Pink Floyd - June 28, 1971

Pink Floyd
Celebration of Life, Cypress Pointe Plantation
McCrea, Louisianna
June 28, 1971

Cancelled.

The Big Payback - Dan Charnas

This was a really long book about the hip hop business - from its humble roots in discos, parks, and rec rooms in the 1970s to today, where it really is big business. There are a lot of rap clothing lines now and this book had a lot about commercial radio in it, which is really not my thing. However, I love the idea of cutting records and selling them out of the trunk of your car. Nobody seems to do that anymore. I'm always on the lookout for the new rap or the new punk, you know, creating your own world and doing it.

Set List - June 27, 2011

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Communications #11 (part 2) - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - JCOA
Catalyst - New-Found Truths - Catalyst - Cobblestone
Catalyst - Celestial Bodies - Perception - Muse
Catalyst - Bahia - A Tear and A Smile - Muse
Tate, Grady - I Can Deliver - After The Long Drive Home - Sky
Stoner, Geoffrey - Check Out Your Mind - Watch Out - Ovation
The Chubukos - House Of The Rising Funk - House Of The Rising Funk - Mainstream
Love, C.P. - Coming Down With Another Heartache - Malaco Soul Brothers - Vol. 2 - Soulscape
River, James - Let's Live - The First Days of Funk - Vol. 1 - Electrostatic
Clarke, Tony - Ghetto Man - The First Days of Funk - Vol. 1 - Electrostatic
Eli the Prophet - Take a Little Give a Lot - The First Days of Funk - Vol. 1 - Electrostatic
Soulful Illusion - Soulful Illusion - The First Days of Funk - Vol. 2 - Electrostatic
Sign of the Vibration - Last of the Corruptors - The First Days of Funk - Vol. 2 - Electrostatic
Gaye, Marvin - Medley II (Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)/God Is Love/What's Going On/Save The Children/Got To Give It Up) - Live At The London Palladium - Tamla
Undisputed Truth - Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World) Friendship Train - Face To Face With The Truth - Gordy
Kuti, Fela - Zombie - Zombie - Barclay

Pink Floyd - June 26, 1971

Pink Floyd
Free Concert, Amsterdamse Bos
Amsterdman, The Netherlands
June 26, 1971

Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Cymbaline
The Embryo
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
A Saucerful Of Secrets

Great bass-heavy recording. There was a bunch of spoken/yelling word in "The Embryo" that I have never heard before. The crowd yelled, "We Want More!" and The Pink Floyd came out and kicked their asses with "A Saucerful Of Secrets." Good show.

The New Salem Witch Hunters at the Happy Dog

I saw the Witch Hunters for the first time 21 years ago. It was at the Babylon A Go Go as my eyes started to open to rock music as a living breathing thing - something that was happening at the moment, not just at an old Who concert. Dave Atkins jumped in the crowd a couple of times at the Babylon and I tried to avoid him. Not much has changed in 21 years. Dave Swanson started playing second guitar and then moved to drums. Dave Atkins still walks the bar. Beautiful. If you are asking if you can still do it into your fifties, the answer is yes. Yes, you can.

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 25 - Faust - So Far

I told my kids, while listening to this record over dinner, this sounds like music made by crazy people. The kids disagreed. They said it sounded like old time music. Or Christmas music. They were both right.

Pink Floyd - June 23, 1971

Pink Floyd
Hatfield Polytechnic
Hatfield, England
June 23, 1971

No Known Recording.

Pink Floyd - June 22, 1971

Pink Floyd
Glastonbury Fayre, Worthy Farm
Pilton, England
June 22, 1971

Cancelled.

Pink Floyd - June 20, 1971

Pink Floyd
Palazzo Dello Sport
Rome, Italy
June 20, 1971

Atom Heart Mother
Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Fat Old Sun
The Embryo
Echoes
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Cymbaline
A Saucerful Of Secrets
Astronomy Domine

Nice long show with a sweet "Astronomy Domine" ending. Always a good idea to leave them wanting for more.

