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Andrew's Collection

Captain Beefheart   04/17/1973

Rainbow Theatre, London, England
Source Master cassette>Akai reel-to-reel>Phillips standalone CDR>FLAC8
Media Flac CDR   1 disc
Tech Notes "This tape hasn't been circulated as far as I can recall. Anyway this is from the master cassette recorded onto a high quality reel-to-reel at 3.5 ins per sec at the time. It was quite nerveracking smuggling a recorder into the Rainbow as
security was quite high fuelled by bootleg albums being sold by a certain Mr.Virgin at his shop in central London. I had difficulty setting the record level and towards the end of the show the tape suffers a little distortion due to the sound level going up in the theatre.
Being a big Mothers/Zappa fan this was concert to see although I wish I'd seen them a couple of years earlier when I think they almost filled the Albert Hall. Being young and impressionable Beefheart seemed to have great charisma and easily wooed the audience.
I remember it as a great event. Hope you enjoy the recording."
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Show: A    Sound: B+
Owned by Andrew · Last Updated May 23, 2023