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This is a once in a "lifetime" find - it is what we all live for as music collectors...a rare
gem that surfaces where virtually nothing exists. Aside from the two shows (from NYC) that exist in
trader land of this fine band, collectors and fans have been seeking and searching shows by this
short lived super-group of sorts...which brings me to this rare gem -
This is a cross seed of a show that was uploaded on DIME a few weeks ago by my fellow McLaughlin
fans on the one-word list. One of the issues some members on the list faced in getting the show
was that DIME is usually maxed out and they could not get the membership to download the show.
As an effort to help those who could not get this show on DIME, here is my offering via TTD
so that they too can share in the thrill of hearing this show.
For those helping seed this show with files downloaded from DIME - the music files (FLAC) are
identical and have not been touched. The only difference is this info. file, the front and back
cover and the new MD5 checksum file for all the resulting file set.
I have got the permission from the original set of folks who made sharing this show possible -
My infinite thanks to Alan Smith - who is the original taper and was kind enough to share this gem
with the rest of us. Kevin M. and Mark A. in the a-d conversion and mastering and Mark C. for the
really nice cover artwork.
Enjoy
Rajiv
What follows below is the text from the original seed on DIME
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TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME
The City Hall
Newcastle, UK
6 November 1970
The Band:
Tony Williams - Drums, Vocals
John McLaughlin – Electric Guitar
Jack Bruce – Electric Bass, Vocals
Larry Young – Hammond B3 Organ
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This show is previously uncirculated. Thanks to UK mates, Alan S. for taping / sharing his
cassette master, and to Mark A. for the analogue to digital conversion. As little as possible
was done in post production and only to make it more sonically stable. Audio analysis, judicious
noise reduction, surgical equalization, etc., was performed in Sonar 5 / WaveLab using Waves
plug-ins.
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The Show:
CD1
1 Meeting of the Spirits, Fanfare, Dragon Song, One Word 19:23
2 Letter of Thanks 08:59
3 Noonward Transformation 06:41
4 Lonesome Wells 10:52
TT: 45m 54s
CD2
1 Smiles and Grins, Devotion, Dance of Maya 11:35
2 Two Worlds 5:45
3 Vuelta Abajo 12:04
4 One Word 4:43
5 Vuelta Abajo (Reprise) 1:20
TT: 35m 32s
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Notes from the taper, Alan S.:
The cassette was recorded on a Philips portable tape recorder, smuggled into the circle of the
City Hall, by dangling the mic over the balcony. The recorder is long gone, and apart from it
having about five 'keys', being black in colour, and being bought for about £20 in the Spring
of 1969, that is the limit of its existence that I can recall.
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Audio Properties:
Bit Rate: 1411kbps
Audio Format: PCM wav
Audio Sample Size: 16 bit
Channels: 2 (Stereo)
Audio Sample Rate: 44kHz
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Lineage:
Philips Cassette Recorder > Analogue Master to Digital Transfer > Editing - Noise Reduction -
EQ in Sonar 5 Producer > Mastering in Steinberg WaveLab 5 > FLAC Level 8 > Dime > You.
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Fingerprints:
CD1 01.flac:8a0c1625a087250e25416cd3cea0518b
CD1 02.flac:0ba4573eda8ad575a76485c901670ea3
CD1 03.flac:35a2eae492cf42d958639ded59840956
CD1 04.flac:43b2c4a41483cc6b3f1b83fcc499cf1a
CD2 01.flac:4794f94e76269f9c2b65db65c8054360
CD2 02.flac:a89b88f48afa651e7900507dac679402
CD2 03.flac:7407d7b3e6168eb86dccb5c5a433423d
CD2 04.flac:6b75f6fe033276ad3606f5f0c856a535
CD2 05.flac:11c0c41a3bdbd2df37fa41af9465b084
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Please don’t sell or convert to lossy format. If you up to another tracker, please keep the info
details intact.
Enjoy the show!
Kevin
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