Found in this magazine with the rather unimaginative title I had never heard of:
John Lennon in ’76: Bootlegs = Good
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Found in this magazine with the rather unimaginative title I had never heard of:
Found in this magazine with the rather unimaginative title I had never heard of:
New Mike Millard mini-documentary
Steely Dan – BENT OVER BACKWARDS: Origins of a Bootleg
Matrix: SD 7000-A / B
California, ca. 1977
I believe originals have Slipped Disk labels. It was later reissued with Unmitigated Audacity and Modern Jazz Records labels.
Steely Dan
Katy Lied Outtakes
Rehearsal Session
S.I.R. Studios, West Hollywood, California
1974
01. Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More
02. Chain Lightning
03. Black Friday
04. Rose Darling
05. Throw Back the Little Ones
06. Doctor Wu
07. Gold Teeth # 2
[24:46]
[The final two songs on the B-side, “Do It Again” and “Reeling In The Years” are live recordings.]
A customer brought this tape into the record store where I worked back in 1976 (the Slipped Disc [in the Panorama City district of Los Angeles]). Copied this with my Teac 4070G 1/4 track R2R @ 7 1/2 ips using a new TDK Audua L-1800 tape. I think our friend had a Teac deck also.
The one technical flaw is that this seems to have been recorded over previously recorded tape that had not been properly degaussed. Something can be heard in the background at the beginning and end of the last 2 songs. It is way down in the noise floor but can be heard in the headphones.
*****
By the way, the bootleg LP version is also from this tape. Here is the story behind that one.
Used to have a “live tape day” on Thursdays at the Slipped Disc.
A record store where I worked from 1976 to 1987. Anyone was welcomed to bring a deck and patch in. It was a big party with beers and whatnot every week.
A certain person I knew showed up the day I shared these outtakes and got a copy.
He made a copy for a friend who then sold a copy to the bootlegger ‘cause I wouldn’t.
All those copies were done on cheaper cassette decks but it still sounded nice.
Released as “Bent Over Backwards” by a friend of ours (Vicky Vinyl) and would you believe they used our Record Store name for the label! Damn!
Yes, our record store did get busted but we had nothing to do with manufacturing these things. I was adamant and wouldn’t sell these recordings to the bootleggers who I actually knew pretty well. Didn’t matter after our store name became an underground “label”. We got off with a minor scare but the FBI is nobody you want to deal with. Bummer was we couldn’t stock bootlegs anymore after that.
I scanned the LP and cover for that “Bent Over Backwards” LP which of course I got right away. Got copies of every bootleg we would carry as I was the one designated to screen them and order the good ones.
Story over.
For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use.
Enjoy
-M- (June 2016)
FLYING M PRODUCTIONS
Dedicated to Kevin Webber, my best friend and somewhat of a boss for over ten years at the Slipped Disc Records in Panorama City.
It was one of Kevin’s friends that brought me this tape.
Adding a missing death records title: #528 – PATTI SMITH ‘GOOD FRIDAY – PART 1’
Manufactured in the Los Angeles area: 1977. Apparently, the planned part 2 never happened.
Likely only 100 copies pressed. Matrix: 75281 (‘wrmb’ scratched)
Source: Patti mentions seeing the Stones at Earls Court in London a couple of months ago (when she was in London as well to perform at the Roundhouse and appear on the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test). death records tended to record concerts in the Seattle or L.A. area only, so my best guess is that this comes from her Roxy, L.A. concert from November of 1976.
Quality comment: “The sound quality is good to excellent (but Patti sounds completely worn out).”
Side A: “Free Money”, “Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie”, “Ask The Angels”, “Time Is On My Side”
Side B: “Pumping (My Heart)”, “Ain’t It Strange”, “Gloria”
Thanks to Andrew for pointing out this release and reporting back on the content.
The TMOQ Record Wiki Originally Posted On The Record Collectors Guild Website
It has occurred to me that I had never posted this in its entirety and since this very useful article was already axed from the named site years ago – I retrieved this for myself using the way back machine, there was also an article on TMOQ2, i.e. Ken’s releases but I was not able to get to that. The dates mentioned here have so far held up. Someone needs to research and write the ultimate TMOQ book and provide us with more details.
So, here is the complete article, with some corrections/annotations by me and an added listing.
Trademark Of Quality
From RecordWiki
A Short History
The Trademark of Quality label was the most well known bootleg vinyl label to emerge from the Sixties Underground. Many of their releases remain cornerstones in serious rock collections. The label was responsible for the first rock bootleg, Bob Dylan’s Great White Wonder 2-LP set, so named because of its plain white gatefold cover. During its five year history, the label released around 100 titles.
It all began when two Dylan fans, who worked for a Los Angeles record distributor, modestly wanted to commit some rare tapes of Dylan in their possession to vinyl. The limited first run of 400 albums caused a huge stir in the Los Angeles area in the summer of 1969. A 2nd pressing of 1,000 copies was quickly released. When the album took off, the two main stays, Dub Michael Taylor and his friend Ken Douglas, realized there was money to be made and music to be liberated. The two worked with a variety of partners on many of their early records. They released about ten titles during their first year and a half of operation. None of these titles bore the name of Trademark of Quality. But as of 1970, nearly all of their releases came out on colored vinyl.
By early 1971, the two had created the label and began fastening round fluorescent stickers on the outside of their rubber stamped jackets which read ‘Trade Mark of Quality,’ and bore the profile of a farm pig. The Frank Zappa – 200 Motels release was the first to bear such a sticker. Over time, custom pig labels were added along with Xerox insert covers.
At some point, maybe as early as mid – 1971, Dub and Ken had a falling out. From that point on, both of them released Trademark of Quality releases. In the beginning, Ken’s were near exact copies of Dub’s. They were made with the same stamping plates, similar labels, stickers and inserts.
During 1973, Dub went to deluxe covers to differentiate between his and Ken’s records. Ken, at the time, had no way to duplicate the deluxe covers. Also during 1973, Ken began using the smoking pig logo on his labels instead of the farm pig. Many consider the appearance of this Pig Daddy label as the actual time of the split between Ken and Dub, but it happened well before that. The smokin’ pig (or Pig Daddy) logo was copied by Ken from William Stout’s art work for Dub’s Rolling Stones release, “Winter Tour ’73 – All Meat Music.”
