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DONOVAN a.k.a. Donovan Philips Leitch
- June 20, 1981 -
Folkmusic-Festival auf der Donauinsel, Vienna, Austria
** audience 1st gen. analog, MWM 0184 **
>> A SHORT but EXCELLENT SOUNDING PERFORMANCE -
first time out of our archives - UNCIRCULATED ? << w/ samples
Preliminary remark:
Thanks for all your kind words on our other Donovan upload from
August 12, 1984 - Rennbahngelände Freudenau, Vienna, Austria:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=308109
here is another one...
About this concert:
Found this short recording as filler on one of our old tapes.
No further story to tell, except it was another trade with "RG"
(famous for, inter alia, his Jimi Hendrix recordings...) and
his great group of nice and truly friendy maniacs...read more
about the "New Advanced Vienna Taper Section" here:
EIRE APPARENT - January 22, 1969 - Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=295084
Listening to song # 05 "Neutron" and the audience reaction afterwards gives you
an impression about those times. The term "second Cold War" has been used by some
historians to refer to the period of intensive reawakening of Cold War tensions
and conflicts in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Tensions greatly increased
between the major powers with both sides becoming more militaristic.
During December 1979, approximately 75,000 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in order
to support the Marxist government. As a result, US President Jimmy Carter withdrew the
SALT II treaty from the Senate, imposed embargoes on grain and technology shipments to
the USSR, demanded a significant increase in military spending, and further announced
that the United States would boycott the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. He described the
Soviet intervention in Afghanistan as "the most serious threat to the peace since the
Second World War".
In 1980, Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the US presidential election, vowing to
increase military spending and confront the Soviets everywhere. Both Reagan and new
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher denounced the Soviet Union and its ideology.
Reagan labeled the Soviet Union an "evil empire" and predicted that Communism would be
left on the "ash heap of history".
By the early 1980s, the USSR had built up a military arsenal and army surpassing that of
the United States. Previously, the US had relied on the qualitative superiority of its
weapons, but the gap had been narrowed. Ronald Reagan began massively building up the
United States military not long after taking office. This led to the largest peacetime
defense buildup in United States history.
Tensions continued intensifying in the early 1980s when Reagan revived the B-1 Lancer
program that was canceled by the Carter administration, produced LGM-118 Peacekeepers,
installed US cruise missiles in Europe, and announced his experimental Strategic Defense
Initiative, dubbed "Star Wars" by the media, a defense program to shoot down missiles
in mid-flight.
With the background of a buildup in tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States,
and the deployment of Soviet RSD-10 Pioneer ballistic missiles targeting Western Europe,
NATO decided, under the impetus of the Carter presidency, to deploy MGM-31 Pershing and
cruise missiles in Europe, primarily West Germany.
This deployment would have placed missiles just 10 minutes' striking distance from Moscow.
During the 1980s U.S. peace activists largely concentrated on slowing the superpower arms race
in the belief that this would reduce the possibility of nuclear war between the U.S. and the USSR.
As the Reagan Administration accelerated military spending and adopted a tough, challenging stance
to the Russians, peace groups such as the Nuclear Freeze and Beyond War sought to educate the
public on the what they believed was the inherent riskiness and ruinous cost of this policy.
Outreach to individual citizens in the Soviet Union and mass meetings, using then-new satellite
link technology, were part of peacemaking activities in the 1980s.
From 1978 to 1992, this European-wide network of initiatives within the Peace Movement had
mobilized millions of citizens, protesting the arms race, the growth of military spending and
joining in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. It evolved out of the "Ostermärsche" (Easter
Marches) organized by the German peace movement, lots of peace meetings (increasingly accompanied
by concerts of German and international mostly Folk & Folkrock-musicians and bands) and protest
marches finally culminated in the blockade of the US Army base of Mutlangen - following the
struggle against the installation of Pershing II and SS-20 nuclear missiles in Germany there.
