Grin (Nils Lofgren; guitar, vocals, Bob Berberich; drums, vocals; Bob Gordon; bass, vocals)

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Date:
unknown. I believe this to be from summer or fall 1970 (see below)

Venue:
unknown. Probably northeast USA, Washington D.C. area, or Virginia

Sound:
Stereo audience tape. Small club. Probably an average "C" quality tape for the time period. For Grin, Lofgren collectors, or the particularly curious only.

Maxell XLII source cassettes w/no Dolby > Soungforge volume boost and recording > CDWave trk edit > Flac frontend conversion > Traders Little Helper test > you

No noise redux or EQ employed in transfer

Reasoning for my dating:
Received this as a cassette about 1990. Neither the show location or date were provided. This came with two other (1971) Grin shows with dates that are clearly incorrect from examination of the song lists("1969-1970" and May 1969"). Given the band's repretoire here...two long blues covers, an apparently unreleased Lofgren original, and a smattering of songs from what would become the band's first three albums, there is obviously no coherency to promote any LPs, nor any mention of an LP. The mild reaction of the small crowd also contributes to my belief that this is prior to any LP release, and probably prior to any recording for the 1st LP.

Grin released their first two LPs in 1971, so the first must have been very early in 1971 (I have been unable to locate the exact release date of the first one on the Spindizzy label). The recording sessions, for same, would probably have been late 1970. Jimi Hendrix died in September of 1970, and if this gig were in 1970, after that date, I would have expected some mention of him in the song intro to "Red House", but there is none. I believe that pushes this recording's date prior to September 1970. Yet the arrangements of the first LP songs played are is virtually the same as that LP, so the gig can't be too far ahead of those recording sessions. The best guess I can make...summer or fall of 1970. As far as location...the band probably didn't stray too far from home in Virginia (The other two shows I received were from Washington DC and Virginia, and my source was in that area too).

*** No Grin live material has ever been officially released ***

Here's the setlist detail:
(about 46 minutes)

01 - (Please) Don't Be Long
02 - Smokestack Lightning (small cut)
03 - Open Wide
04 - We All Sung Together
05 - 18 Faced Lover
06 - Please Don't Hide
07 - If I were A Song
08 - Slippery Fingers
09 - Black Queen Of Emotion
10 - Red House (last couple seconds are cut)

Notes:
>trk 1 appeared on a 1st album acetate, but was pulled and later appeared on the 3rd LP, possibly in a re-recorded version
>trks 2,10 are covers
>trks 3,4,5,7 appeared on the 1st LP
>trks 6,8 appeared on 2nd LP
>trk9 I believe this to be a Lofgren original, and have never heard it, or heard of it, anywhere else

Hopefully, some DIMEers can help with additional information.