July 27, 2015

CAMEL - Utrecht - Tivoli Tivoli - Ronda, Utrecht, Netherlands 07/16/2015



Artist:  Camel
Title:  Utrecht - Tivoli
Date:     16 july 2015
Type:     Audience
Tour:  Summer Tour 2015
Location: Tivoli - Ronda, Utrecht, Netherlands
Rating:   A (rated by taper)
Catalog:  MVD-105

SOURCE:   Church ST-11 Cards - iRiver H340 (44.1 kHz) - HDD - FLAC
          Recorded by Symfan

=================================

Disc 1
01 Never Let Go
02 The White Rider
03 Song Within a Song
04 Uneven Song
05 Spirit Of The Water
06 Air Born
07 Lunar Sea
08 Another Night
09 Drafted
10 Ice

DISC 2
01 Mother Road
02 Hopeless Anger
03 Whispers in the Rain
04 - chatter
05 Lady Fantasy
06 After Words
07 Long Goodbyes

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TECHNICAL NOTES
Recorded live at Tivoli - Ronda, Utrecht, Netherlands
Recording spot: Balcony, a bit to the right
Date: 16 july 2015.
Recorded on iRiver H340 using Rockbox, r18339 build 080824.
Recording format: 44.1 Khz WAV
Microphones: Church ST-11 Cardiods
Sound treatment with Soundforge 10.0 / Adobe 2.0
Sound editing with xACT 2.24 and Soundforge
Flacs created with xACT 2.24 (level 7)
=========================

The Band
Andrew Latimer Ð Guitars, Vocals
Colin Bass Ð Bass, Vocals
Denis Clement - Drums
Ton Scherpenzeel Ð Keyboards
Jason Hart - Drums

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PREPARING THE RECORDING
I recorded this show standing on the balcony slightly to the right.
The first time I tried to record from above. It was a bit of a guess, but it turned out fine.
Sound is clean and clear. Slight chatter from the people to the left, but not during the songs.
I recorded this straight from the mic without the pre-amp, because itÕs not working properly.
So no bass roll off. Dynamics are still pretty good I think.
Tracks were slightly EQ-ed and volume was a bit corrected, but I kept the dynamics in tact.
I use no compression. After correction, tracks were split at sector boundaries.
Flacs are tagged for convenient playback on compatible systems.

ABOUT THE CONCERT
Camel did a short Summer Tour this year, being revived in 2013 after AndyÕs illness. This time
old material was prominent, with the album Moonmadness as the centre of the show. The last song is
dedicated to two ex Camel players, Chris Rainbow and Guy LeBlanc who died recently.
The ambience was fantastic, and the band was good. Some mistakes, most notable during Uneven Song.
The crowd cheered for over 7 minutes after the second encore, but they didnÕt come back for more.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/1efcq528uph1/Camel%20-%20Utrecht%2C%20NL%20-%2007-16-15.rar

CAMEL - The Bath Forum Bath, UK - 07/07/2015




CAMEL
The Bath Forum
Bath, UK
7th July 2015

Lineage:
Church Audio CA-14 cardioids > CA-9200 > Edirol R-09HR (@24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2 > CDWave > TLH

Recorded second row in line with (suspended) house right stack

Recording, transfer & artwork by boombox

01. Never Let Go
02. Lost And Found
03. The White Rider
04. Song Within A Song
05. Unevensong
06. Spirit Of The Water
07. Air Born
08. Lunar Sea
09. Another Night
10. Drafted
11. Ice
++++Suggested Disc Split++++
12. Echoes
13. Mother Road
14. Hopeless Anger
15. Whispers In The Rain
16. Encore Break
17. Lady Fantasy
18. Band Introduction
19. Long Goodbyes

CAMEL are:
Andy Latimer - guitar, flute, recorder, vocals
Colin Bass - bass, vocals
Denis Clement - drums, recorder
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards
Jason Hart - keyboards, acoustic guitar, backing vocals

boombox's notes july 2015:

These annual mini Camel tours are quickly becoming one of my highlights of every year since 2013. Unsurprisingly, these shows all pretty much sold out, but I got my ticket as soon as they were announced, so bagged the end of the second row in front of a stack, thinking it a great position to get nice and close to Andy et al, and hopefully where I could get a good recording and some photos and video. Unfortunately, the Forum staff were not the friendliest, pouncing on anyone they saw with a camera. This was a pity as they really did put on a full multi-media show, with excellent lights and some fine 70s-style projections, which would have been lovely to share. As for the setlist, it was a complete change from the previous two outings, with no Snow Goose at all (though St Alban's the previous night got some in a second encore). A much rockier set (Andy told me afterwards that they were trying to do a setlist better suited to the various festivals they are playing this summer) and tough to pick favourites, but special mention has to go to 'Ice', which got a trully well-deserved standing ovation and a fine, bittersweet, 'Long Goodbyes', which featured projections of Chris Rainbow and Guy Le Blanc, who we lost earlier this year. I've included a small folder of the few half decent pics I managed to snap as a memento for those there who weren't so lucky!

As for the recording, it's pretty good, I think, despite the PA being suspended quite high, so back in about row 10 might have been a better location. To compensate, I added a bit of a mid-range hump and took out some of the bass - when Denis hit the floor toms in the louder passages, it was
causing my chest to vibrate quite uncomfortably - it's a miracle my mics coped with it. I had to reduce the level of some of the whoops, hollers and clapping of my very enthusiastic neighbour and used just a tiny bit of compression to tame some of the peaks. As always, my 24 bit masters are available for anyone wanting to do a remaster/matrix project: just make sure it's shared here for all to benefit, please.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/6r6wvp44kq19/Camel%20-%20Bath%2C%20GB%20-%2007-07-15.rar

July 26, 2015

YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD - One More Night in New York City


Artist: Yellow Matter Custard

Album: One More Night in New York City

Released: 2011

Style: Rock

Format: MP3 320Kbps

Size: 154+143 Mb


CD1:
01 – Intro
02 – Back in the USSR
03 – I Got a Feeling
04 – And Your Bird Can Sing
05 – Day Tripper
06 – Getting Better
07 – Taxman
08 – It Won’t Be Long
09 – You Really Got a Hold on Me
10 – Lady Madonna
11 – We Can Work It Out
12 – I’m a Loser
13 – I Don’t Wana Spoil the Party
14 – Penny Lane
15 – The Fool on the Hill
16 – You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
17 – Things We Said Today
18 – If I Needed Someone
19 – It’s Only Love
20 – Too Many People
CD2:
01 – She’s a Woman
02 – The Word
03 – Any Time at All
04 – Paperback Writer
05 – Don’t Let Me Down
06 – I’m So Tired
07 – Savoy Truffle
08 – Glass Onion
09 – Yer Blues
10 – Helter Skelter
11 – Flying
12 – Because
13 – You Never Give Me Your Money
14 – Sun King
15 – Mean Mr. Mustard
16 – Her Majesty
17 – Polythene Pam
18 – She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
19 – Golden Slumbers
20 – Carry That Weight
21 – The End                           http://fp.io/f372935d/

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - State University Of New York Stony Brook, - 07/26/1970



Allman Brothers Band
1970-07-26
State University Of New York
Stony Brook, new york
Soundboard


01. Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
02. Stormy Monday
03. Elizabeth Reed
04. You Don't Love Me
05. Dreams I'll Never See > Mountain Jam >
06. Drums >
07. Mountain Jam
http://www.filefactory.com/file/2cyfeob1wxr1/26_Allmns%2007-26-1970%20LI%20%28SBD%29.rar

Includes a smokin' version of Stormy Mondy, an 11 min + In Memory of Elizabeth Reed and a 26+ min version of Mountain Jam.

