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The Catalyst Discography

This is a discography of albums recorded at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz.

The Catalyst in Santa Cruz was originally a coffee house in the 1960's located in the St. George Hotel at 833 Front Street. It relocated in the mid-1970's to 1011 Pacific Avenue and reopened as a music venue and restaurant. Jerry Garcia played at the Catalyst perhaps a dozen times between 1979 and 1985. Bobby & The Midnites also played at the Catalyst in 1980.

1977

The Big Easy, Professor Longhair, 1994

Nine of the eleven tracks on this album were recorded live at the Catalyst in 1977. This is the same material as the albums listed below.

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Live: Like You Like Him!, Professor Longhair, 1994

Nine of the eleven tracks on this album were recorded live at the Catalyst in 1977. This is the same material as the albums listed above.

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1979/1980

Ridd'm Live, Ridd'm, 1980

The music on this album was recorded live at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz and the Keystone in Berkeley in 1979 or 1980.

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I Live In The City, Humans, 1980

One tracks on this two track single was recorded live at the Catalyst in 1979 or 1980.

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Play, Humans, 1980

Two tracks on this four track EP were recorded live at the Catalyst in 1979 or 1980.

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1982

Life Is Pasted On My Eyes, Scapegoats, 2001

This collection of recordings from the early 1980s includes 17 songs from a performance at the Catalyst on May 19, 1982.

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Shoot Out The Lights (2 CD edition), Richard & Linda Thompson, 2010

A 2 CD expanded edition of the album that was originally released in 1982. Most of the bonus material on the second CD was recorded live at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on June 4, 1982 (5 tracks) and at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on June 6, 1982 (5 tracks).

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The Batteries, The Batteries, 1982

The music on this album was recorded at a performance at the Catalyst on June 25, 1982.

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1990

Way Down in the Rust Bucket, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 2021

A 2 CD / 4 LP release of a show at the Catalyst on November 13, 1990.

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1991

Vibes Alive!, Israel Vibration, 1992

Music recorded at a show at the Catalyst on October 2, 1991.

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1993

The Bridge Between, The Robert Fripp String Quintet, 1993

Some of the tracks on this album of live recordings are from the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and the Catalyst in Santa Cruz in May 1993.

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1996

Year of the Horse, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 1997

Two tracks on this double CD live album was recorded at the Catalyst in 1996.

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2003

Footage II, Camel, 2005

This DVD of performance footage filmed between 1973 and 2003 includes one track filmed at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz in 2003.

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2004 to present

Many concert recording of shows at the Catalyst by performers such as Gov't Mule, Yonder Mountain String Band, Steve Kimock, and moe. have been released digitally by the groups or via nugs.net.



Last updated March 2023