Friday, December 24, 2010

ELP - 1971-08-21 - Transit Auditorium, Chicago, IL

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Dr. Forrester said...

Artist - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Date - 1971/08/21

Venue - Transit Auditorium, Chicago, IL USA

Setlist & Fingerprints-

Track 01 - The Barbarian
Track 02 - Knife Edge
Track 03 - Tarkus
Track 04 - A Time And A Place
Track 05 - Take A Pebble
Track 06 - Guitar solo
Track 07 - Piano solo
Track 08 - Tiger In The Spotlight
Track 09 - Take A Pebble reprise
Track 10 - Rondo '69
Track 11 - Drum solo
Track 12 - Rondo '69 reprise

Lineage -

Unknown recording gear > bootleg vinyl record(s) ??? >
TDK D90 90 min. normal bias cassette tape, alleged 3rd gen. >
JVC TD-W505 stereo double cassette deck >
Aiwa XC-RW700 CD/CD recorder (tracked songs here) >
Memorex Cool Colors 80 min. music CD-Rs >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (wav files onto HD here) >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (retracked and edited wav files here) >
Trader's Little Helper (encoded level 8 with FlacFrontend
and aligned on sector boundaries)

Quality -

7-8/10 (very good to very good plus, IMHO as always)
I strongly believe that this is the ENTIRE concert.
I could be wrong.....

CD 1 : 4 tracks, 45:10
CD 2 : 8 tracks, 44:46
TT : 89:56

I was not at this show and I did not record it, so this will be
relatively short and sweet. I got this show in a trade at least
15 years ago if not earlier than that. My source did not know if
it was from bootleg vinyl, reel to reel tape or what. There are
MANY questions surrounding the origins of this recording. Perhaps
somebody in the Dime community can supply the answers. I surely
do NOT have them. As you can see, the show is basically 90 minutes
long. When I saw ELP play at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA on
August ??, 1972, this is about how long they played, I believe.
The SQ of this recording is very good, especially considering the
technology available at that time. There is a mild amount of hiss
present as well as a little bit of very occasional warble in some
piano and guitar parts. None of these is cause for undue alarm.
There is NO audience chatter present ; the audience was very
respectful of the band and each other. At the beginning of the
first track, a woman (?) says, "Jim"...that's about it ! When
listened to on headphones, the recording reveals a few vinyl pops
and crackles in certain areas. This did not strike me as wide-
spread. When searching the Internet for answers, I came across a
bootleg record called "Essential - Transit Auditorium, Chicago, IL
8/25/71". This is the wrong date and the record was only 73 minutes
long. The cassette that I own says "ELP Chicago 8/21/71". That's it.
The more questions I try to answer, the more questions I uncover.
Even the venue and date is uncertain. One thing that is certain is
that the performance is dynamic. Tarkus had just been released in
June 1971 and the band plays a number of cuts from the album to the
delight of the audience. It's truly a wonderful show. If I have
mistakenly misnamed any songs, please post corrections ; the only
one that I'm unsure of is Rondo '69.

That's about all that I have to say, so let's wrap this up.
No buy, no sell, no mp3. Please seed this as long as you can.
I will post a sample or two shortly for those of you still undecided
but I think you'll find that this is a really good-sounding tape
considering the time period and a welcome addition to any ELP fan's
collection. Well, thanks for reading this and Mr. Natural would like to add these few comments: have fun, don't freak out and by all means, enjoy the concert!!!

December 24, 2010 at 9:06 PM

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