The Band – Uniondale, NY (08/30/74)

The Band
8/30/74
Nassau Coliseum,
Uniondale, NY

source: aud cassette master
akg d1000e’s>sony tc-152sd
taped by Jerry Moore

lineage: mac>dat>cdr>eac>cd wave>flac
transfer(’99) and seed by Rob Berger 10/14/09

one disc: 79:01

01 – John Scher Intro, tuning
02 – Blues Jam>
03 – Just Another Whistle Stop
04 – Stage Fright
05 – The Weight
06 – The Shape I’m In
07 – Loving You
08 – Night They Drove Old Dixie Down>
09 – Across The Great Divide
10 – Endless Highway
11 – Smoke Signal
12 – W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
13 – Time To Kill
14 – Mystery Train>
15 – Genetic Method>
16 – Chestfever
17 – Up On Cripple Creek
18 – Don’t Do It

YES – Los Angeles, CA (03/18/74)

Yes
March 18, 1974
Inglewood, California
Great Western Forum

Source: Millard Master > VHS > DAT > CDR(x) > EAC/Flac > flac(8)

Disc One
1) Firebird Suite 1:50
2) Siberian Khatru 9:44
3) And You and I 10:18
4) Close To The Edge 19:34
5) The Revealing Science Of God 22:34
Total Time 64:00

Disc Two
1) The Ancient 23:10
2) Ritual 23:37
Total Time 46:47

Missing encore of:

Roundabout
Starship Trooper

Jon Anderson – Vocals
Steve Howe – Guitars
Chris Squire – Bass
Rick Wakeman – Keyboards
Alan White – Drums

Tales of a Topographic Tour

ìTonight you’ll see and hear five musicians who have dedicated themselves to involving not only themselves but their audience in a shared experienced in which love is not too strong a word to apply. That is certainly at the basis of much of Jon Anderson’s lyrics, together with a plea for ever growing awareness of self and others.î Chris Welch, Melody Maker

Welchís words are taken from page 19 of the 1974 Yes tour book, available to all who attended the North American ëTales From Topographic Oceansí tour. Jon and the band had written 4 new songs based on the ancient Sanskrit language and this tour was their attempt to share the experience with their fans. After touring Europe, Yes came to North America with the new tour. They began in Gainesville, Florida on February 7th, 1974 and quickly made their way across the continent. After 36 performances the band found themselves at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. This was to be their third time at the Forum, a venue have played seven times during their long career.

The Forum was opened in 1967 and has played host to many concerts and sporting events. At a cost of 16 Million US Dollars it was considered spectacular for the time. The Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings and a number of other sports teams have called this site home for many years. In 1984 the Forum was even used to host the Olympic Basketball competition. For concert events, the Forum can seat 18,000 people and despite its large size can provide a great musical experience for those who attend.

When Yes arrived at the Forum they were prepared to present material from both of their most recent albums. During the European tour and this American tour, the set would begin with all the material from the ëClose To The Edgeí album. The band would then introduce and perform all four parts of ëTales From Topographic Oceansí. Jon Anderson explains each song separately, trying to draw the audience into why each song was written. This material seemed to be received well during the tour but not all members of the band were enthusiastic about the new pieces. Of note, Rick Wakeman found Tales to be redundant and uninspiring. Was this the reason the setlist was changed? We’re not sure, but after presenting the established setlist in Detroit on February 28th, (PRRP 013 by the way) the band went to Hershey, Pennsylvania where the songs ëThe Rememberingí and ëRevealing Science Of God’ were cut from the setlist. There was an overflow crowd that night which delayed the beginning of the performance. Was this a necessary move given the time constraint or a convenient excuse to cut back on the Tales’ material? The next night, in Louisville, Kentucky ëThe Revealing Science Of Godí was again part of the set but ëThe Rememberingí was dropped, never to be included again. The Detroit audience would be the last to see ëTales From Topographic Oceansí performed in its entirety. The performance at the Inglewood Forum 16 days later would only include three of the four songs from the new album.