For our purposes here, we will deal only with the releases in which Dub Taylor had a hand. Dub soldiered on until late 1974, when he tired of the scene and had a few close calls with the law. He briefly returned in 1976 and 1977 with a small series of deluxe covered titles before dropping out entirely.
Ken continued on with many different partners and labels through the Seventies. For information on what is commonly called Trademark of Quality – 2, i.e. Ken’s output, see listing under that title.
Trademark Of Quality LP’s – The Dub Michael Taylor Years
72001 – Bob Dylan – Great White Wonder – July 1969 – original has no matrix – (re-issues 22 64 2/3/4/5) Initial run of 400 on Rocolian label which lists artist as Dupree and the Miracle Sound. Some of these were rubber stamped, some not. The rubber stamping began quickly in August 1969. Some of the blank covered initial Rocolian run were subsequently stamped after having been wholesaled to a few Los Angeles stores (Vogue Records & The Free Press Book Store). Subsequent pressings had blank white labels. As with all early TMOQ (Trademark Of Quality) releases, labels with the large numbers ‘1’ and ‘2’ or with the farm pig logo, are later issues. Widely considered the first rock bootleg. However, a few months earlier, the Black Panther Party released a pretty bad Hendrix LP titled This Flyer. note: matrix GF 1/2/3/4 is not a TMOQ issue, but an August 1969 knock off done by Los Angeles record shop owners Norty Beckman and Ben Goldman. The GF prefix is a result of the partners using the alias of Gerald Feldman at the pressing plant. Most of the GF matrix knock off’s were not rubber stamped, but they are not a TMOQ product, rather a bootleg of a bootleg, the first of its kind with many more to follow.
71001 – Bob Dylan – Stealin’ – September 1969 – Har-Kub label – ONE / TWO matrix
71001 – Bob Dylan – Stealin’ – October 1969 – light blue un-named label – ONE/TWO matrix
71002 – Bob Dylan – John Birch Society Blues – October 1969 – GWW Sings John Birch Society Blues label – 417 A / 417 B 111
71003 – Rolling Stones – LIVEr Than You’ll Ever Be – December 1969 – Lurch Records – X14327 / X14328
71003 – Rolling Stones – LIVEr Than You’ll Ever Be – December 1969 – Oakland Records – X14327 / X14328
71004 – Donovan – The Reedy River – February 1970 – plain white label, colored vinyl, S – 1 / S – 2 matrix
71004 – Donovan – A Gift From the Underground To a Flower – Moonshine Superman sticker on cover no rubber stamp – February 1970 – plain white label – S – 1 / S – 2 matrix
71005 – Jethro Tull – My God – May 1970 – Athapascan label, colored vinyl – 20 1/2 matrix
71006 – Bob Dylan – While the Establishment Burns – May 1970 – Winkelhofer label, colored vinyl, 1848 / 70 – 297 / 70 – 298 matrix
71007 – Beatles – In Atlanta Whiskey Flat – July 1970 – plain white label, colored vinyl, OPD 19 / OPD 67 matrix – copy of an East Coast bootleg
72002 – Led Zeppelin – Live On Blueberry Hill – October 1970 – Blimp Records – EV – 666 – special insert cover the first of it’s kind for TMOQ
71008 – Bob Dylan – Seems Like a Freeze Out – January 1971 – plain label, colored vinyl, BD – 501 71 – 154 / BD – 501 71 – 155
Border-less 1/2 labels: Orange/tangerine, light blue, red, dark green, yellow/gold, lime green, smoky (diff. color combinations)
Bordered 1/2 labels: Orange/tangerine, red, yellow/gold
Blank white labels: Green, blue, red, black, tangerine
Farm pig labels (white + black): Blue, red, yellow/gold, green, white splatter
Made In Holland labels: Red
Smoking Pig labels white/black: Black, lime green, red, blue
71009 – Bob Dylan – Talkin’ Bear Mountain Massacre Picnic – January 1971 – plain label, colored vinyl, BD – 502 A – 71 – 156 / B – 71 – 157
71010 – Frank Zappa – 200 Motels – March 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, FZ – 503 A – 158 / FZ – 503 B – 159
71011 – Jefferson Airplane – Up Against the Wall – March 1971 – 1/2 labels, colored vinyl, JA – 504 A – 71 – 160 / JA – 504 A – 71 – 161
71012 – Beatles – Last Live Show – May 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, LLS – 101 A / LLS 101 B matrix – copy of an East Coast bootleg of the same title. Note: the 100 matrix titles seem to indicate that these issues are copies or pirates of other label’s earlier releases, not always using the same title
71013 – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio Wooden Nickel – May 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, CSNY – 102 A / CSNY – 102 B matrix – copy of Canyon Records’ ‘Wooden Nickel’ with the addition of the Ohio single.
