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Traffic 11/23/1970

SHOWID 46648

Set I

Medicated Goo
Pearly Queen
Empty Pages
Heaven Is In Your Mind
40,000 Headmen
John Barleycorn
Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
No Time To Live
Every Mother's Son
Glad/Freedom Rider

Set II

 

Set III

 

Comment

Personnel includes SW, CW, JC, and Rick Grech. This show is most notable for the inclusion of Rick Grech to the group near the latter part of their '70 tour. Along with playing bass, he also lends a hand with lead guitar.

Collectors With This Show

User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
David LeMond (5/5) CDR / 1 A- View  
OldNeumanntapr (5/5) FLAC / 1 A View   Soundboard Reel
Notes: 'Shootout At The Fantasy Factory' And 'The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys' Added As Filler From The Commercial Release 'On The Road', From 1972. [Trade CD >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.37]
wes meyette (5/0) / View  
CJ (5/4.7) CDR / 1 View  
Rick Martin (5/5) CDR / 1 A View   SBD>?>CDR
Notes: Complete?
PIERRE LE GUINIO (5/4.9) CDR / 1 A View   Soundboard
Notes: SBD
Michael D. (5/0) FLAC / View  
kirk (5/5) shn / 1 View  
David Bennett (5/5) cd / 1 A A View  
Gary K (5/5) cdr / 1 A A View   SBD
Zman (5/3.3) CDr / 1 A View   SBD
hazel1183 (5/5) cdr / 1 View  
Lester's Soundroom (5/5) CDR / 1 View  
brian durham (5/5) CD / 1 View   SBD
MrSteve (5/0) cd / 1 A View   very nice sound and performance
Notes: sbd/mr>dat>cd
Gary (5/4.3) CDR / 1 View  
Douglas Tunstall (5/5) / 1 View   SBD
Notes: SBD
Mergz (5/5) CD / 1 A A View   SBD
steelerr (5/4.6) cd / 1 View  
kindnoodles/chris helmick (5/5) cdr / 1 View  
PeaceTrader (5/3) CDR / 1 View  
Phil Shrout (5/4.1) CD-R / 1 A A View   Anderson Theatre
keith scherer (5/5) SHN / 1 View  
scott allyn (5/0) / 0 View  
Torben (5/5) cd / 1 B View   sbd
joebeacon (5/5) cdr / 1 View  
Wiserphil (5/5) / 1 A- View  
jeff korona (5/0) cdr / 1 View  
Hopper (5/5) CDR / 1 A View  
Waz (5/5) SHN / 1 A A View   Soundboard.
Notes: Soundboard > ? (unknown transfer or media) > SHN.
catherine (5/5) cdr shn / 1 View  
catherine (5/5) wav 1 / 0 View  
Notes: SBD with Bill Graham intro
Rachel Ford (5/5) cdr / 1 a a View  
John Schwarz (5/5) CDR / 1 A- View  
stephen (5/4.8) SHN / 1 SBD View  
Jason (5/4.8) CDR / 1 View   SBD
selma snow (5/5) cdr / 1 a- a- View  
Mark Brut (5/5) CD / 1 A A View   S:D
Jim Hennessy (5/5) CDR / 1 A A View   SDB
jim (5/4.6) .shn / 1 View  
Notes: ABB all-request vine
Yossarian Hunter (5/5) shn / 1 View   soundboard
ed (5/0) wav / 1 a a View  
Steve Blanchard (5/5) SHN / 1 View  
Captain Ten Hits (5/5) cdr / 1 View   Liberated Bootleg "Woodwind"
Notes: from Grateful Dead vault
Rick Hanlon (5/5) CDR / 1 A A View  
John R (5/5) / 1 A View   SBD
Notes: For Details please see my webpage at http://www.Jambands1.homestead.com/Jambands.html
BILL SCARNATI (5/4) CDR / 1 View  
vittorio bertini (5/5) cdr / 1 a++ a++ View   sbd
Notes: Great!
Bill Giannini (5/0) CD / 1 View  
JPW (5/5) CDR / 1 A+ A View   SBD
Notes: 1. (intro) / Medicated Goo [4:46] 2. Pearly Queen [4:24] 3. Empty Pages [5:00] 4. Heaven Is In Your Mind [4:04] 5. Forty Thousand Headmen [5:05] 6. John Barleycorn [6:01] 7. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring [6:57] 8. Every Mother's Son [7:46] 9. Freedom Rider [5:09] 10. Shootout At The Fantasy Factory [6:44] 11. Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys [10:49] Source: 10,11 off "On The Road" (? if so, 11 has been edited) Lineup: Stevie Winwood (vcls, gtr, org), Chris Wood (sax, flt, pno), Rick Grech (bs, gtr), Jim Capaldi (drms, kbd, vcl) 10,11 - Grech, + Reebop Kwaku Baah (perc), Barry Beckett (kbd), David Hood (bs), Roger Hawkins (drms)
