BONNIE RAITT
1972-12-02
Sprague Hall, Yale University
New Haven, CT (both shows)
EX SOUNDBOARD
Goody Pitch-Corrected Remaster
* this description has been updated with new information, the info.txt file has not *
(I could not find any info on the show and thought it was uncirculated, the raw recordings have been slightly circulated)
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This torrent is a retracked remaster of the torrent at http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=337772
This torrent has the complete two shows compared to the unseeded http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=292852
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1st and 2nd shows, soundboard.
The source quality and performance are outstanding, especially considering the age.
There are few recordings available from that early in Bonnie's career, and few that sound this excellent.
Lineage: SBD > reel > WAV > CDR > WAV > Cooledit > CDR > EAC > FLAC
(If you want the source recordings it would be SBD > reel > WAV > CDR) >
Goody's additional lineage:
TLH (WAV) > Audition (Tracking; Pitch Bender (various amounts, applied per comments below;) Channels mixed; Levels adjusted) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries)
Bonnie Raitt - guitar, vocals
Freebo - bass, harmony vocal (and kazoo)
Lou Terriciano - piano
Maria Muldaur - harmony vocals on*
David Nichtern - electric guitar on+
??? - flute
??? - harmonica
[Text as originally posted with the source torrent, upon which this edition is based, with a few edits:]
In 2002 I (Kevin Zaleski, trades@leopig.com) got copies of CDs from a trader who told me he dubbed them from a reel to reel to audio cdr. I was told this is from a set of old reels that were purchased at a garage sale for $1 each. Only the artist and date were identified on the tape.
There is doubt about the venue. http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=187928 lists the venue for this date as Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, but several of the tapes that were bought together at the garage sale were labeled with venues in Cambridge, MA, and Bonnie does mention Cambridge. The setlist on etree has some incorrect titles; correct titles are below.
Someone did a rough hack at the source tapes to make the three source CDs from which these two CDs were produced. Some of the track indicies are off. I did not get around to fixing them and will not have any time in the forseeable future so I will leave that to someone else.
I spent considerable time editing three source CDs from this collection into this 2-CD set. I removed silence, removed a duplicate track, patched a two-part track (d2t13) back together, removed 10-15 minutes of the band tuning up, (they needed to re-tune after nearly every track), shortened the pre-encore applause and smoothed out several rough track transitions.
Note: I did not bother to fix the track indicies.
No noise reduction, EQ, or any other general processing was done.
If someone wants to remaster this from the original source material, contact me.
The voice track is skewed mostly to the right channel and the bass track is mostly in the left channel; otherwise an excellent recording (clean and crisp).
Please, when you trade this show: leave a link back to trades@leopig.com in case someone wants the source recordings. This is the best quality show of hers from the early 1970s that I've ever found, it has historical value and someone someday will want to completely remaster it.
If you want to see what the source looked like, see http://leopig.com/heathernova/others/BR-12-2-72.htm
I concur with Randall's comment below. The second set probably starts with "Love Me Like a Man". I trusted the setlists at etree, but I suspect that they attributed what was on the first source CD as being the first set when in fact it was simply what would fit off the reel onto one CD.
Thanks to jayhawk: "Several sources list this title as "Goin' Down to Louisiana" but I believe this is incorrect--an attempt by somebody early on to give the song a title. Bonnie's "Sigma Sound Studios" boot gives the song the title "Rollin' and Tumblin' ", which I believe is more correct (if any one title is correct). The majority of the lyrics in the song seem to be ones Bonnie has pulled in from a variety of classic blues songs (such as "Diving Duck Blues".) Then, for the final verse, she sings the words from the classic "Rollin' and Tumblin' ". So, I guess really no one, except possibly Bonnie, knows the real title."
First show - 66:05
01 Love Me Like A Man
02 That Song About The Midway
03 Rollin' and Tumblin'
04 You Got To Know How
05 Nothing Seems To Matter
06 Big Road
07 Write Me A Few Of Your Lines > Kokomo Blues
08 Special Delivery Blues
09 Bluebird
10 Stayed Too Long At The Fair
11 Women Be Wise
12 Love Has No Pride
13 Walk On By
14 Blender Blues
Second show - 74:53
01 Love Me Like A Man
02 Can't Find My Way Home
03 Rollin' and Tumblin'
04 Any Day Woman
05 You Got To Know How
06 Under The Falling Sky
07 I Ain't Blue
08 Big Road
09 Nothing Seems To Matter
10 Bluebird
11 Walking Blues
12 Since I Fell For You
13 Women Be Wise
14 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man *
15 Baby What You Want Me To Do *+
16 I Know *+
[Text as originally posted with this torrent:]
BONNIE RAITT - 1972-12-02, UNCIRCULATED EX+ SOUNDBOARD "Divey Club" (38 years ago)
Location unknown (Bonnie calls it a "divey club", sounds tiny from the applause, probably somewhere in Cambridge MA).
