Monday, August 22, 2011

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

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  1. Artist - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

    Date - 1971/08/21

    Venue - Transit Auditorium, Chicago, IL USA

    vg to vg+ audience recording

    I reworked this by fixing the incorrect song order.
    The sequence of the tracks SHOULD now be correct.
    This was first upped ~ 7/29/2008.

    Setlist & Fingerprints-

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

    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 have been assured that this is the ENTIRE concert.

    CD 1 : 7 tracks, 55:15
    CD 2 : 5 tracks, 34:42
    TT : 89:57

    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. The show is
    basically 90 minutes long. When I saw ELP play at the Civic Arena
    in Pittsburgh, PA on August 12, 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 pops and
    crackles in certain areas. This did not strike me as wide-spread.
    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.

    jojogunne 1/23/2010

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