Sopwith Camel
1973-07-14 Berkeley, California New Orleans House (M1-AUD)

~~~~"Who's going to live in all those cities underground?"~~~~

X>X>X>X>X> "Jitter & jump with the miraculous hump!" <X<X<X<X<X

Set One :::
01. Oriental Fantasy
02. Sleazy Street
03. Orange Peel
04. Coke, Suede & Waterbeds
05. Hello, Hello
06. Fazon
07. Dancin' Wizard
08. Astronaut Food
09. ...Brief Synthophonia
10. Monkeys On The Moon

Set Two :::
11. Brief Synthophonia
12. --band introductions--
13. Sneaky Smith
14. Wham Bam, I'm A Smoky Ham
15. Fazon
Encore :::
16. Sleazy Street
17. Hello, Hello
18. Orange Peel
19. Astronaut Food

Total Time ::: 2:07:00

::: VERY fine, crisp, lovely stereo AUD. Check samples for validation, illumination & enlightenment.
::: WARNING: Prepare to be astounded, astonished, flabbergasted, dazzled & thunderstruck!
::: Warts: Most dullspots, dropouts & volume fluctuations were fixed, but surely missed some.
::: Includes "The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon" entire album played live.
::: Other act on the bill, both 1st & 2nd sets - "Stuart Little Band" from Stockton, CA. (Anyone have live tapes by them?).
::: "Wham Bam, I'm A Smoky Ham" is an unissued Sopwith Camel song ('an astrological number').

Recording Information ::: unknown stereo reel-to-reel recorder -> master stereo reels -> 1st generation Maxell XLII-S 90 cassettes, Dolby B on.

Playback 2012-05-01 ::: 1st generation Maxell XLII-S 90 cassettes on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, further speed fixes if necessary, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-05-11.

Line-up ::: Terry MacNeil - electric piano, guitars, vocals // Peter Kraemer - saxophone, flute, synthesizers [Synthophone, Arp], vocals // Martin Beard - electric bass, vocals // Norman Mayell - drums, percussion, harmonica.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 250 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Well folks, this is one of the finest from my archives I have to offer you. The stuff tape collector dreams are made of. "The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon" has been one of my favorite albums since its release. When I saw this recording on the taper's list it was a hands down first choice, though he had 100s of other (still!) uncirculated recordings by other groups I would love to have gotten. This turned out to be even better than I had hoped, as it included versions of every song from the second Sopwith Camel album, many of them repeated during the two sets - sheer bliss! The band's own bio starts with a sentence that kinda says it all... The band's first gig was with the original San Francisco Charlatans in February of 1966. This recording should shiver the timbers of anyone who loves their second album & hopefully it will turn some new folks on to Sopwith Camel. Enjoy!

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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