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Bay Area Venues Discography: a summary of releases that were recorded live in the Bay Area

Venues listed
21 Grand
509 Cultural Center
The 7th Note
924 Gilman Street
Avalon Ballroom
Basin Street West
Beanbenders
Berkeley Community Theater
Berkeley Store Gallery
Bimbo's 365 Club
Blackhawk
Boarding House
Both/And
Bottom Of The Hill
Broadway Studios Nightclub
Bruno's
Cabale / Cabale Creamery
The Cabaret, Cotati
Cafe du Nord
California Hall
Calliope Ballroom
Carousel Ballroom
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
Chi Chi Club
Civic Auditorium
Club Hangover
Club Jazz Nouveau
Coffee Gallery
Concord Pavillion
Continental Ballroom
Cow Palace
Cowell Theater
Deaf Club
DeMarco's 23 Club
Edinburgh Castle
El Matador
Elite Club
Fairmount Hotel
Family Dog on The Great Highway
Fantasy Studios
Fillmore Auditorium
Fillmore West
The Firehouse
Freight & Salvage
Golden Gate Park
Grace Cathedral
Great American Music Hall
Greek Theater
Harmon Gymnasium
Hemlock Tavern
Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium
Herbst Theater
Hotel Utah
hungry i
Inn Of The Beginning
Intersection For The Arts
The Italian Village
Jabberwock
Jazz At Pearl's
Jazz House
The Jazz School
Jazz Workshop
Jimbo's Bop City
Kabuki Theatre
Keystone Berkeley
Keystone Korner
Kimball's
Kimball's East
Kimo's
Koncepts Cultural Gallery
Lion's Share
Little Theater
Longshoremen's Hall
Lou's Pier 47
Luggage Store Gallery
Mabuhay Gardens
Marines Memorial Hall
Maritime Hall
The Masonic Auditorium
The Matrix
Mo's Melody Mansion
Mocambo Club
Mr. D's
New George's
New Langton Arts
New Orleans House
North Beach Revival
Oakland Auditorium
Oakland Coliseum
Oakland Museum Theatre
Old Waldorf
Omni
On Broadway Theater
Orpheum Theater
Palace Of Fine Arts
Paramount Theater
Peppermint Tree
Plush Room
Purple Onion
Questing Beast
Rasselas Jazz Club
Red Garter
Rickshaw Stop
Rock Garden
Rockland
The Saloon
Shady Grove
Shoreline Amphitheater
Slims
Starry Plough
Stern Grove
The Stone
Straight Theater
Sugar Hill
The Sweat Shop
Sweetwater
The Tangent
Theatre 1839
The Tin Angel
Tsubo's Club
The Trident
Tuva
Uncle Charlie's
Venue 9
Veteran's Memorial Building
War Memorial Opera House
Warfield Theater
Winterland
Wolfgang's
The Yellow Room
Yoshi's
Zellerbach Auditorium
Unknown Venue
This list is not intended to be comprehensive but is growing.   Additions, corrections, comments welcome


21 Grand


509 Cultural Center

The 509 Cultural Center is based at 509 Ellis Street in San Francisco.

2002
info The Voice Imitator, Gratkowski/Bryerton/Smith, 2003


The 7th Note

The 7th Note was a 1990's jazz club based at 901 Columbus Avenue. The building on Columbus Avenue was completed in 1923 and was originally a nightclub called the Lido Lounge. In the 1940's and 1950's the venue was a dance and jazz club called The Italian Village, subsequently shortened to The Village. In the early 1980's the building was the brief base for the relocated Boarding House. Subsequently in the 1980's it became Bal Tabarin and then Wolfgang's. After Wolfgang's closed due to a fire in 1987 the club reopened in 1990 as the 7th Note. In 2003 it became Cobb's Comedy Club.

1998
info Live in San Francisco: The Roar Of P4, ProjeKct Four, 1999


924 Gilman Street


Avalon Ballroom


Basin Street West


Beanbenders


Berkeley Community Theater


Berkeley Store Gallery


Bimbo's 365 Club.


Blackhawk.


