Etree - RM's Giant Live Music Archive - 64 shows
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Thanks for visiting, and take a peek at my collection of live musical performances.  As you'll agree, my collection is pretty freakin' huge & includes thousands and thousands of audios and videos of (what I think are) the greatest musical entertainers of the 20th century.  



Important notice:  nothing here is for sale.  This is strictly a non-profit hobby turned monster archive of recorded live musical performances.



Below is a drop-down menu that shows the artists/genres of music I've been collecting.  Click the arrow & choose an artist or genre of music.  You'll go to my list of recordings relating to that artist or genre.  The audio recordings in my collection are stored as data encoded in a lossless format, usually FLAC but sometimes less popular formats such as SHN or APE.  Likewise, the video recordings are stored as data in a variety of formats, usually VOB video (DVDs), MPEG or other high-definition format (Blu-Ray).  I store all data using checksums to verify the integrity



Only the best-possible audio and video is of interest to me.  Most of these recordings were created or preserved using non-professional equipment by music enthusiasts limited only by budget, technology or knowledge.  Everything was stored on analog tape until the 90s.  Copying tapes resulted in "generations" where sound quality deteriorated.  A tape recording could be great, the copy good, a copy of the copy sounding merely OK, a copy of the copy of the copy difficult to enjoy, and so on.  Collecting is quite fun when lost recordings are rediscovered after laying dormant for decades, especially when knowledgable hobbists employ 24-bit high-resolution audio. 



Finding good live recordings - and people willing to share them - was rare in the pre-internet era.  A lot of money was spent on postage, blank Maxell II cassettes and long-distance phone calls to develop a small collection..  We sure got it lucky today.  But, the collecting community still has dishonest people with financial incentive or social agendas.  Some with poor copying techniques or distributing lossy digital versions (MP3).  Some insist on abusing audio software, inflicting their arbitrary audio preferances on the rest of us, calling it "remastering," while others do so with a light touch when there's a legitimate need to repair, restore or preserve what once was.  But, overall, the hobby has exploded in the 21st Century, giving me incredible musical treats that I never imagined as a teenager mowing lawns in 1981 to earn money for that blank-labeled Beatles bootleg LP in the all-white jacket and horrible sound quality.  Yes kiddies, there was a time when we fans could only wonder what The Beach Boys' "SMiLE" project, Led Zeppelin's '71 tour of Japan or Bob Dylan & The Hawk's '66 British tour sounded like..... These recordings are important cultural documents from a time in history when life, entertainment and technology were quite different than today.   



Any inquiries, feel free to email me.  Please note that I have very limited spare time these days & I'm learning bass guitar rather than expanding my music collection.  I enjoy email especially with fellow collectors/tapers & those who trade recordings with known, verifiable lineage & documentation.  


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Arlo Guthrie http://www.arlo.net
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 10/01/67 The Bitter End Cafe - Greenwich Village, NY 0 FLAC notes
2. 11/11/71 Homer Hesterly Armory - Tampa, FL 0 FLAC notes
3. 03/01/95 Capitol Theater - Salt Lake City, UT 0 FLAC16 notes
4. 07/24/96 Whelan's Bar - Dublin, Ireland 0 FLAC notes
5. 02/08/13 The Birchmere - Alexandria, VA 0 DVD notes
6. 03/01/13 Seymour Centre - Sydney, Australia 0 FLAC notes

BBC Folk America - Music Documentary Series  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 01/23/09 Part 1 - Birth Of A Nation - various, various 0 DVD notes
2. 01/30/09 Part 2 - This Land Is Your Land - various, various 0 DVD notes
3. 02/06/09 Part 3 - Blowin' In The Wind - various, various 0 DVD notes

Bert Jansch  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 11/08/90 Freight & Salvage - Berkeley, CA 0 FLAC notes
2. 02/26/03 Sendesaal Radio - Bremen, Germany 0 FLAC notes
3. 06/06/07 Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA 0 FLAC notes
4. 08/26/07 Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA 0 FLAC notes
5. 06/02/10 Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN 0 FLAC notes
6. 12/02/13 Royal Festival Hall - London, England 0 DVD notes

Bob Dylan Tribute  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 05/18/11 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - A Folk Tribute - BBC Radio Presentation, England 0 FLAC notes

Bob Gibson http://bobgibsonlegacy.com
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 05/25/81 Kerrville Folk Festival - Kerrville, TX 0 FLAC notes

David Grisman Quintet http://www.dawgnet.com/
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 03/29/98 Fuller Hall - St. Johnsbury, VT 0 FLAC notes