So, March 18th 1974 saw Yes perform at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. How was this show received by the audience? We can only present you with the words of someone who was there.

“Yes’ immense popularity is one of the most unlikely in a world dominated by the lascivious likes of Led Zeppelin and brutal thrashers like the Who and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. The group’s concerns are the dead opposite of the secular and hedonistic, and the sight of a rock audience paying attention to a good hour of musical interpretation of Sanskrit scriptures (as did Monday’s Forum crowd) approaches the surreal.

Yes is most enjoyable when you take it less seriously than it seems to want you to take it, and the tremendous ovations were surely responses to the music rather than expressions of gratitude for spiritual enlightenment. But Yes projects its role convincingly, with pretense, particularly singer/writer Jon Anderson, a pure, innocent, white-clad eye in the midst of the musical storm.

Although that gap between what Anderson wants to communicate and what the audience is actually getting is a slightly disorienting factor throughout the show, the sheer power and exalted complexity of the music finally shatters any reservations.

Yes’ performance on Monday night was virtually flawless, and though it offered little in the way of surprises, it managed miraculously to avoid dryness and sterility. Abetted by a magnificent sound and lighting setup, Yes played current, middle-period and old (a tantalising gesture that whetted the appetite for more of the earlier, more pop-oriented songs) material.

The new music is a slight refinement of the familiar sound, a gradual, unforced progression. Like all of Yes’ music, it features bold shifts, from angelically ethereal to primevally violent, and it functions on a multitude of levels. Although at odds with traditional rock ‘n’ roll attitudes, Yes has made it work and refreshing, challenging alternative.”

Richard Cromelin
“Yes Offers Unique Material”, AT INGLEWOOD FORUM
Wednesday March 20, 1974, Los Angeles Times

Notes from the Re-Master

For this remaster we were fortunate to begin with a digital copy of the Mike Millard Master tape. For those not familiar with Mike Millard, he was a Los Angeles area resident who devoted much of his time in the 1970ís to creating very high quality audience recordings of rock music concerts. This 1974 Yes concert was one of his earlier recordings but still, outstanding quality and far better than most audience recordings from the era. Sadly, the recording is not complete. We have the full concert up to the song Ritual but the encores of Roundabout and Starship Trooper were not included. We have chosen not to fill in these missing songs with recordings from other performances because we do not think it is philosophically appropriate. However, there were a few brief gaps in the recording that were patched using other sources.

Upon listening to the raw recording it is clear that the music runs too fast. On detailed analysis and comparison of this recording with established references, we confirmed that speed errors did exist. Once identified, they were corrected. The next issue was general noise level. Both the Tales and CTTE material contain soft, quiet sections. These were not heard well in the raw recording because of the general noise floor. Once this was reduced, the subtleties of the music could be appreciated more clearly. Peak crackle was also present and reduced as much as possible. Tonality was adjusted to both smooth out the excesses and boost segments of the frequency range that were deficient. Dynamics and balance also needed to be adjusted to correct errors and emphasise the dramatic nature of the music. A couple of patches were needed to fill in presumed tape flip gaps. Fortunately, the segments that were missing were small. Overall, a very nice result.

PRRP Staff

Queen – Brussels, Belgium (12/10/74)

Queen
Live in Belgium
December 10th 1974
140 Theatre
Brussels, Belgium

Tracklist:

01 Procession
02 Now I’m Here
03 Ogre Battle
04 Father To Son
05 White Queen
06 Flick Of The Wrist
07 In The Lap Of The Gods
08 Killer Queen
09 The March Of The Black Queen
10 Bring Back That Leroy Brown
11 Son And Daughter
12 Keep Yourself Alive
13 Seven Seas Of Rhye
14 Stone Cold Crazy (cut)

Quality: Fair
Size: 283 MB

Recording length: 60 minutes (1 CD, incomplete)
Quality: C-
Source: Audience
Lineage: AUD > ? > CDR (x)
Track listing:
Procession, Now I’m Here, Ogre Battle, Father To Son, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, In The Lap Of The Gods, Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Son And Daughter, Keep Yourself Alive, Seven Seas Of Rhye, Stone Cold Crazy [cut]

This is one of the worst-sounding audio recordings ever made in the existence of music, inaudible to the point that the average listener probably wouldn’t be able to recognize the songs. Only the brave will make it through this one.

