Norman Greenbaum
Moody Blues
Santa Clara Fairgrounds
San Jose, CA
05 April 1970
VG audience recording

Lineage: audience master > wav > flac

Mastering: None except indexing of tracks.

Track listing:

Disc 1 (68:36)

Norman Greenbaum
01. Junior Cadillac 5:18
02. Circulate 3:17
03. TNT Lover 4:28
04. Tars of India 3:08
05. I. J. Foxx 5:08
06. Canned Ham 4:05
07. Damper 4:09
08. Miss Fancy 3:02
09. Spirit in the Sky 5:04

Moody Blues
10. Gypsy 3:22
11. Sunset 4:10
12. Dr. Livingstone I Presume 2:56
13. Never Comes the Day 4:51
14. Peak Hour 5:23
15. Nights in White Satin [start only] 0:04

The above timings are song timings, not CD track timings.

There is an alternate, complete recording of the Moody Blues part of this show here:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=297801

While complete, the audio quality of that version is a bit worse, mostly because it
seems to have been recorded farther from the stage.

Background:
Some years ago i received a box of master reels to transfer, all recorded in the S.F. area
in 1969 and 1970, and including a variety of artists. I think most of these are in
circulation, how widely i don't know. They were all recorded by the same taper, and these
were the original reels. Most were 5-inch spools but a few of the earliest recordings were
on 3.25-inch spools. The taper re-used tapes frequently, often recording over older shows.
Sometimes recordings were made on both sides of the tape (mono, although recorded on both
channels) and later a single channel of each side was re-used for a new one-channel recording.
Tape box and reel labels often referred to older recordings that no longer existed, and even
the accurate listings often gave no dates or venues. So there's uncertainty for many of these
regarding exact date/venue.

This reel has Greenbaum on one side and the Moody Blues on the other. The recording
of the Moodies ends abruptly just after "Nights in White Satin" starts; on the tape box
is the note by the taper: "Manager offed the recording." So sadly there is no more.

The recordings of both acts are very nice quality. A few years ago i sent Norman the
recording of his part of the tape, and i think he enjoyed hearing it, although his
comment was, "A little brutal to listen to, but the record company was too cheap to
provide backup singers." I can understand that reaction if you're used to the backing
vocals on, say, "Spirit in the Sky." But I find this a very enjoyable recording by a
unique and individual singer.