The Suspects, compilation (bootleg CD rip)
http://www.filefactory.com/file/29n8244 ... lation.zip"Syndicated Dreams - Volume 11: The Suspects: Anthology "
The Suspects: Steve Wynn, Kendra Smith, Gavin Blair, Russ Tolman, Steve Suchil
The Suspects was a late 1970s-early 1980s band that had Kendra Smith as singer. Kendra and Steve Wynn later went on to form Dream Syndicate. In Dream Syndicate she was bass player and rarely sang. Later Kendra formed Clay Allison and Opal with David Roback with Kendra singing. Hope Sandoval would replace Kendra as Opal singer in Nov., 1987. Opal changed its name to Mazzy Star in 1989. "The rest is (Mazzy Star) history."
CD 1
The Single (Recorded at BSU Studios, San Francisco, 1979)
1. It's Up To You (2:56)
2. Talking Loud (2:21)
This page on Discogs.com (
https://www.discogs.com/Suspects-Its-Up ... se/1778208) has
the personnel for the single as:
Bass Guitar – Steve Suchil, Drums – Gavin Blair, Guitar – Russ Tolman, Vocals – Kendra Smith,
Written-By, Guitar, Vocals – Steve Wynn
Demos (Recorded at KDVS, The University of California, Davis, 1979)
3. You're Not the One (3:05)
4. Two For One (3:17)
5. Whatcha Gonna Do (3:56)
6. 19th Nervous Breakdown (3:43)
7. You're Not the One (2:43)
8. While You Sleep * (3:37)
* This demo is Steve by himself in the studio.
9. Bang a Gong (Get It On) (2:52)
Live 1979 (Probably in Davis, CA, exact dates and venues unknown)
10. Autopilot (2:39)
11. Talking Loud (3:16)
12. Still Life (4:52)
13. That's Not My Name (3:17)
14. Fool Around (3:40)
15. I've Got A Right (1:58)
Live at The Coffee House
The University of California, Davis, February 14, 1980
16. Talking Loud (2:29)
17. While You Sleep (3:25)
18. She's Got It Down (3:18)
19. Double Talk (3:11)
20. Two For One (3:28)
21. That's Not My Name (4:07)
22. It's Up to You (2:53)
CD 2
The Reunion Concert
The Coffee House
The University of California, Davis, May 8, 1981
1. Alle Morgens Parties (5:09)
2. Talking Loud (2:49)
3. Double Talk (2:53)
4. A Year Ago (3:20)
5. Bang a Gong (cut) (3:34)
6. While You Sleep (3:22)
7. You're Not the One (2:59)
8. Two For One (3:42)
9. She's Got It Down (3:59)
10. Twentieth Century Fox (3:57)
11. Girl From Ipanema (1:45)
12. A Better World (4:04)
13. Whatcha Gonna Do (cut) (4:34)
14. It's Up To You (cut) (2:21)
15. That's Not My Name (4:31)
16. Do Anything You Wanna Do (4:44)
Demo (Probably recorded at BSU Studios, San Francisco, during sessions for the single)
17. Make Something Happen ** (2:36)
Early (1978?) Live (Probably in Davis, CA, exact date and venue unknown)
18. Whacks Intact ** (3:46)
19. Can't Reach You ** (3:15)
20. Hazardous Romances ** (2:57)
** This stuff is of lesser sound quality.
As countdown to this all previous volumes will be seeded again during the next few weeks.
This show was distributed on the Steve Wynn Yahoo Group CDR tree as
Syndicated Dreams Volume 11.
http://stevewynn.net/wynntree_static.ph ... ams11.htmlThe Syndicated Dreams Series is organised by Jens Jakob Sørensen and is supported by Steve Wynn.
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First released January 2003
Cover by Fritz Weidner
Liner notes by Pat Thomas
Tapes provided by Jaap Bos, transferred to cd by Clinton Lawrence
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Liner Notes:
Welcome to what has, until now, been the prehistory of Steve's career. I first heard of
the Suspects during my freshman year at the University of California, Davis, but didn't
actually see them until Fall Quarter of the next year, at a concert sponsored by the
excellent student-run campus radio station, KDVS (Steve, Kendra, and Russ were all DJs
at the station, by the way). At the time, they were the only band in Davis - something
that would soon change as Davis became a local haven for new wave bands, most of which,
like the Suspects, were formed by students.
