Steppenwolf
1970-07-18 ::: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Rochester Community War Memorial ::: 1 War Memorial Square
M2-AUD (48kHz/24bit files)

~*~ Carefully remastered fixing various issues, without EQ or NR ~*~

01-[00:10].==applause/taper talk/band intro'd==
02-[03:31]. Sookie Sookie
03-[00:56]. ==applause/tuning/talk/song intro==
04-[04:33]. Tighten Up Your Wig
05-[01:05]. ==applause/tuning/talk/song intro==
06-[09:49]. Monster/Suicide/America
07-[00:27]. ==applause/tuning/talk/song intro==
08-[05:14]. Power Play
09-[00:39]. ==applause/tuning/talk/song intro==
10-[03:36]. Screaming Night Hog//
11-[00:30].==talk/tuning/song intro==
12-[08:06]. From Here To There Eventually -> jam//

Total Time ::: 38:36

::: VG+ somewhat distant but clear stereo AUD w/some hiccups. Check samples for over&out, out or in, out&out HOWLING!
::: Warts (Yes, but not too bad after remastering, just a little rocky at times): Repaired MANY dullspots & dropouts but damn sure missed more than a few. Occasional short bits of AUD talk. #02 2?secs missing in first 30secs (clean splice). #06 x2 micro tape lags near end. #10 cuts right at end. #12 cuts near end&last 7mins took a full day to fix (had horrible dropout issues).
::: Newspaper ad: http://tela.sugarmegs.org/_asxtela/asxcards/asxpicts/JohnnyWinter1970-07-18ShrineAuditoriumRochesterNY%20(1).jpg
::: Probably not entire set (has 1st part-just missing encores?). Order seems to make sense&#08 intro Kay says they'll play something new before"last selection".
::: Maybe all that was taped by this source. Anyone have more? Surely they did 2-3 of these: The Pusher/Born to Be Wild/Magic Carpet Ride (all encores?).
::: Johnny Winter opened for Steppenwolf. 8pm showtime. Tix $4/5/6. Winter set also circulates.
::: Kay mentions their Randalls Island festival appearance the day before.
::: "Live"2LP set recorded 1970-01-22 Santa Monica&released April'70, so was their current album.
::: 3 songs on"Live"album were studio songs with fake applause released against the band's wishes.
::: "Steppenwolf 7"probably about to be recorded. It was released Nov'70. NO songs appear here.
:: #06/08/12 here are live versions of songs from "Monster" probably recorded summer'69&issued Nov'69.
::: Nick St. Nicholas fired&Biondo joined April'70. Wikipedia says Nick, "supposedly appeared in nothing but rabbit ears&a jock strap at the Fillmore East in April '70&his habit of wearing muumuus&kaftans on stage began to wear on Kay"(who was more into leather).

Recording Information :::unknown stereo recorder/microphones -> master audience tape (probably reel) -> 1st generation tape -> 2nd generation Maxell MX-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2021-06-xx ::: 2nd generation Maxell MX-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth adjusted for individual tape, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (48kHz/24bit wav file) -> computer -> 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, 1-10mins -0.8% 10-26mins -1.1% 26-end -1.4% pitch (speed) fixes with single pass per segment after frequency analysis & with CD pitch verification, NO equalisation or noise reduction] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> 48kHz/24bit flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. Freed 2021-08-xx.

Line-up ::: John Kay (born "Joachim Fritz Krauledat") - harmonica, electric guitar, lead vocals // Larry Byrom - electric guitar // Goldy McJohn (born "John Raymond Goadsby" †R.I.P. 2017†) - keyboards // George Michael Biondo - electric bass, backing vocals // Gerald Michael "Jerry" Edmonton (born "Gerald McCrohan" †R.I.P. 1993†) - drums, percussion, vocals.

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

DimeTravel 819 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! Sincere thanks to whomever uploads this for me. ::: Corrections welcome ::: EXTREMELY interesting guitar playing in a number of places here. Yet another major band for whom we have rather a stunning LACK of early live recordings overall. No question there are more out there. This has issues but is pretty enjoyable & well worth a listen, or two, or. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yrs truly, Knees

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