I got the polaroids that you sent, but I can't put it together

New news is dread, enjoy old news instead

Why not destroy it all? Too hard to just be softer and cry for another's pain

Still warm in the afterglow, so pleased to have met the good folks from Spektor's Thesaurus and the regina discord server, and to finally expiate a cursed item by personally returning it to its source

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2024-12-08 Brooklyn, NY | Warsaw

Recorded by srg

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photo by srg

Samson
Oedipus
Prisoners
Reading Time with Pickle
Consequence of Sounds
Daniel Cowman
Bon Idée
Aching to Pupate
Lounge
Lacrimosa
Lulliby
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Us
Firewood
Eet
How
December
Fidelity
Poor Little Rich Boy
Better

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2024-12-09 Brooklyn, NY | Warsaw

Recorded by srg

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photo by srg

Prisoners
Reading Time with Pickle
Oedipus
Bon Idée
Daniel Cowman
Lounge
Aching to Pupate
Consequence of Sounds
Lacrimosa
Samson
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Lulliby
On the Radio
Open
Two Birds
Baby Jesus
December
Aquarius
Us
Raindrops
Fidelity

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2024-12-10 Brooklyn, NY | Warsaw

Recorded by srg

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photo by srg

Prisoners
Reading Time with Pickle
Oedipus
Bon Idée
Lounge
Aching to Pupate
Daniel Cowman
Consequence of Sounds
Lacrimosa
Lulliby
Samson
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Us
Firewood
Baby Jesus
Better
December
Open
Fidelity
Two Birds
Hotel Song (with Jack Dishel)

I hear people talking and they're still talking about television and shopping

A couple of old radio sessions, an alternate recording of a 2006 show from a clearer source, and a complete show from 2007 with very early performances of "Man of a Thousand Faces" and "Love, You're a Whore"

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2004-06 XFM studio session

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Folding Chair
Carbon Monoxide
Bartender
Ghost of Corporate Future
Ode to Divorce

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2006-02-01 Edinburgh, Scotland | Cabaret Voltaire

Recorded for Radio Magnetic: Live Circuit

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photo © Alex Boyd

Ain't No Cover
Pound of Flesh
Carbon Monoxide
Baby Jesus
The Flowers
Small Town Moon
Fidelity
Prisoners
Ode to Divorce
Après moi
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
20 Years of Snow
Better
Us
Field Below
Poor Little Rich Boy
Dance Anthem of the 80's
Samson
Uh-Merica

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2006 (summer) XFM studio session

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Bobbing for Apples
That Time
Love Affair
Prisoners

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2007-02-10 Bristol, England | Trinity Centre

Taper unknown

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photo by Dan Davies

Ain't No Cover
The Flowers
Prisoners
Baby Jesus
Man of a Thousand Faces
Poor Little Rich Boy
Summer In The City
Bobbing For Apples
That Time
On The Radio *
Sailor Song *
Après Moi *
Better *
Carbon Monoxide *
Fidelity *
Your Honor *
Field Below
Samson
Love, You're A Whore *
Hotel Song *

* with band

insanity laughs, under pressure we're breaking

HT to gib and the fine work at Spektor's Thesaurus for inspiring/shaming me into getting around to some of these things...

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2004-01-09 New York, NY | Tonic

Recorded by pattivill

I might as well just wait to post these until I rip the full show...is what I said over 15 years ago. I still haven't re-located the original copy, so...

Bobbing for Apples (first known performance)
Hotel Song (first known performance)

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2005-07-27 New York, NY | Tonic

Recorded by kristinasaurus

- Benefit for PAX

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Pound of Flesh
Love Affair
Ode to Divorce
Consequence of Sounds
Wallet
Baby Jesus
Field Below
Mermaid
Chemo Limo
On the Radio
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
Après Moi
Prisoners
Poor Little Rich Boy
Uh-merica
The Flowers
Silly Eye Color Generalizations (cuts off)

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2006-09-27 New York, NY | Town Hall

Recorded by pattivill

I'm pretty sure there were other recordings of this show available back when, but they appear to have fallen out of circulation...

