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The Rolling Stones - Live In Boston (Mono)

Track listing:
  1. Intro 0:25
  2. Brown Sugar 3:19
  3. Bitch 4:27
  4. Rocks Off 3:57
  5. Gimme Shelter 5:08
  6. Happy 2:56
  7. Tumbling Dice 4:32
  8. Love In Vain 6:00
  9. Sweet Virginia 5:27
  10. You Can't Always Get What You Want 8:00
  11. All Down The Line 4:16
  12. Midnight Rambler 9:29
  13. Band Introductions 1:02
  14. Bye Bye Johnny 3:18
  15. Rip This Joint 2:37
  16. Jumping Jack Flash 3:24
  17. Street Fighting Man 5:22

Notes

"Here are two different audience recordings of the Rolling Stones in Boston, July 19, 1972. This is the night after they were arrested in Warwick, RI.

The mono recording was taped by a guy named Herb Staehr. According to the info I was given, the lineage is: Sony TC-110 w/external condenser mics-> cassette master (C120)-> playback + recording w/Tascam CC-222 CD-RW/ cassette combo-> CDR3. This transfer was done in 2004 and was the first ever digital master transfer. I extracted the audio from this CDR3, and did some very minor editing. I am told that this recording has previously been used by Exile for "Midnight Gamblers" and DAC for "Jailhouse Rock." Haven't heard those, but I don't think they could be much better. In terms of quality, this recording is distant but clear. Guitars are somewhat low in the mix but the drums are better recorded than usual for '72.

I don't have much info on the stereo recording. I speculate that it was taped by the same person who taped the stereo recording of the previous night. This is a low gen. source but I don't know the exact gen. The recording has several cuts, which I have patched with the mono recording. In several places, the stereo recording's left channel drops out, so I copied the right channel (which makes the recording mono). Two tracks are missing completely. If desired, you can use the mono recording for those tracks to make a complete stereo/mono show. Everything will line up seamlessly. This recording has apparently never been used on bootleg, presumably due to the cuts. Guitars are louder here, with drums barely audible as usual for '72. Hard to say which recording is better."

01. intro
02. Brown Sugar
03. Bitch
04. Rocks Off
05. Gimme Shelter
06. Happy
07. Tumbling Dice
08. Love in Vain*
09. Sweet Virginia*
10. You Can't Always Get What You Want*
11. All Down the Line**
12. Midnight Rambler**
13. band introductions*
14. Bye Bye Johnny*
15. Rip This Joint
16. Jumping Jack Flash
17. Street Fighting Man

All tracks available in both mono and stereo except *stereo with gaps filled from mono recording, and **available in mono only.