JERRY GARCIA BAND - The Keystone Berkeley, CA - 07/23/1977


Jerry Garcia Band
1977-07-23
The Keystone
Berkeley, CA
Soundboard Recording


1st Set:
01. Tuning
02. Sugaree
03. Stop That Train
04. Mystery Train
05. Simple Twist Of Fate
06. The Way You Do The Things You Do

2nd Set:
01. Tuning
02. They Love Each Other
03. Sitting In Limbo
04. Tore Up Over You
05. My Sisters And Brothers
06. Stir It Up
07. Tangled Up In Blue
http://www.filefactory.com/file/7biy1fvja7n/JGB_-%20Keystone%20%2007-23-1977%20Berkeley%20CA%20%28SBD%29.rar

JERRY GARCIA BAND - The Keystone Berkeley, California 07/26/1981


Jerry Garcia Band
1981-07-26
The Keystone
Berkeley, California
Soundboard Recording


1st Set
01. The Way You Do The Things You Do
02. Catfish John
03. Tough Mama
04. Mississippi Moon
05. Don't Let Go >
06. Tangled Up In Blue

2nd Set
07. I'm a Road Runner
08. I Second That Emotion
09. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
10. Lonesome And A Long Way From Home >
11. Dear Prudence >
12. Midnight Moonlight


SBD>MAC>DAT>CD

From the Jjoops Tupperware of Treasures...

Restored by Jamie Waddell on the GEMS Edit Station

FIRST DIGITAL SOURCE IN CIRCULATION
http://www.filefactory.com/file/1gk5wemfjih7/JGB%2007-26-1981%20%28SBD%29.rar

PHISH - The Forum Inglewood, CA - July 25, 2015

PHISH
July 25, 2015
The Forum
Inglewood, CA

Set 1
Martian Monster
Down With Disease
Waiting All Night
Heavy Things
Axilla I
555
Limb By Limb
Ya Mar
Fuego
Walls Of The Cave
Set 2
No Men In No Man's Land >
Carini >
Tweezer >
My Friend, My Friend >
Roggae
Backwards Down The Number Line >
Slave To The Traffic Light
Encore
You Enjoy Myself

http://www.filefactory.com/file/5snw5glmg9xv/Phish_2015-07-25%20Inglewood%2C%20CA.zip

July 25, 2015

PHISH - SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - 07/24/2015


PHISH
SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
JUL
24
2015

SET ONE

The Line
7:30
The Moma Dance
8:27
Kill Devil Falls
11:08
Yarmouth Road
6:47
Undermind
7:28
Free
8:10
Reba
13:24
46 Days
7:25
SET TWO
Blaze On
14:58
Twist
16:45
Light
15:13
Joy
6:38
Harry Hood
16:11
Cavern
6:04
ENCORE
Character Zero
7:32
http://www.filefactory.com/file/6yjjvpe26teh/phish2015-07-24%20Mountain%20View%2C%20CA.zip

July 23, 2015

PHISH - Les Schwab Amphitheater Bend, OR - 07/22/2015


PHISH
July 22, 2015
Les Schwab Amphitheater
Bend, OR

Set 1
Stash
How Many People Are You?
Winterqueen
Heavy Rotation
Back on the Train Scabbard
Maze
Mercury
Possum
Set 2
A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing >
Waves >
Wingsuit
Farmhouse >
Simple
First Tube
Encore
Bathtub Gin

http://www.filefactory.com/file/47d1lwzv5osz/Phish_2015-07-22%20Bend%2C%20OR.zip

July 22, 2015

OZRIC TENTACLES - The Wetlands Preserve New York City, NY - 07/25/1993




Ozric Tentacles - 1993-07-25 - New York City (Soundboard)
Ozric Tentacles
July 25, 1993
The Wetlands Preserve
New York City, NY


103 minutes
Master SOUNDBOARD recording and photos  by Marc DeCarlo
 
CD1
101 Og-Ha-Be
102 O-I
103 White Rhino Tea
104 Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse) >
105 Sunscape (spliced)

CD2
201 The Throbbe > Space Jam
202 Vita Voom >
203 Jurassic Shift
204 Space Between Your Ears
205 Kick Muck (venue power cut off)

