Les McCann 4
Les McCann:keyboards, vocals
Nick Jurgo: guitar
? :bass
? :drums

Paul's Mall
Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
March 12, 1977
(excerpts of 2 sets)
source: 1st generation audience tape

runtime: 72:43 (minutes/seconds)
setlist:
1: ? 5:23 (let your feelings be your guide?)
2: ? 4:09 (spliced at 2:41)
3: North Carolina 14:53
4: ? 1:15 (snippet only)
5: ? 2:29 (cuts in)
6: compared to what > ? > drum solo 19:01
7: ? 3:19
8: ? 4:21
9: compared to what 7:56
10: what's goin' on 9:56 (Marvin Gaye)

lineage: unknown mikes >
probably Sony TC-153SD cassette recorder (dolby off) >
master cassettes (probably Maxell UD 90 min) >
Maxell UD 7" reel @ 3 3/4 ips >
soundforge (wav) > flac > torrentially yours.
first seeded in march 2008
reseeded in 2015 with some retracking
and a flac > wav > flac (sb's aligned) reconversion to remove all the sbe's.
do not sell this recording.
share freely, losslessly and as gaplessly as possible.
(but not Leslessly!)
comments:
Les McCann had 2 albums that came out around the time of this concert:
Change Change Change (live at the Roxy, L.A.) and Music lets me be
both released on ABC records
this is a far from complete recording, and has a few odd interruptions in it,
but came out fairly well. why so much is missing I don't recall, probably got there late
and had some problems during the show recording, but we got probably about half the night,
pretty sure it's not all one set because there's 2 different versions of Compared to What,
one of Les' signature songs, one more or Les(s) complete, the other is cut.
But sometimes less is more, any Les McCann is better than none at all.
Les and his band were broadcasted from the same club, about 5 years earlier than this.
This show was not broadcasted live (or recorded for broadcast) as far as I know,
this comes from an aud I helped make back in my early recording days.
this was made on fairly decent equipment, probably a Sony 153 or something comparable.
Some mellow stuff in here and some energetic jammin too, this was the only
time I ever saw Les McCann in concert and it was much more than less of a good time
despite the recording troubles, most of what remains came out fairly well, the problems
are mostly in what didn't get recorded and there are a few cuts into songs. Recording
at Paul's Mall or Jazz Workshop could be an adventure, even if the artist gave permission
to. they were both small dark crampy clubs with cement walls so the sound isn't very good
in there, probably alot better in the recording than it was at the show. I've had that
happen alot.