Boarding House


Both/And


Bottom Of The Hill


Broadway Studios Nightclub / On Broadway Theater


1982
no info Live On Broadway, Automatic Pilot, 2005

1999
info Live at 'On Broadway', Joe Louis Walker, 2001
info Otis Rush: Live Part One, Otis Rush, 2003

2003
info Heart & Soul: Live In San Francisco, Kitty Margolis, 2004


Bruno's


Cabale

The Cabale (or Cabale Creamery) was a folk club located at 2504 San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley. The club which probably existed from 1963 to the Summer of 1965, was an important West Coast folk club which attracted performers from the Cambridge folk scene on the East Coast. Subsequently the building was home to the Questing Beast, Tito's and, in the 1970's, the Longbranch.

1963
info 1963 Isn't 1962, Bukka White, 1994
info Rev. Louis Overstreet With His Sons..., Rev. Louis Overstreet, 1995 (1 bonus track on CD release)

1964
info Live! At the Cabale: Texas Songster, Vol. 4, Mance Lipscomb, 1999


The Cabaret, Cotati


198?
info Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, 1988 (part)
info Friends Of Extinction, Dinosaurs, 2005 (part)


Café du Nord

The Café Du Nord is a nightclub, restaurant and live music venue located in the Swedish-American building at 2170 Market Street in San Francisco. The Swedish American Hall was built in 1907 by Swedish craftsmen and has retained much of its Victorian interior.

2005
info KFOG: Live from the Archives, Vol. 12, Various Artists, 2005 (1 song)


California Hall


Calliope Ballroom

The Calliope Ballroom was located at 924 Howard Street. The first benefit concert for the San Francisco Mime Troupe, organized by Bill Graham, was held in the hall. It appears that there are no official releases that include live music from the Calliope.


Carousel Ballroom


Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)

The Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) is based at 1750 Arch Street in Berkeley.

1998
info The Space Between with Barre Phillips, The Space Between, 2001

1999
info The Space Between with Matthew Sperry, The Space Between, 2003 (1 track)

2002
info Live At CNMAT 2002, Timeless Pulse, 2002
info The Space Between with Joelle Leandre, The Space Between, 2003


Chi Chi Club


1987
info Friends Of Extinction, Dinosaurs, 2005 (2 tracks)

1989
info Friends Of Extinction, Dinosaurs, 2005 (1 track)

198?
info Go Hear Nothin' - Zero Live, Zero, 1991
info Live Chi Chi Club, Marc Benno, 2005


Civic Auditorium (San Francisco Civic Auditorium / Bill Graham Civic Auditorium)

The Civic Auditorium on Grove Street was built in 1914/15 for the Panama Pacific Exposition and was originally called the Exposition Hall. It has been used over the years for political conventions, award ceremonies and many musical events. In 1992 the building which was then called the San Francisco Civic Auditorium was renamed the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.

1967?
info In San Francisco, Ravi Shankar, 1969

1971
info 30 Years of Maximum R&B, The Who, 1994 (1 song)


Club Hangover

Club Hangover, which opened in the late 1940's, was the premier tradiational jazz venue in San Francisco during the 1950's. The club at 729 Bush Street was run by Doc Dougherty. During the 1950's there were many radio broadcasts of concerts at Club Hangover. Subsequently a number of these have been released on CD, particularly on the Storyville label. Information about these recordings, by performers such as Kid Ory, George Lewis, Lee Collins and Earl Hines, may be added at a later date.


Club Jazz Nouveau

Club Jazz Nouveau is a jazz venue located at 2801 Leavenworth Street in the Cannery area of San Francisco. The club opened in 2003. For more information see the Club Jazz Nouveau website.

2003
info Live: San Francisco, Prophetz Of Time And Space, 2004

2003/4
info Art of Improvisation, Rob Hart Trio, 2006


The Coffee Gallery

The Coffee Gallery, at 1353 Grant Avenue, was primarily a jazz venue in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Some folk music performances were held in the 1960's including the debut shows of The Great Society. At some point in the 1960's the building was sold and the club became the Lost And Found Saloon.

1960
info Bev Kelly in Person, Bev Kelly, 1960


Concord Pavillion / Concord Jazz Festival.


Continental Ballroom

The Continental Ballroom in Santa Clara hosted rock concerts in late 1966 and 1967. The Grateful Dead performed at the venue about half a dozen times between December 1966 and July 1967. Bootleg tapes of a number of groups playing at the ballroom exist but no official recordings have been made at the venue.


Cow Palace


Cowell Theater


1989
no info Buckaroo Blues / Black Barry, The Residents, 1989

1990
info The Girl in My Alphabet, Errollyn Wallen, 2002

1995
info Passing On The Tradition, Ali Akbar Khan / Swapan Chaudhuri, 1997


Deaf Club

The Deaf Club on Valencia Street was, for a brief 18 month period from the end of 1978 to the Summer of 1980, a punk rock club.

