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Andrew's Collection

Frank Zappa   06/28/1970

Bath Festival Of Blues & Progressive Music, Shepton Mallett, England
Source Sony TC50 cassette deck with Sony Stereo Mike > 2nd gen cassette copy > CD-R > Direct Audio Converter > flac > Soundforge 9: speed correction, phase offset a.o. adjustments, tracking, adding fill from UG version > flac TLH lvl8 w/SBA
Media Flac CDR   1 disc
Tech Notes "~~ (probably)* from 2nd gen AUD tape ~~

* see note of caution below from taper and orig. DIME seeder (Coops2009)

This may be the best sounding raw version currently in circulation,
all other versions are higher gen copies or otherwise remastered version
of same master source origin, with same cuts and flaws.
No fills currently available.

Upgrade to orig. DIME version:
- speed corrected,
- phase offset adjusted
- gain level adjusted
- minor drop outs fixed, major drop outs left untouched
- 6 minutes of pre show banter, tuning and band introductions included from earlier EZT seed (2004) of unknown gen copy from same master source origin.
- raw from orig. seed, no further sound adjustments, no NR, no EQ


available tapes according FZshows:
1970 06 28 - Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, Shepton Mallet, UK
70 min, Aud, B/B-
Wonderful Wino, Concentration Moon, Mom & Dad, The Air, Dog Breath, Mother People, You Didn't Try To Call Me, Agon, Call Any Vegetable, Little House I Used To Live In, Holiday In Berlin, Cruising For Burgers, King Kong

This copy: 77.06 min, AUD 2nd, B/B-

Source and lineage info (according to orig.seeder, see note below):

Recorded on Sony TC50 cassette deck with Sony Stereo Mike
12 feet in air on a pole about 200 yds from center stage.

2nd gen cassette copy > CD-R > Direct Audio Converter > flac >
Soundforge 9: speed correction, phase offset a.o. adjustments, tracking, adding fill from UG version > flac TLH lvl8 w/SBA (409 MB)

taped by: Coops2009
transferred by: Coops2009
edited by: flambay

Fill from unknown gen copy of same source (Tracks 00-01 Banter-Intro)
seeded by ??? in 2004 on EZT (no lineage info)

Line-up:
Frank Zappa (v,gtr) Mark Volman,Howard Kaylan (vcls)
Aynsley Dunbar (dr) Jeff Simmons (b) Ian Underwood (sax,ky)
George Duke (ky)

Setlist:

00 tuning, banter [4:49] °°° from UG fill source
01 Band Introductions [1:13] °°° from UG fill source, switch to Coops2009 at 1:09
02 Wonderful Wino [4:58]
03 Concentration Moon [2:26]
04 Mom & Dad [3:11]
05 The Air [3:26]
06 Dog Breath [2:08]
07 Mother People [2:09]
08 You Didn't Try To Call Me [4:33]
09 Agon [0:39]
10 Call Any Vegetable [10:32]
11 Little House preamble [0:36] °°° cuts in
12 Little House I Used To Live In (incl. Mud Shark) [4:16]
13 Holiday In Berlin (incl. Inca Roads Theme) [7:21]
14 Cruising For Burgers [3:04]
15 King Kong preamble [0:53]
16 King Kong (incl. Igor's Boogie) [14:55] °°° drop out at 4:46; master tape change/cut at 6:46; cut/skip at 12:34
17 final words (incl."Thank You ..." & Donovan announcement "I suppose ...") [0:47]

bonus track:
18 Donovan solo act (fragments, incl. Mellow Yellow) [5:01]

Total time (patched) 77.06 min

Unpatched track (Coops2009 2nd gen source only)
in separate subfolder (376 KB):

01 Band Introductions (unpatched) [0:04] °°° cuts in

Total time (Coops2009 source only) 71:07 min

Note of caution from Coops2009 (with orig.DIME seed):
>>
Lineage uncertain for audience recordings
This maybe a 2nd gen copy of my original master
If so recorded on Sony TC50 cassette deck with Sony Stereo Mike
12 feet in air on a pole about 200 yds from center stage.
CDR ripped to flacs with Direct Audio Converter>

Explanation:
The Bath Festival was my first major recording event, but in those days
I was less careful at archiving these things.I can distinctly remember recording, Frank Zappa, Country Joe, steppenwolf and Zeppelin. An a few more
I managed to lose the original tapes a few years later but they had been traded by then, some time later i managed to get new copies from an old contact.
I believe the audience ones are my recordings, though obviously I am sure others were made. I can occasionally hear a voice that sounds like mine

Its by no means perfect but the mike being high up helped, I'd give them a 7 out of 10.
<<

Credits:
Many thanks to Coops2009 for taping these shows at the Bath Festival
and for sharing his recordings at dimeadozen.

Enjoy & Happy 40th anniversary !!

seeded by flambay at zappateers.com - 2010 06 28"
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Show: A    Sound: B/-
Owned by Andrew · Last Updated May 23, 2023