Jim Vogt's Collection
Ray Manzarek 03/29/1961
The Lighthouse Jazz Club, Hermosa Beach, CA
| Source | SBD |
| Media | CD-R 1 disc |
| Notes | "THE UCLA TRIO" SBD |
| Tech Notes | Ray Manzarek (Early Work) Rick & The Ravens - Complete Singles Aura Records / Posae Records [Studio Recording] Plus: The UCLA Trio March 29, 1961 (Wednesday) The Lighthouse Jazz Club Hermosa Beach, CA [Soundboard Recording] Tracks 1-2: Original 45 Single > WAV > Flac Frontend > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned) Tracks 3-6: "Stages" Bootleg > EAC > WAV > Flac Frontend > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned) Tracks 7-8: Original 45 Single > ? > CDR > EAC > WAV > Flac Frontend > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned) Tracks 9-13 (UCLA Trio): Low Gen > CDR > EAC > WAV > Flac Frontend > FLAC (lvl 8, SBE aligned) Here's a collection I've put together with the help of a few other Doors collectors to put out some of the best quality sources for Ray Manzarek's early recorded material. As many of you know, Ray was the organist for The Doors. Prior to forming The Doors, however, Ray was in a surf band with his brothers Rick and Jim Manzarek from 1962-1965 called Rick & The Ravens. During this time, the group recorded 8 singles for a subsidiary of World-Pacific Jazz Studios called Aura Records (and later Posae Records). These singles were released as promotional material for the label. In fact, it was due to this record deal at Aura Records that The Doors in late '65 were able to record their first demo (officially released on the 1997 Box Set). What's great about that early Doors demo is that, sonically, it's a combination of what The Doors sound would evolve into and Rick & The Ravens (both of Ray's brothers also performed on the Doors demo). Rick & The Ravens featured Rick Manzarek on guitar (a Fender Jaguar to be exact), Jim Manzarek on keyboards, Pat Stonner on saxophone, Vince Thomas on drums, and Screamin' Ray Daniels (better known as Raymond Daniel Manzarek) on vocals. Ray's brother Jim takes lead vocals on "Circle Twist." As bonus material on this torrent, I've included the earliest known tape of Ray Manzarek performing. It's a soundboard recording of The UCLA Trio, a college jazz group Ray fronted as vocalist and pianist with John Hallibertan on bass and Sam Beale on drums. The recording is from 1961 when Ray was 22. Most of the tunes are jazz covers. Only one, "Ikin Retnin," is an original. I've been told a 1st gen is what circulates, but I can't confirm that this is it. All the singles have gone through ClickRepair and individual click/pop elimination to clean them up as much as possible without affecting the sound quality and without using any other hiss or noise reduction. Most of the "Stages" tracks also had several drop-outs and those were fixed as much as possible. "Henrietta" and "Just For You" were direct transfers done by jim4371 and, as a result, are the best sounding tracks here. In fact, the photos of that single included with this torrent are of the copy used in the transfer. Another interesting tidbit: The Byrds (or at least Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark) provide the backing vocals on "Henrietta" as they were studio musicians at the time. -Porsche Track List: 01. Henrietta - 2:02 02. Just For You - 2:10 03. Soul Train - 3:08 04. Geraldine - 2:43 05. Big Bucket 'T' - 3:05 06. Rampage - 2:52 07. Circle Twist - 2:03 08. Blow Top - 1:43 09. Moanin' 7:29 10. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 7:13 11. Joey - 6:21 12. Ikin Retnin - 5:30 13. 'Round Midnight - 4:39 |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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