Traffic
1972-01-14 New York City, New York Academy Of Music Late Show (M1-AUD)
126 East 14th Street, between 3rd & 4th Avenues
01. --tuning up & introduction--
02. Medicated Goo
03. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
04. Glad -> Freedom Rider
05. Hidden Treasure
06. John Barleycorn Must Die
07. Rock 'n' Roll Stew
08. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Encore :::
09. 40,000 Headmen
10. Gimme Some Lovin'
Total Time ::: 1:11:34
::: Slightly distant but clear & enjoyable stereo AUD. Peruse samples for elucidation or ear erudition elicitation.
::: Warts: Some dropouts not entirely fixable & surely missed others. Bit of bass distortion on the 1st song.
::: 2nd of 2 Academy nights. JJ Cale opened both nights & Commander Cody only the 14th. Neither opener was recorded by this taper.
::: Show was received from taper as 1972-01-04 but the correct date would seem to be 1972-01-14.
::: UPGRADE - Should upgrade circulating copies. From taper's 1st gen safety copy & carefully remastered without EQ.
::: "Gimme Some Lovin'" encore is complete tho' there are a couple of mini-splices. (Most circulating copies cut).
::: Thanks to DIMERs bookitty & gv0000 for date correction & extra opening band information.
Recording Information ::: unknown Sony(?) stereo cassette recorder with unknown microphones -> master stereo AUD cassette tape, no noise reduction.
Playback early 1970's by taper (equipment type unknown) ::: master stereo AUD cassette tape, no noise reduction, azimuth adjusted -> 1st generation reel-to-reel tape.
Playback circa 2005 (equipment type unknown) ::: 1st generation reel-to-reel tape, azimuth adjusted -> to DVD audio @48KHz (wavs).
Remastered 2013-01/02 ::: de-flac'd 48KHz wavs of 1st gen tape remastered as follows: NO equalisation! Normalised to remove DC offset. Fixed left channel offset on both sides of tape(s). Adjusted pitch (-.65). Most dropouts & dull spots fixed but surely missed some & a few were only partially repairable. Dropouts were a bit had to catch with the nature of the overall sound, so I certainly did not get them all. Most are fixable by volume increases right on the dropout (dull spot). There were actually a couple of wonderful minutes in a row at one point where I didn't find any! The tape had significantly less volume adjustments by taper than early show (or mikes were more consistantly pointed stageward), which made for an easier mastering job. There is some kind of noise at times, visible on the wav form & repeated often enough to perhaps be a slightly warped tape roller issue, mostly in the left channel, which was not fixable without too much work. A glitch in "Low Spark" could be a tape splice. The stereo signal is significantly altered several times in the same song & once or twice elsewhere. I would have said it was from muffling one mike but it happens too quickly. No idea. Compensated for it somewhat with a bit of volume. I cut out about a minute of audience noise before the encore. Some clapping during "Gimme Some Lovin'". There's a bit of high end or volume fluctuation from mike motion and/or tape aging issues, not really a problem, more noticeable on headphones. Boosted total levels (transfer levels somewhat low). Downsampled from 48KHz to 44.1KHz. -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears Estimated early show total mastering time 14 hours. First uploaded week of 2013-02-09. Estimated early show total mastering time 14 hours. First uploaded week of 2013-02-09.
Line-up ::: Steve Winwood - guitar, keyboards, vocals // Jim Capaldi - keyboards, vocals // Chris Wood - wind instruments // Reebop Kwaku Baah - drums, percussion // David Hood - electric bass // Roger G. Hawkins - drums.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 215 ::: Thanks to the original taper, The Florida Kid! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Here's the late show. What a fine, fun, full evening of entertainment, I'm sure. 2 sets each by the Commander & The Airmen, JJ Cale & Traffic. Imagine, imagine, imagine. Take off yr shoes, grab a bottle o' fine wine or whatever yr poison & kick back for the final set of the evening! Enjoy!
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, 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
Support the artists and/or their families! www.stevewinwood.com -- http://www.jimcapaldi.com -- (David Hood) http://www.hoodbass.com
Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!