The Detroit Rockets with Eric Clapton and Marcy Levy
Rooster Tail Club
Detroit, Michigan
March 30, 1978

CD-R1 - Aud 3

Track List: (*)
Stop Breakin' Down
Chuck Berry Jam
Stormy Monday
Backyard Blues
Boogie Jam

Geetarz Comments:

It's best to tell this story in the words of Gary Lazar, the manager of the Rockets, taken from www.therockets.cc :

"They got their deal with RSO Records in a roundabout way through - believe it or not - Eric Clapton. I managed the band starting in the mid/late 70's until they broke up and got all of their record deals for them.

The first deal was with local Detroit producer, Don Davis's, Tortoise Records (distributed by RCA). Our first lp was out and making a little noise but we were looking for a company more in tune with rock and roll.

I received an offer for the band to play a surprise birthday party for Eric Clapton at the Roostertail - a club on the Detroit River (which to this day is still open for private functions).

Eric liked the band so much that he got up and jammed with them along with other guests at the party - singer Marcy Levy, a Detroiter who was good friends with the Rockets and was touring with Clapton at the time (She wrote "Lay Down Sally" with him and went on to a solo career as "Marcella Detroit") and local saxaphonist, Tomo Thomas.

(I was prepared with a high quality cassette deck and have a great tape of the event.)

Eric was so taken with the group that he gave me the name and number of an exec at RSO Records to contact about signing the band. I contacted the local RSO rep, Julie Sher, and asked her to help me get the bigwigs at RSO excited about the group. With her help and the good word put in by Eric Clapton, we signed a deal with RSO.

Hope this helps to set things straight.
Gary Lazar "

Tapes of varying quality have been in circulation of this recording. This one I received on DAT back in the dark ages, as a dump off a low generation cassette from a private collector. I did the DAT > CD mastering myself. It's easy to discern the version I made as there are 10 tracks on the CD. Please note that the versions commonly in circulation typically have fewer tracks (keeping the Jams together) so this may be an easy way to determine which version you have.

Lineage: Master CAS > Unknown > DAT > Tascam DA-20MkII > Digital Coax > HHb CDR800 > Kodak Gold CD-R > LiteOn iHAP322 > EAC v. 0.99 Prebeta 4 (Secure Mode, Offset Correct @ +6,0,24 bytes) > FLAC (Level 8) > You !

(*) Artwork included is more generic, and only shows 5 tracks.

Artwork, checksums (ffp, MD5, ST5), EAC extraction log, and info file included, as is a whole-torrent MD5.

Hope you all enjoy this rare show! Even if you already have a version of this, perhaps this may be an upgrade for you.

~Geetarz, October 2009

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