TAYLOR, MICK - CD
MONTREAL LE CLUB SODA 29th October 1989

LABEL:
Frankenstein Production n.045
SOURCE:
Le Club Soda, Montreal 29th October 1989
FORMAT:
4 download cdrs
RUNNING TIME:
58.41/68.10/37.16/77.00
SOUND/SOURCE:
Discs One-Three: Audience stereo, Disc Four: mix of both audience stereo sources
PACKAGING:
Fatboy case
 


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SOUND 9 / PACKAGING 9 / PERFORMANCE 9.5

 
TRACK LIST:

Disc One,   Part 1 (first source): 1. Intro and Blues Improvisation, 2. I Wonder Why, 3. Laundromat Blues, 4. Semolina, 5. Red House, 6. Goin South,7. Band introduction.
Disc Two: 8. Blues In The Morning, 9. Leather Jacket, 10. Stranger In This Town.
Part 2 (second source): 11. Intro and Blues Improvisation, 12. I Wonder Why, 13. Laundromat Blues, 14. Semolina, 15. Red House, 16. Goin South part 1.

Disc Three: 1. Goin South part two, 2. Band introduction, 3. Blues In The Morning, 4. Leather Jacket, 5. Stranger In This Town.

Disc Four, Part 3 (mix of both sources): 1. Blues Improvisation, 2. I Wonder Why, 3. Laundromat Blues, 4. Semolina, 5. Red House, 6. Goin South Part 1,7. Goin South Part 2, 8. Band introduction, 9. Blues In The Morning, 10. Leather Jacket, 11. Stranger In This Town.

 
REVIEW:

Mick Taylor s fans don t have any fresh music available these days and so it is with releases like this that hey can satisfy their thirst; this is in fact quite particular, covering the Montreal 1989 concert Mick Tayor did with his band which included   Blondie Chaplin on guitar and vocals (on Semolina), Joel Diamond on keyboards, Wilbur Bascomb on bass and Eric Parker on drums.
The maker stated he had a version of this show with only the first half of it, but on a torrent site the uploader Whotrader recently posted an almost complete version of this show (Goin South was cut in two parts and about a minute of it was missing).
Then another alternate version was located, with a better sound although a little saturated and also incomplete. In particular the end of Stranger In This Town was missing and also it ran around 4,6% too fast and about half a tone too high.
So it was decided to make 3 versions for this show:
the 1st one is the upgraded one which was completed with segments from the 2nd  source at the end of tracks 5 and 9 and with 1 minute at the end of track 10.The lower frequencies were diminished and a little more high tones were added, while the speed was reduced of 4,6%. The first 50 seconds of Stranger In This Town on Disc Two are in mono as well as the final minute.

The 2nd version is the Whotrader s version that has been upgraded, adding a little more lower frequencies and in particular some higher tones and the transitions between the tracks was reworked.
The 3rd version is a mix of both sources: on the left channel the first one and on the right channel Whotrader s source. The synchronization of these two sources was really hard because it had to be done on little segments (each 1 minute maximum) because the recorder s speed was not constant: of course it could be done only to the parts that existed on both sources, for example this is the reason why here Goin South is still cut in two parts; anyway it is easy to understand why it took a lot of time to finish this last version.

It is hard to choose between versions 1 and 2, as the first one has more presence but Taylor s vocals are marred by an annoying echo, but here Goin South is altogether, the second one is more polished and complete but Goin South is cut in two (I wonder if the missing part could have been retrieved by duplicating version 1 bits on both channels having so an uninterruped version) ; however the last two songs are all stereo and better sounding. The third version all on Disc Four is by far the best sounding experience for this concert, the stereo separation is more pronounced and the overall sound is quite full, Taylor guitar mostly on the right channel  (but it depends from the version) leads the way with his vibrato mastery providing all the right stuff required for a band leader on such a great show. Of course there are some discrepancies in synchronization, especially at the beginning of Red House when the drums are off a bit, creating some kind of echo, but that lasts few seconds, without affecting the pleasure of listening

Musically speaking after a slow start Taylor gets playing with dedication, remarkable is the 16 minutes version of Red House where his slide reaches its best in melodic and classic pentatonic solos; more dynamic and longer (18 minutes) is Going South. On the 11.45 minutes version of Blues In The Morning there is extensive use of the wah pedal which during the beginning and ending part of the tune serves to enhance dramatic overtones which create a tense atmosphere that develops through the whole song.

This is an excellent reminder of Taylor s tasty playing, too bad he seems to have stopping touring these days.


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