Tsp1995-10-23

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1995-10-23
Venue	Riviera Theater
Location	Chicago, IL, US
Venue Type	Theater
Capacity	2300
Lineup	Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Chamberlin
Order of Bands	Cheap Trick, The Smashing Pumpkins
Surfaced Recordings
SBD #1
Source	SBD
Format	CDR
Equipment	Soundboard
Length	17m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	"Live In Chicago" Official Promo
Notes	Tonight Tonight, Zero (full take), Today, Disarm, and Bullet with Butterfly Wings.
SBD #2
Source	SBD
Format	CDR
Equipment	Soundboard
Length	4m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	Launch promo CD
Notes	Bullet with Butterfly Wings only.
FM #1
Source	FM
Format	DAT
Equipment	Unknown
Length	107m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	DAT-M > FLAC
Live Music Archive	16-bit download
Notes	"Starlight" is the only bootleg to feature the full show and the pre-show interview.
FM #2
Source	FM
Format	DAT
Equipment	Unknown
Length	106m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	DDC-? > CDR
Notes	Zero cut. Includes interview.
FM #3
Source	FM
Format	ANA
Equipment	Harmon/Kardon DC5300
Length	80m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	ANA-M > CDR
Notes	Starts before full version of Zero.
FM #4
Source	FM
Format	DAT
Equipment	Unknown
Length	102m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	DDC-? > dEdit > FLAC
Notes	Omits full take of Zero with recorded versions of Zero and Cupid de Locke. Does not include interview.
FM #5
Source	FM
Format	PCM
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~85m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	SVHS-M > dEdit > FLAC
Notes	The abandoned take of Zero and power outage banter are edited out. Does not include interview.
FM #6
Source	FM
Format	ANA
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~65m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	ANA-M > FLAC
Notes	Does not include interview or second encore.
PRO #1a
Source	PRO
Format	WMV
Equipment	Pro-Cams
Length	4m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	Launch Promo CD
Notes	Bullet with Butterfly Wings only.
PRO #1b
Source	PRO
Format	VHS
Equipment	Pro-Cams
Length	12m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	promo VHS-M > DVD
Notes	Jellybelly and Thru the Eyes of Ruby. From French Promo tape.
Unsurfaced Recordings
Pre-FM #1
Source	Pre-FM
Format	CDR
Equipment	Soundboard
Length	~15m
Complete?	No
Notes	HUT/DeLabel DE 3629. Is this the same thing as the Live in Chicago promo?
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	ANA
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~90m
Complete?	Unknown
PRO #1b
Source	TV
Format	VHS
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~5m
Complete?	No
Notes	Bullet with Butterfly Wings only.
PRO #1
Source	PRO
Format	VID
Equipment	Pro-Cams
Length	~110m
Complete?	Yes

Setlist

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Set:

• Tonight, Tonight
• Jellybelly
• Zero (abandoned)
• Zero
• Today
• Disarm
• Fuck You
• Thru the Eyes of Ruby
• Geek U.S.A.
• Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Cherub Rock

Encore One:

• Mayonaise
• X.Y.U.

Encore Two:

• Baby Loves to Rock [Cheap Trick]
• If You Want My Love [Cheap Trick]
• Auf Wiedersehen [Cheap Trick]

Notes

• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness record release
• The venue suffered a power outage during Zero that lasted for 6-7 minutes
• Encore two was performed with Cheap Trick, with Jimmy on guitar
• First performances of Baby Loves to Rock, If You Want Me Love, and Auf Widersehen

