Spirit
1972-03-xx(*) San Jose, California Fox Theatre (M2-AUD)
("Feedback" Spirit with the Staehely Brothers line-up, NO Randy California)
01 --introduction--
02. Cadillac Cowboys
03. Ripe & Ready ->
04 Puesta Del Scam
05. Right On Time ->
06. Darkness
07. Earth Shaker
08. Witch
09. Trancas Fog-Out ->
10. Ed Cassidy drum solo ->
11. Trancas Fog-Out
12. Chelsea Girls
Total Time ::: 56:07
::: Well, it never was hi-fi - a bit distant & slightly muffled, but it carries the music with a loud guitar mix, clear enough vocals & a low level of audience noise. Almost nothing circulates from this era & this has the goods. Check samples to see if your flowers need watering or to remember why this album has been in yer collection for four(!) decades.
::: Warts: As noted above. Fairly consistent quality.
::: Concert the same week as "Feedback" album release. They had something to prove & they're going for it.
::: (*) Tape labeled only "1972". Album recorded November 1971 but issued in March & Al says the LP had just shipped on Weds, so it's the following weekend. Unless it shipped March 29, this concert was in March. Likely BP3 will come thru with all kinds of additional missing details!
Recording Information ::: unknown mono equipment -> master tape -> 1st generation tape -> 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.
Playback 2012-01-30 ::: 2nd 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 2012-02-04.
Line-up ::: J. Christian Staehely ("Chris") Staehely - electric guitar // Al Staehely - bass, vocals // Ed Cassidy - drums John Locke - keyboards, vocals
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 103 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! Believe my copy came from legendary musicologist Ron S. ::: Corrections welcome ::: OK, I know some of you never dug this record, but I never had a problem with it all. Still like it & listen to it & find the songs rewarding & very familiar & it's very much a part of my early 70s history. This is a band ready to play & smoking here. There are almost NO breaks between somgs, they keep charging from one to the next. Great interplay between all instruments & very well-rehearsed. This a ripe one for some EQ or remastering (I don't think anyone would complain). Of course, part of the intensity might be the fact it must have been a very hard gig to play. In California, playing an audience of fans & many people who had probaby seen the band before & not only not play any of yer "hits", but not play anything recognizable at all! Remember no one had heard the album & likely many folks bought tix unaware of what they were going to get. You can imagine the band was sweating. Anyway, I like it. We get live versions of almost the entire record & played extremely well. A free ticket, enjoy.
More recordings on the way, making up for years of slow netspeed. Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes & much more, & to 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) for over 30 years of trading & friendship. 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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