John Martyn
1972-10-26 Mile End, East London, England Sundown Theatre (M2-AUD)

01. Outside In
02. May You Never
03. Back To Stay -> Cocaine -> A Little Bit Of Love
04. Jelly Roll Baker (Easy Blues)
05. Bless The Weather
06. Man In The Station
07. Keep On ->
08. I'd Rather Be The Devil//

Total Time ::: 44:18

::: Hi-fi it ain't. Somewhat distant & muffled but contains very palatable rare vintage bytes for true Martyn freaks. Check sommelier sound samples to sip the spirits.
::: Warts: As mentioned above, plus some dullspots were surely missed. Remarkably improved after the remastering.
::: John was opening for Sandy Denny on this tour.

Recording Information ::: unknown recording equipment -> master mono cassette -> 1st generation cassette -> 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2013-03-xx ::: 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, 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 / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-06-22.

Further mastering notes: I deleted ~1 minute of tuning before "Bless The Weather" that had excessive microphone noise. No talking or music was lost! Very possible this was a single microphone jacked into a 2 channel recorder. The right channel had lots of issues that were not apparent in the left, so since the thing was mono anyway, I used a few patches from it, then sent it to digital hell (vaporised). MUCH better listen for that single keystroke, I assure you. No end fade in case longer one appears & this is better quality & needs to be spliced. One of the main circulating Denny versions of this show sounds like it was equalised. You can certainly liven this one up that way, but I will leave it to the individual listener's discretion, or to others.

Line-up ::: John Martyn - acoustic guitar (with effects), vocals.

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

CoolSonics 260 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: some days one has just spewed all one can spew. Last gasp of the day... While it isn't the finest of quality, nor the best JM I ever did hear, it is a mesmerising 3/4 of an hour by one of the finest. Sorry he's left us, but am blessed to have heard & seen 'im on so many fine occasions.

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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