Tool - Transmission Impossible: Rare Broadcast Recordings (3CD) - CD - New

During the 1980s, all the future members of Tool moved to Los Angeles. Both Paul D'Amour and Adam Jones wanted to enter the film industry, while Maynard James Keenan, who had studied visual arts in Michigan, worked as a pet store remodeler. Keenan and Jones started jamming together while searching for a drummer and bass player. Danny Carey happened to live above Keenan and began playing at their sessions. Tool's line-up was completed by bassist D'Amour shortly thereafter.
After almost two years of practicing and performing locally in L.A., they eventually signed a record deal with Zoo Entertainment. In March ‘92, Zoo released the band's first effort, Opiate. They then began touring with the Rollins Band, Fishbone, Rage Against the Machine, White Zombie, and Corrosion of Conformity, to positive responses. Janiss Garza of RIP Magazine summarized this period as a "buzz" and "a strong start."
Tool, of course, continue to this day -  albeit with Justin Chancellor having replaced Paul D’Amour in 1996 - as one of the finest and most dynamic alternative rock bands on the US circuit. Their live performances have become legendary.
This new 3CD collection brings together a number of rare Tool recordings released here for the first time. DISC ONE contains one of Tool’s very earliest performances, their show at The Jello Loft in L.A., recorded for live FM radio broadcast on 5th September ‘91. The first disc also houses a number of wholly fascinating demos the band recorded earlier the same year. DISC TWO features two gigs from Tool’s Lollapalooza run in the summer 1993. First up is the set they played in Dallas, TX on August 1st, , following which is their appearance in Santa Fe on the same tour, six days later. Disc two concludes with a fascinating interview with Maynard, also from 1993. DISC THREE concludes this set with radio sessions recorded in London and the Netherlands in March 1994. As bonus cuts, this final CD also features a short set by Keenan’s ‘other group’, Perfect Circle, recorded in Belgium in 2000.

DISC ONE

1. Cold And Ugly
2. Undertow
3. Sober
4. Crawl Away
5. Sweat
6. Swamp Song
7. 4°
8. Hush
9. Cold And Ugly
10. Hush
11. Part Of Me
12. Crawl Away
13. Sober
14. Jerk-Off 

Tracks 1-8: From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At The Jello Loft, Los Angeles, CA, 5th September 1991

Tracks 9-14: From The 72826 Demo tapes, 1991

DISC TWO

1. Intolerance
2. Undertow
3. Sober
4. Prison Sex
5. Opiate (ft. Layne Staley)
6. Bottom
7. Jerk-Off
8. Intolerance
9. Undertow
10. Sober
11. Prison Sex
12. Opiate
13. Flood
14. Jerk-Off
15. Maynard James Keenan Interview 1993

Tracks 1-7: From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At
Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX, 1st August 1993

Tracks 8-14: From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At
Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area, Irwindale, CA
6th August 1993

DISC THREE

1. Opiate
2. 4°
3. Sober
4. Prison Sex
5. Sober
6. 4°
7. Intolerance
8. Prison Sex
9. Magdalena
10. Breña
11. Thinking Of You
12. Thomas
13. Diary Of A Lovesong
14. Rose

Tracks 1-4: From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At
Maida Vale Studios, London, England, 3rd March 1994

Tracks 5-8: From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At
NOB Audio Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands, 5th March 1994

Tracks 9-14: Performed by A Perfect Circle. From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At Festival Park, Werchter, Belgium,
2nd July 2000