Return To Forever
Electric Lady Studios
New York City, NY, USA
June 1975
FM Broadcast Recording - TheToolman & Goody Remaster
Flac Level 8 & H.Q. MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cover Art Included
Lineage: unknown FM recording > tape > CD > Sound Forge > FLAC
Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > CDR > EAC (secure) > FLAC (L8)
Goody's Additional Lineage: Audition (Pitch Bender, various amounts; levels adjusted) > iZotope RX10 Advanced (Wow & Flutter reduced; Azimuth and Phase adjusted) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)
01 Chick Introduces the Band 1:18
02 Day Ride 3:34
03 Beyond the Seventh Galaxy 3:38
04 The Shadow of Lo 9:22
05 No Mystery 6:28
06 Vulcan Worlds / Stanley Speaks 16:00
07 Celebration Suite 15:35
Total time 55mn 54sc
Lenny White: Drums
Stanley Clarke: Bass
Al DiMeola: Guitar
Chick Corea: Keyboards
About 4 or 5 inches of snow has fallen this week. It's snowing right now and everything out back looks so peaceful as I sit here drinking my morning coffee. This show from quite a few years ago is playing on the stereo. One of my favorite Jazz Fusion outfits playing on yet another program usually reserved for Rock and it's many off shoots. So many Metal Heads I know are into Return To Forever, it would amaze you. Most say it's for the guitar playing no matter which guitar player is in the group. My guitarist in Psychosis said it was for the song writing. My bass player of course said it was for Stanley Clarke. I have to agree with my guitarist that it's for the song writing. This remaster is a great example of the awesome live performances that also made Return To Forever a favorite of many....
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Sunday, February 8, 2026
Return To Forever - Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, USA June 1975 (FM) - TheToolman & Goody Remaster
Genesis - Westwood One In Concert - BBC Concert Classic Show #93-18 (Pre-FM)
Genesis
Westwood One In Concert - BBC Concert Classic Show #93-18
Wembley Empire Pool, London, England, U.K. April 15, 1975
Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York City, New York, U.S.A November 29, 1981
For Broadcast The Week Of April 26, 1993
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cue Sheet Scans & Cover Art Included
Lineage Of Rip Unknown
JustDave's Additional Lineage: Trader's Little Helper (decode) > Wave 16bit,44,1khz > Goldwave v6.83 (editing) > Wave 16bit/44,1khz > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8 16bit/44,1khz
Hosted By "The Doc Of Rock" Doug Podell
CD One
01 BBC Concert Classic 93-18 Intro & Break - Doug Podell
02 Commercial - AT&T Telecommunications I-Plan
03 Commercial - Hershey's Almond Joy & Mounds Candy Bar
04 Commercial - Dentine Chewing Gum
05 BBC Concert Classic 93-18 Intro - Doug Podell
06 Genesis - In The Cage
07 Genesis - Back In New York City
-- Genesis - The Chamber Of 22 Doors (listed on cue sheet but not on this recording)
08 Genesis - Hairless Heart (not on cue sheet)
09 Genesis - Counting Out Time (not on cue sheet)
10 BBC Concert Classic 93-18 Break - Doug Podell
11 Commercial - Dentine Chewing Gum
12 Commercial - Nestlé's Butterfinger Candy Bar
13 Commercial - TGI Friday's Restaurant
14 Genesis - The Carpet Crawlers (misnamed "Carpet Crawl" on cue sheet)
15 Genesis - The Waiting Room (misnamed "Evil Jam" on cue sheet which was it's working title during writing sessions)
16 BBC Concert Classic 93-18 Break - Doug Podell
17 Commercial - AT&T Telecommunications I-Plan
18 Commercial - Dentine Chewing Gum
19 Commercial - Nestlé's Butterfinger Candy Bar
20 Commercial - Listerine Mouthwash
-- Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (listed on cue but not on this recording)
21 Genesis - Silent Sorrow Of Empty Boats
22 Genesis - The Coloney Of Slippermen (Part 1 Arrival)
23 Genesis - Ravine
24 Genesis - The Light Dies Down On Broadway
25 Genesis - Riding The Scree
26 BBC Concert Classic 93-18 Break - Doug Podell
27 Commercial - Dentine Chewing Gum
28 Commercial - AT&T Telecommunications I-Plan
29 Commercial - Hershey's Almond Joy & Mounds Candy Bar
CD Two
01 Genesis - Dodo / Lurker ("Lurker" not included on cue sheet)
02 Genesis - Abacab
03 BBC Concert Classic 93-18 Break - Doug Podell
04 Commercial - Dentine Chewing Gum
05 Commercial - Nestlé's Butterfinger Candy Bar
06 Commercial - Dentine Chewing Gum (commercial not listed on cue sheet)
07 Commercial - Hershey's Almond Joy & Mounds Candy Bar (commercial not listed on cue sheet)
08 Genesis - Misunderstanding
09 Genesis - No Reply At All
10 Genesis - Turn It On Again
11 BBC Concert Classic 93-18 Wrap Up - Doug Podell
12 BBC Concert Classic 93-18 Promo Bed w/Voiceover - Doug Podell
Total Playing Time CD1: 52mn 18sc
Total Playing Time CD2: 33mn 57sc
Total Playing Time CD1 & CD2: 1hr 26mn 16sc
JustDave's Notes:
- I got this from another collector who gave me all the info he had on the show which was not much, it was given to him the same way. As 6 unedited flac files, 2 cue sheet scans, some cover art and an audio checker text which said it was lossless.
