Vida

Vida May 29, 1994
D.Q.'s Backyard Memorial Day Barbecue
Redondo Beach, California
Mono Micro Analogue Cassette>Analogue Cassette>CDR>flac
Taped by Cynthia Littleton
Total Time for Both Sets 79:57
Disc One: Set One
Total Time: 41:24
1  Vida Get Ready  5:33  (Troccoli)
2  Maggot Brain  4:59  (Clinton, Worrell)
3  My Cup Is 1/2 Full  4:17  (Cadena)
4  Big Sky  6:27  (Cadena, Bowman, Cicero)
5  Sympathy For The Devil  6:21  (Jagger, Richards)
6  Take A Walk  5:05  (Cadena, Viscarra, Cicero)
7  The Hunter  3:23  (King)
8  Everything  5:16  (Cadena)

Disc Two: Set Two
Total Time: 38:32
1  Black Napkins  7:43  (Zappa)
2  My Cup Is 1/2 Full  4:33  (Cadena)
3  Truck Drivin' Man  3:48
4  Brother Ego  3:54  (Cadena, Bowman, Cicero)
5  Evil  3:14  (Dixon)
6  Buy A New Me  2:51  (Cadena)
7  The Hunter  3:09  (King)
8  Sick And Tired  3:30  (Cadena, Bowman, Cicero)
9  Vida Get Ready  5:47  (Troccoli)

Dez Cadena: Guitar & Vocals
Rick 'Rico Suave' Snyder: Drums & Vocals
Bill Bowman: Bass & Vocals
Tom Troccoli: Guitar & Vocals

NOTES: Another not great sounding tape. It's mono, and lots of hiss. You MAY be able to fit both sets on a single 80 minute disc, but I have the two sets split for seperate discs. There is also a tape-flip on Disc 2 between tracks 6&7, no music was lost. None the less, the best and most fun example of 'Rico Suave'' era Vida I have. 
At this point I had been in the band less than a month, and Rico had been drumming (he originally wanted to sing) for even less time than that! We had a total of maybe 6 tunes in the rehearsal stage, but nothing was actually ready. The rest of the tunes we sort of bluffed our way through. You'll notice it took three different singers to remember all the words to Sympathy For The Devil, and they're still wrong. Buy A New Me is so bad it actually falls apart half way through and is abandoned. Yet all in all it captures the real 'just get out there and do it' that Vida was all about.
Another side note, what is called "Vida Get Ready" here was later wedded to the tail end of Ponce.
D.Q. who was bartender at The Hermosa Saloon invited us and one or two other local bands to entertain at his barbecue for Memorial Day. Figuring it to be a 'practice sesh in front of people' we said yes. It turned into a whole lot of fun for the band, and for  'Hey, these are my friends maaaan' D.Q. as well. 
I do have one or two better sounding examples of Rico era Vida, but none are this improptu, or as much fun. Thanks for your permission to post this one Rico! And hey, thanks for having us D.Q.! You cook a wicked bird!



Vida: Oct. 20, 1994
The Fair City 
Santa Monica, California
SBD Analogue Cassette>Analogue Cassette>cdr>flac
Taped by an unremembered soundman.
Total Time: 54:26
01  Soundcheck Jam  2:52  (Cadena, Hurley, Bowman, Troccoli)
02  Hey Wilma  4:09  (Cadena, Troccoli)
03  Take A Walk  4:56  (Cadena, Visacarra)
04  Big Sky  4:05  (Cadena, Bowman, Cicero)
05  My Cup Is 1/2 Full  4:19  (Cadena)
06  Cosmic Slop  5:16  (Clinton, Collins, Worrell)
07  Everything  5:15  (Cadena)
08  Sleeping In A Jar  2:24  (Zappa)
09  Brother Ego  3:22  (Cadena, Viscarra, Cicero)
10  Love Changes Colors  5:29 (Cadena)
11  Frankie Fontaine  4:07  (Cadena, Hurley, Bowman, Troccoli)
12  Ponce  4:15 (Cadena, Troccoli)
13  Black Napkins  3:50  (Zappa)

Dez Cadena: Guitar & Vocals
George Hurley: Drums
Bill Bowman: Bass & Vocals
Tom Troccoli: Guitar

All words and music copyright 1994 and published 2004, Pru Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved.
EXCEPT Cosmic Slop copyright Bridgeport Music (BMI), Sleeping In A Jar and Black Napkins copyright Munchkin Music.
There is a splice between tracks 10 &11 for the tape flip. No music was lost, though for whatever reason, the second side sounds muddier than side one.
  