Set List - June 20, 2011

Cherry, Don - Orient - Orient - Affinity
Brockington, Julius - In the Back of the Churchyard - United Chair - Today
Brockington, Julius - Do Your Thing - Sophisticated Funk - Today
Foxx, Inez - Let Me Down Easy - At Memphis - Volt
Withers, Bill - Harlem - Just As I Am - Sussex
Corea, Chick - Fragments - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs - Solid State
Foster, Ronnie - Inot - Sweet Revival - Blue Note
The Moments - Love On a Two-Way Street - A Moment With The Moments - Stang
Thomas, Joe - Every Brother Ain't A Brother - Ebony Godfather - Today
Holland-Dozier-Holland - Don't Leave Me - Why Can't We Be Lovers - The Invictus Sessions - Castle
Holland-Dozier-Holland - The Picture Will Never Change - Why Can't We Be Lovers - The Invictus Sessions - Castle
Brown, Odell & The Organ-izers - The Thing - Raising The Roof - Cadet
Brown, Odell & The Organ-izers - Tommy's Thing - Mellow Yellow - Cadet
Brown, Odell & The Organ-izers - Get Off My Back - Ducky - Cadet
Ashby, Dorothy - By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Dorothy's Harp - Cadet
Evans, Richards - The Wedding Song - Dealing With Hard Times - Atlantic

Pink Floyd - June 19, 1971

Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd
Palazzo Delle Manifestazioni Artistiche
Brescia, Italy
June 19, 1971

Atom Heart Mother
Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Fat Old Sun
The Embryo
Echoes
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Cymbaline
A Saucerful Of Secrets

The crowd was kind of noisy in this on this recording, but there was this one point, after the raga section of "Set the Controls", after the tom tom fill cut through the arena like a Japanese bullet train, when the crowd was pretty quiet.

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 24 - Faust - Faust

Some rock and some found sound audio collage nonsense. Reminded me of Olivia Tremor Control. I could take it or leave it, really.

Pink Floyd - June 15, 1971

Pink Floyd
Abbaye de Royaumont
Royaumont, France
June 15, 1971

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Cymbaline

I would have thought the sound would have been better on a television broadcast, but, eh, not so much.

Set List - June 13, 2011

Burrell, Dave - Peace - Echo - BYG
Brown, Marion - Fortunato - Three For Shepp - Impulse!
Brown, Marion - The Visitor - Juba-Lee - Fontana
Tolliver, Charles - Household Of Saud - Paper Man - Arista
Duke, George - Da Somba - Faces In Reflection - MPS
Pass, Joe - Long Ago Yesterday - Guitar Interludes - Discovery
Upchurch, Phil - Electrik Head - The Way I Feel - Cadet
Upchurch, Phil - Black Gold - Upchurch - Cadet
Soul Primers - Can´t Resist It Part 1 - Funky L.A. - Lost Funk & Rare Grooves From the Los Angeles Underground (1970-1975) - Boot
Caprells - Close Your Eyes - Funky L.A. - Lost Funk & Rare Grooves From the Los Angeles Underground (1970-1975) - Boot
Holmes, Marvin and The Uptights - The Horse - Ooh Ooh The Dragon (and Other Monsters) - UNI
Holmes, Marvin and The Uptights - I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Ooh Ooh The Dragon (and Other Monsters) - UNI
The Temptations - Stop The War Now - Solid Rock - Gordy

Earth and Terminal Lovers at the Grog Shop

I finally got to see Earth. Thrilling. Indeed. The Terminal lovers were the highlight for me. Still jamming after all these years.

Pink Floyd - June 12, 1971

Pink Floyd
Palais des Sports
Lyon, France
June 12, 1971

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Cymbaline
A Saucerful Of Secrets
Atom Heart Mother

There may be a song missing on this boot but the announcer does his thing and they jump right into "Set the Control . . ." Cool moment. Decent enough audience recording. The chorus is loud and proud on "Atom Heart Mother."

The New Bomb Turks at the Beachland

It was a busy night on Waterloo.

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 23 - Cosmic Jokers - Gilles Zeitschiff

There were times when I thought Nico joined the Jokers on this record. Other times, it was some other lady's voice exchoing with the space age sound effects played along side the spacy german speaking. Pass.

