Rising Sons – Rising Sons - Ry Cooder Taj Mahal

Rising Sons – Rising Sons - Ry Cooder Taj Mahal

Groucho Records LTD MAR-X 38501 (USA – year unknown)

Limited Edition N° 216

 

Musicians as listed on this bootleg LP back cover:

Ry Cooder (guitar)

Taj Mahal (guitar)

Jesse Lee Kincaid (vocals)

Gary Marker (bass)

Ed Cassidy (drums)

Kevin Kelly (drums)

 

Musicians as listed on the official 1992 Columbia CD booklet:

Taj Mahal (vocals, harmonica, guitar, piano)

Ry Cooder (vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar, mandolin, slide and bottleneck guitar, dobro)

Jesse Lee Kincaid (vocals, guitar)

Gary Marker (bass)

Kevin Kelley (drums, percussion)

Ed Cassidy (drums)

 

Produced by Terry Melcher

Recorded in 1965 - 1966

This band released one single only in 1966 while in existence: “Candy Man” backed with “The Devil’s Got My Woman”. But they recorded many other tracks (produced by Terry Melcher) for an LP that remained unreleased. Some of these other tracks were officially released in 1992 on CD (Columbia / Legacy CK 52828 – 22 tracks), and on vinyl in 2001 (Sundazed LP5054 – 12 tracks). But an 18 track unofficial CD was released earlier (ISRAPHON ISR 009 CD – year unknown), and even earlier, tracks were first released on a bootleg LP (Groucho Records MAR-X 38501 – 17 tracks mentioned on back cover but only 16 tracks on vinyl itself). What you have here is a fresh vinyl rip of the latter, my Groucho Records LP.

When the bootleggers laid their hands on the tape, the song titles were unknown so they guessed them. Many are wrong on the LP rear cover. Here are the song titles mentioned on the rear cover, followed by actual song titles as they appeared on the official Columbia CD:

A1 Diving Duck Blues = If The River Was Whiskey (Divin’ Duck Blues)

A2 Untitled = Spanish Lace Blues

A3 Got My 44 = .44 Blues

A4 Sorry To Tell You = Flyin’ So High

A5 Down To Mexico = Tulsa County

A6 Sorry To Tell You (reprise) = Flyin’ So High (reprise)

A7 Step Outside You Mind = Take A Giant Step

A8 Untitled = 2:10 Train

 

B1 She Don’t Love Me No More = 11th Street Overcrossing

B2 32-30 (I Got A Little) = I Got A Little

B3 By And By = By And By (Poor Me)

B4 Sunny Street = Sunny’s Dream

B5 Walkin’ Down The Line = correct title!

B6 Candy Man = correct title!

B7 Devil Got My Woman = The Devil’s Got My Woman

B8 Corrina = Corrin, Corrina

B9 Sorry To Tell You = Flyin’ So High = MENTIONED ON REAR COVER BUT NOT PRESENT ON ACTUAL VINYL

Actual Track Listing with lengths:

1. A1 Diving Duck Blues (2:37)
2. A2 Untitled (2:11)
3. A3 Got My 44 (3:21)
4. A4 Sorry To Tell You (3:01)
5. A5 Down To Mexico (2:39)
6. A6 Sorry To Tell You (reprise) (0:32)
7. A7 Step Outside Your Mind (2:57)
8. A8 2-10 Train (4:06)
9. B1 She Don't Love Me No More (2:08)
10. B2 32-30 (I Got A Little) (2:04)
11. B3 By And By (3:18)
12. B4 Sunny Street (3:03)
13. B5 Walkin' Down The Line (1:56)
14. B6 Candy Man (1:58)
15. B7 Devil Got My Woman (3:01)
16. B8 Corrina (2:54)

Artwork Included (3 sets of fronts, backs, labels)

 

Gene Clark And The Firebyrds - Cambridge, MA 1984 - Link refreshed by request

BY REQUEST

Gene Clark and The Firebyrds – Cambridge 1984

Jack’s, Cambridge, Massachusetts – February 1st, 1984

Gene Clark (guitar, harmonica, vocals)
Michael Clarke (drums)
Matt Andes (guitar, vocals)
Peter Oliva (bass, vocals)
Mike Hardwick (keyboards, vocals)

Audience Recording

1. In The Pines (3:52)
2. Silver Raven (6:05)
3. She Darked The Sun (4:18)
4. Kansas City Southern (4:39)
5. Train Leaves Here This Morning (5:10)
6. Mr Tambourine Man (6:30)
7. Gypsy Rider (4:52)
8. You're Gonna Miss That Somebody (3:48)
9. She Don't Care About Time (3:39)
10. Set You Free This Time (4:45)
11. Band Introduction + Tuning (2:16)
12. Full Circle (4:08)
13. Rodeo Rider (4:35)
14. Blue Raven (5:17)
15. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (4:04)
16. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (3:40)
17. Eight Miles High (6:12)
18. Ain't Living Long Like This (5:07)