A neutron bomb, or enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a type of tactical nuclear weapon
designed specifically to release a large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation
rather than explosive energy. An ERW explosion is typically about one-tenth as powerful as
that of a comparable fission-type atomic bomb because standard thermonuclear weapons create
increased explosive yield by capturing their neutron radiation. Although their extreme blast
and heat effects are not eliminated, the increased radiation released by ERWs is meant to
be a major source of casualties, able to penetrate buildings and armored vehicles to kill
personnel that would otherwise be protected from the explosion.
Conception of the neutron bomb is generally credited to Samuel Cohen of the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, who developed the concept in 1958. Testing was authorized and carried out
in 1963 at an underground Nevada test facility. Development was subsequently postponed by
President Jimmy Carter in 1978 following protests against his administration's plans to deploy
neutron warheads in Europe. President Ronald Reagan restarted production in 1981.
Three types of ERW were built by the United States. The W66 warhead, for the anti-ICBM Sprint
missile system, was produced and deployed in the mid 1970s and retired soon thereafter, along
with the missile system. The W70 Mod 3 warhead was developed for the short-range, tactical
Lance missile, and the W79 Mod 0 was developed for artillery shells. The latter two types
were retired by President George H. W. Bush in 1992, following the end of the Cold War.
FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT OF THE ARCHIVE,
COMPLETELY UNTRADED & UNALTERED - PLEASE ENJOY!
DONOVAN (the artist)
Folkmusic-Festival auf der Donauinsel (the motto & the venue...open air...)
Vienna (the city)
Austria (the country)
June 20, 1981 (the date)
Vienna (German: Wien; Austro-Bavarian: Wean) is the capital of the Republic
of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary
city, with a population of about 1.7 million (2.3 million within the metropolitan
area, more than 25% of Austria's population), and is by far the largest city in
Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th
largest city by population in the European Union. Vienna is host to many major
international organizations such as the United Nations and OPEC. Vienna lies in
the east of Austria and is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
http://www.wien-vienna.com/donauinsel.php
as far as we know NONE of this torrent was used commercially...
the complete recording:
all songs by Donovan unless otherwise specified.
01. intro 0:23.18
02. The Heights Of Alma § 3:05.44
03. Donna Donna % 3:07.37
04. The Little Tin Soldier 3:28.53
05. Neutron 2:21.55
06. Colours 3:39.24
07. Mellow Yellow 3:42.41
08. Atlantis 3:17.18
total: 23:05.65 minutes
the notes:
§ - played with a bandola; read more about this ballad and the history here:
http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/15/alma.htm
http://www.britishbattles.com/crimean-war/alma.htm
% - read more about the song history here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Donna
the musician:
Donovan Philips Leitch - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bandola, harmonica
lineage:
recorded by RG (or one of his friends), audience to analog tape
the recording:
unknown microphone > unknown portable Cassette-Recorder (without any NoiseReduction) > unknown cassette type
the snail mail trade (early 1980ies...):
Cassette Master > Unknown Cassette Deck Transfer (NO HIGH SPEED DUBBING, NO DOLBY) > 1st gen. Cassette
(TDK SA 90, 1-7/8ips Super Avilyn, High Bias (CrO2) Type II, 135 meter tape)
the transfer:
My 1st. gen. tape > > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 (manual playback head azimuth aligned ! No NoiseReduction) >
> Analog Cable (coax) > Behringer SRC-2496 Ultramatch Pro
(Ultra-high-resolution 24-Bit/96 kHz A/D & D/A and Sample Rate Converter & Dropouts-/Jitter Remover) >
> converted to 16 bit, SP 44,1 kHz > > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) >
> Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI - Dolby Digital Live Soundcard with C-Media CMI8768 Soundprocessor Chip, digital S/P-DIF in >
> Motherboard with AMD Multicore Processor, Serial ATA Interface > CD Wave (recording) >
> Harddisc Western Digital with Thermaltake HD Cooler (EVER had a HardDisc burnout ??) >
> lonetaper's secret box of miracles # > CD Wave (tracking) > Traders Little Helper (SB aligned/level 6) > FLAC > DIME
# RAW FILES - so NO additional NoiseReduction or EQ'ing was used here,
and none of those compressors, Sonic Maximizers or other psychoacoustic
processors - just some of the instrumental plug-ins reduced , balanced
the stereo channels (just a touch) and finally normalized. The only
further addition to the RAW files was a short fade-in and, at the end, a
fade-out - in the audience applause, so truly NO MUSIC was harmed or lost.