1979
info Live at the Deaf Club 1979, Dead Kennedys, 2004
info The Shroud Of, Minimal Man, 2004 (2 CD bonus tracks)
info Can You Hear Me, Various Artists, 1980


DeMarco's 23 Club

DeMarco's 23 Club was a country and western club located on Visitacion Avenue in Brisbane.

196?
no infoBrisbane Bop, Jimmy Rivers and The Cherokees, 198?

1996
no info ?, Mental Revenge, 200?


Edinburgh Castle

The Edinburgh Castle, at 950 Geary in San Francisco, is a Scottish themed pub. The pub is the venue for many author readings and is home to the Scottish Cultural and Arts Foundation. The Edinburgh Castle also has DJ nights, ceilidhs and other music performances.

1998
info Smoking Balance, Philip Gelb, 1998
info Midnight in the Twilight Factory, Mason Jones, 1999 (1 track)

200?
no info Live (12" EP), Total Shutdown, 2005?


El Matador


Elite Club

In the early 1980's the building, at 1805 Geary Street, that was formerly the Fillmore Auditorium was a rock club called the Elite Club. The Fillmore name was reinstated later in the decade.

1982
info Mutiny on the Bay, Dead Kennedys, 2001 (part)


Fairmount Hotel


1968
info Sunshine of Your Love, Ella Fitzgerald, 1969

2002
info Wonderful World: Live in San Francisco, Tony Bennett, 2002


Family Dog On The Great Highway


Fantasy Studios

At least one album was recorded live with a studio audience at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley.

1973
info Joe Williams Live, Joe Williams, 1973


Fillmore Auditorium


Fillmore West


The Firehouse

The Firehouse was a short lived club located at 3763 Sacramento Street in San Francisco, a building which had formerly housed fire engines. The club operated during the first few months of 1966 and presented shows by a number of the new bands of the time including; The Charlatans, Sopwith Camel, Big Brother and The Holding Company, The Alligator Clip and The Wildflower. The second floor of the property was used as a rehearsal space by Sopwith Camel. It appears that there are no official releases that include live music from The Firehouse.


Freight & Salvage


Frost Amphitheater

The Frost Amphitheater is situated on Stanford University Campus in Palo Alto.

1985
info Garcia Plays Dylan, Jerry Garcia Band / Grateful Dead, 2005 (1 song)

1995
info Mirth Control, The Stanford Band, 1996

1996
info KFOG: Live from the Archives, Vol. 3, Various Artists, 1996 (1 song)


Fugazi Hall

Fugazi Hall, at 678 Green Street, was donated to the local community by John Fugazi, a local banker, in 1912. The hall is used for community events and meetings. Over the years it has also been a venue for poetry readings, comedy performances and music events. The upper floor of the building houses an exhibition of photographs portraying the history of the local Italian community.

Note that Fugazi Hall appears to have been used for "studio" as well as live recordings. Both categories are included below. Note also that Fugazi Hall has been used for comedy recordings but these fall outside the scope of this discography.

1959
info Alone In San Francisco, Thelonious Monk, 1959
info A Good Git-Together, Jon Hendricks, 1959

1960
info West Coast Blues!, Harold Land Sextet, 1960
info Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners, Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners, 1961 (Part)
info The Riverside Records Story, Various Artists, 1997 (1 track)
info Original Jazz Classics Sampler: Jazzland, Various Artists, 2003 (1 track)


Golden Gate Park


1967
no info In the Haight Ashbury, Ashleigh Brilliant, 1967 (Dorash 1001)

1969
info At Golden Gate Park, Jefferson Airplane, 2006

1997
info Tibetan Freedom Concert, Various Artists, 1997 (part)


Grace Cathedral

Grace Cathedral was consecrated in 1965. Duke Ellington first performed his Concert of Sacred Music during the consecration celebrations. Since then the cathedral has been used for secular as well as religious music performances and a number of live and "studio" recordings have been produced in the building.

1965
info Vince Guaraldi at Grace Cathedral, Vince Guaraldi, 1966

1976
info Grace Cathedral Concert, Cal Tjader, 197?
info Live At Grace Cathedral, Bola Sete, 2005


Great American Music Hall


Greek Theater


Harmon Gymnasium


1966
info Live: Berkeley Blues Festival 1966, Clifton Chenier/Mance Lipscomb/Lightning Hopkins, 2000


Hemlock Tavern

The Hemlock Tavern is located at 1131 Polk Street in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The back room of the tavern is a music venue which presents a wide range of live shows and DJ events. For more information see the Hemlock Tavern website.