Banter

Corgan: Good evening.
Wretzky: Hello.
Tonight, Tonight
Jellybelly
Corgan: Hello! We're the nervous Smashing Pumpkins. Thank you so much for coming tonight. We'd like to say hello to our friends around the world, in Europe, in Asia, in the Soviet Union and New York too. So here are some more songs from our new album, coming out tomorrow, hope you like it.
Zero (power failure)
Corgan: Wouldn't you know it, all the power goes out. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I don't know if anybody can hear us out there in radioland, but all the power went out you know, wouldn't you know it. Anyway, thanks for listening to nothing. Um, apparently the uh, audio's still going out to the world James, so say hi.
Iha: We're very sorry...what? Well, we'd like to say...
Corgan: Well, the power to the building just went up in flames, so James, come on over James, James come on over to the mic, say hello to all the listeners in radioland.
Iha: Well we're very sorry, I remember when I was a small child this happened to me once...
Wretzky: We're really sorry, Cheap Trick just played and we're really sorry you had to miss that. We're gonna play with them later on if we can get the power back on. Apparently the power from the building just went up in flames, so we don't really know what to do, we're standing here, people are throwing stuff at us...
Corgan: Well you know D'arcy, it's been a long year of recording the album.
Wretzky: This was bound to happen.
Corgan: Right, Pumpkin luck. I think we're gonna be engaging in some folk singalongs now...
Wretzky: I think we're gonna be doing some stand up comedy here.
Corgan: When was the last time the power went out on us? Athens?
Wretzky: Iowa?
Corgan: No, Athens?
Wretzky: No, Omaha. Omaha?
Corgan: Oh yeah, Norman Oklahoma.
Wretzky: Oklahoma, They threw cans of tomato soup at us.
Corgan: Because we had no power.
Wretzky: We almost died that night.
Corgan: Lord knows what they're gonna throw tonight.
Wretzky: Yes, in about two minutes here people are gonna start rushing the stage, and we will probably be dead.
Corgan: Keep talking!
Wretzky: So, remember us fondly. I'm throwing picks to the audience, I'm doing anything to appease them right now. It's OK though, there's only about two thousand people here so it wouldn't be like that bad...all my picks are gone. Good night, and I hope we see you in a few minutes.
Corgan: Welcome! Smashing Pumpkins 1995!
Wretzky: The Smashing Pumpkins radio comedy hour.
Corgan: Well you know we weren't playing that good to start off anyways so...
Wretzky: This is gonna be like mythic, people will remember it as a mythic show even though we didn't play. Hey, that's better than no show at all...
[power restored]
Corgan: Alright, hello. Check it out. We got enough power to play, can you hear, yeah? So, we're not gonna have any fucking lights, but we don't fucking care, and we'll play as long as you want us to play. So, as soon as we get our shit together, we'll get back to the show, thank you. Ready, Steve? Ready, Joe? Phil, are you ready? Please turn down my vocal wedge a little bit, thank you. And to the rest of the world, sorry but it's kinda goofy here. Alright, as I was saying, we're playing songs from our new album...you can hear the music?
Zero
Today
Disarm
Fuck You
Corgan: Thank you, you're very kind.
Wretzky: (unintelligible)...everybody's enjoying themselves.
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Corgan: Thank you. Please turn down that nasty white light a little bit, thank you. I want to see the beautiful people.
Geek U.S.A.
Corgan: Thank you. Is everybody alright? How about you sitting at home, are you OK? I hope you're OK. Say hello to everybody out there, wherever out there is. We're coming to you live from Chicago, the city that rocks together. And now for some ham-bone space boogie.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Cherub Rock
Wretzky: Thank you.
Corgan: Thanks so much, we appreciate it.
[encore break]
Corgan: Thank you. I have to admit that we were a little nervous, then after that power thing we got more nervous, so thank you so much for your support, we appreciate it. Wow, a roadie moment. After you, James.
Mayonaise
Corgan: Thanks. Thanks for letting us be out of tune for you, thanks for letting us sing the wrong words for you, thanks for letting us hit all the wrong notes. How can we play an old song if we can't even play our new songs? But thank you.
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
Corgan: We'd like to do a couple songs with our friends here, Cheap Trick.
Rick Nielsen: Billy! Darcy! James! Jimmy!
Corgan: Rick!
Wretzky: I don't think we thanked Cheap Trick yet, but we're gonna try and thank them now and hopefully it will be more of a thanks, and uh, I don't know.
Corgan: Thank you so much, you know. We realize it's kind of a fucked evening, but thank you.
Baby Loves to Rock
Corgan: Let's have a nice round of applause for Cheap Trick please.
If You Want My Love
Auf Wiedersehen
Corgan: Thank you, bye bye.
Nielsen: Chicago, Smashing Pumpkins, thank you.
Corgan: We'll see you again next year.
Wretzky: Thanks Cheap Trick, they're totally awesome, I hope you guys know that.

Photos and Memorabilia

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