Derek & The Dominos
1970-12-05
Port Chester, New York
Capitol Theatre
Late Show (M1-AUD UPGRADE)
Remastered without EQ from 1st generation original taper safety reel
- Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
- Blues Power ->
- Stormy Monday
- Key To The Highway
- Tell The Truth
- Bottle Of Red Wine
- Got To Get Better In A Little While
Encore ::: - –audience cheering–
- Crossroads
Total Time ::: 1:23:23
Fine stereo AUD – Clearest & most glitch-free version ever! – but it ain’t hi-fi. Check samples for pleasure prognoses or crash & burn factors, or to put your keys in the ignition.
Warts: Occasional mike motion. Some dullspots missed but reduced or fixed most. Some glitches unrepairable. Some volume/high end fluctuation thruout.
NEEDS BASS – Turn it up!
Toe Fat was the opening act.
COMPARISON CLAUSE: This is a known 1st gen, remastered without EQ, & UPGRADES previously DIMED versions: “The Beat Goes On”, “Feast Away”, QuinnEZkaMo ’06. “Feast Away” had bass EQ’d in, which is nice, but this source is definitely better quality with more high end (keyboards for example!) & many problems were repaired.
Thanks to DIMER Goody, the pitch master, for his prompt & careful assistance with correction in that direction.
The show is perhaps best summed up by the voice near the taper’s microphone as “Crossroads” begins, “HEAVY!”.
Recording Information ::: Sony(?) stereo cassette recorder with unknown microphones -> master cassette, no noise reduction -> 1st generation original taper safety reel (azimuth adjusted transfer from master circa 1971). Master cassette doesn’t exist anymore as it was re-used after reel transfer. Playback circa 2008 ::: 1st generation original taper safety reel on unknown reel machine -> DVD-R WAV @ 48 kHz -> wavs.
Mastering 2013-06-xx ::: 48 kHZ WAVs in Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, NO equalisation) -> WAV -> sent to DIMER Goody. Goody’s lineage: Switch (WAV) -> Audition (Pitch Bender -113 cents & more phase adjustment) -> WAV back to kneesfudd for final tweaking in Audacity & saved as 44.1 kHz WAV -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader’s Little Helper -> yer ears. A huge audio improvement after remastering. First uploaded week of 2013-06-29.
Further mastering notes: Some dull spots & glitches weren’t fixable as there was virtually no cross channel patching possible. Between trax 7&8 the taper made some noise which was been repaired & reduced, but is audible. Some clapping in track 8. Some volume wavering, particularly in track 7 – partially repaired. “Crossroads” musta suffered from tape gobble about 4 minutes in, so there are some occasional noises for about 9 seconds (I fixed what I could. It’s on all circulating copies & greatly improved here, but it’s especially noticeable on headphones). This version has more high end & is a much more pleasurable listen than the 3 circulating copies I compared it to, especially after more than a 1000 dullspot & other repairs (no kidding), it just needs a bit of bass added to the mix. I completely finished this one & then did it a second time all the way through – well worthwhile.
Line-up ::: Eric Clapton – electric guitar, vocals // Bobby Whitlock – piano, Hammond organ, vocals // Carl Radle – electric bass // Jim Gordon – drums, percussion.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I’m wrong, please advise & I’ll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 249 with Goody assist ::: MANY thanks to the original taper & trader, the Florida Kid. ::: Corrections welcome ::: I’ve been quite pleased at the reception to my forays into the Dominos camp, so here’s a freaking fantastic performance to further the listening pleasure of those, like myself, who find this material is like green grass to a cow’s cud. Clapton delivers in absolutely stunning style. Whitlock is on fire during this show – his keyboards & vocals are extra-terrestial, soulful & sublime – definitely was tapped into the source on this evening. Man, the jamming in the last few minutes of “Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad” is so reminiscent of the Allmans. Ferocious vocals & jamming in “Tell The Truth”. A first class performance from one of the greatest rock tours the planet has yet to experience. Hopefully this raises the sound quality bar enough so it can be regurgitated & chewed repeatedly. I am seriously pleased with the results after days of work. Don’t forget to turn up the bass because I ain’t doin’ your equalisin’ for ya. It’s really great one. Enjoy!
Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin’ Video Dick’s Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing… Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin’, Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin’ my concert fires burnin’ since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin’ DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees
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