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It was 40 Years ago today - Led Zepelin's first known recording

2009-01-10T19:53:00Z

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    Here is one of the 'chestnuts' from my collection. This is one of my favorite recordings. The first known soundboard recording of Led Zeppelin, recorded the night before their first record was released. Jan 11,1969.

       I think you'll enjoy this one!!!!

Led Zeppelin, Fillmore West
January 11, 1969,
San Francisco, California

Soundboard Recording
Master reel

(Click to listen to individual tracks)

1. I Can't Quit You
2. Dazed and Confused
3. You Shook Me
4. How Many More Times
5. Communication Breakdown

(Click play to listen to the whole set)

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RIP Delaney Bartlett - Delaney and Bonnie with Duane and Gregg Allman, King Curtis, Eric Clapton

2008-12-30T00:40:00Z

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                                  Delaney Bramlett, of Delaney and Bonnie passed away last Saturday. He was 69.

Delaney and Bonnie and Friends was an excellent band in the early 70's. Among their friends George Harrison at who's suggestion Eric Clapton took them on the road with Blind Faith.

this from the AP story Dec 29, 2008:

                                    "Born in Mississippi, Bramlett enjoyed a career in the music business that spanned 50 years.
                                     With his then-wife Bonnie Lynn, he created the Southern blues-rock band Delaney & Bonnie
                                    & Friends. The group opened for Blind Faith, which featured British guitarist Clapton, in 1969."

And from Eric Clapton's autobiography

                                     "For me, going on [with Blind Faith] after Delaney and Bonnie was really, really tough,
                                      because I thought they were miles better than us."^[11]
                                                                                                                                    Eric Clapton

Here are two recordings of Delaney and Bonnie and Friends. In this first recording 'friends' include King Curtis and Duane and Greg Allman.

Delaney, Bonnie and Friends
July 22, 1971
A&R Recording Studios
New York, NY

Source: FM (WPLJ Broadcast)

1. Annoucer/sponsor
2. Come On In My Kitchen *
3. Talk
4. Goin'Down The Road Feeling Bad *
5. Talk
6. Poor Elijah *
7. The Ghetto *
8. Annoucer introduces musicians/tuning
9. Livin'On The open Road
10. Better Relations >
11. My Man
12. Talk
13. Don't Want Me Around
14. Talk/tuning
15. Only You Know & I Know

* - acoustic, Duane Allman on Slide

Featuring:
Bonnie Bramlett
Delaney Bramlett
Duane Allman
Greg Allman
King Curtis
Kenny Gradney - bass
Sam Clayton - Conga
Joe Johansen - guitar
Chuck Morgan - drums
Daryl Leonard - tumpet
Larry Britt? - Trombone
Jerry Jummonville - Saxaphone
Gordon De Witty - piano, organ

listen

I was lucky enough to see a Delaney and Bonnie show when i was in college. It was at the Boston Tea Party and featured Eric Clapton. This is an audience recording made at the Fillmore East with the same lineup I saw at the tea party. At some point in the tour this group was joined by George Harrison. Wish I had a recording of that.

Eric Clapton With Delaney and Bonnie Fillmore East 1970-09-11

Here's a great set of music, with a relaxed EC to boot!

First Set

01 Things get Better
02 Poor Elijah
03 I don´t know why
04 Hold Me
05 Rockn´ Roll Music
06 Thats what my Man is for/ Will the Circle be unbroken
07 When theres a will theres a Way
08 Crossroads
09 Coming Home cut inside
10 Tutti Frutti/The Girl can´t help it
11 I don´t want to discuss it-You´re my Girl

Second set

01 Rockn´Roll Music
02 Lay my Burden down
03 Living on an open Road
04 People like you
0 Hold Me
06 People like you
Hold Me
07 DooDoo
08 When the Battle is over
09 Coming Home
10 When there´s a will there´s a Way
11 Little Richard Medley
12 Little Richard Medley

Happy New Years from Your Mother Should Know Recordings - Featuring The Grateful Dead, Louis Armstrong Taj Mahal, David Crosby, Miles Davis and Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Dave Mason.

2008-12-26T22:05:00Z

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Greetings and Happy New Year to you.

I am amazed and quite pleased by the numbers of people who listen to the music I post. This year Your Mother Should Know Recordings www.ymskrecordings.com had its 100,000 th hit. Some of the recordings I've posted on this blog have had more than 500 downloads.  Now I know that is not a lot by 'net' standards, and that is OK with me.  I'm happy to share this music with others who appreciate it. It amazes me what an old hippy with a computer can do these days.

Please continue to add comments to this blog and e-mail me at ymskrecordings@aol.com . I enjoy getting your e-mails and comments about the music and I'm happy when I get suggestions about music you'd like to hear! Check out my list   if you'd like, and let me know what you'd like to listen to.

And now a message from the   KARMA DEPARTMENT

                                            Remeber to treat your fellow human well!

So Happy New Years! Enjoy the music! Here's something for a variety of tastes!