2004
info Quiet Sparks, Mason Jones, 2005


Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium / Oakland Auditorium

The Oakland Auditorium, at 10 Tenth Street in Oakland, was opened in 1913. The building was refurbished in the early 1980's and reopened in 1984 as the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium. The building has been used throughout it's lifetime for a wide range of sporting, musical and political events.

1979
info Concerto, Roxy Music, 2001

1997
info Rhinoplasty, Primus, 1998


Herbst Theater

The Herbst Theatre is located in the War Memorial Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. The theater, which was originally the Veteran's Auditorium, was refurbished and reopened in 1977 as the Herbst Theater. For further information see the Herbst Theater web pages.

1997
info Live!, Suzanne Ciani and the Wave, 1997 (Part)

2002
info Sicks in the City, Kinsey Sicks, 2002

200?
info A Perfect Night, Richard Howell, 200?

2002
info Live At Herbst Theatre, Karlton Hester's Fillmore Jazz Preservation Big Band, 2006


Hotel Utah Saloon


hungry i


Inn Of The Beginning

The Inn Of The Beginning, a bar on Old Redwood Highway in Cotati, was a rock and folk venue from 1968 to 1982. After closing the building was unused for a number of years but opened in the 1990's as a microberwery/acoustic music venue.

197?
info Live Grape, Moby Grape, 1978


Intersection For The Arts

Intersection for the Arts, at 446 Valencia Street, was established in 1965 and is one of San Francisco's oldest alternative art spaces. Intersection present new and experimental works of literature, theater, music, dance and the visual arts. For more information see the Intersection For The Arts website.


1988
info 19 (Solo) Compositions (1988), Anthony Braxton, 1988


The Italian Village / The Village

The Italian Village, subsequently shortened to The Village, was a dance and jazz venue based at 901 Columbus Avenue in the 1940's and 1950's. The building was completed in 1923 and was originally a nightclub called the Lido Lounge. In the early 1980's the building was the brief base for the relocated Boarding House. Subsequently in the 1980's it became Bal Tabarin and Wolfgang's. The latter closed after a fire in 1987. The 7th Note jazz club opened in the building in 1990 and in 2003 it became Cobb's Comedy Club.

1952/3
info Live At The Italian Village, Turk Murphy Jazz Band, 1995


Jabberwock

The Jabberwock was a mid-sixties folk club located at 2901 Telegraph in Berkeley, a building that was formerly Tsubo's. The Jabberwock, which probably opened sometime in 1964, was by 1965 the premier club of its type in the area and was home venue for local groups such as Country Joe & The Fish and The Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band, as well as a popular venue for touring performers. The Jabberwock closed in July 1967. The building has subsequently been demolished. It appears that there are no official releases that include live music from the club.


Jazz At Pearl's


The Jazz School, Berkeley


1999
info Standards, Mimi Fox, 2001

2005
info Live At The Jazz School, Eric Muhler Trio, 2006


Jazz Workshop


Jimbo's Bop City

Jimbo's Waffle Shop on Post Street in the Fillmore district was opened in 1950 by Jimbo Edwards. Through the 1950's a large room at the rear of the waffle shop was the most popular after-hours venue for jazz musicians to get together and play. Jimbo's closed in 1965. No recordings were made at Jimbo's but there is a documentary about the club Legend of Bop City which was directed by Carol Chamberland and released in 1998.


Kabuki Theater

The Kabuki Theater at 1881 Post Street was opened 1960 as a dinner theater. It was a regular venue for musical events especially during the early 1980's. The building was sold in 1984 and is now a cineplex.

1970
info At the Kabuki Theatre, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 2007

1971
info Intensity, John Klemmer Group, 1973


Keystone Berkeley


Keystone Korner


Kimball's


1985
info Live At Kimball's, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, 1986
info Coast To Coast, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, 2000 (Part)

1995?
info The Night is Young, Frankye Kelly, 1995


Kimball's East

Kimball's East, a jazz venue in Emeryville, opened 1989. For more information see the Kimball's East website.

