venerdì 25 dicembre 2020
mercoledì 23 dicembre 2020
Leslie West, Jack Bruce & Corky Laing - 1972-04-21 - Cleveland, OH (AUD/FLAC)
West, Bruce & Laing - 1972-04-21 - Cleveland, OH
(Audience FLAC)
WEST, BRUCE & LAING
Cleveland Public Hall
April 21, 1972
- *Uncirculated* & excelllent Joe Ray master recording -
Sound quality: vg++/5 out of 6 (no kidding!).
Check "Play With Fire" mp3 audio sample in comments for proof.
Full colour CD back and front cover artwork in torrent (pdf files), designed with original posters and newspaper ad for the show. Comments always welcome.
Lineage:
Joe Ray's mono AUD recording (w/unknown equipment) > wav > Audacity (for auto-boosting levels, ever-so-slight editing and track marks) > wav > FLAC (level 8)
(The original recording came with support act Procol Harum's number as the first track which I took the liberty to tack on the end of CD 2).
Leslie West - guitar, vocals
Jack Bruce - bass, vocals
Corky Laing - drums
CD 1:
01. Don't Look Around
02. Politician
03. The Doctor
04. Third Degree
05. Leslie West Guitar Solo -
06. Roll Over Beethoven -
07. Mississippi Queen
08. Powerhouse Sod
Total: 59:55 min.
CD 2:
01. Play with Fire I-
02. Drum Solo -
03. Play with Fire II
04. Sunshine Of Your Love
Bonus track:
05. Procol Harum (support act): Shine on Brightly
Total: 62:28 min.
West, Bruce & Laing officially formed in February 1972, straight after Mountain's last tour of the UK. However, even before that tour, there had already been rumours of that band's forthcoming split and obvious thoughts that Jack Bruce might be a fitting replacement for Felix Pappalardi in a succeeding format. These rumours - of course - made it to the music papers and as it happens, Felix did read a respective Melody Maker article titled "Jack Bruce to join Mountain?" on his flight to the UK for their tour - and is said to have gone through the (plane's?) ceiling as he obviously had not been involved in Lez' and Corky's musings and plans.
Actually, both had already jammed along with Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Overend Watts and Boz Burrell in November 1971 at London's Basing Street Studios during Mountain's stint in the UK for a two-night show at The Rainbow. At that point, the two had already been looking for a singer and bass player and were hoping to win over at least Rodgers who's band Free had split in May 1971 and who at that point was trying to get his own outfit Peace off the ground. Nothing has come of Lez's & Cork's intention though, probably as by February 1972, when the two were finally free for a new project, Free had just reformed (in hopes to save their guitarist Koss' fragile life).
West, Bruce & Laing's advance reputation was obviously so strong that they were able to tour the US through major venues without having an album out to promote, something that usually is de rigeur for such a financial venture. They actually were even still without a record contract at that point!
This show here was recorded very early into the band's very first tour and only six days before their April 24 show at the Carnegie Hall of which bits and pieces were released on "Alive & Kicking". However, if one feels inclined to compare the two versions of the band's "crown jewel" (IMHO) "Play With Fire", it is blantantly obvious how the official version starts of nicely but then suddenly seems to somehow lose energy and just somehow drags on (IMHO), while this here runs some 21+ minutes and displays the band literally PLAYING WITH FIRE from start to finish!
martedì 22 dicembre 2020
Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun Sessions (SBD/FLAC)
Eric Clapton
Title: Behind The Sun Sessions
Dates: December 1984 ?
