Showing posts with label Eric Burdon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eric Burdon. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Eric Burdon Band - Ebbet's Field, Denver, CO, 10-17-1974 (FM)

Eric Burdon Band
Ebbet's Field
Denver, CO
October 17th 1974
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included

01 Stop
02 When I Was Young
03 Ghetto Child
04 Sun Secret
05 Jim Crow
06 House Of The Rising Sun
07 Band Introduction
08 It's My Life
09 Metropol

total time: 1h 9s

Eric Burdon Vocals
Aalon Butler Guitar
Randy Rice Bass
Alvin Taylor Drums

There is a fade out in track 2 at about 6:50 the track fades back in presumably a tape flip or removal of a commercial. Other than that this is a very fine recording. Nice and clear allowing the power of the music to shine through. This is the Eric Burdon Band and it was more of a hard rock sound than anything Eric had done up to that time. The show is simply awesome with tracks from Burdon's solo career, the then unreleased Mirage project as well as re-workings of Animals classics. "When I Was Young", "It's My Life" and "House Of The Rising Sun" have more of a bite. The music meant as a reflection of the times as Eric saw them. War, Starvation, Racism, and Corruption all filtered through over driven Marshall stacks and pounding primal rhythms.


Monday, March 21, 2016

Eric Burdon/The Zombies - The Stages On Sixth 2013 ~ 6th Street, Austin, TX March 13 & 16, 2013 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Eric Burdon/The Zombies
The Stages On Sixth 2013
6th Street, Austin, Texas, USA
March 13 & 16, 2013
Webcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

Eric Burdon March 16, 2013

01 Spill The Wine
02 When I Was Young/Inside Looking Out
03 Water
04 Wait
05 Black Dog
06 House Of The Rising Sun

The Zombies March 13, 2013
07 Tell Her No
08 I Want You Back Again
09 Breathe Out, Breathe In
10 Care of Cell 44
11 This Will Be Our Year
12 Time of the Season
13 Hold Your Head Up (Argent Cover)
14 She’s Not There

The Zombies
Colin Blunstone – lead vocals
Rod Argent – organ, vocals
Tom Toomey – guitar, vocals
Jim Rodford – bass, vocals
Steve Rodford – drums

This is a kick ass show from some great Classic Rockers. Both bands are in fine form. A definite must have !

Monday, February 10, 2014

The Animals - Westwood One BBC Classic Tracks 1965 (Pre-FM)

The Animals
Westwood One BBC Classic Tracks 1965  With Richard Skinner
various dates & BBC Studios
For Broadcast The Week Of March 11, 1991
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Source:
(Pre-FM) "Westwood One" Silver Disc > EAC > Audacity (removed commercials and repetitive announcing segments) > CD Wav > Flac (Level 8)


01 BBC Announcer Introduction
02 Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
03 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
04 What Am I Living For
05 The Mess Around
06 We've Got To Get Out Of This Place
Total time: 16mn 25sc

Eric Burdon - vocals
Chas Chandler - bass
John Steel - drums
Hilton Valentine - guitar
Alan Price - keyboards*
Mick Gallagher - keyboards*
Dave Rowberry - keyboards*

*Alan Price left The Animals in 1965 and was replaced by Mick Gallagher who played on the studio release of  "We Got To Get Out Of This Place" he was replaced by Dave Rowberry later in 1965.

This short but sweet Pre-FM puts The Animals early BBC Radio performances in the spotlight. The Animals, with their raw, ruckus performances of Heavy Blues music were an important part in the evolution of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal. Like The Yardbirds, The Animals took the Blues that they loved, turned up the volume and played with an energy their aging heroes couldn't muster on stage. 100's of bands would form in The Animals wake, as fans tried to emulate their local grown heroes. In the following years as more musicians took influence to new levels the evolution would lead to the Hard Rock of Led Zeppelin and Heavy Metal of Black Sabbath.


Monday, January 6, 2014

The Eric Burdon Band - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 02-09-1974 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

The Eric Burdon Band
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
February 9, 1974
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Cover Included

01 Show Intro
02 She Stole My Heart Away (aka First Sight)
03 Dragon Lady
04 Jim Crow
05 River Of Blood

This isn't the Long Haired Leaping Gnome of "Spill The Wine", this is an angry music akin to something Iggy Pop would be known for. I LIKE IT !! (Don't get me wrong I love War!) No horns or congas, just bass, drums, guitar and vocals. The performance centers around songs from the then unreleased soundtrack to Eric Burdon's movie MIRAGE. "She Stole My Heart Away" starts with monk throat chanting and is peppered with visions of a monk self immolating in front of MP's. "Jim Crow" is accented with visuals of Native American Warriors & Chiefs, while "River of Blood" is performed under overpowering blood red lights. The recording is very listenable with or without a little EQ.

Episode Summary:
Eric Burdon - "She Stole My Heart Away" (aka "First Sight"), "Dragon Lady," "Jim Crow" and "River of Blood."
Foghat - "Road Fever," "Home in My Hand," "Honey Hush" and "I Just Want To Make Love To You."
Mandrill - "Fat City Strut" and "Get It All."

About Mirage per Wikipedia:
Mirage was recorded as an album by Eric Burdon and The Eric Burdon Band in 1973 during the "Mirage Project". It was not released until February 27, 2008 by Universal.
Four "Mirage" sessions were released as a bootleg.
Mirage was scheduled to be released by Atlantic on June 1974. It never was. In 2006 AIM released a compilation Wild & Wicked which features some tracks of the Mirage project and the later "Comeback Project".
The album was also about the Vietnam War. The United Artists film Mirage was never made.
Album Track List:

   1. "Dragon Lady"
   2. "Jim Crow"
   3. "Ghetto Child"
   4. "Mind Arc"
   5. "River of Blood"
   6. "Driftin'/Geronimo's Last Stand"
   7. "Highway Mover"
   8. "Cum"
   9. "First Sight"
  10. "Mirage"
  11. "Stole My Heart Away (First Sight)"

The title song "Mirage" was written by Jimi Hendrix on the night he died. It was called "The Story of Jesus". Because it wasn't released for a long time, Burdon re-recorded it for the 2000 Hendrix tribute CD Blue Haze under the name Third Stone from the Sun/The Story of Life.