Friday, February 21, 2014

Jethro Tull - BBC Sessions 68-69




Jethro Tull
1968-69
BBC Studios
London,England
BBC Sessions w/radio announcer

01. So much trouble
02.  (announcer)
03. A song for jeffrey
04.  (announcer)
05. My sunday feeling
06. Dharma for one
07.  (announcer)
08. Beggar's farm
09.  (announcer)
10. love story
11. stormy monday
12.  (announcer)
13. living in the past
14.  (announcer)
15. A new day yesterday
16.  (announcer)
17. Fat man
18. Bouree
19.  (announcer)
20. Nothing is easy

Bonus Tracks
21. Back to the Family
22. Song for Jeffery
23. My Sunday Feeling
24. Beggars Farm
25. New Day Yesterday

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Humble Pie - Live 81/75 Route 66




*Original Notes
Here's a show from the 1981 tour w/ some bonus tracks from the 1975 tour. Quality is very good (maybe an 8/10) for both shows.

Dates on the attached artwork are wrong, as can be confirmed by checking the tracklist, which includes tracks from On To Victory.

Tracks 1-8 were recorded in Los Angeles 1981, tracks 9-12 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia 1975.

Also, the lineup for the 1981 shows is not the classic Clem Clempson lineup of the 1975 show (as the artwork infers). In 1981, the band was Steve Marriott/Jerry Shirley/Bobby Tench/Booty Jones.


Thursday, February 13, 2014

Jethro Tull - Manchester 77



Jethro Tull
Apollo Theatre
Manchester, England
February 5th 1977
Soundboard

*There is a recording of this show PRRP054 that is around stating it is a soundboard that came from a road crew member.  Well this is not that recording.  In fact I believe this sounds far superior to that.

Disc 1
Wondr'ing Aloud
Skating Away
Jack-In-The-Green
Thick As A Brick
Songs From The Wood
Instrumental-Drum Solo
To Cry You A Song
A New Day Yesterday >
Flute Solo >
Living In The Past >
A New Day Yesterday (reprise)
Velvet Green

Disc 2
Hunting Girl
Too Old To Rock'N'Roll
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Minstrel In The Gallery
Aqualung
Guitar Solo
Wind-Up >
Back Door Angels >
Wind-Up (repise)
Locomotive Breath >
Land Of Hope and Glory
Back Door Angels (reprise)


Personnel:
Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, guitar
Martin Barre - guitar
John Glascock - bass guitar
Barriemore Barlow - drums
John Evan - keyboards
David Palmer - keyboards, saxophone

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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Pink Floyd - 1973 Childhood's End





Sources: 07 Mar 1973, 06 Mar 73, 08 Mar 73 Disc 1, Disc 2 1-11, 07 Mar 1973, International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois Disc 2 12, 6 Mar 1973, Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri Disc 2 13, 8 Mar 1973, University Fieldhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio
Lineage: silver cd>eac>flac

Quality:

VG/EX 

Tracks:


      Disc: 1

       1. Echoes                                             22:05 
       2. Tune Up                                             1:36 
       3. Obscured By Clouds/When You're In                  12:57 
       4. Tune Up                                             1:18 
       5. Childhood's End                                     7:49 
       6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene                      12:18 
          Total Time:                                        58:03 

      Disc: 2

       1. Speak To Me                                         1:42 
       2. Breathe                                             2:53 
       3. On The Run                                          5:25 
       4. Time w/ Breathe (reprise)                           6:24 
       5. The Great Gig In The Sky                            4:57 
       6. Money                                               6:20 
       7. Us And Them                                         7:23 
       8. Any Colour You Like                                 6:59 
       9. Brain Damage                                        3:29 
      10. Eclipse                                             1:30 
      11. One Of These Days (encore)                          7:45 
      12. Childhood's End (w/ 1:30 tune up)                  10:26 
      13. Childhood's End                                     7:48 
          Total Time:                                        73:11 