1989
info Central Avenue Reunion, Art Farmer with Frank Morgan, 1990

1990?
info A Night At Kimball's East, Poncho Sanchez, 1991 (CD/video/DVD)

1991
info Memories Of You, Terry Gibbs with Buddy DeFranco and Herb Ellis, 1992
info Kings of Swing, Terry Gibbs with Buddy DeFranco and Herb Ellis, 1992


Kimo's

Kimo's is located at 1351 Polk Street in San Francisco.

1998
no info Smashed Candy (12" single), Glass Candy And The Shattered Theatre, 1998

2001
no info 7" single, Total Shutdown / Boxleitner, 2001 (part)

2001/2
info Forward Energy: Configurations 2002, Jim Ryan's Forward Energy, 2002 (part)


Koncepts Cultural Gallery


Lion's Share

The Lion's Share opened at 60 Red Hill Avenue in San Anselmo in 1969. An earlier Lion's Share, a folk club, had operated in Sausalito. The Sons Of Champlin and Clover were regular performers at the club during the 1970's, as were many of the Marin County rock scene including members of the Grateful Dead, Van Morison and Jesse Colin Young.

1970
info Live at The Lion's Share: 1970, Dan Hayes Group, 2005


Little Theater


1955
info Tjader Plays Tjazz, Cal Tjader Quintet, 1962

1955
info Manomanjari: Berkeley 1968, Nikhil Banerjee & Mahapurush Misra, 1998


Longshoremen's Hall

The Longshoremen's Hall, situated near Fishermen's Wharf in San Francisco was the meeting hall for the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. It was one of the first Bay Area venues used by the newly evolving music and multi-media groups. It was the venue for the first Family Dog dances A Tribute to Dr. Strange and A Tribute to Sparkle Plenty in October 1965, and A Tribute to Ming The Merciless in November 1965. The Longshoremen's Hall was also the venue for The Trips Festival in January 1966. It appears that there are no official releases that include live music from the Longshoremen's Hall.


Lou's Pier 47


2006
info Live At Lou's, Out-Front, 2006
info Live At Lou's, David Landon, 2007


Luggage Store Gallery

The Luggage Store Gallery is based at 1007 Market Street in San Francisco. The venue hosts an experimental music series, the Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series, which first took place in 1991. For more information see the Luggage Store Gallery website.

2001
info Live At Luggage, Aaron Bennett, 2001

2001/2
info Forward Energy: Configurations 2002, Jim Ryan's Forward Energy, 2002 (part)

2001 & 2003
info Praeface, Various Artists, 2003 (2 tracks)


Mabuhay Gardens


Marines Memorial Hall


1956
info The Brew Moore Quintet, The Brew Moore Quintet, 1956
info Another Monday Date, Earl Hines Quartet, 1956 / 1995

19??
info Tjader Plays Jazz, Cal Tjader Quintet, 19??


Maritime Hall


Masonic Auditorium


Matrix


Mo's Melody Mansion


2000
info Down Easy, Noe Venable Trio, 2000


Mocambo Club


1955
info Oakland 1955, Sonny Clark, 1995


Mr. D's


New George's

New George's, on Fourth Street in San Rafael, was one of the major rock venues in Marin County during the 1990's.

198?
info Go Hear Nothin' - Zero Live, Zero, 1991


New Langton Arts Theater


New Orleans House


North Beach Revival

North Beach Revival opened in 1971 in a building at 1024 Kearny Street that has once housed the Off Broadway jazz club. The club subsequently became Morty's in the 1980's and Cocodrie from 1994 onwards. The long history of the building as a music venue came to an end when Cocodrie closed in 2000. It appears that there are no official releases that include live music from the North Beach Revival.


Oakland Auditorium

See Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium.


Oakland Coliseum


Oakland Museum Theatre

Oakland Museum Theater is based in Oakland Museum at 1000 Oak Street, Oakland. For more information see the Oakland Museum website.

1992
info Oakland Duets, Julius Hemphill & Abdul Wadud, 1993

2003
info Pocketized, Oaktown Jazz Workshops, 2003


Old Waldorf


Omni

The Omni, on Shattuck Avenue in Oakland, was opened in 1985. The building, which was constructed in the early 1930's, was originally a social hall.

1987
info This Note's For You, Neil Young, 1988

1990
info California Brainstorm, Hawkwind, 1996


Orpheum Theater

The Orpheum Theater at 1132 Market Street came into existence when the original Orpheum Theater relocated to the building. It continued the vaudeville tradition of the original theater for a few years before becoming a movie theater. In 1976 the theater became the home of the Civic Light Opera and occasionally from then onward the venue has hosted rock and pop concerts.

