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
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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.

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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
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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.

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