An complete and better-sounding alternate source once existed, but the taper says he accidently taped over it when recording another band a few years later.

Bob Dylan – New York, NY (01/31/74)

Bob Dylan & The Band
Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
31 January 1974

❃ AFTERNOON SHOW ❃

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
Lay Lady Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain’t Me Babe
Ballad Of A Thin Man
All Along The Watchtower
Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right
Gates Of Eden
Just Like A Woman
It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like A Rolling Stone

– ENCORE(s) –

Maggie’s Farm
Blowin’ In The Wind

❃ EVENING SHOW ❃

– ENCORE(s) –

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
Blowin’ In The Wind

Note: First “Highway 61 Revisited” of the 1974 tour.

Bob Dylan – Seattle, WA (02/09/74)

Bob Dylan & The Band
Coliseum
Seattle, Washington
9 February 1974

Early Show:

01. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Iíll Go Mine)
02. Lay Lady Lay
03. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
04. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
05. It Ain’t Me Babe
06. Ballad Of A Thin Man

07. Stage Fright (the Band)
08. The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down (the Band)
09. King Harvest (has surely come)(the Band)
10. When you Awake (the Band)
11. Up on Cripple Creek (the Band)

12. All Along The Watchtower
13. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
14. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

01. She Belongs To Me ñ (solo)
02. The Times They Are A-Changin’ ñ (solo)
03. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll ñ (solo)
04. Don’t Think Twice, Itís All Right ñ (solo)
05. Wedding Song ñ (solo)

06. Rag Mama Rag (the Band)
07. This Wheel’s on Fire (the Band)
08. The Shape I’m in (the Band)
09. The Weight (the Band)

10. Forever Young
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Like A Rolling Stone

13. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Iíll Go Mine)

Late Show

< disk 1 >

01. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Iíll Go Mine)
02. Lay Lady Lay
03. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
04. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
05. It Ain’t Me Babe
06. Ballad Of A Thin Man

07. Stage Fright (the Band)
08. The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down (the Band)
09. King Harvest (has surely come)(the Band)
10. When you Awake (the Band)
11. Up on Cripple Creek (the Band)

12. All Along The Watchtower
13. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
14. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

< disk 2 >

01. The Times They Are A-Changin’ ñ (solo)
02. Just Like A Woman ñ (solo)
03. Wedding Song ñ (solo)
04. Don’t Think Twice, Itís All Right ñ (solo)
05. It’s Alright Ma (Iím Only Bleeding) ñ (solo)

06. Rag Mama Rag (the Band)
07. This Wheel’s on Fire (the Band)
08. The Shape I’m in (the Band)
09. The Weight (the Band)

10. Forever Young
11. Highway 61 Revisited

12. Like A Rolling Stone

13. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Iíll Go Mine)
14. Blowin’ In The Wind

Note:
Exactly the same set list as 6 February [Evening].
Before “Lay Lady Lay”, Bob says “Glad to be in Seattle…..Jimi Hendrix!!”

