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JOHN MAYALL
New York 1976 [no label, 1CD]
Live at The Bottom Line, New York, NYC; October 2, 1976 (early show). Very good to excellent FM broadcast.
There is a very nice groove flowing through that makes for an entertaining show.
Thanks to kneesfudd for sharing the tracks at Dime.
kneesfudd noted:
After Banquet In Blues release and two months before Lots Of People was recorded.
Warts: Very slightly muffled and/or compressed signal. Occasional light reception pops - mostly repaired. Track #7 cuts (presumed tapeflip). Track #8 starts late and has some reception issues/channel clipping and loses stereo imaging on and off.
Taper didn’t label date, only artist/location. Correct date info courtesy of an astoundingly informative source, DIMER gv0000. Final evening (a Saturday) of multiple night stand at The Bottom Line - Thurs Sept 30 ’til Sat Oct 2, 1976. The Rhinestones opened both Early and Late Shows each night. I don’t know if they were broadcast or taped. Similar, but slightly smaller band than the “Lots Of People” album, recorded on 1976-11-24 at The Roxy in Los Angeles. Mayall returned to The Bottom Line in July 1977 with a completely different band & twas a KBFH broadcast. THIS AIN’T THAT!
Recording Information:
WNYU-FM stereo broadcast > unknown equipment/stereo reel-to-reel recorder > off-air master reel > 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.
Remastered without EQ
Playback 2013-12-26: 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnetized > Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) > computer > Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, single averaged +.7 speed fix, NO equalisation) > CD Wave (track splits) > flacs (Trader’s Little Helper)
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Track 01. Long Time Blues 7:16 (12.2MB)
Track 02. 1974 Gasoline Blues 5:40 (9.5MB)
Track 03. Later On 6:21 (10.7MB)
Track 04. The Boy Most Likely To Succeed 6:49 (11.4MB)
Track 05. All Your Love 5:38 (9.5MB)
Track 06. Room To Move 7:17 (12.2MB)
Track 07. Stormy Monday 1:32 (2.6MB)
Track 08. Old Time Blues 4:00 (6.7MB)
45 mins
Lineup:
John Mayall - electric guitar, harmonica, vocals, piano (?)
Gary Rowles - electric guitar
Larry Taylor - fretless electric bass
Jay Spell - piano, Minimoog synthesizer
Red Holloway - tenor saxophone
Frank Wilson - drums
Warren Bryant - percussion, congas
Patty Smith and Pepper Watkins - background vocals
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