Ed Wynne - guitar & keyboards
John Egan - flute  & vocals
Zia Geelani - bass
Merv Pepler - drums
Joie Hinton - keyboards
Haggis - mixing board

http://fp.io/e1cbam75/

OZRIC TENTACLES - The Limelight New York City, NY - 04/19/1994





Ozric Tentacles - 1994-04-19 - New York City (Soundboard)
Ozric Tentacles
April 19, 1994
The Limelight
New York City, NY

Master soundboard recording taped by Marc DeCarlo


101 Og-Ha-Be
102 O-I
103 Erpland
104 White Rhino Tea
105 Vita Voom >
106 Jurassic Shift
107 Snakepit

201 Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse)
202 The Throbbe
203 Space Between Your Ears
204 Kick Muck
205 Ayurvedic

Ed Wynne - guitar & keyboards
John Egan - flute  & vocals
Zia Geelani - bass
Merv Pepler - drums
Joie Hinton - keyboards
Haggis - mixing board

The tape flip during Snakepit is patched with an alternate soundboard recording from the same show.

http://fp.io/cfm3ebmm/

DOPAPOD - Electric Forest, Rothbury, MI - 06/26/2015



 Dopapod
  Electric Forest, Rothbury, MI
 



Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
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1.
Nerds 06:12
2.
Bubble Brain 09:31
3.
Picture in Picture 14:54
4.
Trapper Keeper 10:06
5.
Onionhead 10:29
6.
New James 07:40
7.
Present Ghosts 09:02
about
6/26/15- Electric Forest, Rothbury MI

I: Nerds, Bubble Brain, Picture in Picture, Trapper Keeper, Onionhead > New James, Present Ghosts.

SOURCE INFO

Lineage: Midas PRO 2C (96k 24bit) > RPM Dynamics TB-248 > MacBook Pro > Waves Tracks Live > Cockos REAPER > FLAC >Bandcamp
credits
released 14 July 2015

Dopapod is:

Eli Winderman - Keys, Vocals
Rob Compa - Guitar, Vocals
Chuck Jones - Bass
Scotty Zwang - Drums, Vocals

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Luke Stratton.
Photo by Phierce Photo.

: electronic funk jazz rock Brooklyn
http://www.filefactory.com/file/71dk295f5t05/Dopapod%20-%202015%20-%2006-%2026%20Electric%20Forest-%20Rothbury-%20MI.zip

DOPAPOD - The Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO - 05/20/2015


 Dopapod
 2015-05-20 The Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO


1.
Vol. 3 #86 14:44
2.
French Bowling 11:51
3.
Grow 07:40
4.
Off the Cuff 09:04
5.
My Elephant vs. Your Elephant 13:18
6.
Cloud World 13:10
7.
Give it a Name 18:07
about
I: Vol. 3 #86 > French Bowling, Grow, Off The Cuff - > My Elephant Vs. Your Elephant, Cloud World*, Give It A Name > New James

*contained Ace of Spades (Motorhead) tease


SOURCE INFO

Lineage: Midas PRO 2C (96k 24bit) > RPM Dynamics TB-248 > MacBook Pro > Reaper (Mastering and tracking) > FLAC >Bandcamp
credits
released 15 July 2015

Dopapod is:

Eli Winderman - Keys, Vocals
Rob Compa - Guitar, Vocals
Chuck Jones - Bass
Scotty Zwang - Drums, Vocals

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Luke Stratton.
Photo by Detective Kimmel.
: electronic funk jazz rock Brooklyn
license
http://www.filefactory.com/file/4h61qzvyrayl/Dopapod%20-%202015-05-20%20The%20Old%20Rock%20House-%20St.%20Louis-%20MO.zip

