Pete Brown & Piblokto! 1971-xx-xx Hamburg, Germany Stadtpark (M?-AUD) ~*~ Carefully remastered removing blemishes, without EQ ~*~ 01-[11:13]. ...Letter From Messiah 02-[07:40]. The Dawn Of The Night Wasp 03-[09:37]. The Politician 04-[21:02]. Milk Is Turning Sour In My Shoes// Total Time ::: 49:32 ::: VERY nice, right in PA, stereo AUD with a few hiccups. Check samples to taste & try before you byte. ::: Warts: #1 bit wobbly 1st 2 minutes. Number of split second glitches in #1 (& more later) were repaired & cleaned up wherever possible. Stereo imaging changes a few times. Fixed many dullspots & dropouts but surely missed some. #4 splice at ~16 minutes & cuts after about 19 minutes! ::: NOTE: This comes to life after 1st minute & even after the 2nd. Don't give up, most of it is EXTREMELY enjoyable quality. Recording Information ::: unknown stereo equipment -> master stereo AUD tape -> unknown generations (probably all analog) -> unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on. Playback 2011-07-25 ::: unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL professional CD recorder -> CD-RW, no track splits -> computer -> EAC secure mode (logs made) -> wav file(s) -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, -1.5% single pass averaged speed correction after spectral analysis & with pitchpipe verification, NO equalisation] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2014-11-22. Line-up ::: Pete Brown - vocals // Ray "Taff" Williams - electric guitar // Phil Ryan - keyboards // Will Youatt - electric bass // Ed. Spevock - drums. Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline. DimeTravel 071 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Aside from Pete Brown & Piblokto!, these guys played in a FEW other bands... Here are some of them. Pete Brown (The First Real Poetry Band with John McLaughlin, Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments,Bond & Brown,Brown and Friends, Flying Tigers, others...). Phil Ryan (Eyes Of Blue, Big Sleep, Clive John Band, Man, John St. Field (Jackie Leven), Flying Aces, Neutrons,others...). Ray "Taff" Williams (Eyes Of Blue, Big Sleep,The Mustangs,Houseband,Gary&Taff (with Gary Pickford-Hokins of Wild Turkey,MANY others...). Ed. Spevock (State Quintin Five/Brian Connell & The Roundsound/Amboy Dukes/Salt & Pepper/Pete Brown & Piblokto!/Bond & Brown/Babe Ruth/Chicken Shack/The Peddlers/Lion/Enigma/Richard O´Brien Band/Stealing Dan (and Don)/Robin Bibi Band/Richie Milton & The Lowdown/Flare/Paul Cox Band/Nigel Bagge Band/Andy Cortes Band/Top Topham Band, others...). Will Youatt - electric bass (Neutrons,Man,Alkatraz,others...). Some DIMER mentioned they might have a somewhat longer version (hopefully an upgrade as well), but I been waitin' a long time & it ain't appeared, so here's my copy (after a lotta work). Hopefully someone can do better for us eventually as the master tape must be a stellar recording, recorded right up in the PA speakers with almost no audience noise (in fact, the crowd sounds fairly thin in the ranks!). Unfortunately, as far as I can remember at this juncture, this is the final installment in my unissued Pete Brown/Piblokto!/Battered Ornaments box. I sincerely hope some other fanatic can take up the reins & provide us with some more recordings & insight into the wonderful worlds of... Please. The music is radical & demanding & wonderfully jammed out. The interplay between Phil Ryan & Ray "Taff" Williams is outstanding. Taff is a fascinating guitar player - we need more by this guy! Check the long feedback & jamming section of "Milk Is Turning Sour In My Shoes". Pate is in great form, perhaps a bit outta control in "The Politician" but into a lovely almost Floyd-like vocal space in "The Dawn Of The Night Wasp" - a great version. I love the Pete Brown albums. I had known of Pete thru things Cream for 30 years or more before the CD reissue scene & the likes of Byron Coley started showing up in my neighborhood. Not to mention The Man In The Castle, a friend o' Pete's from way back. Kinda cool I was able to give a few things back to Pete himself along the way. The "Thousands On A Raft" album should be on every reputable turntable at some time or another & "A Meal You Can Shake Hands With In The Dark" & "Things May Come and Things May Go but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever" don't just deserve honorable mentions in rock history, but ought to be heard - loud if you still can handle it (or yer grandkids can). This recording should get the turkeys gobblin'. Amazing sounds! Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees Support the artist! http://www.petebrown.co.uk Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!