The John Langdon Series

A variety of uncirculated analog and digital masters,
spanning three decades...

JL-06
Jeff Beck
Johnson Gym
Albuquerque, NM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
June 5, 1975

John Langdon has been taping shows for more than twenty years, a great many of them documenting the music scene in Albuquerque in the 80s and 90s. Most of his shows are on tape cassettes, but a great many of them are on seven or ten inch reels. Over the course of time they will begin to see the light of day and be shared with music lovers everywhere. Additionally, he has further documented many of these shows with photographic images, which will be the basis for the artwork created for these shows. Thanks to John for his generosity in sharing what he's collected.

Source: 2nd Gen > TDK AD-C60 > Denon DRM-500 > Denon DRA-635R > Technics SH-GE50 > M-Audio Audiophile 2496 > Audition 1.5 > WAV > Edits (normalization, tapeflip matchup, fade-outs at ends) > CD-WAV > FLAC

There's no maybe about it; this is definitely an incomplete show, and the way "Definitely Maybe" cuts out and then back in three tracks later is very odd...

John's Notes:

"At the time of this recording, I was not living in Albuquerque. I was in the Army, stationed in El Paso, TX. I saw the El Paso stop on this tour, and I thoroughly enjoyed the show. I moved to Albuquerque in 1979, and in the early 80s, I met ... a pharmacology student at UNM. ... we soon became friends, in part due to our shared passion for the Grateful Dead. I got this tape and a couple of others from Jerry. Jerry told me he got this from a guy who worked at UNM in Building Maintenance. In addition to building maintenance, this guy also assisted with shows at the school, setting up chairs, music stands, and other such stuff. Jerry told me that this show was recorded on a reel-to-reel deck (deck and mike types unknown). The guy made a cassette copy for Jerry, and Jerry made a copy for me. What you have is what Jerry has, warts and all. I suspect that the guy brought only one reel to the show, and that's why it's incomplete. (Although I can't explain how he got some of the Mahavishnu Orchestra set, but not all of the Jeff Beck set. The cuts may be due to the difficulty in flipping a reel."

Tracks

She's A Woman (cuts in)
Freeway Jam
Definitely Maybe (abrupt cut)
? (cuts in abruptly)
Jeff's Boogie
Max Middleton's Keyboard Solo
Definitely Maybe Reprise (abrupt cut in)
Constipated Duck (?)
Cause We've Ended As Lovers

Warmest Regards Always, etc. etc.,

The New Guy