Gold ~~~ Gold ~~~ Gold ~~~ Gold ~~~ Gold ~~~ Gold ~~~ Gold ~~~
1971-xx-xx(*) San Francisco, California KSAN-FM Studios (M?-FM)

"That was Gold.... And they're worth their weight in it.
Whatever kind of gold it is you're talking about.
If you're not high now, you'll never get high!" -KSAN DJ rap-

01. [00:57] ..-Bring My Baby Back To Me (end only)
02. [02:03] ---DJ station ID & spoken ad for Capitol recording tapes--
03. [05:12] Trouble
04. [03:52] 40 Days Blues
05. [00:56] ---DJ station ID & band talk--
06. [05:15] Summertime
07. [07:48] Good Things Coming
08. [13:23] Season Of The Witch
09. [01:45] ---DJ station ID & band talk--

Total Time ::: 42:12

::: Slightly stepped on radio broadcast but not too shabby! Check samples to pass yer own judgement or start getting off on the vibes.
::: Warts: Yep... bit muffled, some radio reception issues & quality varies some. NOTE: Sound improves a lot about 1 minute into "Trouble".
::: Recommended listening approach is to skip to track 3 & start there. After a minute the quality improves & the whole thing gells.
::: Labeled "1971" (maybe March). Not long after a Boz Scaggs KSAN gig but then probably one before 1971-12-19. Gold says "Summertime" 45 "just" out but it came out in 1970. DJ says a Mark-Almond Band KSAN broadcast is coming up (maybe the same day?). Does anyone know?

Recording Information ::: KASN-FM stereo radio broadcast -> unknown recording equipment -> off-air stereo master tape -> unknown generations -> unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby off.

Playback 2012-04-25 ::: unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby off, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2012-05-05.

Line-up ::: Joe Bajza - guitar // Ed Scott - rhythm guitar // Bob Dole - vocals // Robin Sinclair - vocals // Chico Moncada - bass // Joe Lopez - drums // Sebastian "Seebo" Nicholson - congas.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
::: NONE of these versions are the same as the "Mission Rock" or "San Francisco Origins" CDs. Carefully checked.
"40 Days Blues" is 42 seconds longer here, Robin hums & scat sings during the opening chords. Totally different version.
"Good Things Coming" is 80 seconds shorter here & is a dual vocal, whereas on the album Robin sings alone. Totally different version.

CoolSonics 152 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Far out, it's GOLD. At first listen in well over 10 years I thought this was rather disjointed & kind of a mess. However, after some of the horrific volume changes were accounted for & most eggregious dropouts removed, I realised it is in fact, totally enjoyable, even amazing. After your first listen just start with track 3. But it's worth one DJ listen as he sounds stoned to the gills. Best for me is when both guitar players let it rip - GREAT guitar tones. "Good Things Comin'" really reminds me of the rockier side of the N.Y. Rock Ensemble & is the winner on this. A very hip set, which only makes sense given the band's "status" - being groomed by Capitol as an up & comer Bay Area band & being given equal time on KSAN with other major artists with a full in-studio appearance. If you don't know the "Mission Rock" or "San Francisco Origins" CDs, they are well worth seeking out - most excellent posthumously issued West Coast rock albums. If you want heavy, skip right to tracks 6 & 7. Happy trails to you.

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Weeks, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!