Source:
SB 4+ Recording
Lineage:
Audifon Deutschland AF 007/4 Boot CD > EAC > FLAC
Eric Clapton: Guitar, Vocals
Steve Lukather: Guitar
Jeff Pocaro: Drums
Natan East: Bass
Michael Omartion: Synthesizer
Lenny Castro: Congas
Marcy Levy: Backing Vocals
Jerry Williams: Backing Vocals
01: She's Waiting
02: Heaven Is One Step Away 1
03: Same Old Blues
04: One Jump Ahead
05: Jail Bait 1
06: Nobody Knows Like I Know
07: Too Bad
08: Never Make You Cry
09: Heaven Is One Step Away 2
10: Jail Bait 2
11: Tangled In Love
12: Knock On Wood
lunedì 7 dicembre 2020
J. Geils Band - 1979-04-21 - Essen, DE (FM/FLAC)
(FM broadcast FLAC)
J.Geils Band
1979-04-21
Rockpalast IV
Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
lineage
fm broadcast > 1.gen tape > ??transfer to wav > cd in a trade > flac
Peter Wolf - vocals
Seth Justman - keyboards/voc
Magic Dick - harp
J.Geils - guitar
Daniel Klein - bass
Stephan Bladd - drums/voc
01 Just Can't Stop Me
02 I Could Hurt You
03 Sanctuary
04 One Last Kiss
05 Teresa
06 Nitemares / Wild Man
07 I'm Looking for My Love
08 Give It to Me
09 Whammer Jammer
10 Houseparty
11 Where Did Our Love Go?
12 Pack Fair and Square
13 First I Look at the Purse
domenica 6 dicembre 2020
Incredible String Band - God's Holiday (STU/FLAC) 16 CD's
(Studio FLAC)
The Incredible String Band - God's Holiday - 16 CD rarities collection
God’s Holiday Part 1 - The Incredible String Band Broadcasts and other rarities
CD1
The Past and the Future and Similar Tenses (70:29)
01. Jazz Bo’s Holiday (1:48)
02. Intro From Mike And Robin (0:10)
03. Way Back In The 1960’s (3:07)
04. Perfumed Garden/Chinese White (4:46)
05. Painting Box (3:06)
06. Mercy I Cry City (2:44)
07. Chinese White (3:20)
08. Nightfall (2:38)
09. Three Is A Green Crown (4:08)
10. Geordie (2:40)
11. See All The People (2:26)
12. Won't You Come See Me (4:52)
13. You Get Brighter (3:48)
14. All Too Much For Me (2:30)
15. Ducks On A Pond (8:38)
16. I Bid You Goodnight (2:32)
17. Intro (0:07)
18. The Half Remarkable Question (5:11)
19. Intro (0:20)
20. Painting Box (4:18)
21. Noah And The Dove (1:52)
22. Mercy I Cry City (partial version) (1:02)
23. Hendrix-Manitas de Platas Comparison(0:09)
24. Three Is A Green Crown (1:30)
25. The Head (2:34)
1 Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1 LP (Decca LK4546)
2 Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending Film
3 Promo Single (Elektra EKSN 45013)
4 John Peel on Radio London with Promo Single (Elektra EKSN 45013)
5-8 Pete Drummond & Tommy Vance 'Top Gear', 10.Oct.67 (Broadcast 15.Oct.67), BBC Radio One
9-11 Julie Felix 'Once More With Felix', 03.Feb.68, BBC 2 television Broadcast
12-16 John Peel's 'Nightride', 4.Mar.68 (Broadcast 6.Mar.68), BBC Radio One
17-20 Julie Felix 'Once More With Felix', 23.Mar.68, BBC 2 television Broadcast
21-25 Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.Mar.68, Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending Film
***********************
CD2
Exchanging Love Tokens (70:12)
01. The Head (4:22)
02. Douglas Traherne Harding (7:51)
03. Radio Announcement (0:34)
04. See All The People (6:08)