Roger McGuinn’s Thunderbyrd – Rockpalast Festival 1977

Still pausing but this one is a request:

Roger McGuinn’s Thunderbyrd – Rockpalast Festival 1977

Grugahalle, Essen, Germany (July 24^th, 1977)

Roger McGuinn (guitar, vocals)

Rick Vito (guitar, vocals)

Charlie Harrison (bass)

Greg Thomas (drums)

 

Sam Clayton (from Little Feat) (percussion on tracks 9 to 15)

What you have here is the complete performance, as recorded by me after hooking my reel-to-reel tape recorder to my TV set in 1977, later burned to a CDR with my stand-alone CD recorder and even later ripped and saved to my computer.

It was later released on DVD and CD on the German Bear Family label. Track 11 was wrongly titled “Shoot Him” instead of “Shoot ‘em” on these latter releases.

I made artwork for my CDR (included). Later, I had my artwork signed by Rick Vito and Charlie Harrison after a Rick Vito concert while having a (long) drink with them and drummer Rick Reed.

Funnily, the illustrating picture of Charlie Harrison on his Discogs page, although not uploaded by me, is one I took; he’s showing my artwork that he had just signed:

https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/563258-Charlie-Harrison

Incredibly, the same picture is used to illustrate Charlie Harrison’s page on the official Poco website:

https://pocoband.com/scrapbook/the-band/previous-members/charlie-harrison

Charlie Harrison was the bass player for Poco from 1978 to 1984 and as such appears on 6 LPs.

As to Rick Vito and Greg Thomas, googling their names will show you their incredibly prolific careers.

 

1. Intro + Lover Of The Bayou (7:14)
2. American Girl (4:51)
3. Mr. Spaceman (3:06)
4. Why Baby Why - Tiffany Queen (5:20)
5. Golden Loom (4:31)
6. Juice Head (3:53)
7. Chestnut Mare (5:36)
8. Midnight Dew (6:07)
9. Dixie Highway (4:39)
10. We Can Do It All Over Again (4:11)
11. Shoot 'em (The Victor Song) (5:37)
12. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:44)
13. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (4:59)
14. Mr. Tambourine Man (2:28)
15. Eight Miles High (6:46)

Homemade Artwork Included (front, back, CDr)

Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - New York 1978 - Repost By Request

Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark

Live at The Bottom Line, N.Y., March 19th, 1978 (early set)

01 - Don't You Write Her Off
02 - Crazy Ladies
03 - Train Leaves Here This Morning
04 - Bag Full Of Money
05 - Release Me Girl
06 - Fair And Tender Ladies
07 - Chestnut Mare
08 - Mr Tambourine Man
09 - Feeling Higher
10 - Turn Turn Turn
11 - You Ain't Going Nowhere

Time for pausing

I'll be back....some day.

You can still post requests.

Skip Battin and Chris Darrow – Live In Italy 1981

 

Skip Battin and Chris Darrow – Live In Italy 1981

CDR made from a cassette recording

I hesitated long before uploading this one, as it is a very poor quality “for completists only” audience recording. I’ve repeatedly been asked for it by someone who attended the concert, so here it is.

 

1. On The Road Again (2:40)

2. Time Will Tell (3:01)

3. Willow In The Wind (3:22)

4. Going Back To Texas (3:33)

5. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (3:01)

6. Hand On The Trail (3:47)

7. White Line Fever (4:01)

8. Everyday (3:21)

9. Zig Zag (4:09)

10. Tell Him No (3:37)

11. Dark Moon (2:14)

12. Mr. Spaceman (3:14)

13. Slippin' And Slidin' (1:59)

14. Citizen Kane (5:10)

15. Louisiana Man (4:23)

16. Santa Ana Winds (4:12)

17. Night Owl (5:12)

18. Blue Moon Of Kentucky (4:02)

19. Don't Play A11 (4:05)

 

Artwork Included (front, back, CD) 

Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - Salt Palace 1977 - Repost by request

Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark

Salt Palace, Newport, RI – November 26, 1977

Audience Recording

 

01 The True One

02 Silver Raven

03 Train Leaves Here This Morning

04 Ballad Of Easy Rider

05 Wasn't Born To Follow

06 Dreamland

07 Jolly Roger

08 Chestnut Mare

09 Crazy Ladies

10 Mr Tambourine Man

11 You Ain't Going Nowhere

12 Knocking On Heaven's Door

13 Little Mama

14 So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star

15 Eight Miles High

16 Bye Bye Baby