1970 - Audience 9.1 - Excellent! Very clear, pretty close, respectful audience, good acoustics, great instrument separation...it's all here for your ears to feast upon. 1972 - Pro SDBRD 9.7 - Amazing of course, it's a professional recording that was released on video but I think this is not taken from a video source as it is totally uncompressed. 1973 - Audience 9.0 - A choice recording as it has a really driving energy. This is not one of those Traffic shows that gets bogged down, it's high energy, loud, and thankfully captured very nicely.
Traffic The Santa Monica Tapes 1970-1973 Disc 1 Civic Center Santa Monica, California July 5, 1970 (late show) 01. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring 02. Every Mother's Son 03. Medicated Goo 04. John Barleycorn Must Die 05. Pearly Queen 06. Stranger To himself 07. Empty Pages 08. 40,000 Headmen 09. Glad - Freedom Rider 10. Feeling Good Steve Winwood - Guitar, Piano, Vocals Chris Wood - Flute, Saxophone Jim Capaldi - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals Disc 2 Santa Monica Civic Center Santa Monica, CA February 21, 1972 01. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 02. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone 03. John Barlycorn 04. Rainmaker 05. Percussion Solo 06. Glad 07. Freedom Rider 08. Forty Thousand Headmen 09. Dear Mr. Fantasy Steve Winwood – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass (1967–1974, 1994) Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, vocals (1967–1974, 1994) Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, keyboards (1967–1974) Rebop Kwaku Baah – percussion (1971–1974) Roger Hawkins – drums (1972–1973) David Hood – bass (1972–1973) Disc 3 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica, CA. 1973 1. Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys 2. Light Up or Leave Me Alone 3. John Barleycorn 4. Rainmaker 5. Glad - Freedom Rider 6. 40,000 Headmen 7. Dear Mr. Fantasy Midsummer Rock Festival Cincinnati, OH. June 17, 1970 8. Pearly Queen 9. Stranger To Himself Stevie Winwood - keyboard, guitar, vocals; Jim Capaldi - drums, vocals; Chris Wood - sax; David Hood - bass; Roger Hawkins - keyboards; Reebop Kwaku Baah - percussion-
Studio Quality 9.6 - Fantastic set! The entire thing has been delicately re-mastered to best anything and everything already out there. David Bowie - Plastic Soul (Young Americans Sessions) Disc 1 01 Young Americans (stripped down mix) 02 Somebody Up There Likes Me (unfinished mix) 03 Can You Hear Me (demo) 04 Can You Hear Me (stripped down mix) 05 Young Americans (Alternate Ending Version) 06 Across The Universe (stripped down mix) 07 Fame (stripped down mix) 08 Fame (vocal only track) 09 Young Americans (Take One) 10 Young Americans (Take Two) 11 Young Americans (Take Three) 12 Shilling The Rubes (Take One) 13 Lazer (The Gouster) 14 After Today (Take One) 15 Sweet Thing (Sigma Acetate) 16 It's Gonna Be Me (With Strings, 1975) Disc 2 01 Right (Sessions) 02 Somebody Up There Likes Me (Sessions) 03 I Am A Laser (Ava Cherry Rough Mix - Stereo) 04 Fame (Cher Show, 09-18-75, Mono) 05 Can You Hear Me (Cher TV Show, 11-23-75) 06 Young Americans + Medley (Cher TV Show, 11-23-75) 07 Win (alternate ryko mix) 08 Fame (Right A-Side, Original Single Edit) 09 Fascination (alternate ryko mix) 10 Right (alternate ryko mix) 11 Who Can I Be Now (Bonus) 12 It's Gonna Be Me (Bonus) 13 After Today (Outtake) 14 It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City (Outtake) 15 Young Americans (Single Edit) 16 John I'm Dancing Again (Edit) 17 Fame (alternate flute version) -
Studio Quality 9.6 - Fantastic set! The entire thing has been delicately re-mastered to best anything and everything already out there. David Bowie - Plastic Soul (Young Americans Sessions) Disc 1 01 Young Americans (Dick Cavett) 02 Can You Hear Me (The Gouster) 03 Young Americans (early take ending) 04 After Today (version 2) 05 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (early take) 06 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) 07 Right (vocal rehearsal) 08 I Am A Lazer (with Ava Cherry) 09 I'm Divine 10 Fascination (stripped-down mix) 11 Young Americans (The Gouster) 12 Across The Universe (alternate extended mix) 13 Fame (instrumental) 14 Funky Music (Is A Part Of Me) (with Luther Vandross) 15 Young Americans (extended remix) 16 Fame (extended remix) 17 Can You Hear Me (Live, Mono) Disc 2 01 I Am A Laser - Scream Like A Baby (Ava Cherry Working Master) 02 Fame (Original Version) 03 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (Live Soul Tour `74) 04 1984 (Live Soul Tour `74) 05 Young Americans (Live Soul Tour `74) 06 Can You Hear Me (Live Soul Tour `74) 07 It's Gonna Be Me (Live Soul Tour `74) 08 Somebody Up There Likes Me (Live Soul Tour `74) 09 Knock On Wood (Live Soul Tour `74) 10 Foot Stompin'-I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate-Foot Stompin' (Live Soul Tour 74) 11 Young Americans (2007 Tony Visconti Mix, Edit) 12 Young Americans (Monitor Mix Fragments & Chat, Mono) 13 Young Americans (US tv promo ad) 14 Young Americans (US radio promo ad) 15 Dick Cavett Interview -
Audience 9.3 - Excellent quality, in fact I think this is a professional recording done on or very close to the stage. It has certain tell-tale qualities, like there being minimal audience noise and very clear, well-balanced band. Good mix here, even without Duane present I think most listeners will find this most welcome especially considering two songs are played featuring Johnny Winter. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA August 6, 1972 1. Statesboro Blues 2. Done Somebody Wrong 3. One Way Out 4. Stormy Monday 5. You Don't Love me 6. Trouble No More 7. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 8. Whipping Post 9. Johnny B. Goode 10. Dust My Broom Tracks 9-10 with Johnny Winter Gregg Allman Dickey Betts Berry Oakley Butch Trucks Jai Johanny Johanson