This instrumental was recorded in 1991 after Joe and Winter Hours parted ways. This came out as a flexi-disc along with the original demo version of "Hyacinth Girl".

Last Drop

Recorded at Cabaret Metro in Chicago in the winter of 1989. I believe this was Winter Hours at it's peak. Dave Scheff pushed us to the limit every night. This is part of the free download from the self-titled re-issue.

Island of Jewels (Live)

Recorded at Cabaret Metro in Chicago in the winter of 1989. One of our finest performances of this song.

Rise (Live)

This was recorded in 1988 at Bearsville Studios. Produced by Elliott Murphy. This song was also recorded by Matthew Caws of Nada Surf for the WH tribute "A Few Uneven Rhymes"

One Small Achievement

Another live track from Cabaret Metro '89 broadcast over WXRT.

Up There Again (Live)

This is Keith Caruana's version of the Winter Hours song "Churches", taken from the cd "A Few Uneven Rhymes/A Tribute To Winter Hours". Keith and I are working on the unreleased songs of Winter Hours.

1 - 04 Churches

We played this throughout our '89 tour. You can find this and the entire concert from the Cabaret Metro in Chicago on the re-issue of the self titled cd.

09 Bus Stop

This is the original Red Buckets demo version of "Jane September". East Of Venus recorded this and will be on first LP released in March.

01 Jane September

Here's one of the 7 unreleased Winter Hours songs that I'll be recording with Keith Caruana, Rob Norris and Stan Demeski. This is live 1991 from the Knitting Factory. The sound quality in less than desirable, but the performance is all there. Matthew Caws band, Because Because Because played with us this night.

08 Roll In The Ivy

 From one of our last performances. This is from Maxwells. Originally an instrumental (Almira Street)that I'd written and recorded. Joe liked enough to want to add lyrics and vocals to, sadly we never got around to recording it. East Of Venus recorded this for our upcoming "Memory Box" LP.

20 Faded Pictures 1 - 25 - 91

Here's Joe singing the Zombies song with some studio guys in NYC. This was recorded on July 29, 1986 at Right Track Studios. Right around the time of the "Wait Til The Morning" sessions. We had been playing this song out live with Ward 8, though a very different arrangement.

Time Of The Season

Another live version from our 1989 tour. Bob Messing supplying killer backing vocals, as Lenny Kaye once called him, "our secret weapon".

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