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Jerry Jacobsen's Collection

Tony Williams Lifetime   12/19/1969

Village Gate, New York, NY
Source Broadcast
Media CD-R   1 disc
Notes For detailed notes, see J-Card comments.
J-Card Comment Tony Williams Lifetime -- Nov 69
cassette >WAV>FLAC>WAV VG to EXC
songs 1 & 2 are live from the tape that was broadcast
songs 3,4,5 are studio off the unedited radio station master reel

01 - To Whom it May Concern 6:57
02 - Emergency 12:21
03 - Vuelta Abajo 7:09
04 - A Famous Blues 8:53
05 - Something Spiritual 5:28

Tony Williams
John McLaughlin
Larry Young
Jack Bruce?

Tony Williams Lifetime a 5 song radio broadcast from late
November 1969 the first 2 songs while not Exc are a lower gen
than what most collectors have and no noise reduction added or
any tweaking done
songs 3 > 5 are a new find dubbed off the radio station master reel,
cassette is very low gen, I was told a search was made of the
radio station archives but the first 2 songs were not found.
At the start of song 3 " Unknown Title " there was a long loud beep
the recording warning signal from the Polydor studio it was shortened
and reduced the volume so you hear it but it should not bother anyone.
In the USA " Emergency " was released as 2 seperate LP's and it appears
Polydor to stimulate interest in the 2nd LP release gave a tape with
a couple of live tracks to a New York radio station ("Emergency" and
a new song the as yet unrecorded "To Whom it May Concern")
The radio station must have asked for more so they could play a
longer live broadcast and Polydor recorded Lifetime in the studio
and gave them this tape.
Whether all 5 songs are from the same session or 2 sessions or
a mix of live and studio will only be answered when someone writing
a Tony Williams discography has access to the Polydor recording
session files.
tracks 1 & 2 = Village Gate NY Dec 19, 1969 ?


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