71014 – Paul Simon – The Paul Simon Solo Album – May 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl PS – 103 A / PS – 103 B – pirate of a UK only album
71015 – Beatles – Complete Christmas Collection 1963 – 1969 – May 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, BCC – 104 A / BCC – 104 B – pirate of Beatles fan club only release
71001 – Bob Dylan – Stealin’ – May 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, BD 505 new plates
71016 – Rod Stewart & the Faces – May 1971 – Plynth – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, SF – 506 A / SF – 506 B
71017 – Bob Dylan – Royal Albert Hall – June 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, BD – 105 – copy of ‘In 1966 There Was’ British album
71018 – Jimi Hendrix – Maui – June 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, JH 106 – copy of an East Coast bootleg
71019 – Jimi Hendrix – Broadcasts – June 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, JH – 107 – copy of ‘Goodbye Jimi’ bootleg
72003 – Jimi Hendrix – Alive – June 1971 – JH – 1 / JH – 2, JH – 3, JH – 4 – copy of Rubber Dubber’s ‘Live At the Los Angeles Forum’ / ‘Enjoy Jimi Hendrix’
71020 – Rolling Stones – European Tour 1970 – June 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – RS – 108 – copy of the 2-LP Rubber Dubber title issued on a single LP
71021 – Rolling Stones – Beautiful Delilah – June 1971, 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, – RS – 507
71022 – Neil Young – At the Los Angeles Music Center – June 1971, 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – NY – 109 – copy of Rubber Dubber’s ‘Young Man’s Fancy’ / ‘I’m Glad Y’All Came Down’ issued on a single LP instead of a double
71023 – Janis Joplin – Infinity Blues – June 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix JJ – 110 – a copy of Janis Records ‘Get It While You Can’ issued on a single LP instead of a double
xxxxx – Elton John – Country Comfort – June 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – MR – 1369 – 114 A / B – short lived TMOQ catalog item
71024 – Beatles – Get Back Sessions – September 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl, – BGB – 111 – [copy of Lemon Records’ ‘Get Back’ – incorrect]
71025 – Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels – September 1971 – Renaissance Records labels (“Homogenized Stereo”) – RR – 1002
71025 – Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels – September 1971 – 1 /2 labels – RR – 1002
71026 – Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels 2 – September 1971 – Renaissance Records labels (“Homogenized Stereo”) – RR – 1002
71026 – Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels 2 – September 1971 – 1 / 2 labels – RR – 1001
71002 – Bob Dylan – John Birch Society Blues – September 1971 – 1 /2 labels, colored vinyl – BD 508 new plates
71027 – Bob Dylan – VD Waltz – September 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – BD – 509
71028 – Jimi Hendrix – Smashing Amps – September 1971 – 1813 A / 1813 B matrix – pirate of UK only LP Experience
71029 – Rolling Stones – London Roundhouse – September 1971 – plain label, colored vinyl, RS – 1812 A / 1812 B
The plain white labels are not test pressings, for some reason the TMOQ guys used white labels for a short time. You will find quite a few variations of for example London Roundhouse, Infinity Blues, Smashing Amps, Live at the LA Music Center with these plain labels. They were used about the same time as the Made In Holland labels. I would conclude that they were used in the 2nd half of 1971. They could be the result of using a different pressing plant.
71003 – Rolling Stones – LIVEr Than You’ll Ever Be – September 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – RS – 510 – new plates
71030 – Jethro Tull – Nothing Is Easy – September 1971 – 1 / 2 labels , colored vinyl – JT – 511
71031 – Blood, Sweat & Tears – BS&T 5 – September 1971 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – BST – 512
71032 – Beatles – Yellow Matter Custard – September 1971, 1 /2 labels, colored vinyl – BBL – 513
71017 – Bob Dylan – Royal Albert Hall – January 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – RAH – 115, new plates (not entirely sure if this is the re-issue plate or the original)
71033 – Bob Dylan – Burn Some More – January 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – BSM – 116
71034 – Bob Dylan – Best Of Great White Wonder – January 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – GWW – 117
71035 – Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young, CSN&Y – Springfield Roots – January 1972 – 1 /2 labels, colored vinyl – copy of the 5D Records release – matrix – 5D – 101
71036 – Cat Stevens – Father and Son – January 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – 5D Records – matrix – 5D – 102
71037 – Grateful Dead – Live In Concert – April 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – Mammary Productions #4 – matrix MEL – label states MEL – 77
71038 – Jefferson Airplane – Winterland 1970 / Tapes From the Mothership – April 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – Mammary Productions #6 – matrix – DEN – 88
71039 – Who – Closer To the Queen Mary – April 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix W – 514 A / B
71040 – Pink Floyd – Omayyad – April 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix PF – 515
71041 – Led Zeppelin – Mudslide – April 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix – LZ – 112 – copy of rare Pacific Northwest bootleg ‘Pb’
71042 – Jimi Hendrix – Good Vibes – April 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – JH – 113 – copy of an East Coast bootleg
71043 – Bob Dylan – Let Me Die In My Footsteps – April 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – BD – 001 (Berkeley Plates – PoPo Productions) – copy of a Berkeley Records title of the same name
71044 – Jethro Tull – Flute Cake – July 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix – KW – 215344 A / B
71045 – Bob Dylan – Troubled Troubadour – July 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – BD – 516
71046 – John Lennon – Telecasts – July 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – JL – 517
71047 – Leon Russell – Session – July 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix ?? – copy of an earlier bootleg on an un-named label with deluxe cover and same title
71048 – Beatles – Outtakes 1 – July 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix – BO – 519
71049 – Beatles – Outtakes 2 – July 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix – BO – 520
71050 – Bob Dylan – Isle Of Wight – September 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix BD – 521
71051 – Bob Dylan – Blind Boy Grunt – September 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix – Blind Boy G – 9 PoPo Productions – copy of BBG Records The Kindest Cut
71052 – Rod Stewart & the Faces – Had Me a Real Good Time – September 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – matrix 1814
71053 – Moody Blues – Bushbuck – September 1972 – 1 / 2 labels, colored vinyl – Mammary Productions #8 – matrix 1815
71054 – David Bowie – In Person – January 1973 – pig labels, colored vinyl – matrix DB – 528
71055 – Bob Dylan – The Demo Tapes – January 1973 – pig labels, colored vinyl – BD – 529
71056 – Pete Townshend – The Genius Of Pete Townshend – January 1973 – pig labels, colored vinyl – PT – 526
71057 – Rolling Stones – Burning At the Hollywood Palladium – January 1973 – pig labels, colored vinyl – matrix – RS – 522
71058 – Grateful Dead – San Francisco 1 – January 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – GD – 527 (1239?)
