Black Flag - Last Show ~ Graystone Hall, Detroit, Michigan June 27, 1986 (SBD)

Black Flag
Last Show
Graystone Hall
Detroit, MI
June 27, 1986
Soundboard Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Retired At 21
02 Annihilate This Week
03 Bastard In Love
04 Drinking And Driving
05 Paralyzed
06 In My Head
07 White Hot
08 Black Love
09 Kickin And Stickin
10 Society’s Tease
11 This Is Good
12 I Can See You
13 Nothing Left Inside
14 Gimme Gimme Gimme
15 Louie Louie

Greg Ginn - guitar
Henry Rollins - vocals
C'el Revuelta - bass
Anthony Martinez - drums

Our Roots Of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Series brings us to one of the reasons why Thrash Metal bands play fast. It was the Punk Rock influence. Hardcore Punk Rockers Black Flag were one of the biggest. For me it was Black Flag, Dead Kenedys and The Plasmatics. The Misfits play a hand in it as well as The Meatmen. I remember when I first heard Black Flag. I was in High School studying art prepping to become a High School Art Teacher. That didn't happen because of my music career, but that has no bearing on the story. I had a 3 hour commercial art class and our teacher signed us up for a scientific study on how music affects learning. We were allowed to listen to whatever music we brought in. The class across the hall listened to nothing but Classical Music and the control group listened to none. I have no idea of the study's results, it didn't interest me then. We did however like the teacher said bring in whatever we wanted to listen to. A friend in the class said he was going to bring in some Hardcore Punk to see if the teacher would play it. It was a Black Flag 12 inch record with like 4 songs per side. The teacher noted it didn't have a speed marked on the label. He asked my buddy what speed, and he said he wasn't sure. The teacher first played it on 33 then on 45. It was meant to be 45 but hell I thought the slower speed sounded great. When it was played at 45 I flipped out, I was a Black Flag fan for life. This recording is from the last Black Flag show, they broke up in the van afterward. This was my only chance to have seen Black Flag. I didn't make the show (didn't even know they played). My band Psychosis was headlining Blondie's that night (we sold out). Hey I still get to hear it though thanks to a lucky taper who caught lightning in a bottle.

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Colosseum II - Colosseum II featuring Gary Moore ~ Köln, Germany, October 29, 1977 (SBD)

Colosseum II
Colosseum II featuring Gary Moore - (Microphone Records ~ MPH CD 09)
Unknown Venue
Köln, Germany
October 29, 1977
Soundboard/FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Soundboard (probably FM Broadcast) > ? > Silver CD > E.A.C > Flac Level 8

Art lineage: HP Scanjet 4370 with HP Solution Center > HD > Reworked with HP Image Zone

01 War Dance 5:08
02 Inquisition 7:59
03 Trilogy 3:44
04 Trilogy 6:36
   a Star Maiden
   b Mysterioso
   c Quasar
05 Lament 6:50
06 Desperado 6:33
07 Intergalactic Strut 10:55
08 Fighting Talk 2:22

Length: 50mn 07sc

Gary Moore Guitar
Don Airey Keyboards
John Mole Bass
Jon Hiseman Drums

Note: Setlist On Art Is Wrong, Given One Is Correct.

For our next segment in our Salute To Progressive Rock Band's we have Coloseum II with Guitar Legend Gary Moore. Coloseum II was a continuation of sorts after Coloseum broke up. Coloseum drummer Jon Hiseman felt that the public wasn't quite done with the band so he formed a new line up. The music this time was all instrumental with a Jazz Fusion style. They released 3 fabulous albums but sales just didn't come their way (some people just have to catch up to music). The band broke up, Gary Moore went back to Thin Lizzy, Don Airy to Rainbow. Jon Hiseman would reunite with the original Coloseum in the 1990's. The band on this recording doesn't sound like it would splinter in another year, they sound great. You should definitely download this show.

Flac

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Chicago - Live At Bradley University 1970 ~ Robertson Memorial Field House Bradley University Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A May 5, 1970

Chicago
Live At Bradley University 1970 - (Vintage Masters ~ VMCDR-542A/B)
Robertson Memorial Field House
Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A
May 5, 1970
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: CD-r(x) Trade > E.A.C. > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 6

01 Introduction (fades in) 5:59
02 25 Or 6 To 4 7:07
03 Beginnings 6:57
04 Ballet For A Girl In Buchanon 13:44
05 Free Form Piano Intro 2:13
06 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 3:40
07 It Better End Soon 16:40

Total Playing Time: 56mn 20sc

Terry Kath (R.I.P.) – guitar, vocals
Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
James Pankow – trombone, backing vocals
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute, backing vocals
Danny Seraphine – drums

