Links of the Day: January 15, 2023

John Cale Makes It New Again: The New Yorker

Remembering Evan Dando’s cover of Neil Young’s ‘Thrasher’: Far Out Magazine

High Definition Tape Transfers Releases 1956 Judy Garland Las Vegas Show: Grateful Web

Dead & Company Bring Wynonna, Wally, & “Wolf” To Playing In The Sand’s Opening Night: Live for Live Music

John Mayer receives prototype replica of Jerry Garcia’s famed Wolf guitar: MSN

Bob Weir’s ‘Ace: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition’ – Review

Neil Young & Crazy Horse Perform “Cortez the Killer” in 1991

One of the things I really enjoyed when I was posting shows every day was posting certain artists on certain days of the week. I am a man of some organization. I like to have my ducks in a row as my mother likes to say. There was something nice about knowing that on Mondays I’d be posting Bob Dylan shows, and on Wednesdays, I’d post the Grateful Dead, etc. I kind of miss that.

So in my ever-changing plans on what to do with this blog, I thought it would be fun to try to do something similar again. No, I won’t be posting new shows every day and thus I won’t be posting Neil Young shows on Thursdays. But maybe I can post a Neil Young video on some Thursdays. Or links to interesting Neil Young news.

I like the idea anyway. So here’s a terrific version of one of my favorite Neil songs, “Cortez the Killer” in 1991.

The Band – Isle of Wight, England (08/31/69)

The Band
August 31, 1969
Woodside Bay near Ryde, Isle Of Wight Festival

AUD MR > DAT > CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC

01 We Can Talk
02 Long Black Veil
03 To Kingdom Come
04 Ain’t No More Cane
05 Don’t Ya Tell Henry
06 Chest Fever
07 I Shall Be Released
08 The Weight
09 Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

[37:33]

I did not harm the sound of the recordings in any way. Pitch adjustment done by the original taper.
Tr.1 is missing about two seconds at the beginning, apart from that this the complete performance.

YES – Long Beach, CA (06/23/75)

Yes
1975-06-23
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
30th Anniversary Remaster

Mike Millard recorded both the Los Angeles Forum (1975-06-21) and Long Beach Yes shows of 1975. For audio quality, this is the better of the two. The audio is much better to the two 1974 Tales shows, probably due to an upgrade of gear. You might think this was a soundboard recording, if you didn’t know better. As for the performance, Yes is hot, but there are some crackles and Jon’s voice is kind of ragged, as if the smog in Southern California was getting to him.

Art is not included with the torrent but I’m sure there is some floating around, and hopefully some friends will post theirs.

In 1975, Yes were:
Jon Anderson
Chris Squire
Steve Howe
Alan White
Patrick Moraz

Tracks:

Disk1
Firebird Suite
Sound Chaser
Close to the Edge
To Be Over
The Gates of Delirium

Disk 2
Your Move
Mood for a Day
Long Distance Runaround
Patrick Moraz Solo
Clap
And You And I
Ritual
Roundabout
Sweet Dreams

Thelonious Monk – Stockholm, Sweden (03/05/63)

Thelonious Monk Quartet
1963-03-5
Stockholm, Sweden

ex FM, RESEED

Short spoken intro 1’17
Bye-ya 8’36
Monk’s dream 8’35
‘Round Midnight 9’20
Criss cross 5’19
Drum Solo 3’59
Jackie-ing 8’22
Just a Gigolo 3’23
Bright Mississippi 9’13

Thelonious Monk – Piano
Charlie Rouse – Tenor saxophone
John ore – Bass
Frankie Dunlop – Drums

lineage is pre-fm > ? > cd-r or something like that. I tried and find a more precise lineage, butit’s always just described as a”pre-fm” record and that’s it…

enjoyyyy