Steamhammer
1969-07-08 London, England BBC Maida Vale Studio 4 John Peel's "Top Gear" programme (M?-FM)

01. When All Your Friends Are Gone
02. Passing Through
03. ? (instrumental intro) -> Louisiana Blues
04. 6/8 For Amiran

Total Time ::: 16:07

::: 'What it is' but enjoyable & serviceable 'til somethin' better comes along. Check samples for litmus testin' or engine revvin'.
::: Warts: Yes... Hiss, bass distortion, multi-gen recording. Dropouts & dullspots worked on, but many are irretrievably damaged...
::: 1969-07-08 was the original studio recording session date. The program was first broadcast on 1969-07-13.
::: There were at least 2 more Steamhammer BBC sessions. Can anyone provide either of them or an upgrade to this? Happy to work on them if you want to send me rough files, or tapes.
::: #1 has a fascinating instrumental jam section that could be another tune incorporated into the middle.
::: #3 intro passage Peel might say something like it's called "Dave's Thing"(?) - or maybe not!
::: This circulates with an added BBC broadcast "Autumn Song" on the end, but be forewarned, it's the released 45 version.

Recording Information ::: FM (or AM) radio broadcast -> unknown equipment -> master off-air mono tape -> ? (probably all analog tape) -> unknown generation Maxell MX-100 cassette, Dolby off.

Playback 2011-xx-xx ::: unknown generation Maxell MX-100 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby off, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL professional CD recorder -> CD-RW, no track splits -> computer -> EAC secure mode (logs made) -> wav file.

Remastering 2014-08-xx ::: Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, channel inversion phase correction done, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, further speed fixes if necessary with single pass per segment after spectral analysis & with pitchpipe verification, EQ'd to deal with bass roll-off only with no hiss removal or high end tinkering] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2014-08-23.

Line-up (unconfirmed) ::: Kieran White - vocals // Martin Pugh - electric guitar // Martin Quittenton - electric guitar // Steve Jolliffe - saxophone, flute // Steve Davy - electric bass // Mick Bradley - drums.

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

DimeTravel 056 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: There was a request for this recently when I put up another Steamhammer show. SInce no one else has come forward, here 'tis. This thing is, to wallow in an overused adjective, AWESOME, regardless of quality. However, that's the way I feel about this band in general circa 1969-71. Must have been some kind of mind melt in action. Always taking songs to some new places. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

Support the artists! Nothing to buy, but check Martin Pugh's at http://www.steamhammer.com & the Repertiore CD's are still floating, I think, so do yourself a favor & buy them & hope some of the royalities line the right pockets. Don't know where to start? If you don't own the first album (self-titled aka "Reflection"), it is one of the mighty, and its two follow-ups are royally excellent as well.

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!