Michael Chapman
1971-01-06 London, England BBC One Radio Studios "Folk On 1" programme (M1or2*-FM)

01. Last Lady Song
02. A Scholarly Man
03. Lady On The Rocks -> Song For September
04. In The Valley
05. She Came In Like the 6:15

Total Time ::: 28:30

::: Quality is NOT hi-fi but it's rare & the musical content is virtually unrivaled - astonishing, exploritory, beautiful, trajectory, transformative - to be heard! Check samples to see if it aligns with with your planet or for momentary precursors of aural appreciation.
::: 1971-01-06 is the recording date. First broadcast 1971-01-16 in its regular time slot at 3:31 on Saturday afternoon preceeding "Top Gear", featuring this set by Michael Chapman only.
::: Rare recording of a later Mick Ronson appearance with Chapman, doing all material from the new Chapman album, "Window", which Ronson did not appear on.

Recording Information ::: BBC Radio One broadcast -> off-air master mono reel-to-reel tape from miked speakers -> DAT or cassette -> "1st or 2nd generation"* Beta Hi-Fi analog tape.

Playback 2011-10-18 ::: "1st or 2nd generation"* Beta Hi-Fi analog tape -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer -> EAC secure -> wav file(s) -> Audacity (for fades and/or glitch repair, volume adjustments, no EQ except a tiny bit of hum removal for which I apologise to purists, but it was REALLY needed.) -> CD Wave for track splits -> Trader's Little Helper -> various ears around the world. First uploaded 2012-06-13.

Line-up ::: Michael Chapman - guitars, vocals // Mick Ronson - electric lead guitar // Johnny Van Derek - violin // Rick Kemp - bass // Laurie Allen - drums // Alex Atterson - piano // ? - female background vocals (track 5).

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

Cool Sonics Series CS-042 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Very, very cool show, a 1/2 hour live in studio concert with no audience in attendance. Michael talks a bit about each song before he starts playing. This broadcast must have been the premier promotional push for the newly recorded "Window" album, as ALL the material Michael chose to play was from it. Kinda ballsy! Mick Ronson had played a lot of lead guitar on "Fully Qualified Survivor", Michael's 2nd Harvest album earlier in 1970, but then Ronson did NOT appear on the "Window" studio sessions. But here he is again & knows the material, so likely he was gigging with Michael on & off that year when other things didn't get in the way. One thing I always love about Ronson's playing is ability to hold back until the right moment & then cut loose in a completely fitting but heavy way so everyone notices. In "Last Lady Song" he waits until 2&1/2 minutes in & then rebuilds the song. Chapman is in super form here & the instrumentation is unique, not just with Ronson on this material, but also due to the killer band line-up featuring the great Laurie Allen & the unusual addition of the violinist. This is a keeper. Michael Chapman continues to dominate many of my listening hours, year after year. Very glad people are paying attention to him, it is a musical path well worth taking. Enjoy.

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, Weeks, 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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Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!