1976
info Don't Let Go, Jerry Garcia Band, 2001


Palace Of Fine Arts


Paramount Theater


Peppermint Tree

Located at 660 Broadway the Peppermint Tree was a rock venue between 1964 and 1975. It appears that there are no official releases that include live music from the Peppermint Tree.


Plush Room


Purple Onion

The Purple Onion, at 140 Columbus Avenue, became a famous folk music and comedy venue in the 1950's. The club was opened by Bud Steinhoff in 1952. After Steinhoff's death in 1989 the club changed hands but continued as a music venue. Though comedy albums recorded at the Purple Onion have been released it appears that there are no official releases that include live music from the club.


Questing Beast

The Questing Beast was short lived coffeehouse/folk club located at 2504 San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, a building that had previously been the Cabale (or Cabale Creamery) folk club. The Questing Beast opened towards the end of 1965 and closed in May 1966. Subsequently the building was home to the Tito's and, in the 1970's, the Longbranch. It appears that there are no official releases that include live music from the club.


Rasselas Jazz Club

Rasselas is a jazz club and bar that is currently located at 1534 Fillmore Street in San Francisco. For more information see the Rasselas website.

2002
info Soul Pools, Babatunde Lea, 2003


Red Garter


1966
info San Francisco Jazz, Vol. 1, Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band, 2005
info San Francisco Jazz, Vol. 2, Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band, 2005

196?/197?
info Live at the Red Garter, Vol. 1, Fania All-Stars, 1972
info Live at the Red Garter, Vol. 2, Fania All-Stars, 19??


Rickshaw Stop

Rickshaw Stop is a a music venue, nightclub, bar and restaurant located at 155 Fell Street in San Francisco. For more information see the Rickshaw Stop website.

2005
info Kids Rock for Peas, The Sippy Cups, 2005


Rock Garden

The Rock Garden was a small, short-lived venue, at 4742 Mission in San Francisco, which presented rock 'n' roll and psychedelic music in 1967. The Grateful Dead performed at the venue about half a dozen times in March and April 1967. There are no official recordings of performances at the venue.


Rockland


2001
no info 7" single, Total Shutdown / Boxleitner, 2001 (part)


The Saloon


The Shady Grove


197?
info Live Grape, Moby Grape, 1978


Shoreline


Slim's


Starry Plough


2001
info Live in the Pagan Lounge, Rosin Coven, 2002


Stern Grove

Stern Grove was given to the city of San Francisco in 1931 by Rosalie M. Stern in memory of her husband Sigmund. Since 1938 the venue has been the home of the Stern Grove Festival, an admission-free, music, theater and dance festival. For more information see the Stern Grove site.

2001
info Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove, Tabla Beat Science, 2002


The Stone


Straight Theater

The Straight Theater at 1702 Haight Street was built in 1910. The building was converted from a movie theater to a dance hall during 1966 and 1967 opening in the Summer of 1967. Many of the major Bay Area groups, including the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and The Holding Company and Country Joe and The Fish played during the opening week. The theater was also used for dance, theater and poetry events. The Straight closed in April 1969. After standing derelict for a number of years the building was demolished at the end of the 1970's. It appears that there are no official releases that include live music from the theater.


Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill was a blues club opened by Barbabra Dane sometime in the 1950's. The club is celebrated in a song by Lonnie Johnson, Fine Booze and Heavy Dues.

1962
info Live at Sugar Hill, Carmen McRae, 1962
info Live at Sugar Hill, John Lee Hooker, 1962
info Boogie Chillun, John Lee Hooker, 1972
info Live at Sugar Hill (Ace), John Lee Hooker, 19??
info Live at Sugar Hill, Vol. 2 (Ace), John Lee Hooker, 19??
info Live at Sugar Hill (Ace 2-on-1), John Lee Hooker, 1990
info Live at Sugar Hill, Vol. 2 (Fantasy), John Lee Hooker, 2002


The Sweat Shop


1998
info Indistancing, Brett Larner, 1999
no infoRecorded Live, Matt Ingalls/ Matthew Sperry, 1998


Sweetwater


The Tangent, Palo Alto


1964
info Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, 1998


Theatre 1839


The Tin Angel

The Tin Angel, which was located at 987 Embarcadero in the 1950's, was primarily a folk club. In the 1960's the club became On The Levee and featured traditional jazz.

