Bust

Check out http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php

You can download shows from all the artists listed below. The # of shows on the site follows the artist name. New shows are added almost every day.

I've been having TONS of fun with this.

Don't miss the 15 Tenacious D shows, especially Sept. 28, 2001 with 3 songs, including the encore of the Beatles medley with Page McConnell of Phish


1000 vertical ft. (2)

Adam Brodsky (2)

Addison Groove Project (5)

Agents of Good Roots (9)

Ancient Harmony (22)

Annie Bethancourt (2)

Ari Hest (19)

Ashphunk (1)

Assembly of Dust (7)

Barefoot Manner (5)

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (28)

Big In Japan (3)

Big Smith (2)

Bloodkin (6)

Blueground Undergrass (1)

Bockman's Euphio (31)

Bockman's Euphio and Speakeasy (1)

Bonnaroo Superjam (1)

Brothers Past (7)

Burt Neilson Band (2)

Carbon Leaf (36)

Cast Iron Filter (5)

Cecilia (4)

Charlie Hunter (8)

Circadian (4)

Cowboy Junkies (1)

da Lemmings Onsombol (3)

Danny Hutchens (2)

Dark Star Orchestra (32)

Day By the River (17)

Del McCoury Band (12)

Derek Trucks Band (24)

DJ Logic (6)

Dr. Didg (8)

Eddie From Ohio (11)

Ekoostik Hookah (13)

emmet swimming (6)

Everything (4)

Fat Chelsea (1)

Flipoff Pirates (4)

Fooling April (2)

Gabe Dixon Band (2)

Garage A Trois (3)

Garaj Mahal (23)

Georgia Avenue (8)

Glen Phillips (17)

God Street Wine (15)

Gomachi (2)

Grampa's Chili (1)

Grand Theft Bus (7)

Grand Theft Bus and Jimmy Swift Band (3)

Granian (2)

Greenstreet (3)

Guster (28)

Howie Day (83)

Isaac Cheong (1)

Jack Johnson (55)

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (15)

Jason Mraz (27)

Jimmy Swift Band (5)

Jimmy's Comet (2)

John Butler Trio (14)

Jon Swift (1)

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (47)

Keller Williams (63)

Keller Williams Incident (1)

KVHW (34)

Lake Trout (14)

Leftover Salmon (39)

Little Feat (17)

Lo Faber Band (2)

Lotus (21)

LotusFear (3)

Mad Dog Trio (7)

Maktub (3)

Mamacita (2)

Martin Sexton (38)

Mason Jennings (4)

Matthew Ostrowski (1)

Max Creek (15)

Mer (4)

Modern Groove Syndicate (3)

moe. (124)

Mr. Blotto (15)

Myoclonic Jerk (2)

nero (8)

Offering (1)

OM Trio (8)

Ominous Seapods (4)

Particle (32)

Pat McGee (1)

Pat McGee Band (64)

Paul Casey (8)

People Like Us, Matmos and Wobbly (1)

Percy Hill (4)

Pete Thurston (1)

Pseudopod (5)

Psychedelic Breakfast (27)

Radiators (42)

Railroad Earth (20)

Raq (11)

Revisor (3)

Robert Randolph [and the Family Band] (27)

Robert Walter's 20th Congress (26)

Rocktopus (2)

Rusted Root (9)

Rustic Overtones (4)

Ryan Patrick Imming (4)

Sangita (1)

Sean Kelly (1)

She Blonde Swede (1)

Shell Stamps Band (1)

Signal Path (1)

Soft Shoe Shuffle (1)

Sound Tribe Sector 9 (41)

Speakeasy (3)

Sprout and the Orange (2)

Sri Bidi (3)

Stanton Moore (3)

Starch Martins (4)

Steve Kimock (13)

Steve Kimock Band (102)

Stolen Ogre (1)

Strangefolk (51)

String Cheese Incident (309)

Sweet Potato Project (51)

Tenacious D (15)

The Basement Shift (2)

The Big Wu (112)

