Tag: 1977

Tom Waits – Transmission Impossible: 1975-1977

Tom Waits
Transmission Impossible (2015)
Label: Eat To The Beat

This 3 CD set includes radio broadcasts transmitted during this initial period of Tom Waits career, and features complete live performances recorded in; 1975 at the studios of KRQS FM, Minneapolis, featuring just Tom alone at his piano; in December 1976 at Media Sound Studios – another in studio session during which, between numbers, Tom is interviewed by the station presenter; and in 1977, back in the big apple at the famous, My Father s Place venue, out on Long Island.

Tracklist:
CD1 – Minneapolis 1975
1-1 Emotional Weather Report
1-2 Eggs And Sausage (Intro)
1-3 Eggs And Sausage
1-4 Better Off Without A Wife
1-5 Semi Suite
1-6 Spare Parts
1-7 The Ghosts Of Saturday / The Heart Of Saturday Night
1-8 New Coat Of Paint
1-9 Warm Beer And Cold Women
1-10 Virginia Avenue
1-11 San Diego Serenade
1-12 Putnam County
1-13 Ol’ 55
1-14 Mr. Siegal (from The Don Lane Show Australia 1981)
1-15 Tango Til They’re Sore (from Late Night with David Letterman NYC 1986)
1-16 Time (from Late Night with David Letterman NYC 1986)

CD2 – New York 1976
2-1 Emotional Weather Report
2-2 A Sight For Sore Eyes
2-3 Step Right Up
2-4 Eggs And Sausage / Invitation To The Bues
2-5 Jitterbug Boy
2-6 Diamonds On My Windshield
2-7 San Diego Serenade
2-8 Tom Traubert’s Blues
2-9 New Coat Of Paint
2-10 The Piano Has Been Drinking
2-11 I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work

CD3 – New York 1977
3-1 Standin’ On The Corner
3-2 I Never Talk To Strangers
3-3 Pasties And G-Strings
3-4 Invitation To The Blues
3-5 Jitterbug Boy
3-6 Step Right Up
3-7 I Wish I Was In New Orleans / Small Change
3-8 The Piano Has Been Drinking
3-9 Emotionak Weather Report
3-10 Muriel
3-11 Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come
3-12 Tom Traubert’s Blues

Tom Waits – Memphis, TN (11/02/77)

Tom Waits
The Ritz
Memphis, TN, USA
Nov. 02, 1977


SBD

Here’s a nice one from the ’77 Foreign Affairs – tour.

Actually, this is a good soundboard-direct-to-tape recording, but the tape was played quite often before transferred to CD, so the quality went “way down in the hole” over the years. After all, it’s still nice to listen to, I would give it a B+.
There are some severe tape problems at the beginning of track one, but it’s getting better after a few minutes. If you find it too disturbing, you might flip on to the second song…

I’ve selected this show for two main reasons:

  • rare performance of “Potter’s Field” ( track 14 )
  • funny things happen in “Cupid” ( track 12 ) : Tom started to sing this quiet song with guitar accompaniment, stopped after one minute and complains about the noisy audience….saying something like: ” Shut up back there for christ sake, I’m trying to sing a goddamn song ! These people are trying to listen, you farmers back there making all that … I mean, for christ sake….sounds like a farm workers convention back there … I know… I remember my first beer and everything, I get a little rowdy too ! …”
    After that, he didn’t finish the song but starts with “Heart Of Saturday Night”.

🙂

There is also an introduction to a local stripper named “Sherry Love” in “Pasties & A G-String” ( track 8 ); unfortunatly, this is not a video ! ;-))
According to drummer Chip White, tour manager John Forscha hired a stripper lady on Toms birthday show in dec.76 to enter the stage in the middle of the song. After that night, they hired a stripper in every town for the rest of the tour.

I did very little rework on the sound, just a little limiter and normalization, no noise or hiss reduction…I also have cut out a short segment at the beginning of track 15; there was a very loud and strange noise for about two seconds of no music.