And What's  New Year's without the Grateful Dead? Here's a recording I just got recently.   It is followed by New Years Eve Performances by Louis Armstrong Taj Mahal, David Crosby, Miles Davis and Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Dave Mason.

Here is an excellent Grateful Dead concert from 1976, a "Betty Board which means the audio quality is tops! What's a Betty Board you ask? Here's the story.

Date: Wed, 8 May 1996
From: xx
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: BETTY BOARDS: Watch This Space ...
Hey now folks,
Would you like some Betty Boards?

An extremely kind taper/archivist (you know who you are!) is seeding a hefty set of the original Betty Boards on DAT, sixty-two shows from 1971 through 1980. These DAT tapes come from a source close to the original tapers (bless them!), and the tapes have no analog tape generations in their pedigree. About twenty stone lunatics, myself included, have decided to tree these BBD's so that our fellow tapers, and would be lunatics, can share in this fortunate event. Over the next several months, look for all sorts of tape trees right on here r.m.gd. (more on that in a bit)

These tapes are from Betty Cantor's personal stash. For whatever reasons, she abandoned these tapes (and other property) in a rented storage locker back in 1986. After giving Betty repeated opportunities to catch up on back rent, or to remove her property, the owner of the storage facility legally sold the contents of the locker at an auction. The tapes were sold in batches to several people. One of these batches (62 shows worth) made its way into the hands of some deadheads, and was put into general circulation in the taper community. Bless them again!

The first great wave of Betty Boards began hitting the streets by 1987. They revolutionized tape collecting. I still remember the joy I felt back in 88 or 89 when another batch of Betty Boards would come my way. By 1996, however, a lot of the Betty Boards in circulation are hi-gen and fragmented. Even many of the DAT copies out there are actually copies of old analog tapes. Given the quality of what was in general circulation, most folks have never really heard a Betty Board. Until recently, that included me.

These tapes are great folks. You don't just get to hear the clang and hiss of a cymbal, but to hear the wood striking the metal disk, the clang and shake and wobble of the hissing cymbal. Believe me friends, you ain't never heard a Betty Board before.

These tapes, although based on two track reels spun directly from the soundboard, should not be confused with soundboards that have been released in recent years. For one thing, many of the soundboards that the Dead have allowed to sneak out seem to have been slightly salted in one way or another to degrade the sound quality. These Betty Board tapes are pure and sweet, with no salting: they are better! For another thing, these Betty Boards reflect the limitations of working with 7" or 10" reel to reel tapes: sometimes a tape breaks off in the middle of a song; sometimes you can hear the tape spin up to speed at the beginning of a song. There are a few unpleasant reel flips here and there. There are several incomplete shows. Remember, these tapes were originally recorded many years ago by hippies on drugs!

I hope you enjoy the music.

Grateful Dead
Beacon Theater
New York, NY
June 15, 1976 - Tuesday

Source: Betty Cantor

Click to listen to set 1 Click to listen to set 2

1. Promised land
2. Sugaree
3. Cassidy
4. Candyman
5. The Music Never Stopped
6. It Must Have Been The Roses
7. Looks Like Rain
8. Tennessee Jed
9. Let It Grow >
10. Might As Well

Time: 84:14

1. Tuning
2. Saint Stephen >
3. Not Fade Away >
4. Stella Blue
5. Samson & Delilah
6. Friend Of The Devil
7. Dancin’ In The Streets >
8. The Wheel >
9. Sugar Magnolia >
10. Scarlet Begonias >
11. Sunshine Daydream
Encore:
12. Johnny B. Goode

Time: 94:42

YMSK Recordings
presents
Selected New Years Eve
performances by:

Louis Armstrong - 1954
Taj Mahal - 1971
David Crosby - 1986
Miles Davis and Prince - 1987
Grateful Dead - 1988
Stevie Ray Vaughn - 1989
Dave Mason - 2005

click here to listen

click to listen to gd Beacon theater 1st set.

Merle Saunders, Studs Terkel and John Prine

2008-10-26T21:41:00Z

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Greetings:

    Yes it has been many months since my last blog. Much has happened in that time. Someone once told me to be careful for what you wish for, you may get it. That in a nutshell is my story.

     About two years ago I took a job directing a new Energy Education program.   I've been interested in alternative energy for many years. I sold solar energy systems when Jimmy Carter was president, and have been teaching about energy and the environment ever since. After 30 years of disinterest in energy policy, by the American public and our representatives in government, recently the cost of energy, the war for oil in Iraq and concern for climate change have caught peoples attention. Programs like mine which train people for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy are suddenly of interest.

     I have a cartoon on my wall in my office which reads: " An old oak tree is just a nut that held it's ground. " For once in my life I might be in the right place at the right time and I'm loving it. I'm doing what I have wanted to do all my life, teaching and helping to develop policy here in the Live Freeze and Die State, to promote Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and minimize carbon emissions.

   That's all well and good, but the problem is that my other passion in life, music, has suffered.   I have little time to play my guitar or sharing music. For years I've looked at my internal happiness meter and it always seems to correlate with the amount of time I am spending listening to and playing music.   So with that in mind I'm hoping to devote more time to music as we move into the 'arctic' months.