PHISH - Les Schwab Amphitheater Bend, OR - 07/21/2015

PHISH
July 21, 2015
Les Schwab Amphitheater
Bend, OR

Set 1
Sample in a Jar
Sand
555
Rift
Halfway to the Moon
Horn >
Devotion To a Dream
Blaze On
Tube
Wolfman's Brother
Set 2
Ghost >
Birds of a Feather
Mike's Song >
The Wedge
Fuego >
Shade
No Men In No Man's Land
Weekapaug Groove >
Boogie On Reggae Woman >
Chalk Dust Torture
Encore
Theme From the Bottom

http://www.filefactory.com/file/5kvxhwja4325/ph721mp3.zip

July 20, 2015

YES - Glasgow - 11/07/1977


                                                                  YES Glasgow

Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Tracks:
Disk 1:
1.01 Parallels (7.12)
1.02 I've Seen All Good People (7.46)
1.03 Close To The Edge (tape joint in) (20.01)
1.04 Wonderous Stories (4.03)
1.05 Colours Of The Rainbow (1.18)
1.06 Turn Of The Century (8.15)
1.07 Tour Song (3.20)
1.08 And You And I (9.36)

Disk 2:
2.01 Going For The One (7.03)
2.02 Awaken (21.42)
2.03 Yours Is No Disgrace (15.06)
2.04 Roundabout (last few seconds cut, faded out) (8.04)

Lineage: audience -> TDK TAPE > PIONEER CT-656 -> Audacity -> CD > EAC >MKW compression

Good audiance recording, I believe that this is second or third gen.
I got it in a trade, I believe that the trader taped the show.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/77jo7y9ecnrn/yes1977-11-07_-%20Apollo%20Theatre%20-%20Glasgow.rar

LES CLAYPOOL'S Les Claypool's Rat Brigade & Ratdog Gathering Of The Vibes Fest Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT. June 24th 2000

Les Claypool's Rat Brigade & Ratdog
Gathering Of The Vibes Fest
Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT.
June 2000
Soundboard


Les Claypool's Rat Brigade   Disc 1
Bob Weir (Ratdog)                Disc 2,3

Disc 1
Set 1
1 taxman
2 tommy the cat                                
3 rapper's delight/another one bites the dust  
4 big brown beaver
5 skinny
6 The Awakening>The Shattering Song
7 tomorrow never knows*
8 Batman Jam*

Disk2
Set 1
1 bass Jam**>
2 Jack Straw>
3 Birdsong>
4 K.C. Moan
5 Friend Of The Devil
6 Odessa

Disk3
set 1 cont.
1 October's Queen>
2 Even So>
3 Other One> Spanish Jam***>Other One***>
4 Terrapin Station>
5 Corrina
Encore
6 Bass jam**>
7 Birdsong (Reprise)>
8 Saturday Night
*Bob Weir sat in with Les Claypool's Rat Brigade
**Wasserman and Les Claypool
*** Les Claypool sat in with Ratdog

http://www.filefactory.com/file/2v1n6wkxk64x/Les_Claypool%27s%20Rat%20Brigade%20%28Ratdog%29%20-%20062400%20Gathering%20Of%20The%20Vibes%20-%20Bridgeport%2C%20CT.rar


OYSTERHEAD - Bonnaroo 2006



OYSTERHEAD
Bonnaroo 2006 [ 2CD]
Live on What Stage, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN; June 16, 2006. Very good to excellent stereo soundboard?

There are some who feel that one of the memorable moments of Oysterhead’s 2006 Bonnaroo gig was, at the end of Pseudo Suicide, drummer Stuart Copeland exclaiming over what had been a very invigorating set: “Oh you people of Bonnaroo, you’re so beautiful… I want to take off my clothes… and come and dance among you!”

To call Oysterhead an alternative band doesn’t seem to quite hit it. It’s a supergroup all right, featuring bassist Les Claypool of Primus, guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish and drummer Stuart Copeland of The Police. Experimental punk/funk metal perhaps?

Steve Bekkala, reviewing the group’s one and only album (so far), The Grand Pecking Order, for the All Music Guide, noted: “Copeland in particular appears newly rejuvenated, playing with an inspired abandon unheard from him in years; his energetic drumming practically leaps out of the speakers right from the beginning of the first track onward… With only two tracks exceeding five minutes in length, the group never loses sight of instilling concise, catchy hooks into their tunes, whether it’s the bouncy funk of Mr. Oysterhead, the circular melodies of Owner Of The World, or the whimsical Birthday Boys.

