George Harrison

18 November 1974, Afternoon Show

Denver, Colorado, USA

1974-11-18 Denver,CO,USA (Afternoon) Publisher: Green Grape

The recording starts out as virtually unlistenable, with a tape mangle every five seconds or so. However, it improves as it continues. The midrange, particularly the horns, sounds clean and clear. However, there is some distortion in the bass, with hiss/crackling in the treble. The show itself is interesting. The playing seems quite lively and spirited. "For you Blue" features different lyrics at the start ("Because you're Colorado, I love you", I think).

Disc 1 (46:26)
1. Hari's on Tour (Express) (4:59)
2. While my Guitar gently weeps (6:40)
3. Something (4:30)
4. Will it go round in Circles (4:48)
5. Sue me sue you Blues (5:15)
6. Zoon, zoon, zoon (5:34)
7. Na na dahni (4:15)
8. I am missing you (5:07)
9. Dispute and Violence (5:17)

Disc 2 (50:57)
1. For you Blue (4:41) alt lyrics
2. Give me Love (Give me Peace on Earth) (4:23)
3. In my Life (6:53)
4. Tom Cat (4:23)
5. Band Introductions (1:42)
6. Maya Love (4:37)
7. Dark Horse (4:21)
8. Nothing from nothing (4:09)
9. Outta Space (4:48)
10. What is Life (4:54)
11. My sweet Lord (5:59) ***SEE WARNING BELOW

Lineage: Audience recording > unknown fiddling about over the years > CD > CDR > trades > CDR > EAC > wav > flac

*** The last track is in very poor shape. I got this one in a trade a few years ago, and "My Sweet Lord" is full of diginoise. The trader was going to send a fresh copy, but I'm still waiting! Hopefully a better copy will surface, but be warned...

Show identifier - George says at the start "Hello Denver, Good evening" (Tr1 0:17).

I don't know what time the matinee performances ran from (does anyone out there remember?), or whether the full show was performed in each set - I would have imagined the earlier one was shorter. I find it strange that an afternoon crowd would get a "Good evening"!

Most of the above info is from the Bootlegzone review by Aidanymous from Jan 2008.

Line-up:
George Harrison (Guitar)
Robben Ford (Guitar)
Willie Weeks (Bass Guitar)
Andy Newmark (Drums)
Billy Preston (Keyboards)
Emil Richards (Percussion)
Tom Scott (Horns)
Chuck Findley (Trumpet)
Jim Horn (Saxophone)

Indian musicians:
Ravi Shankar (Sitar)
Hariprasad Chaurasia (Flute)
Rijram Desad (Percussion & Strings)
T.V.Gopalkrishnam (Mridangam & Vocal)
Gopal Krishn (Vichitra Veena)
Sultan Khan (Sarangi)
Kartick Kumar (Sitar)
Kamalesh Maitra (Percussion)
Satyadev Pawar (North India Violin)
Alla Rakha (Tabla)
Harihar Rao (Percussion)
Lakshmi Shankar (Vocal)
Viji Shankar (Vocal)
Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor)
L.Subramaniam (Violin)

Artwork included.