Another great show from Rosebud's Chicago collection. Rosebud, like many others, knew of Chicago because of their Radio Hits & MTV videos when I met her. After we married and my music collection moved in (she freaked out at the size of it) she learned of the Immortal Terry Kath . We have seen Chicago in concert every summer since then at Pine Knob Amphitheater. On the date of their 30th straight year appearing at Pine Knob they issued special shirts for the event. They also played one of the longest sets I have ever caught them play. But I digress, The Terry Kath era of Chicago, in my opinion, is the best the band sounded. If you own Chicago Transit Authority re-listen to the Terry Kath penned song "Introduction". Terry Kath's soulful voice and great guitar playing are just the half of it. Each player in the band is given a small solo section to literally introduce you to the players. The awesome thing about these solos, Terry Kath wrote the too! He wrote each soloists solo specifically to show off each players talent. In the early days of Chicago, Peter Cetera has often said, the members would always play to each other's talents. If Robert Lamm wrote a song but thought Peter Cetera would sing it better it was done so. That's why Peter Cetera sings Robert Lamm's "25 Or 6 To 4" or Terry Kath sings James Pankow's "Colour My World". That's why a lot of Chicago fans feel the first 9 albums are the best.

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15 More great Chicago shows can be found here.

Dave Edmunds - BBC Rock Hour #347, Version B ~ Uncle Sam's, Hull, Massachusetts Broadcast November 11, 1982 (Pre-FM)

Dave Edmunds
BBC Rock Hour #347, Version B
Uncle Sam's, Hull, Massachusetts
London Wavelength's Broadcast Week of November 11, 1982
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & Label Scans Included

Thank You Draftervoi!

01 BBC Rock Hour #347 Intro
02 Crawling From the Wreckage
03 Dear Dad
04 Your True Love
05 Nobody
06 Commercials: Coors/Maxwell House/US Army
07 From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
08 Blue Moon Of Kentucky
09 Girls Talk
10 Commercial: Coors
11 Queen of Hearts
12 It's My Own Business
13 I Hear You Knocking
14 JuJu Man
15 Commercials: Coors/Maxwell House/US Army
16 Que Sera, Sera / Bama Lama Bama Loo
17 Me and the Boys
18 Down Down Down
19 BBC Rock Hour #347 Outro

Digitized by Ю僱êrvØ¡, July 2012 directly from an original BBC disc.

As promised we have another great Pre-FM show encoded by our friend Draftervoi. He posts shows at the Voodoo Wagon site. By the way if you do not visit Voodoo Wagon regularly you are missing out on some awesome stuff (check them out at the link to the left). As usual after encoding the waves from the original vinyl he de-clicked them manually in Audacity, one click at a time. This encoding sounds great and should be an upgrade to any version of this show one might have.

Flac

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Pat Metheny Group ~ Unknown Venue, Besancon, France July 8, 1991 (SBD) - Bruce MacKenzie Remaster

Pat Metheny Group
Unknown Venue
Besancon, France - Bruce MacKenzie Remaster
July 8, 1991
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD1
01 Forward March 4:17
02 Have You Heard 7:32
03 Every Summer Night 7:32
04 Naked Moon 5:39
05 Better Days Ahead 4:58
06 Change Of Heart 7:10
07 Last Train Home 5:50
08 First Circle 10:49
09 Scrap Metal 7:34
10 If I Could 8:27
11 Spring Ain't Here 7:00

CD2
01 Straight On Red 8:15
02 Are You Going With Me? 9:43
03 Guitar Solo / The Fields, The Sky 7:32
04 Half Life Of Absolution 15:57
05 Beat 70 5:07
06 Letter From Home 4:28
07 Minuano 12:02
08 Third Wind 9:19

Total Playing Time CD1: 1hr 16mn 48sc
Total Playing Time CD2: 1hr 12mn 22sc
Total Playing Time Both CDs: 2hr 29mn 10sc

Pat Metheny guitars, guitar synthesizer, electric sitar
Lyle Mays piano, synthesizers
Steve Rodby acoustic bass, electric bass
Paul Wertico drums
Armando Marçal percussion
Pedro Aznar vocals, guitars, percussion

This is one of the many shows recorded for The Road To You, the Pat Metheny Group's 1993 live album. I have no idea what songs were used from each date and could find no info. This is a great sounding recording from a fabulous concert. The band is playing at peak performance. At the beginning of the show Pat assures the audience they will hear the songs they want to hear because they plan on playing a long time. The band then proves Pat to have understated it, this show is two and a half hours long! The audience definitely get their money's worth and more. So all my Pat Metheny fan friends, sit back with a nice glass of wine, turn the stereo to a nice volume and enjoy!