Grunge is Dead - Greg Prato

I remember feeling like grunge was dead before it started. It was a stupid trend that was overly commercial almost right out of the gate. I was at the record release party for "Nevermind" and saw Nirvana at the Empire Concert Club shortly after the record came out. Urge Overkill opened and I thought they were they better band. I always liked Mudhoney but haven't listened to that band, not a note that I'm aware of, since "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge." Their covers of the Dicks and Spacemen 3 opened doors for me. I remember listening to "Badmotorfinger" on cassette in my brother's Renault Alliance and digging it. I met Pearl Jam when they opened for the Smashing Pumpkins and Red Hot Chilli Willie at the Music Hall. Eddie Vedder was kind of quiet. We talked about the Screaming Trees, who I also met at the Babylon A Go Go for a few minutes before the conversation petered out. "Uh, do you guys have any beer?" I loved the Screaming Trees twenty years ago and listened to them again for the first time in well over a dozen years while reading this book. They rocked, I think, but I ultimately thought that I was wasting my time by checking them out again because you only have so much time to listen to music, and, you know, it's the Screaming Trees.

This book was decent enough and informative but I don't care about this music anymore.

Set List - June 6, 2011

Sun Ra - The Shadow World - The Magic City - Impulse!
Hutcherson, Bobby - Rain Every Thursday - Natural Illusions - Blue Note
Lytle, Johnny - Tawhid - People & Love - Milestone
Price, Melvyn - Last Train - Rhythm And Blues - Meldor
Burrell, Kenny - Alone In The City - Asphalt Canyon Suite - Verve
Burrell, Kenny - Brother, Where Are You? - Night Song - Verve
Coffey, Dennis - Moon Star - Instant Coffey - Sussex
Coffey, Dennis - Can You Feel It - Goin' For Myself - Sussex
Coffey, Dennis - Virgo's Song - Electric Coffey - Sussex
Coffey, Dennis - Scorpio - Evolution - Sussex
Coffey, Dennis - Whole Lotta Love - Evolution - Sussex
Coffey, Dennis - Some Like It Hot - Finger Lickin' Good - Westbound
Davis, Geater - I Can Hold My Own - Sweet Woman's Love - House of Orange
The Montgomery Express - Precious Wing - The Montgomery Movement - Folkways
Jungle Brothers - Black is Black - Straight out the Jungle - Gee Street
Andrews, Ruby - Didn't I Fool You - Black Ruby - Zodiac
The Ebonys - You're the Reason Why - The Ebonys - Philadelphia International
Brown, James - Goodbye My Love - Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud - King
Brown, James - This Feeling - Get Up Offa That Thing - Polydor

Pink Floyd - June 5, 1971

Pink Floyd
Berliner Sportpalast
West Berlin, West Germany
June 5, 1971

Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Fat Old Sun
The Embryo
Echoes
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Cymbaline
A Saucerful Of Secrets
Astronomy Domine
Blues

Good sounding set. Plenty of boom from the room on this recording. My suggestion would be to just play "Astronomy Domine" and leave it at that.

Pink Floyd - June 4, 1971

Pink Floyd
Phillipshalle
Dusseldorf, West Germany
June 4, 1971

Atom Heart Mother
Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Fat Old Sun
The Embryo
Echoes
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Cymbaline
A Saucerful Of Secrets

I was bugging out at some point during Atom Heart Mother, which is a weak opener when there is no orchestra or chorus with the band, finally catching the groove when a truck or bus drove by, I don’t know which, and blew a bunch of dirt in my face and mouth. I had dirt in my mouth for the rest of this show.

Krautrocksampler 50 Friday - No. 22 - The Cosmic Jokers - Sci Fi Party

The jokes that the Cosmic Jokers are telling in this record are in German, so I did not get them. I literally did not get the jokes.

Pink Floyd - June 2, 1971

Pink Floyd
Student Health Centre Refectory, Edinburgh University
Edinburgh, Scotland
June 2, 1971

No Known Recording.