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Shakti w/ John McLaughlin....November 12, 1977 (First Show)(9PM)
The Cellar Door, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
John McLaughlin - guitar
L. Shankar - violin
Zakir Hussain - tabla
T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram - ghatam
Margaret & Fran - "boxes" on Tracks 5/6
Taper: bpthree
Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16 condenser microphone
Lineage: Maxell XL1 master cassette> Teac A-550RX cassette playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg+
Length: 74:36 minutes
Artwork: none.
Samples: none.
Set List:
01. ????
02. Peace Of Mind
03. India
04. ???? (Can't make out the announced title)
05. Get Down & Sruti (Part One)(tape flip)
06. Get Down & Sruti (Part Two)
Taper's Comments:
1 - HELP!! If you have any uncirculated SPIRIT shows, or better quality FM
broadcasts than what's been posted here before, please share them. If you
know anybody who has shows that fit this category that aren't on DIME, please
dub off their stuff and share it. I'm trying to write a book on SPIRIT and need
all the information I can get. I have a database of over 1500 gigs 1967-1996, and
want to find as much information as I can to add to it. If you have any memories
of where you saw SPIRIT, the more specific the better (venue, city, date, supporting
bands, etc.), I'd love to know that as well. Please leave that in the comments
section or PM me. Thank you!
2 - Show description & comments follow:
"The Cellar Door" was a very small, but great room that held about 200 people packed in
like sardines. Years later the DC Fire Marshal's forced to club to reduce their capacity to
about 125 people. The club tried to continue, but financially couldn't do it. I believe today
it houses the offices of CELLAR DOOR PRODUCTIONS, which is or was a major booking
agency, if they are still around. I just read one person call this place "a dive", and it was
nothing like that. If anything, it was more upscale, and there were a lot of business people
in there as well for the shows.
This was my first time seeing the great John McLaughlin. While I always preferred his
electric guitar work, I wasn't complaining here. Certainly really unique stuff, with a
great supporting cast of Indian musicians, including the fab violinist L. Shankar. Two
women, Margaret & Fran, joined on the last song to pump some "boxes", which were
some sort of bellows type of instrument, as I remember. I found them nearly inaudible!
Enjoy!
bpthree
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