The Flac file set is rather large so each CD is uploaded separately. Each file will also open separately.

Flac CD1
Flac CD2

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We have a lot more Pat Metheny shows (28 more) here.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - TV Appearances 1985-1990 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Stevie Ray Vaughan
TV Appearances 1985-1990
Dates & Locations Vary
Sources Vary
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recordings
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.53 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Couldn't Stand The Weather
02 - Soul To Soul
03 - Change It (with Jimmie Vaughan)
04 - Superstition
05 - Life Without You
06 - Frosty (with Albert Collins)
07 - Texas Flood (with BB King & Albert Collins)
08 - Tightrope
09 - House Is Rockin'
10 - Wall of Denial
11 - Crossfire
12 - Travis Walk
13 - Sailing Shoes
14 - Tightrope
15 - Soul To Soul (Alternate Source)
16 - Instrumental Jam with W.C. Clark
17 - Life With Out You (False Start)

Total Playing Time: 1hr 8mn 39sc

Track 01 JVC JazzFest, Ft. Adams State Park, Newport, RI August 18, 1985
Track 02-03 Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios, New York City, NY February 15, 1986
Track 04 Volunteer Jam XIII, Starwood Amphitheater, Nashville, TN September 6, 1987
Track 05-07 S.S. Presidente New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA April 22,    1988
Track 08-09 The Tonight Show, June 7, 1990
Track 10 Late Night with David Letterman, September 22, 1980
Track 11-13 Night Music, Los Angeles CA October 12, 1989
Track 14 Late Night with David Letterman, April 10, 1989
Track 15 Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios, New York City, NY February 15, 1986 alternate      source
Track 16 Austin City Limits, University of Texas, Austin October 10, 1989
Track 17 MTV Unplugged Outtake

Stevie Ray Vaughan – guitar, vocals
Tommy Shannon – bass guitar
Chris Layton – drums, percussion
Reese Wynans – keyboards

Special Guests:
Jimmie Vaughan - guitar, vocals
Albert Collins guitar, vocals
B.B. King (R.I.P.) guitar, vocals
W.C. Clark guitar

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to adjust some volume issues and smooth out some transitions between tracks. The DVD audio was lossy so the waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps with Trader's Little Helper. Some sources are a little muddy but the whole recording is an enjoyable listen from beginning to end.

I just finished this one recently hope everyone enjoys it!

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We Have More Stevie Ray Vaughan Shows Here

Golden Earring - Unknown Venue, Huizen, Netherlands July 1, 1989 (SBD)

Golden Earring
Unknown Venue
Huizen, Netherlands
July 1, 1989
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Source: Soundboard
Lineage: ? > CD-r >E.A.C. > SHN > ? > Flac > Trader's Little Helper > Decode & Fix Sector Boundarie Errors > Flac Level 8

Disc 1
01 Just Like Vince Taylor
02 Sleepwalkin'
03 She Flies On Strange Wings
04 Too Much Woman (Not Enough Girl)
05 Weekend Love
06 Long Blond Animal
07 Quiet Eyes
08 When The Lady Smiles
09 Distant Love

Disc 2
01 They Dance
02 Turn The World Around
03 Can Do That
04 Radar Love
05 Twilight Zone
06 Clear Night Moonlight

Barry Hay – vocals, guitar, flute, saxophone
George Kooymans – guitar, vocals
Rinus Gerritsen – bass, keyboards, guitar, harmonica
Cesar Zuiderwijk – drums, percussion

This next post in our Roots Of Heavy Metal Series comes from Dutch Hard Rockers Golden Earring. This power house band that's criminally under rated and under represented on American Radio. That being the case in the US Golden Earring is known more for "Radar Love" & "Twilight Zone" than there name. Now the song "Radar Love" in America is considered to be one of the Greatest Rock songs to drive to. It's also in the top 10 songs that make you get a speeding ticket. Now the other thing about "Radar Love", with that riff Golden Earring spawned thousands of Hard Rock/Hair Metal bands. Hair Metal band White Lion even hit the charts with their (rather lame) cover of "Radar Love". This posting is dedicated to George Kooymans. On February 5, 2021 Golden Earring announced they were putting the band to bed. The reason is that George Kooymans has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and can no longer tour.