05. Tuning (0:26)
06. You Get Brighter (8:24)
07. Tuning (2:38)
08. Maya (13:05)
09. Intro (1:07)
10. Waltz Of The New Moon (7:50)
11. Tuning (1:45)
12. You Get Brighter (5:44)
13. A Very Cellular Song (10:14)
1-8 Bob Fass ‘Radio Unnamable’ WBAI Studios, New York, 13.May.68, Live broadcast WBAI Radio, NYC
9-13 Fillmore East, New York, 5.June.68 (Broadcast June 1969), Benefit Concert for WBAI Radio, NYC
***********************
CD3
Fiddlehead Ferns and Daffodils (67:12)
01. Radio Announcement And Tuning (1:27)
02. October Song (9:12)
03. Setup (2:37)
04. Bell Ringing (2:29)
05. Tuning (0:33)
06. The Pig Went Walking Over The Hill (1:41)
07. See All The People (2:01)
08. Swift As The Wind (cut) (2:25)
09. Play Music (cuts) (7:41)
10. Ducks On A Pond (8:06)
11. Tuning (2:19)
12. Puppies (5:20)
13. Tuning (1:01)
14. Chinese White (4:08)
15. Tuning (1:15)
16. Maya (8:59)
17. The Iron Stone (5:50)
1-16 Fillmore East, New York, 5.Jun.68 (Broadcast June 1969), Benefit Concert for WBAI Radio, NYC
17 Live In The Studio Recording, Sound Techniques, Chelsea, Early 1969, Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending Film
***********************
CD4
A Very Small Door (63:48)
01. All Writ Down (5:40)
02. Dust Be Diamonds (4:41)
03. Theta (1:52)
04. Fine Fingered Hand (6:26)
05. All Writ Down (4:00)
06. Fine Fingered Hand (5:09)
07. Maya (13:47)
08. Dust Be Diamonds (5:16)
09. The Letter (5:10)
10. Come With Me (3:55)
11. This Moment (7:46)
1-4 John Peel's 'Nightride', 5.Feb.69 (Broadcast 5.Mar.69), BBC Radio One
5,6 Julie Felix 'Once More With Felix', 15.Feb.69, BBC 2 television broadcast
7-11 Ludlow’s Garage, Cincinnati, May '69, Soundboard recording
***********************
CD5
Love of Love is Very Huge (78:51)
01. Black Jack Davy (3:29)
02. The Letter (5:15)
03. This Moment (5:47)
04. Gather Round (5:02)
05. Waiting For You (5:54)
06. Invocation (partial version) (0:52)
07. The Letter (5:40)
08. This Moment (partial version) (2:07)
09. When You Find Out Who You Are (8:56)
10. Intro (1:23)
11. Waiting For You (6:10)
12. Black Jack David (4:29)
13. Flowers Of The Forest (4:47)
14. Beautiful Stranger (5:06)
15. Won't You Come See Me (4:19)
16. Dark Eyed Lady (5:29)
17. Empty Pocket Blues (3:59)
1-5 John Peel's 'Nightride', 5.Aug.69 (Broadcast 24.Aug.69), BBC Radio One
6-9 Woodstock Festival, Bethel, NY, 15.Aug.69, Woodstock Film outtakes/Audience video tape
10-12 Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, TX, 31.Aug.69, Texas Pop bootleg soundboard recording
13-17 John Peel's 'Top Gear', 20.Jul.70 (Broadcast 25.Jul.70), BBC Radio One
***********************
CD6
Peacocks in the First, Kokilas in the Fifth (77:39)
01. Everything's Fine Right Now (4:14)
02. Jigs (Coleman's Fancy/Rakish Paddy/The Wayward Fox/Johnny Grey) (2:48)
03. Won't You Come See Me (4:05)
04. Raga Puti (4:20)
05. Ring Dance (3:58)
06. The Circle Is Unbroken (4:44)
07. Raga Puti (4:18)
08. Everything's Fine Right Now (3:55)
09. Long Long Road (3:34)
10. Everything's Fine Right Now (3:42)
11. Intro (0:40)
12. Black Jack Davy (4:00)
13. Tuning (1:30)
14. Won't You Come See Me (4:35)
