In BP3's latest offerings, he included an old track from The James Gang.
As I was familiar with this track, I remembered that I offered this same track in a compilation James Gang torrent back in 2003 on STG (Sharing The Groove).
This new (2011 transfer) is an upgrade in sound & even includes a few more seconds of jamming at the beginning of the track (THX!!!).
I'm also going to add my .SHN track from my 2003 offer, as this is a short offer anyways.
I'm also throwing in some artwork from my original offer that "The Cheeb" created back then.
Enjoy!!
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James Gang .... Late 1968
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, U.S.A.
(WMMS-FM)
Joe Walsh - Guitar
Tom Kriss - Bass
Jim Fox - Drums
Taper: Unknown
Taping Gear: Unknown
Lineage: Maxell UD trade reel @ 3 3/4 IPS> Akai GX-220D playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg+ (PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION BELOW)
Length: 11:14 minutes (BP3's new 2011 transfer; 2 tracks total = 22:17 minutes)
Artwork: none.
Samples: none.
Set List:
01. Jeff's Boogie Jam (BP3's 2011 transfer - Upgrade)
02. Jeff's Boogie Jam (JAJ's 2003 offered SHN version)
Taper's Comments:
1 - HELP!! If you have any uncirculated SPIRIT shows, or better quality FM
broadcasts than what's been posted here before, please share them. If you
know anybody who has shows that fit this category that aren't on DIME, please
dub off their stuff and share it. I'm trying to write a book on SPIRIT and need
all the information I can get. I have a database of over 1500 gigs 1967-1996, and
want to find as much information as I can to add to it. If you have any memories
of where you saw SPIRIT, the more specific the better (venue, city, date, supporting
bands, etc.), I'd love to know that as well. Please leave that in the comments
section or PM me. Thank you!
2 - Show description & comments follow:
This is a weird one. It came as filler on a trade marked "James Gang - Kent State -
WMMS - '68". It appears to be a live in the studio recording. Of course, WMMS-FM
was in Cleveland, and Kent State wasn't (but close), so maybe the connection is
that the band were students at Kent State, and the tape was taken to WMMS-FM to
be broadcast? WMMS-FM started up circa October 1968, so it likely has to be after
that. Walsh's guitar is way up in the mix, and Fox's drums are a bit buried, but for
the era it sounds pretty good. I'm calling this "Jeff's Boogie Jam" as that's the basic
theme for most of it, but there's countless BEATLES, YARDBIRDS and many other
riffs present here. Lots of wah-wah and echoplex, especially towards the end. If
anybody knows more details about this session, and whether there was more of it,
please leave that information in the comments section for everybody's benefit.
Enjoy.
bpthree
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ffp:
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