The Rascals
Live at The Greek Theater
Los Angeles, CA
2013 10-10

Genre: Rock n Roll
Audience Tape: A to A+
Mikes: Schoeps mk4 > Actives > NBox >
Recorder: Sony M-10
Transfer: Goldwave (Volume Boost, Compression > Dither to 16b) > Media Monkey (Flac Transfer L8)
Location: Right Center
Recorded by Scooter123
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Tapers Notes:

In 1962, Felix Cavaliere played organ for Joey Dee & The Starlighters ("The Twist") and Eddie
Brigati sang vocals for the group. On October 26, 1963, the Beatles were the warm up band for Joey
Dee. Felix didn't think much of the Beatles, they were pretty much an R&B cover band. How things change

In 1965, Felix and Eddie recruited jazz drummer, Dino Danelli to play drums, but with a driving
sound on the Toms and his characteristic drum stick twirl. Needing a guitarist, they found
Ottawa-born guitarist Gene Cornish who had been stranded by his Canadian group.

Renamed "The Young Rascals" they became the house band for The Barge, a club in the Hamptons.
They were mainly a cover band at that point, doing old R&B songs in a rock context. The revived
an R&B song by The Olympics, called "Good Lovin" and put it to a driving beat with a garage rock
feel and false endings, which were popular at that point in time ("Rain" "Monday Monday"). The
kids at the Hamptons went crazy. There are some decent YouTube versions out there and the Rascals
just killed the track.

The group developed a huge following and were courted by Phil Spector and Sid Bernstein (who had
promoted the Beatles Shea Stadium concert). To Phil Spector's dismay, the boys spurned his offers
and as the story goes, he left The Barge in disgust and kicked a tree, breaking his foor.

Berstein dressed The Rascals in knickers, round collars and short ties. During the Beatles' Shea
Stadium concert, the scoreboard flashed "The Rascals Are Here," which of course stirred up early
interest in the group. Berstein signed the group with Atlantic only because they wanted to produce
the music themselves. But staff engineer Tom Dowd (Derek & The Dominoes) helped develop the sound
and the their second single, "Good Lovin" went right to number one. Ranked number 325 on Rolling
Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Writer Dave Marsh placed it at number 108 in his
1989 book The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, saying it is
"the greatest example ever of a remake surpassing the quality of an original without changing
a thing about the arrangement," and that "'Good Lovin' all by itself is enough to dispel the
idiotic notion that rock and roll is nothing more than white boys stealing music from the blacks.

The rest, they say, is history. The group had a string of number one hits and ultimately broke up
in 1970 never to play together again, except for this reunion tour.

The reunion concert is the brainchild of Steven Van Zandt, who co-produces, co-directs and has
scripted video moments where band members talk about the group�s rise and fall and actors
representing the boys in their younger days play out scenes of key events.

The show itself is a lot like "Jersey Boys" on steroids. The songs are interspersed with original
footage of the boys, interviews with them, and character actors playing the part of the Young Rascals
in 1966. It is essentially a Broadway show, but with the original members of the band. The show
has played many dates, and may be toward the end of the US run, and I only found a couple of taped
versions here, most of which are recorded on cheap internal mikes of pocket recorders. This pull is
Schoeps quality.

"In 1970, there was a lot of racial tension, arguments over womens's rights, pollution, poverty,
problems in the Mideast, and a war no one understood. And now its 40 years later, and not fucking
thing has changed" --Eddie Brigati, Rascals October 10, 2013


Set List:

1. Concert Introduction
2. It`s Wonderful
3. I`ve Been Lonely Too Long
4. What Is The Reason
5. Banter re Starting the Rascals
6. You Better Run
7. Banter re Joey Dee & The Starlighters
8. Carry Me Back
9. Banter re Getting Band Together
10. Slow Down
11. Banter re Dino Danelli >
12. Slow Down
13. Banter re Gene Cornish
14. Mickey's Monkey > Banter > Turn On Your Love Light > Mickey's Monkey
15. Banter re Choo Choo Club
16. Come On Up
17. Banter re
18. Baby Let`s Wait
19. Banter re The Barge
20. Too Many Fish in the Sea
21. Banter re Phil Spector
22. If I Knew You
23. Hold On
24. Banter re Writing Songs
25. I Aint Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
26. Banter > Good Lovin
27. Banter re Good Lovin
28. Love Is A Beautiful Thing
29. Groovin`
30. Do You Feel It
31. Banter re The Sixties
32. Away Away
33. Its a Beautiful Morning
34. Sueno
35. Find Somebody
36. A Girl Like You
37. Its Love
38. How Can I Be Sure
39. Banter re Segregation
40. People Got to Be Free
41. Banter re Writing Songs
42. Heaven
43. Banter re Breaking Up
44. A Ray of Hope
45. Banter re Once Upon a Dream >
46. People Got to be Free

47. See

TT: 2:04

Personnel:

Felix Cavaliere, Organ Piano, Vocals
Eddie Brigati, Vocals, Percussion
Dino Danelli, Drums
Gene Cornish, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

Dennis Collins, Vocals
Sharon Bryant, Vocals
Angela Clemmons, Vocals
Mark Alexander, Keyboards
Mark Prentiss, Bass

As always, I don't care what you do with these files, once you download
them--they are yours now, except these files are not for sale, free
trade only. You can thank me by uploading something of a similar genre
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Regards,

Scooter

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