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photo by pixxiestails

Ain’t No Cover
Prisoners
The Flowers
Small Town Moon
Baby Jesus
Ode to Divorce
Pound of Flesh
Poor Little Rich Boy
Human of the Year
Music Box
Wallet
Baobabs
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
On the Radio *
Sailor Song *
Après Moi *
Better *
Edit *
Carbon Monoxide *
Fidelity *
Your Honor *
Ghost of Corporate Future
Us
Samson
Hotel Song *

* with band: Michael Reid (guitar), Brent Bass (bass), Rodney Howard (drums)

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2006-09-28 New York, NY | Town Hall

Recorded by pattivill

Second of back-to-back nights, and another show whose alternate fan recording has wandered off the internet...

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photo ©2006 - MittelMitte Photography

Ain’t No Cover
Pound of Flesh
The Flowers
Baby Jesus
Summer in the City
Poor Little Rich Boy
Music Box
Human of the Year
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
On the Radio *
Sailor Song *
Après Moi *
Better *
Edit *
Carbon Monoxide *
Fidelity *
Your Honor *
Ghost of Corporate Future
Field Below
Us
Samson
Hotel Song *

* with band: Michael Reid (guitar), Brent Bass (bass), Rodney Howard (drums)

I can close the door on us, but the room still exists - and I know you're in it

2009-06-26 Pilton, England | Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival - Pyramid Stage)

Taper unknown

Regina Spektor - 26 June 2009 Pyramid Stage Glastonbury

Zoom H2 > SD Card > Goldwave Tweaks > CDR

Recorded from the middle rail centre
Slight bass reduction and treble lift
Also removal of distorted audience noise between tracks

Appreciative audience in the main, shame about the few talkers

1.Intro
2.The Calculation
3.On The Radio
4.Folding Chair
5.Eet
6.Laughing With
7.One More Time With Feeling
8.Machine
9.Bobbing For Apples
10.That Time
11.Après Moi
12.Poor Little Rich Boy
13.Blue Lips
14.Us
15.Samson
16.Fidelity

Usual deal, please don't put this out as an mp3 or try to make any money from this recording

Support the artist if you can, all Regina's albums are truely excellent!

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2009-06-29 London, England | Hyde Park (Serpentine Sessions)

Recorded by eclect

REGINA SPEKTOR
29 June, 2009
Serpentine Sessions, Hyde Park
London
United Kingdom

LINEAGE: aud>Sony ECM-DS70P stereo Mic>Iriver 320 (rockboxed)>WAV>USB>WAVELAB>WAV>FLAC

DSP: ozone 3 multiband + limiting on crowd

TRACKLIST:
01. Folding Chair
02. Time Is All Around
03. Eet
04. The Calculation
05. Machine
06. On The Radio
07. One More Time With Feeling
08. Blue Lips
09. Riot Gear
10. Laughing With
11. Bobbing For Apples
12. That Time
13. Après Moi
14. Poor Little Rich Boy
15. Wallet
16. Man of a Thousand Faces
17. Samson
18. Us
19. Ghost of Corporate Future
20. Fidelity

taped, tracked and collated by eclect - http://db.etree.org/eclect

I don't know a soul who's not been battered, I don't have a friend who feels at ease

2018-11-02 The Kennedy Center | Washington, DC

National Symphony Orchestra | James Gaffigan, conductor

Regina Spektor and Ben Folds, orch. Jherek Bischoff

Overture

Dmitri Shostakovich | Simon Trpčeski, piano
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 Allegro


Aram Khachaturian
Waltz from Masquerade Suite

Regina Spektor, orch. Jherek Bischoff | Regina Spektor, piano and vocals
Prisoners


Regina Spektor, orch. Eric Allen | Regina Spektor, piano and vocals
Eet


Regina Spektor, orch. Rob Moose | Regina Spektor, piano and vocals
Loveology


Sergei Prokofiev
Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet

Regina Spektor, orch. Eric Allen | Regina Spektor, piano and vocals
Après Moi


Regina Spektor, orch. Jherek Bischoff | Regina Spektor, piano and vocals
Obsolete
Samson


