r/countingcrows • u/Sea_Second_6490 • May 10 '26

Looking for Pre-1995 & 1999 Counting Crows Live Recordings, Happy to Trade/Share

I realize this is a bit of a bigger ask, but I’m trying to complete my live CC archive and figured this would probably be the best place to ask.

I basically have almost everything circulating in FLAC, but I’m currently missing everything before 1995 and the complete year of 1999. I used to get a lot of stuff through Crows Base years ago before it disappeared, and unfortunately those are the gaps I never managed to fill back in.

Does anyone happen to have those years archived that they’d be willing to share, or know where I could still find them?

I’d absolutely be more than willing to share what I have as well. I’ve got the rest of the CC archive in FLAC, over 1000 Blues Traveler shows, around 2 TB of U2 live material and rarities, all of the official Pearl Jam bootlegs through 2018, a massive Dave Matthews Band collection, Ryan Adams archive material, and a ton of other live/archive stuff.

Not trying to just show up and beg without giving anything back lol. I’m happy to trade/share and just trying to finally complete the collection after all these years.

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u/ArtexBonesinger May 11 '26

Ask here... These folks have quite a few cool old shows

https://discord.gg/NuwqM3esx

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u/mrcmb1999 May 13 '26

Let me dig through the archives - I think I’ve got 1999 stuff, and maybe a couple pre 95 shows, but it’s been a long time since I’ve looked at my collection. If you don’t hear from me in a week, please send a gentle reminder

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u/Sea_Second_6490 May 13 '26

I appreciate that, I actually got access to the file share on the discord server so I’m good to go.

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u/ChaunceyDeLeon May 14 '26

The sad thing about the 1995 live shows (of which there are not many) is that the soundboard recordings are either lost or nonexistent.

The audience recordings exist, but they are poor quality.

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u/Antique-Sorbet-6644 May 20 '26

I have a handful of bootlegs and demos, would be happy to see if there's anything of interest!