- I decoded the files and indexed the tracks. After that I re-encoded them to FLAC Level 8
Known Flaws:
- Original rip lineage unknown but the tracks were cut on sector boundaries when checked prior to indexing tracks.
- Vinyl noise can clearly be heard, it looks like Westwood One used the BBC Transcription Albums to make this Two CD set.
Edited by JustDave for The Collective Of Live Music February 7, 2026
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Robben Ford - The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, 04-15-2002 (FM)
The Record Plant
Sausalito, CA
April 15, 2002
KFOG-FM Broadcast Recording
Flac 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cover Art Included
Lineage: TDK MA-110> Audacity> wav
01 KFOG Intro
02 Chevrolet
03 Indianola
04 The Way You Treated Me
05 KFOG DJ
06 Moonchild Blues
07 Don't Deny Your Love
08 It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)
09 Loving Cup
10 Up The Line
11 KFOG Outro
total time: 50mn 13sc
Robben Ford is a self taught guitar player who has done session work for Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, and Rickie Lee Jones to name a few. I came to know of Robben Ford while reading about the band Kiss. While they were recording Creatures Of The Night, Ace Frehley was a no show in the studio. The band used several guitar players to record the album and Robben did the lead guitar on "Rock And Roll Hell" and "I Still Love You". Robbens solo material is Blues Rock and this fine recording should be a welcome addition to your collection.
Bob Seger & the Borneo Band - The Cleveland Connection, Cleveland, OH. March 1973 (FM)
The Cleveland Connection
Cleveland, OH.
March 1973
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cover Art Included
01 Think
02 Higher & Higher
03 St. Dominicks Review
04 Circle Song
05 Bo Diddley
06 Someday
07 Rosalie
08 Long As I Can Play
09 Born Under A Bad Sign
10 Turn On Your Love Light
Bob Seger guitar, vocals
Marcy Levy vocals
Jamie Oldecker drums
Dick Simms organ, pedal bass, clavinet
Sergio Pastora percusion
Tom Cartmell aka Alto Reed saxophones
A good sounding recording of a live in studio broadcast. Bob & the band seem to be having a good time jamming. Of the 10 songs performed only 4 were ever recorded by Seger. The rest are just songs they liked playing together. The Borneo Band, or My Band as they were fist called, was Bob's first backing band. The Last Herd or The Bob Seger System, as they are better known, was a band with Bob being the main song writer. When Bob first went solo he used Teegarden and Van Winkle, or played with just an acoustic guitar or piano. He formed the Borneo Band to record the Back In 72 album. This was the beginning of his long musical relationship with Alto Reed, then called Tom Cartmell. By the end of 1973 Bob would fire The Borneo Band for being too unreliable. Simms, Oldecker, and Levy joined Eric Clapton's band, Bob formed the Silver Bullet Band, at first without Alto Reed. He wouldn't join the Silver Bullet Band till Beautiful Loser.