Lin-Manuel Miranda, orch. Eric Allen | Regina Spektor, vocals | Ben Folds, piano and vocals
Dear Theodosia from Hamilton

and for one desperate moment there, he crept back in her memory

2024-07-27 The Met | Philadelphia, PA

Folding Chair
The Flowers
Becoming All Alone
Eet
Baby Jesus
Summer in the City
Music Box
Human of the Year
Firewood
All the Rowboats
Blue Lips
Raindrops
Poor Little Rich Boy
That Time
Après Moi
One More Time with Feeling
Chemo Limo
On the Radio
Somedays
Avinu Malkeinu
Us
Better
Fidelity
Samson

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2024-07-30 Wellmont Theater | Montclair, NJ

Folding Chair
The Flowers
Eet
Becoming All Alone
Firewood
Baby Jesus
All the Rowboats
Blue Lips
Music Box
Better
Human of the Year
Raindrops
Poor Little Rich Boy
That Time
Après Moi
Avinu Malkeinu
On the Radio
Call them Brothers (with Jack Dishel)
Chemo Limo
Somedays
Us
Fidelity
Samson

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2024-08-03 Palace Theater | Stamford, CT

Folding Chair
The Flowers
Summer in the City
Firewood
Baby Jesus
Blue Lips
All the Rowboats
Becoming All Alone
Better
Poor Little Rich Boy
That Time
Après Moi
Raindrops
Eet
Two Birds
Call them Brothers (with Jack Dishel)
Human of the Year
On the Radio
Avinu Malkeinu
Us
Fidelity
Samson

It's a wonder I get anything done, and you're just fool enough to keep me around

I cleared the cobwebs here just enough to toss up a few odds & sods that I'm told had fallen out of circulation, plus two "new" shows from 2003 that had managed to slip past me until now.

I also sadly learned that Morgan Taylor - who years ago worked as a sound engineer at The Living Room in Manhattan (where Regina played many times) and who was a gifted songwriter and artist in his own right - passed away suddenly just last week. Please consider pitching in to a GoFundMe to assist his wife (Rachel Loshak, a great singer-songwriter too) and two young children.

The world weighs a ton, and I'm too young...

2002-05-09 New York, NY | The Frying Pan
A relatively early video of Regina performing Samson, originally posted at bodyatomic.com

2003-02-13 New York, NY | NYU Thompson Center
Recorded by pattivill - featuring Dusseldorf, Carbon Monoxide, Your Honor, Dance Anthem of the 80s, Oh, Marcello!, Better, Ghost of Corporate Future, Prisoners, Poor Little Rich Boy, Ave Maria, Raindrops, The Soup, "the floor heard everything, and The Bronx

2003-02-28 New York, NY | The Baggot Inn
Recorded by pattivill - featuring Dusseldorf, Your Honor, Carbon Monoxide, Oh Marcello!, Sailor Song, The Flowers, Us, Silly Eye Color Generalizations, Poor Little Rich Boy, The Bronx, Aching to Pupate, and Music Box

2003-11-08 Atlanta, GA | 99X Studios (WNNX)
Live in-studio performance of Modern Girls and Old Fashion Men with the Strokes

2003-11-23 Amsterdam | Paradiso
Live show opening for Kings of Leon, originally available for streaming from VPRO radio - featuring Poor Little Rich Boy, Carbon Monoxide, Uh-merica, The Flowers, Folding Chair, and Summer in the City

2004-03-04 All Things Considered (NPR) - "Soviet Kitsch" & "Songs" Review
One of the earliest times Regina's music was featured/reviewed on radio - available from at npr.org

2004-08-01 Virgin Radio - Razor Cuts
Live in studio performances, originally available from virginradio.co.uk - featuring Carbon Monoxide, Poor Little Rich Boy, and Somedays

2005-07-20 New York, NY | Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Interview and live performance taped for "Liberal Arts" on Air America Radio - featuring Poor Little Rich Boy, Summer in the City, and The Flowers

2005-11 BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends
Live in-studio performance of Poor Little Rich Boy

2005-12 BBC 6 Music - Evening Sequence Hub Sessions
Live in-studio performances of Prisoners, Us, Samson, and Baby Jesus

2005-12 BBC Radio 2 - The Janice Long Show
Interview and live in-studio performance - featuring Prisoners and Fidelity

