You want high quality sound from archive live & bonus material the early years of the band? There is plenty out there:
At Fillmore East 6 CD box (one of those extra shows had been released as the bonus CD of the expanded Eat A Peach if you don't want to pony up for the box)
Live at the Atlanta International Pop CD
Brothers & Sisters Box Set
Live from A&R Studios
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 5/1/73 (not quite as crisp of sound as the above but very good)
That's hours of extra live music with high end recording quality from the first 4-5 years of the band. I know the new Duane recording won't match any of the above but I'll be getting it for the historic nature of it and I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
In 1974 I recorded a Grinder Switch/ Marshall Tucker show on a SonyTC-110 portable cassette recorder,which was state of the art back then.Now I see that on tapers lists thru-out the world,the 10/71 stuff sounds clear but you can tell it's still an audience tape the quality is comparable to a well known Dead show that is summer of 68 LA Shrine auditorium
You know as pleased as I am about the thought that there might be even more Duane "stuff" out there, I can only speak for myself and say "I won't be buying any audio that is not better quality than the old cassette boots I already have"...And this question / thought pops up "When Gregg was alive he seemed to be pretty particular about what was released and what was not....Who makes this decision now?..Who profits"?
Find and let us have and see the Duane video!...As I slide player, I want to see his hands, technique, facial expressions. I always stumble across these old B&W shots of Duane sitting in with Delany & Bonnie playing acoustic slide; that live show form WPLJ / "Brother Duane on slide"...Can you imagine if there is video of that laying around somewhere?
Wanna see us go nuts and fork over the cash?...Find that!
We're talking about a cassette tape, recorded with a portable tape player with an internal microphone, in 1971 in the crowd, and people are whining about what it's going to sound like?
That's the funniest thing I've read in a very long time.
I will be grateful to hear this whatever it sounds like.
"whatever it sounds like"!?!?!....THAT is exactly why current management trots out sub-par content and charges for it as if they spent some time,effort and money on it!?!?!....You/we are getting what we will accept,which translates into what we deserve...
I guess.
It is what it is. Do you expect through the magic of modern technology that "they" can take a 50 year old tape from a portable recorder with an internal mic and magically de-couple the wave into 16 track audio for mixing and mastering individual instruments, then put some on the left channel and some on the right? C'mon, man? I was just being realistic about this particular release.
No, MAN, I don't expect sonic miracles especially given the source. That said, given THEIR record, I have to wonder if THEY don't charge an exorbitant amount for the sound of a transistor radio!?!?!....Does that seem reasonable?
You want high quality sound from archive live & bonus material the early years of the band? There is plenty out there:
At Fillmore East 6 CD box (one of those extra shows had been released as the bonus CD of the expanded Eat A Peach if you don't want to pony up for the box)
Live at the Atlanta International Pop CD
Brothers & Sisters Box Set
Live from A&R Studios
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 5/1/73 (not quite as crisp of sound as the above but very good)
That's hours of extra live music with high end recording quality from the first 4-5 years of the band. I know the new Duane recording won't match any of the above but I'll be getting it for the historic nature of it and I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
In 1974 I recorded a Grinder Switch/ Marshall Tucker show on a SonyTC-110 portable cassette recorder,which was state of the art back then.Now I see that on tapers lists thru-out the world,the 10/71 stuff sounds clear but you can tell it's still an audience tape the quality is comparable to a well known Dead show that is summer of 68 LA Shrine auditorium
Audio miracles can happen, but ya gotta have someone who can do that OR pay someone else to...THEY fall short on both fronts.
You know as pleased as I am about the thought that there might be even more Duane "stuff" out there, I can only speak for myself and say "I won't be buying any audio that is not better quality than the old cassette boots I already have"...And this question / thought pops up "When Gregg was alive he seemed to be pretty particular about what was released and what was not....Who makes this decision now?..Who profits"?
Find and let us have and see the Duane video!...As I slide player, I want to see his hands, technique, facial expressions. I always stumble across these old B&W shots of Duane sitting in with Delany & Bonnie playing acoustic slide; that live show form WPLJ / "Brother Duane on slide"...Can you imagine if there is video of that laying around somewhere?
Wanna see us go nuts and fork over the cash?...Find that!
Now THAT I agree with you about!?...Do you happen to know the quality of the CD available of that performance?; just saw it on Amazon and wondered if audio is comparable to that of ABB @ A&R before official reissue?
So, this guy tapes Duane's last show before he died then forgets all about it for 45 years?
.... and then his old college chum just happens to ask him after 45 years if he still has the tape?
.... meanwhile several unscrupulous bootleggers have been compiling fake shows purporting to be from this date for years!
.... I sincerely hope that as strangely unbelievable as this story is that people have done their homework and it is in fact legit
.... I wonder
.... did anybody think to ask him if they could also have a copy of his tape from 6/26/71 at the Fillmore East?
This little saga sounds more thana little suspect, but with each new archival release, I become more skeptical about the sequences of events involved in the curation, markeing and issue of the packages. In fact, I am now just about wholly convinced those involved are not cognizant how they are failing to live up to the legacy of the ABB.
I inquired, but got no response at the merch site, when I asked for some details on audio prep of this title (and the 2005 release) vis a vis this blurb: According to a press release, “despite the obvious limitations that come with a 50-year-old cassette tape, modern technological enhancements help restore the magic of this significant night.”