barry bryson 2 (5/0) cdr / 1 View  
Mike Morrison (5/4.9) CDR / 1 View  
Mark (5/4.9) shn / 1 A - View  
ken steinberg (5/5) / 1 A A View  
Ed S.F. (5/5) shn / 1 View  
John (5/4.3) / 1 View  
Notes: book 15
Rich Pucci (5/4.7) CDR (shn) / 1 View  
Dupdy (5/5) CD / 1 A- View   SBD?
VinnyF (5/0) / 1 A View  
Adam (5/0) CDR / 1 View  
Haley Dank (5/0) CDR / 1 A A- View  
RamblinRose (5/5) CD-R / 1 View   SBD > DAT > CDR
Notes: Tracks 11 and 12 are from another recording of unknown origin.
phrog (5/0) / 0 View  
Dan Karan (5/4.9) cdr / 1 A- View  
Notes: my version only contains the ten 11/23/70 tunes (as well as the Bill Graham introduction).
Rick Ford (5/5) cdr / 1 a a View  
Sean McIntyre (5/0) CD / 1 View   SBD
Notes: SBD
Sean McIntyre (5/0) CDR / 1 View   SBD
chooglin (5/0) / 0 View  
Daylan White (5/0) .shn / 1 View   Liberated Bootleg
Notes: Traffic: "Woodwind", Anderson Theatre, Nov 23, 1970 Medicated Goo Pearly Queen Empty Pages Heaven is in your mind Forty Thousand Head Men John Barleycorn Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring Every Mothers Son Freedom Rider Shootout at the Fantasy Factory Low Spark The first nine songs were recorded @ The Andersen Theater in NYC 11/23/70. Personnel includes SW, CW, JC, and Rick Grech. This disc is most notable for the inclusion of Rick Grech to the group near the latter part of their '70 tour. Along with playing bass, he also lends a hand with lead guitar. The disc finds a group which had been on the road for awhile bolstered by a new member to add new flavors to their arrangements. For fans of the '70 Tour this disc offers a rare glimpse of Traffic as a quartet, with the additional freedom offered by another member. The disc starts with an Intro by none other than Bill Graham. Medicated Goo is a bit disjointed although Winwood is in fine voice, and plays a lead somewhat reminiscent of Stranger to Himself from earlier in the tour. A nice version of Pearly Queen is next, with Grech on hand to lend support to the rhythm section, Chris's organ fills break loose a bit to add some color. For fans of the LP version of Empty Pages, this concert version is among the best I've heard. Steve's vocals and keyboard work (sounds like a Fender Rhodes or RMI electric piano) are top notch and the band seem to catch a good groove with this tune. An updated version of Heaven replete with a lovely jam with Chris on sax playing off a vamping Winwood organ to finish off the song, adds new insight to some older material. A change of pace highlights the next tunes. Forty Thousand Headmen offers some lovely flute work by Chris, and John Barleycorn is welcome for a version not marred by lyrical snafus as found in other versions from earlier in the tour. Who Knows finds Grech trying his hand at lead and rhythm guitar. The addition of guitar adds greatly to the feel of the tune, fleshing it out, adding more texture and spark. Steve's soloing is especially tasty and the song offers good ensemble playing. Every Mothers Son is a highlight. Other versions of this song lacked the lovely guitar riff that accompanies the opening keyboard parts. Although the addition of guitar to the song is welcome, Grech is unable to provide the caliber of playing that was on the studio version. One wonders if the reason the live 11/70 release was shelved because the band wasn't comfortable with Grech's guitar work. (That was one of the reasons given for the non-release of the material recorded just days before this gig. See The "Lost" Live Album.) Nevertheless this is a wonderful version of Every Mothers