Van Halen - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1982 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1982
Oakland Coliseum
Oakland, CA
June 10 & 11, 1981
Broadcast 1982
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art
01 - Introduction by Don Kirshner
- Pretty Woman - promo video omited official audio
02 - Interview
03 - So This is Love (live)
04 - Interview
05 - Hear About It Later (live)
06 - Interview
07 - Interview
08 - Unchained (live)
09 - Interview
David Lee Roth lead vocals
Edward Van Halen lead guitar, backing vocals
Michael Anthony bass, backing vocals
Alex Van Halen drums
Van Halen played the Oakland Coliseum for two days so they could film live footage of the band for shows like Kirshner, Midnight Special, etc. According to the band only these 3 live tracks exist because of glitches during filming. However this doesn't sit well with fans because the show was filmed with multiple cameras not video taped. This means that every camera would have to of malfunctioned at the same time. This is believed to be imposable. It is believed the performances didn't hold up to the bands standards instead. This seams to be more probable as Dave could sometimes get a little too drunk to remember the songs. I refer you to the much bootlegged US Festival show for an example of this. So you get 3 live songs and an interview with David Lee Roth in between. The promo video for "Oh! Pretty Woman" was also aired but since the audio is the official album track it was omitted.
Live - Woodstock 1999, East Stage, Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, NY. 07-23-1999 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip
Woodstock 1999
East Stage
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome, NY.
July 23, 1999
Soundboard/TV Broadcast Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art
01 Where Fishes Go
02 Operation Spirit
03 All Over You
04 Selling The Drama
05 Pain Lies On The Riverside
06 The Dolphins Cry
07 Turn My Head
08 Wavey Gravey Segement
09 Shit Town
10 Lakini's Juice
11 I Alone
12 Lightning Crashes
Chad Taylor lead guitar, vocals
Patrick Dahlheimer bass, vocals
Chad Gracey drums
Ed Kowalczyk, lead vocals, guitar
Touring Members:
Adam Kowalczyk, rhythm guitar, vocals
Michael "Railo" Railton, keyboards, vocals
Awesome set from alternative kings appearance at the ill fated 1999 Woodstock. This was the Moshpit Generations Altamont. The festival ended in fires, riots, and rape. This set isn't mired by any bad vibes at all, giving way to a chant of Love, Love, Love, a testament to the charisma of lead vocalist Ed Kowalczyck. Ed hits the stage with a mile wide grin and delivers each emotional song with that same smile, truly enjoying this experience, and feeding that energy back to the audience.
The Wavey Gravey segment is an attempt by the promoters of Woodstock 99 to connect to the festival of the past. Wavey Gravey was given a microphone and would go through the audience asking them to say something to Woodstock. The resulting quotes would be shown on the screen during bands sets.
Friday, January 30, 2026
Overkill - Electro Violence...The Legendary Broadcasts And More ~ Live Compilation (FM)
Overkill
Electro Violence...The Legendary Broadcasts And More - (Cal Vista ~ CVB24033CD)
Boston, Massachusetts January 18, 1990
L'Amour, Brooklyn, New York March 9, 1990
Zeche, Bochum, West Germany May 12, 1986
Broadcast/Soundboard Recordings
Flac 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cover Art Included
01 Playing With Spiders/Skullkrusher
02 Fuck You (Subhumans)
03 I Hate
04 In Union We Stand
05 Rotten To The Core
06 Guitar Solo
07 E.vil N.ever D.ies
08 Time To Kill
09 Powersurge
10 Birth Of Tension
11 Hello From The Gutter/Wrecking Crew
12 Rotten To The Core
13 Second Son
14 Hammerhead
15 Overkill
Total Playing Time 1hr 19mn 25sc
Tracks 01-07 : Recorded live at The Channel, Boston, MA, USA, Jan 18, 1990
Tracks 08-11 : Recorded live at L'Amour, Brooklyn, NY, USA, Mar 9, 1990
Tracks 12-15 : Recorded live at Zeche, Bochum, West Germany, on May 12, 1986
Overkill 1990
Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – lead vocals
Carlo "D.D." Verni – bass, backing vocals
Bobby Gustafson – guitars, backing vocals
Sid Falck – drums
Overkill 1986
Bobby Blitz – lead vocals
D.D. Verni – bass, backing vocals
Bobby Gustafson – guitars, backing vocals
Rat Skates – drums
I recently joined the MetalMadness ed2k link tracker. It hosts nothing but True Heavy Metal Music. Glam and Neo-Metal bands are not hosted there. Most of the stuff is commercially available material most of which is hard to find. I personally have been a fan of the Metal Underground since my teen years. Back when if you wanted a Motörhead, Iron Maiden or Venom record you had to order it from England at a record store or out of the back of a magazine. When I bought Iron Maiden's "Women In Uniform" E.P. I had to convert my American currency To English currency then mail it off to a company in England that advertised in the back of some Heavy Metal music magazine I read.