15. Jigs (Coleman's Fancy/Rakish Paddy/The Wayward Fox/Johnny Grey) (3:21)
16. Intro (0:27)
17. Flowers Of The Forest (6:35)
18. Cold Harbour (7:06)
19. Tuning (1:02)
20. Long Long Road (4:34)
21. Lady Wonder (3:51)
1-5 Stuart Henry's 'Sounds Of The Seventies', 17.Sep.70 (Broadcast 24.Sep.70), BBC Radio One
6-9 John Peel's 'Top Gear', 6.Oct.70 (Broadcast 9.Jan.71), BBC Radio One
10 Beat-Club, German TV, 24.Oct.70, Radio Bremen TV broadcast
11-21 Pacific High Studios, San Francisco, 15.Feb.71, Live simulcast KPFA, KPFB Radio, Berkeley; KSFX Radio, San Francisco, CA
***********************
CD7
The Sun in the Pale Silence (60:26)
01. Intro (0:24)
02. Bright Morning Stars (1:54)
03. Intro (0:16)
04. Worlds They Rise And Fall (5:47)
05. Intro (0:08)
06. Jigs (Sunday Is My Wedding Day/Drops Of Whisky/Grumbling Old Men/Eyes Like Leaves) (3:58)
07. Intro (0:15)
08. Spirit Beautiful (4:05)
09. Intro (0:16)
10. Willow Pattern (5:09)
11. Intro (0:08)
12. Cosmic Boy (4:18)
13. Intro (0:32)
14. Turquoise Blue (5:52)
15. Intro (0:07)
16. Whistle Tune (4:31)
17. Intro (0:27)
18. Darling Belle (12:24)
19. Intro (0:39)
20. Adam And Eve (4:43)
21. Intro (0:17)
22. You've Been A Friend To Me (4:05)
1-22 Paris Theatre, London 18.Mar.71, BBC Radio One In Concert
***********************
The Incredible String Band - God’s Holiday Part 2 (CD 08 - CD 15)
CD8
The Fruit Of The Stars
01. Intro By Dave Herman
02. Talking Of The End
03. Intro By Robin
04. You've Been A Friend To Me
05. Intro By Robin
06. Spirit Beautiful
07. Intro By Robin
08. Evolution Rag
09. Intro By Robin And Mike
10. Turquoise Blue
11. Intro By Robin
12. Bright Morning Stars
13. Intro By Robin
14. Cosmic Boy
15. Intro By Robin
16. Jigs - Eyes Like Leaves + Sunday Is My Wedding Day + Drops Of Whiskey + Grumbling Old Men
17. Intro By Robin
18. Darling Belle
19. May The Long Time Sun Shine
20. The Same & More - Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air Radio Spot
21. You Get Brighter
22. Intro By Robin
23. Jigs - The Bird That Lives On Rain + Yellow Flames Of Whin + Jenny In The Mosshouse + Drunken Black Winter
24. Intro By Robin
25. How We Danced The Lord Of Weir
26. The Actor
Track 01-19 WPLJ Radio, A+R Studios, New York, 11.May.71
Track 20 'Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air' US Radio Advert 'The Same & More',
Elektra Records Advertisement Tape WS #5852 Late 1971/Early 1972
Track 21-26 John Peel's 'Top Gear - Sounds Of The Seventies', BBC Radio One, 13.Oct.71 (Recorded 5.Oct.71)
***********************
CD9
I Tasted Every Drink I Was A Sober Man
01. The Circle Is Unbroken
02. Sailor And The Dancer
03. Tree
04. Living In The Shadows
05. Outro By Pete Drummond
06. Oh Did I Love A Dream
07. Outro By John Peel
08. Intro By John Peel
09. Restless Night
10. Outro By John Peel
11. Down Before Cathay
12. Outro By John Peel
* 13. Secret Temple
14. Intro By French TV Host
15. Oh Did I Love A Dream
16. Jigs - The Bird That Lives On Rain + Yellow Flames Of Whin
17. Secret Temple
* 18. Black Jack Davey
19. Outro By John Peel
* 20. Rends-MoiDemain
21. Outro By John Peel
* 22. Oh Did I Love A Dream