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Gary Wright - Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A. 10-11-1975 (VgAud) - Dan Lampinski Master Tape

Gary Wright
Boston Music Hall
Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A.
October 11, 1975
Very Good Audience Recording
Dan Lampinski Master Tape Encoding
Flac Level 8 24bit & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Master Cassette > Nakamichi CR-3A cassette deck with azimuth correction > M-Audio Firewire Audiophile 2496 > CDWAV 24-bit/96-KHz wav files > Goldwave (normalizing and crossfades) > CDWAV (track breaks) > FLAC Front End (FLAC 8)

01 Love Is Alive
02 Blind Feeling
03 Dream Weaver
04 Can't Find the Judge
05 Kyle
06 I Know A Place >
07 Keyboard solo
08 Drum solo
09 Instrumental
10 Are You Weepin'

Gary Wright was opening for Rick Wakeman on this tour. This is the only solo Gary Wright show that I have come across in my days of collecting. I usually don't post audience recordings but a Dan Lampinski recording is different. Dan Lampinski and Mike Millard both were audience taping superstars. Their recordings were clear and very listenable. Some even get mistaken for soundboard or FM recordings because of the quality. This recording is no exception to that rule, it Rocks. The music is clear, you can hear everything even the vocals. The bass is nice without being muddy as well. I recommend downloading this one, really it's a great listen & like I said Gary Wright shows are kinda rare.

The Flac is in 24bit so it makes for a large download. I separated the Flac into 2 parts both parts will open separately.

Flac Part1
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Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland & Brian Blade - The Forensic Music Tour ~ Le Théâtre Antique de Vienne, Vienne, France 07-08-2004 (FM)

Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland & Brian Blade
The Forensic Music Tour
Le Théâtre Antique de Vienne
Vienne, France
July 8 2004
France Inter Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 6 MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

01 - Sonrisa 12:43
02 - Visitor From Nowhere/Somewhere 11:08
03 - Pathways 13:16
04 - Manhattan Lorelei 12:06
05 - Drum Solo/Footprints 14:37
06 - Prometheus Unbound 9:39
07 - Cantaloupe Island 8:54

Total Playing Time: 1hr 22mn 23sc

Herbie Hancock piano
Wayne Shorter tenor & soprano saxophone
Dave Holland bass
Brian Blade drums, percussion

What can I say about The Legendary Herbie Hancock that I haven't said already. For that matter the same goes for Wayne Shorter and Dave Holland. There are 17 Herbie Hancock related shows on the site (here), 10 Wayne Shorter related shows (here), and a staggering 21 Dave Holland related shows (here). So I am going to concentrate my comments on the awe inspiring performance on the drums by Brian Blade. Brian Blade has recorded/performed with more Jazz artists than I want to name here but Chick Corea, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldah & Daniel Lanois have all used Brian for drums. Brian is the perfect anchor for the wandering improvisation that Herbie, Wayne & Dave want to present here. The man can go from powerhouse to soft inflections on a dime. The intricacies are superbly accented & supported by Brian's playing. This is another show from the quartets Forensic Music Tour. If you want more the 1st one posted on the site can be found (here).

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Jean-Luc Ponty - King Biscuit Flower Hour ~ The Tower Theater, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, PA 10-21-1978 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty
King Biscuit Flower Hour
The Tower Theater
Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
October 21, 1978
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: King Biscuit Flower Hour FM Broadcast > Sansui 8 Receiver With Wire Antenna > Unknown Cassette Deck (Dolby Off) > Maxell XLII-S 90 Minute Cassette > Played On Tascam 112 Into Soundforge (Wave) > Flac (SB's Aligned)

01 - Bill Minkin Radio Intro :56
02 - Aurora 14:42
03 - Cosmic Messenger 4:46
04 - The Art Of Happiness 6:06
05 - Egocentric Molecules 7:47

Total Playing Time: 34mn 17sc

Jean-Luc Ponty violin
Joaquin Lievano guitars
Jamie Glaser guitar
Allan Zavod keyboards
Ralphe Armstrong bass
Casey Scheuerell drums & percussion

I love that Jean-Luc Ponty's music was deemed Rock & Roll enough to be on The King Biscuit Flower Hour. It's a short set, barely over 30 minutes, and Jean-Luc's performance makes it go by way too quick. In  other words he leaves you wanting so much more. Fans of Jean-Luc Ponty would be very wrong to let this one slip by without downloading it.

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Whitesnake - The Devil In Me ~ The Brighton Dome Brighton, England, U.K. 11-01-1978 (SBD)

Whitesnake
The Devil In Me - (Langley Records ~ Langley-295)
The Brighton Dome
Brighton, England, U.K.
November 1, 1978
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Soundboard Recording > CD > (?) > Trade CD-r > E.A.C. > Wave > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 8

01 - Intro
02 - Come On
03 - Might Just Take Your Life (Deep Purple)
04 - Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)
05 - Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (Bobby "Blue" Bland) >
06 - Trouble
07 - Micky Moody Solo
08 - Steal Away
09 - Mistreated (Deep Purple)
10 - Belgian Tom's Hat Trick
11 - Jon Lord Solo
12 - Take Me With You
13 - Rock Me Baby (B.B. King)
14 - Breakdown / Whitesnake Boogie

