2009-06-17 New York, NY | Beacon Theatre

Recordings made available by Dan at nyctaper and by Aaron at RespektOnline:

Folding Chair
Lucky Penny
Time Is All Around*
Eet**
The Calculation**
Machine**
One More Time with Feeling**
On the Radio**
Blue Lips***
Riot Gear****
Laughing With****
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
Aprés Moi
Human of the Year
Poor Little Rich Boy
Ink Stains
Consequence of Sounds
Man of a Thousand Faces

Samson
Us***
Fidelity****

This show marked the live debuts for "Eet", "The Calculation", "Machine", "Riot Gear", and "Ink Stains". Regina's accompaniment throughout the evening consisted of:

* cello + violin
** cello + violin + drums
*** cello + violin + cello + viola
**** cello + violin + cello + viola + drums

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

Begin to Hope

Fidelity
Better
Samson
On The Radio
Field Below
Hotel Song
Après Moi
20 Years Of Snow
That Time
Edit
Lady
Summer in the City

Special Edition-only bonus tracks:

Another Town
Uh-merica
Baobabs
Düsseldorf
Music Box

Online/Vinyl-only bonus tracks:

Hero
Bartender

Vinyl-only bonus tracks:

Better (piano and voice)
Better (radio recut)

Regina's 4th LP was released in June 2006 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and eventually climbing as high as #20 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Initial shipments came bundled with a copy of the 6-track "Side 1" promo CD (ostensibly for buyers to share with a friend) and four 1" buttons.

A 2-disc "Special Edition" digipack featuring 5 bonus tracks and an expanded booklet was released simultaneously. The downloadable version (via iTunes, Rhapsody, and other outlets) featured 2 additional bonus tracks.

In April 2009, a vinyl Special Edition was issued to coincide with Record Store Day, including the 5 Special Edition bonus tracks, along with the 2 previously online-only bonus tracks, and 2 additional versions of "Better" previously issued as a 7" single.

Special Edition

Special Edition vinyl

6-track promo CD

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

2005-09-15 New York, NY | Irving Plaza

Recorded by the dastardly duo of Shawn and Patty (photo by Natasha Kouri):

Ain't No Cover
Après Moi
On the Radio
The Flowers
Field Below
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
The Noise
Uh-merica
Dance Anthem of the 80s
Poor Little Rich Boy
Sailor Song (recording cuts off)
Samson
Twenty Years of Snow
Us
Chelsea Hotel #2 *
Hallelujah * (cuts off)
Ghost of Corporate Future * (cuts off)
Summer in the City
My Man

*with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello

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

2004-11-15 London, England | Bush Hall

photo by Flutterby

Recorded by the talented and generous BloodRoses:

Intro
Dance Anthem of the 80s
Carbon Monoxide
Time Is All Around
interlude
The Virgin Queen
Poor Little Rich Boy
Blue Lips
interlude
Bobbing for Apples
interlude
That Time
Après Moi
interlude
Uh-merica
interlude
Hero (of the Story)
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
Summer in the City
interlude
Samson

This show earned a 5-star review from The Guardian and features the first (and, to date, only) known performance and recording of The Virgin Queen.

2003-10-03 New York, NY | Tonic

Recorded by pattivill:

intro
Summer in the City
interlude
Dusseldorf
interlude
Genius Next Door
interlude
Poor Little Rich Boy
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
Uh-merica
interlude
Folding Chair
interlude
Secret Stash
interlude
That Time
interlude
Samson
interlude
Patron Saint
interlude
'the clocks were asleep'
interlude
Us (cuts off)

That Time

Written by: regina spektor

Available Recordings: Click to view

Lyrics (from the Begin to Hope liner notes):

Hey remember the time when I found a human tooth down on Delancey
Hey remember that time we decided to kiss anywhere except the mouth
Hey remember that time when my favorite colors was pink and green
Hey remember that month when I only ate boxes of tangerines
So cheap and juicy!
Hey remember that time when I would only read Shakespeare
Hey remember that other time when I would only read the backs of cereal boxes
Hey remember that time I tried to save a pigeon with a broken wing
A street cat got him by morning and I had to bury pieces of his body in our building’s playground
I thought I was gonna be sick
Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Parliaments
Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Marlboros
Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Camels
Hey remember that time when I was broke
I didn’t care I'd just bum from my friends
Bum ba bum ba bum bum...
Hey remember that time when you OD’ed
Hey remember that other time when you OD’ed for the second time
Well in the waiting room while waiting for news of you
I hallucinated I could read your mind
And I was on a lot of shit too but what I saw, man,
I tell you it was freaky
Freaky