I was hooked after that first concert, but unfortunately, the Suspects wouldn't last much
longer. Six months later, they had broken up, and Steve and Kendra had moved to Los Angeles.
But in the meantime, they released their single and played frequently in Davis, and I went
to see them whenever I could.
As you will hear, Kendra was really the dominant on-stage personality. Steve wrote most of
the songs (Russ wrote a few as well), but mostly stayed in the background when they performed.
The thing that really stands out in my memory as I listen again is how much fun they seemed
to have, and that translated to the audience as well. I don't think there's much in their
music that hints at the direction they would later take - at least not until the dramatic
opening of their reunion concert. That is one of my favorite Suspects memories - as I
recall, they played the first minute or two of "Alle Morgens Parties" in darkness - all
the lights in the Coffee House were turned off. Little did we know at the time how much
that foreshadowed the transition Steve and Kendra would soon make with the founding of
the Dream Syndicate.
Jaap Bos sent me the tapes this release was compiled from a few years ago when I found
out they existed and inquired about them (much to my delight). I want to make sure he is
properly thanked for preserving this part of Steve's legacy. They aren't perfect, but I
did include at least one performance of every song that exists on them. I apologize for
the defects, which include inconsistent sound quality and three songs from the reunion
concert cut a little short, but unfortunately, I think this might be most of what has
survived. I hope you enjoy listening to Steve's earliest work as much as I did 23 years ago.
Clinton Lawrence
Davis, California
January 20, 2003
By 1984, I was a massive Dream Syndicate and True West fan, so when I heard about the
Suspects, which "on paper" appeared to be a nearly legendary super group of Steve Wynn
on guitar, Kendra Smith on vocals, Russ Tolman on guitar, True West singer Gavin Blair
on drums, plus a bass player who I'd never heard of, I was determined to hear this band.
I thought to myself, this is the most exciting thing I've heard about since Steampacket
(mid 1960's first band of Julie Driscoll, Rod Stewart, Brian Auger, Long John Baldry,
and Micky Waller). But for anyone living outside of Northern California, the chance of
coming across their single was impossible. I begged Steve himself several times for a
copy of the single and he said "I'll never let you hear that band". Much later tapes
began circulating and by the early 90's Steve was kind enough to fork over one of his
final copies of the disc. Well, it's not as bad as Steve and Kendra both told me it was,
nor is it nearly as exciting as it appeared "on paper". At the end of the day it's
probably about as good as Steampacket. Here it is the folks, the Suspects joining a
long list of bands before they were famous: The Quarrymen, the Golliwogs, David Jones
and the Lower Third, the Neon Boys, the Sneakers, Giles Giles & Fripp, the Warlocks,
John Evan Blues Band, Timebox, and the High Numbers. Can you name what bands they later became?
cheers,
Pat Thomas
Oakland, CA January 22nd 2003
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[Thanks go to popular live show torrent sharing site dimeadozen.org member mjcrossuk who
prepared the above notes and upped this compilation to the Dime site which is where I acquired it.
I'm re-sharing it elsewhere. To the original file found at Dime, I'm adding a copy of a 1979 video session of the band
I downloaded from youtube, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqbvWgmiJJoHere's the video description from youtube, QUOTE: The Suspects: Live in Studio 1979.
Talking Loud/Working Proud / Make Something Happen / It's Up To You.
Steve Wynn (Guitar) * Kendra Smith (Vocals) * Steve Suchil (Bass) * Russ Tolman (Guitar) * Gavin Blair (Drums).
Steve Suchil tells " Seems the filmmakers were from a Sacto high school & we were filmed at their AV studio.
The filmmaker wanted to put it in local PBS. Unfortunately it never happened, instead, disappearing
from view until now."
The original folder had pics from the CD. I've added a few more pics, mostly screen shots from the video.
-Hermesacat (Bob Beatty)]
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If you'd like to preview a song from this compilation, I've upped a live song recording from it to my yt Channel, here:
https://youtu.be/FzLtPpx_ekkSteve Wynn has one live set of The Suspects, a recording from 1980 (Steve Wynn live at the Mabuhay Gardens) available for listening and free download from his collection he has up at archive.org.
https://archive.org/details/SteveWynn But the audio quality of that 1980 show recording is not nearly as good as the audio of shows from this compilation.