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7/9/70 ABB Stony Brook

anthonyspare · 2017-01-24T21:06:03Z

Just listened to it for the first time, trying to upload now. So.... First there is thisCliff notes for the lazy: Moyssi was a lighting director for Stony Brook during this time. He was friends with George Geranios and Seth Dworken who ran sound. Moyssi goes to say near the bottom of the page... "My favorite fact is that we paid the Allman Brothers all of $300 for their first gig in our gym. It was a Thursday night with just ABB in 1970, followed by them opening for two shows with Mountain on Friday or Saturday. ABB did Stormy Monday, which Mountain also did as the headliner. After the early show, Leslie West wisely asked if he could open for ABB on the late show. What a friggin' wonderful show that turned out to be. They introduced Mountain Jam that night. (But I've done about 2,000 shows and mix up dates and bills and everybody's name, so take it for what it's worth.) Many, most, maybe all of those shows were recorded with permission on an Ampex 300 or 301 from the sound mixer. Seth Dworkin was the mixer--a brainiac who went on to win a Grammy with the Grateful Dead and direct satellite operations for Wall Street Journal--kept all the original recordings (made on Scotch professional 1/4" tape supplied by me). He died of Crohn's disease summer a year ago, just after we got reacquainted and he verified that he still had all the tapes. The Problem is that I can't figure out how to get in touch with the family and those tapes would need careful attention. I had a primary dub of the 1970 ABB/Mountain gig and ABB's archivist, Kirk West, told me it was the best FOH mixer recording he'd ever heard of the band. That was after they released the famous 1971 performance at Stony Brook that was recorded just weeks before the tragic motorcycle fatalities." So, long story short, I "ran into" George via the ABB Stony Brook YouTube comment section a few months ago. Today I got the CD in the mail. It is Seth Dworken's recording of the 7/9/70 Stony Brook Summer Orientation Pre-Concert. Did anyone know this existed? Special thanks to George for this. --------------------- 07-09-70 ------ Dreams Midnight Rider Elizabeth Reed Whipping Post -> Mountain Jam [Edited on 2/14/2017 by anthonyspare]

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BrerRabbit

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Yippeeeee!!!!!

Posted : March 31, 2017 11:30 am

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Sounds great. I sent a copy to a friend that used to do a blues show at WUSB Stony Brook. This could be heard on campus soon.

Posted : March 31, 2017 5:02 pm

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No doubt, listening again right now, this Masahiko remaster is unfrekin real! Gregg's vox are perfect, just oversaturated to the ripping point. He is right there in the room. This is an amazing record.

Posted : April 5, 2017 9:55 am

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All,

Can somebody upgrade me to FLAC on this? I can do B&P or trade or I have Dropbox. Please hook a brother up!

Many thanks in advance!

Peace, Jon Sawyer

Posted : April 12, 2017 2:49 pm

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Never mind, I found Mr. Harvey 's links, many many thanks!

Posted : April 12, 2017 2:55 pm

anthonyspare

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Haven’t been here in a while, Brothers and Sisters. Hope everyone gives the Stony Brook show a listen today. I posted in ABB Facebook group today so hopefully it reached some new ears. Y’all on Facebook?

Posted : July 9, 2019 1:29 pm

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