1953
info The Tin Angel, Odetta, 1953


Tsubo's Club

Tsubo's, located on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, was a coffee house/jazz club in (probably) the late 1950's and early 1960's. It became the Jabberwock in 1963.

1962
info Full House, Wes Montgomery, 1962
info The Alternative Wes Montgomery, Wes Montgomery, 1992 (3 tracks)
info The Complete Riverside Recordings, Wes Montgomery, 1993 (8 tracks)
info Riverside Profiles, Wes Montgomery, 2006 (1 track)
info The Riverside Records Story, Various Artists, 1997 (1 track)


The Trident


TUVA / The Jazz House

TUVA (or TUVA Space) was opened in the 1990's in a property that had been an antique store at 3192 Adeline in Berkeley. It was a leading jazz and uderground music venue. The property changed hands at the start of 2003 and became The Jazz House.

2001
info Live in the Pagan Lounge, Rosin Coven, 2002

2004
info Ahimsa Orchestra, Harris Eisenstadt, 2005

200?
info Agony Pipes and Misery Sticks, Clarinet Thing, 2005 (part)


Uncle Charlie's

Uncle Charlie's was a bar/music venue in Corte Madera that operated in the late 1970's and early 1980's.

1981-1983
info Live, Percy Mayfield, 1992

1982-1983
info Just Like a Devil, Ron Thompson, 1990


Venue 9

Venue 9 was located at 252 Ninth Street in San Francisco. The building is now the Footloose Dance Company and Shotwell Studios.

1996
info Marco Eneidi & The American Jungle Orchestra, Marco Eneidi & The American Jungle Orchestra, 1996
info Buddy Systems: Selected Duos and Trios, Gino Robair, 1999 (1 track)

2001
info Live in the Pagan Lounge, Rosin Coven, 2002


Veteran's Memorial Building


1986
info The Aggregate, Anthony Braxton and the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, 1988 (part)


War Memorial Opera House

info Live At The Opera House, The Pointer Sisters, 1974

1982
info Conrad Silvert Presents Jazz at the Opera House, Various Artists, 1983


Warfield Theater


Winterland


Wolfgang's

Wolfgang's was opened at 901 Columbus Avenue by Bill Graham in 1983. It quickly became one of the top rock venues in the city. The club closed after a fire in the Summer of 1987. The building on Columbus Avenue was completed in 1923 and was originally a nightclub called the Lido Lounge. In the 1940's and 1950's the venue was a dance and jazz club called The Italian Village, subsequently shoertened to The Village. In the early 1980's the building was the brief base for the relocated Boarding House. Subsequently in the 1980's it became Bal Tabarin before becoming Wofgang's. After Wolfgang's closed the club reopened in 1990 as the 7th Note jazz club. In 2003 it became Cobb's Comedy Club.

1987
info KFOG: Live from the Archives, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1994 (1 song)


The Yellow Room


1997
info Live at the Yellow Room, Jim Ryan's Forward Energy, 200?


Yoshi's


Zellerbach Auditorium


1991?
info Circle Of Friends: Live In Concert, Cris Williamson, 1991


Unknown Venue

The following albums were recorded live in the Bay Area. Any information about the exact venues for these recordings is welcome. It would be good to be able to move them out of this section.

1956
info Direct From San Francisco, Bob Scobey's Frisco Band, 1995

1972
info San Francisco: 1972, George Benson, 1998
info Precise Modern Lovers Order: The Modern Lovers Live In Berkeley And Boston, The Modern Lovers, 1994 (Part)

198?
info In San Francisco, Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band, 1988

1994
info Fillmore Street, Bartron Tyler Group, 1994

1995
info Live In North Beach, S.F. Vol. 1, Melody Anne's Swing' Experience Featuring Sonny Lewis, 2006
info Live In North Beach, S.F. Vol. 2, Melody Anne's Swing' Experience Featuring Sonny Lewis, 2006
info Gedaechtnisspuren (Traces of Memory): The 1995 San Francisco Concert, Georg Graewe, 1997

1997
info Live In Oakland: Home Again, Daryl Coley, 1998

2001
info Alive! Mardi Gras In San Francisco, Forgotten Souls Brass Band, 2004

2003?
info Hangingaround, Counting Crows, 2004

Unknown date
info American Souvenir, Alexander Tsygankov and Inna Shevchenko, 200?

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