David Coverdale - Vocals
Bernie Marsden - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Micky Moody - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Neil Murray - Bass, Backing Vocals
David "Duck" Dowle - Drums, Percussion
Jon Lord - Keyboards

This is a Request from our friend Andy, so hear you are my friend! This great show from Whitesnake comes from when the band was still quite young. The set actually still has 2 MKIII Deep Purple tracks in it. "Might Just Take Your Life" wont last too many tours but "Mistreated" still pops up in Whitesnake setlists. Anyway after 2 solo albums David Coverdale
formed Whitesnake. At first the band was billed David Coverdale's Whitesnake but Dave stressed it was a band not a backing band. The band would release 5 Heavy Blues inflected Hard Rock albums. In 1984 there came a change in the music. The Blues inflected Hard Rock evolved into a Commercial Heavy Metal sound. This happened with the Slide It In album. Actually it came with the American version of the album. The album was not only remixed to have a heavier sound but parts were actually re-recorded. Guitar and bass parts were re-recorded by John Sykes and Neil Murray respectively. Both are great players and have recorded some awesome music but the change hurt a lot of original core fans. The bands transformation to a full on Los Angeles Hair Metal sound was completed by the 1987 self titled album. The fans Whitesnake lost were replaced by new ones, Coverdale's gamble paid off. The 25th Anniversary Version of Slide It In contains 8 of the original UK mixes (got it), the 35th Anniversary version includes them all (have to have it).

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Greg Kihn Band / Point Blank ~ Westwood One In Concert #82-12 (Pre-FM) - Vinyl Rip

Greg Kihn Band / Point Blank
Westwood One In Concert #82-12
Greg Kihn Band recorded at Wolf and Rissmiller's Country Club
Reseda, CA. with a likely date of August 28, 1981
Point Blank recorded in Hara Arena, Trotwood, OH (suburb of Dayton)
with a likely date of November 08, 1981
Airs: 6/26 - 6/27 1982
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Label, Cue Sheet & Extra Scans Included

Thanks Go Out To Draftervoi For This One

Sides 1 and 2:
01 Westwood One In Concert #82-12 Intro
02 Commercial - Sony Walkman
03 Commercial - U.S. Army
04 When The Music Starts
05 Rendezvous
06 Moulin Rouge
07 Trouble In Paradise
08 Higher And Higher
09 Commercial - U.S. Army
10 Commercial - Busch Beer - Jamie Fricke
11 Commercial - Sony CSF-500
12 Westwood One In Concert #82-12
13 The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
14 Next To You
15 Can't Stop Hurting Myself
16 True Confessions
17 Things To Come
18 Commercial - Sony Walkman
19 Commercial - Busch Beer - Charlie McCoy
20 Commercial - U.S. Army
21 Westwood One In Concert #82-12 Break

Sides 3 and 4:
01 Penthouse Pauper (listed as "Rich Man" on the cue sheet)
02 Turnin' Back
03 The Hard Way
04 The Way You Broke My Heart
05 Commercial - U.S. Army
06 Commercial - Busch Beer - Hoyt Axton
07 Commercial - Sony CSF-500
08 Westwood One IC 82-12 Break
09 Do It All Night Tonight
10 Mean To Your Queenie
11 Uncle Ned (listed as "Mr. Duke's Lament" on the cue sheet)
12 Westwood One 82-12 Outro
13 Westwood One In Concert 82-12 Promo

Draftervoi's Notes:

Tracks from the Greg Kihn Band's 1981 Country Club show were broadcast at least twice by Westwood One. Westwood One In Concert 81-10 with the Greg Kihn Band is sourced from the same concert at Wolf and Rissmiller's Country Club. Five songs are duplicated on both shows, but 81-10 has seven unique songs, and 82-12 has four unique songs.

The set list for 81-10 is:
Rendezvous (repeated on 82-12)
Womankind
Valerie
Trouble In Paradise (repeated on 82-12)
The Girl Most Likely
Sheila
Higher and Higher (repeated on 82-12)
The Break Up Song (repeated on 82-12)
Can't Stop Hurting Myself (repeated on 82-12)
For Your Love
Around and Around
Things To Come (repeated on 82-12)
Roadrunner

Billboard Magazine of Sept. 19, 1981 mentions that the August 28, 1981 Kihn show at the Country Club was filmed for MTV. There is a YouTube video of When The Music Starts that matches this WW1 performance.

