Horslips
1978-05-xx Utica, New York Four Acres Club (M?-FM)
01. New York Wakes
03. The Power & The Glory (->)
04. Second Avenue
05. Book of Invasions 1st Movement - Geantraí: Daybreak ->
06. Ride To Hell -> Sideways To The Sun -> Sword Of Light (Intro) -> Sword Of Light -> Dark (?) -> Sword Of Light (?)
07. Speed The Plow (->)
08. Sure The Boy Was Green// (fades out at end)
Total Time ::: 39:13
::: Enjoyable FM broadcast from well-mixed mono soundboard with some generations & aging. Check samples for for some trials & tribulations.
::: Warts: A few unrepairable dropouts & bit of high end loss at times. Otherwise, you can groove on out. No shocks tho' the end does fade out.
::: The setlist could use some help I'm sure! I finally gave up about where to split some things, sorry.
::: Interesting that Horslips says this is their 2nd broadcast for WOUR-FM. Who's got the other and/or can upgrade this one?
::: The "Aliens" tour. Still me fave 'orslips album of them all.
::: I was very confused for a while about why there were 2 versions of "Sideways To The Sun", then I realised the person had flipped the tape in the middle of the song & later had copied the sides out of order. Luckily the taper had overlapped, so it was repairable & the whole tape kinda fell together better.
Recording Information ::: mono soundboard on WOUR-FM 96.9 broadcast -> unknown recording equipment -> off-air FM master tape -> unknown generations -> unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on. (as this came to me as a SBD it is possibly a pre-FM copy).
Playback 2012-03-12 ::: unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2012-04-07.
Line-up ::: Charles O'Connor - fiddle, mandolin, concertina, vocals // Jim Lockhart - keyboards, flute, whistles // Barry Devlin - bass, vocals // Johnny Fean - guitar, vocals // Eamon Carr - drums, percussion.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 142 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: This one's for Wylie Smith! While this is labeled as a soundboard, I would think it more likely it is yet another Horslips FM broadcast. I'm putting this up regardless of its unknown generational provenance, as I rate this band VERY highly, and perhaps this will motivate someone to cough up a better (and longer!) copy. For all that, it is a thoroughly enjoyable recording. I think this is my favorite tour of them all & we're lucky that several great gigs were recorded for posterity. Astonishing interplay between musicians here. Tight as hell, complex arrangements with incredibly diverse changing instrumentation, great effects including lots of phased guitar, killer violin, incredible harmonies - These are masters at work. Ny the way, if you never heard the "Roll Back" reunion CD, it's highly recommended.
Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Weeks, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees
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