Son, with great tension built up by the dual piano, organ combo and not to be missed. The disc end uneventfully, with a version of "Freedom Rider" without "Glad" preceding. Shootout and Low Spark from On the Road are added as filler. The sound quality of this disc is excellent. These tapes may have been from a "Grateful Dead" soundboard of this show. At any rate well beyond typical bootleg sound! Rating A Review by GA 1/2/98 Winwood and possibly Capaldi joined the Grateful Dead onstage at the Anderson theater in New York City on November 23, 1970. On one tape of the show, Winwood's performance apparently begins during the song "Hard To Handle" (Pigpen vocals), where he plays Hammond organ, followed by "Railroad Blues" (Jerry Garcia vocals), then a medley of "Not Fade Away" / "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" / "Not Fade Away". Steve attempts the lead vocal on the first "Not Fade Away", but apparently only knows part of the first verse and chorus, which he mangles in a couple of tries. He seems embarrassed, and sings in an odd, low register. Finally, he says "OK, fade away, I sang something" and drops out vocally for the rest of the song. He makes up for it in his playing, which is supportive and fits nicely into the Dead's sound. Bob Weir handles the lead vocals for the rest of the song, with Steve adding some backing. In about the last three minutes of the tape, Bill Graham comes on and introduces Traffic, who kick into "Medicated Goo" just before the tape ends. The Grateful Dead taped all of their own shows, apparently including supporting acts such as Cream and Traffic.
MeltN2aDream (5/5) cdr / 1 A View   SBD
John Hobbs (5/0) CDR / 1 A View  
EricS (5/0) CDR / 1 View  
blueselectric (5/5) CDR / 1 A+ A View  
Notes: Some minor static and distortion here and there but overall very good sound for 1970. Well worth owning!
Jake Rorschach (5/5) CDR / 1 A View   SBD
Stephanie Wilkins (5/4.7) CD / 1 A View  
Kent Richards (5/0) shn / 1 A A View   sbd
Notes: liberated bootleg "Woodwind"
Chris Slagle (5/0) / 0 View  
Ryan Stewart (5/3.7) / 1 A A View  
Robert Freemer (5/5) / 1 View  
Joanne (5/5) SHN / 1 TBA TBA View   unknown
Pete (5/0) / 0 View  
Eric Mohl (5/0) CDR/SHN / 1 View  
jezzie (5/5) CD / 1 View  
Notes: Traffic: "Woodwind", Anderson Theatre, Nov 23, 1970 01. Medicated Goo 02. Pearly Queen 03. Empty Pages 04. Heaven is in your mind 05. Forty Thousand Head Men 06. John Barleycorn Must Die 07. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring 08. Every Mothers Son 09. Freedom Rider 10. Shootout at the Fantasy Factory 11. Low Spark The first nine songs were recorded @ The Andersen Theater in NYC 11/23/70. Personnel includes SW, CW, JC, and Rick Grech. This disc is most notable for the inclusion of Rick Grech to the group near the latter part of their 70 tour. Along with playing bass, he also lends a hand with lead guitar. The disc finds a group which had been on the road for awhile bolstered by a new member to add new flavors to their arrangements. For fans of the 70 Tour this disc offers a rare glimpse of Traffic as a quartet, with the additional freedom offered by another member. The disc starts with an Intro by none other than Bill Graham. Medicated Goo is a bit disjointed although Winwood is in fine voice, and plays a lead somewhat reminiscent of Stranger to Himself from earlier in the tour. A nice version of Pearly Queen is next, with Grech on hand to lend support to the rhythm section, Chris's organ fills break loose a bit to add some color. For fans of the LP version of Empty Pages, this concert version is among the best I've heard. Steve's vocals and keyboard work (sounds