Bob Dylan – Uniondale, NY (01/29/74)

Bob Dylan & The Band
Nassau County Coliseum
Nassau, New York
29 January 1974

01. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Iíll Go Mine)
02. Lay Lady Lay
03. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
04. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
05. It Ain’t Me Babe
06. Ballad Of A Thin Man

07. Stage Fright (the Band)
08. The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down (the Band)
09. King Harvest (has surely come)(the Band)
10. When you Awake (the Band)
11. I shall be Released (the Band)

12. All Along The Watchtower
13. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
14. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

01. The Times They Are A-Changin’ ñ (solo)
02. Don’t Think Twice, Itís All Right ñ (solo)
03. Gates Of Eden – (solo)
04. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue ñ (solo)
05. It’s Alright Ma (Iím Only Bleeding) ñ (solo)

06. Rag Mama Rag (the Band)
07. This Wheel’s on Fire (the Band)
08. The Shape I’m in (the Band)
09. The Weight (the Band)

10. Forever Young
11. Something There Is About You
12. Like A Rolling Stone

13. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Iíll Go Mine)

Note: Exactly the same set list as 22 January in Atlanta.

Lineage: Master tape > CDR > EAC > Flac [from lk aud set].

LosslessBob entry: LB-2695. very similar to previous in quality with a little lower levels and tone seemed slightly harsher so liked previous better.*
* Previous = LB-453. from aud master,very good to excellent sound; from shn upload phil’s ftp server 10/01

No fix required. The digital silence gaps fall at beg/end of discs, between sets or evident tape edits, do not warrant removal as sector alignment would modify all tracks which are otherwise without any audible flaws.

Bob Dylan – Build a Ladder to the Stars, 1974

Bob Dylan
1974 BUILD A LADDER TO THE STARS
Pink Panther Records

Thanks as always to Nellie at Expecting Rain for this compilation. As per usual she has included an enormous amount of information in the text files which I have not included here (but do remain in the download) in order to save space.

Tour ’74 is a much misunderstood part of Dylan’s live performance canon.
The early concerts are quite different to the later ones which formed Before The Flood.

There have been various great compilations of Tour ’74 in the past,
most notably the silver boot Phantoms Of My Youth (Capricorn) and
Bob Meyer’s amazing Nineteen74 from 1981, a “best of” from his exhaustive, and at the time definitive, “1974 Project”.

However, since then, many pristine complete soundboards (& bits of soundboards) have emerged,
along with great audience tapes from Chicago and Hollywood. This new compilation reflects this.

One of the great surprises is the performance & sound quality of The Band songs, which are also included here.

Sound quality here is generally very good to excellent, but some tracks only exist in fair to poor sound.
Unfortunately, the first three tracks from Chicago are in poor sound –
if you don’t like these completist tracks, use the “skip” button.

Hope you enjoy it. You might be pleasantly surprised.

Lies, damn lies & statistics:

All the songs performed by Dylan & The Band on Tour’74.
20 of a total of 41 concerts represented here.
86 tracks.
59 different songs.
1 Bob.

Chicago Stadium
Chicago, Illinois
3 January 1974
†
1.Share Your Love With Me (Briggs/Malone)
2.Holy Cow (Alain Toussaint)
3.Life Is A Carnival (Robbie Robertson – Rick Danko – Levon Helm)

First concert of the 1974 Tour of America with The Band.
This was the only time that Dylan played during The Band’s set.

LB-2635;
From Les Kokay audience set

Chicago Stadium
Chicago, Illinois
4 January 1974

4.Hero Blues
5.It Ain’t Me, Babe
6.Tough Mama
7.Long Black Veil (Danny Dill – Marijohn Wilkin)
8.All Along The Watchtower
9.Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
10.The Times They Are A-Changin’
11.Love Minus Zero/No Limit
12.The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
13.Nobody ‘Cept You
14.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
15.The Shape I’m In (Robbie Robertson)
16.The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
17.Forever Young
18.Something There Is About You
19.Like A Rolling Stone

LB-2636;
From Les Kokay audience set

The Spectrum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6 January 1974
Afternoon

20.To Ramona
21.Mama, You Been On My Mind

LB-9309;
Fix of LB-2637

The Spectrum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6 January 1974
Evening

22.It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
23.Song To Woody
24.Mr. Tambourine Man

