2006-10-03 Washington, DC | All Songs Considered (NPR)

Recorded live at the 9:30 Club, available to stream from npr.org:

Ain't No Cover
Pound of Flesh
Music Box
Baby Jesus
The Flowers
Poor Little Rich Boy
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
On the Radio
Sailor Song
Apres Moi
Better
Edit
Carbon Monoxide
Fidelity
Your Honor
Uh-merica
Ghost of Corporate Future
Us
Samson
Hotel Song

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

photo by Kristina (with a k)

This was a "secret" show where a limited number of free tickets were made available to members of Regina's email list. The show was staged by the Artists Den at a beautiful converted synagogue on The Lower East Side and, although the entire show was professionally filmed, only "Eli, Eli" and "Better" have been released (watch here). Regina's performance of "Better" was also included on the compilation album Artists Den, Volume III: Hudson St. Recordings.

On the opening track, Regina is introduced by journalist Alan Light.

Recorded by pattivill:

01)
02) Halikha LeKasariya (Eli, Eli), covering Hannah Szenes
03)
04) Ain't No Cover
05)
06) Carbon Monoxide
07)
08) Pound of Flesh
09)
10) Better
11)
12) Small Town Moon
13)
14) Baby Jesus
15)
16) Field Below
17)
18) Prisoners
19)
20) On the Radio
21)
22) Bobbing for Apples
23)
24) That Time
25)
26) Après Moi
27)
28) Fidelity
29)
30) Genius Next Door
31)
32) 20 Years of Snow
33)
34) Human of the Year
35)
36) Ghost of Corporate Future
37)
38) Us
39)
40) 8th Floor
41)
42) Music Box
43)
44) Samson
45)
46) Summer in the City
47)
48) Baobabs
49)
50) Blue Lips
51)
52) Poor Little Rich Boy

2006-05-07 Seattle, WA | Chop Suey

Taper: Jarod Watson (alienbobz@gmail.com)

Source: MBHO 603/KA200N > Busman Mod Edirol R-4 (24/96)

Location: DIN, FOB, 25' from stage, stand at 7'

Conversion/Editing: R4 > Soundforge 6.0 > r8brain v1.9 > CD Wave v1.94.5 > FLAC

FLAC version

Regina Spektor 2006-05-07 Seattle, WA | Chop Suey (FLAC)

MP3 version

Intro 

Ain't No Cover

Carbon Monoxide 

Pound of Flesh 

Prisoners 

Sailor Song 

Baby Jesus 

Fidelity 

Small Town Moon 

Twenty Years of Snow 

Bobbing for Apples 

That Time 

On the Radio 

Human of the Year 

Better 

Poor Little Rich Boy 

Ode to Divorce 

Us 

Ghost of Corporate Future 

Samson 

Baobabs 

Music Box 

Summer in the City

Live at Bull Moose

Ain't No Cover
Carbon Monoxide
Pound of Flesh
The Noise
My Man

Released in September 2005; Regina's liner notes say it all:

Now in case you were wondering, these five songs, and a bunch more, were performed live by me, regina spektor, at Bull Moose (a record store) in Portland, ME, on June 5, 2005.

This EP was recorded special for a chain of Independent Music Stores across the country as a thank you for supporting my music. A grand piano was rolled into the store and placed between the Reggae and the Country music sections. Mr. Johnny Cash himself spent the whole time staring over my right shoulder, and to tell the truth, it felt good. They even let me take that record home when it was all over and done.

And the people who came were real sweet, and sat on the floor and hushed and listened... so we dimmed the lights and broke out the good silver. Enjoy.

2005-02-03 New Haven, CT | Toad's Place

(opening for The Dresden Dolls)
Recorded by Mister Crimson

Carbon Monoxide
Pound of Flesh
Poor Little Rich Boy
Baby Jesus
"open"
The Flowers
Bobbing for Apples

2005-01-26 Los Angeles, CA | Hotel Cafe

Provided by Crimson, recorded by Distortion

Pound of Flesh
Carbon Monoxide
"all the rowboats" First performance of this song
Poor Little Rich Boy
"open"
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
Uh-merica
Fidelity
Prisoners
Reginasaurus

2005-01-21 New York, NY | Bowery Ballroom

(opening for Mates of State)
Recorded by Mister Crimson

Carbon Monoxide
Pound of Flesh
Poor Little Rich Boy
Genius Next Door
Bobbing for Apples
The Flowers
"open" This was the song's debut, if I'm not mistaken
Us
Samson
Fidelity Also the debut for this one (not counting The Next Big Thing, recorded before but broadcast after this show)
Uh-merica

2005-01-20 New York, NY | The Next Big Thing (WNYC)

These are the earliest available recorded performances of both "Fidelity" and "Pound of Flesh" (taped prior to her show on 1/21/2005 at the Bowery Ballroom), available from wnyc.org

Pound of Flesh
Fidelity
Genius Next Door

Pound of Flesh

Written by: regina spektor

Available Recordings: Click to view

Lyrics (fan transcription):

if you're never sorry
then you can't be forgiven
if you're not forgiven
then you can't be forgotten
if you're not forgotten
then you can live forever
if you live forever
then you'll begin to dream
of death...

ezra pound sat upon my bed
asked me which books as of late I've read

ezra pound sat upon my bed
asked me which books as of late I've read
asked me if I've read his own
and whether I could spare a pound
of flesh to cover his bare bones
I says, man, take a pound, take two
what's a pound of flesh between
friends like me and you?
what's a pound of flesh among friends?

but if you're never sorry...

if you're never sorry
then you can't be forgiven
if you're not forgiven
then you can't be forgotten
if you're not forgotten
then you must live forever
if you live forever
you cannot be reborn
if you're not reborn then
you can't be a baby
if you're not a baby
you can't learn how to crawl
if you cannot crawl away
then you must stay in bed all day
if you stay in bed all day
you're sure to have some visitors

ezra pound'll sit upon your bed
ask you which books as of late you have read
ask you if you've read his own
and whether you could spare a pound
of flesh to cover his bare bones
you'll say, man, take a pound, take two
what's a pound of flesh between
friends like me and you?
what's a pound of flesh among friends?...