    Before I get to the real point of this blog, which is sharing music, I must digress with a venture into politics.

                    Your Mother Should Know Recordings
                                endorses Barak Obama for
                          President of the United States

      Coming from NH, I had the opportunity to listen to, and meet candidtates for almost a year before the NH Primary. I listened to the Repulbicans as they came en mass through my state. The only one running who I had the remotest respect for was John McCain. I knew I disagreed with him on a lot of issues, but i thought he was a decent guy.

     The further we get into this campaign, the less respect I have for him, and I don't see him as a decent guy anymore. He is rude, he makes quick ill considered decisions and i abhor his negative campaign tactics and the lack of respect he shows people who disagree with him. He was rude in each of the debates, he never addressed his opponent as Senator Obama, calling him 'that one' in one of his debates.  I'm tired of leaders who treat others with disrespect.   I beleive in the 'golden rule' and this is not how I wish to be treated, I don't think treating out 'enemys' that way does anything to solve problems.  This election should be about ideas, about philosophy of governing, not about this trite crap.

       Speaking of substance though we have heard McCain go on about how he is not the clone of W, he has been a consistant supporter of deregulation of social security, deregulation of the financial industry, failed economic and environmental policies, right wing judicial appointments and a war we are still fighting based on the lies of the incumbant etc etc.    No matter what he says, these are the policies of the current administration and they have failed miserably.  These are the policies that John McCain is promoting.

      McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as VP was a stunt. It may help him with right wing femminists, if there is such a group. But the women I've spoken with who liked Hillary Clinton see this as a cynical ploy, not a step forward for women or the country.  Furhtermore, I think the decision to chose Palin who he'd only met once, gives us an insight into McCains way of doing things which is to make quick, not well thought out decisions, shoot from the hip. and then come hell or high defend his stupid acts.   This as much as his philosophical views on the world is to much like how Bush does things for my tastes.

        So, I encourage you to vote for Senator Obama. I beleive he is a respectful intelligent and caring man. I beleive he shows the leadership qualities which we desperately need now.  If we are lucky, he will bring some respect and sanity back to the government and our society.

         I don't say these things looking through rose colored glasses. I am angered by the general move to the right that Obama has made throughout this campaign and he has done some things that really piss me off.  These include his support for the sell out I mean the bail out. Which to my mind is the final plundering of our country by Bush and his cronies. Similarly Obama supported Bush in the FISA question ( he voted to let the telecommunications companies get off free for violating our rights to privacy), he seems to support 'clean coal' which is at this time purley a fiction. He has also supported drilling offshore which, will do nothing for us for at least 10 years, and even then contribute little to our overall energy picture.

         Despite these shortcomings, In my mental calculations, I have recently moved Obama out of the 'Lesser of Two Evil's" Column in my brain to the "I genuinely like this guy column". I'm going to vote for him on Tuesday, and I hope you will too!

        Thank you for your patience and now on to some Music.

        You may or may not have heard that Merle Saunders died last week. He was a fine keyboard player who played with (among others)  Miles Davis and Jerry Garcia. This is a recording of Garcia and Saunders from a project of theirs in the 70's called the Legion of Mary.

I received these CDRs in a trade several years ago. The sound quality is great even though the vocal mix gets buried once in a while . These recordings represent 3 of 5 tapes from the soundboard recording.  The early show ends with Talkin' 'Bout You, and the late show is missing last train from poor valler, i'll take a melody & mysetry train. The remaining tracks are in circulation, so if I'm able to obtain them I'll re-release these shows.

Also in the news is the death of Studs Terkel. Always an interesting chronicaler of our society, here is a recording of Studs Terkel interviewing John Prine on his radio show in 1970.


      Merle Saunders

Legion Of Mary 04-09-75
(early & late show)
Bottom Line, NYC

early show:
1. Think (9:44)
2. Freedom Jazz Dance (14:07)
3. I Feel Like Dynamite (12:03)
4. That's What Love Will Make You Do (13:49)
5. Mississippi Moon (10:01)
Legion of Mary April 9, 1975 Set 1


Early show:
1. Harder They Come (22:14)

Late show:
2. I Second That Emotion (18:36)
3. You Can Leave Your Hat On (14:50)

Legion of Mary April 9, 1975 Set 2


      Studs Terkel

JOHN PRINE
January 7, 1970
Studs Terkel Radio Show - Chicago, IL

SOURCE: Pre-FM

1. Hello In There
2. [interview]
3. The Frying Pan
4. [interview]
5. Sam Stone
6. [interview]
7. Donald & Lydia
8. [interview]
9. Spanish Pipedream
10. [interview]
11. Flashback Blues

John Prine on Studs Terkel
Radio Show

I hope you enjoy these recordings.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR OBAMA!

