***NOT THE SAME SET AS 2015 upload 1970-07-11 Munich "Euro Pop A-Z Musik Festival"! (see below)***
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Steamhammer
1970-07-10 ::: Munich, Bavaria, Germany ::: Olympia Eisstadion am Oberwiesenfeld
Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21 ::: "Euro Pop A-Z Musik Festival" ::: BT-M-AUD *REMASTER*
DimeTravel remaster of "Penumbra" source (2006 2CD-r Siréne-151 Japan boot)

~*~ Mk2 version, carefully remastered fixing various issues, without EQ* or NR ~*~

01-[07:42]. Supposed To Be Free
02-[03:37]. When All Your Friends Are Gone ->
03-[06:30]. drum solo ->
04-[00:35]. When All Your Friends Are Gone (conclusion)
05-[08:16]. Riding On The L&N//
06-[04:27]. Junior's Wailing

Total Time ::: 31:07

::: VG- distant AUD with some astonishing music (improved sound in Mk3). Check samples for horrors, hoping, hurrahs.
::: Warts: Repaired dullspots & dropouts but surely missed a few. Taper cut off deck between songs. Clapping lowered thru most music but #06 still has a lot thruout. #01missing 1or2 notes at start & #02+#05 fade in on opening note & sadly cuts in the jam (tho' after 8:16!). #06 from same show but much more muffled than rest (more info below_fixed in Mk3 version).
::: CONTRAST CLAUSE: This is the Mk2 DimeTravel NO EQ*orNR remaster. The "Mk1" original "Penumbra"bootleg CD files may be found elsewhere.
::: CONTRAST CLAUSE: This is the Mk2 DimeTravel NO EQ*orNR remaster. The better sounding Mk3 remaster with EQ+lite NR may be found elsewhere.
::: This is a DimeTravel remaster of"Penumbra"source (2006 2CD-r Siréne-151 Japan boot CD2 #06-08).
:::: ***NOT THE SAME SET AS 2015 upload 1970-07-11 Munich "Euro Pop A-Z Musik Festival"!***
::: 1970-07-11 Munich Euro Pop Festival believed to be correct date&source (DIFFERENT performance than this).
::: This set is labeled on the "Penumbra" bootleg as "Euro Pop Festival, Munich, Germany July 10th 1970".
::: Previously it was believed Steamhammer only played 1970-07-11 at this festival & since we have eyewitness performance times, it's hard to understand when they might have fit in on the 10th. This does sound like a fairly large, indoor, cavernous venue & Steamhammer did play on more than 1 day at at least 1 other German festival. There is clearly a chance the taper recorded another German gig the day before Munich & things got mixed up, but the most logical explanation remains that they played the festival both days.
::: Various sites have great info about this 2 day festival: July 10th: Krokodil [6-6:20 pm] Mighty Baby [6:30-7:00 pm] Status Quo [7:15-7:45 pm] Brinsley Schwarz [8:00-8:30 pm] Hard Meat [8:45-9:15 pm] East Of Eden [9:30-10 pm] Black Sabbath [10:15-11 pm] Edgar Broughton [11:15-12 am] Taste (featuring Rory Gallagher) [12:15-1:15 am] Juicy Lucy [1:30-2:15 pm] Jody Grind [2:30-3 am]. July 11th: Out Of Focus [5:30-6 pm] Van der Graaf Generator [6:15-6:45 pm] Amon Duul II [7-7:30 pm] Atomic Rooster [7:45-8:15 pm] Savoy Brown [8:30-9 pm] Free [9:15-9:45 pm] Steamhammer [10-10:30 pm] Traffic [10:45-11:45 pm] Deep Purple [12-1 am] Black Widow [1-1:45 am] Bronco [2-2:30 am]. [Advertised bands who did NOT appear: Tyrannosaurus Rex (a.k.a. T-Rex), Hardin&York, Keef Hartley, If, Champion Jack Dupree, Quintessence, Caravan, Golden Earring, Kevin Ayers&The Whole World].
::: Japanese taper (voice heard during drums) but maybe a different tape deck than other'70"Penumbra"source.
::: 3rd LP"Mountains"recorded by this line-up summer'70 but not released 'til Nov.'70.
::: Lovely picture of this line-up from Mar.'70: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Steamhammer_2.JPG
::: Supposedly a completed post-Steamhammer album by Axis exists, recorded for Brain label. It would be cool to hear it while I'm living, rather than waiting for the angels to sing me the songs (or worse).

Recording Information ::: unknown stere tape recorder/microphones -> master tape (VERY! narrow stereo) -> "Penumbra" bootleg (2006 2CD-r Siréne-151 Japan) -> 2021 wav rips by DIMER propylaen.
NOTE: Unconfirmed that Siréne "Penumbra" actually master tapes as stated but it's likely as all sources are Japanese taper(s) & hadn't circulated prior to boot release.

Remastering 2021-06-xx ::: master audience wavs -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset (NOT to normalize volume), channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, clap, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, #01-05 -2.0% & #06 +1.4% pitch (speed) fixes with single pass per segment after frequency analysis & with CD pitch verification, NO* equalisation (*except 34/50/68 notches to reduce cyclical hum, NO noise reduction] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. Freed 2021-06-xx. (NOTE: #06 was more muffled than the rest & Mk2 version still is. Also speed was quite different&notches needed in low end in different places so SURELY it was extra tape gen transfer (without azimuth adjustment). It IS the same show. Muffling problem is fixed in Mk3 with differential (matching) EQ to try to match #01-05 - not perfect, but close).

Line-up ::: Kieran Raymond White (†R.I.P. 1995†) - electric guitar, harmonica, vocals // Martin John Pugh - electric guitar // Steve Davy - electric bass, organ(?), vocals // Mick Bradley (†R.I.P. 1972†) - drums.

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

DimeTravel 805 ::: Thanks to the original taper. Thanks to DIMER propylaen for freeing the goods! Sincere thanks to whomever uploads this for me. ::: Corrections welcome ::: JEEZ, these notes took freakin' hours. Not the best quality Steamhammer we have from this era, but WELL worth hearing. Even tho' it is 8:16 minutes long, it REALLY sucks "Riding On The L&N"cuts before the end as the band is SMOKING with wonderful meltdown lead guitar work - around 3mins in check out the sustained note (you'll know when you are there...I think we called it "peaking") - then there's INTENSE percussive hammering going on with bass&drums around 4-6mins in with almost a sheet of white noise in the background. I reckon this version has some moments that define Steamhammer's sound, hands down - the hardcore fans out there (a few must be left!) should check it out! The audience gets it - after 2&1/2 minutes of insane musical attack, they explode into spontaneous applause. GREAT this one showed up, even if it took more than 50 years to get to most of our ears. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yrs truly, Knees

Support the artists and/or their families! (Martin Pugh's site seems to be no longer operating). All Steamhammer titles are still available & WELL worth acquiring. The Repertoire 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 but not called "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!