Live at The Great American Music Hall

by Tadpoles

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1.	Rainbowmaker 06:50	lyrics	buy track
Rainbows have a way of knowing  And welcoming the light  Flying its flag Rainbows have a way of showing  And teaching about light  Naming all the colors Water with its peace with time  Can block and bend the light  I want to be that water I am a rainbow chaser  I want to get that pot  Of gold at the end I want to see the way  I want to know the way  Sailing on the waves  Floating in the waves  Feeling a part of time  Feeling all of the time I want to be a rainbowmaker  I want to be a prism-man  I want to show my colors I want a sky, each star an eye  Mirroring me back my man  Shining on me, shining me I want to be, be understood  And I want, want to be heard  I want to be cared about I want to be a rainbowmaker  To refract a tiny piece  Of all the distance of light I want to be a rainbowmake r I want to be a prism-man  Iwant to show you my colors I want to see the way  I want to know the way  Sailing on the waves  Floating in the waves  Feeling a part of time  Feeling all of the time
2.	Race You To The Mustard Patch 04:37	lyrics	buy track
Drop down and see it fall away  Climb up catch what they say  Drop down and be there fall away  Get up race you to the day  The only way Get a little closer to the tone  Vibrate for everyone you know  When you stop you've never been away  Get up race you to the day  The only way
3.	At Least I'm Not Like Jonathan Carver 06:24	lyrics	buy track
Aren't you tired of coming down  You want to float not be around  Aren't you tired  Aren't you tired  Aren't you tired like really wired His name appeared in lights that day  Her neon dress began to fray  Don't you know what its like  Don't let it be an oversight When you're lazy lying on some grass  Following all the dusty paths  You watch the sky slide past your face  When morning comes you've won the race  Then parachute land on the floor  You hit the ground feeling sore  Your knees buckle but you give it more  Step inside your first balloon  Blow it up and make it bloom
4.	Nazareth 05:44	lyrics	buy track
Nazareth  you're taking my mind  you're taking my money  you're taking your time  Nazareth  you're baking my mind  you're making me funny  you're making me blind  Nazareth  you're just like a train  thats going insane  thats leaving today   Nazareth  can you spare me a dime  i wanna get high  if i can't i might cry Nazareth  c'mon make me a deal  i wanna feel real  for that i would kill  Nazareth  i love all your lights  they really shine bright mon  you're right out of sight  Nazareth  i'll take you to bed  a dream in my head  until i am dead  Nazareth  you're taking my mind  you're taking my money  you're taking your time
5.	Ride The World Around The Sun 06:30	lyrics	buy track
Ride the world around the sun with me Pack all your things Your ticket to ecstacy Ride the world around the sun Checking it out you're gonna have fun Ride the world around the sun with me Check it out and see what you can be
6.	4D 08:03	lyrics	buy track
I am the confluence of many rivers come before  And i have noted million things or more  I've seen the mighty mississippi run through my hands  I've seen you slip away and seen you come back again The time to leave was yesterday my love  Now its today and its already too late  Guess that I am stuck here for awhile  You make me feel like thats alright My violent mind has seen everything come true  My silent eyes have watched all I've thought was done undo  I've washed my hands in the rain from the clouds of my friends  I've seen them slip away and seen them come back again The time to leave was yesterday my love  Now its today and its already too late  Guess that I am stuck here for awhile  You make me feel like thats alright Once we packed that bowl we knew we couldn't lose  One ray of moonshine to chase away my blues  I know of places where I can hind my mind  I could've slipped away but I never really had the time Guess that I am stuck here for awhile  You make me feel like that's alright

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Hoboken, NJ's neo-psych rockers, Tadpoles, in a rare live recording from their 1997 West Coast Tour with Cul de Sac at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.

This mini-album was recorded straight to DAT from the soundboard at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall on November 5th, 1997 during Tadpoles' West Coast tour. Due to the limitations of a soundboard stereo recording, there are audible imperfections, however this is great representation of the more direct and raw sound of the Tadpoles live during that era and tour. As a companion piece to their first live album, Destroy Terrastock -Live, the Great American Music Hall set contains two tracks rarely performed live, Rainbowmaker, from 1998's studio album, Smoke Ghost and 4D, from 1996's studio album, Far Out, both of which are sung by Nick Kramer.

We present this release on November 5th , 2017, the 20th anniversary of that show in San Francisco. Enjoy spending some time with the Tadpoles again!

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released November 5, 2017

Produced by Tadpoles
Recorded Live directly from the board to DAT by The Great American Music Hall Sound Crew on November 5th, 1997 in San Francisco, California.
Post-Production and Mastering by Todd Parker

Todd Parker - guitar and vocals (2,3,5)
Nick Kramer - guitar and vocals (1,4,6)
David Max - bass and effects
Adam Boyette - Drums

Cover Photo by Monica Drew, Los Angeles, CA, November 1997.

© 2017 Tadpoles/Bakery Records

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Tadpoles Hoboken, New Jersey

Tadpoles, based in Hoboken, NJ, disbanded in 2000 after releasing 4 critically acclaimed studio albums, 1 live album and 1 E.P. all on their own Bakery Records label (except for their last studio album, Whirlaway, which was released on Australia's Camera Obscura Records.) The group was formed by vocalist/guitarist, Todd Parker and original drummer, Michael Kite Audino in New York City in 1990. ... more