NYE 1995 Crest Theater

by Kai Kln

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1.	Blur (cut) 05:34	info	buy track
2.	Because They're Bored 04:02		buy track
3.	Birds and Birds and Bees 04:17	info	buy track
4.	Obscene Jester 05:05	info	buy track
5.	The Specialist 03:00	info	buy track
6.	Aeroplane 02:55	info	buy track
7.	Dirty Floor 03:34		buy track
8.	For What Or What For 10:21		buy track
9.	Bozon and Boz-el skit 06:44	info	buy track
10.	Mountain Special 03:28		buy track
11.	Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 02:48	info	buy track
12.	Thirty-One 04:23		buy track
13.	Dirty Shoes 04:36		buy track
14.	Kong 02:28	info	buy track
15.	Nineteen 05:54		buy track
16.	Electric Floor 06:10		buy track
17.	(Jerry Perry Thanks) 02:32		buy track
18.	Mission Ignition 05:44		buy track
19.	Socialite/Why 05:25	info	buy track
20.	(Jerry Perry Goodnight) 02:45		buy track

about

Kai Kln 1995-12-31 at The Crest Theater, Sacramento CA
In 1995, Kai Kln, with the help of soundman Eric Bianchi (read: Eric did all the work), recorded a few shows on ADAT 8-track tape. This recording is the last of the multi-track recordings, made in front of a sold out Crest Theater crowd, with supporting acts Little Guilt Shrine, Orisha, Carve, and Jonah Matranga from FAR (sadly not included in the recordings)

A multi-track soundboard recording of the band was rare, and luckily, they were saved and we were able to transfer the tapes to digital. The sound is great! This captures the band at a high point, even with the occasional flaw found in live recordings. We missed a half a minute or so of the first song, Blur, but I’ve included what was on the tape. What follows is a mix of new (at the time) songs that would appear on “The Matter Of Things” about a year later and classic Kln with some special songs thrown in. Some highlights – Unreleased instrumental “Birds and Birds and Bees”, the rarely played live “Obscene Jester”, a couple Gene Smith original solo songs “The Specialist” and “Aeroplane”, one of our more ambitious skits in which we projected Boz-el up on the screen of the Crest Theater so he could convince Bozon to save the earth from the evil Brown Eye and the subsequent battle, a Beatles cover that was rarely played, an extended Kong leading into Nineteen, and another unreleased instrumental “Mission Ignition #18”. And if that wasn’t enough there’s some pretty good live versions of our classics throughout the night. It was a pleasure to mix these songs down for this recording (although they were pretty solidly mixed while they were being recorded by soundman Eric Bianchi, I didn’t have to do much), and I hope you all enjoy the listen as much as I did.

A video exists of this show as well, look for it on YouTube

credits

released December 3, 2021

Gene Smith - Vocals and Guitar
Sherman Loper - Guitar and radio
Neil Franklin - Drums and Vocals
Scott Anderson - Bass
Rachel DeGroot - Flute on Obscene Jester
Jerry Perry - Himself
James Telles - Bozon
Aaron Baker - Boz-el
Vinny Palese - Brown Eye
Management Marc Malakie

All compositions by Kai Kln except "The Specialist" and "Aeroplane" by Gene Smith, "Bozon and Boz-el skit" by Aaron Baker, Neil Franklin, Gene Smith, and James Telles, "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" by The Beatles, and "Kong" is a noise improvisation by Sherman Loper.

Original mixing, engineering, production, and recording by Eric Bianchi. Video of Boz-el by Brion Hoffer
Tape transfer and 2021 engineering by Nathan Kingham. 2021 final mix and production by Sherman Loper

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Kai Kln Sacramento, California

Kai Kln of Sacramento CA formed in 1989 and with their mix of hard rock, punk, and metal, quickly started filling clubs with fast, funky, heavy jams. We'll be using this site to archive some of our past releases, bootlegs, and odds and ends.
Photo credit Paul Piazza @beetseekingmissile
Management by Marc Malakie ... more