Soul Salsa Soul

Living for the City Jam
Rainbow Theater, London UK 02/02/1974
Stevie Wonder

Living For The City Jam

2020/10/23 New York, NY

Twist

01 - Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

The three songs on this disk originate from a reel-to-reel demo tape, which was found in 2003 at a flea market in the USA. Apparently, the buyer had no idea about the rarity of the tape and offered it for sale at an auction. Starting price was $9.99 and the tape was finally sold for $16.05 to the only collector noticing the item and knowing what it was about - if only the actual contents of the tape matched the label placed on the outside of the box. Luckily it did, and despite the age of the recording, and the first part of the tape being in a mess, it was generally found to be in good shape. 

Probably, this is a first generation copy of a master tape from a session at the Warner Bros. demo studio for songwriters. Whoever the engineer, he does not seem to have had one of his better days. Especially the bass seems in places somewhat distorted, and at one point on "You Got the Power" the speed gets a little uneven. The label on the outside of the box lists the three tracks and appears to have been printed for a 45 rpm record. However, this is a bit of a mystery. The recordings on this tape were clearly not intended for a release, and even if a few copies were pressed and handed out to artists interested in recording one of the songs, it seems unlikely that you could fit 14 minutes of music on one 7 inch 45 rpm record. 12 inch 45 rpm records were not available at the time.

Concerning the time of the recording, it seems likely that these tracks with a small band of bass, drums, piano and organ accompanying Morrison have been recorded in late 1970, possibly 1971. The label bearing the mark of Warner Bros. sets the date to be after Morrion's signing of a contract with Warner Bros. during the early summer of 1968. The sounds seems gospel-influenced, which suggests the time of the session to have been around the recording of "His Band And The Street Choir" during the fall of 1970. Furthermore, the rather rhythmic piano in my ears tends to sound like Alan Hand (who joined Morrion's band not long before recording "His Band And The Street Choir") , and John Klingberg seems to be the most likely guess at the bass player with a heavy rock feel. This makes Dahaud Shaar the most likely drummer - thereby suggesting the entire combo as part of the band from that album. The lack of a guitar player on the recordings makes it even more obvious that it should be this band. Morrisons's guitar player at the time, John Platania, is known to have had a falling out with him for a short period in the Autumn of 1970 (and even if he does appear on "His Band And the Street Choir", he was not present for the photo session for the cover of the album). The missing guitar could also indicate that it might be Morrison himself playing the piano, but it does not seem likely. 

All three tracks on this CD were previously unavailable. All three songs are written by Van Morrison. A later recording of "You Got the Power" was released as the b-side of a Van Morrison single ("Jackie Wilson Said") in 1972 and an acoustic version of "Bit By Bit" can be found on several bootlegs. Interestingly, country & rock singer Roy Head around 1971 released his versions of both "You Got the Power" and "Bit By Bit" - probably after hearing the demo versions on this very tape. "Coming Down To Joy" is the real gem of this 1970 demo session. The title has never been mentioned anywhere - and no recording of this Van Morrison song has ever surfaced until now. In fact, Morrison does not even seem to have had this song registered for copyright.

Demo Session - San Francisco, USA

Bit By Bit

Stevie Wonder - keyboards, harmonica & vocals
Wonderlove:
Ollie Brown – drums
Michael Sembello – guitar, percussion & synthesizer
Reggie McBride - bass
Deniece Williams – vocals & percussion
Lani Groves – vocals & percussion
Shirley Brewer – vocals & percussion

2001 bootleg CD "Funkafied Rainbow" on the Big 'Fro label, according to spectral analysis sourced from an indeterminate off-air FM capture;
repaired by zootype in 2016 and further repaired, declipped and retracked -- with correct date verified and the missing final two seconds of Contusion restored & remastered from the German WDR-TV "Musikladen" session recorded in Bremen, Germany on 1.23.1974 -- by EN, May 2020

specs from the May 2016 reseed by zootype:
retracked with some repairs
88:18 minutes

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder, live

Bob Marley & The Wailers
July 12, 1980
Deeside Leisure Center
Queensferry, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom

"Band lineup
    * Bob Marley, vocals, rhythm guitar
    * Aston Barrett, bass
    * Carlton Barrett, drums
    * Al Anderson, lead guitar
    * Junior Marvin, lead guitar
    * Earl Lindo, organ, clavinet
    * Tyrone Downie, keyboards
    * Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, percussion
    * The I-Threes, backing vocals

1980-07-12 SBD remaster Deeside, Wales, UK

Positive Vibration

Led Zeppelin 
February 28, 1975
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Rampaging Cajun, 3cd by Empress Valley (#EVSD-534/535/536)
source: soundboard recording
lineage: my silver > EAC > Flac (level 8 )

No Quarter - Led Zepplin

Curtis Mayfield
Paard van Troje
The Hague, The Netherlands
May 25, 1990
Soundboard. 78:44, A+

Additional editing (plaz):
- smoothed Nyquist frequncies (-1dB)
- trimmed opening silence and sb aligned

The band:
Curtis Mayfield - vocals, guitar
Bolsh Amato - keyboards
Randy Keiths Brown - bass
Lee Goodness - drums
Louise Stephernelle - percussion

Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield

The Meters with the JB Horns
1991-12-xx
Tramps, NYC

Bass - George Porter Jr.
Guitar - Leo Nocentelli
Drums - David Russell Batiste Jr.
Keyboards - David Torkanowsky

The JB Horns
Saxophone - Maceo Parker
Trombone - Fred Wesley
Trumpet - Pee Wee Ellis

source: dsbd
from the Jerry Moore collection
transfer/seed by Rob Berger 2011-01-02

Hey Pockey Way

Billy Strings
Rooftop and Pier 17
NY, NY June 29, 2022
Special Guest:  Trey Anastasio

2022/06/29 New York, NY

Gotta Jibboo

Live at The Rooftop at Pier 17
NY, NY
June 29, 2022
Special Guest:  Trey Anastasio, Phish

All Fall Down - Billy Strings Live Summer Tour 2022

I'm Amazed - My Morning Jacket

Move On Up - My Morning Jacket

MMJ - Rock and Roll (Velvet Underground)

Set I

01. Festival
02. Twilight Time
03. Walkin Blues
04. Blackbird
05. Artificial Flowers
06. Alone
07. Looks Like Rain
08. Heaven Help the Fool

Set II

09. Youngblood
10. Fever
11. When I Paint My Masterpiece
12. Victim or the Crime
13. Easy to Slip > bass solo
14. Throwin Stones
-encore
15. Misty

Filler: Kauai, Hawaii, 1/12/90 w/Taj Mahal

01. The Four Mills Brothers
02. Youngblood

Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman.  Easy to Slip 1/10/90 Wailuku, Maui

SBD recording of a very memorable night at the War Memorial on Maui.

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