In the early days of Thrash Metal's surge from below of course I listened to Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax but another band that caught my ear early was Overkill. Named after the Motörhead song of course. I have been to quite a few Overkill concerts and they always are a killer live act. This collection I downloaded from the MetalMadness tracker is a collection of shows recorded for the radio. That includes a very early show from 1986 when Thrash Metal was as poison to radio as Hardcore Punk but Overkill made it onto the radio way back then in the long long ago before times....
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Sly and the Family Stone - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1973 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Originally aired: Monday September 10, 1973
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
01 Life
02 Stand!
03 If You Want Me To Stay
04 Don Kirshner Theme
05 Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Again)
05 Don Kirshner Theme
07 Dance To The Music
08 Hey Music Lover
Sly Stone: vocals, organ, guitar, bass guitar, piano, harmonica
Freddie Stone: vocals, guitar
Cynthia Robinson: trumpet, vocal ad libs
Jerry Martini: saxophone
Rose Stone: vocals, piano, electric piano
Pat Rizzo: saxophone
Rustee Allen: bass
Andy Newmark: drums
Little Sister:
Vet Stone (Vaetta Stewart), Mary McCreary, and Elva Mouton: background vocals
Recorded while Sly & The Family were promoting the Fresh album, the band was just 2 years away from breaking up. Sly and the rest of the band had been heavy users of cocaine and PCP for years and it was taking it's toll. Live gigs were on the decline due to the fact that members wouldn't show up for gigs. They would pass out during gigs, and Sly had a habit of just leaving in the middle of shows. After a really bad show at Radio City Music Hall, which sold only one eighth of the tickets forcing the band to scrounge up the funds to return home, they called it quits.
Black Sabbath - Cannabis Confusion ~ California Jam Festival Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, CA 04-06-1974 (SBD)
Cannabis Confusion - (Chase The Dragon - CTD 005)
California Jam Festival
Ontario Motor Speedway
Ontario, CA
April 6, 1974
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included
Silver CD > Exact Audio Copy (secured) > Wave > Traders Little Helper > flac level 8
01 - Tomorrow's Dream
02 - Sweet Leaf
03 - Killing Yourself To Live
04 - War Pigs
05 - Snowblind
06 - Sabra Cadabra
07 - Supernaut pt. 1
08 - Supernaut pt. 2
09 - Supernaut pt. 3
10 - Iron Man
11 - Sabbra Cadabra (reprise)
12 - Paranoid
13 - Children Of The Grave
Ozzy Osbourne vocals
Tony Iommi guitar
Geezer Butler bass
Bill Ward drums
3 - Live In New York City ~ The Ritz, New York City, NY, 04-14-1988 (FM)
Live In New York City
The Ritz
New York City, NY
WNEW-FM Broadcast Recording
April 14, 1988
Cover Art Included
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbpks
CD 1:
01 Fanfare For The Common Man
02 Desde La Vida
a. La Vista
b. Frontera
c. Sangre De Toro
03 Lover To Lover / Hoedown
04 You Do Or You Don't
05 Talkin' Bout
06 Keith Emerson Solo: Piano Improvisations
CD 2:
01 Creole Dance
02 On My Way Home
03 Runaway
04 Standing In The Shadows Of Love (Four Tops Cover)
05 America / Rondo (includes Carl Palmer Drum Solo)
Encore:
06 Eight Miles High (Byrds Cover) / Peter Gunn Theme (Henry Mancini)
Keith Emerson Keyboards
Carl Palmer Percussion
Robert Berry Guitars, Bass, Vocals
with:
Paul Keller Guitars
Jennifer Steele Backing vocals
This is a very interesting boot. It has very good sound quality and a fabulous performance from all involved. What makes it interesting is the band itself. Formed By Emerson & Palmer with Robert Berry, 3 only released one album 3 To the Power of Three. There was a very short tour, with some shows being billed as Emerson & Palmer, no mention of Robert Berry. They were also augmented by a second guitarist and a backing vocalist. The show focused on the LP's material with a couple E.L.P. instrumentals thrown in, as well as The Byrds "Eight Miles High" and The Four Tops "Standing in the Shadows of Love". As for the original material itself, it is a mix of Prog and AOR. 3 disbanded in 1989 when Emerson and Palmer reunited with Greg Lake for the Black Moon release. Berry went on to a failed attempt by Steve Howe to replace Steve Hackett in GTR. Berry's current band Alliance is composed of Gary Pihl from the band Boston on guitar, David Lauser from the Sammy Hagar Band on drums and Alan Fitzgerald from Night Ranger on keyboards.
