[2025-05-09] Translator "Beyond Today: Live At The Farm San Francisco 1986" plus new studio tracks (Liberation Hall)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Feb 18, 2025 5:12 pm

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Description
Rare 1986 live recording from the 1980s San Francisco based alternative band featuring two new bonus tracks recordedd in 2023

Translator got their start in Los Angeles as in 1979 but there wasn't a convenient label for the music they made. Quickly finding themselves disillusioned with the L.A. music scene, the foursome moved to San Francisco. There, Translator built a fan base, made lots of friends, and landed a record deal with local indie label 415 Records.

Within weeks of signing, Translator found themselves part of the big-time music business: 415 had inked a distribution deal with Columbia. 1982's Heartbeats and Triggers benefited (at least a little) from the promotional muscle of the major label. But the album and its emotionally-charged single, "Everywhere That I'm Not" had the goods to succeed with or without Columbia's help. The song became popular on the burgeoning college radio circuit.

Each successive Translator album built upon and expanded their sound. The band toured widely, landing an opening spot on a Kinks tour, but sales figures didn't follow the same trajectory. And there wasn't much in terms of industry support for the band.

Near the end of the tour in support of their 4th album, the four band members came to the collective realization that Translator had reached the end of the road. They had decided that this would be the end and decided to go out with a bang, scheduling a hometown show to reward their ardent fan base with a show at The Farm in San Francisco on July 12, 1986. The band reunited in the 2000s and have recorded 2 new songs that are available as bonus tracks on this CD.

Tracklist
1. Beyond Today
2. Necessary Spinning
3. Everywhere
4. Nothing Is Saving Me
5. Gravity
6. Standing In Line
7. Drum Solo/Puzzles/Favorite Drug
8. O Lazurus
9. New Song
10. These Old Days
11. Everywhere That I'm Not
12. Roll Over Beethoven
Bonus Tracks - New Studio Recordings:
13. These Days To Come
14. With Your Dreams

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Feb 18, 2025 5:13 pm

Here's one of the new studo tracks, "These Days To Come":

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

Love these guys. I'm in.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

On our LA trip back in 2017 (wow 2017?!) Jimbo and I got to enjoy the comeback of Translator at the Roxy! That was a great show that also had The Long Ryders.

Everywhere That I’m Not.

The Human Top · **Joined:** 29 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 1114

I'm gonna get this.

I loved Translator back in the day, and wish they had been more commercially successful. They seem like good guys, and Steve Barton is a great guitarist/singer/songwriter. Also great drumming. So many good songs: Fall Forever, Sleeping Snakes, Necessary Spinning, Evening of the Harvest, Tolling of the Bells, Circumstance Laughing...

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

The Human Top wrote:

I'm gonna get this.

I loved Translator back in the day, and wish they had been more commercially successful. They seem like good guys, and Steve Barton is a great guitarist/singer/songwriter. Also great drumming. So many good songs: Fall Forever, Sleeping Snakes, Necessary Spinning, Evening of the Harvest, Tolling of the Bells, Circumstance Laughing...

I hope those who only knows Everywhere That I'm Not checks out the songs you mentioned. Each one a great song.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Mar 26, 2025 12:35 am

Here's the other new studio track, "With Your Dreams":

[2025-05-09] Translator "Beyond Today: Live At The Farm San Francisco 1986" plus new studio tracks (Liberation Hall)

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