Talkin’ About My Revolutions

NANCI GRIFFITH
Austin 1985 [no label, 2CD]
Disc 1: Live on KUT FM-Austin, broadcast live Superbowl Sunday; January 20, 1985. Disc 2: Austin City Limits 1985. Very good to excellent FM broadcasts.

Back in 1985, when Nanci Griffith did these shows, one could say that Griffith was probably known to a small circle of fans and folk/country listeners. She had recorded three records then – There’s A Light Beyond These Woods (1978); Poet In My Window (1982) and Once In A Very Blue Moon (1984) – and it was only with Little Love Affairs (1988) and One Fair Summer Evening (1988) that she became much better known.

Even then, Griffith was already an accomplished performer [she had been playing Austin since she was 14] and her amiable personality certainly shone through… and one just can’t miss that unmistakable “thank you”.

Thanks to the person who shared these tracks on the net in 2005; and to the person who created the artwork.

Disc 1
Track 101. Intro and Once In A Very Blue Moon
Track 102. Oberman and Nanci Talk
Track 103. Nanci Talk
Track 104. Roll You Colorado
Track 105. More than a Feeling
Track 106. Nanci Talk
Track 107. Open Doors and Windows
Track 108. Oberman and Nanci Talk
Track 109. Daddy Said
Track 110. Nanci Talk
Track 111. Last of the True Believers
Track 112. Love’s Found a Shoulder
Track 113. Oberman and Nanci Talk
Track 114. Dream of Highways
Track 115. Oberman and Nanci Talk
Track 116. No Expectations [tape flip occurs here]
Track 117. Oberman and Nanci Talk
Track 118. St. Olaf’s Gate
Track 119. On Down the Road
Track 120. Oberman and Nanci Talk
Track 121. Fare Thee Well

Lineage:
FM > TDK SA90 Cassette > Wav (Sony SoundForge 7) > Flac Frontend (level 8, verified and aligned on sector boundaries)

Disc 2
Track 201. Ballad of Robin Wintersmith
Track 202. There’s A Light Beyond These Woods
Track 203. Roseville Fair
Track 204. Once In A Very Blue Moon
Track 205. Last Of The True Believers
Track 206. West Texas Sun
Track 207. Spin On A Red Brick Floor
Track 208. Outro/London Homesick Blues

Lineage:
FM > TDK SA90 cassette > Creative SB Live!soundcard > WAV (Sony Soundforge 7) > Flac Frontend (level 8, verified and aligned on sector boundaries)

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
Roger & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! [no label, 3CD]
Director: Gary Griffin
Conductor: James Lowe
Live at the Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL; May 4, 2013. Excellent HD FM broadcast.

Sitting in the Civic Opera House on Saturday night – listening to the increasingly rare treat of a full-sized orchestra playing the original orchestrations and watching a production that could afford to carry an ensemble of top-tier dancers who don’t sing much, and formidable singers who don’t dance much – it was impossible not to ponder anew the brilliance of these two masters of the musical-theater form. Here, Rodgers and Hammerstein succeeded in making a simple Plains love triangle a subversive metaphor for America itself.
- Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com

Oklahoma! feels right at home in one of the world’s great opera houses, showing how the definition of works to be performed here can change even as the institution’s mission remains constant. Oklahoma! is not opera, but it is grand and popular musical theater that has proven to have enduring appeal. This musical just passed its 70th birthday on March 31, making it even older than La Bohème was when it was performed in Lyric’s inaugural season back in 1954. It’s time to just call Oklahoma! a classic – not just a classic of musical theatre.
- Scotty Zacher, chicagotheaterbeat.com

Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
- wikipedia

Thanks to mdshrk1 for recording and sharing the tracks at The Traders’ Den.