Elton John - The Madman Demo Sessions (studio)
The Madman Demo Sessions - (DJM3378645)
Studio Recordings
MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included
01 Rock Me When He's Gone
02 Levon
03 Madman Across The Water
04 Rotten Peaches
05 Goodbye
Elton John piano, vocals
Piano demos for the Madman Across the Water album.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Concrete Blonde - Paradise Theater, Boston, MA 07-21-1989 (FM)
Paradise Theater
Boston, MA
July 21, 1989
WBCN-FM Broadcast Recording
Flac 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
No Cover Art
WBCN FM rebroadcast June 3, 1995 -> Sony DTC-60ES DAT master -> DAT master on Fostex D5 -> optical SPDIF -> Nomad JB3 @ 48 kHz WAV -> Adobe Audition 3.0 (edits, 48->44.1 conversion) -> CDWAV 1.98 ->
Trader's Little Helper 2.50 -> FLAC
01 Roses Grow*
02 God is a Bullet*
03 Your Haunted Head
04 Cold Part of Town
05 Little Sister
06 It's Only Money (Thin Lizzy Cover)*
07 The Scene of a Perfect Crime
08 Days and Days
09 Carry Me Away
10 Happy Birthday
11 True
12 Castles Made of Sand (Jimi Hendrix Cover)
13 Dance Along The Edge
14 Help Me
15 Run, Run, Run
16 Bloodstains (Agent Orange)
17 Still in Hollywood
18 Little Conversations
19 (You're the Only One) Can Make Me Cry
20 Bargain (The Who Cover)
*with announcer talk over
Concrete Blonde:
Johnette Napolitano - lead vocals
Jim Mankey - guitar, vocals
Harry Rushakoff - drums
Alan Bloch - bass, vocals
Badlands - Riverfest, Stroh's Light Party Stage, Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A July 30, 1989 (FM)
Badlands
Riverfest
Stroh's Light Party Stage
Harriet Island Regional Park
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A
July 30, 1989
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
01 FM DJ Introduction 0:19
02 Hard Driver 5:44
03 Ball & Chain 3:54
04 Winter's Call 6:34
05 Dancing On The Edge 4:17
06 Rumblin' Train 7:50
07 Devil's Stomp 7:07
08 Jade's Song/Dreams In The Dark 6:19
09 Streets Of Freedom/Guitar Solo 12:41
10 Highwire 7:27
Total Playing Time: 1hr 2mn 12sc
Ray Gillan (R.I.P.) (Black Sabbath) lead vocals
Jake E. Lee (Ratt, Ozzy Osbourne) guitar
Greg Chaisson (Surgical Steel) bass
Eric Singer (Black Sabbath, Kiss) drums, percussion
The sound on the first song "Hard Driver" is a little sloppy as the radio and the stage sound man try to quickly adjust the faders, it does improve. This would have been the day to be at this annual festival. The main stage headliner was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Also on the bill was The Stray Cats, Dave Mason, and Molly Hatchet touring for their last album to feature vocalist Danny Joe Brown. I personally never attended a Badlands concert. I actually attended a few shows they were the opening act for but missed them each time. That is why I love having the shows that I do. It's odd, my least favorite era of Ozzy Osbourne is with Jake on guitar. I saw Ozzy twice with Jake. The Bark At The Moon tour with Motley Crue & Ratt. Then The Ultimate Sin tour with Metallica. On Bark At The Moon the keyboards were just too dominating in the mix, and Ultimate Sin was too Hair Metal sounding. I love Jake's playing with Badlands, he's perfect for this Bluesy Hard Rock sound.
