For German readers: some thoughts and notes and quotes on the music I'm listening - to be found
on my new blog:
ubus-notizen.blogspot.com

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Monday, May 26, 2014

Vienna Art Orchestra - Frauenfeld 2012

vienna art orchestra
'the reunion of the original vienna art orchestra'
generations festival
frauenfeld, switzerland
06. oct 2012

mathias rüegg - conductor, composer, arranger, piano & fender rhodes
lauren newton - vocal
juraj bartos - trumpet & flugelhorn
thomas gansch - trumpet & flugelhorn
herbert joos - trumpet & flugelhorn
wolfgang puschnig - alto sax & flute
harry sokal - tenor sax & soprano sax
roman schwaller - tenor sax
christian radovan - trombone
jon sass - tuba
woody schabata - vibraphone & marimba
heiri känzig - bass
joris dudli - drums
wolfgang reisinger - percussion
erich dorfinger - sound

disc 1
01. perpetuum mobile 10:59
02. announcement mathias rüegg 01:14
03. variations about a liberate proposal 04:37
04. announcement mathias rüegg 00:31
05. seven changes 08:42
06. announcement mathias rüegg 00:39
07. melancholie 07:10
08. announcement mathias rüegg 02:45
09. lauren newton solo 06:28
10. announcement mathias rüegg 00:20
11. meditation 03:07
12. announcement mathias rüegg 00:38
13. reflections on gnossienne no. 1 05:40

disc 2
01. announcement mathias rüegg 00:21
02. share your money and read fairy tales 09:08
03. announcement mathias rüegg 02:33
04. unknown title 08:36
05. announcement mathias rüegg 00:31
06. romana 04:54
07. h.m. blues 06:12
08. announcement mathias rüegg 01:06
09. tango from obango 11:09
10. innocense of cliches 05:17

source: dvb-s > techno trend tt-premium s2-6400 twin hd > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(mpeg1 layer 2/256 kbps)

with thanks to unclewolfi who shared this recording on dime!

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Harold Land - Vancouver 1958


















Beating the bootleggers and claiming this one back .. the cover was lifted from another Land LP, Jazz Impressions of Folk Music.

The great story of the Cellar is told here:
http://theoriginalcellarjazzclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/story-by-john-dawe.html

This is quite a band ... and a more than decent recording, luckily!

Harold Land
The Cellar, Vancouver (Canada)
1958

Harold Land - tenor saxophone
Elmo Hope - piano
Scott LaFaro - bass
Lennie McBrowne - drums

CD1/First Set/40:54
1. Introduction (0:59)
2. Cherokee (18:38)
3. Just Friends (21:15) [drop-out 2:35.5]

CD2/Second Set/41:51
4. Introduction (0:15)
5. Big Foot (Charlie Parker) (29:36)
6. Come Rain or Come Shine (11:59)

TT: 82:46

Sound: A-
Lineage: ? > CD > EAC > Hard drive > CD Wave Editor > FLAC Frontend (level 8) > Azureus > Dimeadozen

minimal ubu edit: deleted dropout 2:35-2:39 in #3 (remains audible)

Saturday, May 03, 2014

Average White Band - Queens 1978

Here's a partial re-up of a kind by request ... couldn't locate the other part of the earlier share - if you can help out, please do so! This is NOT the same FM/SBD version, but seems to be pre-FM, so it might sound different. This is the version I have around without much digging, so there you go, sorry if the other sounds better, I'd have to rip it from CDR (and have no idea where that CDR - or the 1975 one - might be).

Many thanks to the seeder on dime - these are the very same files, no changes done.

Average White Band
Party in the Park
Belmont Park
Queens, NY
07/23/1978

Pre-FM SBD feed > Nak 550 > Maxell UDXL2 (no NR) via Peter Hedeman

Transfer:  MC > Nak CR7-A (azimith adjust) > SBM-1 (s/pdif) > Lynx Studio Technology One (soundcard) > SoundForge 4.5 > CD Architect 4.0f > Red Book CDR

Re-Master:  WAV > Wavelab 6.10 (tracking, fades) > FLAC

1. Larry Klein intro >
2. Love Your Life
3. Same Feeling, Different Song
4. A Love Of Your Own
5. McEwan's Export
6. Your Love Is A Miracle
7. She's A Dream
8. If I Ever Lose This Heaven
9. Pick Up The Pieces

Broadcast on WLIR and WPIX FM.  This is from the pre-FM master cassette recorded at the performance.  A post-FM broadcast recording circulates as well.

There is a little noise in the left channel, which is only occasionally present and not really audible except in quieter songs, like "She's a Dream."  It sounds like one of the drum mics, or maybe it's just a strange sound coming from one of the snare drums.  The last second or two of "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" is lost to a tape flip.

In 1978, the Average White Band was:
Alan Gorrie - Guitar, Vocals
Hamish Stuart - Bass, Vocals
Onnie McIntyre - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Roger Ball - Keyboards, Alto Sax
Malcolm Duncan - Tenor and Soprano Sax
Steve Ferrone - Drums, Percussion

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 04/08/12

Mose Allison - New Orleans 1991

Mose Allison
New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), Tipitina's
April 23, 1991

Mose Allison - piano & vocals
Bill Huntington - bass
John Vidacovich - drums
Tony Dagradi - tenor sax

CD1/50:31
1. I Love the Life I Live > Band Intros (4:33) [cuts in/out]
2. City Home (5:05) [cuts in]
3. If You're Going to the City (4:57)
4. Gettin' There (4:50)
5. Hey Good Lookin' (4:32)
6. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (4:48)
7. I Feel So Good (4:53)
8. Trouble in Mind (4:18)
9. Seventh Son (4:48)
10. What You Do To Me (3:13)
11. Your Mind Is On Vacation (4:28)

CD2/51:37
1. Ever Since the World Ended (4:50)
2. instrumental > bass-solo > drum-solo (7:56) >
3. Nothing But the Blues (5:52)
4. Swingin' Machine (5:39)
5. Tell Me Something (4:53)
6. Your Molecular Structure (5:51)
7. No Particular Time (5:57)
8. What's Your Movie (4:40)
9. You Are My Sunshine (5:02)
10. Look What You Made Me Do (0:53) [cuts out]

TT: 102:08

Sound: A-
Lineage: SB UNKNOWN LINEAGE > CASSETTE > M-AUDIO TRANSIT > COOL EDIT > CD WAVE EDITOR > FLAC