The Beatles - Decca Auditions

2008-06-24T11:40:43Z

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In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm an unabashed Beatles Fan.  I've been hooked since that cold Feb night in 1964 when I first heard the lad's on Ed Sullivan. Like the rest of the country I was in a down mood, still mourning for JFK who had been assasinated 3 months prior, I was ripe for something to bring me out of my funk, and the Beatles where just what the Dr. ordered; for me, and I beleive for the country.   Musically and socially the world was never the same again.   I remember going into school, 7th grade, the next day, and hearing "did you see them?" repeated over and over. It seemed that no one talked of anything else.

It was hard to tell above the screaming fans on the Sullivan show or at any other appearance, but the Beatles were already really polished and ready for prime time.  What we didn't know then was the 'long and winding road' they had already been on to get them to Ed Sullivan.

Prior to their big break they had paid their dues at the Cavern Club, and had tried to get a recording contract. One attempt at that was made via these 'Decca Demo Tapes'.

Can you imagine being the Decca Record exec who to this day lives with the knowledge that he had an opportunity to sign the Beatles, the biggest music act in history, and he turned them down.

Well maybe he and my mother were like minded individuals. She told me after Ed Sullivan that by the time I got married I would not even remember who the Beatles were.

Well Mom, my memories of my first marraige are, thank the stars, fading, but I still remember the Beatles and the Ed Sullivan appearance.

You'll find both the musicianship and the audio of this recordings to be of good quality. I know you'll enjoy this chestnut.

Here are some liner notes that came to me with this recording!

Recently, I received the latest and most anticipated release by Dr. Ebbetts of the Beatles Decca
audition tapes that are mastered from mint vinyl 45 rpm singles entitled, The Decca Audition. This is
not a needle drop of the Decca gone album! These are the infamous Deccagone singles
released in the 1970’s and prized by most collectors as the best source for this
material that has been also available on endless bootlegs over the years.

Vigotone and Yellow Dog also acquired different but excellent source tapes with the best version to
date having been issued by Vigotone. Two tracks made Sulpy’s core list from
Anthology Vol. 1 (“Like Dreamers Do” and “Three Cool Cats”): “Like Dreamers Do” having no dropout and “Three Cool Cat’s” having better bass. What is offered here is the best source of these audition tapes. No noise reduction or eq was used and what you hear is something tantamount to hearing these tapes from the closest source to the master that will ever be possible.

The first thing that jumps out at you are the vocals. Seemingly more upfront. There is a clarity to these recordings that has been missing. Something you really don’t realize until you compare previous issues to this new release. You suddenly realize you have a more defined bass on every song. I like that. John’s rhythm guitar which to me always seems a bit lack luster and maybe even buried—now is very precisely noticeable. Harrison’s vocals come across as the most confident as opposed to John’s raw vocals on “Money” and Paul’s bad early 60’s Elvis impersonations on “Like Dreamer’s Do” as an example.

There is no distortions, tape warble, etc. Nothing will ever make the song choice any better, or Pete’s drumming improved. But there now is “punch” to these mono recordings that gives them new life that never really existed before. It’s a new experience and almost a different perspective. They’re that different and that good. Almost night and day. The recordings even have a few extra seconds (on a few tracks) of extraneous noises and distant chatter lengthening some tracks by a second or two. There is only one song that was never a part of the original singles and is taken from an alternate vinyl source; “Take Good Care Of My Baby” and for some reason it sounds nearly as good as the rest. I guess it’s the Ebbetts magic at work?

This is as complete as they’ll ever get and the best available version of these historic tapes you’ll ever hear. Throw out the old CDs. The packing also needs to be mentioned and gets kudos for the improved label making too. No ink jet printing and no paper labels! It’s his new full color printing method using a full-color 600DPI Thermal transfer process. Just having the audio isn’t enough as these are better than EMI/Capitol has ever made a CD look and feel! This has the green Apple with the black border. And my god, this is homemade! I showed this to another collector who never owned an Ebbetts release and after not only hearing this new release and seeing how well the packaging and label making is, he became an instant fan and is in process of acquiring original Dr. Ebbetts versions!

This release is highly recommended and an essential and major upgrade to your collection, whether you’re a fan of the Decca audition tapes or not. Enjoy and play it loud.

Regards,

Beatle Bob

The Byrds Boston Tea Party

2008-06-20T22:34:00Z

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   It was my freshman year at Northeastern University, early in the second semester.  The best rock and roll establishment of the time, The Boston Tea Party, was a short walk from my dorm. My roomate Rob was going to hear the Byrds and suggested I come along. I didn't go, for whatever reason.  To this day, I wish I'd gone!

    About 5 AM or so, Rob dragged his ass back to the dorm with the following story.   His high school buddy lived in a frat at BC with some guys who were friends with someone in the Byrds. After their gig at the Tea Party they'd gone back to this frat house at BC and had set up and played a house party. Some party, and I missed it!

    This is a recording I received recently of the Byrds performance at the Tea Party, I wonder if there is a tape someplace of the after-gig music. This recording is around the time of Sweetheart of the Rodeo and the Live Byrds Album. The lineup includes the late great Clarence White on guitar.

    I had the pleasure of hearing Clarence White live on annother occasion when he played for Leon Russel who Rob and I saw as the opening act for Hot Tuna at the Fillmore East.