justdave's notes:
Just one of the many Pre-FM recordings encoded by Draftervoi that Rosebud and I have in our archives. I decided that we have way too many of them just sitting there on hard drives doing nothing. So for the next month or so we will be including a Pre-FM show in every upload. These are all prime encodings of some great shows so that means you are in for a lot of good stuff starting here with The Greg Kihn Band and Southern Rockers Point Blank....Yeah That's Right A Point Blank Pre-FM ... Ever think you would see that ... Well we have Draftervoi to thank for it. He gets in bidding wars for Pre-FM vinyl and CD sets then carefully encodes them. The vinyl ones he meticulously de-clicks them in Audacity 1 click at a time. So download and sit back and listen to some great music

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Focus - Newport Jazz Festival in Europe ~ De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 10-29-1971 (SBD)

Focus
Newport Jazz Festival in Europe
De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
October 29, 1971
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Soundboard > (?) > Trade CDR > E.A.C. > Wave > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8

01 Intro/Tuning 3:09
02 Eruption 46:04
   a) Orfeus
   b) Answer
   c) Orfeus
   d) Answer
   e) Pupilla
   f) Tommy
   g) Pupilla
   h) Answer
   i) The Bridge
   j) Euridice
   k) Dayglow
   l) Endless Road
   m) Answer
   n) Orfeus
   o) Euridice

Jan Akkerman - guitar
Thijs van Leer - flute, keyboards, vocals
Bert Ruiter - bass
Pierre van der Linden - drums

Today's post in our Salute To Progressive Rock Bands is by Focus. The Dutch Progressive Rockers are known by most New JDP readers, we have featured them before. Their Jazz/Hard Rock mostly instrumental brand of Progressive Rock is a favorite of mine. I love this show in particular because it consists of just one song, a almost 50 minute version of "Eruption" off of Focus II or Moving Waves as it was called in The U.S.A. It was my first Focus album purchase, of course bought for "Hocus Pocus" which was the only song I ever heard from Focus on American Radio. I soon however, began spinning side 2 of that album over and over again. The single track on side 2 was "Eruption" and I loved to get stoned and listen to it, like "Echoes" on Pink Floyd's Meddle.

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Elmore James - Studio Archive Volumes 1-6

Elmore James
Studio Archive Volumes 1-6
Studio Recordings
Dates & Locations Vary
Sources Vary
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Vol.1

01 I Believe My Time Ain't Long (Dust My Broom)
02 Please Find My Baby
03 Please Find My Baby (alt)
04 Hawaiian Boogie
05 Hand In Hand
06 Long Tall Woman
07 Rock My Baby Right
08 One More Drink
09 My Baby's Gone
10 One More Drink
11 Lost Woman Blues
12 I Believe
13 I Held My Baby Last Night
14 Baby What's Wrong
15 Sinful Woman
16 Round House Boogie
17 Dumb Woman Blues
18 Sax Only Boogie
19 Kicking The Blues Around
20 Country Boogie
21 I See My Baby
22 She Just Won't Do Right
23 My Best Friend
24 Whose Muddy Shoes

track 01 Jackson MS 08-05-1951
tracks 02-04 Canton, Madison County, MS xx-xx-1952
tracks 05-11 Canton, Madison County, MS 01-xx-1952
tracks 12-15 Universal Studios, 11-xx-1952
tracks 16-19 J.T. Brown Universal Studios, Chicago, IL 11-xx-1952
tracks 19-24 Canton, Madison County, MS 01-17-1953

Vol.2

01 I May Be Wrong
02 Sweet Little Woman
04 Can't Stop Lovin'
05 Hawaiian Boogie
06 Make A Little Love
07 My Best Friend {Make My Dreams Come True tk1)
08 Make My Dreams Come True tk2
09 Make My Dreams Come True tt3
10 Make My Dreams Come True tk4
11 Make My Dreams Come True
12 Strange Kinda Feeling tk1
13 Strange Kinda Feeling tk2
14 Strange Kinda Feeling tk3
15 Strange Kinda Feeling tk4
16 Strange Kinda Feeling tk5
17 Strange Kinda Feeling tk6
18 Dark And Dreary tk1
19 Dark And Dreary tk2
20 Dark And Dreary tk4
21 Quarter Past Nine
22 Where Can My Baby Be tk7
23 Where Can My Baby Be tk8
24 Where Can My Baby Be tk9
25 Please Come Back To Me (Sho' Nuff I Do)
26 Sho' Nuff I Do
27 Sho' Nuff I Do
28 Sho' Nuff I Do
29 1839 Blues
30 I Got A Strange Baby
31 Canton Mississippi Breakdown

tracks 01-06 Universal Studios, Chicago, IL 04-xx-1953
tracks 07-20 Universal Studios, Chicago, IL 08-xx-1953
tracks 21-30 Universal Studios, Chicago, IL 03-04-1953