LB-2638;
From Les Kokay audience set

The Spectrum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7 January 1974

25.Girl Of The North Country
26.Wedding Song
27.Nobody ‘Cept You

LB-2647;
From Les Kokay audience set

Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9 January 1974

28.It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

LB-9312;
Fix of LB-2650

Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 January 1974

29.As I Went Out One Morning
30.Love Minus Zero/No Limit

LB-7073;
As I Went Out One Evening (Be Twisted / BTCD 020-21)

Boston Gardens
Boston, Massachusetts
14 January 1974

31.Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
32.Lay, Lady, Lay
33.Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
34.It Ain’t Me, Babe
35.I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
36.Ballad Of A Thin Man
37.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robbie Robertson)
38.This Wheel’s On Fire (Rick Danko – Bob Dylan)
39.I Shall Be Released
40.Up On Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
41.All Along The Watchtower
42.Ballad Of Hollis Brown
43.Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
44.Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
45.Just Like A Woman
46.Something There Is About You

LB-1497;
Compiler: Les Kokay;
Part of The 1974 PA Tape Collection upgrade;
Sources:
first disc PA recording;
second disc – first 5 tracks PA recording, last 8 audience;
best known sources.

Except:
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.

LB-9378;
Taper: Bill Graham;
Source: Wolfgang’s Vault (WV);
Streaming capture: JTT;
Lossy FLAC from mp3 capture;
Incomplete soundboard;
Equipment: Soundforge PRO 10b, FLAC Level 8 Align on Sector Boundaries.

Capital Centre
Largo, Maryland
16 January 1974

47.One Too Many Mornings

LB-9328;
Lineage: Low gen tape > CDR > Eac > Flac;
The Band sets are from a different tape [LK AUD set]

Hollywood Sportatorium
Hollywood, Florida
19 January 1974
Afternoon

48.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
49.Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Don Hunter – Stevie Wonder)
50.Forever Young

LB-11892;
Hollywood Sportatorium (No Label / BDBA 11974)

Mid-South Coliseum
Memphis, Tennessee
23 January 1974

51.Going Back To Memphis (Chuck Berry)
52.Fourth Time Around

LB-2677;
From Les Kokay audience set

Nassau County Coliseum
Nassau, New York
28 January 1974

53.Gates Of Eden

LB-2694;
From Les Kokay audience set;
Master tape > CDR > EAC > CoolEdit2000 minimal HR > Flac

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
30 January 1974

54.King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

Source:
Dylan related Wolfgang’s Vault Radio broadcasts Week 4;
Soundboard recordings captured, compiled and encoded by Arturo el Duderino, 14 March 2006;
128kbps digital mp3 stream > Creative SoundBlaster Live! > Wave (16bit, 44.1kHz, 2.0) > SoundForge 8.0 > TLH > FLAC

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
31 January 1974
Evening

55.Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
56.Lay, Lady, Lay
57.Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
58.Ballad Of A Thin Man
59.Up On Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
60.Ballad Of Hollis Brown
61.Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
62.Rag Mama Rag (Robbie Robertson)
63.This Wheel’s On Fire (Rick Danko – Bob Dylan)
64.Highway 61 Revisited
65.Blowin’ In The Wind

LB-9393;
Compiler: Les Kokay (LK);
The 1974 PA tape collection upgrade

Except:
Ballad Of A Thin Man,
Up On Cripple Creek,
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,
This Wheel’s On Fire.

