GIL SCOTT-HERON & THE MIDNIGHT BAND

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"Riviera '76 Festival Jazz-Rock"
Circuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, France


24 july 1976


Gil Scott-Heron : vocals, piano, percussion
Brian Jackson : piano, flute
Bilal Sunni Ali : Tenor Sax, Flute
Dr. Barnett Williams : Congas, Percussion
Tony Duncanson : Congas, Bongos, Timbales
Reggie Brisbane : Trap Drums, Percussion
Danny Bowens : Electric Bass, Vocals
Victor Brown : Vocals


00. mc intro
01. percussion walk on/improv.
02. gs-h opening remarks > 17th Street
03. A Lovely Day
04. Summer Of '42
05. Must Be Something We Can Do
06. Home Is Where The Hatred Is
07. Johannesburg > encore break
08. The Bottle > mc outro


TT : approx. 65:45


Recorded by the French Gentleman.
Transferred by unclemeat.
aud > reel-to-reel (mono, 1st gen) > wav > flac >
TLH > wav >
Audition 3: splice tape damage segment in tr 06, slight eq, level adjustments, edit, fades,
copy single channel to two channel, track
TLH > flac (level 8, sectors aligned)


Bombdiggity edit/prep 2013-09


http://www.magnumphotos.com/Catalogue/Guy-Le-Querrec/1976/FRA-Var-Castellet-Jazz-Festival-Riviera-76-NN146722.html
http://perrymeisel.blogspot.com/2010/07/20000-dont-count-em-at-jazz-rock-fest.html
http://perrymeisel.blogspot.com/2010/07/jazz-en-route.html
http://www.ina.fr/video/CAA7601740801/festival-rock-au-castellet-video.html
http://www.madsheerkhan.com/en/rahmann.html


The French Gentleman's documents:

1976-07-24:
Shivananda
Ice
Gil Scott-Heron
Boule Noire
The Crusaders
Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach
Joe Beck
Stuff
Airto Moriera
Ray Barretto
Pat Martino

1976-07-25:
Passport
Eddie Palmieri
Tousti
Joe Cocker
Larry Coryell & the 11th House
Albert et sa Fanfare Polyorcetique
Jimmy Cliff
Lenny White & Friends
Shakti

Alternate recorder Sivad (hopefully the rest of the sources from this taper may see transfers):
(7/25) Betty Davis (aud)

Circulated broadcast sources:
(7/24) Stuff
(7/24) Magma (fm)
(7/25) Betty Davis (partial sbd/tv?)
(7/25) Larry Coryell, Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin, Phillippe Catherine (Chorus tv audio)


Many thanks to unclemeat and the french gentleman.

More to come... This will be an extended project.