71059 – Frank Zappa – Hot Rats At the Olympic – January 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – FZ – 523
71060 – Jimi Hendrix – Good Karma – January 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix JH – 525
72004 Led Zeppelin – Going To California – [orig. entry said that February 1973 but as this was released together with/around the same time as 72005 (see below), which is clearly seen in a film where Neil Young visits an LA record store in Nov./Dec. ’71, that date must be wrong and this was released likely 16 months or so earlier around early November of 1971] – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – LZ 1/2/3/4 – wrap around deluxe cover
72004 Led Zeppelin – Going To California – February 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – LZ 1/2/3/4
72004 Led Zeppelin – Going To California – February 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – LZ 1/2/3/4 – Bill Stout insert added later
72005 – Crosby & Nash – A Very Stoney Evening – [see comments above re. the likely release date, originally here also listed as Feb. ’73] – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – XCN – 1/2/3/4 – wrap around deluxe cover
72005 – Crosby & Nash – A Very Stoney Evening – February 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – XCN – 1/2/3/4
72006 – Rolling Stones – Winter Tour ’73 – March 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – RS – 530 – William Stout inadvertently creates the Smokin’ Pig logo for TMOQ-2’s label on the insert for this release
71061 – Bob Dylan – Don’t Look Back – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – BD – 524
71062 – David Bowie – In America – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix DB – 531
71063 – Neil Young – Boulder Colorado – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix 91 A / 91 B – William Stout art on insert
71064 – Grateful Dead – April 1973 – Hollywood Palladium I – pig label, colored vinyl – GD – 535 – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
71064 – Grateful Dead – April 1973 – Hollywood Palladium I – pig label, colored vinyl – GD – 535 – insert cover – William Stout art
71065 – Beatles – Hollywood Bowl 1964 – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix BHB – 115
71066 – Yes – On Tour – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix Y – 116
71067 – Deep Purple – Purple For A Day – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix DP – 536 – William Stout art
71068 – Beatles – Get Back Sessions 2 – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix BHB 118 A / BGB – 118 B – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
71068 – Beatles – Get Back Sessions 2 – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix BHB – 118 A / BGB 118 B – insert cover – William Stout art
71069 – Bob Dylan – BBC Broadcast – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – BD – 534
71070 – Led Zeppelin – BBC Broadcast – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix LZ – 537
71071 – Who – Fillmore East – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix W – 532 – William Stout art
71072 – Neil Young – BBC Broadcast – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix NY – 533 – William Stout art
71073 – Santana – Hot & Alive – April 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – S – 119 – William Stout art; copy of S. 1+2 of ‘LIVE/collector’s item’
71074 – Beatles – Mary Jane – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix MJ – 543
71074 – Spicy Beatles Songs – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – MJ – 543 – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
71075 – David Bowie – The All American Bowie – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix DB – 542
7501 – Bob Dylan – BBC Broadcasts / Demo Tapes – July 1973 – pig label, some colored vinyl BD 534, BD – 529
7502 – Jimi Hendrix – Maui / Broadcasts – July 1973 – 1 / 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl – Double Budget Release, JH 106 matrix, JH – 107 matrix
7503 – Jethro Tull – My God / Nothing Is Easy – July 1973 – 1/ 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl, 20 1/2 matrix, JT – 511 matrix
72007 – Led Zeppelin – Bonzo’s Birthday Party – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix LZ – 540 – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
72007 – Led Zeppelin – Bonzo’s Birthday Party – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix LZ – 540 – insert cover – William Stout art
71076 – Rolling Stones – Bright Lights Big City – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – RS – 541 – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
71076 – Rolling Stones – Bright Lights Big City – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix – RS – 541 – insert cover – William Stout art
71077 – Rolling Stones – San Diego ’69 – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix RS 545
71077 – Rolling Stones – Stoneaged – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix RS 545 – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
71078 – Who – Radio London – July 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix W – 544
71079 – Jimi Hendrix – Good Karma 2 – September 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix JH – 549 – deluxe printed cover
71080 – Rolling Stones – Welcome To New York – September 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – RS – 546 – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
71080 – Rolling Stones – Welcome To New York – September 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – RS – 546 – insert cover – William Stout art
72008 – Grateful Dead – Out West – September 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix GD – 548 – deluxe printed cover
72008 – Grateful Dead – Hollywood Palladium II – September 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix GD – 548 – insert cover
72009 – Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter – September 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – RS – 550 – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