The Byrds
Boston Tea Party
1- 22-24-1969

1. You Aint going Nowhere
2. He Was A Friend Of Mine
3. Old Blue
4. Long Black Veil
5. Goin' Back
6. Get Out of My Life Woman
7. The Ballad of Easy Rider
8. Jesus Is Just Alright
9. Tulsa County
10. Mr. Spaceman
11. Sing Me Back Home
12. This Wheel's On Fire
13 Lay Lady Lay
14 Time Between
15. Take A City Bride
16. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
17. Come Back Baby

Bob Dylan the Witmark Years part 2

2008-05-19T10:53:00Z

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   This is a continuation of my previous post.   These are Dylan recordings he did for his music publisher for copyright purposes. They give an interesting perspective on many of his recordings which were later released in more polished form.

    As with the first portion, the tracks which appear on released recordings are excluded.  By the way, I've never discussed this before in this blog, but I always try to remove released tracks to keep this blog legal. I also would urge you to go out and buy the released music of the artists which you hear here.

    As always, I hope you enjoy!

Part  2

1 Boots Of Spanish Leather  5.40
2 Girl Of The North Country  3.08
3 Seven Curses    3.12
4 Hero Blues    1.38
5 Gypsy Lou    3.36
6 Whatcha Gonna Do   3.26
7 Ain't Gonna Grieve   1.27
8 Only A Hobo    2.23
9 John Brown    4.17
When The Ship Comes In   Released on Bootleg Series 1 - 3 version
The Times They Are A-Changin'  Released on Bootleg Series 1 - 3 version
10 Paths Of Victory   4.00
11 Farewell    4.06
12 Baby Let Me Follow You Down  1.59
13 Guess I'm Doing Fine   4.16
14 Mr Tambourine Man   5.56
15 Mama You Been On My Mind  2.13
16 I'll Keep It With Mine   3.35
17 Eternal Circle    1.14
18 Percy's Song    7.12

Bob Dylan the Witmark Tapes 1962-1964 Part 1

2008-05-19T02:02:00Z

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It was 40 years ago this month that Bob Dylan walked off the set of the Ed Sullivan Show because they would not let him perform "Talking John Birch Society Blues". Since you missed hearing it then, I have posted these recordings which include a take of that never released track. I think this song says a lot about our habit of finding boogie-man scapegoats. Perhaps it is ripe for an update.

This is a rare and unusual Dylan recording, I hope you enjoy! Part 2 to follow.

Bob Dylan - The Witmark Years - 1962-1964 - Studio *

For those who don't know all things Dylan:

* These are songs performed by Dylan for his publisher Witmark & Son, for copyright purposes in their offices.

(I don't know why Ric Von Schmidt's Baby, Let Me Follow You Down is here)

The songs were recorded on simple equipment and never intended for commercial release.

Though some of these 41 song titles may be familiar they are not the versions found on any legitimate releases,

the exceptions being the 4 from The Bootleg Series' which have been removed.






Tracklist.

1 Blowin' in the Wind   2.42
2 Long Ago Far Away   2.29
3 Tomorrow Is A Long Time   3.50
4 Ballad of Hollis Brown   4.11
5 The Death of Emmett Till  4.30
6 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall  7.03
7 Let Me Die in My Footsteps  1.36
8 Quit Your Lowdown Ways   2.44
9 Babe, I'm in the Mood For You  1.34
10 Long Time Gone    3.47
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Released on Bootleg Series 7
11 Oxford Town    2.30
12 Masters of War    4.41
Walkin' Down the Line   Released on Bootleg Series 1 - 3 version
13 Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues 3.17
14 All Over You    3.45
15 Bound To Lose, Bound To Win  1.22
16 I'd Hate To Be You on That Dreadful Day 2.00
17 I Shall Be Free    4.29
18 Bob Dylan's Dream   3.56
19 Bob Dylan's Blues   1.59

Al Kooper and Friends set 3 Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Dave Mason, Guy Clark

2008-05-04T18:35:00Z

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Al Kooper and Friends
Live at the Roxy
Hollywood, CA
4-7-87

See Previous blog for notes about this concert.

Set 3
20. A Fool For Your Stockings
21. Goin' Down to Louisiana
22. Long Time Gone
23 Band Introductions
24. I Got You
25 Talk Talk
26. The Stealer
27. You Don't Love Me

Al Kooper and Friends Set 2 Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Dave Mason, Guy Clark

2008-05-04T18:12:00Z

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Al Kooper and Friends
Live at the Roxy
Hollywood, California
4-7-87

Please see previous blog entry for set one and notes about this show

Set 2

10. All Along the Watchtower
11. Dear Mr. Fantasy
12. Talk Talk
13. I Wish You Would
14. All Along the Watchtower
15. Dear Mr. Fantasy
16. Love the One You're With
17. Hot Burrito
18. Why Did You Leave Me Today
19. Set You Free This Time

Al Kooper and Friends Set 1, Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Dave Mason, Guy Clark

2008-05-04T16:10:00Z

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Al Kooper

His smash hit for Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "This Diamond Ring" reached number one in 1965. He joined Bob Dylan's band in the early 60's and played at the famous Newport Folk Festival in 1965 where Bob Dylan first played electric guitar. (The Dylan 65 recording is available at www.ymskrecordings.com) His famous organ solo on "Like a Rolling Stone" made him a fixture at Dylan concerts, and he continued to tour with Bob Dylan into the 70's.

