Mike Bloomfield and Friends at the Fillmore
February 1, 1969 (Opening act for Chuck Berry)

01 - Born In Chicago.flac
02 - Work Me Lord.flac
03 - Killing My Love.flac
[04 - Holy Moly.flac] * OFFICIAL MATERIAL DELETED *
05 - My Heart Beat Like A Hammer.flac
06 - It's About Time.flac
07 - Young Girl (San Quentin Quail).flac
08 - Born In Chicago.flac

Mike Bloomfield- guitar, vocals
Nick Gravenites- guitar, vocals
Mark Naftalin- piano
Ira Kamin- organ
John Kahn- bass
Cornelius "Snooky" Flowers- baritone sax
Gerald Oshita- baritone sax
John Wilmeth- trumpet
Noel Jewkes- tenor sax
Dino Andino- congas
Bob Jones- drums

This was reportedly from Mark Naftalin's personal soundboard tapes.

Note: "Holy Moly" is the same performance on Nick Gravenites' "My Labors" album. "It's About Time" is the same performance included on the February 8, 1969 soundboard (so one of the two dates is obviously wrong). The two versions of "Born In Chicago" are quite different, and make a great way to start and end the recording.

Lineage:

CDR received from trader -> EAC secure rip to FLAC files

FLAC files edited extensively with Cool Edit Pro 2 (aka CEP):
- pops and clicks removed manually
- noise at beginning and end of tracks was attenuated
- tape dropouts and flutters repaired as feasible
- annoying "squeaks" removed manually as heard throughout the tracks (I believe that these squeaks were the microphone anti-feedback circuitry kicking in and I used a very sharp single node filter to cut frequencies centered around mainly 5456Hz, but also occasionally at frequencies of 6874, 6583 and 5739)

I also used the multi-track mode of CEP to check versions of "Killing My Love", "Holy Moly" and "It's About Time". I had initially thought that "Holy Moly" was from a different performance than the "My Labors" album, but in syncing up the two tracks there was a slight difference in tape speed and processing, but they were otherwise identical. So that track was removed from the torrent uploaded here at DIME.

For a very complete discography of Mike Bloomfield be sure to check out his official site:

http://www.mikebloomfield.com/

By all means purchase the reissued version of Nick Gravenites' "My Labors & More" CD released on the Acadia label in England in 2001 [ACA 8010]. In addition to the 5 live tracks from the original vinyl album there are 3 live tracks from Mike Bloomfield's "Live From Bill Graham's Fillmore West" album, which has never been reissued. One additional live track from that album ("Carmelita Skiffle") is also available on the Mike Bloomfield release on CBS Legacy "Don't Say That I Ain't Your Man - Essential Blues 1964-1969" (which also includes "It Takes Time").

respectively submitted by steeve_a