The Mood Cultivation Project (3)

The Motet (19)

The New Deal (37)

The Recipe (4)

The Samples (14)

The Westfall (10)

The White Buffalo (2)

Tim Reynolds (26)

Topaz (5)

Townhall (2)

TR3 (4)

Trainwreck (1)

Travis Allison Band (1)

Ubiquitone (3)

Ulu (9)

Umphrey's McGee (147)

Uncle Sammy (11)

Undercover Funk (4)

W.O.M.B.A.T.S. (4)

Willy Porter [Band] (16)

Yonder Mountain String Band (113)

Zero (10)

WhattheFFF

verry cool? what are the files? mp3s?

tommy28

Hm i guess i need to get out more,never heard of those bands..

adumbc

Most of the ones I looked through were SHN. Even though the quality is better, I don't want to spend the time to download the huge files. They're may be some in mp3 format on there though, just not that I saw.

WhattheFFF

what can I do with an SNH? how do I download these? does every song have to be downloaded individualy?

Bust

almost all of the files you find are going to be .shn files. These are pretty much the only accepted form of audio files used by the trading community these days. There is a new form called FLAC that is slowly gaining acceptance, but the majority of files are still .shn.

.shn files are completely lossless as far as the quality of the recording. They are a lot bigger than .mp3 but if you have a broadband connection, it shouldn't be a problem.

there's a really good help page here, to get started with using and decoding .shn files. I figured it out in like 45 seconds.

Don't let a new file type keep you away from this gold mine of music.

gr8fuldave

FYI, you can also download a plug-in shnamp for Winamp that allows you to play the .shn files. The files are huge, but are noticeably better sounding than .mp3

Capo2002

Bah! no Tool.. :/

Bust

Yeah, the only bands available are the ones that specifically allow taping and trading of their shows.

RoQuEr

whats a good way to DL the entire directory? I don't want to have to rightclick 60 files each time.

RoQuEr

no phish or DMB either, which is surprising....

Bust

If you're familiar with FTP, you can connect directly to the servers and download the whole directory that way. Unfortunately, the only way to do it through HTTP is one or two songs at a time. I haven't regretted any of the time I've spent downloading shows.

Bust

explained in the FAQ

Bust

I thought I had linked to this page earlier, but here is the main page for the archive. It will help to answer some questions and can direct you to shows you might be interested in.

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php

Johnny Zhivago

My backlog of moe. shows to download here should keep me busy into the spring at least... Wondered if you knew about etree Bust, figured you did...

shn files are huge and take a long time to download... Don't even attempt it on a dialup. After you DL them simply convert to .wav files and burn em' to disc, purge and start over... I didn't click the link that Bust provided but the info should be in there on how to convert shn files.

Numanoid

Exactly what I was thinking. I have heard of exactly four of these bands, and only like one of those. I'm such a loser.

Liver&Onions

Hey I saw Psuedopod when they won the Musicomania contest at the Fillmore with Primus.... cool!

Bust

Psuedopod has an awesome cover of Ben Harper's "Burn One Down" on their 5-17-01 show. One of my favorite things to do on the archive is just do a search for my favorite songs and see who has covered them. You can find some great renditions.

mkdevo

hey bust,

why don't you download/listen to a psychedelic breakfast show or 2, then come on up to the city on friday night for the show at tobacco road??

GuessWho

Only heard of 2.

Care about 0.

Liver&Onions

Nice! I was just listening to that song too... I'll look for the cover.

Bust

That sucks for you. You're certainly missing out on some great music. What's the matter? No 50 Cent?

Bust

I will definitely download a show to listen to, but I'm working Friday night in Hoboken.

pantala

It certainly is a shame. Many of these bands sound their best live, and are hidden gems. I'll take a Tim Reynolds, Jack Johnson, John Butler Trio, Keller Williams, or Flecktones show before listening to most radio these days.

Bust

Some people will just never know what they're missing. If you're interested in Jack Johnson, check out the 2-10-02 show. Amazing sound quality and just a great overall performance.