HW: Live at The Kinetic Playground

Paul Mather paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU
Tue Jul 7 16:40:32 EDT 1998


On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Chris Warburton wrote:

> >obCD: Allman Brothers Band, _Fillmore East, 1970_
> >
>
> A classic - more twinges over my temporarily absent vinyl...

Actually, I don't think this has ever been released on vinyl.  (It's a
CD put out by Grateful Dead Merchandising; I bought it through their WWW
site.)  You may be mistaking it for its more famous counterpart, _At
Fillmore East_, recorded and released in 1971.

It also illustrates well the difference between a warts 'n' all live
recording (a la _Fillmore East, 1970_), and a cleaned-up, selective,
assembled "live recording" (a la _At Fillmore East_, or, worse, _The
Fillmore Concerts_ [in which "live" tracks are digitally stitched
together from different shows]).

Btw, I *love* _The Fillmore Concerts_, but _Fillmore East, 1970_ is much
closer to what a real 1970 ABB gig would've sounded like to the
audience, I think.  (And rather nice, too!)

Cheers,

Paul.

obCD: Monster Magnet, _Powertrip_

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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