Date is unverified (Bonnie mentions Saturday, which matches), 1st and 2nd shows, soundboard.
I do not believe that the show is in circulation at this point (released Dec 2010).
The source quality and performance are outstanding, especially considering the age.
There are few recordings available from that early in Bonnie's career, and few that sound this excellent.
Lineage: SBD > reel > WAV > CDR > WAV > Cooledit > CDR > EAC > FLAC
(If you want the source recordings it would be SBD > reel > WAV > CDR)
In 2002 I (Kevin Zaleski, trades@leopig.com) got copies of CDs from a trader who told me he dubbed them from a reel to reel to audio cdr. I was told this is from a set of old reels that were purchased at a garage sale for $1 each. Only the artist and date were identified on the tape. The source is likely in the Cambridge MA area as it was given as the location for some of the other tapes bought at the same time.
If anyone is able to identify the venue, please let me know via email.
Someone did a rough hack at the source tapes to make the three source CDs from which these two CDs were produced. Some of the track indicies are off, I did not get around to fixing them and will not have any time in the forseeable future so I will leave that to someone else.
I spent considerable time editing three source CDs from this collection into this 2-CD set. I removed silence, removed a duplicate track, patched a two-part track (d2t13) back together, removed 10-15 minutes of the band tuning up (they needed to re-tune after nearly every track), shortened the pre-encore applause and smoothed out several rough track transitions.
Note: I did not bother to fix the track indicies.
No noise reduction, EQ, or any other general processing was done.
If someone wants to remaster this from the original source material, contact me.
The voice track is skewed mostly to the right channel and the bass track is mostly in the left channel; otherwise an excellent recording (clean and crisp).
Please, when you trade this show: leave a link back to trades@leopig.com in case someone wants the source recordings. This is the best quality show of hers from the early 1970s that I've ever found, it has historical value and someone someday will want to completely remaster it.
If you want to see what the source looked like, see http://leopig.com/heathernova/others/BR-12-2-72.htm
I'm guessing on the titles with (?), please email me any corrections ...
First show - 74:04
01 Love Me Like A Man
02 The Midway
03 Going Down To Louisiana
04 You Got To Know How
05 Nothing Seems To Matter
06 Big Road
07 Kokomo Blues
08 Special Delivery Blues
09 Bluebird
10 Too Long At The Fair
11 Women Be Wise
12 Love Has No Pride
13 Walk On By
14 Blender Blues
15 Love Me Like A Man
16 Can't Find My Way Home
Second show - 66:52
01 Going Down To Louisiana
02 You Better Let Her Go (?)
03 You Got To Know How
04 Under The Falling Sky
05 I Ain't Blue
06 Big Road
07 Nothing Seems To Matter
08 Bluebird (?)
09 Walking Blues
10 Since I Fell For You
11 Women Be Wise
12 All Night Man (?)
13 Let It Roll (?)
14 I Know (?)
Goody's comments:
Disc 1 - Tracks 08 through 09 there is noticeable wow and flutter. This was probably originally at the end of a reel.
During Track 08, from approx. 3 minutes til the end, the pitch gradually went flat by approx. 12 cents. This has been reversed to the best of my ability, but that process is always a compromise and some pitch deviations will always remain as a result.
Track 09 was approx. 12 cents flat.
Disc 1, Tracks 10, 11 were approx. 16 cents sharp; 12 to 15 were approx. 19 cents sharp.
The channels have been mixed from their original hard right/left states for this edition, and many track levels have been adjusted further.
Some tape wear and age is still evident, reflected in various stages of warbly sound here and there, which is very natural for tapes of this vintage. Thankfully, it's not constant. There is also some distortion worth noting, but nothing very severe.
Despite any occasional less-than-stellar sound, however, the listening experience is still superb. The performances are high-spirited by all - Bonnie's certainly having a great time entertaining an enthusiastic audience! My thanks go out to all involved in the presentation and preservation of this excellent show.
Text updated for this edition - May 16, 2012