Today's Bootleg Bonanza is a mix of shows from 1975, featuring The Grateful Dead, Thelonious Monk, and Led Zeppelin.
All have excellent sonics.
In 1975, the Grateful Dead took a hiatus from touring, which allowed them to record the album 'Blues for Allah' and prepare for a return to live performances. This period included a landmark, invitation-only concert at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall in August, where they debuted the album live for industry guests. The Dead returned to the public with a concert in Golden Gate Park on September 28, 1975, marking their first large public show in a year.
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| Lindley Meadow, September 28th 1975 |
CD1
01. Help On The Way>
02. Slipknot
03. The Music Never Stopped
04. They Love Each Other
05. Beat It On Down The Line
06. Franklin's Tower
07. Big River
08. It Must Have Been The Roses,
CD2
01. Truckin'>
02. The Eleven Jam>
03. Drums>
04. Stronger Than Dirt>
05. Not Fade Away>
06. Goin' Down The Road>
07. One More Saturday Night
02. Slipknot
03. The Music Never Stopped
04. They Love Each Other
05. Beat It On Down The Line
06. Franklin's Tower
07. Big River
08. It Must Have Been The Roses,
CD2
01. Truckin'>
02. The Eleven Jam>
03. Drums>
04. Stronger Than Dirt>
05. Not Fade Away>
06. Goin' Down The Road>
07. One More Saturday Night
Jerry Garcia - Guitar, Vocals
Keith Godchaux - Keyboards
Mickey Hart - Drums
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Phil Lesh - Bass, Vocals
Bob Weir - Guitar, Vocals
My husband Jerry and I were lucky enough to have seen this show.
01. Introduction by George Wein
02. I Mean You
03. Bolivar Blues
04. We See
05. Mysterioso
06. 'Round Midnight
Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Thelonious Monk - Piano
Paul Jeffrey - Tenor Saxophone
Larry Ridley - Bass
Thelonious Monk, Jr. - Drums
Speaking of shows, I saw with Jerry.
Led Zeppelin
"Keeper Of The Seasons"
February 12, 1975
Madison Square Garden, New York City
"Keeper Of The Seasons"
February 12, 1975
Madison Square Garden, New York City
CD 1
01. Rock and Roll
02. Sick Again
03. Over The Hills and Far Away
04. In My Time of Dying
05. The Song Remains The Same
06. The Rain Song
07. Kashmir
CD 2
01. No Quarter
02. Trampled Under Foot
03. Moby Dick (20:26)
CD 3
01. Dazed and Confused
02. Stairway To Heaven
03. Whole Lotta Love - Black Dog
04. Heartbreaker
"Percy" on vocals
"Jonsey" on bass
"Bonzo" on drums
For the freeload, what's your favorite album from 1975?
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ReplyDeleteBut more to the point (In no particular order)
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
Bowie - Young Americans
Agharta by Miles Davis
Bots - Van Kwaad Tot Erger
Kraftwerk - Radio-Aktivität
Lumps on ICP records
and the outstanding: Bob - Live
Dang, Babs. Lotsa possibilities here. Today, right now, it is Little Feat's The Last Record Album. It could easily be something else by this evening. So much music. Thanks Babs
ReplyDeleteThis evening it's One Size Fits All
DeleteThanks Babs
Bob Dylan - "Blood on the Tracks"
ReplyDeleteI will also mention, Joan Baez - "Diamonds and Rust", where the title track is all about Dylan and even Baez says it's the best song she ever wrote.
In no particular order:
ReplyDeleteJoni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
Miles Davis - Agharta
Duke Ellington - The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Steely Dan - Katy Lied
Muddy Waters - Woodstock Album
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah
Bearing in mind I was 16-17 and the year before had been smitten by the New York Dolls and that The Ramones were around the corner, I'd say Patti Smith's Horses--her version of Gloria remains everything and I got an A on a paper I wrote about at UT and she came to play in Austin and I got to meet her backstage (being a roadie for one of the openers and there she was) and being an insufferable 20 year-old white boy proceeded to try and tell her about it...oh the shame. Taught about that song for 40 years. She did not fuck much with the past and she fucked plenty with the future.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, in 1975 though Born to Run got a lotta play as did Blood on the Tracks and The Hissing of Summer Lawns, both of which I pretentiously told anyone who'd listen (or not listen) were brilliant, but mostly because I didn't want to seem like the callous youth I was. Also, my first Funkadelic (Take It to the Stage?) with 2 of the baddest ass minutes I'd ever hear. Didn't appreciate them at the time, but later 1975 albums from Guy Clark (Old No. 1), Waylon Jennings (Dreaming My Dreams), and Willie Nelson (Red Headed Stranger) had their moments.
sorry for the novella and thanks Babs--Monk is sublime.
