The Who – Rome, Italy (09/14/72)

THE WHO
Roma, Palaeur
September 14, 1972

01.I Can’t Explain
02.Summertime Blues / My Wife
03.Baba O’Riley
04.Behind Blue Eyes
05.Bargain
06.Won’t Get Fooled Again
07.Magic Bus
08.Relay
09.Pinball Wizard
10.See Me, Feel Me
11.My Generation
12.Naked Eye

TT 103:06

Lineage: Unknown recording device > low generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD >
SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

John Entwistle – bass guitar, keyboards
Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, harmonica
Pete Townshend – guitar, vocals
Keith Moon – drums

The Who – Montreal, Canada (12/02/73)

The Who
The Forum, Montreal, Canada
2 December 1973

Source: Cassette -> CDR -> FLAC

A fair audience recording. The tail end of ‘Love, Reign O’er Me’ is cut and there are some minor glitches during the first ten seconds of ‘See Me, Feel Me’, but that’s about it. This one’s notable for having the last performance of ‘Helpless Dancer’ in this era…not to mention a legendary hotel wrecking after the show (“Remember the place in Canada that we smashed?”).

Disc 1 (68:43)

  1. Can’t Explain
  2. Summertime Blues
  3. My Wife
  4. My Generation
  5. I Am the Sea
  6. The Real Me
  7. The Punk and the Godfather
  8. I’m One
  9. Helpless Dancer
  10. 5:15
  11. Sea and Sand
  12. Drowned

Disc 2 (54:51)

  1. Bell Boy
  2. Dr. Jimmy
  3. Love, Reign O’er Me (end cuts)
  4. Won’t Get Fooled Again
  5. Pinball Wizard
  6. See Me, Feel Me (glitches at beginning)
  7. Magic Bus

Bob Dylan – The British Judas Concerts, 1966

BOB DYLAN & THE HAWKS
THE BRITISH JUDAS CONCERTS 1966
LIMITED EDITION 5LP+3CD+1DVD BOX SET – NUMBER 295 of 400!

Silver cd>EAC (secure mode)>TLH flac (level 8)>md5>torrent

CD 1
ROYAL, ALBERT HALL, LONDON, MAY 26, 1966

  1. SHE BELONGS TO ME
  2. FOURTH TIME AROUND
  3. VISIONS OF JOHANNA
  4. LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT
  5. ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS
  6. BALLAD OF A THIN MAN
  7. LIKE A ROLLING STONE

ROYAL, ALBERT HALL, LONDON, MAY 27, 1966

  1. SHE BELONGS TO ME
  2. FOURTH TIME AROUND
  3. VISIONS OF JOHANNA
  4. IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE

CD 2
ROYAL, ALBERT HALL, LONDON, MAY 27, 1966

  1. DESOLUTION ROW
  2. JUST LIKE A WOMAN
  3. MR. TAMBOURINE MAN

THE ODEON, LIVERPOOL, MAY 14, 1966

  1. TELL ME, MOMMA
  2. I DON’T BELIEVE YOU
  3. BABY LET ME FOLLOW YOU DOWN
  4. JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES
  5. CROWD
  6. LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT
  7. ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS
  8. BALLAD OF A THIN MAN
  9. LIKE A ROLLING STONE
  10. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

CD 3
GAUMONT THEATRE, SHEFFIELD, MAY 16, 1966

  1. SHE BELONGS TO ME
  2. FOURTH TIME AROUND
  3. VISIONS OF JOHANNA
  4. IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE
  5. DESOLUTION ROW
  6. JUST LIKE A WOMAN
  7. MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
  8. LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT
  9. ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS

ODEON THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM, MAY 12, 1966

  1. BALLAD OF A THIN MAN

ABC THEATRE, EDINBURGH, MAY 20, 1966

  1. LIKE A ROLLING STONE

Derek & The Dominos – The Majestic Stand

Derek and the Dominos
“The Majestic Stand” (Mid Valley 068-071)
Essential Top 10 EC Set
Various Dates and Venues

Mid Valley 068-071

Alternate version of the November 20 show:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=290409
Paddington version of November 20 show:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=302408

  • End Contrast Clause (and no end to Santa Claus!)