this upload here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archives.
if you want to know more about, check the old uploads...lotta stuff to read !
And if there's some interest, maybe there is MORE TO COME...
it just depends on YOUR demeanor, and lotta useful comments ;-)
Donovan Philips Leitch was born May 10, 1946, in Glasgow, Scotland. Music was always part of his
home life, with both traditional Scottish/Irish songs at family and local celebrations and popular
music through radio and live performances. When Donovan was 10 his family moved south to England,
resettling in Hatfield. Before starting college in his teens, the young man had run away from home
more than once; on one outing at 14, he found an old guitar in a trash can, still good enough to
learn the basics on. Though interested in rock-n-roll through artists like Buddy Holly and The
Everly Brothers, Donovan embraced the folk-music boom that swept both England and America in the
early 1960s, and also the Beat Generation writers and poets. Donovan settled into the St. Albans
music scene, north of London, but traveled to different parts of the country, frequently with
longtime friend Gypsy Dave Cooper, who played kazoo and passed the hat while Donovan played guitar
and harmonica and sang, for their keep. Their songs included traditional and recent folk music,
songs by their friends (like Mick Softley) and the beginnings of Donovan's own writing, about what
he'd seen and experienced away from home. On a beach trip to Southend with members of the St. Albans
circle, Donovan played and sang between performances by an R&B group called the Cops and Robbers,
and so impressed the group's managers that they expressed interest in signing him up as a performer.
Beginning with taping some publishers' demos for other songwriters, Donovan was soon demo-ing his
own material, and the tapes found their way to the ears of Elkan Allan, producer of Britain's
popular rock show "Ready, Steady, Go!" (1963). Donovan's first appearance, in cap and denim, led
to a short residency on the show, which in turn led to a recording contract with England's Pye
Records. His first singles were respectable UK hits in 1965, and made a minor impact on the American
market that year. Promoted first as mainly a folk performer and a kind of British rival to Bob Dylan,
evidence of Donovan's own blossoming style as writer and musician was undeniable as early as his
second album, with its hints at jazz and a different kind of pop sense from Dylan's. When Dylan
toured England in 1965, the two met for a well-publicized "summit" at his hotel suite; after an
hour's private talk, they emerged smiling arm-in-arm to a waiting press conference. Press headlines
announced "DYLAN DIGS DONOVAN!" and he joined Dylan and Joan Baez on the road, though he didn't
perform with them on stage (Donovan can be seen keeping Dylan and Baez company in Dylan's Dont
Look Back (1967)). Donovan went on to the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, where he was welcomed.
