Bruce Springsteen – New York, NY (08/15/75)

Bruce Springsteen
Bottom Line
New York, NY
August 15, 1975
Early Show

01 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
02 Spirit In The Night
03 Then She Kissed Me
04 Growiní Up
05 It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City
06 The E Street Shuffle > Haviní A Party
06 When You Walk In The Room
07 Sheís The One
08 Born To Run
09 Thunder Road
10 Kittyís Back
11 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
12 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
13 Quarter To Three
BONUS TRACK
14 DJ Intro

WNEW Pre-FM Safety Reels via JEMS
“From The Coastline To The City: The Pre-FM Reels”

Transfer: pre-fm safety reels > DAT > .wav > iZotope RX 6 and Ozone 6 restoration, repair and mastering > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.37 > FLAC

Known Faults:
-None

The legendary Bottom Line broadcast is one of the most familiar, beloved and bootlegged Springsteen recordings of all time. Tapes recorded off air have been the source of every vinyl, CD and digital release to date, and there have been many, dating all the way back to Bruce Springsteen Live on Coral Records, one of the very first bootleg LPs.

As historic as the Bottom Line performance is, its audio quality is also legendarily problematic. There have been laudable efforts in the digital era to upgrade the show, among them The Way It Was: The Complete Bottom Line broadcast, which composites an off-air reel-to-reel recording with patches from other releases, including tracks from WNEWís 1988 rebroadcast.

Speaking of those problems, Scoper writes in his notes for As It Happened: ìNo attempt was made to enhance the limited stereo soundstage or to remove clicks/pops/hum present in the original broadcast (which)Öwere not related to reception.î

He is right on both counts. The Bottom Line broadcast used on every release is basically mono and filled with a host of frustrating noises and clicks. If only there were a better source to work from.

Well, finally there is. For the first-time, a pre-broadcast recording of the concert was uncovered. While not THE master tapes from the night, the reels are a safety copy kept by the station for future playback. These reels were transferred to DAT many years ago and eventually the DAT was ripped to .wav and provided to JEMS.

The pre-FM reels are an immediate upgrade to circulating copies of the show. But before you get too excited, they have some of the same inherent problems that have always plagued the underlying recording. The pops, noises and clicks were still on the pre-FM reels, albeit not as bad as previous sources.

The show starts in stereo, but does eventually drift to basically mono and contains a lot of crazy channel dropouts and instrument level shifts. Why? Well it turns out that Mike Appel himself was manning the mixer that fed the broadcast that night, and his work, to be polite, is inconsistent. Parts of the show are mixed beautifully (e.g. ìThen She Kissed Meî) Other parts seem to utilize only ambient room microphones and sound much more distant (e.g. ìKittyís Backî). The latter song is a mess, with levels and mix changing wildly throughout the song and never really settling in a good place. But thatís how it is on the broadcast, too.

Frequent channel fluctuations are another reason why the show is usually presented in mono, because it masks some of the level drops on each side. We have kept as much of the stereo spread intact as possible (it isnít super wide to begin with but it is there), though much of the end of the show winds up in near-mono anyway.

In better news, the combination of a pre-FM source and new advances in audio restoration software has allowed us to drastically reduce the pops, clicks and other noise artifacts without substantial degradation of the music. There are occasional sibilance issues on the vocals, and we did our best to tame those, too.

Itís always a fine line when you attempt to clean a recording with this many challenges, but we think the final result lands on the right side of musicality, and losing that layer of noise vastly improves many songs. The first hour of the show really benefits from the shampoo and rinse.

Suffice it to say we could have kept working on this for several more weeks, fine tuning and trying to improve it, but the bottom line is Bottom Line will never be perfect. We canít fix Appelís original mix (that could only be done with multi-tracks and we donít know if those exist) and thereís only so much mastering can do.

Thatís a lot of caveats. But make no mistake, this is a material upgrade of the Bottom Line broadcast, much of it in stereo for the first time, free of many audio defects and with a much broader spectrum of sound than any previous release. The first hour is especially good. Samples provided.

Massive thanks go to magikrat for providing this new source and to AK for bringing it to JEMS and letting us have a chance to work on such a significant show. This new Bottom Line recording was brought to you in the spirit of giving, and with a request that anyone else sitting on important, uncirculated tapes follow our lead and liberate something else of historical value. Itís only right. And if not now, when?

Lastly, we appreciate the consulting support of our pal hoserama, who helped figure out how to deal with the noisy bits, and hats off to mjk5510, who did a lot of final finishing work to make this available as our Christmas gift to you.