'Horses' is in my top 3 for the year as well.
Delete'Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine' is still one of the great opening lines on a debut album ever.
1975: the year I turned 21, grew up (?) and got weirder:
ReplyDeleteAnthony Braxton - Trio & Duet
New Dalta Ahkri - Reflectativity
Oliver Lake - Heavy Spirits
Roscoe Mitchell - Quartet
Sam Rivers - Hues
The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album
Weather Report - Tale Spinnin'
Miles Davis - Pangaea & Agharta
McCoy Tyner - Trident....
Marion Brown - Vista
The aforementioned Born to Run, Koln Concert, Old No.1, Hissing of Summer Lawns, and Katy Lied, but also Bob Marley Live (and probably several more that I can't immediately identify as 1975 without going through my collection!)
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ReplyDeleteANON RF: Sticking to your request for One Album from 1975, I feel I have to land, boringly, on Wish You Were Here.
ReplyDeleteAlbum's I remember buying (as a 14 year old) - A C's Welcome to my nightmare / E J's Captain fantastic / Supertramp Crisis what crisis / AC DC High Voltage / P F Wish you were here & L Z Physical Graffiti.
ReplyDeleteIt's Bruuuuuuce. Say what you will about the man, Born To Run i an all killer no filler proposition.
ReplyDeleteExcellent selections everyone!
ReplyDeleteFor me, it is this 1975 masterpiece:
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ReplyDeleteBack in 1975 I would probably have said 'Born To Run' or 'Young Americans' but now, looking back, the 1975 releases remind me more of why anarchy broke out the following year. Certainly this side of the pond it wasn't the most inspiring of years for popular music and if you ask me now I would say that the first rumblings of the New Wave would take the prize in the form of Dr Feelgood's first two albums 'Down By The Jetty' and 'Malpractice' and Patti Smith's 'Horses' with The Feelgood's debut probably being my favourite.
ReplyDeleteThat said if Smith's first single "Hey Joe / Piss Factory" from the previous year had been included on her debut album that would of probably bested the Feelgood's for the 1975 crown for me even if that debut didn't include Smith's amazing cover of 'My Generation' which has featured on reissues.
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ReplyDeleteANON RF: Great choice!!
Delete1975 was the year that one of the greatest deep grooved slice of funk/soul was unleashed on the universe - The Meters and Fire on The Bayou. Also was the year that Allen Toussaint's Southern Nights appeared. Still listen to these regularly.
ReplyDelete🙇How could I have forgotten The Meters. More shame.
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1975 was Blues for Allah and Wind on the Water from Crosby & Nash & the Mighty, Mighty Jitters ...
ReplyDeleteTwo of my all-time favorite albums (John Fogerty self-titled, Marshall Tucker Band Searchin' For A Rainbow) and my favorite soundtrack (Rocky Horror Picture Show) were released in 1975, along with other loves Straight Shooter (Bad Co), Blood On The Tracks and Basement Tapes, Beautiful Loser (Bob Seger), Toys In The Attic (Aerosmith) and Floyd's Wish You Were Here.
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
ReplyDeleteFleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
ABBA - ABBA
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?
Camel - The Snow Goose
Zappa - One Size Fits All
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Others have mentioned the albums that have stuck with me most from 1975. I have a very distinct memory of that summer, however, when I was home from college in L.A. and spent a lot of time with a particular group of friends. We listened a *lot* to "David Live," "Soap Opera" by The Kinks, and "The Tubes" (their first album). I am not ashamed of those choices ;^)
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Good year. Air.Air Song. Don Pullen's Sackville solo. What others have mentioned. Southern Nights. Bonnie Bramlett. It's Time.
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