Original lineage:
SBD > tape (unknown gen.) > CDR > EAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > WAV > FLAC > Correct SBEs (TLH 2.4.1.160) >

Goody’s additional lineage:
dBpoweramp (WAV) > Audition (Pitch Bender +24 cents; Auto align and center channels; Tracking updated) >
TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)

01 The One That Got Away 4:26
02 Step Right Up 5:16
03 Jitterbug Boy (Sharing A Curbstone With Chuck E. Weiss, Robert Marchese, Paul Body and The Mug and Artie) 5:58
04 New Coat Of Paint 2:21
05 The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)(An Evening With Pete King) 3:40
06 Depot Depot 3:19
07 I Never Talk To Strangers 3:28
08 Pasties And A G-String (At The Two O’Clock Club) 8:57
09 Small Change (Got Rained On With His Own .38) 6:16
10 I Wish I Was In New Orleans (In The Ninth Ward) 4:07
11 Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) 4:23
12 Cupid 2:15
13 (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night 3:34
14 Potter’s Field 8:54
15 San Diego Serenade 3:48

Running time: 70:42

Tom Waits: vocals, guitar, piano
Frank Vicari: tenor sax
Danny Trifan: upright bass
Chip White: drums & percussion, vibes

NOT FOR SALE – TRADE FREELY

cheers, Pascal
http://www.waitswatcher.de.vu

Goody’s notes:
This is somewhat of an improvement over the original files which had more severe left and right channel fading in and out than what you’ll now find. Centering these channels served to bring much of that panning together. Unfortunately there’s still lots of evident damage and dropouts, especially in the beginning of the show, as described in Pascal’s original notes. I believe the vocals are now more distinct and centered and more easily understood. Please do stick with it. 🙂
I also found the files I received to be a bit slow/flat. The Speed/Pitch is now adjusted correctly.

Text updated for this edition – August 27, 2018

Happyrudolf’s comment :

First of all thank you very much to my good friend Goody for his great work. :o) The difference between the original upload and this version is amazing.:o)

Also thank you very much to the one of the great pioneers within the Tom Waits community The Waitswatcher Pascal for sharing the show a long time ago.:o)

Goody points out that you should be aware of the various song references in the intro to Jitterbug Boy for the 1st minute or so of that tune.

Enjoy. :o)

Tom Waits – Madison, WI (10/31/77)

Tom Waits
10/31/77
Madison, WI
Park Motor Inn

Disc 1
The One That Got Away
I Never Talk to Strangers
Step Right Up
Invitation to the Blues > Eggs and Sausage
Jitterbug Boy
Pasties and a G-String
Small Change
New Coat of Paint

Disc 2
The Ghosts of Saturday Night > The Heart of Saturday Night
Depot, Depot
Burma Shave
Instrumental Improv
Summertime > Putnam County > Spare Parts II

WIBA- FM broadcast-> CD-R Trade-> EAC->FLACfrontend (level 6)

This is a classic show. Tom gets heckled by a woman during the show
and, that alone makes it classic. BUT, this is also a GREAT performance
amazing version of ‘Burma Shave’. Sound is pretty good B+ it is a FM
recording. Artwork is included.

Pink Floyd – Cleveland, OH (06/25/77)

Pink Floyd
Municipal Stadium Cleveland, Ohio
June 25, 1977

Set One (55:31):

01 Sheep (12:28)
02 Pigs On The Wing 1 (1:28)
03 Dogs (18:07)
04 Pigs On The Wing 2 (2:26)
05 Pigs (Three Different Ones) (21:00)

Set Two (53:04):

06 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) (10:53)
07 Welcome To The Machine (8:10)
08 Have A Cigar (5:50)
09 Wish You Were Here 6:06)
10 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9) (22:02)

Encores (18:43):

