Rare Earth_Motor Speedway - Ontario, CA (Complete Set) 1974-04-06

This is a Second Generation copy of a Reel to Reel Soundboard recorded
with microphones placed at the stage amps. The equipment is unknown.
This is NOT from the TV Broadcast or from a soundboard that the band may
possess. It is an independant soundboard.

Lineage: Reel to Reel Soundboard > TDK-SA C90 > Nakamichi 600A MK II >
TDK-D C90 > Tascam 302 > Sony PCM M-10 at 96/24 Wave files > Audacity
for volume adjustment > CD Wave Editor V. 1.98 for tracking > 96/24
and converted to FLAC using Trader's Little Helper V2.8.3.182.
Tape and conversion and editing by Michael Cariola.

01_Hey Big Brother (5:22)
02_Big John Is My Name (8:29)
03_(I Know) I'm Losing You (19:41)
04_I Just Want to Celebrate (10:27)

Total Time: (43:59)


The Story of this Recording:

In early 1977, I was contacted by a Southern California tape
trader who answered one of my AD's in Trouser Press magazine.
That person did not have anything to trade except the Cal Jam
show from 1974 (which I attended). He had taped all the bands
on a Reel to Reel recorder and separate michrophones he had set
up on the stage. He must have had a small mixer as well as the
recordings picked up all that was played. There is no audience
noise except when the band asked the crowd to make noise (which
was very muted). The only band not recorded was ELP because he
loaded the reel to reel tape upside down and nothing was recorded.
He sent me the remaining bands on TDK-SA cassette tapes. I still
have his copies of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple on those TDK-SA
tapes but due to posting restrictions on this site, they cannot be
shared here. I did send copies to Allan of the CAL JAM web site
and he noted that they sounded better than the official releases!
Unfortunatly, The recordings of Seals & Croft, Black Oak Arkansas
& The Eagles were probably used for blank tapes as these band were
not important to me at the time (Alan could shoot me for that).
The recording of Rare Earth and Earth, Wind and Fire were transfered
to a TDK-D cassette as I needed the SA tape for other recordings.
In spite of that, they still sound great.