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Wishbone Ash .... 1974 USA TV Appearances (SBD Audio Only)
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Broadcast March 2, 1974
The Midnight Special, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (Broadcast March 23, 1974*)

Ted Turner - guitar, vocals
Andy Powell - guitar, vocals
Martin Turner - bass, vocals
Steve Upton - drums


Taper: Unknown
Taping Gear: Unknown
Lineage: Sony PR-150 trade reel @ 3 3/4 IPS> Akai GX-220D playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg-/vg (PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION BELOW)
Length: 24:45 minutes
Artwork: none.
Samples: none.


Set List:

01. Warrior
02. Blowin' Free
03. Where Were You Tomorrow
04. Blowin' Free (from The Midnight Special)*


Taper's Comments:
1 - HELP!! If you have any uncirculated SPIRIT shows, or better quality FM
broadcasts than what's been posted here before, please share them. If you
know anybody who has shows that fit this category that aren't on DIME, please
dub off their stuff and share it. I'm trying to write a book on SPIRIT and need
all the information I can get. I have a database of over 1500 gigs 1967-1996, and
want to find as much information as I can to add to it. If you have any memories
of where you saw SPIRIT, the more specific the better (venue, city, date, supporting
bands, etc.), I'd love to know that as well. Please leave that in the comments
section or PM me. Thank you!

2 - Show description & comments follow:
Here's some TV audio recordings of the original Wishbone Ash line-up from both
Rock Concert and The Midnight Special. It's a shame that nearly all of the Don Kirshner
video footage is rotting away at a film library. Very little of it has ever been officially
released. Understand that TV sound back when this show was broadcast was hardly
high fidelity, but it was at least respectable, and worth having. The biggest shortfall
in sound was the high end. As a fellow DIMER so aptly pointed out, TV sound only
went to around +/- 5,000 Hz then, where most things considered high fidelity were
three times that. I think this one is one of the better sounding ones, as you can actually
hear a lot of cymbals for a change!

I suspect that the Don Kirshner footage may have been shot at their "Hollywood Palladium"
concert on November 8, 1973 with ZZ Top and Robin Trower. What a triple bill! Maybe
gv0000, the College Of Musical Knowledge, can shed some light on that? Anyway, enjoy!

bpthree



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