BK for JEMS

Post production update:
When BK’s final mastered version landed on my hard drive a few days ago there were some quickly identifiable final post mastering repairs needed before releasing the final version.

The “DJ Intro” drops in volume to be almost silent, any attempt to correct this was overloaded with hiss creating a less than desirable opening
that did not flow well into the opening shot of “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”. The decision was made to offer the “DJ Intro” as a bonus track since it does contain some short Bruce chatter. The choice on how to listen is then up to the listener. There are two versions of the back cover artwork with and without the “DJ Intro”.

In addition, dozens of volume adjustments were made throughout the recording to smooth out the major fluctuations. Though nothing could be done regarding the mix, “Kitty’s Back” is no longer the volume roller coaster mess of its original form.

One other note in regards to “Kitty’s Back”, we have included the radio station run sheets for the reels. The eagle-eyed collector may notice the sheet for reel 2 mentions the instruction, ‘REEL 2: SEGMENT 1 (Reel starts in the middle of some song–DO NOT AIR)’. The ‘some song’ is actually the middle of “Kitty’s Back” intro which was complete on reel one, another indicator this is more than likely a safety copy. The quality of the back half intro on Reel 2 is better quality than the full intro on Reel 1. Combining the two and using iZotope’s eq match, the complete “Kitty’s Back” intro is now the highest quality possible. Do not confuse the note on the radio station run sheet as another song played but not broadcast.

Happy Holidays from JEMS and the extended JEMS family.

Various Artists – New York, NY (05/09/74) “Friends of Chile Benefit Concert”

Various Artists
“Friends of Chile” benefit concert
Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
9 May 1974

1 Introduction: Phil Ochs
2 Guantanamera: Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie
3 Estadio Chile: Pete Seeger
4 Oh Mary Don’t You Weep: Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie
5 He Was A Friend Of Mine: Dave van Ronk
6 Kipling recitation: Dennis Hopper
7 Try Me One More Time: Arlo Guthrie
8 Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos): Arlo Guthrie
9 Presidential Rag: Arlo Guthrie
10 California Girls: Mike Love, Dennis Wilson – Not Included
11 Ring The Living Bell: Melanie
12 My Rainbow Race: Melanie
13 Victor Jara -poem by Adrian Mitchell: Arlo Guthrie
14 I Remember Yolanda: Victor Jara on tape: Joan Jara
15 Allende’s Last Speech: Dennis Hopper
1 Deportee: Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan
2 Pablo Neruda poem: Dennis Hopper
3 North Country Blues: Bob Dylan
4 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue: Bob Dylan
5 Blowin’ In The Wind: ensemble

LB-5094

This sometimes circulates with a last track artifact, probably Larry Estridge
singing “Change in the Weather”, from a concert on 26 February 1974.

Thanks to Steve S., the taper.
Thanks to Godfrey S. for the setlist help.

Bob Dylan – 1974 Soundboard Collection

Bob Dylan
1974 Soundboard Collection

10CD Box Set (Limited Edition 352 / 500)
Label: Wonderland Records
Silver cd>EAC (secure mode)>TLH> flac (Level-8)>md-5>torrent

CD-1
Boston Gardens
Boston, Massachusetts
14 January 1974 ó Afternoon

1.Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
2.Lay Lady Lay
3.Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
4.It Ain’t Me, Babe
5.I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
6.Ballad Of A Thin Man
7.Stage Fright (Robbie Robertson)
8.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robbie Robertson)
9.King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Robbie Robertson)
10.This Wheel’s On Fire (Rick Danko – Bob Dylan)
11.I Shall Be Released
12.Up On Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
13.All Along The Watchtower
14.Ballad Of Hollis Brown
15.Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

CD-2
Boston Gardens
Boston, Massachusetts
14 January 1974 – Afternoon

1.The Times They Are A-Changin’
2.Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
3.Gates Of Eden
4.Just Like A Woman
5.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
6.Rag Mama Rag (Robbie Robertson)
7.When You Awake (Richard Manuel – Robbie Robertson)
8.The Shape I’m In (Robbie Robertson)
9.The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
10.Forever Young
11.Something There Is About You
12.Like A Rolling Stone
13.Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)

CD-3
Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
31 January 1974 – Evening