LB-11118;
1974 Soundboard Collection (Wonderland Records)

Missouri Arena
St. Louis, Missouri
4 February 1974
Afternoon

66.A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
67.Desolation Row

LB-11762;
Taper: Bob Heyer

Coliseum
Denver, Colorado
6 February 1974
Afternoon

68.Visions Of Johanna

LB-2703;
From Les Kokay audience set

Alameda County Coliseum
Oakland, California
11 February 1974
Evening

69.Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
70.Stage Fright (Robbie Robertson)
71.The Times They Are A-Changin’
72.Just Like A Woman
73.Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
74.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
75.Highway 61 Revisited
76.Like A Rolling Stone
77.Maggie’s Farm
78.Blowin’ In The Wind – The original FLAC file from my set was corrupted. I supplied a new one from my files with the same source – Mat

LB-4445;
Oakland Flood (Mainstream / MSBR 0016-17)

Except Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right:

LB-11118;
1974 Soundboard Collection (Wonderland Records)

The Forum
Inglewood
Los Angeles, California
13 February 1974

79.When You Awake

Source:
Bob Dylan (and related);
Wolfgang’s Vault Radio broadcasts Week 5;
Soundboard recordings;
Captured, compiled and encoded by Arturo el Duderino, 14 March 2006;
128kbps digital mp3 stream > Creative SoundBlaster Live! > Wave (16bit, 44.1kHz, 2.0) > SoundForge 8.0 > TLH >FLAC

The Forum
Inglewood
Los Angeles, California
14 February 1974
Afternoon

80.Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
81.She Belongs To Me
82.It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

LB-10164;
Before The Flood Complete (Original Master Series / 110-111-112-113);
Gold CD Limited Edition;
Digitally Remastered

The Forum
Inglewood
Los Angeles, California
14 February 1974
Evening

83.Mr. Tambourine Man
84.Endless Highway (Robbie Robertson)
85.Gates Of Eden
86.Maggie’s Farm

LB-10164;
Before The Flood Complete (Original Master Series / 110-111-112-113);
Gold CD Limited Edition;
Digitally Remastered

Tom Waits – Speakeasy TV Show (09/07/74)

Tom Waits
‘Speakeasy’ TV Show
1974-09-07

Quality : B

Lineage :
Source: FM Broadcast > unknown generation cassette
Wav > WavePad Sound Editor > Flac

Setlist :

01. Intro
02. Ol’ 55
03. The Ghosts Of Saturday Night
04. Interview

From the original uploader:

Television appearance for syndicated talk show “Speakeasy”. Hosted by Chip Monck.
Venue unknown.
This is yet another one of the rare shows that you often hear about but never find anywhere.
(courtesy of M.R. archive) ;O)
Thank you very much to my good friend Mauro Verona for sharing this gem. :o)

Bob Dylan – Denver, CO (02/06/74)

Bob Dylan & The Band
Coliseum
Denver, Colorado
6 February 1974 (Evening)

< disk 1 >

01. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Iíll Go Mine)
02. Lay Lady Lay
03. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
04. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
05. It Ain’t Me Babe
06. Ballad Of A Thin Man

[first band set is unknown]

07. All Along The Watchtower
08. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
09. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

10. The Times They Are A-Changin’ ñ (solo)
11. Just Like A Woman ñ (solo)
12. Wedding Song ñ (solo)
13. Don’t Think Twice, Itís All Right ñ (solo)
14. It’s Alright Ma (Iím Only Bleeding) ñ (solo)

[second band set is unknown]

< disk 2 >

15. Forever Young
16. Highway 61 Revisited
17. Like A Rolling Stone

18. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Iíll Go Mine)
19. Blowin’ In The Wind

Source 1:

LB-9360

Lineage: Low Gen Tape > CDR > EAC > CoolEdit 2000 HR > Flac [lk aud set]

LosslessBob entry: LB-2703. this one has less hiss than previous and better sound; good to very good sound [B-]. discontinuity pop d1t1 t15 0:13, d2t8 0:13

