JETHRO TULL
July 28, 1975
Oakland, CA

Soundcheck - NOT A CONCERT - no real songs played here

sounds pretty bad
FOR COMPLETISTS ONLY

You can hear some music beneath the hiss here,
but only if you listen hard, especially during the quieter moments.

I'll be interested to see how many folks snatch this.
It's not the kind of thing you will listen to more than once.

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NO REAL SONGS HERE
This is just one long track as the band members plays bits of this and that
while they get the levels correct for the evening's performance.

It is a bit of flute, a bit of guitar, but mostly John's organ,
WHICH WILL NOT "unite with the guitar to provide a textural overlay rich in percussion counter rhythms".
YOU WILL NOT HEAR "young Gerald Bostock's poem taken up once more, sung of course, by Mr. Anderson. And,"
AT NO TIME WILL YOU HEAR, "the guitarist, the drummer, and I myself, blend and aspire towards eager participation in anticipation of the orgasmic sensation to follow."

You do get to hear the string quartet warming up a bit.

You can also hear the clandestine taper whispering to a friend as they record, what must have been for them, a really neat experience

THIS IS MONOPHONIC (2 channels - the same thing in left and right)

TOTAL TIME 25:50

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THE BAND
Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, acoustic guitar
Martin Barre - guitars
John Evan - keyboards
Jeffrey Hammond - bass
Barrie Barlow - drums

Liz and company - string quartet

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LINEAGE
audience > unknown/a bunch 'o generations > to me on cassette > digitized with Audacity > Flac via xAct > you

sounds pretty bad
FOR COMPLETISTS ONLY

THIS IS MONOPHONIC (2 channels - the same thing in left and right)

A raw transfer.
No noise reduction or eq was applied.
Tape player (Nakamichi BX-2) azimuth adjustment was done.

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HEY GANG:
I offer what I have, with ALL the information known to me.
If you've got a better version, seed it.
If you have more accurate information, please add it in a comment.
If anyone would like to attempt a remastering job, go right ahead.

Let's try and keep it positive and make DIME as good an experience for all as possible.

.
ebub