Lineage:
HD over FM > Sangean HDT-1 > Rotel-05 SE > SoundBlaster (Live! 24 bit External) > wav (CD Wave Editor) > flac

Track 101. Announcer 3:59
Track 102. Announcer/Interviews 11:25

Act I
Track 103. Overture 5:24
Track 104. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Curly) 3:26
Track 105. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Curly) 8:18
Track 106. Kansas City (Will, Male Chorus) 7:58
Track 107. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Curly) 2:43
Track 108. I Cain’t Say No (Ado Annie) 7:03
Track 109. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ 8:52
Track 110. Many a New Day (Laurey, Girl Chorus) 7:40
Track 111. It’s a Scandal (Ali, Chorus) 7:11 (
Track 112. People Will Say We’re in Love (Laurey, Curly) 7:40
Track 113. Pore Jud is Daid (Curly, Jud) 6:55
Track 114. Lonely Room (Curly) 10:03
Track 115. Out of My Dreams (Laurey, Girl Chorus) 7:11
Track 116. Laurey’s Dream 10:53

Track 201. Announcer 1:33
Track 202. Announcer/Intervews 21:02

Act II
Track 203. The Farmer and the Cowman (Andrew, Aunt Eller, Chorus) 7:23
Track 204. The Auction 11:50
Track 205. All Er Nuthin’ (Will, Ado Annie) 6:32
Track 206. Oklahoma (Curly, Chorus) 16:24
Track 207. Finale: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’/People Will Say We’re in Love (Laurey, Curly, Chorus) 9:10
190:45

Cast:
John Cudia (Curly)
Ashley Brown (Laurey)
David Adam Moore (Jud)
Tari Kelly (Ado Annie)
Curtis Holbrook (Will)
Paula Scrofano (Aunt Eller)

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PETER GREEN SPLINTER GROUP
Cells Alive [no label, 1CD]
Live in Gesendef Auf, Germany; June 28, 1998. Excellent audio (from TV broadcast?).

There are some who think that Fleetwood Mac could have done even more with Peter Green in the lineup. As this 1998 gig shows, the guitarist still had the chops.

Thanks to Greg Kerbel for transferring and sharing these tracks on the net in 2003.

This show was broadcast live on German TV.

May also be referred to as Live at Studio 5, Baden-Baden, Germany,

Source:
DSBD > CDR > eac(secure) > mkw > SHN > WAV > CDR

Track 01. Intro
Track 02. Black Magic Woman
Track 03. Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
Track 04. Rattlesnake Shake
Track 05. The Supernatural
Track 06. Shake Your Hips
Track 07. Traveling Riverside Blues
Track 08. Steady Rolling Man
Track 09. The Stumble
Track 10. Albatross
Track 11. Green Manalishi
Track 12. Going Down
Track 13. Look Yonder Wall

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FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
Los Angeles 1970 [no label, 2CD]
Music Director – Zubin Metha; Guest Conductor – Pierre Boulez
Contempo 70; live at the Pauley Pavillion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; May 15, 1970. Good to fairly good audience recording.

“The musicians union wanted royalties for recording rights, so Frank declined to record that show. But somebody in the crowd did have a tape recorder, and the resulting music has wound up on a variety of bootlegs.”
- Splat’s Zappapage

Frank Zappa & Peter Occhiogrosso, The Real Frank Zappa Book, 1989, p. 109-111:

Sometime in 1970, I had an offer for a major concert performance of the orchestral music accumulating in my closet. During the M.O.I.’s first five years, I had carried with me, on the road, masses of manuscript paper, and, whenever there was an opportunity, scribbled stuff on it. This material eventually became the score for 200 Motels (based on an estimate of the number of gigs we played in the first five years–forty jobs per year?).

The performance was to be held at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion (a basketball arena seating about fourteen thousand people), with Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. A pretty big deal.

There was a ‘catch,’ though–the orchestra didn’t really want to play the stuff–they wanted AN EVENT; something ‘unique’–like–uhh, maybe a ROCK GROUP and–uhhhhh–a REAL ORCHESTRA sort of–uhhh–well you know–’rocking out together.’ It didn’t matter what the music was.

This eventually led to a few problems. First of all, I didn’t have a ‘ROCK GROUP’–the M.O.I had been disbanded for about a year. Second, there were no parts copied for the scores, and I was being asked to pay for this enormous job (seven thousand 1970 dollars). The third problem was that I wanted some kind of tape of the show, and the Musicians’ Union wouldn’t allow it. (They didn’t do anything when some asshole in the audience ran a cassette and made a bootleg album out of it, but they were promising stern action if I made one for my own use–just to find out what my pieces sounded like . . . but let me slow down here.)

We solved problem number one by putting together an interim one-shot ‘Mothers-Of-Invention-Sort-Of-Group.’ It did a short tour to warm up, maybe half a dozen dates, and returned to L.A. for the show.