* 23. Hangmans Medley
24. Outro By John Peel
Track 01-05 Pete Drummond's 'Sounds Of The Seventies', BBC Radio One, 25.Nov.71 (Recorded 17.Nov.71)
Track 06-12 John Peel's 'Sounds Of The Seventies', BBC Radio One, 17.Mar.72 (Recorded 29.Feb.72)
Track 13 BBC 'Top Of The Pops No. 836' Transcription Disc (Recorded 29.Feb.72)
Track 14-17 POP 2, ORTF, (Recorded May 1972)
Track 18-24 John Peel's 'Top Gear - Sounds Of The Seventies', BBC Radio One, 29.Aug.72 (Recorded 14.Aug.72)
***********************
CD10
My Scales Are Lined With Care
01. Intro By Robin And Band
02. Cousin Caterpillar
03. Intro By Mike
04. Black Jack David
05. Intro By Robin
06. The Entertainer
07. Hiatus
08. Giles Crocodile [Crooked-Deal]
09. Intro By Robin
10. Rends-Moi Demain
11. Intro By Robin
12. I Know That Man
13. Intro By Mike
14. Turquoise Blue
15. Intro By Malcolm
16. The Old Buccaneer
17. Intro By Robin
18. Jigs - The Bird That Lives On Rain + Yellow Flames Of Whin + Jenny In The Mosshouse + Drunken Black Winter
19. WBCN Station ID
20. Weather The Storm
21. Intro By Mike, Robin And DJ Jim Curry
22. Jigs - Drops Of Whiskey + Grumbling Old Men
Track 01-22 WBCN Radio, Paul’s Mall, Boston, 8.Oct.72
***********************
CD11
The Key To The Highway
01. Intro By Pete Drummond
* 02. I Know That Man
03. Intro By Pete Drummond
04. My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper
05. Intro By Pete Drummond And Robin
* 06. The Circle Is Unbroken
07. Intro By Pete Drummond
08. Turquoise Blue
09. Intro By Pete Drummond And Robin
* 10. The Old Buccaneer
11. Intro By Pete Drummond
* 12. Black Jack David
13. Intro By Pete Drummond And Robin
14. Jigs - The Bird That Lives On Rain + Yellow Flames Of Whin + Jenny In The Mosshouse + Drunken Black Winter
15. Intro By John Peel
16. At The Lighthouse Dance
17. Intro By John Peel
18. Maker Of Islands
19. Outro By John Peel
20. Raga Tune
21. Outro By John Peel
22. Intro By John Peel
23. Saturday Maybe
24. Outro By John Peel
Track 01-14 BBC Radio One ‘In Concert’, Paris Theatre, 23.Nov.72 (Broadcast 9Dec.72)
Track 15-24 John Peel's 'Top Gear - Sounds Of The Seventies', BBC Radio One, 6.Mar.73 (Recorded 26.Feb.73)
***********************
CD12
Scraping A Livelihood In A Very Devious Style
01. Intro By Bob Harris
* 02. Cold Days Of February
03. Outro By Bob Harris
* 04. Little Girl
* 05. Sailor And The Dancer
06. At The Lighthouse Dance
07. Outro By Bob Harris
08. Black Jack David
09. Intro By Malcolm
10. Skiffle Song
11. Intro By Malcolm
12. Turquoise Blue
13. Intro By Malcolm
14. My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper
15. Interview
16. Saturday Maybe
17. Intro By Malcolm
18. Maker Of Islands
19. Intro By Malcolm
20. The Old Buccaneer
21. Intro By Malcolm
22. Dumb Kate
23. Intro By Malcolm
24. Log Cabin Home In The Sky
25. Intro By Robin
26. Tear The Silk
27. Intro By Malcolm
28. Jigs - Drops Of Whiskey + Grumbling Old Men
29. End Credits By Ken Cole
Track 01-07 Bob Harris's 'Sounds Of The Seventies', BBC Radio One, 19.Mar.73 (Recorded 27.Feb.73
Track 08-29 WLIR Radio, Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, 24.Apr.73