1.Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
2.Lay Lady Lay
3.Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
4.Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
5.It Ain’t Me, Babe
6.Ballad Of A Thin Man
7.Stage Fright (Robbie Robertson)
8.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robbie Robertson)
9.King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Robbie Robertson)
10.When You Awake (Richard Manuel – Robbie Robertson)
11.Up On Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
12.All Along The Watchtower
13.Ballad Of Hollis Brown
14.Knockin’ On Heaven’s D oor

CD-4
Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
31 January 1974 – Evening

1.The Times They Are A-Changin’
2.Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
3.Gates Of Eden
4.Just Like A Woman
5.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
6.Rag Mama Rag (Robbie Robertson)
7.This Wheel’s On Fire (Rick Danko – Bob Dylan)
8.The Shape I’m In (Robbie Robertson)
9.The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
10.Forever Young
11.Highway 61 Revisited
12.Like A Rolling Stone
13.Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
14.Blowin’ In The Wind

CD-5
Alameda County Coliseum
Oakland, California
11 February 1974 – Evening

1.Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
2.Lay Lady Lay
3.Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
4.Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
5.It Ain’t Me, Babe
6.Ballad Of A Thin Man
7.Stage Fright (Robbie Robertson)
8.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robbie Robertson)
9.King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Robbie Robertson)
10.When You Awake (Richard Manuel – Robbie Robertson)
11.Up On Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
12..All Along The Watchtower
13..Ballad Of Hollis Brown
14..Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

CD-6
Alameda County Coliseum
Oakland, California
11 February 1974 – Evening

1.The Times They Are A-Changin’
2.Just Like A Woman
3.Gates Of Eden
4.Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
5.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
6.Rag Mama Rag (Robbie Robertson)
7.This Wheel’s On Fire (Rick Danko – Bob Dylan)
8.The Shape I’m In (Robbie Robertson)
9.The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
10.Forever Young
11.Highway 61 Revisited
12.Like A Rolling Stone
13.Maggie’s Farm
14.Blowin’ In The Wind

CD-7
The Forum Inglewood
Los Angeles, California
14 February 1974 – Afternoon

1.Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
2.Lay Lady Lay
3.Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
4.Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
5.It Ain’t Me, Babe
6.Ballad Of A Thin Man
7.Stage Fright (Robbie Robertson)
8.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robbie Robertson)
9.King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Robbie Robertson)
10.When You Awake (Richard Manuel – Robbie Robertson)
11.I Shall Be Released
12.Up On Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
13.All Along The Watchtower
14.Ballad Of Hollis Brown
15.Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

CD-8
The Forum
Inglewood
Los Angeles, California
14 February 1974 – Afternoon

1.She Belongs To Me
2.It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
3.The Times They Are A-Changin’
4.Just Like A Woman
5.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
6.Rag Mama Rag (Robbie Robertson)
7.This Wheel’s On Fire (Rick Danko – Bob Dylan)
8.The Shape I’m In (Robbie Robertson)
9.The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
10.Forever Young
11.Highway 61 Revisited
12.Like A Rolling Stone
13.Blowin’ In The Wind

CD-9
The Forum Inglewood
Los Angeles, California
14 February 1974 – Evening

1.Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
2.Lay Lady Lay
3.Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
4.Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
5.It Ain’t Me, Babe
6.Ballad Of A Thin Man
7.Stage Fright (Robbie Robertson)
8.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robbie Robertson)
9.King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Robbie Robertson)
10.When You Awake (Richard Manuel – Robbie Robertson)
11.Up On Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
12..All Along The Watchtower
13.Ballad Of Hollis Brown
14.Mr. Tambourine Man
15.Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

CD-10
The Forum
Inglewood
Los Angeles, California
14 February 1974 – Evening

1.She Belongs To Me
2.The Times They Are A-Changin’
3.Just Like A Woman
4.Gates Of Eden
5.Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
6.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
7.Rag Mama Rag (Robbie Robertson)
8.Endless Highway (Robbie Robertson)
9.The Shape I’m In (Robbie Robertson)
10.The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
11.Forever Young
12.Highway 61 Revisited
13.Like A Rolling Stone
14.Maggie’s Farm
15.Blowin’ In The Wind

Bob Dylan & Tom Petty – New York, NY (07/17/86)

Bob Dylan & Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
07/17/86
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY

So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye (Weldon Rodgers)
Positively 4th Street
Clean-Cut Kid
We Three (My Echo,My Shadow And Me)(Robertson/Cogane/Mysels)
Shot Of Love
We Had It All (Donny Frittis/Troy Seals)
Union Sundown
Listen To Her Heart (Petty)
Think About Me (Petty)
The Waiting (Petty)
Breakdown (Petty)
Mr. Tambourine Man
One Too Many Mornings
I Want You
Band Of The Hand
When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky
Lonesome Town (Baker Knight)
Ballad Of A Thin Man
So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star ? (Petty)
Spike
Refugee (Petty)
Bye Bye Johnny (C Berry)
Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35
Seeing The Real You At Last
Across The Borderline (Cooder/Hiatt/Dickinson)
I And I
Like A Rolling Stone
In The Garden
Blowin in the Wind
Shake A Hand (Joe Morris)
House Of The Risin’ Sun (Trad)

Bruce Springsteen – Uniondale, NY (12/31/80)

Bruce Springsteen
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, NY
12/31/1980

Disc 1: (75:45)

1. “Intro” (0:31)
2. Night (3:08)
3. Prove It All Night (6:01)
4. Spirit In The Night (7:50)
5. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (4:47)
6. Independence Day (5:39)
7. Who’ll Stop The Rain (5:53)
8. This Land Is Your Land (3:20)
9. The Promised Land (5:59)
10. Out In The Street (4:35)
11. Racing In The Street (8:15)
12. ‘Piano Intro’ (0:46)
13. The River (7:00)
14. Badlands (5:04)
15. Thunder Road (6:57)

Disc 2: (75:36)

1. “Intro” (0:27)
2. Cadillac Ranch (4:56)
3. Sherry Darling (5:19)
4. Hungry Heart (4:32)
5. Merry Christmas Baby (4:50)
6. Fire (4:35)
7. Candy’s Room (3:24)
8. Because The Night (8:41)
9. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (6:54)
10. Rendezvous (3:25)
11. Fade Away (10:10)
12. The Price You Pay (5:24)
13. Wreck On The Highway (5:44)
14. Two Hearts (2:44)
15. Ramrod (4:32)

Disc 3: (72:53)

1. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (4:54)
2. Held Up Without A Gun (1:42)
3. In The Midnight Hour (2:56)
4. Auld Lang Syne (2:03)
5. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (13:58)
6. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (5:24)
7. Jungleland (12:22)
8. Born To Run (4:38)
9. Devil With A Blue Dress (1:23)
10. Good Golly Miss Molly (0:42)
11. C.C. Rider (1:17)
12. Jenny Take A Ride (2:53)
13. I Hear A Train / Devil With A Blue Dress (Reprise) (6:53)
14. Twist And Shout (7:58)
15. Raise Your Hand (3:13)

Brucebase:

Soundboard – last known version of Rendezvous and the premier live version of Held Up Without A Gun – a tremendous show and one of the longest known. Released on CD “Nassau Night” (Crystal Cat).

Nassau Night
Crystal Cat Records
CC 387/388/389
Soundboard

Lineage unknown.

10,000 Maniacs – Buffalo, NY (07/04/89)

10,000 Maniacs
From Natalie With Love 1989 [Liberated Bootleg]
July 4, 1989
Rich Stadium in Buffalo NY
Opening Act for Grateful Dead

Source: Silvercd –> EAC –> FLAC –> DIME

Tracklist:

01. What’s The Matter Here
02. Eat For Two
03. A Campfire Song
04. Cherry Tree
05. City of Angels
06. Blind Faith
07. Dust Bowl
08. Trouble Me
09. Gun Shy
10. Poison In The Well
11. Hey Jack Kerouac
12. Happy Puppet
13. Like the Weather
14. Headstrong
15. Don’t Talk
16. My Sister Rose

total playing time: 61:38

John Coltrane – At Birdland 1962-1963

John Coltrane AT BIRDLAND 1962-63
NEW EDITION feb 2011
WADO Broadcasts 1962-63

Disk 1
February 16, 1962

1 Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin)
2 The Inchworm (F. Loesser) 7:52
3 Mr. P.C. (J. Coltrane) 7:13
4 Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin)
5 My Favorite Things (R. Rodgers-O. Hammerstein) 13:55

June 2, 1962

William Crayton “Pee Wee” Marquette (announcer), Unknown (announcer)

6. My Favorite Things (R. Rodgers-O. Hammerstein) 14:01
7. Body and Soul (J.W. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton) 9:57
8. Cousin Mary (Coltrane) (inc.) /announcement 4:47

Disc 2
February 23, 1963

Symphony Sid Torin (announcer)

1 I Want To Talk About You (B. Eckstine) 10:44
2 Transition (J. Coltrane) 15:13

March 2, 1963

03 Mr. P.C. (J. Coltrane) 13:03
04 Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin) 0:34
05 My Favorite Things (R. Rodgers-O. Hammerstein) (inc) 10:38