Vol.3

01 Standing At The Crossroads
02 Late Hours At Midnight
03 Happy Home
04 Sunny Land
05 Way You Treat Me (Mean & Evil)
06 No Love In My Heart
07 Dust My Blues
08 I Was A Fool
10 Goodbye (Baby)
11 So Mean To Me tk2
12 So Mean To Me tk3
13 So Mean To Me
14 Wild About You tk1,2,3
15 Wild About You tk4
16 Wild About You (Baby)
17 Elmo's Shuffle tk3
19 Elmo's Shuffle tk5
20 Long Tall Woman
21 Long Tall Woman
22 The Twelve Year Old Boy
23 Coming Home
24 It Hurts Me Too
25 Knocking At Your Door
26 Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
27 Cry For Me Baby
28 Take Me Where You Go

01-06 Modern Studios, Culver City, LA 08-09-1954
07-10 J & M Studios, New Orleans, LA 08-xx-1955
11-22 Universal Studios, Chicago, IL 01-04-1956
23-28 Universal Studios, Chicago, IL xx-xx-1957

Vol.4

01 Bobby's Rock
02 The Sky Is Crying
03 Baby Please Set A Date
04 Held My Baby Last Night
05 Dust My Broom
06 Strange Angel
07 Rollin' And Tumblin'
08 Done Somebody Wrong
09 Something Inside Me
10 Something Inside Of Me
11 I'm Worried
13 I Need You
14 I Need You (alternate)
15 She Done Moved
16 I Can't Stop Lovin You
17 Early One Morning
18 My Baby's Gone
20 The Sun Is Shining (alternate)
21 The Sun Is Shining
22 I Can't Hold Out (Talk To Me Baby)
23 Stormy Monday Blues
24 Madison Blues

01-05 Universal Studios, Chicago, IL 11-xx-1959
06-18 Beltone Studios, New York City, NY Circa Early 1960
19-24 Universal Studios, Chicago, IL 04-14-1960

Vol.5

01 Stranger Blues (Echo)
02 Stranger Blues
03 Anna Lee
04 Standing at the Crossroads
05 My Bleeding Heart
07 My Kind of Woman tk1
08 Got To Move
09 So Unkind
10 Person to Person
11 One Way Out
12 Go Back Home Again
13 Look On Yonder Wall
14 Look on Yonder Wall
15 Shake Your Moneymaker
16 Mean Mistreatin Mama
17 Mean Mistreatin Mama
18 Mean Mistreatin Mama
19 Sunnyland
20 You Know You're Wrong
21 You Know You Done Me Wrong

Tracks 01-11 Beltone Studios, New York City, NY, Circa Early 1961
Tracks 12-21 Cosimo Studios, New Orleans, LA Circa Summer 1961

Vol.6

01 It Hurts Me Too
02 Dust My Broom
03 Everyday I Have The Blues
04 Have A Right To Love My Baby
05 Twelve Year Old Boy
06 Got To Move
08 Talk To Me Baby
09 Make My Dreams Come True
10 Make My Dreams Come True
11 Hand In Hand (1)
12 Hand In Hand (2)
13 Hand In Hand (3)
14 Hand In Hand (4)
15 Back In Mississippi (Conversation)
17 Manhattan Slide
18 Elmore Jumps (false start)
19 Elmore Jumps tk1
20 I Believe

All Tracks A-1 Recording Studio, New York City, NY February 21, 1963

Another post for our Origins Of Hard  Rock/Heavy Metal series.

This is a huge collection of session outtakes from The Immortal Elmore James. Elmore James was known as The King Of Slide Guitar and was actually inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992 for his influence on Rock And Roll.

The Blues was a huge influence on the early Heavy Blues/Hard Rock acts such as The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Free and Foghat. The Blues was also a big influence on the development of Heavy Metal. Black Sabbath's 1st album marries Blue and Jazz then breaks it down to the riff. Judas Priest started out as a Heavy Blues band. When K.K. Downing auditioned for the original line-up of Priest, he was passed over because he was too Heavy Metal. Blues can still be heard in Judas Priest's music, just not as blatant as Sabbath. Vanilla Fudge played it the same way, taking songs down to the riff then delivering them with all the emotional power of the Blues. Van Halen might have covered "Dancing In The Streets" but Vanilla Fudge's "You Keep Me Hanging On" & Beck, Bogat & Appice's "Superstition" are tied for the best Heavy Metal cover of a Motown tune. Thrash Metal Titans Metallica even broke down into a Bluesy solo on "Orion".

Elmore James passed away from a heat attack May 24, 1963, he was 45.

This is a huge collection so the Flac has been uploaded each CD separately. The MP3 has been uploaded in 3 sets of 2 CDs. All unzip separately.

