Groundhogs
1973-03-02 _ Edmonton, Borough of Enfield, London, UK _ Sundown _ (M?-AUD)

DimeTravel brings you "British Blues BOOM!" Volume 28

~*~ Carefully remastered fixing various issues, without EQ ~*~

01. -- introduction & tuning up --
02. Split-Part 1
03. Split-Part 3
04. I Love Miss Ogyny -> ? -> Strange Town
05. Earth Shanty -> 3744 James Road
06. Sad Is The Hunter -> Split-Part 2 -> ?
Encore :::
07. Split-Part 4 -> jam -> Cherry Red

Total Time ::: 1:27:10

::: Slightly distant & hissy but quite(!) fine & clear enough AUD. Check samples for toxicity factors or ear illumination flashes.
::: Warts: Got some rushing hiss. Repaired dropouts & dullspots but surely missed some! Tapeflip splice in #5 (brief, almost inaudible).
::: "Hogwash" had just come out in November 1972.
::: Can YOU upgrade this? Who was the taper was for these Edmunton Sundown gigs? Sound like the deck was in the same location for some shows & it's likely the same source for some circulating recordings. We're long overdue for someone to appear with these masters!

Recording Information ::: unknown stereo recording equipment -> master (narrow) stereo tape -> ? -> unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2015-04-12 ::: unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth adjusted for individual tape, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, -0.6% averaged pitch (speed) fix with single pass after frequency analysis & with pitchpipe verification, NO equalisation] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2015-08-22.

Line-up ::: Tony T.S. McPhee - electric guitar, Mellotron, ARP 2600 synthesizer, vocals // Peter Cruickshank - electric bass // Clive Brooks - drums.

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

DimeTravel 166 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! Thanks to DIMER tsmcphee for taking a listen. ::: Corrections welcome ::: The wonders of modern technology. This tape was almost impossible to listen to, as it had so many problems with levels between the channels & chunks of a channel were dropped out. Now with some 10+ hours of work, you have a totally solid, steady listen with the sound evened out and no serious dropout or volume issues anymore. Great performance in the midst of the Groundhogs creative explosion period. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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