Steppenwolf
1972-09-15 Edmonton, Borough of Enfield, London, England Sundown (M?-AUD)

01. Sookie, Sookie
02. Ride With Me
03. Foggy Mental Breakdown
04. Tighten Up Your Wig
05. Ball Crusher
06. Shackles & Chains
07. Monster -> Suicide -> America
08. The Pusher
1st Encore :::
09. Magic Carpet Ride
10. Born To Be Wild
2nd Encore :::
11. Hootchie Kootchie Man ->
12. Berry Rides Again

Total Time ::: 1:10:59

::: Very fine, clear, low gen. stereo AUD (with almost zero AUD noise!). Check samples for yr own little acid test or to spark yr plugs while waitin' for the digital byte motor to rev up.
::: Warts: Basically none left... Surely I missed a few dullspots, but almost every issue was 100% repairable.
::: The Sundown was better known as the "Edmunton Sundown".
::: The John Kay Band with Jerry Edmonton was presumably the opening act.
::: This was billed as the Steppenwolf "Farewell Tour". They're still going 41 years later!
::: George Biondo (bass) was ex-T.I.M.E. (Trust In Men Everywhere) & Kent Henry (lead guitar on "For Ladies Only" & this farewell tour) was ex-Blues Image.
::: The hall, the Regal Cinema, had closed in July. Steppenwolf was opening night for the new re-vamped arena, renamed the "Sundown". Then local freaks had to deal with the fact that after 2 years of some excellent rock events, it became a bingo hall, then was torn down & the site housed a Safeway & subsequently, in these wondrous economic times, a Lidl. Progress in Britain in a nutshell.

Recording Information ::: unknown stereo recorder & microphones -> master stereo tape -> unknown generations of analog tape -> unknown (low) generation cassette, Dolby off.

Playback 2013-xx-xx ::: unknown (low) generation cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby off, 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, taper volume fluctuations adjusted, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-03-22.

Line-up ::: John Kay - electric guitar, harmonica, vocals // Kent Henry - lead electric guitar // George Biondo - electric bass, vocals // Goldie McJohn - keyboards // Jerry Edmonton - drums, vocals.

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

CoolSonics 226 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! My copy hails from old Faville, reckon he's still tearin' up the rare psych LP scene somewhere. ::: Corrections welcome ::: Thia band always sounds amazing to me, but a dated kinda hip. By the time I saw them in the mid-70s, Kay's silver sequined body suit & aviator sunglasses on stage looked cool, but he already seemed like something of an anachronism ... They did rock like a motherfucker, though - no complaints. I wish I could say the same for the 80s show I saw. They happened to be opening for another band. Let's just be polite & say the less said the better, what with all the yuppies wansdering around drinking their little $7 3oz plastic cups of pink ros� singing "Born To Be Wild"... Distracting? Oh yeah! Anyway, this '72 show is excellent. VERY fine audience tape for the vintage & I managed to remove almost every distraction so the the thing flows just like it should. 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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