After his first two mostly folk albums in England (distributed in the US by Hickory Records),
produced by his managers, Donovan immersed himself in the pop sounds of the "British Invasion"
bands, and both his writing and choices in the studio reflected this. In 1966 Mickie Most became
Donovan's new producer, and his sidemen began to include future Led Zeppelin members John Paul
Jones (who arranged several Donovan tunes, augmenting the sound they were aiming for) and Jimmy
Page (John Carr usually played drums at Donovan's sessions, although John Bonham was also sometimes
around). Epic Records in the US expressed an interest in picking Donovan up for the American market,
with Clive Davis offering a contract, and Allen Klein was also interested in taking over Donovan's
management. New and bigger deals offered led to lawsuits, and Donovan vanished from the record
market for a few months while matters were being settled. Emerging with new management and
production teams, Donovan followed up his first US #1 single, "Sunshine Superman" (dedicated to
John Lennon and Paul McCartney), with his signature hit "Mellow Yellow", which reached #2 on the
US charts late in 1966. Working with Most, Donovan enjoyed hits on both sides of the Atlantic
through the end of the decade. As a pop performer he made frequent guest appearances on television
in the UK and US; most notably in America on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1967). He also
contributed to the stage and film worlds, writing the title song for the movie Poor Cow (1967) and
adapting William Shakespeare's "Under The Greenwood Tree" for Britain's National Theatre. Later
he would contribute the title song for the 1969 comedy If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
(also appearing on stage in the movie), and star in The Pied Piper (1972). Donovan brought his
parents along on tour, with his father Donald introducing him to the audience. Off stage, Donovan
was a frequent guest collaborator and companion to other celebrities of the time; he contributed
lyrics to The Beatles' song "Yellow Submarine" and dated George Harrison's sister-in-law Jenny
Boyd (later to marry Mick Fleetwood). In turn, Donovan's recording sessions sometimes included
members of The Beatles, The Yardbirds and The Rolling Stones and their circle of musician friends,
as guest performers. When former Stones member Brian Jones died in 1969, Donovan married his
widow Linda Lawrence, raising Jones' son Julian and having two daughters of their own (Donovan
also fathered son Donovan Leitch and Ione Skye by Enid Karl; family information is sparse at best).
An arrest for drug possession late in 1966 was a moving experience for him, as was his noticing
that the flirtation his generation had had with marijuana and LSD was getting ugly, and many young
people were turning to harder drugs and destroying themselves. In the notes for his 1967 album
"A Gift From A Flower To A Garden", he called for all drug use to stop and for young people to
find other ways to expand their consciousness, and peace from within, as they became the parents
of the next generation. He set an example by studying meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi,
and later embraced many Eastern lifestyle changes, including a vegetarian diet and studies in
Hindu and Buddhist philosophy. Though not a major player in the world's music scene since the
end of the 1960s, Donovan continues to tour and perform, and recall the experiences and friendships
of his heyday for the media. His music (recorded and live) appears frequently in programs about
the Sixties era, and has reached the newer generations through its use in TV commercials.
PLEASE support the artist - and buy all his available stuff...
Check out his websites on the net - THERE'S PLENTY TO FIND !
http://www.donovan.ie/
http://www.myspace.com/mrdonovanleitch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan
http://donovan-unofficial.com/
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MY DAD USUALLY SAYS: A GOOD BREEDING SEEMS HARD TO FIND IN CYBERWORLD, NOWADAYS !
please be friendly & polite to me, and i'll be the same to you...twice-pledged !
BUT IF YOU'LL TAKE ME FOR A RIDE, I'LL COME TO YOUR HOME AND THE FUN IS OVER...DEFINITELY !
AND I'M ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY MY FRIENDS & BROTHERS - FRANCONIA'S TOUGHEST BIKERGANG
"DARK BECKSTEIN SKULLS" - A SUBDIVISION OF THE AWESOMELY "CROSSED BONES" FROM SOLINGEN.
R.I.P. DENNIS LEE HOPPER - ride on, dear brother, you've always been our hero...
Dime allows alternative versions, I don't own the music, so I can't stop you, but
the correct thing to do amongst tapers/editors is TO ASK FIRST...(C. by scdegraaf)
I SIMPLY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE - CONCERNING BAD MANNERS AND UNGRATEFULNESS ! pythonmonty.
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open traded and carefully stored over nearly 3 decades by my dad Leo (all thanks go to him...),
transferred & finally uploaded by pythonmonty on Dime, June 12, 2010. This is "MWM 00184"
please consign this info-sheet with the shared music - thanks !