Here you will discover the rare recordings of "Canterbury" and "UK Prog Rock". Mixed in of course with other bands as well!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Tommy Bolin & Zephyr (1969)
Zephyr (with Tommy Bolin) .... July 1969
Reed Ranch, California, U.S.A.
Tommy Bolin - guitar
Candy Givens - vocals
David Givens – bass
Richard Chamberlain - drums
John Faris – keyboards
Source: SBD
Set list:
01 Hard Chargin' Woman> 22:33m
02 Cross the River (fades out) 15:06m
03 instrumental (cut) 6:57m
http://sharebee.com/9c60010b
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Soft Machine-In Concert
Soft Machine - In Concert
Oh Boy 1-9018
Cover says:
1. Neo Caliban
2. Out Bloody-Rageous
3. Eamonn Andrews
4. Teeth
5. Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin'
6. I'm So Low
Tracks 1-4 Recorded 1970
Tracks 5+6 Recorded 1967
Part 1-http://sharebee.com/49efcb48
Part 2-http://sharebee.com/b52e66b0
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Pink Floyd-BBC Archives 1967-1969 (RevB) 40th Anniversary
Pink Floyd
BBC Archives 1967-1969 (HRV CDR 008) RevB
40th Anniversary Edition
Research and Remastering by MOB
Quality Control by EdP
Artwork by RonToon
Produced by Harvested Records
Disc One
1. Pow R Toc H (14May67 "Look Of The Week")
2. Astronomy Domine (14May67 "Look Of The Week")
3. The Gnome (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
4. Scarecrow (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
5. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
6. Matilda Mother (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
7. Reaction in G (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
8. Flaming (25Sep67 "Top Gear")
9. Green Onions (12Dec67 "Tomorrow's World")
10. Instrumental (12Dec67 "Tomorrow's World")
11. Vegetable Man (20Dec67 "Top Gear")
12. Scream Thy Last Scream (20Dec67 "Top Gear")
13. Pow R Toc H (20Dec67 "Top Gear")
14. Jugband Blues (20Dec67 "Top Gear")
Disc Two
1. Instrumental (26Mar68 "The Sound Of Change")
2. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (28Mar68 "Omnibus' All My Loving")
3. The Murderotic Woman (25Jun68 "Top Gear")
4. The Massed Gadgets Of Hercules (25Jun68 "Top Gear")
5. Let There Be More Light (25Jun68 "Top Gear")
6. Julia Dream (25Jun68 "Top Gear")
7. Point Me At The Sky (02Dec68 "Top Gear")
8. Baby Blue Shuffle In D Major (02Dec68 "Top Gear")
9. Embryo (02Dec68 "Top Gear")
10. Interstellar Overdrive (02Dec68 "Top Gear")
11. Daybreak (12May69 "Top Gear")
12. Nightmare (12May69 "Top Gear")
13. The Beginning (12May69 "Top Gear")
14. Beset By Creatures Of The Deep (12May69 "Top Gear")
15. The Narrow Way (12May69 "Top Gear")
16. Moonhead (20Jul69 "Omnibus' What If It's Just Green Cheese?")
40 years after the last Pink Floyd studio session for the BBC, Harvested is proud to present this upgraded version of "BBC Archives 1967-1969".
This release required a lot of work and took more than 6 months to complete. The purpose was to present each track in the best possible quality. The process was long because it was performed on a track by track basis. For each song, we had to compare many different sources in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each version and then decide which one(s) to work on. The mastering work was done very carefully, trying to repair every flaw that could be corrected... and there were a lot (tape warble, crackles, drop-outs, incorrect speed, etc).
Instead of giving all the details for each single track (we want to avoid sterile debates about lineage and sources), we prefer the results to speak for itself. We think people should judge by their ears; listen to your sonically-preferred versions and compare them to the ones on this new Harvested release. We can confidently say that every track is - sonically speaking - an upgrade compared to the best previously circulating version, including the master transfer of the 25Jun68 session (which offered complete versions but from a damaged mastertape) and the recent Celestial Voices tracks from the 12May69 session.
We made the choice not to include the various DJ intros in order to focus on the music. There are some exceptions such as Reaction In G and Set The Controls from the 25Sep67 session, but for the remainder the DJ comments were considered too distracting and so we edited them out (e.g. the Tomorrow's World tracks). Also, it's important to note that all tracks are presented in true mono, the way they were mixed by the BBC (there's no "fake stereo" nor "sound expanding" effect).
This collection not only includes the sessions for BBC radio, but also studio sessions for BBC TV shows and documentaries making it more complete than the previous releases. The number of tracks is now 30; 14 are covering the 1967 sessions with Syd (on CD 1) and 16 are dedicated to the 1968-1969 era with David (on CD 2).
Part 1-http://sharebee.com/d0813491
Part 2-http://sharebee.com/03fb79a1
Monday, January 11, 2010
Captain Beefheart-Top Gear 1968
Captain Beefheart
BBC "Top Gear" with John Peel
January/May 1968
Sound varies, especially on tracks 4 & 5 which seem to have been compiled from alternate sources. Overall I'd give it a B+,
very listenable, especially for the devoted fan--as which of us are not?
Don Van Vliet: vocals, harmonica, musette, tenor & soprano sax
Jeff Cotton: guitar, slide guitar
John French: drums, percussion
Jerry Handley: bass guitar
Alex St. Clair Snouffer: guitar, slide guitar
January 24, 1968
London, Maida Vale. Studio 4
1. Yellow Brick Road
2. Abba Zaba
3. Sure 'Nuff & Yes I Do
4. Electricity
May 6th, 1968
London, 201 Piccadilly, Studio 1
5. Beatle Bones 'N Smokin' Stones
6. Safe As Milk
7. Kandy Korn
8. Trust Us
http://sharebee.com/e82a311a
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Van Der Graaf Generator (Italy 8-2-09)
Van Der Graaf Generator
Trieste
Piazza Unità D'Italia
(Trieste Summer Rock Free Concert)
August 2,2009
1 Interference Patterns
2 Scorched Earth
3 Lemmings
4 All That Before
5 La Rossa
6 Meurglys III, The Songwriter's Guild
7 The Sleepwalkers
8 Nutter Alert
9 Over The Hill
10 Man-Erg
11 Still Life
Part 1-http://sharebee.com/2a2f7d8e
Part 2-http://sharebee.com/2af3508f
Part 3-http://sharebee.com/a80698cc
Friday, January 1, 2010
Soft Machine-Amstelveen (10-15-09)
Soft Machine (Legacy?),
October 15,2009
P60-Amstelveen, NL
A YoungPumpkin Audience Recording
Personnel:
John Etheridge - guitar
Theo Travis - saxophone, flute
Roy Babbington - bass
John Marshall - drums
Setlist;
1. The Steamer
2. Tale of Taliesin
3. In the Backroom
4. As if
5. The Nodder
6. Anything to Anywhere
7. Song of Aeolus
8. Grapehound
9. ?
10. Facelift
Maybe the first minute or so is distorted because of gain switch and record volume adjustments.
Some places this gig was anounced as Soft Machine, other places as Soft Machine Legacy, as far as I am concerned the Legacy can be skipped.
Part 1-http://sharebee.com/72edf825
Part 2-http://sharebee.com/a52af695