In 1965 he founded "The Blues Project" in 1965 with Steve Katz and then "Blood Sweat and Tears" also with Steve Katz,(Also available to listen to at www.ymskrecordings.com) produced by Chicago's producer, James William Guercio.

Kooper left the band to be a producer for Columbia Records. It was at this time, he cut the famous record "Super Session" with Mike Bloomfield and Steve Stills.

He continued his session work for major artists until the 80's and now teaches music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and plays weekend concerts with his bands The ReKooperators and The Funky Faculty.

This particular concert catches Al Kooper in Los Angeles, doing a benefit for an unknown group at the small nightclub "The Roxy" off the Sunset Strip. I do not know the benefactor of the concert, but it must have been a big deal because the line up is incredible and includes Dave Mason, Steve Stills, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Jackson Browne.

If you are remotely curious about the concert, please download Track No. 20, "A Fool for Your Stockings", a ZZ Top song penned by Frank Beard.
What is normally a fairly benign concert takes an incredible turn for the better.
The session guitarist, Howard "Buzzy" Feiten steps out and wails on this cut.
The other band members, David Crosby and Jackson Browne are in utter amazement, and both the band and the crowd can be heard pushing Buzzy on. This particular cut draws the biggest applause of the night, which is saying something. For those of you not in the know, Buzzy was the guitarist for Paul Butterfield, Stevie Wonder, his own group "Full Moon" and more recently with drummer Dave Weckl.

This is an audience recording i just received in trade from my new friend Richie in NY. Thanks.

Personnel is:

Bill Payne - Keyboards
Bob Glaub - Bass
Buzzy Feiten - Guitar
Ian Wallace - Drums
Darrell Leonard - Trumpet
Ron Viola - Saxophone
Benmont Tench - Organ
Al Kooper - Keyboards

Guest Appearances by: Dave Mason (Traffic), Steve Stills (CSN&Y), Gene Clark (The Byrds), David Crosby (CSN&Y), and Jackson Browne.

The Track List is: Set 1

1. Goin' Down to Louisiana
2. I Feel Good
3. You Don't Love Me
4. Red House
5. When a Man Loves a Woman
6. The Great Pretender
7. The Harder They Come
8. Feeelin' Allright
9. Stormy Monday

Set's 2 and 3 to follow.

Happy Birthday Jack Cassady

2008-04-13T13:57:00Z

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Today, April 13 is the birthday of Jack Cassady (born in 1944) who was a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna and was Jimi Hendrix's favorite bass player.

   Today's recording was part of a series called Bill Graham Presents the San Francisco Scene in Toronto. It features the last two tracks from the Grateful Dead's set and the Jefferson Airplanes set from one of these concerts.

    Here is what the taper of this concert wrote about it!

From July 31st through August 5,1967, Bill Graham presented The Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead in concert at O'Keefe Centre in Toronto, Canada. The poster for this event bears the number 74 in the BG poster series. It is extremely hard to find and has been the stumbling block of many a BG poster collection.

The history surrounding this event has remained largely a mystery to the poster collecting community. We have been fortunate enough to have received these accounts from Fred and Steve Crawford, brothers from Toronto who actually attended the final evening of this historic concert series.

In July of 1967 I had just turned fifteen, I lived with my family in the suburbs of Toronto Canada. My parents were very conservative; my paternal grandfather was President of the Toronto Stock Exchange and our family was Catholic.
Both my parents were anti hippie and strongly against drugs. My younger brother Steve and I both "turned" hippie that summer , although in retrospect I can see the change was gradual and cumulative. Most kids our age reacted the same way to the provocations of and disrespect shown by our parents. They were never very introspective and could not and would not accept our message of peace and love.
Millions of us were physically forced to the barber, or thrown out of our homes, cursed and abused like mortal enemies.

In 1967 the shit had not really hit the fan and many parents were naive or in denial, not yet seeing the changes in their children. My parents were still somewhat pliable, although I led a very clandestine life (e.g. I used to change my clothes in the garage before school since my parents censored my wardrobe and tried forcing me to wear super straight clothes. I had to hide all ripped jeans and Indian stuff.).

Steve and I were allies and we covered each other a lot with alibis and deception. Both of us were really caught up and influenced by the times; Viet Nam and the Haight-Ashbury were all over the news and America was both culturally paramount and politically reprehensible. The whole world was watching and kids our age were center stage and happening. We had power and we knew it. That whole summer was a watershed of change and exploration.

