San Diego Tapes #5

1974-02-06 - Brest, FR - Salle Des Fetes - sbd (89m) (2cd)
Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Rob Tait, Di Bond

Disc 1:

1) The Other Side Of The Sky (11:28)
2) Dynamite (Bambule) (1:48)
3) Castle In The Clouds (1:13)
4) 6/8 (3:23)
5) Radio Gnome Invisible (13:20)
6) Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell (cut) (13:53)

Disc 2:

1) Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell (coda - cuts in) (1:15)
2) Sold To The Highest Buddha (3:32)
3) I Never Glid Before (5:43)
4) Fohat Digs Holes In Space (19:36)
5) Flute Salad (12:35)
6) Oily Way (cut) (1:26)

Source: cass>cdr (Tascam CDRW 750)>wav (EAC)>editing (Adobe Audition 1.5)>retracked (MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 17 deluxe)>SBE fix(TLH)>flac.
Date and venue confirmed by Daevid Allen's "Gong Dreaming 2" book (p. 287).
Show listed on PlanetGong and Calyx websites ("Full Moon Gig").
Stereo soundboard recording (received as radio).

- "Other Side OF The Sky" cuts in on intro.
- "Zero The Hero" cut with tape flip. Cuts back in on coda (disc 2).
- "Glid Before" cut at 1:36.

I have never seen Brest '74 here on Dime...
This is the famous Full Moon show where Daevid experienced a memorable acid trip on stage (see his "Gong Dreaming 2" book for more).
I'm glad to share this lossless version, another circulating version was definitely lossy (my copy had diginoise too).

Most of this ("Other Side" to "Fohat") appears in The Farm Tapes (worse quality, different sequence).
"Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell" and "Fohat Digs Holes In Space" also appear in The Mushroom Tapes.

As there are no cuts between songs, I decided to leave "Zero The Hero" split across the two discs so disc 1 ends with the tape flip.

I got this tape transfer in a mail trade with a guy from San Diego who has a very huge cassette collection. He hasn't traded in the last 20 years so a lot of recordings haven't circulated in the digital trading pool yet.

A couple of bits were edited (silence and a loud beep after the cut in "Glid Before"). Hissy but it's a good stereo soundboard recording 
...enjoy!

Maclen's torrent # 5 for 2012.

Feb 2012