Oysterhead are nothing but spacey and heady.

According to the wikipedia, the group was originally intended for a singular live performance at New Orleans Saenger Theatre on May 4, 2000. In 2001, Oysterhead officially reformed to record and release an album entitled The Grand Pecking Order, which featured nine new tracks in addition to four songs originally debuted in New Orleans. The release of this album was supported by a brief tour of North America, after which the members went their separate ways.

Until the 2006 Bonnaroo Music Festival.

Justin Ward of livemusicblog.com noted: “It was on my radar as the ‘must-see’ set at Bonnaroo 2006 and you better believe that if I was there at the festival, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world… Oysterhead rocked the main stage on Friday afternoon and surprised everyone with how well they could actually sound by the end of the set. Musically, there are some real moments of joy in the set…”

Probably, producer and recording engineer Rich Blatt, who also posted pictures of the gig on his website, summed it up best: “The Oysterhead show was amazing. Truth is that I couldn’t hum a single melody of any of the songs they played, nor could I repeat any of the lyrics. But, in this case, it doesn’t matter at all…

“This show was a tour de force (gawd do I sound like an ’80s rock journalist or what…?) of raw jamming talent. The story is that Oysterhead had not played together since 2001. There were a few end-of-song trainwrecks that were nicely and musically covered up, but for the most part the smooth interplay of their musicianship was something remarkable to witness…

“But overall, weird sh*t and all, it was great fun to watch. Certainly part of that was the fact that these three world-class talents were themselves clearly having more fun than should be allowed in this life.”

And it certainly shows.

Thanks to Lincoln Park Mark for sharing the tracks.

Cover art pictures by Rich Blatt, posted on the net. Thanks!

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Disc 1
Track 101. Little Faces (cuts in) (6.0MB)
Track 102. Oz is Ever Floating (9.7MB)
Track 103. Mr. Oysterhead (15.4MB)
Track 104. Army’s On Ecstasy (16.5MB)
Track 105. Radon Balloon (24.9MB)

Disc 2
Track 201. Jailhouse Rock (8.8MB)
Track 202. Shadow Of A Man (6.8MB)
Track 203. Birthday Boys (8.0MB)
Track 204. Polka Dot Rose (12.3MB)
Track 205. Pseudo Suicide (17.3MB)
Track 206. Owner Of The World (7.6MB)

Lineup:
Trey Anastasio - guitar
Les Claypool - bass
Stuart Copeland - drums


http://fp.io/2ddbea32/

DEODATO – HAPPY HOUR + MOTION (1982+1984)




DEODATO – HAPPY HOUR + MOTION (1982+1984)



musicians
Eumir Deodato – keyboards, acoustic piano, percussion
Gary Grainger – bass
Neil Jason – bass
Jerry Barnes – bass, background vocals
Steven Daniels – drums
Bob Malach – tenor sax
John Tucker – drums
John Sassewell – drums
Wyatt Staton – guitar
Nelson Rangell – alto sax
Dave Brown – guitar
George Parrish, Jr. – guitar
Cliff Adams – trombone
Michael Ray – trumpet
Steve Greenfield – alto sax
Many Boyd – tenor sax
Kelly Barretto – lead vocals, background vocals
Eban Kelly – lead vocals
Candi Station – lead vocals
Camille – lead and background vocals
Katreese Barnes – background vocals
Allison Bragdon – background vocals
Cynthia Higgins – background vocals
Joan Motley – background vocals

http://fp.io/a8ma623m/

DEODATO / PRELUDE - 1972



http://fp.io/5mba3c65/

LES DUDEK - Dudek, Finnigan, Kreuger Band: LIVE @ Palladium NY, NY - 07/18/1978


Dudek, Finnigan, Kreuger Band
07-18-78
Palladium
NY, NY
WPIX FM Rebroadcast later that night

_________________________________________________________________________

Source & Lineage: Not sure of the exact source or lineage or number of generations but it was probably taped off fm via cassette and then transferred to cdr.  WPIX was a NYC fm station owned by the Tribune Corp. at the time.  It was always changing formats but had a rock format at this time in 1978.