Donovan  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 06/28/70 Bath Festival Of Blues & Progressive Music - Shepton Mallett, England 0 FLAC  
2. 08/05/77 Madison Square Garden - New York, NY 0 FLAC notes
3. 08/24/84 Park West - Chicago, IL 0 FLAC notes
4. 08/24/84 Park West - Chicago, IL 0 FLAC notes

Folk Uke  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 07/04/06 Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic - Fort Worth, TX 0 FLAC notes

Friends of Chile Benefit  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 05/09/74 Felt Forum - New York, NY 0 FLAC  

Jimi Hendrix http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/home
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 04/07/68 Generation Club - New York, NY 0 DVD notes

John Denver  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 08/26/71 Carter Barron Amphitheatre - Washington, DC 0 FLAC notes
2. 08/??/73 Red Rocks Amphitheater - Morrison, CO 0 FLAC notes
3. 05/26/85 Golden Nugget - Atlantic City, NJ 0 FLAC notes
4. 11/27/88 Holiday Star Theater - Merrillville, IN 0 FLAC notes
5. 12/02/96 Valley Forge Music Fair - Devon, PA 0 FLAC notes

Leo Kottke http://www.leokottke.com/
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. ??/??/39 A Prairie Home Companion 1997-2004 - Various, Various 0 FLAC notes
2. 11/08/14 Lobero Theatre - Santa Barbara, CA 0 FLAC notes

Mary Hopkin http://www.maryhopkin.com
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 03/05/70 Cliff Richard TV Show - London, England 0 FLAC notes
2. ??/??/70 ABC Theatre - Blackpool, Lancashire, England 0 FLAC notes
3. 05/11/74 Capitol Radio - London, England 0 FLAC notes

New Lost City Ramblers  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 05/21/61 Mandel Hall @ The University Of Chicago - Chicago, IL 0 FLAC notes

Nickel Creek http://www.nickelcreek.com/
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 11/16/00 Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse - Berkeley, CA 0 FLAC  
2. 08/19/06 Fanny Hill - Snowmass Village, CO 0 FLAC notes

Odetta  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 05/25/81 Kerrville Folk Festival - Kerrville, TX 0 FLAC notes
2. 05/29/82 Kerrville Folk Festival - Kerrville, TX 0 FLAC notes

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 08/26/14 SLO Brewing CO. - San Luis Obispo, CA 0 FLAC notes

Pete Seeger  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. ??/??/55 WFMT Studios - Chicago, IL 0 FLAC notes
2. 03/03/56 Northwestern University - Evanston, IL 0 FLAC notes
3. 03/02/75 The Quiet Knight - Chicago, IL 0 FLAC notes
4. 05/17/86 The People's Church - Chicago, IL 0 FLAC notes

Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 07/25/75 Wollman Rink, Central Park - New York, NY 0 FLAC notes

Peter Yarrow  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 05/25/81 Kerrville Folk Festival - Kerrville, TX 0 FLAC notes
2. 05/29/82 Kerrville Folk Festival - Kerrville, TX 0 FLAC notes

Phil Ochs  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 12/15/65 WBAI FM Studios - New York, NY 0 FLAC notes
2. 10/22/66 Salle Claude Champagne - Montreal, QC 0 FLAC notes
3. 06/??/68 Burg Waldeck Festival - Dorweiler, Germany 0 FLAC notes
4. 04/25/70 Westbury Music Fair - Westbury, NY 0 FLAC notes

Ramblin' Jack Elliott  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 11/06/75 Springfield Civic Center - Springfield, MA 0 FLAC  
2. 11/13/75 Veterans Memorial Coliseum - New Haven, CT 0 FLAC  

Richie Havens  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 08/27/70 VPRO "Piknik" TV Show - Naarden, Netherlands 0 FLAC notes
2. 03/17/01 Rams Head Tavern - Annapolis, MD 0 FLAC1644 notes

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 03/01/13 Seymour Centre - Sydney, Australia 0 FLAC notes

Susan Werner  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 11/08/14 Auditorium Theatre - Chicago, IL 0 FLAC notes

Van Morrison & The Chieftains  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 10/29/87 BBC Northern Ireland 1988 - Belfast, Ireland 0 DVD notes
2. 09/15/88 Ulster Hall - Belfast, Ireland 0 DVD notes

Various Artists  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 01/23/09 Folk America Documentary Part 1 Birth of a Nation - BBC4, various 0 DVD notes

Woodstock (the 1969 festival)  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 08/15/69 "Back To The Garden" (Rhino) - Bethel, NY 0 FLAC notes

Woody Guthrie  
  Date Venue - City, State Media  
1. 08/19/40 CBS Radio - New York, NY 0 SHN  
2. 03/10/47 CBS Radio Studios - New York, NY 0 SHN  

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