The Guess Who
Budokan, Japan
November 20th 1972
Audience Recording
Conversion =master cassettes>?>CD
EAC>WAV>FLAC
Quality 7 out of 10 (give or take)
Set List
Disc One
01. Introduction
02. Bus Rider
03. Pain Train
04. Albert Flasher
05. Samantha's Living Room
06. New Mother Nature
07. Bye Bye Babe
08. Runnin' Back To Saskatoon
09. Rain Dance
10. These Eyes
11. Guns Guns Guns
12. Heartbroken Bopper
13. Lost and Found Town
Disc Two
01. Follow Your Daughter Home
02. Those Show Biz Shoes
03. Sour Suite
04. Hand Me Down World
05. American Woman Blues
06. American Woman
07. Drum Solo and Flute Jam
08. Truckin' Across The Sky
09. Share The Land
10. No Time
Notes
After years of searching, I have found the Guess Who Holy Grail.
It's been over 35 years and this show needs to be heard. With one of the best vocalists of rock in Burton Cummings and guitarist extraordinare Kurt Winter, the Japanese tour was a great showcase of old and new tunes. Perhaps the longest known Guess Who concert. I'm hoping that this torrent will start more obscure shows to be unearthed. I've heard there are boots of Buffalo 72 and the CNE Toronto 72 and 73 being hoarded. Now would be a good time for them to be unleashed for fans.
The sound quality on this gig is pretty good, if a little distant. What's shocking is the short interview in the middle of the performance. Can anyone translate Japanese? For any naysayers that the Guess Who don't rock, just listen to "Pain Train." Surely not the efforts of a bubblegum pop band.
Please enjoy the show!
theklopeks
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Remastered Edition notes:
As this show was posted, there was a serious channel imbalance, the playback speed was slow, and the recording was out of phase, due to azimuth misalignment during digital transfer. When the levels were matched in Adobe Audition 3, the recording proved to be mono, and after phase correction, the channels could be combined without cancellations, to stabilize the image. Each track has been sped up to match A=440 Hz. The wave file for each disc was split into tracks on sector boundaries in CD Wave. No other alterations have been made. This recording now sounds as good as it ever will.
That's a good thing, because this is an excellent show, and a rare opportunity to hear The Guess Who perform songs from "So Long Bannatyne" and "Artificial Paradise."
Thank you to theklopeks for the original torrent.
Revised artwork is included.
Please preserve the lossless quality of this material.
Remasters Workshop
RMW 537 / 538