Bruford - Toad's Place: New Haven, CT, USA July 18, 1979 (FM) - GrassySound Source, Goody Remaster & Speed/Pitch Corrected

Bruford
Toad's Place
New Haven, CT, USA
July 18, 1979
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

GrassySound 2005 source - Goody's Speed/Pitch-adjusted Audio Upgrade via iggy1

WPLR FM recording, lineage unknown

Goody's additional lineage:
Audition (Pitch Bender, various amounts) > iZotope RX10 Advanced (Wow & Flutter greatly reduced; Azimuth & Phase adjusted) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)

DISC 1 (55:06)
01 - Hell's Bells 5:13
02 - Sample And Hold 7:37
03 - Fainting In Coils (with Back To The Beginning) 12:19
04 - Forever Until Sunday 7:52
05 - Joe Frazier 4:49
06 - Travels With Myself-And Someone Else 9:33
07 - Line Two (later renamed 'Manacles') [cuts in; fades out] 7:43

DISC 2 (29:47)
01 - Beelzebub 4:18
02 - The Sahara Of Snow 13:14
03 - Five G 7:42
04 - Feels Good To Me 4:33

Total time: 1hr 22mn 24sc

Bill Bruford: Drums
Dave Stewart: Keyboards
Jeff Berlin: Bass
John Clark: Guitar

M.C.: Mark Kaplowe
Mix: K Garrity

Some people might see this as a bit of a cheat because Bruford to some is Progessive Rock and to others Jazz-Fusion. I see them as a mix of Jazz and Progressive Rock which is a fusion of elements...Any way this is part of my Sunday Morning Jazz entertainment.

The recording starts a little rough due to the keyboards being so over powering but the soundman gets it under control quick the rest is a nice listening experience. That due to the remastering and speed correction done by Goody who is known for tinkering with shows and making them sound a lot better, this one is no exception.

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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe - Paramount Theater: Seattle, Washington, USA March 15, 1990 (VgAud) - Tapehead2 Analog Master

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe
Paramount Theater
Seattle, Washington, USA
March 15, 1990
Very Good Audience Recording - Tapehead2 Analog Master
Flac Level 8 24bit/96khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
No Cover Art

A Tapehead2 Analog Master
Transfered And Presented By Krw_co

Lineage: Audience Analog Master > Nakamichi DR-1 (w/Manual Azimuth Adjustment) > Creative Soundblaser X-FI HD Model #SB12400 Wav(24/96khz) > MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab (For Krw Track Marks, Volume Adjustment & Edits) > Wav(24/96khz) > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 8

01 Young Persons Guide To The Orchestra 2:48
02 Time And A Word/Owner Of A Lonely Heart/Teakbois 8:25
03 Clap 5:34
04 Mood For A Day 5:01
05 Wakeman Solo 5:56
06 Long Distance Runaround 4:45
07 Bruford Solo 4:00
08 Birthright (tape flip edit) 7:51
09 And You And I 11:12
10 Themes 6:58
11 Levin/Bruford Duet 7:13
12 Close To The Edge (tape flip edit) 20:46
13 The Meeting 8:25
14 Brother Of Mine 12:25
15 Heart Of The Sunrise (tape flip edit) 25:13
16 Roundabout 6:58
17 Starship Trooper 16:34
18 Sweet Dreams 5:01

Total Playing Time: 2hr 45mn 7sc

Jon Anderson Vocals
Bill Bruford Drums
Steve Howe Guitar
Rick Wakeman Keyboards
Julian Colbeck Keyboards
Tony Levin Bass
Milton Mcdonald Guitar

Notes:
- raw transfer of analog master tape
- some channel phasing beginning of track 01
- bass is thin but audible through out recording mostly highs to low mids
- some popping during track 03
- someone rubs the mic felt at 4:04 track 04 no music affected
- track 04 mic cuts out at 4:50 / cuts back in 5:01 no music affected
- pop sound at :14 of track 08 no music affected
- track 08 thump at 7:09 pop at 7:14 no music affected
- track 12 sounds like mic felt being rubbed 9:23 to 9:35
- transition between track 12 and track 13 is a little rough
- track 14 mic cuts out and back in at 10:56

Now this transfer of Tapehead2's Analog Master via the Krw_co crew just popped up at the Trader's Den about a week ago. It's a raw transfer that has it's faults which I have noted the worst of. Now it also has it's advantages too. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to this recording over and over since I downloaded it. So much so that my son Spider asked me to retire it for a while. I was being a little annoying, stopping and starting so I could catalog some blemish in the recording. Don't let the list of faults keep you from downloading most do not affect any music. It really is a nice listen! I'm sure someone will remaster this sooner or later, it's a great start, a little EQ and manual noise removal and this could be polished into a gem.

