Cream- BBC 1966

 

Set List:

1. Cat Squirrel
2. Traintime
3. Lawdy Mama
4. Im So Glad
5. NSU?
6. Steppin Out
7. Big Mama Blues
8. Sleepy Time
9. Crossroads

ENJOY!!

Cream

 

La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela & Friends- “NYC 1963”

 

Good thing I checked this tape twice. A modest “Faust Live 1990” tape yields one of my favorite uploads to date just tacked on at the end. The J-Card doesn’t offer very much info except for a list of personnel and a vague physical and temporal location. Though the tape says “NYC 1963”, this tape is actually a compilation of La Monte Young pieces from a German radio broadcast. This broadcast has been dubbed to a tape that has been circulating for 30+ years, that tape has been pressed as an unofficial vinyl release that goes for a few hundred dollars- but the sounds contained herein are too important to be hidden away by time or money.

ENJOY!!

La Monte Young

Set List

1. 12 1 64 Sunday Morning Blues
   1. Angus Maclise
   2. Tony Conrad
   3. La Monte Young
   4. John Cale
   5. Marian Zazeela
2. B♭ Dorian Blues Saturday 19th November 1963  5th Day Of The Hammer
   1. Angus Maclise
   2. Tony Conrad
   3. La Monte Young
   4. John Cale
   5. Marian Zazeela
3. 19 X 71 6:52 To 7:42 NYC From Map Of 49’s Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery
   1. Lee Konitz
   2. Jon Hassell
   3. David Rosenboom
   4. Marian Zazeela
   5. La Monte Young

The Byrds- Stockholm- 1967

Nothing much to talk about here. The Byrds play a tight set of hits with brief intros before each song.

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Byrds

Echo & the Bunnymen- Nakano Sun Hall, Tokyo- 1/17/84

 

If you were to ask me for a recording of a band, taken at the perfect time in their career, I might hand you this very tape. This takes place about a year after their third, critically acclaimed, studio album Porcupine– just months before the release of Ocean Rain.The quality of the recording is super clear and all the instruments inhabit their own sonic notches. Serious props to the sound-guy and bootlegger.

Set List:

• Over the Wall
• Back of Love
• Stars Are Stars
• Killing Moon
• All that Jazz
• The Cutter
• Never Stop
• Thorn of Crowns
• Crocodiles
• Zimbo
• Do it Clean

ENJOY!!

Echo and the Bunnymen

 

Tangerine Dream- Palace Des Arts, Montreal- 4/10/77

 

When Tangerine Dream shows up, you know they’re about to do the damn thing. In 1977 their live shows were full sensory explorations with; light shows, lasers and projections set to the music of some of the more epic synth squads out at that time. The set opens with a wash of modular synth noise leading into Cherokee Lane. From there the performance chugs along in the Tangerine Dream style- not letting up till the last note is triggered on the last step of a sequencer.

 

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Tangerine Dream

 

Rick’s Bedroom Tapes- 1981/1982

 

 

The more vague and unassuming a tape looks, the higher the probability of me grabbing it. Imagine how fast I snatched a tape that only had the words “Rick’s Bedroom Tapes 81/82” scrawled across the spine. Judging from the synth sounds and overall style, I’ll venture to guess this tape is the home demos of Rick Wakeman. The content is varied and interesting- You’ll hear funkified faux world music, HI- NRG electro, proggy sultry slow jams and even some pitched down vomiting.

If there are any Rick Wakeman fans out there that can lend any info regarding the sounds contained herein, that would be greatly appreciated.

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Rick’s Bedroom

 

Amon Düül II- Florence- 10/4/72

 

“The Duul” really gives the crowd their moneys worth. In this set they play; almost the full Side A of Yeti , all the best tracks off Wolf City and the whole damn Side A of Tanz der Lemminge. As if that wasn’t enough, they come back for an encore and do a beautiful performance of All the Years Round.

 

Set list:

• Soap Shop Rock
• Surrounded by Stars
• Syntelman’s March of the Roaring 70’s
  • In the Glass Garden
  • Pull Down Your Mask
  • Prayer to the Silence
  • Telephonecomplex
• Eye Shaking King
• Green Bubble Raincoated Man
• All the Years Round

 

ENJOY!!

Amon Duul

 

Terry Riley- San Francisco, CA- 6/24/85

 

 

Terry Riley is a master composer and performer, best known for his piece In C. This audience recording showcases Mr. Riley’s otherworldly improv skills. Stylistically, the performance falls somewhere between A Rainbow in Curved Air and Shri Camel. The opening is calm and lays out the pallet of notes and themes. From here, he slowly elevates the intensity and elaborates on the theme. When the intensity reaches a fever-pitch and the theme can no longer be recognized, he eases off the gas and brings back the opening riff. Try to imagine that you’re sitting in a clearing of a giant primordial forest, with no sign of civilization and no clear path home. You don’t really mind because Terry Riley appears without you noticing and begins playing an enormous organ- the sound source of which is unidentifiable but you are certain its all of the trees around you. The few coughs you hear are probably some of the local animals ripping dabs- pay them no mind, they’re just trying to vibe out.

 

ENJOY!!

Terry Riley

 

 

Michel Magne & Didier Malherbe- Rennes, France- 12/6/78

 

Michel Magne was the king of french cinematic film music during the 60’s. In addition to soundtracks he also released some studio albums- namely his releases on the Egg record label (Check out Elements Nº 1 “La Terre” and Éléments Nº 2 “L’Eau” ). Didier Malherbe is best known for his work with the band Gong and can shred just about any wind instrument you put in his line of sight. The duo teams up with Malherbe’s other project BLOOM to create some top notch cosmic jazz.

 

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Magne & Malherbe

 

Hawkwind- Kinetic Playground, Birmingham- 12/2/71

What was Hawkwind up to in 1971? We can safely say they were being awesome- no doubt about that. At the time of this recording, they had just released In Search of Space and were playing tons of shows in support of it. The group had an all star cast (pun intended) for this show; Dave Brock, Twink (filling in for Terry Ollis), Nik Turner, DikMik, Lemmy Kilmister and Del Dettmar.

Strap in, space out and get ready for a solid example of an incredible live band at the height of their highness.

Setlist:

1. Intro/You shouldn’t do that
2. The Awakening
3. You’re only dreaming
4. Starfarrer’s Dispatch
5. Master of the universe
6. Paranoia
7. Earth Calling
8. Silver Machine
9. Welcome to the future
10. Improvisation
11. Born to go
12. Jam

 

ENJOY!!

Hawkwind