72010 – Jethro Tull – Forum ’73 – September 1973 – pig label, colored insert – matrix JT – 538 – deluxe printed cover – William Stout art
72010 – Jethro Tull – Forum ’73 – September 1973 – pig label, colored insert – matrix JT – 538 – insert cover – William Stout art
71081 – Yardbirds – Rarities – September 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl, matrix YB – 547
71082 – Derek & the Dominos – Stormy Monday – September 1973 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix DD – 557 – deluxe printed cover
+++++ – Many titles were issued in generic deluxe black & white die cut cartoon covers during 1973 – Big Pig labels, colored vinyl, although some black – William Stout art – any one with knowledge of the exact release time frame on these?? – We assume late 1973 ++
71083 – Bob Dylan – Early 60’s Revisited – January 1974 – pig label, black vinyl – matrix BD – 554 – deluxe black & white cover – William Stout art
61001 – Yardbirds – Golden Eggs – January 1974 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix YB – 547 – deluxe color cover – William Stout art
61002 – Bob Dylan – Melbourne, Australia – February 1974 – pig label, black vinyl – matrix BD – 552 – deluxe color cover – William Stout art
62001 – Who – Who’s Zoo – February 1974 – pig label, colored vinyl, matrix – W – 556 – deluxe color cover – William Stout art
7504 – Who & Pete Townshend – Closer To the Queen Mary / The Genius Of Pete Townshend – March 1974 – 1 / 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl – Double Budget release
7505 – Rolling Stones – European Tour / Burning At the Hollywod Palladium – March 1974 – 1 / 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl – Double Budget release
7506 – Frank Zappa – 200 Motels / At the Olympic – March 1974 – 1 / 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl – Double Budget release
7507 – Bob Dylan – While the Establishment Burns / Isle Of Wight – March 1974 – 1 / 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl – Double Budget release
7508 – Beatles – Outtakes 1 / Outtakes 2 – March 1974 – 1 / 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl – Double Budget release
7509 – Jimi Hendrix – Hendrix Alive – March 1974 – 1 / 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl – Double Budget release
7510 – David Crosby & Graham Nash – A Very Stoney Evening – March 1974 – 1 / 2 label or pig label, some colored vinyl – Double Budget release
62002 – Who – Tales From the Who – April 1974 – pig label, black vinyl – matrix U – 560 – deluxe color cover – William Stout art
63001 – Bob Dylan – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre – April 1974 – pig label, black vinyl – matrix – BD 553 A/B/C/D/E/F – deluxe color box set
61003 – Yardbirds – More Golden Eggs – April 1974 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix YB – 555 – deluxe cover – William Stout art
72011 – Rolling Stones – Summer Reruns – July 1974 – pig label, colored vinyl – matrix RS – 557 – deluxe cover – William Stout art
72012 – Beatles – Vancouver 1964 – pig label, colored vinyl, BV – 562 matrix
71084 – Kinks – Long Tall Sally – July 1974 – pig label, colored vinyl, K – 558 matrix
71085 – Bad Company – Boblingen – July 1974 – pig label, colored vinyl, BC – 559
9001 – Rolling Stones – Cops and Robbers – unsure of release date on this one – anybody know? – EP – deluxe sleeve – William Stout art
9002 – Bad Company – In Concert – July 1974 – pig label, colored vinyl, deluxe sleeve EP
71086 – Rolling Stones – European Tour 1973 – October 1974 – pig label, black vinyl matrix – RS – 561
8201 – Deep Purple – Murky Waters – 1976 – pig label – matrix ??? – deluxe cover
8202 – Pink Floyd – Nippon Connection – 1976 – pig label – matrix ??? – deluxe cover
8203 – Pink Floyd – Circus Days – 1976 – pig label – matrix ??? – deluxe cover
8204 – Jeff Beck – Beckfast – 1976 – pig label – matrix ??? – deluxe cover – William Stout art
8205 – Paul McCartney – Great Dane – 1976 – pig label – matrix ??? – deluxe cover
8207 – Rolling Stones – L.A. Fog – 1976 – pig label – matrix ??? – deluxe cover
++ – All generic William Stout cartoon die – cut cover re-issues were done in 1973 with custom big pig labels (Big pig on one side and track listings on the other). If anyone knows a more specific release date for these titles, I would be interested to know. I assume this happened past mid-year when the competition between the two original TMOQ guys was pretty fierce.
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TMOQ (I) = Dub&Ken era (II) = Ken “smoking pig” era
TMOQ (I) single LPs :
71001 – Bob Dylan – Stealin’
71002 – Bob Dylan – John Birch Society Blues
71003 – Rolling Stones – Live’r Than You’ll Ever Be
71004 – Donovan – The Ready River
71005 – Jethro Tull – My God
71006 – Bob Dylan – While the Establishment Burns
71007 – The Beatles – In Atlanta Whiskey Flat
71008 – Bob Dylan – Seems Like A Freeze Out
71009 – Bob Dylan – Talkin Bear Mountain Massacre Picnic Blues
71010 – Frank Zappa / Mothers – 200 Motels
71011 – Jefferson Airplane – Up Against The wall
71012 – The Beatles – Last Live Show
71013 – CSN&Y – Ohio Wooden Nickel
71014 – Paul Simon – The Paul Simon Solo Album
71015 – The Beatles – Complete Christmas Collection 1963 – 69
71016 – Rod Stewart & the Faces – Plynth
71017 – Bob Dylan – Royal Albert Hall
71018 – Jimi Hendrix – Maui Hawaii
71019 – Jimi Hendrix – Broadcasts
71020 – Rolling Stones – European Tour 1970
71021 – Rolling Stones – Beautiful Delilah
71022 – Neil Young – At The Los Angeles Music centre
71023 – Janis Joplin – Infinity Blues
71024 – The Beatles – Get Back Sessions
71025 – The Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels 1
71026 – The Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels 2
71027 – Bob Dylan – VD Waltz
71028 – Jimi Hendrix – Smashing Amps
71029 – Rolling Stones – London Roundhouse’
71030 – Jethro Tull – Nothing Is Easy – pink vinyl JT – 511 etched in off trail wax
71031 – Blood Sweat & Tears – BS&T 5
71032 – The Beatles – Yellow Matter Custard
71033 – Bob Dylan – Burn Some More
71034 – Bob Dylan – Best Of Great White Wonder
71035 – Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young, CSN&Y – Springfield Roots
