Pink Floyd ‘British Winter Tour 74’ – how many copies were produced?

Record Collector magazine, 04/1998

< to be continued >

There are two different versions of Harrison’s ‘Live In Vancouver’ (SODD 005)

One version has a song added from another ’74 concert, which is not included on the track list on the slip sheet. This was discovered by accident, when I transfered my copy to digital. After posting it on a torrent site I was contacted by another member, stating their vinyl copy didn’t have that track.

A. The first pressings with a two-tone red & blue or all blue slip sheet. These have all the songs as listed on the slipsheet.

These are usually found with white WORLDS Records or yellow “Side …” labels. If you know the matrix numbers from your pressing with these inserts, please leave a comment. Also, kindly check if the song “Something” (in upgraded sound quality compared to the Vancouver tracks) is present or not.

B. The tan insert version found usually with black Worlds Records labels. I believe this is a later reissue.

These have “Something” added from the Long Beach recording released as Let’s Hear One For Lord Budda (sic) on Phonygraf .

The matrix numbers are: SODD 2-005-A /B / C / D

Joey Ramone in a record store, circa 1976

Based on the bootleg titles on his left & right that seems to have been that year. Joey is a good boy, ignoring all that illegal contraband amd devoting his attention to a Placido Domingo record.

CBM had a catalog

This is the first time, I have seen one. I had asked the owner for more photos but they were all in much poorer quality than this one. The thing that strikes me is that this is the same font as used on their labels.

It must date from 1973 due to the Neil Young listings. It lists the new releases in a non-chronological fashion, the earliest I can see is # 3585 (Beatles – Mary Jane and Dylan’s Help., # 3586. It shows releases all the way until # 3649 (Simon & Garfunkel), so this probably covers several months wort of releases from late 1972 up to well into the spring of 1973. The title of the Floyd album shows a working title that would later get changed to Floyds Of London. The same seems to apply for the last partially visible title, which to my best guess was at this stage a future Rolling Stones release (Rehearsal Sessions ’72 Tour, # 3690 ?). Plenty of titles, that based on their release number should also have been released around this time aren’t mentioned.

Famous Tapers: Mike Millard

Above: In an August 3rd 1976 article, Mike Millard is interviewed about the cancellation of the scheduled Yes concert at the Bakersfield, CA Civic Auditorium after it was only discovered at the last minute that the equipment wouldn’t all fit onstage and couldn’t be hung from the auditorium’s ceiling. The ticket date on their Solo Albums tour was August 2nd, sandwhiched between a Las Vegas and a Fresno date. Now you know why there’s no Millard recording for Yes in ’76.

The recorder model used by Mike Millard from 1975 onwards. Not much used to be known about Mike and the same information was usually copied across the web sites that mention him. The following blog post was written by someone who actually knew him:

http://www.barry-goldstein-concert-closet.com/2010/03/odds-n-ends-mike-millard-facts.html

List of shows known to have been taped by Mike Millard, I dare say, it’s the most complete on the net:

Yes – March 18, 1974  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Yes – March 19, 1974, Long Beach, CA, Long Beach Arena
David Bowie – 16/09/1974  Convention Center * Anaheim, CA
Elton John – 05/10/1974  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Jethro Tull – 09/02/1975  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Rod Stewart & The Faces – 05/03/1975  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Led Zeppelin – 11/03/1975  Long Beach Arena
Led Zeppelin – March, 12th, 1975, Long Beach Arena
Led Zeppelin – 75-3-24 LA Forum
Led Zeppelin – 75-3-25 LA Forum
Led Zeppelin – 75-3-27 LA Forum
Pink Floyd 26/04/1975  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Suzy Quatro 17/06/1975  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Yes – June 21, 1975 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl              The Sorcerer
Yes – June 23, 1975, Long Beach CA, Long Beach Arena
Rolling Stones – LA Forum, Los Angeles, CA, July 09, 1975
Rolling Stones – LA Forum, Los Angeles, CA, July 11, 1975
Rolling Stones – LA Forum, Los Angeles, CA, July 12, 1975
Rolling Stones – LA Forum, Los Angeles, CA, July 13, 1975       Tour of the Americas, part one, two, three
Eric Clapton 14/08/1975  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost 07/09/1975  Long Beach Arena
Black Sabbath 07/09/1975  Long Beach Arena
Elton John 29/09/1975  Sports Arena * San Diego, CA
Genesis 01/05/1976  Starlight Amphitheatre * Burbank, CA
Wings – 1976-06-23 The Forum * Inglewood, CA Wings From The Wings
The Who 1976-10-07 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
Jethro Tull 14/01/1977  Civic Auditorium * Pasadena, CA
Jethro Tull 16/01/1977  Dorothy Chandler Pavilion – Music Center * Los Angeles, CA
Queen 03/03/1977  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Return To Forever 08/04/1977  Civic Auditorium * Santa Monica, CA
Led Zeppelin – 1977-6-19  San Diego, CA
Led Zeppelin 21/06/1977  The Forum * Inglewood, CA   Listen To This Eddie
Led Zeppelin – 1977/06/23 The Forum, Inglewood, CA     For Badge Holders Only / Part Two
Led Zeppelin – 1977-06-25 , Inglewood Forum, CA
Led Zeppelin – The Forum, Inglewood, CA  June 27, 1977
Journey – 14/08/1977  Long Beach Arena
Fleetwood Mac – 30/08/1977 The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Yes – The Forum, Inglewood, CA – September 23, 1977
Yes – The Forum, Inglewood, CA – September 24, 1977
Yes 26/09/1977  Long Beach Arena
Linda Ronstadt 03/10/1977 Universal Amphitheatre * Los Angeles, CA
Rod Stewart 13/12/1977  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Queen 1977-12-20 The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Cheap Trick 31/12/1977  Long Beach Arena Kansas 31/12/1977  Long Beach Arena
David Bowie 04/04/1978  The Forum, Los Angeles, CA
Bob Dylan 01/06/1978 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Bob Dylan 03/06/1978 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Bob Dylan 07/06/1978 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Bob Dylan 07/06/1978 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA (2sd source)
Jackson Browne 08/06/1978  Long Beach Arena
Thin Lizzy 16/08/1978  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
The Kinks 25/06/1978  Universal Amphitheatre * Los Angeles, CA
UK 1978-07-28 Santa Monica Civic
Peter Gabriel 1978-09-30 & 1978-10-01  The Roxy – W.Hollywood, CA
Yes – October 5, 1978, Inglewood, CA, Great Western Forum
Yes – October 6, 1978, Inglewood, CA, Great Western Forum
Bob Dylan 18/11/1979  Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
Bob Dylan 19/11/1979  Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
Genesis 25/05/1980  The Roxy * Hollywood, CA
Peter Gabriel 1980-06-17 The Clubhouse, Santa Ana, CA
The Who 23/06/1980  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
The Eagles 29/07/1980  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Bruce Springsteen 01/11/1980  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Rush 12/06/1981  Convention Center * Anaheim, CA
Bruce Springsteen 23/08/1981  Sports Arena * Los Angeles, CA
Stevie Nicks 12/12/1981  Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles
David Bowie 14/08/1983  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
A.R.M.S. Concert 1983-12-06 The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Steve Winwood 1988-07-24 Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA
Eric Clapton – Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Laguna Hills, CA 23 September 1988
Bruce Springsteen 21/09/1988  Los Angeles
Jimmy Page 07/10/1988  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
David Lindley & El Rayo-X 1989-08-13 Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA
Neil Young 18/08/1989  Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA
Bob Dylan 08/09/1989  Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA
The Rolling Stones 22/10/1989  Memorial Coliseum * Los Angeles, CA
Paul McCartney 29/11/1989  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 03/03/1990  Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA
John Prine 20/10/1991  Irvine Meadows * Irvine, CA
Linda Ronstadt * 1990-10-22  Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA
Bruce Springsteen 16/11/1990  Los Angeles (Officially Released)
Robert Plant 09/08/1991  Sports Arena * San Diego, CA
Dire Straits 08/02/1992  The Forum * Inglewood, CA
U2 12/04/1992  Sports Arena * Los Angeles, CA  

What’s New: Updated list of Mike Millard recordings

I believe this is now the most complete list you will find on the net. It can be found at the end of this older post:

https://theamazingkornyfonelabel.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/i-m-p-1001-the-rolling-stones-1975-tour-of-the-americas-part-one-aka-who-went-to-church-this-sunday-part-two-1975-nervous-breakdown-l-a-friday-mike-millard/

John Lennon in ’76: Bootlegs = Good

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.