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National Health (featuring Bill Brufford) - School Of Economics, London, England, U.K. February 14, 1976 (FM)

National Health (featuring Bill Brufford)
School Of Economics
London, England, U.K.
February 14, 1976
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Radio Broadcast > Trade > EAC (wav) > FLAC Frontend > Level 8
Source: pablodrums tape

01 Tenemos Roads 14:43
02 Paracelsus 5:58
03 Trident Asleep 16:09
04 Agrippa 8:46
05 B.O.O.G.E.H. 10:25
06 Elephants 12:59
07 The Lethargy Shuffle Part II 6:16

Line-up:
Alan Gowen Keyboards
Dave Stewart Keyboards
Phil Miller Guitar
Mont Campbell Bass
Bill Bruford Drums

Special Guest Musician:
Steve Hillage Guitar

I'm going to cheat and say that this is our Jazz On Sunday Morning post for the week. I know that technically they are considered a Progressive Rock/Jazz Rock Band but isn't that what Fusion is? I hope all will enjoy. Of course Yes fans will need this for their collections due to Bill Bruford playing drums!

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Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Live in Tokyo 1986 ~ Bravas Club Tokyo, Japan June 27, 1986 (FM)

Bill Bruford's Earthworks
Live in Tokyo 1986
Bravas Club
Tokyo, Japan
June 27, 1986
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Source: FM > CD Trade > EAC (wav) > FLAC Frontend Encode Level 8

CD One:
01 - DJ Intro
02 - My Heart Declares A Holiday*
03 - Making A Song And Dance*
04 - Up North*
05 - Pressure*
06 - Fall In
07 - DJ Finale...

CD Two:
01 - DJ Intro
02 - I Kebana
03 - Holy Fox
04 - A Stones's Throw+
05 - It Needn't End In Tears*
06 - Bridge Of Inhibition*
07 - Thud*
08 - DJ Finale...

*to be on Earthworks' debut LP
+to be on 2nd LP Dig?

Bill Bruford - Drums
Django Bates - Keyboards
Mick Hutton - Double Bass
Iain Bellamy - Saxophone

justdave's notes:
This tour is before the 1st LP was released. The band was actually called The Bill Bruford Quartet at the time. The name change to Bill Bruford's Earthworks was after the completion of the 1986 Japan Tour.

While listening to this great sounding recording I couldn't help notice some of the keyboard (or maybe electronic drum pad) sounds are used on some Yes songs as well. If you have never heard Bill Bruford's Earthworks before this is the perfect recording to begin with. If you're a fan of Earthworks this will become your new favorite recording if you don't already have it.

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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe - Scottish Miracle ~ Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland October 22, 1989 (SBD)

 

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe
Scottish Miracle - (Amity 160)
Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
Edinburgh, Scotland
October 22, 1989
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 5 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Original bootleg discs -> EZ CD Audio Converter -> FLAC level 5

Rosebud's Pick

CD1
101 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
102 Time And A Word / Owner Of A Lonely Heart / Teakbois
103 Clap
104 Mood For A Day
105 Wakeman Solo
106 Long Distance Runaround
107 Bruford Solo
108 Birthright
109 And You And I
110 I've Seen All Good People
111 Close To The Edge

CD2
201 Themes
202 Levin / Bruford Duet
203 Brother Of Mine
204 The Meeting
205 Heart Of The Sunrise
206 Order Of The Universe
207 Roundabout
208 Starship Trooper

Jon Anderson – lead and backing vocals
Rick Wakeman – keyboards
Bill Bruford – acoustic and electronic drums, percussion
Steve Howe – guitars, backing vocals

Touring Musicians:
Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals
Milton McDonald – rhythm guitar
Julian Colbeck – additional keyboards

This time Rosebud picked our post for the Salute To Progressive Rock Bands Series. This is what she had to say about it....

Dave took me to my first Yes show about 2 years after we met. It was a show that focused more on the Radio hits I knew like "Owner Of A Lonely Heart", "Long Distance Runaround" etc. Unfortunately for some reason the sound was off in the theater balcony. You could barely hear and people kept shushing each other. The Next time we saw them was at Pine Knob Amphitheater which is a larger venue. We had like 8th row seats (Dave pulled some strings to get). They opened with a song I never heard before. When they announced the next song Dave said  something like "....Yes! Tales" lit a joint and passed it to me. Then said "You're most likely to hear the more Proggy side tonight". He was right they were awesome, I recognized "Roundabout" that was it LOL! On this recording there's a little hum sometimes from amplifiers but the band plays so well and it's not real noticeable when they play.

