backyard / Song / I Am Daylight / Swim / One Time at Sundown (cuts) / Shimmer / Scientist Writes a Letter (cuts) /Let Go The Mansion / Glory (cuts)



06/12/90     Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA (solo)     G     AU
Kaliedescopin' / At 4 AM / Song / Smoother Than Jones / One Time At Sundown / The Man In The Backyard / Stalingrad / Shimmer / Words From The Front / Ancient Egypt



06/19/90     Slim's, San Francisco (solo acoustic)      EX     80     AU
Kaliedescopin' / At 4 A.M. / Song / The Man In The Backyard / Judy's Dream / One Time At Sundown / Smoother Than Jones / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Stalingrad / Shimmer / Words From The Front / Ancient Egypt / Oh Foolish Heart / I Am Daylight / Let Go The Mansion / I Walk The Line



09/??/90     Interview at CFNY-FM, Toronto     VG++     20     FM

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1991


09/03/91     Muse Hall, Kyoto, Japan (solo acoustic)     VG     60     AU



09/04/91     Club Quattro, Osaka (solo acoustic)     VG     60     AU

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1996


05/13/96     Viper Room, Los Angeles     VG++      85     AU



06/12/96     Tramps, New York      VG++      100     AU
Kaleidoscopin' / Souvenir From A Dream / Soul Freedom 2000 / Magic Tree / This Tune / Rhyme / Weirded Out / Scientist Writes A Letter / ?? / Stalingrad / Psychotic Reaction / ?? / Clear It Away / ?? / Kingdom Come / Marquee Moon

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1998


06/06/98     Worchester, Massachusetts        G+    30    AU



07/28/98     Bowery Ballroom, New York    25    AU



07/29/98     Bowery Ballroom, New York    55    AU



07/31/98     Bowery Ballroom, New York    55    AU



10/29/98     Bowery Ballroom, New York     EX-     100     AU





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