Vida: 1994-xx-11 'Pensiveness'
Recorded at 'Billy's Room' Hermosa Beach, California
Produced By Eddie Ashworth
Dez Cadena: Guitar & Vocals
George Hurley: Drums
Bill Bowman: Guitar & Vocals
Tom Troccoli: Guitar

Master Session reel>dat>cdr>flac

Total Time (with bonus tracks) 42:28

01  Brother Ego 3:19 (Cadena, Bowman, Cicero)
02  Hey Wilma 3:45 (Cadena, Troccoli)
03  Take A Walk 4:18 (Cadena, Viscarra)
04  Big Sky 3:23 (Cadena, Cicero, Bowman)
05  Everything 4:59 (Cadena)
06  Ponce 3:21 (Cadena, Troccoli)
07  Frankie Fontaine 4:37 (Cadena, Hurley, Bowman, Troccoli)

BONUS TRACKS: Tom & Dez' original Fostex home demos
Spring 1994
All Instrumentation, (Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards) and Production by Tom and Dez
Analogue Cassette Multi Track>Master Analogue Cassette>CDR>flac

08  Hey Wilma 9:02 (Cadena, Troccoli)
09  Ponce 5:41

Notes: 'Pensiveness' was our first self released cassette only ep. Intended more for demo purposes, it has never been released on CD. Under 200 copies total were ever circulated. The tracks are similar to the versions as released on the full length Vida CD (1995) but are different in many ways. This is a pretty good representation of what the early 'Hurley-Period' Vida sounded like.
The 'Bonus Tracks' were recorded at my apartment in Pasadena California a week apart from one another. Hey Wilma was recorded while a truly fierce electrical storm was whipping itself up outside the apartment, and you can hear the static and interference from time to time. The demos are NOT release quality, but are included here more for historical perspective.
Hope you like the stuff.
Tom Troccoli

All words and music for Tracks 1-7 copyright and published 1994 Pru Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved.
All words and music for tracks 8 & 9 copyright 1994 and published 2004 Pru Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved.

Vida December 5, 1994
KXLU Radio Loyola Marymount University
Westchester, California
Total Time: 40:16
Pre-FM Analogue Cassette>CDR>Flac

1  //Brother Ego  2:45  (Cadena, Bowman, Cicero)
2  Hey Wilma  3:50  (Cadena, Troccoli)
3  Take A Walk  4:56  (Cadena, Viscarra, Cicero)
4  Big Sky  3:24  (Cadena, Bowman, Cicero)
5  Everything  4:21  (Cadena)
6  Keep On Pushing  3:45  (Mayfield)
7  Cosmic Slop  5:25  (Clinton, Collins, Worrell)
8  My Cup Is 1/2 Full  4:13  (Cadena)
9  Ponce  3:20  (Cadena, Troccoli)
10  Frankie Fontaine  (Cadena, Hurley, Bowman, Troccoli)

All words and music copyright 1993-1994 and published 1994 Pru Music (BMI). All rights Reserved.
EXCEPT Cosmic Slop copyright Bridgeport Music (BMI), and Keep On Pushing copyright Curtom Music.

Notes: George's intro to Brother Ego was missing (I figure the cassette was not wound past the leader), and so the set fades in. An okay appearance, with the exception of Bowman blowing Keep On Pushing (in the solo). Another fairly good representation of 'Early-Hurley' period Vida.
Special thanks to Justin Thyme for having us in studio TWICE! This set as well as our 5/5/98 appearance. KXLU is the best!

SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
71121	1994-05-29	D.Q.'s Backyard	Redondo Beach	CA
D.Q.'s Backyard Memorial Day Barbecue > Mono Micro Analogue Cassette>Analogue Cassette>CDR>flac
71116	1994-10-20	The Fair City	Santa Monica	CA
SBD > SBD Analogue Master Cassette>CDR>flac
71114	1994-11-01	'Billy's Room' Studio	Hermosa Beach	CA
'Pensiveness' ep + Bonus Tracks > Master Reel>dat>cdr>flac bonus tracks: Analogue Cassette>Analogue Cassette>cdr>flac
71123	1994-12-05	KXLU Radio	Westchester	CA
Pre-FM Broadcast > Pre-FM Analogue Cassette, CDR> Flac

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