Its sister tv station, WPIX Channel 11, would broadcast the "Yule Log" around Christmas.  For those not familiar, this was a picture of a working fireplace that would be broadcast without change if I recall for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with Christmas music playing in the background.  Of course, there was no cable, my black & white tv received only 7 channels with a rabbit eared antenna, and by midnight or so, all the programming you had were test patterns!  The good old days? Maybe.

To get the complete show, I had to use a separate source for tracks 205 - 208.  I don't think this source is as good as the main source but it's not bad.  I fixed a couple of dropouts on 206 & 207 that came out fairly well, did some other minor edits, and then normalized the volume, all on Cool Edit.  I then did some re-tracking via CD Wav and converted to flac using level 8 and then ran the files through shntool and fixed two sbe's.

Disc 1:

         101. WPIX intro
         102. Don't Call Me Chief
         103. City Magic
         104. That's Wrong
         105. We Just Disagree
         106. Gonna Move
         107. Just One Minute More
         108. How Long Has It Been?
         109. Does Anybody Care?
         110. Expressway To Your Heart
         111. Run For Cover


Disc 2:

       201. Ghost Town Parade
       202. How Wrong Can You Be?
       203. Trinidad
       204. Sailfish
       205. Old Judge Jones
       206. Falling Out
       207. Friend Of Mine
       208. Central Park
       209. WPIX outro

Notes: Some songs from Jim Kreuger's 1978 album Sweet Salvation, Mike Finnigan's 1978 album Black & White, and Les Dudek's 1978 album Ghost Town Parade.  These 3 guys plus the rest of the band were excellent musicians.  I don't think I ever saw Les live but I did see Finnigan and Kreuger as part of Dave Mason's band around 1974 and they were outstanding.

Band Members:

Les Dudek - Guitar
Mike Finnigan - Keyboards
Max Gronenthal - Keyboards
Michael Hossack - Drums
Jim Krueger - Guitar
Bill Meeker - Drums
Trey Thompson - Bass


AMG Notes by Craig Harris:

Brought together by CBS, Dudek, Finnigan, Krueger, or the DFK Band, was one of those projects that seem inspired on paper but just don't work out commercially.

Guitarist/vocalist Jim Krueger and keyboardist/vocalist Mike Finnigan, who met in the Dave Mason Band, had built impressive resumés previously on their own. A member of late-'60s band the Serfs and a reunited Big Brother & the Holding Company (without Janis Joplin) in 1969, he recorded with the Jerry Hahn Brotherhood in 1970 and Jerry Wood in 1972 before recording his debut album in 1976. Wisconsin-born Krueger had become an important member of the Dave Mason Band, co-writing the pop hit "We Just Disagree." Working with Finnigan, he recorded a solo album, Sweet Salvation, in 1978. Rhode Island-born guitarist Les Dudek was a highly regarded sideman by the late-'70s, having spent five years in Boz Scaggs' band.

Dudek, Finnigan, Krueger's overly slick approach to West Coast pop failed to find much of an audience, however, and the group disbanded shortly after releasing its self-titled debut album in 1980. Dudek went on to work with Cher in the early '80s, appearing as her boyfriend in the 1985 film Mask, and Steve Miller, who recorded his tune "Sacrifice," in the early '90s. Finnigan's resumé includes session work for Alice Cooper, Ben Sidran, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dan Fogelberg, Etta James, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Maria Muldaur, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, and Tracy Chapman. He's worked with David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash on a variety of solo and band projects since the 1970s. Taking a hiatus from music for nearly a decade, Krueger resurfaced with two albums, 100 Proof and Raise It!, recorded with novelty-bar band the Happy Schnapps Combo in the early '90s. He died in 1993.
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