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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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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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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