11 Us And Them (6:46)
12 Money (11:57)

Total time: 127:18

Pink Floyd – Paris, France (02/22/77)

Pink Floyd
Pavillion de Paris
Porte de Pantin
Paris, France
February 22, 1977

Pavillion de Pigs
Free Range Pigs (FRP CDR-028/29)

Disc One:

  1. Sheep
  2. Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)
  3. Dogs
  4. Pigs On The Wing (Part 2)
  5. Pigs (Three Different Ones)

Disc Two:

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
  2. Welcome To The Machine
  3. Have A Cigar
  4. Wish You Were Here
  5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)
  6. Intermission
  7. Money

Comments:

From Pigland East – This tape is complete and with only one minor
cut–a very brief tape flip at 44:03 into the second set, which
indicates the taper was using a 90 minute cassette. As usual, FRP strives
to bring you the best possible sound without destroying the archival value
of the source tape by attempting a heavy remastering job.

The audience claps after the 3rd verse during ‘Pigs (3DO)’ and Roger did
not squeal a number. The audience is generally very quiet and respectful,
which is a refreshing change from the standard audience recording of this
tour. Not a single firework to be heard! David performs an incredible jam
during ‘SOYCD (Pts. 6-9)’. This is truly a recording of a band playing at
its peak.

From Pigland West – I’m listening to the show again. What strikes
me the most is the amazing clarity of the recording and the polite and
obviously captivated audience. They are like a Japanese audience–quiet
when they should be and clapping/cheering where appropriate. Hard to believe
they are French (just kidding Pigland Europe!). The performance, I think,
is rather uninspired but certainly an excellent and competent one. A bit
mechanical, maybe. Does David mess up the words in one of the songs?

Other Comments: So what do YOU think, dear listener? If you get a copy of this
release, please feel free to post a short review to the PF fan group of your
choice.

Lineage:
The lineage for this recording is: Analog Master>DAT(?)>CDR(0)>SHN

Credits:
The Big Pig (bigpig@freerangepigs.com) and Free Range Pigs would like to thank
the following people for their contributions to this effort:

The Taper(s)
The Pentagon Pig for providing Project Coordination and Quality Assurance.
Aleksi Manninen for providing us with his awesome Artwork Services.
The Hirsute Swine for providing Administrative Services.

And a big thank you to the Big Pig for a masterful job of remastering this one.

Without these guys, none of this would have been possible.

Tom Waits – Los Angeles, CA (06/xx/77)

Tom Waits
KPFK Radio
Los Angeles CA
1977-06-00

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 the italian gentleman Mauro Verona for sharing this gem. :o)

Quality : B

Lineage :

Source: Radio > unknown generation cassette

Wav > WavePad Sound Editor > Flac

Setlist :

  1. Interview
  2. Jitterbug Boy
  3. I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work
  4. DJ
  5. A Sight For Sore Eyes
  6. Tom Traubert’s Blues
  7. DJ Outro

If somebody should have the following shows :

The Tempeldrome Berlin 1985-22-02 and

The Paramount Theater Denver 1999-10-12

please be so kind as to share the shows with us. :o)

Queen – Glasgow, Scotland (05/30/77)

Queen
1977, 30th May
Glasgow, Apollo Theater

Disc 1:

  1. A day at the races intro
  2. Tie your mother down
  3. Ogre battle
  4. White queen
  5. Somebody to love
  6. Killer queen
  7. Good old fashioned lover boy
  8. The millionaire waltz
  9. You’re my best friend
  10. Bring back that Leroy Brown
  11. Death on two legs
  12. Sweet lady
  13. Brighton rock

Disc 2:

  1. ’39
  2. You take my breath away
  3. White man
  4. The prophet’s song
  5. Bohemian rhapsody
  6. Keep yourself alive
  7. Stone cold crazy
  8. In the lap of the gods… revisited
  9. Now I’m here
  10. Liar
  11. I’m a man
  12. Jailhouse rock
  13. GOd save the queen