71036 – Cat Stevens – Father & Son
71037 – Grateful Dead – In Concert
71038 – Jefferson Airplane – Winterland 1970 / Tapes from The Mothership
71039 – The Who – Closer To Queen Mary
71040 – Pink Floyd – Omayyad
71041 – Led Zeppelin – Mudslide
71042 – Jimi Hendrix – Good Vibes
71043 – Bob Dylan – Let Me Die In My Footsteps
71044 – Jethro Tull – Flute Cake
71045 – Bob Dylan – Troubled Troubador
71046 – John Lennon – Telecasts
71047 – Leon Russell – Session
71048 – The Beatles – Outtakes 1
71049 – The Beatles – Outtakes 2
71050 – Bob Dylan – Isle Of Wight
71051 – Bob Dylan – Blind Boy Grunt
71052 – Rod Stewart & The Faces – Had me A Real Good Time
71053 – Moody Blues – Bushbuck
71054 – David Bowie – In Person
71055 – Bob Dylan – The Demo Tapes
71056 – Pete Townshend – The Genius Of …
71057 – Rolling Stones – Burning At The Hollywood Palladium 1972
71058 – Grateful Dead – San Francisco
71059 – Frank Zappa & Hot Rats – At The Olympic
71060 – Jimi Hendrix – Good Karma
71061 – Bob Dylan – Don’t Look Back
71062 – David Bowie – In America
71063 – Neil Young – Boulder, Colorado
71064 – Grateful Dead – Hollywood Palladium 1
71065 – The Beatles – Hollywood Bowl 1964
71066 – Yes – On Tour
71067 – Deep Purple – Purple For A Day
71068 – The Beatles – Get Back Session 2
71069 – Bob Dylan – BBC Broadcast
71070 – Led Zeppelin – BBC Broadcast’
71071 – The Who – Fillmore East
71072 – Neil Young – BBC Broadcast
71073 – Santana – Hot & Alive
71074 – David Bowie – All American Bowie
71075 – Rolling Stones – Bright Lights Big City
71076 – The Beatles – Spicy Beatles Songs
71077 – The Who – Radio London
71078 – Rolling Stones – San diego ’69
71079 – Jimi Hendrix – Good Karma 2
71080 – Rolling Stones – Welcome To New York
71081 – The Yardbirds – Rarities
71082 – Derek and the Dominos – Stormy Monday
71083 – Bob Dylan – Early 60s Revisited
71084 – The Kinks – Long Tall Sally
71085 – Bad Company – Boblingen
71086 – Rolling Stones – European Tour ’73
KEYLO102 – Leon Russell – Recorded live from an earlier Broadcast
1816 – Rolling Stones – Stone Relics
1817 – Rod Stewart & the Faces – Dancing in the street
1825 – Leon Russell – Session
1844 – Procol Harum – Shine on live
1845 – Jethro Tull – Ticketon
1852 – Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
1859 – Leon Russell – Oakie from Tulsa
1867 – Rod Stewart & the Faces – Performance
TMOQ (I) double LPs :
72001 – Bob Dylan – Great White Wonder
72002 – Led Zeppelin – Live On Blueberry Hill’
72003 – Jimi Hendrix – Hendrix Alive
72004 – Led Zeppelin – Going to California
72005 – David Crosby & Graham Nash – A Very Stoney Evening
72006 – Rolling Stones – Winter Tours 1973
72007 – Led Zeppelin – Bonzo’s Birthday Party 1973/05/31
72008 – Grateful Dead – Hollywood Palladium 2
72009 – Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
72010 – Jethro Tull – Forum ’73 1973/07/20-22
72011 – Rolling Stones – Summer Reruns
72012 – The Beatles – Vancouver
72013 – Alice Cooper – You’re All Crazier Than I Am (only exist with “Smoking Pig” labels) 1972/07/23
72014 – Grateful Dead – Fillmore West 1971/07/02-03
72015 – Jethro Tull – Supercharged (only exist with “Smoking Pig” labels) 1973/07/20-22
72016 – Led Zeppelin – Three Days After (only exist with “Smoking Pig” labels) 1973/06/03
72017 – Rolling Stones – Mick’s Birthday Party (only exist with “Smoking pig” labels) 1972/07/26
72018 – The Who – Jaguar (only exist with “Smoking Pig” labels)
72019 – Led Zeppelin – V-1/2 (only exist with “Smoking Pig” labels) 1973/07/17
1401 – Paul McCartney& Wings – In concert in Copenhagen
1847/2810 – David Bowie – Live At Santa Monica Civic
2804 – Pink Floyd – Live (aka Cymbaline)
2806 – Rolling Stones – Get your rocks off
TMOQ (I) double LPs budget series:
7501 – Bob Dylan – BBC Broadcast
7502 – Jimi Hendrix – Broadcasts / Maui Hawaii
7503 – Jethro Tull – My God / Nothing Is Easy
7504 – The Who & Townshend – Closer To Queen Mary / Genius Of Pete Townshend
7505 – Rolling Stones – European Tour 1970 / Burning At The Hollywood Palladium
7506 – Frank Zappa – 200 Motels / At The Lympic
7507 – Bob Dylan – While The Establishment Burns / Isle Of Wight
7508 – The Beatles – Outtakes 1 / Outtakes 2
7509 – Jimi Hendrix – Hendrix Alive
7510 – David Crosby & Graham Nash – A Very Stoney Evening
TMOQ (I) 7″ single series :
9001 – Rolling Stones – Cops and Robbers
9002 – Bad Company – In Concert
TMOQ (I) single LP deluxe series :
61001 – Yardbirds – Golden Eggs
61002 – Bob Dylan – Melbourne Australia 1966
61003 – Yardbirds – More Golden Eggs
TMOQ (I) double LP deluxe series :
62001 – The Who – Who’s Zoo
62002 – The Who – Tales Of The Who
TMOQ (I) triple LP deluxe series :
63001 – Bob Dylan – Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre
TMOQ (I) single LP deluxe series :
8201 – Deep Purple – Murky Waters
8202 – Pink Floyd – Nippon Connection
8203 – Pink Floyd – Circus Days
8204 – Jeff Beck – Beckfast
TMOQ (I) double LP deluxe series :
8205/6 – Paul McCartney – Great Dane
8207/8 – Rolling Stones – LA Fog
TMOQ (II) single LPs :
73000 – Donovan – The Reedy River
73001 – The Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels 1
73002 – The Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels 2
73003 – Buffalo Springfield – Springfield Roots
73005 – Bob Dylan – While The Establishment Burns
73006 – Bob Dylan – Burn Some More
73007 – Bob Dylan – Blind Boy Grunt
73008 – Bob Dylan – Best Of The Great White Wonder
73009 – Grateful Dead – Live In Concert
73010 – Grateful Dead – Silent Dead
73011 – Jimi Hendrix – Maui Hawaii
73012 – Jimi Hendrix – Broadcasts
73013 – Jimi Hendrix – Smashing Amps
73014 – Jethro Tull – My God
73015 – Jethro Tull – Ticketron
73016 – The Kinks – Kriminal
73017 – Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
73018 – Paul McCartney – James Paul McCartney
73019 – Moody Blues – Answer To The Mystery Of Life
73020 – Van Morrison – A Spawn Of The Dublin Pubs
73021 – Rod Stewart – Had Me A Real Good Time
73022 – Rolling Stones – Stone Relics
73023 – Rolling Stones – European Tour 1970
73024 – Rolling Stones – Burning At The Hollywood Palladium
73025 – Rolling Stones – Smooth
