Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
1972-08-12 Westbury, New York Roosevelt Raceway Festival Of Hope (M-AUD)
*** remastered without EQ from taper's original master cassettes ***
"Hey motherfucker, lay offa my blue suede shoes!"
01. ...Semi-Truck
02. Down To Seeds & Stems Again Blues
03. Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield
04. Sea Cruise
05. Family Bible
06. Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar
07. Hot Rod Lincoln
08. Lightning Bar Blues
09. Twenty Flight Rock
10. Jailhouse Rock
Encore :::
11. Blue Suede Shoes
Total Time ::: 35:03
::: Fine AUD in a large outdoor setting. Check samples for quality enlightment or enchanted moments.
::: Warts: Some AUD talk goin' down! Tapeflip tween trax 9&10. Some clappin' in start of #7. Few dropouts/dullspots weren't completely repairable & surely missed others, but got most. #1 starts a bit late.
::: Festival Day 1 : 1972-08-12 Saturday (order from Christgau review & announcements):
James Brown / Chuck Berry / Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (approx 4pm) / Elephant's Memory / James Gang / McKendree Spring / Stephen Stills & Manassas / Jefferson Airplane.
::: Festival Day 2 : 1972-08-13 Sunday (order from Christgau review):
Billy Preston / Bo Diddley / Lighthouse / Shirelles / Ike & Tina Turner / Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show / Sha Na Na / Sly & The Family Stone
Looking Glass on Day 2 billing but not in review (Possibly a no-show as "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" was at top of charts?).
::: This taper only taped Day 1 & did everything except McKendree Spring & Chuck Berry's main set (only taped or kept his encore).
::: Benefit for Nassau Society for Crippled Children & Adults sponsored by Nassau Easter Seal Society.
::: Purportedly the first rock festival used to raise funds for an established charity.
::: Ticket Price: $10.00 per day, noon to midnight (tho' Day 1 apparently ended about 2AM).
::: Vintage Robert Christgau review at http://robertchristgau.com/xg/news/nd720820.php
::: One online listing has Malo listed on 1972-08-12 but it's incorrect as far as I can know.
::: "Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites" had been released the previous May.
Recording Information ::: $35 Lafayette monaural cassette recorder with adjustable recording level & unknown monaural Sony microphone -> master normal bias mono cassettes no noise reduction.
Playback (circa 2008) ::: master normal bias mono cassettes on unknown brand azymuth adjusted cassette deck -> unknown digital equipment -> wavs @ 48 kHz on DVD-Rs.
Mastering (2013-08-xx) ::: 48 kHz wavs in Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, NO equalisation, dithered down to 44.1 kHz) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-08-23.
Line-up ::: George Frayne (Commander Cody) � piano, keyboards, vocals // Billy C. Farlow � vocals, harmonica // Bill Kirchen � electric guitar, vocals // John Tichy � electric guitar // "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow � bass, vocals // Andy Stein � violin, saxophone // Bobby Black � steel guitar, vocals // Lance Dickerson � drums, vocals.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 268 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader, The Florida Kid! ::: Corrections welcome ::: This one goes out to Rob Berger, who must be one hell of a guy. Keep on truckin'! And to DIMER dino7650 who recently helped honor my requests for some Commander shows over at the Legs... Here's one back atcha! What a killer period for the Airmen, startin' to really take off in big style. What's not to love. Enjoy!
Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees
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