The second problem was solved by me spending the seven thousand bucks on a team of copyists.

The third problem never got solved, and I never got a tape of the show.

It was the most successful indoor concert of the L.A. Phil’s season that year–sold out. Somewhere in the mass of spectators were Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, a.k.a. Flo & Eddie.

They came backstage after the show, said they liked it, and told me that the Turtles had split up and they were looking for something to do. The rest is history.

Thanks to the person (davmar77?) who shared these tracks on the net in 2005.

Thanks also to Drumage for the artwork.

Lineage:
Aud Master Reel > Reel > Reel > M-Audio Transit > Cool Edit > CD Wave Editor > Flac

Disc 1
Track 101. Frank’s Introduction
Track 102. My Boyfriend’s Back/I’m Gonna Bust His Head/Tiny Sick Tears/Argon
Track 103. Call Any Vegetable (including Integrales)
Track 104. Blowing Discordant Sounds
Track 105. 200 Motels introduction
Track 106. Pound For A Brown
Track 107. 200 Motels/Duke Of Prunes/Who Needs The Peace Corps/Oh No – Part A
Track 108. 200 Motels/Duke Of Prunes/Who Needs The Peace Corps/Oh No – Part B
Track 109. 200 Motels/Duke Of Prunes/Who Needs The Peace Corps/Oh No – Part C
Track 110. 200 Motels/Duke Of Prunes/Who Needs The Peace Corps/Oh No – Part D
Track 111. 200 Motels/Duke Of Prunes/Who Needs The Peace Corps/Oh No – Part E

Disc 2
Track 201. King Kong intro
Track 202. King Kong explanation
Track 203. King Kong
Track 204. Plastic People/Lumpy Gravy/Orange County Lumber Truck
Track 205. Wino Man/Concentration Moon/Mom & Dad
According to the artwork, Disc 2 Track 5 was recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, August 21, 1970.

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JAMES BROWN AND THE JB’s
An Avalanche Of Funk [Big Fro Discs, 2CD]
Live in Switzerland (possibly Lausanne); 1973 (probably February/March). Very good to excellent soundboard.

Thanks to bleroy for sharing the tracks at Dime. Bleroy added: “A complete recording of a 1973 James Brown Show/Revue concert including the full JB’s opening set.”

Disc 1 (The JB’s – 49:23)
Track 101. Intro (1:06) (1.9MB)
Track 102. Backstabbers (4:43) (8.0MB)
Track 103. Hot Pants Road (3:04) (5.2MB)
Track 104. Theme from “Shaft” (3:27) (5.8MB)
Track 105. instrumental (4:17) (7.2MB)
Track 106. instrumental (3:40) (6.2MB)
Track 107. Pass the Peas (6:14) (10.5MB)
Track 108. Party (5:51) (9.9MB)
Track 109. Me & Mrs. Jones (1:51) [Maceo Parker, vocals] (3.1MB)
Track 110. I’ll Take You There (2:59) (5.0MB)
Track 111. Never Gonna Give You Up (3:05) (5.2MB)
Track 112. Do Your Thing (4:39) (7.8MB)
Track 113. Think (4:20) (7.3MB)

Disc 2 (James Brown – 52:17)
Track 201. Intro (1:19) (2.2MB)
Track 202. Get On the Good Foot (3:47) (6.4MB)
Track 203. Soul Power (4:22) (7.3MB)
Track 204. Make It Funky (4:25) (7.4MB)
Track 205. Bewildered (8:04) (13.6MB)
Track 206. Super Bad (5:51) (9.9MB)
Track 207. Try Me (3:51) (6.5MB)
Track 208. Hot Pants (2:23) (4.0MB)
Track 209. Sex Machine (7:23) (12.4MB)
Track 210. I’ve Got a Brand New Bag of My Own (3:00) (5.0MB)
Track 211. It’s A Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World (2:42) (4.6MB)
Track 212. Please Please Please (2:06) (3.5MB)
Track 213. I Can’t Stand Myself (1:21) (2.3MB)
Track 214. Cold Sweat (1:38) (2.8MB)