73026 – Pete Townshend – The Genius Of
73027 – Johnny Winter – Hot & Alive
73028 – Neil Young – Coming Home
73030 – The Beatles – The Beatles
73031 – Jimi Hendrix – Skyhigh
73032 – The Beatles – Renaissance Minstrels 3
73033 – Rolling Stones – Get Your Leeds Lungs Out
73034 – Bob Dylan – Bridgett’s Album
73035 – Van Morrison – Belfast Cowboy
73036 – Poco – Country Bump
73037 – Randy Newman – Live At Paul’s Mall Boston
73038 – Joni Mitchell – Lights out In Georgia
73039 – Elton John – More rock from Elton
1704 – Beatles – Hollywood Bowl
1800 – The Beatles – Last live show
1802 – Bob Dylan – Stealin
1804 – Bob Dylan – Talking Bear Mountain Massacre Picnic Blues
1807 – Neil Young – Coming home
1809 – Cat Stevens – Father & Son
1811 – Rolling Stones – Live’r Than You’ll Ever Be
1817 – Rod Stewart & the Faces – Dancing In The Street
1818 – Bob Dylan – GWW Royal Albert Hall
1824 – Beatles – In Atlanta Whiskey Flats
1826 – Led Zeppelin – Mudslide
1828 – Jethro Tull – Flute Cake
1831 – The Who – Closer to Queen Mary
1832 – Rod Stewart & the Faces – Plynth
1834 – John Lennon – Telecast
1837 – Traffic – Traffic jam
1844 – Procol Harum – Shine on live
1846 – The Who – Fillmore East
1851 – Jimi Hendrix – Good Karma
1855 – Bob Dylan – Isle of Wight
1858 – The Beatles – Yellow Matter Custard
1859 – Leon Russell – Oakie from Tulsa
1861 – Bob Dylan – GWW The Demo tapes
1862 – Bob Dylan – Don’t look back
1867 – Rod Stewart & the Faces – Performance
1888 – David Bowie – The All American Bowie
1890 – Rolling Stones – Bright Lights Big City
1892 – The Beatles – Spicy Beatles songs
1894 – Neil Young – BBC Broadcast
71085 – Bad Company – Boblingen
KEYLO102 – Leon Russell – Recorded live from an earlier Broadcast
2815C/D – Rolling Stones – Welcome to New York
BlindBoy9 – Bob Dylan – Blind Boy Grunt
TMOQ (II) double LPs :
1840/1841 – Jimi Hendrix – Broadcasts / Maui Hawaii
1847/2810 – David Bowie – Live At Santa Monica Civic
1848/1855 – Bob Dylan – While The Establishment Burns / Isle Of Wight
2800 – Bob Dylan – Great White Wonder
2801 – Led Zeppelin – Live On Blueberry Hill
2802 – Jimi Hendrix – Hendrix Alive
2804 – Pink Floyd – Live (aka Cymbaline)
2805 – Grateful Dead – Fillmore West
2806 – Rolling Stones – Get your rocks off
2818 – Led Zeppelin – Bonzo’s Birthday Party
2820 – Led Zeppelin – Live in Seattle
XCN1/2/3/4 – David Crosby & Graham Nash – A Very Stony Evening
LZ1234 – Led Zeppelin – Going to California
Grateful Dead: Live (Fillmore West) (a WCF copy, 2001/2); ‘SAN FRANCISCO 1’ (TMOQ1: 71058 / TMOQ2: 2805)
I believe the WCF 2001 – 58 series was the first time the label used the folder-type covers and all the reissued titles that had them came later. Based on two contemporary recordings among the first 10 titles – 2006/07 Led Zeppelin – Bonzo’s Birthday Party and 2011/12 Allman Brothers – Watkins Glen July 28/73 – the second half of 1973 appears as the most likely release date/ start of the series.
Matrix: 2001 A / B and 2002 A / B
It is relatively easy to distinguish the WCF copy from the Record Revolution original:
- Pink cover vs. a rather muted red and blue as seen below;
- Back cover design changed by incorporating cover art from the HH version (see below) providing a track list;
- Blank white labels vs. printed red or blue ones;
- Logo removed from the inside of the folder, lower left.
The original Record Revolution version. It must have been released fairly soon after the broadcast and became the first Dead recording enjoying wide circulation (“Since the album appears to have been made in 1971, the song titles are just guesses (“Had To Move,” “My Uncle” and “No Chance Of Losing” for example.” quote found in the first link posted below). The matrix was GD-R 1/2/3/4
Source: KSAN/KSFX & KMET FM broadcast, closing of the Fillmore West, 02 July 1971
http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2014/09/july-2-1971-fillmore-west-san-francisco.html
“The blue double lp that I had was regularly seen in Bay Area used record stores for the next several years–it was about as near to a “regional hit” as a bootleg could ever be considered. It’s not surprising. A local show, broadcast locally, pressed somehow, and quietly distributed to sufficiently cool stores. That was, in fact, pretty common on the East Coast and less so in the Bay Area...”
Opinions on how well the Dead played that night seem to differ quite quite a bit:
https://archive.org/details/gd71-07-02.sbd.backus.11798.sbeok.shnf/gd1971-07-02d3t03.shn
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Towards the end of 1972, TMOQ1 released their own version of this recording (matrix: GD – 527 – A / B). Does the added ‘1’ meant that this might have been planned as a two volume release?
Regarding the purple pressing, which sold for $236 in 2012, the seller wrote the following:
“…but the real rarity of this fabulous copy is the color. Look up this album on Popsike.com and you won’t see any that have sold that are of Purple Vinyl! What few copies of this that do exist are seen in the more typical colors of Yellow, Green, Red or Black. This may be the only copy known to exist in purple…”
While it’s probably not the only purple copy ever made, it sure is very rare.
- Reissues:
Ken”s TMOQ2 matrix: 2805 A-D
Ken’s smoking pig-branded insert has also been found on copies with the original red & blue printed labels but in a black cardboard cover (matrix: GD-R 1-4) and even on WCF copies.
- HH DEAD FILLMORE 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 matrix versions:
One of these has the same insert art work but no smoking pig. I suspect Ken nicked the art work from this version and not the other way around but please correct me if this is wrong. As for the copy with classic pig labels, smoking pig branded insert and the HH matrix, I have no explanation at this time. I do believe the seller was not mixed up when posting the matrix #.
- Reissues, pt.2: S-204/K&S versions:
Almost identical appearance but not manufactured at the same time perhaps: The regular S-204 reissue and the K&S destined pressing with the deletion hole and yellow insert, as described in HW.
