Monday, January 10, 2011

GH - 1974-12-15 - Uniondale NY

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Dr. Forrester said...

George Harrison And Friends Live at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY 1974-12-15 Evening Show master AUD (first time in circulation) A GREAT PERFORMANCE!

Many Many Thanks to my Aussie mate edeledeledel for help in positively identifying this as the evening show! This is one of the best performances from Harrison's 1974 tour. He's in a great mood, the audience seems to love it, and the music shines.

Finding it was another matter. It took half a dozen phone calls and several missed connections. Every time he said "You know, I keep meaning to look for it..." After a while I didn't hold out any hope, but one day there he was on our doorstep, with apologies and a cassette in hand. He didn't even want it back, he just wanted a CD copy. He took the copy, and vanished several weeks later after leaving a message about "taking another job in Tahiti" and "wanting to staying in touch".

And there you go. Live music comes from the strangest places!

This tape was located last week when searching for other items. A fresh transfer was made, which I think sounds pretty good considering the years. Listen to the mp3 samples before downloading. The taper shut the deck off between tracks, making a loud popping noise at the end of each song. These have been removed, and the applause has been faded between tracks as necessary.

Apparently, this is the most complete rendition of the Indian music section of this tour to date. The taper also turned the deck on and off during that portion of the show. What's also interesting is that Ravi Shankar suffered a mild heart attack and missed some shows during this time period (did I send thank-you's Down Under?) and that Harrison's band is playing along to fill in.

I did try to make sense of the tracks through the cuts in the tape, but I came up short. I made the track breaks during this part of the show as best I could - if the music had some continuity I kept it together in one track. It's possible that the cuts are in the wrong places. If so, please provide corrections and we'll title the pieces as being in seperate parts.

Here's the setlist:

CD 1

Hari's On Tour (Express)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Something
Will It Go Round In Circles?(Preston)
Sue Me Sue You Blues
Indian Music Part One (?ZoomZoomZoom?)
Indian Music Part Two
Indian Music Part Three
For You Blue
Band Intros
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

CD2

Soundstage Of Mind
In My Life
Tom Cat (Tom Scott)
Dark Horse
Intro of Billy Preston/Nothing From Nothing
Outta Space
What Is Life?
My Sweet Lord

Harrison also played "Maya Love" between "Tom Cat" and "Dark Horse", but it was not recorded.

Lineage: Memorex 90 minute MRX2 oxide (Normal bias tape) ->Sound Forge ->Boost left channel 8db both sides ->Light NR from "dead space" (recorded area between pops between tracks).

Enjoy!

A DoinkerTape

January 10, 2011 at 12:39 PM

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