Lineup:
James Brown – vocals, organ, drums
prob. Darryl “Hasaan” Jamison, prob. Isiah “Ike” Oakley and prob. Jerone “Jasaan” Sanford – trumpet
Fred Wesley – trombone
Maceo Parker – alto sax, flute
St. Clair Pinckney – tenor sax (& baritone sax?)
poss. Eldee Williams – tenor sax
Jimmy Nolen and prob. Hearlon “Cheese” Martin – guitar
prob. Fred Thomas – bass
prob. John “Jabo” Starks – drums
prob. John Morgan or Johnny Griggs – percussion
Lyn Collins, Martha High – vocals
Danny Ray – MC

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Just in case you have forgotten, what cause was the Coalition of The Willing fighting for in March 2003? What are its results? William Blum writes.

This is not to put George W. Bush down. That’s too easy, and I’ve done it many times. No, this is to counter the current trend to rehabilitate the man and his Iraqi horror show, which partly coincides with the opening of his presidential library in Texas. At the dedication ceremony, President Obama spoke of Bush’s “compassion and generosity” and declared that: “He is a good man.”

The word “Iraq” did not pass his lips. The closest he came at all was saying “So even as we Americans may at times disagree on matters of foreign policy, we share a profound respect and reverence for the men and women of our military and their families.” Should morality be that flexible? Even for a politician? Obama could have just called in sick.

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SANTANA
Third Album Outtakes And Rehearsals [no label, 2CD]
Sessions at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, November 1970; at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, January 24, 1971. Very good to excellent stereo soundboard.

Thanks to the person who shared these tracks on the net in 2005.

On July 4, 1971, the Santana band was the last act on the last night at the Fillmore West as Bill Graham so aptly puts it, “What better way, than to close with the sounds from the streets, Santana!”

Santana 3 or the Third Album, as it is also known, is a primal masterpiece, filled with some of Santana’s best music. The ensemble playing is freer and more fluid and the band embarked on darker, deeper, more mysterious grooves… The third album was given its first airing here [July 4, 1971] and, as the sun set on a generation with the Fillmore’s closing, the Santana band closed the auditorium with a powerful, ragged and passionate show. – Jim McCarthy, liner notes for Santana III (Legacy Extended Edition)

Thanks to Steel Dragon for the artwork.

Disc 1
Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco; November 1970
Track 101. Jungle Strut (Alternate Take)
Track 102. Everybody’s Everything (Inst. Jam)
Track 103. Ballin (Outtake)
Track 104. Folsom Street (Outtake)
Track 105. Fried Neckbones & Home Fries (Outtake)
Track 106. Guajira (Demo)
Track 107. Tune In (Rehearsal)
Track 108. Blues Jam
Track 109. Everything Is Coming Your Way (Inst)
Track 110. Batuka (Jam With Blues)
Track 111. Rehearsal Jam #1A
Track 112. Rehearsal Jam #1B

Disc 2
Columbia Studios, San Francisco; January 24, 1971
Track 201. Rehearsal Jam 2
Track 202. Fried Neckbones
Track 203. Ballin (Expanded)
Track 204. Folsom Street (Expanded)
Track 205. Gumbo (Alternate Take)
Track 206. Jungle Strut (Alternate Take)
Track 207. Toussant L’ Overture (Alternate Take)

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FLEETWOOD MAC
St Paul 2013 [no label, 2CD]
Live at the Xcel Energy Center, St Paul, MN; April 28, 2013. A mix of soundboard (IEM feed) and audience recording. Excellent audio.

This is one for the Fleetwood Mac fans. While we had earlier shared a very good audience recording of the Columbus show, fans are likely to enjoy this soundboard more.

Thanks to Alzeppelin who recorded and shared the show at Dime.

Source 1: Coresound CSC Mics > Bass Roll-off > Tascam DR-2D (24/48)
Transfer: Memory Card > USB > Cooledit Pro (EQ and Normalize Levels)

Source 2: Sennheiser Stereo Receiver > Tascam DR-05 (Backup Guitar Player Feed) (24/48)
Transfer: Memory Card > USB > Cooledit Pro (normalize levels)

Mastering: Wav Files > Adobe Audition (syncing) > CDWav (track splits) > Adobe Audition (downsample 16/44) Traders Little Helper FLAC Level 8

Original pictures by Jeff Wheeler, posted on Facebook – Thanks!