“100 pressed and most were busted and destroyed in 1980 upon re-entry into Canada as “deletes” with punched covers. Those not destroyed were returned (due to a lack of laws making bootlegs illegal). This copy was “rescued” from the returned survivors. From the same shipment as the Flamin’ Groovies of which only 19 copies survived.”
Goodbye and thank you
My life has changed so much in the last two years that I simply don’t have time for the blog anymore and there are more changes coming. Also, truth be told I’ve lost some of the enthusiasm & motivation that have pushed me to keep looking for better images and spend yet another hour doing research. While I wanted to continue with WCF 2001/2 – 2058, which is not the most exciting bootleg label in the first place, I can see from the blog stats that hardly anyone’s interested in Grateful Dead boots in 2018 (and WCF happens to be the Dead bootleg label: Another 5 Dead titles would have been in that next batch), I can clearly feel I just don’t have it in me. So, this is the honest moment where I say it’s curtain time.
A deep heartfelt thanks to those who have supported the blog and all who enjoyed reading the posts.
I considered asking if anyone wanted to continue it but they are probably better served starting from scratch and 100% according to their own vision.
In the words of John Lennon: I hope I passed the audition.
GRATEFUL DEAD Featuring NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE ‘ACOUSTIC DEAD’ (a WCF original, #6969) + ‘THE COWBOY’S DEAD!’ (?, 803)
2299 THE WHO – collector’s item -> this can now be found in updated form as part of this collector’s item label summary post
2235 JIM HENDRIX – ‘SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THE SKY -> I was not able to find an image for this. If you have one, please leave a comment.
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Matrix: 6969 A/B (the included Donovan label was only included to show where the mirror image on the Dead label originated from)
The insert cover version above and the folder cover reissue from around 1974/5 below:
Source: Soundboard, recorded on 02 May, 1970 at Harpur College in Binghampton, NY, on half track 7½ ips analog tapes. “In a 1993 poll of Grateful Dead tape traders, the 5/2/70 show was ranked #6 on the list of all-time favorite Dead concert tapes.” The complete show, including the second and third sets (in mono) was officially released as Dick’s Picks Volume 8 in June of 1997 as a 3-CD set.
https://archive.org/details/gd1970-05-02.138227.sbd.miller.flac1648
Above: Other versions/later reissues:
- Nepalese Productions / Har-Glo Records JCS-7001 version advertising the “Crateful Dead”
- Black Gold Concerts was the new label name Berkeley Records used in the second half of the 1970’s (BG 6969)
- (not shown) Version with “Karma City” labels
- Side 1 of Ken’s SILENT DEAD – (smoking pig) TMOQ 73010 used four tracks from this date.
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More material from this date appeared on this title, shown here with all three slip sheet variations (black & red; orange and b&w):
Although the 803-A/B matrix looks like a WCF release not much else does. The insert design has none of the WCF-typical features and the record label has an inner ring, never seen with WCF pressings. On the other hand, there is also a gatefold reissue that does look very much like it may be part of their 1974 reissue series that placed an image or drawing of (one of) the artist(s) on the back panel.
If you know more about this release, please leave a comment.
SIMON & GARFUNKEL ‘RECOLLECTIONS’ (aka ‘Tom & Jerry’) (CBM)
Matrix: SGTJ-A / B
Based on the label I would date this to 1973 but it may exist with other labels and in different insert/cover variations.
I could not list this one when I tried to cover all of the Contraband releases, as it’s one of the rarer ones and I only had a small image of it taken from a sales list of the Warehouse record store in Tokyo (now closed in that location).
This is mostly a pirate release.
Track list (taken from HW, so likely incorrect in places):
S1: Not Yet / She’s Gone (But Morning Lives On) / Tear Jerker / Teenage Fool / High School Dance Instrumental / Dancing Wild
S2: Pretty Boy / Two Teenagers / Please Answer / High School Dance Instrumental 2 / 59th St. Bridge Song* / Feeling Groovy* / Cloudy*
The first 10 tracks were supposedly recorded by Simon & Garfunkel in the second half of the 1950’s when they called themselves Tom & Jerry. I looked hard and was only able to confirm three of the titles on compilations released decades later. The tracks marked ‘* ‘ were taken from their appearances on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour TV show in 1967 (in season 1, episode 14 – taped in May – and season two, episode 107, taped in October ’67).
PAUL SIMON ‘SOLO’ – a WCF copy of another pirate pressing (PS1/2): ‘SONGBOOK’ by CBM and ‘THE PAUL SIMON SOLO ALBUM’ (PS 103 A / B, TMOQ 71014)
Likely a copy of this early, ca. 1971, Contraband release (the use of “Microgroove” gives it away) that I had not been aware of so far. HW didn’t mention it (on the other hand, they mention a version called Solo ’65 that I cannot confirm exists):
A further clue is HW’s quality rating for the WCF album: “Vgs, hissing”. Clearly, this was a couple of generations removed from the original.
In a past eBay auction this CBM album was mis-identified as an advance pressing of the official album due to the stamped title. A rare but funny misunderstanding (for those hip to the world of bootlegs).
For comparison purposes, here is another CBM title released around the same time:
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The official release from August 1965:
Apparently, the story goes that Simon spent a lot of time in London in the summer of ’65 and as his album with Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. had not been released in the UK (yet), he decided to record his own solo album, which would get a limited release in the Commonwealth countries (UK, CAN, AUS, NZ) only. By the time rock bootlegs had been invented this made the album attractive for those in the US not minding to get involved in a bit of piracy, despite the flagrant copyright violation.
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Even TMOQ could not resist and released their own re-sequenced version around May of 1971.
A1 Kathy’s Song
A2 He Was My Brother
A3 Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall
A4 The Side of a Hill
A5 A Simple Desultory Philippic
A6 Patterns
B1 A Most Peculiar Man
B2 I Am a Rock
B3 A Church Is Burning
B4 April Come She Will
B5 Leaves That Are Green
B6 The Sound of Silence
Here are early versions from ’71/2:
And later ones:
I have never seen an insert for this nor a smoking pig label version. Do they exist?