San Francisco was our Mecca and the bands were the messengers of radical social change around the world. The most important band in the world that summer was Jefferson Airplane. The Dead were considered a party band and had nowhere near the political significance of the Airplane.
Interest in the Dead at that point was purely musical and they had not yet gathered their family of Deadheads. Jerry was an amiable bluegrass guy with no hard edges. The most interesting band member was Pigpen who had a strong following of fans, independent of the band. I was certainly one of them. He was an iconic hippie rebel biker dude and was considered by us to be the coolest anti hero of the Haight Ashbury scene. Pig was all attitude and when the band played he often stole the spotlight from Jerry.

The Airplane on the other hand were very hard core. Their peace and love was in your face and demanding. They scared the shit out of straights and their weapon was Grace. Grace, who every hetero boy in the world wanted to ball and be possessed by. The children loved Grace and the parents were frightened and repelled by her. Although people respected the boys for their musicianship, it was Grace's incredible voice that carried the material to our hearts. The band's lyrics were calls for civil disobedience and putting the brakes on the whole post Fifties socio-political mess we inherited. It is impossible to over emphasize Jefferson Airplane's position, and particularly Grace's, as spokesmen for us. I wonder if she realizes herself what a historical hero she is. We all took so much strength from this band; to stand up against the authority monsters who were bent on destroying our planet and our lives. White Rabbit was the defining song of my generation and it reverberated around the world.

When the news came that the Airplane were going to play O'Keefe Centre, a venue known for ballet and opera, we were amazed. No one really expected that they would bother with Toronto and our scene, much less choose the straightest venue in town. The ticket was Luke and The Apostles, a local Toronto band opening for The Grateful Dead, who were opening for Jefferson Airplane.

The series was seven nights as well as seven matinees; my brother and I caught the last night of the gig and by that point it was the hottest ticket in town. The concerts had received raves in the local rock and mainstream press but my memories of the show itself revolve around Grace and the Airplane. They were clearly the headliners and their radical message of in your face peace and love brought home by Grace's clarion, siren voice had everyone in awe. The Dead in contrast were perceived as mild, party hippies with Jerry the laid back bluegrass dude with no hard edges. Grace was all hard edges tinged with serious love. The boys in the Airplane were excellent and genius writers and musicians but sorry, to us and most of the world, Grace was the band.

That last night, the Dead played what I realized later was a very short set. My feeling is that Toronto brought home to both bands who was huge and who wasn't. Grace was the catalyst for much of what happened that summer and whatever impact she has historically and culturally is too deep and complex to delve into lightly in this particular narrative.
Torontonians were and are by nature very thoughtful and laid back, though not in a west coast way; Toronto heads were even more discriminating. We attended these concerts in a reverent and curious mood and both bands clearly got into our vibe.

As the Airplane were setting up following the Dead's last song there was an expectant energy in the crowd and emotions were running high. All at once the band started playing full tilt and the lightshow exploded into our heads. It was the most stunning and dramatic experience and the crowd freaked out. People were literally open mouthed and some in the audience were crying with joy. They played most of the album (Surrealistic Pillow) and each song was a masterpiece. Although security was very tight and there was no dancing in the aisles or standing on seats, something happened that last night. Whether the guards were glad the concerts were almost over and all these freaks would soon be gone or Grace had won them over, I can't say. But during the last twenty minutes of the show a number of fans, including myself, made our way to the edge of the stage where we got to enjoy the encores. (I believe they played three, though I can't remember which songs).

As the band said goodnight and the curtain came down I couldn't move ; I was transfixed and totally blissed out.
I didn't want this experience to end and evidently neither did the bands. When most of the audience had left,

Jerry reappeared on stage and announced that the bands were going to jam and inviting everyone to occupy the front seats.
Before the curtain fell back down I jumped up on the stage and found myself alone with both bands. I was freaking,
but I acted as cool as I thought they were and they didn't seem to mind my presence.

In fact Grace made me feel at home and we started to talk about her impressions of Canada. Pigpen said hi and I asked them if they'd been to Montreal where the 1967 World Expo was held. Grace laughed and told me that they had been refused admittance because of Pigpen, who seemed a little annoyed by her candor. They gave me the feeling that they were a little paranoid about the Canadian authorities and seemed relieved to be leaving.
Grace was drinking what appeared to be orange soda out of a paper cup and I doubt back then that it contained vodka. I clearly remember her lipstick mark on the edge of the cup; I found this very erotic. She was and is a beautiful women and seeing her up close is one of my fondest memories. Jerry was cool but I saw that Pigpen was a really sensitive and quiet guy who seemed very different from his public image. He seemed melancholy and withdrawn and I was saddened but not surprised by his untimely death.

As my brief but meaningful moment ended and the curtain rose, I moved to stage left and sat on the floor.
The venue management would only allow us to stay for a couple of hours but we had a great time. On the way out that night I impulsively removed a promotional poster from the lobby wall; the guards saw me but didn't do anything, probably for reasons stated earlier.

The next day I took a sticker off the dashboard of my mother's 62 Chevy that said " Fasten Seat Belts", a reminder to passengers to use these new safety devices.
I stuck the sticker on the bottom of the poster to remind people to fasten their mental seat belts for Jefferson Airplane.