***********************
CD13
Trying To Play The Simplest Chords I Know
01. Intro By Mike And Robin
02. Cousin Caterpillar
03. Intro By Mike And Robin
04. Everything's Fine Right Now
05. Intro By Mike, Malcolm And Robin
06. Skiffle Song
07. Intro By Malcolm
08. Sailor And The Dancer
09. Turquoise Blue
10. You Get Brighter
11. Dust Be Diamonds
12. My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper
13. At The Lighthouse Dance
14. Sleepers, Awake!
15. Brian Boru's March
16. Giles Crocodile [Crooked-Deal]
17. Intro By Mike
18. Maker Of Islands
19. Intro By Robin
20. Cold Days Of February
21. Intro By Malcolm And Mike
22. Dumb Kate
23. Intro By Mike
24. Black Jack David
25. Intro By Malcolm
26. Tear The Silk
Track 01-26 Tampa, Florida, 29.Apr.73 (Soundboard Recording)
***********************
CD14
Her Hands Are Trembling With Emotion
01. Ithkos
02. Ithkos
03. Ithkos
04. Intro By John Peel
* 05. Dreams Of No Return
06. Outro By John Peel
* 07. Jane
08. Outro By John Peel
* 09. Dear Old Battlefield
10. Outro By John Peel
11. Black Jack David
12. Outro By John Peel
13. Intro
14. Black Jack David
15. Circus Girl
16. Finale - From A Very Cellular Song
17. 1968
18. Evolution Rag
Track 01-02 Glen Row, Summer 1973 (Rehearsal Film)
Track 03 The Colston Hall, Bristol, 23.Oct.73 (Rehearsal Film)
Track 04-12 John Peel's 'Top Gear - Sounds Of The Seventies', BBC Radio One, 23.Oct.73 (Recorded 9.Oct.73)
Track 13-16 The Rainbow Theatre, London, 9.May.74
Track 17-18 Rehearsals (Late 1973 to Mid 1974) (Forbes Tapes)
***********************
CD15
The Voice Of Water Running Cold
01. Intro By Pete Drummond
02. Ithkos
03. Intro By Pete Drummond
04. Log Cabin Home In The Sky
05. Intro By Pete Drummond
06. 1968
07. Intro By Pete Drummond
08. Jack Straw's Wishes
09. Intro By Pete Drummond
10. Maker Of Islands
11. Intro By Pete Drummond
12. Dear Old Battlefield
13. Intro By Pete Drummond
14. Jigs - Good Morrow To Your Nightcap + Crawley's Reel + Small Coals For Nailers + Katie Hill
Track 01-14 BBC Radio One ‘In Concert’, Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 17.May.74 (Broadcast 1.Jun.74)
***********************
CD16
She Turns In Her Grace
01. A Very Cellular Song [The Hannibal Sampler Edit]
02. Swift As The Wind [Seasons They Change Edit]
03. The Pirate And The Crystal Ball [Original Version]
04. Big Ted [Single Edit]
05. All Writ Down [Single Version]
06. White Bird [The Hannibal Sampler Edit]
07. Creation [Extended Ending]
08. This Moment [Single Edit]
09. El Wool Suite [U Cassette Edit]
10. Restless Night [Transcription Disc Alternate Version]
11. Weather The Storm [Bickershaw Extract]
12. Jack Straw's Wishes [Transcription Disc Alternate Version]
Tracks marked with a * have been omitted as they are/were officially available.
Jimi Hendrix - Unforgettable Experience (VAR/FLAC)
(Various FLAC)
Jimi Hendrix - Various Locations
"Unforgetable Experience"
([No label] RAH 2469 / ftbfs: B039)
HPJ Vinyl Rip #20/20
01 - I Don't Live Today
02 - Hey Joe
03 - Purple Haze
04 - The Wind Cries Mary
05 - Foxy Lady
06 - Red House
07 - Hear My Train A-Comin'
Track 1
Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles 26.04.69
Tracks 2, 3
"Beat Club", Marquee Club, London 02.03.67
Tracks 4, 5
"Popside", Radiohuset, Stockholm 24.05.67
Tracks 6, 7
Royal Albert Hall, London 24.02.69
SQ varies throughout the series. All are completely listenable, and have nice warm tones from vinyl that you just don't get with full digital transfer. I have a hard time putting a grade on music, your input is most welcomed. They are full of hiss and pops, just like vinyl should I will be uploading this series in it's entirety.
Jim Croce - The Final Tour 1973 (FM/FLAC)
(FM broadcast FLAC)
Jim Croce - Jim Croce Live: The Final Tour
Label: Zillion 2610912
Released: 1989
Jim Croce - vocals, guitar
Maury Muehleisen - guitar, vocals
01 Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
02 Roller Derby Queen Monologue
03 Roller Derby Queen
04 Next Time, This Time
05 Trucker Monologue
06 Speedball Tucker
07 New York's Not My Home
08 Hard Time Losin' Man
09 Ball Of Kirriemuir Monologue
10 Ball Of Kirriemuir
11 You Don't Mess Around With Jim
12 It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
13 Careful Man Monologue
14 Careful Man
15 Shopping For Clothes
16 These Dreams
Recorded on the 1973 tour, the album features in-concert performances of some of Croce's biggest hits, peppered with stories and banter between songs, adding the inspiration for some of them. Two other songs, "Ball of Kerrymuir" and "Shopping for Clothes," were never released on Croce's studio albums.