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Billy Preston - Tramp's, New York City, NY 02-02-1996 - First Set (SBD)
Tramp's
New York City, NY
February 2, 1996 - First Set
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 24 Bit & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
01 Introduction
02 Space Race
03 Its My Pleasure
04 With You I'm Born Again
05 Nothing From Nothing
06 Banter
07 Lonely Avenue (incl/ Bach interlude and Ray Charles Medley)
08 Hoochie Coochie Man
09 Banter
10 Yesterday / Imagine / Give Peace A Chance / Let It Be
11 Get Back
12 Banter
13 You Are So Beautiful
14 Will It Go Round in Circles
Billy Preston - Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA 01-23-1988 (SBD)
Chestnut Cabaret
Philadelphia, PA
January 23, 1988
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
recording info: Soundboard > vhs Hi Fi Master
transfer: Master VHS > Mytek 8x96 ADC > wav @ 24bit/48Khz
processing: adobe audition > CD wav > r8brain (16bit/44.1kHz) > tlh flac 8 (these are 16bit/44.1kHz flac files)
a 'billydee' VHS-Hi Fi Soundboard Master
01 Instrumental and Welcome
02 It's My Pleasure
03 With You I'm Born Again
04 Will It Go Round In Circles
05 Unknown Title
06 You Can't Keep a Good Man Down
07 Tribute To The Beatles
08 Get Back
09 That's The Way (God Planned It)
10 Nothing From Nothing
11 You Are So Beautiful
12 Jam
Billy kicks this audience's ass...what a show!
Billy Preston - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 01-29-1974 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
January 29, 1974
Season One Episode 15
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320 kbps
No Cover Art
01 - We're Gonna Make It
02 - Space Race
03 - Will It Go Round In Circles
04 - I Wrote a Simple Song
05 - Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
06 - You're So Unique
07 - Outta-Space
Billy Preston, sometimes called The 5th Beatle, was a integral part of a few major rock acts. The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Mahalia Jackson, Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and many others owe credit to Billy's keyboard talents. The Beatles actually gave him equal billing on the "Get Back" single releasing it as The Beatles & Billy Preston, and yes he was on that rooftop for that famous concert. This is a great although short set from Billy, show casing some of his hits. Billy dances, sings , and plays his heart out.
Preston had battled kidney disease in his later years, brought on by his hypertension. He received a kidney transplant in 2002, but his health continued to deteriorate. He died on June 6, 2006 in Scottsdale, Arizona, of complications of malignant hypertension that resulted in kidney failure and other complications. He had voluntarily entered a drug rehabilitation clinic in Malibu, CA, at the suggestion of guitarist Is'real Benton and suffered pericarditis there, leading to respiratory failure that left him in a coma from November 21, 2005. His funeral was held on June 20 at the Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, California, where his remains were interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
There still remains an unreleased CD of Beatles covers that he had been working on for several years before his death. Many tracks from this CD were previewed by him at The Fest for Beatles Fans shows in the years before his death.
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet - Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany 11-03-2016 (FM)
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Berlin, Germany
November 3, 2016
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included
Lineage:
FM (analog cable) - Audacity - xACT
Nordwestradio in concert: Pop & Jazz
01 - Lake Michigan 38:18
02 - Lake Superior 10:52
03 - Lovely 9:03
total playing time: 58mn 13sc
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
Jonathon Haffner - alto saxophone, clarinet
John Lindberg - bass
Marcus Gilmore - drums
Absolutely Sweet Marie - Jazz Tribute To Bob Dylan ~ Speicher, Leer, Germany 02-03-2017 (FM)
Jazz Tribute To Bob Dylan
Speicher, Leer, Germany
February 3, 2017
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included
Lineage: FM (analog cable) - Audacity - xACT
Nordwestradio in concert: Pop & Jazz
Disc 1
101 With God On Our Side 4:15
102 Cold Irons Bound 6:34
103 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 4:03
104 talking 1:16
105 Rainy Day Women # 1 & 35 2:34
106 Pledging My Time 3:05
107 Visions Of Johanna 3:20
108 One Of Us Must Know 4:50
109 talking 1:13
110 I Want You/Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 7:22
111 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 3:53
112 Just Like A Woman 6:15
113 Most Likely You Go Your Way And I’ll Go Mine 3:56
53 mins
Disc 2
201 Temporary Like Achilles 4:47
202 Absolutely Sweet Marie 4:29
203 4th Time Around 4:33
204 Obviously Five Believers 3:35
205 talking 2:27
206 Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands 4:29
207 talking 1:13
208 Einzug des Nobelkomitees zur Verleihung des Literaturnobelpreises (Steffen Faul) 0:56
209 Hamburguesa For You (Steffen Faul) 1:20
210 Duquesne Whistle (Bob Dylan-Robert Hunter) 8:09
211 Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands 5:21
212 In My Time Of Dyin’ 5:05
213 North Country Blues 3:51
51 mins
Lineup:
Steffen Faul – trumpet
Matthias Müller – trombone
Alexander Beierbach – tenor saxophone
Max Andrzejewski – drums

















