Jean-Luc Ponty
Darly Steurmer- guitar
Mike Wolf- keyboards
Tom Fowler- bass
Norm Fearrington- drums
the Village Gate
New York City, N.Y.
September 1, 1975
filename: jlp9175flac16
performance quality: A (hot set)
recording quality: A-
source: FM (1st or 2nd gen. not sure)
runtime: 53:43
setlist:
1: radio announcer band introductions
2: how would you like to have a head like that?
3: echoes of the future
4: polyfolk dance
5: upon the wings of music
6: radio announcer
comments:
A fine radio broadcast from the Big Apple with some prime Ponty
on his 1st solo band tour. The 1st tune is probably a leftover
relic from his 1973 tour with Frank Zappa, the rest are all from
his 1st solo record, Upon the Wings of Music, with my favorite
Ponty drummer. This guy can really play. It's a short set, but I
think the whole thing. the tape was flipped just before upon the wings.
I got this from a guy from Binghamton, N.Y. many years ago on a
Maxell XLII-S cassette, and it sounds clean. This tour began a long and
productive mergence of Ponty with Daryl Steurmer before he joined with
Genesis. You can hear a few examples of that in my current and future
uploads. This is the earliest of them. Most of my favorite Ponty band
albums have Steurmer on guitar, including the 1st 3 (at least) which
are all very good- Wings, Aurora, and Imaginary Voyage. I have one
representation for each of these, and they're all very nice shows
of decent or better quality.
do not sell this recording.
trade freely and losslessly.