Fix of LB-2703. Wave Repair 4.9.3 to fix short gaps on audience cheer falling after a couple of tracks [see DFF] and a few clicks across mostly at 00:13 [previous indexes?] on tracks 1/2, 1/4, 1/15, 1/18. Removed click on 1/4 at 00:51 and 1/13 at 3:00. Minor noises at some track transitions removed. Removed long leading/trailing digital silence at start of CDs > FLAC

version “d”, (Afternoon), Lineage: Low Gen Tape > CDR > EAC > CoolEdit 2000 HR > Flac [lk aud set], LosslessBob entry: LB-2703. this one has less hiss than previous and better sound; good to very good sound [B-]. discontinuity pop d1t1 t15 0:13, d2t8 0:13, Fix of LB-2703. Wave Repair 4.9.3 to fix short gaps on audience cheer falling after a couple of tracks [see DFF] and a few clicks across mostly at 00:13 [previous indexes?] on tracks 1/2, 1/4, 1/15, 1/18. Removed click on 1/4 at 00:51 and 1/13 at 3:00. Minor noises at some track transitions removed. Removed long leading/trailing digital silence at start of CDs > FLAC

bittorrent download 05/11; this is a close eac match on d1t1 to lk aud set LB-2703; this has less digital flaws; (did not listen to all of this)

drop/cut between cdrs

Source 2:

LB-9361

Lineage: Low Gen Tape > CDR > EAC > Flac [lk aud set]

LosslessBob entry: LB-2704. good sound [C-]; not much above 5k except what looks like noise. has small gaps between tracks; analog static d1t12 0:27

Fixing of LB-2704: Wave Repair 4.9.3 to fix micro gaps at indexes and leading/trailing silences > FLAC, sector align

Bruce Springsteen – Trenton, NJ (11/29/74)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
War Memorial Theater
Trenton, NJ
November 29, 1974
The Big A master via JEMS

Audience Recording (equipment unknown) by The Big A

JEMS 2013 transfer: master cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 2.0 (24/96) capture > Peak 6.0 with iZotope Ozone 5.0 > resample 16/44.1 via iZotope MBIT+ > Peak Pro XT (pitch correction / patch / subtle tweak) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

101 INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET
102 SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
103 DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND ST ?
104 I WANT YOU
105 GROWIN’ UP
106 SAINT IN THE CITY
107 E ST SHUFFLE
201 JUNGLELAND
202 KITTY’S BACK
203 NEW YORK CITY SERENADE
204 ROSALITA
205 SANDY (Kivak Source)
206 A LOVE SO FINE (Kivak Source)
207 WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK (Kivak Source)
208 QUARTER TO THREE (Kivak Source)
BONUS TRACK
209 KITTY’S BACK (Kivak Source patched with Big A source – 39 seconds)

Known Issues:
Rosalita: 6 seconds patched at end
Last 4 songs from Kivak Source

mbrown02’s recent repost of Trenton ’74 reminded us that we were sitting on an alternate recording of the show. In fact, based on the data on Brucebase and to the best of our knowledge (though CB and JK might know better), Trenton may well be the first Springsteen show ever to be recorded by two different tapers, therefore making it the first two-source Bruce gig ever.

The Big A recorded Bruce several times in 1974-75, most notably the wonderful Philadelphia 11/1/74 recording and the earliest known capture of Max and Roy in the band from Kean College, 9/22/74. While he did not have high-end equipment, he got a very solid result here, arguably as good as Kivak’s previously circulated recording. Samples provided.

Not surprisingly, however, neither tape is complete, as the Big A missed the end of the show. We’ve added the missing songs from Kivak’s master to the Big A recording, as well as patching Kivak’s “Kitty’s Back” (which is cut on Kivak’s master), using the Big A source, for a bonus track. The result is two baseline recordings of the show, each made complete by patches from the other.

Needless to say this is a fantastic show from an other worldly era in Springsteen’s career. It includes an early cover of Dylan’s “I Want You,” a jaw-dropping “New York City Serenade” and the embryonic “Jungleland” with Suki Lahav on cello to name but a few highlights.

Thanks to The Big A for lending JEMS his masters. It isn’t easy to find new sources circa 1974-75 and he has provided several. Also big ups to mjk5510 for assembling this and doing the final release prep.

BK for JEMS