Disc 1: Electric Factory – Philadelphia, Pa. – October 16, 1970

  1. Ramblin’ On My Mind
  2. Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad
  3. Blues Power
  4. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
  5. Mean Old World
  6. Motherless Children
  7. Let it Rain

Disc 2: Santa Monica, Ca. – November 20, 1970 (Afternoon Show)

  1. Got to Get Better in a Little While
  2. Key to the Highway
  3. Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad
  4. Blues Power
  5. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
  6. Tell the Truth
  7. All Night Long “Derek’s Boogie”
  8. Let it Rain

Disc 3: Santa Monica, Ca. – November 20, 1970 (Evening Show)

  1. Got to Get Better in a Little While
  2. Key to the Highway
  3. Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad
  4. Blues Power
  5. Stormy Monday
  6. Tell the Truth
  7. Let it Rain
  8. Every Day I Have the Blues

Band Lineup:
Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals
Carl Radle Bass
Jim Gordon Drums
Bobby Whitlock Keyboards, Vocals

Special Guests on the Santa Monica show:

Delaney Bramlett on all songs, except “Everyday I have the blues”
Toe Fat on “Everyday I have the blues”

Geetarz Comments:

The typical Mid Valley quality touch is obvious in this reissue of the earlier set, and is not to be confused with the earlier (1999) release of the same name on the Empress Valley label, which was available in 3CD and “4 Gold CD Limited Edition” versions.

Now, on to the goods …

We begin with the epic October 16 performance from Philadelphia, which has been remastered by Mid Valley.

This is a legendary Dominos show, and a personal favorite. Some older reference guides inexplicably refer to this as a soundboard, but it’s clearly a marginal to average recording.

Luckily a fantastic performance makes up for any drawbacks of the source material.

“Ramblin” features some of EC’s best ever slide playing. EC can at times play slide a little too precisely – but in this
performance, he exhibits loopy, “out of the box” playing that clearly shows Duane Allman’s influence as he dances around all the notes. I don’t recall EC performing “Ramblin'” in this arrangement again, which alone makes it unique.

This performance is also notable for an incredible, mind bending, tour-de-force performance of “Why does Love…”, which is, in my Not-So-Humble opinion, not only the finest performance of this song of all time, but has to be one of EC’s top performances of any song, ever. If I were making a list of the “Top 25 songs EC ever played” or something like that, this song would be on that list.

And it’s not just EC here. If you listen to some of the very early gigs, the band were a little loose, but here they play
as a single organism, rising and falling, playing off each other for all they are worth. “Why Does…” has always had a demanding and unusual bass line, and Radle holds it down, driving the song in the same way that Entwhistle would actually drive the rhythm of The Who as Moon, or in this case Jim Gordon, lays out some 15+ minutes of drum madness, and Bobby Whitlock holding it all together with a shimmering B3 and his incredible vocals.

This performance of this song is indeed “epic”, and unforgettable.

This show also features the first-ever live performance of “Motherless Children”, albeit in raw form, which in a way adds to its charm.

Now, with that aside … how does it sound? This one is up to personal preference. Sometimes Mid Valley goes a little over the top, but I quite like this version, and, depending on your listening circumstance, you may prefer it. It’s a definite change from the original, and I think that in the end it will come down to not only your personal preferences, but the volume at which you listen and how you listen (speakers, PC speakers, headphones, cheap stereo, car stereo, boom box, etc.).

Onto the Santa Monica show … as with the earlier Philadelphia show, it’s time to talk about a few of the MANY releases of this particular performance.

Perhaps the ear liest were vinyl ROIO, and of course numerous traded cassette copies of uncertain parentage, and subsequent CD release “Stormy Monday” on the Trademark of Quality (TMoQ) label. Those, and the later, “Live at Santa Monica” are incomplete, as they only feature only one of the two performances that day.

This Mid Valley release of “The Majestic Stand” (Mid Valley 068-071) is subtly remastered, and from that point on it’s up to personal preference which version a listener will prefer, the Mid Valley or the version on the Paddington label version (PADD 040/041/042). The Mid Valley version is a little warmer and darker, the Paddington trades off being a bit brighter for a little more overall volume and hiss.

In the end, I’d suggest that you check out both the MV and Paddington versions, and choose which is your personal preference.

Lineage:

Silvers > CD-R > Liteon IHap 322 > EAC v. 0.99 Prebeta 5 (Secure,
Offset Correct) > FLAC

Artwork, checksums, info file, and EAC extraction logs are of course
provided.

Enjoy!

April, 2010

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Pink Floyd – Rome, Italy (03/xx/70) – Zabriskie Point Sessions

Pink Floyd
Zabriskie Point

01. Heart Beat, Pig Meat
02. Country Song
03. Fingalís Cave
04. Crumbling Land
05. Alanís Blues
06. Oenone
07. Rain in the Country
08. Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up
09. The Violent Sequence
10. Country Song Theme (band)
11. Country Song Theme (acoustic)
12. Take Off (version II)
13. Love Scene 1 (organ & guitar)
14. Love Scene 3 (band)
15. Love Scene 4 (piano & vibes)
16. Love Scene 5 (double vibes)

The History
In the summer of 1969 Michelangelo Antonioni completed the filming of his visionary and prophetic view of America and our society. All that was left was to complete the movie with a good soundtrack. Antonioni was interested in everything that was new and trendy among young people. Don Hall was on the air during his nocturnal DJ program on KPPC FM Pasadena when he was contacted personally by Antonioni at the end of the summer of 1969. Antonioni really liked Don and invited him to have some screenings of the movie. After that Don provided a list of songs he felt would work, most coming from his program. Antonioni asked MGM to hire Don as Music Advisor for the soundtrack and came back to Roma (Don still has a letter from Antonioni, sent from Rome with the list of the songs he’d like to be in the movie, all songs for the radio-desert sequences).

