...We have a batch of ROLLING STONES titles to jumpstart the program this week...above, "Wembley 1999 2nd Night" 2CD leverages a superb audience master tape transfer of their June 12th stadium show in London, and the set is complimented with a bonus 2CDR set, "Twickenham 1st Show", which captures the bands' UK Licks Tour opener at The Twickenham Rugby Grounds on August 24, 2003...below, a couple of vinyl bootleg needle drop sets..."Party Down Limited Edition" 2CD provides a digital transfer of the orginal 3LP set containing the excellent October 1, 1981 performance in Rockford, Illinois...while "Grand Finale" 2CD presents the Tour '81 finale from Hampton Roads, Virgina on December 19th (Keith's birthday) from a stereo audience tape while the bonus 2CDR "Hampton '81 Different Master" would appear to provide the naturally excellent (and common) stereo soundboard/broadcast...
...Arriving soon from Wardour is JEFF BECK w/THE JAN HAMMER GROUP "Day On The Green 1976 Day 2" 1CD of their June 6, 1976 concert at Oakland Stadium...the bonus CDR "Day On The Green 1976 Day 1" supplements the set with the June 5th performance at the same venue in excellent audience quality...Also, in LED ZEPPELIN release news, Wendy Records has issued a digipack version of the 3CD "Listen To This Eddie" - why?...who knows...Mid Valley has released "Rock And Roll Circus Sessions" 2CD limited edition set with insert, booklet and special OBI., containing VARIOUS ARTISTS' rehearsals for THE ROLLING STONES production taping in October of 1968...
...From the Unicorn Label comes JOHN LENNON "Imagine: Les Archives Personalles" 2CD which presents a March 25, 1990 Radio Broadcast from Europe Deux Radio and their 2- part themed program, 1980 Songwriting and THE BEATLES U.S. Invasion...here's the tracklisting:
DISC 1
IMAGINE: LES ARCHIVES PPERSONNELLES
DE JOHN LENNON - (BROADCAST ON EUROPE DEUX RADIO 4/3/90) THEME: 1980 SONGWRITING
1. Intro / She Loves You 2. Interviews 3. Watching The Wheels (Piano Demo) 4. Interviews
5. Life Begins At Forty (Demo) 6. I'm Stepping Out 7. Every Man Has A Woman
8. Dear Yoko (Bermuda Demo) 9. Starting Over (Partial) 10. My Life (Piano Demo)
11. My Life (Demo Take 3) 12. Don't Be Crazy (Piano Demo) 13. The Worst Is Over Now (Guitar Demo)
14. Starting Over (Demo Take 3) 15. Starting Over (Session Chat) 16. Starting Over (Vocal Booth)
17. Starting Over (Alternate Take)
BONUS TRACKS:
18. Starting Over (Control Room Playback) 19. Starting Over (Extended Multitrack Mixdown)
20. I'm Stepping Out (Take 1 Multitrack Mixdown) 21. I'm Stepping Out (Take 2 Multitrack Mixdown)
DISC 2
IMAGINE: LES ARCHIVES PPERSONNELLES
DE JOHN LENNON - (BROADCAST ON EUROPE DEUX RADIO 25/3/90) THEME: BEATLES US INVASION
1. Intro 2. Pathe Newsreels / Fans Interviews 3. Boys (Segment) / Interviews / There's A Place
4. Interviews / Twist And Shout 5. This Boy (Paris '64) 6. Chains (Partial) / Interviews
7. Intro / All My Loving (Ed Sullivan 9/2/64) 8. Till There Was You (Ed Sullivan 9/2/64)
9. She Loves You (Ed Sullivan 9/2/64) 10. Interviews
11. I Saw Her Standing There (Ed Sullivan 9/2/64) 12. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Ed Sullivan 9/2/64)
13. Interviews
BONUS TRACKS:
14. Intro / Twist And Shout (Ed Sullivan 9/2/64) 15. Please Please Me (Ed Sullivan 9/2/64)
16. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Ed Sullivan 9/2/64) 17. I Saw Her Standing There (Paris '64)
18. This Boy (Paris '64 Partial) 19. Twist And Shout (Paris '64)
20. From Me To You (Paris '64 Instrumental) 21. Long Tall Sally (Paris '64)
22. From Me To You (Paris '64 Instrumental) 23. From Me To You (Paris '64)
...Another label (LSD?) capitalizing on the stellar, vintage PINK FLOYD tape discovery of their September 10, 1967 performance at Gyllene Cirkeln in Stockholm, Sweden via "Golden Circle 1967" 1CD (the same show Godfather Records just released earlier this month)...and that's a wrap of events and announcements on the radar this week!...go get your holiday shopping wrapped up and let some of these great releases of late get you through...have a good one!
Svengi, December 13, 2011