Disc 3 – NOT INCLUDED, SORRY
1963-10-08

1. Traneing In 19:20
2. Mr. PC 10:15
3. Lonnie’s Lament 19:05

Allman Brothers Band – Syracuse, NY (07/17/89)

Allman Brothers Band
New York State Fairgrounds
Syracuse, NY
07/17/1989

Source: Aiwa mics (worn at headband) > Sanyo cassette recorder
Transfer: MC > ?????? > Audacity > WAV
Mastering: Wavelab 6.01 (x-fade tape flips, patch small glitches, tracking, fades) > FLAC > tagging

1. Don’t Want You No More >
2. It’s Not My Cross To Bear
3. Statesboro Blues
4. You Don’t Love Me
5. Please Call Home
6. Blue Sky
7. band introductions
8. Midnight Rider
9. I’m No Angel
10. Trouble No More
11. Blues Ain’t Nothin’
12. Duane’s Tune
13. Southbound
14. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
15. Done Somebody Wrong
16. One Way Out
17. Melissa
18. Just Before The Bullets Fly
19. Dreams
20. Jessica
21. Les Brers In A Minor >
22. drums >
23. bass >
24. Les Brers In A Minor
25. Whipping Post

I love this blog. For years now I’ve got to share great music with cool people. There are always tons of great conversations going on and many of you are way more knowledgeable than me so I’m constantly learning new information. From time to time various folks send me awesome shows to listen to and post. We’ve even had a few folks who’ve sent me so much stuff I just let them go ahead and share directly to the blog.

On a couple of occasions I’ve been lucky enough to get something rare – maybe a newly remastered show, or something only recently circulating, or something straight from a taper.

Today is one of those times. A few weeks back someone sent me a message saying he’d taped a bunch of shows many years ago and was looking for a place to share them. One of those shows was an Allman Brothers gig that he thought was both killer in performance and in the quality of his tape. Would I be interested in sharing it?

Of course I was. Due to my lousy internet and various other complications its taken us weeks to get everything in order, but here we are, mostly. The very last complication comes from the band. ABB is cool with tapers and traders, but they are kind of old school about it. Their official policy states that you can tape shows and share them, but only via pre-internet methods. They don’t want torrents, they don’t want digital downloads.

I have no idea why this is, my guess would be it has something to do with the anonymous nature of the internet and how grabbing something from a torrent doesn’t develop personal relationships like the old trading days did. Whatever the reason I’m planning to follow those rules and won’t be posting the show here.

The show does sound amazingly good all things considered. The taper did a great job of capturing it. It is also a very excellent performance. I’m not a huge ABB fan, but the boys were smokin’ this night. As far as I can tell no one else taped this show that night, and until now its not been in circulation. I know the taper has given it to a couple of other folks recently to help with the mastering or whatever so they might have shared it, but it really does seem to be a rather rare treat.

Jimi Hendrix, BB King & Paul Butterfield – New York, NY (04/15/68)

Jimi Hendrix & B.B. King w/ The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Generation Club,
New York City, NY, USA
April 15th, 1968

Lineage: CDRx > EAC > wav > flac

Disc One:
01 Ad Libbed Impromptu Blues[*]
02 Kooper’s Shuffle[*]
03 Like A Rolling Stone
04 San-Ho-Zay/Instrumental Blues Jam
05 B.B. King Intro
06 Slow Blues
07 Fast Blues

Disc Two
08 It’s My Own Fault
09 BB King Intros 2

[*]Sans Jimi Hendrix.
Time: 1:33:44

Tom Waits – New York, NY (11/05/79)

Tom Waits
1979-11-05
Beacon Theatre
New York, NY

Lineage: SBD > ? > CDRx (clean) > EAC > WAV > FLAC > WAV > Adobe Audition 1.5 + iZotope Ozone 3 > WAV > FLAC 1.1.1

Setlist:

01. Wrong Side of the Road
02. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
03. Eggs and Sausage
04. Saturday Night Fish Fry / Pasties and a G-String
05. Burma Shave
06. Whose Sportcoat is That?
07. Romeo is Bleeding
08. Trash Day
09. (band intros)
10. Potter’s Field
11. I Wish I Was In New Orleans / When The Saints Go Marching In
12. Outro

Remastered by Doctor Bob Gordon
Original seeded at EZT by RainDawg