Here's another golden nugget dug out of the Whotrader archives. Although this show has been available in the past, this version is much longer than previous posted versions I've seen. I love the raw sound on this show, I beleive Joe's had microphones mounted over the crowd to record these killer blues shows from the '60s and early '70s. This particular show actually seems to be two different performances merged together into this recording. Unfortunately, most of the tracks cut between songs (although very little music is missing from the transitions), but otherwise, this recording gives you the actual feel of seeing the Wolf perform at his peak in 1966. Sample included and please see my request below ....
***** 96 khz / 24 bit version ***** (No CD version)
Howlin' Wolf
1966 - exact date unknown
Joe's Place
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA
01.[00:47] Tune-up
02.[06:25] 300 Pounds of Joy
03.[07:56] I Walked From Dallas
04.[06:11] I Asked For Water
05.[08:10] I Told My Baby
06.[07:44] Tell Me What I've Done
07.[05:36] Meet Me at the Bottom
08.[04:23] Killing Floor
09.[08:02] 300 Pounds of Joy II
10.[04:45] I Asked For Water II
11.[06:16] Howlin' For My Darlin' ?
12.[06:38] ?
13.[06:45] Dust My Broom
14.[09:09] Going Down Slow
15.[04:00] Sitting On Top of the World
16.[07:26] I've Been Workin' ?
Total 1:40:13
Lineage: > > Cassette trade circa 1997
Transfer: Sony TC-WE475 > Microtrack II (96/24) > Wavelab (tracking and tweaking) > Flac (level 8) > you !
whotrader-0690-hw-1966-96
**************** REQUEST **************************
Hound Dog has always been a favorite. I've had the following killer show forever on cassette, but only 45 minutes. If anyone can reseed the following, I would forever grateful ...... thanks in advance:
picked this up from dime in 05 ... boo-na!
Hound Dog Taylor
Joe's Place
Cambridge, MA
November 28, 1972
Disc 1
1) Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
2) Taylor's Crawl
3) Rock Me Baby
4) Goodnight Boogie
5) Wild About You
6) Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
7) The Things I Used To Do
Phillip's Stomp
9) I Just Can't Take It
10) What Do I Say
11) Ingleside Blues
Disc 2
1) Dust My Broom
2) Phillip's Crawl
3) Freddie's Blues
4) Strollin' With Brewer
5) It Hurts Me Too
6) Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
7) Take Five
Blues For Suzie
9) Roll Your Moneymaker
10) Let's Get Funky
11) Florence's Blues
Notes: Great sounding recording, especially considering it's 32 years old! Hound Dog Taylor...the original electric slide guitar master...the twelve fingered wonder. It's simply hard to fathom the influence this relatively obscure Chicago-land bluesman had on modern music. His electric slide playing alone was trend setting. But the songs have lived on through the years and have been performed by the likes of Gov't Mule, Luther Allison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many others. His influence was so great that it would surprise me if even the youngest downloaders have not heard someone perform at least one of the songs that he wrote...many of which are presented in this torrent. Yes, kids, it's true. He really did have 6 fingers on each of his hands. If you don't believe it, go to the blues section and find one of his CDs (rare to find these days, but they're still out there) and see for yourself.
Source: This obviously isn't a pure SBD, but the recording is so outstanding it just can't be an audience recording. I'm thinking that this is possibly a matrix SBD / stage-mic set-up. Or it possibly could be an great set of mics suspended overhead.
Conversion: Cassette (unknown generation) > Audition 1.0 > CDWave (for track splits) > FLAC