Queen – Bristol, England (05/23/77)

QUEEN
MEDIEVAL QUEEN
Hippodrome
Directly from the silvers.
1977-05-23 – Bristol, UK

Lineage : “Medieval Queen” silvers > WAV (EAC) > Flac level 8 (Traders Little Helper)

Tracklisting :

CD1 :

  1. A Day At The Races
  2. Tie Your Mother Down
  3. Ogre Battle
  4. White Queen
  5. Somebody To Love
  6. Killer Queen
  7. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
  8. The Millionaire Waltz
  9. You’re My Best Friend
  10. Bring Back That Leroy Brown
  11. Death On Two Legs
  12. Sweet Lady
  13. Brighton Rock
  14. Guitar solo
  15. Brighton Rock (finale)
  16. ’39
  17. You Take My Breath Away

CD2 :

  1. White Man
  2. The Prophet’s Song
  3. Bohemian Rhapsody
  4. Keep Yourself Alive
  5. Stone Cold Crazy
  6. In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited
  7. Now I’m Here
  8. Liar
  9. I’m A Man
  10. Jailhouse Rock
  11. God Save The Queen

Queen – Copenhagen, Denmark (05/12/77)

Queen
Broendby Hall
Copenhagen, Denmark
May 12, 1977

Track List:


01 – Intro (0.48)
02 – Tie Your Mother Down (3.52)
03 – Ogre Battle (5.04)
04 – White Queen (As It Began) (6.10)
05 – Somebody To Love (5.28)
06 – Death On Two Legs (3.53)
07 – Killer Queen (2.25)
08 – Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (2.27)
09 – The Millionaire Waltz (3.05)
10 – You’re My Best Friend (2.03)
11 – Bring Back That Leroy Brown (1.24)
12 – Brighton Rock (11.59)
13 – ’39 (3.56)
14 – You Take My Breath Away (3.23)
15 – White Man (5.29)
16 – The Prophet’s Song (5.12)
17 – Bohemian Rhapsody (5.47)
18 – Stone Cold Crazy (2.13)
19 – Sweet Lady (3.54)
20 – Keep Yourself Alive (4.58)
21 – In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited) (3.43)
22 – Now I’m Here (4.19)
23 – Liar (8.29)

Queen – Stockholm, Sweden (05/08/77)

Queen
8 May 1977
Johanneshovs Isstadion
Stockholm
Sweden

Quality: VG
Lineage: AUD->mastertape->cassette(x)->WAV->CDR(x)->EAC->WAV->FLAC (Flac frontend level 8)

Tracklist:
CD1:

  1. A Day At The Races Intro/Tie Your Mother Down
  2. Ogre Battle
  3. White Queen (As It Began)
  4. Somebody To Love
  5. Killer Queen
  6. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
  7. The Millionaire Waltz
  8. You’re My Best Friend
  9. Bring Back That Leroy Brown
  10. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To……
  11. Brighton Rock

CD2:

  1. ’39
  2. You Take My Breath Away
  3. White Man
  4. The Prophet’s Song
  5. Bohemian Rhapsody
  6. Keep Yourself Alive
  7. Stone Cold Crazy
  8. Now I’m Here
  9. Liar
  10. Big Spender
  11. Jailhouse Rock
  12. God Save The Queen

Comment: Low generation copy with almost no hiss. This is also complete, the usual soruce lacks ’39 and You Take My Breath Away. This is the first time they played Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy and Death On Two Legs. In The Lap Of The Gods…Revisited wasn’t played at all strangely enough.

DO NOT SHARE THIS IN ANY FORM OF LOSSY FORMAT (WHICH MEANS MP3, WMA, OGG ETC.) Convert to lossy only for personal use. If this gets shared in any form of lossy format I will stop sharing. Lineage should always be included as information in trades.

Enjoy!!!