2005-12 Transgressive Records Podcast
Brief interview with Transgressive Records founders Toby and Tim, touching on the making of Begin to Hope and clearing the rights for "Daniel Cowman

2006-01-26 BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour
Interview and live in-studio performance featuring Love Affair

2006-05-07 Seattle, WA | Chop Suey
Recorded by Jarod Watson - full set

2006-06 NY | BBC Radio 1 - The Blue Room
Acoustic performance for BBC Radio 1 - featuring Chelsea Hotel, Love Affair, and Sailor Song

2006-07-23 Oxfordshire | BBC 6 Music
Brief interview and live in-studio performance - featuring That Time

2006-08-24 BBC Radio 2 - The Janice Long Show
Interview and live in-studio performance - featuring Fidelity, Apres Moi, and On the Radio

2006-11-02 Hollywood, CA | Avalon
Recorded by Tom Riddle - full set

2007-02-09 BBC Radio 6 Music Hub
Interview and live in-studio performance - featuring Fidelity and Field Below

2008-04-19 Brooklyn, NY | Sound Fix Records
Live in-store for Record Store Day 2008 - I believe this recording is the version originally uploaded to RespektOnline and credited to Fallenquarter - featuring Summer in the City, Time Is All Around, Wallet, Baobabs, Genius Next Door, Real Love, and Hotel Song

2008-07-28 Bronx, NY | Words and Music from Studio A (WFUV)
Interview and live in-studio performance, available from wfuv.org - featuring Man of a Thousand Faces, Time Is All Around, and Summer in the City

2009-06-23 New York, NY | Good Morning America
Brief interview and live in-studio performance of Laughing With

2009-12-04 Philadelphia, PA | World Cafe
Interview and live in-studio performance, available from npr.org - featuring The Calculation, Laughing With, Eet, and The Sword and the Pen

Excuse me - I'm sorry to bother you, but I just have to tell you, I love your voice.

The A.V. Club asked comedian Tig Notaro:

What’s the best thing you listened to in 2012?
Regina Spektor’s song “How.” On repeat.

We must get older, so wake up

Stream What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, courtesy of NPR.

There's a price to pay, and a consequence

The (outstanding) lead single from Regina's upcoming LP "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" is available from iTunes .

Spending warm summer days indoors

Newly unearthed: 2006-06-01 New York, NY | Angel Orensanz Center

It's too quiet in here and I'm beginning to freeze

More from back when: 2002-09-18 New York, NY | Knitting Factory and 2003-05-01 New York, NY | Tonic

They believe in dreams and all they mean, including heaven's generosity

Another one bites the dust: 2003-07-11 New York, NY | Tonic

These clothes don't fit us right, I'm to blame

A memorial show for Aaron Wilkinson, who passed away in July 2003.  Regina's set included the debut performances of Hero (with some additional lyrics and alternate phrasing not found in later performances), Après Moi, & Aquarius: 2004-06-29 New York, NY | Sin-é

Go down the checklist, let's see...feelings are good...dishonesty is bad...and keeping it inside is worse still

A few tracks from this show have been out for a while (including the debut performance of Uh-merica); the full set includes a performance of the untitled song 'the devil come to Bethlehem' and a classic mid-song improv during Dance Anthem of the 80s: 2003-05-30 New York, NY | Sin-é

After his father crashed, he moved his family back and vowed to never leave the ground

Very early performances of several songs, including the Soviet Kitsch staples Us, Ghost of Corporate Future, Carbon Monoxide, and Chemo Limo (previously available): 2002-11-30 New York, NY | Sidewalk Cafe

I feel your fist and I know it's out of love

Regina's May 2002 tour of Manhattan continues with performances of Reading Time with Pickle, Just like the Movies, Ne Me Quitte Pas (with a few extra introductory bars), and more: 2002-05-15 New York, NY | The Living Room

I don't think you're right in the head (but I think you're just right for me)

An old show featuring Anders Griffen, what may be the first public performance of Poor Little Rich Boy, and a little something extra: 2002-05-01 New York, NY | Tonic

If you think like Thomas Edison, could you invent a word for me?

Video footage of Regina's much loved October 2004 set at Tonic, provided by Henry L.

The footage is a little dark, though.

Ghost of Corporate Future:

Full Set: