HW: Live at The Kinetic Playground

[Ted Jackson jr. 6L6]

> From:          Paul Mather <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>
> 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.
>

Paul, could you post the URL?  sounds like a disc I should have.
What's on it?

> 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!)
>

I've been listening to the Fillmore Concerts here at work the last
couple days!

Actually, this kind of splicing isn't new.  Cream's Crossroads, while
not spliced together [at least I don't think so] was actually part of
a much longer take that was pared down from around 10 minutes to the
5 minute or so version from Wheels of Fire...


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theo


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