Disc 1
Track 101. Intro
Track 102. Second Hand News
Track 103. The Chain
Track 104. Dreams
Track 105. Sad Angel
Track 106. Rhiannon
Track 107. Not That Funny
Track 108. Tusk
Track 109. Sisters of the Moon
Track 110. Sara
Track 111. Big Love
Track 112. Landslide
Track 113. Never Going Back Again
Track 114. Without You

Disc 2
Track 201. Gypsy
Track 202. Eyes of the World
Track 203. Gold Dust Woman
Track 204. I’m So Afraid
Track 205. Stand Back
Track 206. Go Your Own Way
Track 207. World Turning
Track 208. Band Intros
Track 209. Don’t Stop
Track 210. Silver Springs
Track 211. Say Goodbye

Lineup:
Mick Fleetwood – drums
Lindsay Buckingham – vocals, guitar
Stevie Nicks – vocals
John McVie – bass

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Imagine a serum that will instantly turn your pain into pleasure. In Hisayasu Sato’s splatter-porn Pleasure Kill (1987), what was initially an interesting idea turns into a bloody bloodbath when a young boy with serious mother issues start testing the serum on unsuspecting girls. Stephen Tan reviews.

Just as Sam Raimi’s low budgetted but influential Evil Dead led to sequels and remakes, Japanese Hisayasu Sato also took the Sam Raimi path when he got the chance to remake his outlandish Pleasure Kill (1987) as Naked Kill in 1995. But for Sato’s fans, they will forever consider Pleasure Kill as “the birth of Splatter-Rape!”

As a splatter-porn, Hisayasu Sato’s Pleasure Kill works reasonably well, especially if one doesn’t ask too many questions. After all, the serum is only a McGuffin – the real goodies lie in the way the girls react to the serum. And here, Sato doesn’t disappoint – a girl shaving her pubic area, girls masturbating with food and knives and, for good measure, Sato even introduces an incestuous relationship between the lead character and his mother.

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WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET/MAX ROACH & M’BOOM
New York 1981 [no label, 2CD]
The Grand Collaboration, live at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York City, NY; June 26, 1981. Excellent radio broadcast (Recorded from Jazz Alive on WSKG-FM Binghamton, NY).

Imagine a crowd of 3,000 in the audience listening to this!

Thanks to the person who shared this on the net in 2005.

Uploader’s notes:

This recording is from the original tape I made on the original complete broadcast of this once in a lifetime show. The show opens with an intro from Billy Taylor (the great pianist who served as the host for so many years of this great program). The show opens with the WSQ and Max Roach, then continues with an amazing set from M’Boom (pronounced ooom boom). For those of you unfamiliar with them, you will be amazed at their sound. Disc Two starts with an interview with Max discussing how this collaboration came about, then the fruits of their collective labor can be marvelled at for the remaining of the disc.

Picture posted at inconstantsol.blogspot – Thanks!

Disc 1 (56:36)
Track 101. Intro
Track 102. Bluiett’s Blues – WSQ  with M Roach
Track 103. Funny Paper – WSQ with M Roach
Track 104. Two Sheet – WSQ with M Roach
Track 105. Fast Life – WSQ with M Roach
Track 106. Billy Taylor rap
Track 107. Max Roach discusses M’Boom
Track 108. Onomotopea – M’Boom
Track 109. Twinkle Toes – M’Boom
Track 110. Epistrophy – M’Boom
Track 111. Morning Midday – M’Boom (cuts off)
Track 112. Cudgi-chockolea – M’Boom
Track 113. Announcement

Disc 2 (58:09)
Track 201. Max Roach discusses “The Grand Collaboration”
Track 202. Untitled – WSQ with Max Roach & M’Boom
Track 203. Untitled – WSQ with Max Roach & M’Boom
Track 204. Untitled – WSQ with Max Roach & M’Boom
Track 205. Untitled – WSQ with Max Roach & M’Boom
Track 206. Untitled – WSQ with Max Roach & M’Boom
Track 207. Untitled – WSQ with Max Roach & M’Boom

World Saxophone Quartet
Oliver Lake
Julius Hemphill
David Murray
Hamiet Bluiett

M’Boom
Max Roach
Freddie Waits
Joe Chambers
Roy Brooks
Ray Mantilla
Omar Clay
Fred King
Warren Smith

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