Devo - 1974 - Akron OH - Earliest quartet performance in circulation

Devo
[unknown venue]
Akron, OH, USA
1974

Source: Original 2004 STG torrent stated SBD.
Lineage: CD-R > dMC Audio CD Input > dBPowerAMP Music Converter > .flac


75.5MB (FLAC)

Setlist:
1. Intro to song
2. Fraulein
3. Intro to song
4. The Death of Lt Casanova
5. Intro to song
6. Midget


Devo's earliest performance in circulation, apart from the official "sextet" Devo, Kent State University, 1973 release (The Complete Truth About De-Evolution).

Further info: http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=216079

On the venue:
The second performance from the officially released " Devo Live: The Mongoloid Years" is from The Crypt in Akron, Ohio (December 1976). I do not know whether this one is a gig played at the Agora Theater or at The Crypt, both well-known venues at that time. I guess The Crypt is the most suitable one regarding all possible venues.

On the lenght:
This public appearance lasts 15 minutes. A previous gig at Governance Chambers (Kent State University, OH) in 1973 was about 40 min. The last track on this one cuts short, I guess it's clearly an incomplete recording.

On the source:
There's no noisy audience for stealth mics, but sometimes too distorted to state this is a true SBD. Long intros point it's not a broadcast or pre-broadcast source. Some echoes on stage and distant clapping. My choice is a professional reel-to-reel recorder from the band or the venue with hypercardioid-like mics.

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