Band:


      Roger Waters 

      Nick Mason 
      David Gilmour 
      Rick Wright 

*Original Comments

At last, a live recording of the rare Childhood's End! This is the first roio I know of to have it. Not only that, we get two additional performances of it. Depending on your preferred reference source (A Journey Through Time And Space or the newly released and, for me, somewhat inaccurate and misleading Pink Floyd: In The Flesh) there were only 4 - 8 (or so) performances of Childhood's End. The presence of three of these limited performances makes this disc invaluable to collectors. The disc also contains the somewhat less rare Obscured By Clouds/ When You're In. This is one of the few roio's that contains a complete performance from the 1973 shows. The source is an audience recording that is of very good quality. I have not listened to this cd that much, so at this point I cannot give a detailed analysis. I am not a big fan of the DSOTM, (though I do like the early Eclipsed performances), so I tend to stay away from the June 1972 -> 1973 shows. As a result, my points of reference would not be extremely relevant in comparing the March 7 show to other shows in this time frame. Nevertheless, the sound quality is high and song performances are strong. The BIG problem for collectors is that this roio may not be available on a large scale. Though commercially available, the creators of this cd are not really in the business of manufacturing roio's. As a result, availability may be somewhat limited. On the positive side, this is the first release of a possibly continuing series of hard to find Floyd performances. Word from the source is that they may release these shows on a monthly basis. If this release is any indication, we could be in store for quite a treat. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Given that this is the only currently available roio (as far as I know) that contains the elusive Childhood's End (let alone 3 performances of it), I highly recommend you get it - that is, if you can find it. Rated as essential collection material. -SCOTT

The Chicago performance is above average throughout, and a complete ‘73 with Childhood’s End is certainly a rare treat. Sound quality, however, was a big disappointment on this one, and detracts significantly from my enjoyment of the disc. It is clean and probably close to the master, but the recording just wasn’t that great to begin with. Audibly, the taper was nowhere near the stage. The music primarily found the microphone via the ceiling and walls of the venue. VG- in my book.


The two extra versions of CE both sound better than the Chicago source, though they aren’t outstanding either. -EL


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Jethro Tull - Louisville KY 1977



Jethro Tull
March 16, 1977
Louisville Gardens, Louisville, KY

From the digitized Master Audience cassette


Ian Anderson - flute, guitar, and sings

Martin Barre - guitars, marimba
John Evan - keyboards, drums
Barrie Barlow - percussion
David Palmer - keyboards, sax
John Glascock - bass

Disc 1

01 Instrumental Quartet  2:33
02 Wondr'ing Aloud  2:28
03 Skating Away  3:50
04 Jack-In-The-Green  3:27
05 Thick As A Brick  13:00
06 Band Introduction  1:37
07 Songs From The Wood  4:52
08 Instrumental-Drum Solo  4:15
09 To Cry You A Song  2:32
10 A New Day Yesterday  2:49
11 Flute Solo  7:22
12 Living In The Past  1:39
13 A New Day Yesterday (reprise)  1:06
Total Time 51:30

Disc 2

01 Intro Discussion  1:35
02 Velvet Green  6:22
03 Hunting Girl  5:35
04 Too Old To Rock'N'Roll  4:12
05 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony  3:16
06 Minstrel In The Gallery  5:24
07 Cross-Eyed Mary  3:39
08 Aqualung  8:05
Encore:
09 Guitar Solo (begin cut)  2:50
10 Wind-Up  4:41
11 Back Door Angels  6:41
12 Locomotive Breath  5:18
13 Land Of Hope & Glory (cut)  1:12
Total Time: 58:38

Remaster

1. Noise Reduction using multiple techniques.
2. Speed Correction.
3. Repair of clicks, pops and bumps.
4. Tonality adjustment to correct muffled segments.
5. Adjust and correct flat Dynamics.
6. Re-track.