John Lennon - Clock (STU/FLAC)
(Studio FLAC)
John Lennon
Clock
September 1971
Recorded at the St Regis Hotel, NYC
Publisher: Really Italian
Reference :Sky 101
01. Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) (Lennon)
02. Honey Don't (Perkins)
03. Glad All Over (Schroeder/Tepper/Bennett)
04. Lend Me Your Comb (Twomey/Wise/Weisman)
05. New York City (Lennon)
06. Wake Up Little Susie (Everly/Everly)
07. You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care) (Leiber/Stoller)
08. Vacation Just Began (unknown)
09. Peggy Sue Got Married (Holly)
10. Peggy Sue (Holly/Allison/Petty)
Recorded at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City in June of 1971,this is John just jamming on his acoustic guitar.Most of the tracks that John grew up with in the 1950's appear on this CD including many of John's favorite songs by Buddy Holly.The track list above is according to the songs that are listed on the album cover,however a few more tracks are interspread in the album which don't appear on the album track list,especially at the end of the CD.My CD tracks at 14 actual songs.Included in this track list would be a short Duane Eddy take at the begining of the disc.There is a take of Buddy Holly's Heartbeat,Also at the end,after Peggy Sue,John sings Maybe Baby (an excellent acoustic version),Mailman bring me no more blues (although Yoko is heard on the phone over this track),Rave On (another excellent Buddy Holly cover version,and the CD ends with a little instrument number with John saying,"when I count to three we just get up and run out".At that point the CD ends.The so!ng New York City is listed in the track listing,but I've listened to this cd a number of times and I don't hear New York City on track 5,it just sounds like a bit of guitar tuning before he goes into Wake up Little Susie to me.The sound on this CD is excellent and there are a few songs presented here that are the only known versions ever recoreded by John.This Cd can in my opinion be viewed as John's Rock n' Roll album circa 1971.It is obvious that when out of the spotlight he always reverted back to the Rock n' Roll songs of his youth.I enjoy this CD very much,and rate it a 9 because the sound is excellent and the selection of songs is also excellent.This is a very enjoyable John Lennon CD,and I would recommend it to anyone interested in hearing John doing acoustic versions of the roots of Rock n' Roll.
Review by: TraceElement On 10 Jun 2002 at 12:05 CET
Not the most significant insight into JOHN's work, or filled with unrecorded demos, etc. BUT, the great thing about this recording, is first of all, it is very clean. The overall feel, is that you and John are hanging out together in his living room. It's evening, and you and John just shared a spliff, altho Yoko took a couple of hits. John pulls out his guitar, and starts to fool around, playing different songs, just for you and him. Yoko is by, and for the most part, is just quite. The phone rings, and the casual vibe is just reinforced by this, not interrupted. This is a very intimate slice of life recording. A "LET IT BE" for a solo John, without the fights.Fun to listen to, and you are NOT going to hear these songs on a million other bootlegs. If you feel like stopping by to visit JOHN, and listen to him share with you his love of old rock and roll, on acoustic guitar, go for it. All i am saying, is give "CLOCK" a chance.
Review by: shoegazer On 20 Jun 2003 at 20:48 CET
"Clock" is allegedly the soundtrack of a film which John and Yoko shot during a stay at the St. Regis Hotel in '71. They hadn't yet moved into the West Village. I seem to remember reading that, visually, the film consists mainly of a clock, like a Warhol film, with John and Yoko off screen. It would be nice to think there was a Pennebaker-style film out there of this stuff with shots of John playing guitar, while Yoko answers the phone.There's at least two instances on the cd where John answers the phone in a put-on voice. "Que pasa?? Whosis please, que pasa?" Some black and white footage surfaced back in '99, sold to a couple of collectors by Tony Cox, with John sporting a shaved head. Stills lifted from that footage show John in bed, playing a guitar, and Yoko beside him, perhaps on the phone. Maybe this is "Clock", however, the shaved head leads one to believe the footage may date back to 1970, around the time of "Instant Karma". Anyway, "Clock" is a great cd. I keep collecting Lennon boots hoping they'll all be like this one. Excellent sound quality, stripped down, a guy and a guitar, Lennon unplugged, spontaneous, personal, full takes of songs, with John remembering all the words. Like being in the room with the guy.