Disc one The first disc was recorded in the following locations between 1984 and 1993: • The Barn (Bearsville, New York) – 1990 • Hyde Street (San Francisco) – 1986–87 • The Plant (Sausalito, California) – 1991–93 • Record One (Sherman Oaks, California) – 1991–93 • Ocean Way (Los Angeles) – 1991–93 • Alpha and Omega Recordings (San Francisco) – 1986–87 and 1990–91 • Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California) – 1990 and 1993 • Coast Recorders (San Francisco) – 1990–91 • The Site (Marin County, California) – May 1993 Most of the above locations were also used to record and mix his 1992 album,
The Extremist.
Disc two The second disc uses live recordings from three shows on the Extremist Tour and one show on the Surfing with the Alien tour. The recordings taken from the Extremist Tour are from the following shows: •
Tower Theater (
Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania) – December 3, 1992 • Orpheum Theatre (
Boston) – December 23, 1992 • Hammersmith Apollo (
London) – February 5, 1993 The recording taken from the Surfing with the Alien tour is from the following show: • California Theatre (
San Diego) – June 11, 1988 This show originally aired on the
King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show on July 31, 1988. Three songs (Ice 9, Memories and Hordes of Locusts) were also used on the
Dreaming #11 EP. According to a 2014 interview with Joe for
MusicRadar.com, the Roseland Ballroom show in New York City (December 5, 1992) was also recorded for this album but wasn't used. The Hammersmith Apollo show was recorded for and broadcast by BBC Radio 1 on May 1, 1993, and repeated on October 23, 1993 (both times at 19:30). It was produced by Jeff Griffin and recorded by Mike Robinson. ==Critical reception==