Traffic
1972-01-04 New York City, New York Academy Of Music Early Show (M1-AUD)
126 East 14th Street, between 3rd & 4th Avenues
01. -- crowd - intro--
02. Rock 'n' Roll Stew
03. Many A Mile To Freedom
04. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
05. ...Glad -> Freedom Rider
06. Hidden Treasure
07. Rainmaker
08. Empty Pages
09. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Encore :::
10. Heaven Is In Your Mind
Total Time ::: 1:08:54
::: Slightly distant but clear & enjoyable stereo AUD. Peruse samples for elucidation or ear erudition elicitation.
::: Warts: Some dropouts not entirely fixable & surely missed others.
::: J.J. Cale & Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen opened the performance, but were not recorded by this taper.
::: UPGRADE - Should upgrade circulating copies. From taper's 1st gen safety copy & carefully remastered without EQ.
Recording Information ::: unknown Sony(?) stereo cassette recorder with unknown microphones -> master stereo AUD cassette tape, no noise reduction.
Playback early 1970's by taper (equipment type unknown) ::: master stereo AUD cassette tape, no noise reduction, azimuth adjusted -> 1st generation reel-to-reel tape.
Playback circa 2005 (equipment type unknown) ::: 1st generation reel-to-reel tape, azimuth adjusted -> to DVD audio @48KHz (wavs).
Remastered 2013-01/02 ::: (flac's/de-flac'd) 48KHz wavs of 1st gen tape remastered as follows: NO equalisation! Normalised to remove DC offset. Fixed left channel offset on both sides of tape(s). Adjusted pitch (-.65). Most dropouts & dull spots fixed but surely missed some & a few were only partially repairable. Some volume fluctuations between channels & from taper recording adjustments evened out. Some audience clapalong at beginnings of 2 songs. Tape condition required MANY hours of work in first 3/5ths of recording, but remainder was better (thankfully). There's a bit of high end or volume fluctuation from mike motion and/or tape aging issues, not really a problem, more noticeable on headphones. Boosted total levels (transfer levels somewhat low). Downsampled from 48KHz to 44.1KHz. -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears Estimated early show total mastering time 14 hours. First uploaded week of 2013-02-09.
Line-up ::: Steve Winwood - guitar, keyboards, vocals // Jim Capaldi - keyboards, vocals // Chris Wood - wind instruments // Reebop Kwaku Baah - drums, percussion // David Hood - electric bass // Roger G. Hawkins - drums.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 214 ::: Thanks to the original taper, The Florida Kid! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Here's one for me younger bro', who kept the Winwood/Traffic mentality alive for years in the latter part of the 70s, when many would said it was on the wane. This '72 concert date was in the midst of heavy rotational years of Traffic audio intake for me. Little Queenie was way, WAY addicted to "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys", so we sparked in many ways & not usually at low mental or aural volume & often in the car in the ol' Queen City of Carlot, as Jorma said a few years later, just "Drivin' Around"! Only 2 months after what is probably my favorite Traffic gig of this vintage, Boston Music Hall, and listening to this, I KNOW what has been missing from my live musical experiences for many the year! They just don't make 'em like this anymore & Winwood can't go back for whatever reason. He may play the tunes, but IT ain't there no more as far as I can hear. Of course, others hear differently & individualised tastes are what it's all about. It ain't a pissin' contest, it's the best copy of this show I could get to after a lot o' work. Let yr hair down & hoist yr glasses high. 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
Support the artists and/or their families! www.stevewinwood.com -- http://www.jimcapaldi.com -- (David Hood) http://www.hoodbass.com
Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!