Today's freeload is a 12CD "boot" of John Coltrane live from 1960 through 1963. The 1960 gigs are with Miles Davis, and the 1961 gigs have Eric Dolpy guesting with John's quartet. Most of these recordings have been floating around for years, with varying sound quality.
In 2004 the "Wrong Note" label released this 12CD, that with all things considered, has very good to excellent audio.
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So without further ado, here's what we mathematicians commonly call "a shitload" of Trane.
For the freeload, what are some of your favorite bootlegs?
Had the Stones at Leeds in '71 & The Who at Fillmore East in '68 but they've been superceded by official releases. Another Stones one from '78 with a killer version of Miss You. Lately found an alt version of The Byrd's 5th D album with stringless John Riley & Wild Mountain Thyme and an extended What's Happening!?!? (one of my fave Crosby songs)
ReplyDeleteRoscoe Mitchell Quintet in Bruxelles, 1991. Two drummers, 2 bassists and Roscoe Mitchel circularbreathing through half the show, one big stream of hard-jazz . The bewildered Sophisticated Jazz exspectators left by the dozens.
ReplyDeleteBack in the mid 70s, there was a small record store in NO that only sold bootlegs, and all were vinyl. I bought a lot from that place before they were eventually shut down. Two that still stand out to me were a Rolling Stones live lp from their 73 tour and a Mingus live lp (with one of his larger ensembles). Both of them had great songs, but also had fantastic sound especially given that it was vinyl and probably originally recorded on the equivalent of a Radio Shack handheld tape recorder.
ReplyDelete1 Miles Davis : The Apollo, Glasgow - 18 November 1973
ReplyDelete2 John Zorn / James Blood Ulmer / Bobby Previte / Big John Patton : Saalfelden 1988
3 Harriet Tubman (trio) with Cassandra Wilson : Tomorrow Never Knows - Moers Festival 2016
How do I freeload ?
Delete1. Ask Freddie.
Delete2. Visit friends around dinner time.
3. Wait for the link to be posted.
What happened to Cassandra Wilson? She hasn't made a record since 2015. And she was posting "patriot" stuff on social media.
DeleteI have heard all kinds of things about an extremely difficult personality. One certain bass player I know related a story about, while in the studio, out of the blue, she went on a diatribe about conspiracy theories.
DeleteTime to collaborate with Van Morrison?
DeleteWith Clapton on guitar
Delete2 of my favorites are both by the Grateful Dead, 2/14/1968 & 12/6/1973. Another is the Stones in Brussels from 1973. Also the rooftop concert by The Beatles. Thanks Babs
ReplyDeleteNever understood why the Rooftop gig has yet to be officially released. I burned my copy from the Get Back video.
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In the late 60s I bought a bootlegged LP with what looks like hand-applied graphics in permanent-marker ink. The credits and track titles on the back of the sleeve are typed on address labels and the record is numbered Rarity RLP 1. The title is Sonny Boy Williamson - The Last Sessions 1962, and was recorded during his triumphant European tour in which he was feted and backed by The Animals and The Yardbirds and even sat in with Roland Kirk in Scandinavia. It was only a few months later, returning to the relative obscurity of Helena, Arkansas that he died, practically unknown in his own country.
ReplyDeleteFor my money, Sonny Boy was an utter master of time and space and blew his harp with a rhythmic confidence no other harmonica player has since matched.
Thanks for this welcome helping of Trane, Babs.
If you no longer have 'The Last Sessions 1962'. Here's the only version I have, which is @320kbps
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I saw Sonny Boy in late 1964 backed badly by Gary Farr & the T-Bones. This bootleg was probably recorded then
DeleteI have a zillion bootlegs, and sadly, I'm not sure what most of 'em sound like. Played them once and put them on the shelf. But of the handful that hit the turntable over and over, there's Piece de Resistance, Springsteen live at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic 0ctober 1978.
ReplyDeleteI collected a metric shit-ton of Trane boots in the later 70s, I think my favourites were "That Dynamic Jazz Duo" (w/Dolphy at the Half Note in 61, pretty raw sonics) and "Creation" (also from the Half Note, 1965).
ReplyDeleteA few immediately come to mind:
ReplyDelete1. The Sex Pistols "Spunk" recordings from 1978. They may be available now as a legit release, but at the time it was golden.
2. Elvis Presley "Elvis' Greatest Shit". From the late 70's/early 80,s, it collected some of his most appalling recordings primarily from his film soundtracks along with a reproduction of a prescription for the King from his infamous Dr. Nick. Once you hear it, you'll never forget it (though try as you might.)
3. "It's Zimmerman's World...We Just Live In It". A bootleg collection of some of the most obscure and generally awful garage band rip-offs of Dylan's mid 1960's sound, all recorded back in the day. I've seen this boot available in vinyl and CD and it is well worth it.
Springsteen - Live at the Bottom Line 8/15/75. Had to use the speed adjustment on my turntable to get the pitch right. The Yardbirds - Golden Eggs. Various Artists - The Secret Policeman's Other Ball.
ReplyDeleteBack in the day a lot of my friends collected "bootlegs" that were simply 8-track recordings of the vinyl releases of popular albums. No artwork, glued on typewritten labels, sold in stores specializing in smoking equipment.
Ah yes, I bought many of those 8 tracks in the day!
Delete-notBob
$1.99 and no returns, as I recall...
DeleteIn New York, they were sold at a discount chain called "John's Bargain Stores". The fidelity was pretty bad, even for an 8 track, which never sounded good to begin with.
Deleteyeah, but u knew what your 8 track wuz capable of. 70s car hi-fi wasn't quite what we now have...
ReplyDeleteBack in the heyday/early 70s:
ReplyDeleteThe Beatles - In Atlanta Whiskey Flat (Philly ’64)
Led Zeppelin - On Blueberry Hill
Jethro Tull - My God!
The Beatles - Renaissance Mintrals Vol.2
Neil Young - Live At The Los Angeles Music Center, February 1st, 1971
Rolling Stones, "Live'R Than You'll Ever Be. As I recall, it even got a review in Rolling Stone.
ReplyDeleteI've had some of my digitizations turned into "grey market" releases in Europe. On one of 'em...a Joe Walsh show....I was excited when the release came out, as I figured it was going to be better than my version. My vinyl wasn't terrible, but it wasn't mint, so there was surface noise.
I was chagrined when I played the CD and recognized the surface noise.
Stones, Brussels Affair 1973 tour
ReplyDeleteI've had that as: 'Bed Spring Symphony' and also 'Nasty Music', whatever it's called, it's my favorite live Stones recording official or bootleg.
DeleteThe trouble with kids today is they have no outlaw experience. They can visit the weed dispensary while steaming our favorite bootlegs on Spotify now that so many have been commercially released. When I was a lad we had to distress our own denim. And don't get me started on video games. We had Pong. And we liked it! [Curmudgeon/off]
ReplyDeleteAND, get off August's lawn!!!
DeleteAny Replacements 'live' tapes I could find
ReplyDeleteFor a very brief & amazing time, my mail box was the best record store in town
'Little Feat – Electrif Lycanthrope' comes to my mind...
ReplyDeleteAll the best for the new year!
huey
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I received a purple vinyl lp for my 14th birthday, it was Chuck Berry's Six Two Five and sounded excellent to my ears.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.discogs.com/release/5558640-Chuck-Berry-Six-Two-Five
I bought the Trademark of Quality "Albert Hall" 1966 concert. cost 4 quid in 1974
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