Flac CD1
Flac CD2
Flac CD3
Flac CD4
Flac CD5
Flac CD6

MP3 CD1 & CD2
MP3 CD3 & CD4
MP3 CD5 & CD6

Return to Forever - Jazz Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 05-15-1973 (FM)

Return to Forever
Jazz Workshop
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
May 15, 1973
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage/Source: FM Broadcast Recorded to Unknown Equipment > CD-r(x) Trade > E.A.C. Disc Extraction > WAV > FLAC

01 - Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy 4:11
02 - Spain 15:14
03 - Sometime Ago 31:32

Total Playing Time: 50mn 57sc

Chick Corea (R.I.P.) Fender Rhodes Piano
Stanley Clarke Bass
Bill Connors Guitar
Steve Gadd Drums
Mingo Lewis Percussion

Another great Return To Forever show in honor of Chick Corea's passing. This is a great show from the transitional period before Al Di Meola and Lenny White join to form the Classic line-up. The over 30 minute performance of "Sometime Ago" is worth the download alone. Absolutely a must have!

Flac

MP3
 

Steely Dan - Royal Scam Outtakes/Rehearsals, Circa 1975 (Studio)

Steely Dan
Royal Scam Outtakes/Rehearsals
Studio Recordings
Circa 1975
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Studio > Cassette(x) > CD-r(0) > E.A.C. (secure) > Flac

01 Kid Charlemagne
02 Sign In Stranger
03 Everything You Did
04 Green Earrings (over 7 minutes!)
05 Don't Take Me Alive

Only 5 tracks but it's 5 tracks from Royal Scam. The Royal Scam was Steely Dan's 4th album to go Platinum and 3rd in a row. Countdown To Ecstasy is the only Classic era album not to reach Platinum sales. These 5 outtakes should be a welcome addition to Steely Dan fans.

Flac

MP3

Weather Report - Majestic Theater, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A 11-30-1977 (SBD)

Weather Report
Majestic Theater
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A
November 30, 1977
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

01 - Elegant People 8:55
02 - Scarlet Woman 8:36
03 - Teen Town 5:56
04 - A Remark You Made 6:45
05 - Interlude :29
06 - Black Market 11:42
07 - It's About That Time 11:52
08 - Night And Day 3:30

Total Playing Time: 57mn 45sc

Joe Zawinul (R.I.P.) - Keyboards
Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
Jaco Pastorius (R.I.P.) - Bass
Alex Acuna - Drums
Manolo Badrena - Percussion

Weather Report has had a few  people flow through their line up but this is one of my favorites. The band has Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius and Joe Zawinul for one. They also have the some what lesser known Alex Acuna and Manolo Badrena, who have played with more people than I could list. So much talent involved and they live up to it. I never caught Weather Report in concert so have a recording from a Michigan show was extra special.

Joe Zawinul passed away September 11, 2007 from a rare skin cancer, he was 75.

Jaco Pastorius passed away at age 35 September 21, 1987 due to injuries from a bar fight.

Flac

MP3

War - Wetlands Preserve, New York City, New York, U.S.A. 11-13-1992 (FM) - Late Show

War
Wetlands Preserve
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
November 13, 1992 - Late Show
FM Broadcast Recording Master Cassette
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Source: WBAI-FM > Cassette Master (Maxell-XL-IIS)
Transfer: Sony TC-WE 475 > gold tipped cables > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW (44.1 Hz)
Editing: Soundforge (editing & tracking) > Wav > TLH (SB's aligned) Flac Level 8

01 WBAI Introduction 1:32
02 Nappy Head 8:11
03 Slippin' Into Darkness (incl. Get Up, Stand Up) 16:42
04 World Is A Ghetto 16:38
05 DJ Comments :47
06 City, Country, City (instrumental) 5:33
07 Don't Let No One Get You Down 8:19
08 Spill The Wine 9:25
09 Summer 1:45
10 All Day Music 4:36
11 Cisco Kid 12:20
12 WBAI Outro 4:33

Total Playing Time: 1hr 30mn 24sc

Lee Oskar harmonica, vocals
Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan keyboards, lead vocals
Howard E. Scott guitar, vocals
Ronnie Hammon drums, percussion

Here we go another great performance by the band War. I promised our friend Jackson there would be another War show soon, so here you are Jackson! If you liked the last War upload you're going to love this one. This FM recording has more depth than the last soundboard recording. There is definitely more of a balance to the instruments and vocals. The only bummer about this recording is that "Lowrider" wasn't broadcast. The original uploader notes say War had a run of 3 nights at The Wetlands Preserve with 2 shows per night. This is the final nights late show and it kicks ass. As we all know War boots are rare so I would highly recommend downloading this recording!

Flac

MP3