like a Fender Rhodes or RMI electric piano) are top notch and the band seem to catch a good groove with this tune. An updated version of Heaven replete with a lovely jam with Chris on sax playing off a vamping Winwood organ to finish off the song, adds new insight to some older material. A change of pace highlights the next tunes. Forty Thousand Headmen offers some lovely flute work by Chris, and John Barleycorn is welcome for a version not marred by lyrical snafus as found in other versions from earlier in the tour. Who Knows finds Grech trying his hand at lead and rhythm guitar. The addition of guitar adds greatly to the feel of the tune, fleshing it out, adding more texture and spark. Steve's soloing is especially tasty and the song offers good ensemble playing. Every Mothers Son is a highlight. Other versions of this song lacked the lovely guitar riff that accompanies the opening keyboard parts. Although the addition of guitar to the song is welcome, Grech is unable to provide the caliber of playing that was on the studio version. One wonders if the reason the live 11/70 release was shelved because the band wasn't comfortable with Grech's guitar work. (That was one of the reasons given for the non-release of the material recorded just days before this gig. See The "Lost" Live Album.) Nevertheless this is a wonderful version of Every Mothers Son, with great tension built up by the dual piano, organ combo and not to be missed. The disc end uneventfully, with a version of "Freedom Rider" without "Glad" preceding. Shootout and Low Spark from On the Road are added as filler. The sound quality of this disc is excellent. These tapes may have been from a "Grateful Dead" soundboard of this show. At any rate well beyond typical bootleg sound! Rating A Review by GA 1/2/98 Winwood and possibly Capaldi joined the Grateful Dead onstage at the Anderson theater in New York City on November 23, 1970. On one tape of the show, Winwood's performance apparently begins during the song "Hard To Handle" (Pigpen vocals), where he plays Hammond organ, followed by "Railroad Blues" (Jerry Garcia vocals), then a medley of "Not Fade Away" / "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" / "Not Fade Away". Steve attempts the lead vocal on the first "Not Fade Away", but apparently only knows part of the first verse and chorus, which he mangles in a couple of tries. He seems embarrassed, and sings in an odd, low register. Finally, he says "OK, fade away, I sang something" and drops out vocally for the rest of the song. He makes up for it in his playing, which is supportive and fits nicely into the Dead's sound. Bob Weir handles the lead vocals for the rest of the song, with Steve adding some backing. In about the last three minutes of the tape, Bill Graham comes on and introduces Traffic, who kick into "Medicated Goo" just before the tape ends. The Grateful Dead taped all of their own shows, apparently including supporting acts such as Cream and Traffic.
John Duncan (5/5) CDR / 1 View  
John Duncan (5/5) CDR / 1 View  
Andy Leslie (5/5) CD / 1 View   SBD
Notes: SBD
Winn Wright (5/5) cdr / 1 View   SBD
Alex Wideman (5/5) CD / 1 A A View  
OpenCode (a.k.a. John K. Joachim) (5/0) CDR / 1 View  
John Sherwood (5/0) CD-R / 1 View   SBD
Josh (5/5) / 1 A A View  
Gary McRoberts (5/5) CDR / 1 View  
Roger Walker (5/5) shn / 1 View  
Adam (5/5) SHN / 1 View   SBD, liberated bootleg
Matt Ledoux (5/1) CDR / 0 View  
Notes: SHN
Andrew Turner (5/5) cdr / 1 A View   Sbd>mr>dat>cdr
andrew (5/4.5) cdr / 1 View  
Terry Heafey (5/0) CDR / 1 View  
Notes: Grateful Dead opener
John Fritz (5/4.5) CDR / 1 A View  
kaanjepa (5/5) CDR / 1 View