Graham Bond & Pete Brown
1972-08-06 Fulham, London, United Kingdom The Greyhound (M2-AUD)

01. --tuning up, getting ready--
02. The Reaper(?)
03. Lost Tribe
04. Traveling Blues (The New Used Jew's Dues Blues)
05. Love Is The Law
06. Freaky Beaks
07. Milk Is Turning Sour In My Shoes -> (?)

Total Time ::: 1:06:04

::: Not the worst by a long shot, but for collectors - somewhat distant & muffled AUD in club which improves some halfway thru. Check samples for audio tolerance levels or fast freak'n'frenzy rushes.
::: Warts: As above. Some dropouts, but mostly fixed them. Original tape flip gap around 31:00, now spliced.
::: The taper raised or uncovered the microphone at about 33:00 & the quality improves somewhat.

Recording Information ::: unknown mono recording equipment -> master mono audience tape -> 1st generation tape, Dolby off -> 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2012-xx-xx ::: 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2012-08-04.

Line-up (close... some intros around 16:00) ::: Graham Bond - keyboards, vocals // Pete Brown - trumpet, vocals // Dave Brooks - sax // Derek Foley - guitar // Ed Spevock - drums // Lisle Harper - bass // Diane Stewart - percussion. ("Dave Brooks" announced in band intro). Note: A BBC session on 1972-08-28 featured: Bond-organ//Brown-vocals//Foley-guitar//Harper-bass//Spevock-drums//Stewart-percussion.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 176 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! Like so many good things in life, this came from The Man In The Palace ::: Corrections welcome ::: Had a couple of requests for this recently, so here are two of the heaviest members of the UK beat/R&B/jazz/progressive rock scene of the 60s/early 70s live, the same year (probably the same summer) as the stupendous duo album recorded for Chapter One, "Two Heads Are Better Than One" (released December 1972) (and perhaps right before the long lost "Maltamour" soundtrack was recorded). While not the finest of recordings, raving & drooling old hippie music collector freaks will no doubt take a toke & spin the magic bottle to see what track they should stumble through first - the shock of a full set of this finery probably not possible in one go. What seems likely is the band here is more in its original form than some months later, when the UK press was apparently somewhat dismayed that their live gigs featured a somewhat different line-up than had recorded the "Two Heads" album. While Pete Brown spilled into my synapses through Cream at an early age (about 9?), his solo albums didn't enter/alter my musical reality until quite late in the game, but Mr Bond was on my scene much earlier, due to his bad fortune & my damn good luck that several of his vinyl outings hit the cutout USA bins immediately & were there for the taking at less than a dollar a shot. I can't say I wasn't a bit puzzled by some of the wax, "We Put Our Magick On You" was not for the meek. In any case, over the years, their lights have burned brighter in my life & various other spinning Bond & Brown releases have shoveled loads of ear candy down my aging canals. This should melt almost any serious head's stick o' butter. Hope YOU enjoy!

More recordings on the way, making up for years of slow netspeed. Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes & much more, & to 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) for over 30 years of trading & friendship. Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, 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

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