Lowell George, Linda Ronstadt and Friends
March 19, 1974
WHFS Studio
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
After I first seeded this Dimeadozen.org pitch-adjustment master Goody speed-corrected the files and many thanks go out to him! I had previously cleaned up some of the noisy spots where there was radio transmission interference but did quite a bit more manual seamless cleanup after the pitch adjustments were done too. However it's still a bit noisy in some spots where fixes were not possible.
Background: This is an interesting recording of well-known Washington DC DJ Cerph Colwell with Lowell George and a giggly Linda Ronstadt. I have traded for at least 3 different versions of this over the years. The last 16 minutes was seeded from an off-air master in better quality so I merged it with my best previous source to compile this version. All released tracks (from studio LP's by Little Feat, Van Dyke Parks & The Kingsmen) have been deleted to make this "Dime-friendly".
01 [1:01] talk (with hellos from Lowell & Linda and talk about amp in studio used on Louie Louie)
02 [0:20] Little Feat WHFS promo
03 [2:14] talk with Linda about being sick the last time she'd played at Lisner Auditorium in Washington DC
04 [3:49] China White (Lowell George solo)
05 [5:18] talk about guitars & Lowell's childhood musical upbringing
06 [5:01] talk about Stone Poneys, Van Dyke Parks, etc.
07 [2:03] Sailin' Shoes (Lowell & Linda duet)
08 [0:44] talk with Little Feat & Van Dyke Parks studio tracks deleted
09 [3:42] talk about Trinidad, Van Dyke Parks, Lowell playing with Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, etc.
10 [2:03] talk - intro of "friends" Paul Kraft, John Starling & Sue Starling
11 [2:43] Willin' (Lowell with Linda and "friends")
12 [0:12] talk
13 [2:10] Heartache (Lowell and Linda)
14 [1:18] talk
15 [1:39] talk
16 [0:28] talk (with bit of Louie Louie)
17 [4:27] talk
total time: 39:12
Source 1: unknown lineage Dat tape > Panasonic SV-3700 (S/PDIF coax/RCA output)
Source 2 (from 3:16 track 9 to end): WHFS-FM off-air cassette master (Mark Tryon) / Transfer: EAC > Flac (Dub Irie 2007-03-19)
> Macintosh with DigiDesign AudioMedia III card > Pro Tools (minor "nip and tuck" edits, normalization and tracking - no DNR or EQ) > AIFF files > xACT (Flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified) > Dime torrent > TLH (to WAV) > Audition (Pitch Bender) > WAV > Flac (level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).
The pitch adjustment was +41 cents for source 1 (up to 3:16 in track 9) and +50 cents for source 2 (from 3:16 in track 9 to the end of the recording).
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