VARIOUS ARTISTS
- CD
ARMS REHEARSALS
| LABEL: |
| ARMS 00 |
| SOURCE: |
| Warnham Lodge Farm, Sussex from 14 September 1983 onwards |
| FORMAT: |
| 1 downlioad cdr |
| RUNNING TIME: |
| 74.55 |
| SOUND/SOURCE: |
| Soundboard stereo |
| PACKAGING: |
| single slimline jewel case |
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SOUND 8 / PACKAGING 7
/ PERFORMANCE 9
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| TRACK LIST: |
1. Everybody
Oughtta Make A Change, 2. You’re So Fine, 3. Rambling On My Mind/Have You Ever
Loved A Woman?, 4. Man Smart, Woman Smarter, 5. Lay Down Sally, 6. Wonderful
Tonight, 7. Rita Mae, 8. Cocaine, 9. Hound Dog 10. Waiting For Orders, 11. Road
Runner, 12. Slowdown Sundown, 13. Gimme Some Lovin’, 14. Lay Down Sally, 15. Wonderful
Tonight, 16. Gimme Some Lovin’.
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| REVIEW: |
This is an addition to the series that presented the shows in which Bill
Wyman and Charlie Watts teamed up in 1983 to support a string of charity
concerts (2 in London and 9 in the US). Actually, it can be called a prequel, because
it presents the pre tour rehearsals at Glyn Johns’ house in England where there
have been s
ix
days of rehearsals (this one’s coming surely from one of the latter days).
Musicians featured are: Charlie Watts on drums, Bill Wyman on bass, but
not on the Winwood tracks
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Eric Clapton on guitar and vocals),
Steve Winwood on organ, harmonica, vocals, guitar and mandolin, Kenney Jones on
drums, Andy Fairweather Low on guitar and vocals, Chris Stainton on keyboards, Ray
Cooper and Simon Philipps on percussions.
Additional musicians on the Winwood-set: Fernando Saunders on bass and James
Hooker on keyboards. In particular on the Eric Clapton-set:
on Everybody Oughta Make A Change there was a
micro-gap compensated
at 1’20, on
Man Smart,
Woman Smarter Andy Fairweather Low is on vocals and on guitar on Lay Down Sally;
here there was a
micro-gap compensated at 3’30 and an
important speed problem from 2’20 until 2’55, partially
upgraded. On
Wonderful
Tonight
Andy Fairweather Low is on guitar and harmony vocals. Here there was
another micro-gap compensated at 1’32 as well as important speed problem from
0’49 to 1’13, partially upgraded.
In the Steve Winwood-set on Hound Dog two noises deleted in the banter; on Road
Runner
Steve Winwood is on guitar. On
Slowdown Sundown
Steve Winwood is on mandolin, there was an important
speed problem at the end of this track: here it wasn’t tried to upgrade it as
well as on
Gimme Some
Lovin’ where another important speed problem from 0’30 until 2’25 was
partially
upgraded. All tracks have been de-clicked, channels rebalanced (+10% for the
left channel) and the phase adjusted. As noted before there were important
speed problems in some tracks (5, 6, 12 & 13): what was possible was done
to upgrade tracks 5, 6 & 13 (only by listening to them but you’d probably
need a musician) but not for track 12
, which wasn't familiar enough.
These
tracks unmodified
are here as bonus material. Sound wise the recording starts a bit rough but
then improves from Track 2 on; despite speed problems this is an important
release and it is weird that no label has released it, especially the one
dedicated to Eric Clapton (Mid Valley).
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