Still they had to find how to score all the main sequences: Beginning, Violent, Take Off, Love and Explosions sequences (and eventually more). Antonioni wanted original music for those sequences. Many artists and bands were contacted to write original music for the movie, but none of them was asked to write the whole soundtrack of the movie.

In October ’69 Don was in Rome with Antonioni trying to find a way to score the whole movie in time for Christmas. Near the end of the month it happened that Clare Peploe (cowriter of the movie and Antonioni’s girlfriend at the time) brought to Rome a brand new copy of the new Pink Floyd album, Ummagumma, from London. Antonioni, Don Hall and Clare listened to the new album with a small stereo at Antonioni’s house in Rome. Antonioni REALLY liked Ummagumma and listened several times to the whole album. He liked ìCareful With That Axe, Eugeneî very much and told Don that he’d like a new version for the final sequence of Zabriskie Point. They decided to try and hire Pink Floyd to record all the original music they needed for the movie. MGM contacted Pink Floyd. After that Steve O’Rourke came to Rome alone during the first days of November ’69 to check and organize it all. All was done in few days, and Pink Floyd came on the 15th of November with Pete Watts and Alan Stiles, cancelling some shows planned for their present tour. Antonioni and Don showed the movie to them several times with some scenes already scored, highlighting those without. At that point Steve and Roger Waters had a talk and asked Antonioni to try to score the whole movie. He, been enthusiastic about Ummagumma, agreed.

Pink Floyd produced a large quantity of music, especially for the Love Scene but Antonioni was not satisfied and the sessions ran longer than planned. In the end Pink Floyd went back to London with some songs to finish. Out of all the entire production of songs, including themes and variations, Antonioni ended up using only three songs. He kept on searching for “something better” till the last days before the premiere of the movie. In London Pink Floyd completed their final versions of eight songs with the intent of them being their eventual album for the Zabriskie Point soundtrack.

The Who – Wolverhampton, England (10/29/73)

The Who
1973-10-29
Wolverhampton, England
Civic Hall

Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassette>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Transferred By: JEMS

Band Members:
Pete Townshend – vocals, guitar
Roger Daltrey – vocals, harmonica
John Entwistle – bass, vocals
Keith Moon – drums, vocals

Setlist:

  1. Intro
  2. I Can’t Explain
  3. Summertime Blues
  4. My Generation
  5. I Am The Sea ->
  6. The Real Me
  7. The Punk And The Godfather
  8. I’m One
  9. Helpless Dancer
  10. 5.15
  11. Sea And Sand
  12. Drowned
  13. Bell Boy
  14. Doctor Jimmy ->
  15. The Rock
  16. Love Reign O’er Me
  17. My Generation
  18. Pinball Wizard
  19. See Me Feel Me
  20. Won’t Get Fooled Again

Length: 108:27

Notes:
1st gen from the JEMS vaults. The recording is fair to good sounding but most likely an upgrade to most everything that is circulating for this recording. This is the 1st time these cassettes have ever been digitized(Dec. 2010). Any copies traceable back to these cassettes will all be higher gen copies. This is the 2nd night of the Quadrophenia tour and the first night they pared back the setlist after a mostly disasterous and under rehearsed opening night unveiling of the whole album. This show features the rarely played The Rock which would also be removed from the setlist once the British leg of the Quadrophenia tour ended. According to Joe McMichael’s The Who Concert File book Magic Bus was played as an encore at this show. What is presented here is all that is known to have been taped for this show.

Grateful Dead – Raleigh, NC (07/10/90)

Grateful Dead
July 10, 1990
Carter-Finley Stadium
Raleigh, NC

Notes:

— Part of show with Bruce Hornsby on accordion

Set 1:
d1t01 – Tuning
d1t02 – Jack Straw
d1t03 – Loser
d1t04 – We Can Run
d1t05 – Me And My Uncle ->
d1t06 – Big River
d1t07 – Friend Of The Devil
d1t08 – When I Paint My Masterpiece
d1t09 – Bird Song ->
d1t10 – Promised Land

Set 2:
d2t01 – Tuning
d2t02 – Iko Iko
d2t03 – Playing In The Band ->
d2t04 – Uncle John’s Band ->
d2t05 – Playing Jam ->
d2t06 – Drums ->
d3t01 – Space ->
d3t02 – The Other One ->
d3t03 – Stella Blue ->
d3t04 – Not Fade Away

Encore:
d3t05 – Brokedown Palace