Mimi Farina & Tom Jans
1972-04-08 Cleveland, Ohio Case Western Reserve University Late Show (M?-FM)
01. In The Quiet Morning (Song For Janis Joplin)
02. Mama Tried
03. Reach Out (For Chris Ross)
04. You're Sixteen
05. Children Of Darkness
06. Loving Arms
07. Letter To Jesus
08. Madman
09. The Great White Horse
10. Carolina
11. Good God, I'm Feeling Fine
12. Carry It On
Total Time ::: 56:36
::: Quite fine but not super hi-fi FM, with warts as noted. Check samples to try on the shoes or take a few barefoot steps in the sand.
::: Warts: Not bad. Some o' the ol' hiss & a low level high frequency noise from radio that can be notched out with EQ, but I steered clear. Some dropouts, but mostly all fixed. Slight speed fluctuations for a second in track 1 & 2 seconds in track 8 (very minor)!
::: There are very long dialogues & introductions to songs which could be tracked out.
::: Opening for Dave van Ronk (I do not have his set, sorry).
Recording Information ::: WNCR-FM radio broadcast -> off-air master mono reel-to-reel tape -> unknown analog generations -> unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.
Playback 2011-08-05 ::: 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 -> wav file(s) -> Audacity (for fades and/or glitch repair, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave for track splits -> Trader's Little Helper -> various ears around the world. First uploaded 2012-11-02.
Line-up ::: Mimi Farina - acoustic guitar, vocals // Tom Jans - acoustic guitar, vocals.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 018 ::: I am quite glad this tape has survived. It's a missing piece of American folk history from one of the most splendid, highest queens of the 60s folk scene. Their excellent duo album, "Take Heart", has still never seen the light of day on CD to my knowledge (wrong- Japan briefly, now $200+). I spent many hours with the album my first year of college, sandwiched in between "Phosphorescent Rat", "Tiger Rose", "Blows Against The Empire", "Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun" & a host of others. Funnily enough, actually just prior to my intensely serious Richard & Mimi Farina phase, & even though I'd been listening to Joan since about 1970. Jorma's "Quah" & the first two Richard & Mimi albums (Thanks Ann!) kept me alive in Kathmandu at one time in the 70s.
While originally trying to research this tape, I saw that Albert V. Baez, the co-inventor of X-ray focusing optics (in 1958), only died 4 years ago, in 2007, at the age of 94. Dr. Baez was the father of folk singers Joan Baez & Mimi Farina. So, this one's in memory of Albert, Mimi, Richard & Tom, & goes out to Mika, "Fast Freddie" & Tom McK. I'm gettin' on in age & wonderin' if I will ever hear their non-LP single "Good God, I'm Feeling Fine". It's starting to seem unlikely. I know it's a Tom Jans song, but perhaps Mimi does some background vocals? Of course, of far greater interest & something that one or more Dylan collectors are sitting on & it would be most f'ing great if they would let us hear 'em (desperate, we are!), are the unreleased Richard Farina publishing demo acetate tracks - I believe some 10 tracks strong... PLEASE!!! It would mean a whole lot to some of us. If someone is willing to pass them along, I would be very, very much indebted & overjoyed to hear them at last.
This performance is quite enjoyable. In some ways I prefer it to the Mimi Farina & Banana shows I saw 10 or so years later, even though Mr Jans isn't always my cup of tea. For one thing, even though it's into the 70s, it still has the innocence of the sixties folk scene. FOr another, it provides a lot of the "Take Heart" album material as stripped down acoustic duo arrangements without all the backing musicians & unecessary production present in the studio album. I had learned a lot about mastering in the past year or more since I originally worked on this, so I ran through it for another overhaul (can you spell "dropout?" - fixed most of them now), & it'll damn sure feed some hungry freaky taper fish. Enjoy.
P.S. If you want to see some funny radio station history, try net searching about the one that broadcast this show on air. Best known at the time for broadcasting "an erroneous report that President Richard Nixon had been shot" (February '72), & apparently known as the "People's Radio", with a mix of "folk rock, electric, & 'gut blue' stuff, with the 'ultimate four letter word' often making its way into the programming. There are more quite funny quotes about the station.
Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!