(Audience FLAC)
George Harrison & Friends
Tulsa Assembly Centre
Source - I'm 'Legs' Larry Smith! (Publisher: Howling Leg)
George Harrison - Guitar
Robben Ford - Guitar
Willie Weeks - Bass Guitar
Andy Newmark - Drums
Billy Preston - Keyboards
Emil Richards - Percussion
Tom Scott - Horns
Chuck Findley - Trumpet
Jim Horn - Saxophone
Kumar Shankar - Percussion
Indian musicians:
Ravi shankar - Sitar
Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute
Rijram Desad - Percussion & Strings
T.V.Gopalkrishnam - Mridangam & Vocal
Gopal Krishn - Vichitra Veena
Sultan Khan - Sarangi
Kartick Kumar - Sitar
Kamalesh Maitra - Percussion
Satyadev Pawar - North India Violin
Alla Rakha - Tabla
Harihar Rao - Percussion
Lakshmi Shankar - Vocal
Viji Shankar - Vocal
Shivkumar Sharma - Santoor
L.Subramaniam - Violin
Lineage:
Master > Aiwa > Maxell UD-60s > Denon DRM-500 > Denon DRA-635R > Technics SH-GE50 > M-Audio Audiophile 2496 > Audition 1.5 > wav > Edits (normalisation, tapeflip matchup, other minor-edits including fade-outs at ends) > CD-WAV > flac > wav > Cool Edit Pro 2 (edits, click repair, speed adjust) > wav > flac
CD1 49:50
01. Hari's on Tour (Express) <4:05>
02. While my Guitar Gently Weeps <5:34>
03. Something <4:08>
04. Will It Go Round In Circles <4:46>
05. Sue Me Sue You Blues <4:13>
06. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom <0:18>
07. Naderdani <3:22>
08. Cheparte <8:14>
09. Anurag <9:18>
10. Dispute and Violence <5:52>
CD2 66:46
11. For You Blue <4:47>
12. Band Introduction <0:52>
13. Give me Love (Give me Peace on Earth) <3:56>
14. Soundstage of Mind <5:34>
15. In my Life <6:26>
16. Tom Cat <4:32>
17. Maya Love <5:19>
18. Dark Horse <4:14>
19. Nothing from Nothing <3:58>
20. Outta Space <5:19>
21. What is Life <8:01>
22. My Sweet Lord <13:15>
23. Bill Graham Outro <0:33>
Show identifiers - "Good Evening Tulsa" at 0:14 of track 1
- "Emil Richards on percussion and crochet... and my name is 'Legs' Larry Smith" in track 12
- "Oh, come on Tulsa!" at 3:13 of track 14
- "... anyway, I only came here cause you've got some great - the greatest of all these rock and boogie woogie players living in town... So - that's why we wanted to come to Tulsa, because I don't know anyone in Okla... [indecipherable]." at 4:48 of track 20
George Harrison and friends at the Tulsa Assembly Centre - the only show played that day. This is the 17th show of the 1974 North American tour. George sounds a bit hoarser than at the show previous day at the St Louis Arena, and acknowledges the fact introducing "Dark Horse" - "...And it should really be called 'I'm a Hoarse Horse', because I'm hoarse..." The show is very enthusiastically received, the audience clapping along during the drum solo of the Indian section, and applauding long and loud for the encore of "My sweet Lord", and again at the end. George joins the Indians on guitar for their last number, "Dispute and Violence". "For You Blue" features a percussion solo by Emil Richards, a trumpet solo by Chuck Findley, a guitar solo (which Findlay keeps preventing George announcing!) by Robben Ford, then a bass solo by Willie Weeks. George again offers a couple of vocal lines in "Soundstage of Mind" - notably "Too many reefers!" at 1:37. It sounds as if someone throws a couple of fireworks at the end of "Maya Love". Leon Russell, in the audience for much of the show, joins the band during "My Sweet Lord".
The recording is one of the best of the tour. It doesn't sound promising at the start, distant, and on a par with any of the others from the tour, and also marred by the taper talking over it and telling us which songs are being played (he also tells us that "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" "sounds horrid!". The recorder is shut off during "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom", but bless his heart, the taper thinks better of it, and tapes the rest of the Indian section. He comments during "Anurag" - "They sure have their sound together as far as acoustics - the mix is perfect". The sound quality picks up at this point too. Perhaps the mixing desk had made adjustments, or maybe the taper moved position, but the Indian section sounds great, and after the interval, the sound is very clear and much more immediate than at the start. An example of the quality of the sound is found on "Maya Love", where bells are heard playing along, perhaps uniquely for tapes from this tour.
This show appeared on Dime a few years ago, and this version is sourced from that one, and many thanks to John Langdon for taping it, and thenewguy for sharing it. There were a couple of minor issues, which have been corrected - a gap a minute or so into "Dispute and Violence" has been removed. The Indian songs weren't separated, which has been done here. There was a very brief speed glitch during "Tom Cat" (1:51) which has been fixed, though there's still a slight audible anomaly. Occasional static (two or three clicks per song) during most songs of the second set has been removed. Using the studio version of "Dark Horse" as a reference, a speed adjustment of 99.01% was made - the speed didn't really sound wrong: it was adjusted more out of curiosity, but it sounded so spot-on that it was kept...
From original notes:
"John Langdon has been taping shows for more than twenty years, a great many of them documenting the music scene in Albuquerque in the 80s and 90s. Most of his shows are on tape cassettes, but a great many of them are on seven or ten inch reels. Over the course of time they will begin to see the light of day and be shared with music lovers everywhere. Thanks to John for his generosity in sharing what he's collected. Warmest Regards Always, etc. etc., The New Guy"
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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