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National Health - University Of Dundee, Dondee, Scotland, U.K. 02-02-1976 (SBD)

National Health
University Of Dundee
Dondee, Scotland, U.K.
February 2, 1976
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Soundboard > Trade > EAC (wav) > FLAC > You.

01 Tenemos Roads 8:57
02 Paracelsus 6:03
03 Trident Asleep 19:26
04 Clocks And Clouds 11:14
05 The Lethargy Shuffle 10:28
06 Agrippa 9:34
07 Elephants 14:40

Total Playing Time: 1hr 20mn 22sc

Alan Gowen (R.I.P.) Keyboards
Dave Stewart Keyboards
Phil Miller Guitar
Mont Campbell Bass
Amanda Parsons Vocals
Bill Bruford Drums & Percussion

Alan Gowen passed away in 1981 from leukemia, he was 47.

For this weeks installment of our Tribute To Progressive Rock Bands we have a nice one from the British Prog-Band National Health. This was still pretty early in the bands career having formed in 1975. This incarnation of the band never released a studio album. The self titled first album was released in 1978. By then Bill Bruford had left National Health and formed Bruford. His replacement was Pip Pyle formerly of Gong. Bass player Mont Campbell left before the first album as well. He was replaced by Neil Murray who later went on to Rainbow and Black Sabbath. National Health actually worked with members of Henry Cow for their second album (awh man to have some soundboard quality recordings of Henry Cow).

The music is mostly instrumental, vocalist Amanda Parsons really sings mostly octave vocalizations when she does sing. Download this show for a glimpse at a quick passing ship in the prolific career of Bill Bruford

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Bruford's Earthworks - Philadelphia 1992 ~ The Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA 03-11-1992 (SBD) - Early and Late Shows

 

Bruford's Earthworks
Philadelphia 1992
The Theatre of the Living Arts
Philadelphia, PA
March 11, 1992 - Early and Late Shows
Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: soundboard > Sony tcd5m cassette deck (dolby “b” on) > cassette master > Sony SBM-1 > HHB CDR recorder

Disc 1 (Early Show)
101 Dancing On Frith Street 5:57
102 My Heart Declares A Holiday 6:57
103 A Stone’s Throw 9:18
104 Hotel Splendor 6:11
105 Untitled 7:38
106 Candles Still Flicker In Romania’s Dark 7:49
107 Libreville 8:40
108 Horn Solo/Untitled/Bass Solo/Drum Solo/Untitled 14:14
109 Untitled 9:35
110 Downtown 7:49


Disc 2 (Late Show)
201 Stromboli Kicks 7:34
202 All Heaven Broke Loose 7:50
203 Libreville/Band Intros 9:03
204 Candles Still Flicker In Romania’s Dark 7:20
205 My Heart Declares A Holiday 7:26
206 Up North 6:16
207 Untitled 5:57
208 Pilgrim’s Way 7:56
209 Untitled (with solos part 1) 5:58
210 Untitled (with solos part 2) 5:26
211 Untitled (with solos part 3) 9:34
212 Emotional Shirt 6:00

total playing time CD 1: 1hr 24mn 8sc
total playing time CD 2: 1hr 26mn 22sc
total playing time Both CDs: 2hr 50mn 22sc

Lineup:
Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
Iain Ballamy - keyboards, saxophone
Django Bates - keyboards, eb tenor horn
Tim Harries - bass

Original uploader julsay told this story about his recording:

I recorded the early show via my discreet soundboard patch (cables plugged in and “hanging out” under the seat directly in front of the board). I had no plans to stay for the late show, but then my friend the soundman told me that Bill Bruford was looking to borrow a DAT to record the late show.

I was then introduced to Bill, and he told me the story: they had rented a mobile recording truck to record the tour, but they got stuck in bad weather in Rochester. Bill loved the sound of the venue from the early show and wanted to chronicle the late show in some (inexpensive) way. We struck a deal whereby I would “go home to get my DAT” (I of course did not tell him that I had it with me or that I recorded the early show) to record the late show and, in exchange, I could run a cassette version for myself (he offered to send me a cassette copy of the DAT, but I suspected that would never actually happen, so I told him I’d bring a cassette deck as well).

So I did in fact go home, picked up my trusted Sony TCD-5M, dropped off the early show master DAT tape, and went back to the venue. I then proceeded to do as arranged: I recorded both to DAT (for Bill) and cassette (for me). I’ve made hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of board masters, but I can’t recall another time of a British Prog Musician actually allowing someone to patch in.

Pretty cool...Bill actually allowed this recording to be made by a fan and now we have it for our collection.

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