Jeff Kaisershot's Collection
Brand X 02/20/1976
Nashville Rooms, London, England
| Source | AUD |
| Media | FLAC |
| J-Card Comment | Brand X John Goodsall- guitar Robin Lumley- keyboards (not certain, see comments) Percy Jones- bass Phil Collins- drums Nashville Rooms London, U.K. February 20, 1976 performance quality: B+ recording quality: B source: audience tape (U.K. trade) runtime: 70:49 setlist: 1: born ugly 2: tales of ancient mysteries 3: running on three 4: why should I lend you mine?! (when you've broken yours off already?) > maybe I should lend you mine after all. 5: smacks of euphoric hysteria 6: kugelblitz 7: band introductions 8: nuclear burn 9: encore break 10: malaga virgen comments: This is the earliest Brand X in concert recording I've heard, I believe it has 4 of the songs from the debut album of Brand X (and in my opinion their best), "Unorthodox Behaviour". It's a decent recording, not great, and Phil's talk between songs is not very distinctly heard in the recording, but all the instruments are clearly heard. If you like 76 Brand X my favorite one is the Marquee Club 7/30/76 show. This has been seeded before, not from this same lineage but probably a comparable one in sound quality and possibly the same source recording, but a search on Feb. 21, 2009 did not show this concert posted, in both jazz fusion and progressive rock categories. sounds like it is the full show, nothing interrupted or cut out that I could notice. Sounds like someone named Andrew Ward was in this band too (never heard of him) and I don't hear Robin Lumley announced (I believe he was doing the introducing, and did not introduce himself. They are a shy bunch of guys, except Phil, and especially at this point since nobody knew who they were yet). A good performance and setlist in this show. I got this from a chap in England, who has sent a couple of good things, and only wanted Gentle Giant and John Wetton (solo tours/U.K. tour) which limited our trades, (also some limits on his side too mainly due to computer problems, sound familiar?) but I enjoyed what he sent along so thanks much to A.T. in the U.K. for providing this recording. Since Brand X never made it to Boston in 76 or 77 (my 2 favorite tours by far of theirs) I'm glad to hear any live Brand X of that time in good sound. There may be better 76 Brand X auds out there, but there aren't alot of Brand X auds out there (in any quality) from 1976 and some that I've heard are not anywhere near upload-worthy quality. This one is not great, but it may be postworthy, and anyone who loves the early stuff as I do will enjoy hearing this. Brand X did tour rather extensively in the U.S.A. in 77, but I don't think they played any 76 U.S. shows at all. First time I heard Brand X in concert was on the radio, "Rock Around the World" program (close to half an hour from Ronnie Scott's club in later 76 and before the release of the only Brand X live album "livestock" in and from 1977 performance) and they spoke of them as having yet to play the U.S. I just wish they had done it on this, their 1st tour. This show may have been the first time some in this audience had seen them. I don't know when Brand X played their 1st show, but probably not much earlier than this one. it's good brain candy. Do not sell this recording. Trade freely and losslessly. 01 born ugly.flac:6ddf55cebfffca21327d1ccef937af35 02 tales of ancient mysteries.flac:98e55cde1180dc0613faf72918236728 03 running on three.flac:9b7a0ed487e29276a90967dc6e37d29d 04 why should I... maybe I should....flac:04dabd74c557e8249f15911117ab62d4 05 smacks of euphoric hysteria.flac:49f91407485df67a24132b6295f97b6e 06 kugel blitz.flac:a1a465ca20471b5e11b740f0009698f1 07 band introductions.flac:256367381f1fe598dccc2850d95d41be 08 nuclear burn.flac:0768a5ff9b9499436a1de50b94b496c3 09 encore break.flac:0a81d687ad07e202cb19bc00a0b818c3 10 malaga virgen.flac:cb6c1c2d2a7d64507b7a05d6e08ae83d |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Sound: A- |
| Lists | Jazz/Fusion |
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