I went to many concerts after that and each one was an adventure, but I never had a backstage encounter like this one. I had no idea that my humble souvenir would someday be an important historical relic and I hope it will encourage study and discussion of this very important time in our history.

-Fred Crawford

Steve's Story

Between the Masonic Temple, (the "Rock Pile" in those days), Massey Hall and Maple Leaf Gardens I saw a lot of great shows... Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Freddie King, Buddy Rich,...
but the Airplane-Dead concert was my first concert of a major band and possibly one of, if not the best I've ever had the good fortune to witness.

Fred was into the music like no one I've known. He always had or was listening to all the hottest and best albums. I couldn't keep up, it was amazing. Luke and the Apostles were an interesting act, as well as of course the Dead. Pigpen was one of my heroes and I painted a good likeness of him which I hung on my wall for quite awhile, especially after hearing, sadly, of his still youthful passing.The Grateful Dead, as I realized then and in retrospect, were the perfect folkish, rockish, countryish with psychedelic lyrics warm-up for the amazing Jefferson Airplane.

The '' Light Show by Headlights'' was the most dazzling exhibit of effects I've ever seen (only seconded by Pink Floyd). As soon as they were ready to go (after the Dead's set and intermission ) everything happened at once; the awesome lights and a moving stage that moved forward as if it was this huge momentum of light and sound right in your face! The oil and water effects were second to none and as I remember, the O'Keefe Centre (now the Hummingbird Centre) had good acoustics.

O'Keefe Centre that night was certainly an experience. Somehow, I had acquired 2 tickets for myself and a cousin who was a little older and kind of a greaser. (Fred and I had separate seats to the same concert.)
''White Rabbit'' was awesome and intense. ''3/5 of a mile in 10 seconds'' really cooked with Jorma and Paul's heavy, distortion-driven riffs (acid-rocked). I think it was pretty much near the end, but my goofy cousin wanted to go . So for some reason we left. (I wish I had stayed, especially after the story my brother told me after the show!)

After my brother acquired the poster from O'Keefe Centre we hung it proudly on our bedroom wall to remember the experience. After a couple of years, me being the more nostalgic one, (and also since my brother went to live in the U.S.A. for more than 25 years), I ended up with the poster.
I took care of it for years. It still has a lot of sentimental value to me and always will. I am totally in awe of the fact that the poster is so rare and such an essential historical document, as well as very happily surprised. It would be nice to think it will stimulate disscussion and encourage study of the mystical as well as philosophical aspects of a very unique period in our history.
Thank you Bill Graham.

-Steve Crawford

"Bill Graham Presents the San Francisco Scene in Toronto"
The Grateful Dead & Jefferson Airplane
O'Keefe Centre, Toronto ONT, Canada
Saturday, August 5, 1967

Grateful Dead:

1. Turn On Your Lovelight [7:22]
2. Alligator [11:08]

Jefferson Airplane:

3. The Other Side Of This Life             [ 8:19]
4. Get Together                                  [ 4:54]
5. Let Me In                                        [ 5:12]
6. Today                                             [ 3:39]
7. Jorma's Bangs                                [ 1:19]
8. Go To Her                                       [ 5:34]
9. My Best Friend                                [ 3:05]
10. Instrumental Jam                          [11:44]
11. 3/5 of a Mile In 10 Seconds*         [ 5:55]
12. Fat Angel*                                     [ 6:46]
13. Somebody To Love**                    [ 3:25]

Total time: [78:28]

Happy Birthday Jack and thanks for the many years of fine music!

Simon and Garfunkel and Buffalo Springfield with David Crosby at Monterey Pop Festival 1967

2008-03-22T01:19:00Z

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The Monterey Pop Festival was the first widely promoted Rock Festival. Best known for the introduction of Jimi Hendrix to the American Music Scene. Here is a set from Simon and Garfunkel, playing material from their then current album Bookends, and from Buffalo Springfield who on this date had David Crosby playing with them in place of Neil Young.

Monterey Pop Festival 1967

Simon & Garfunkel
1) Homeward Bound
2) At the Zoo
3) Feelin' Groovy
4) For Emily Whenever I May Find Her
5) Sound of Silence
6) Benedictus
7) Punky's Dilemma

Buffalo Springfield (With David Crosby, without Neil Young)
8) Rock and Roll Woman
9) Bluebird
10) For What It's Worth
11) Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing

For more on the Monterey Pop Festival check out An English Girl's Summer of Love

Muddy Waters 1964

2008-03-17T23:23:00Z

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Muddy Waters was an American Blues musician and is considered the "Father of Chicago Blues" . He was considerered one of the greatest blues musicians of all time and was a huge influence on younger musicians coming up at the time of the so called 'British Invasion' the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Eric Clapton, etc.

He was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Here's a nice recording of Muddy Waters from 1964. You can hear why Muddy was so influential with so
many Blues and Rock guitarists.

                                                                        Muddy Waters
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                                                           Paris , 1964 (exact date unknown )