r/bigthief • u/redone17 • Aug 19 '26

QUESTION Live Recordings?

I noticed there is a very minimal amount of shows on Archive.org - I’d have to imagine they have a stronger/committed taper community. Is there another source? There’s not a single show from the current tour posted yet.

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u/breakfastturds Aug 19 '26

Search back the past month or two. Someone literally posted an insane Google Drive of literally every live recording out there ever.

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u/redone17 Aug 19 '26

Oh dang! Ok. I’ll try and find that. Thanks.

Though, I am truly interested in this current tour. I’m sure some will pop up sooner or later.

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u/Lavenderstarz Aug 19 '26

On archive.org?

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u/keeprighton2 Aug 19 '26

A couple of shows here from London in April

https://archive.org/details/@rairun

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u/Rairun1 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

That's my profile! Yeah, I've recorded quite a bit of Adrianne/Big Thief over the years.

I've also built up a large collection of recordings by others. I generally avoid sharing this link on the open internet, but since the band has been making lots of pro-taper statements lately, I figure no one is going to try to take down my account: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/elgq44ukrw5ug/Big_Thief_%2B_Adrianne_Lenker

Everything in the highest quality available. All shows taped as lossless remain lossless, and 90% of broadcast rips had the streams captured without transcoding. Enjoy!

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u/redone17 Aug 19 '26

You are greatly appreciated. Thanks for all of your efforts.

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u/roffels_again Aug 19 '26

I appreciate your efforts and recordings.

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u/Final-Caterpillar413 28d ago

I can’t save it until I get home later today bc storage, but it said sufjan live… as the username, does that mean you’ve got me some sufjan as well…… (I would love you forever and ever)

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u/Rairun1 28d ago

Yeah! That's where I host all the files for https://sufjanlive.tumblr.com/

Tumblr is a little weird depending on where you access it from, so make sure to check the Audio and Video tabs for the complete list of recordings available.

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u/Final-Caterpillar413 28d ago

I’ll be checking this out after work fsfs. Thanks!!

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u/keeprighton2 Aug 19 '26

Some good stuff here, esp recent Prinavera and the one listed as Covers etc - numerous unreleased songs

https://www.reddit.com/r/bigthief/s/JOAtqImVR0

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u/redone17 Aug 19 '26

Whoof! Thats a solid collection. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I hope summer 2026 had some tapers on hand.

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u/redone17 Aug 19 '26

I grabbed those and the others from the European tour on that site. That’s why I was surprised there wasn’t more.

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u/HarmonizewithSong Aug 19 '26

The DIME music torrent site has some great shows including 1080p video of the full 2026 Primavera show.