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
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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.
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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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