Imagine you are now in Pat Robinson’s Silvery Moon recording studio, sitting in the boot and, in front of you, Gene and Pat are working on a new song…
Now let the tape start rolling and hit that “record” button…
Gene Clark with Pat Robinson – Immigrant Girl
Writing CD #5 - track #1
Duration = 46 min 55 sec!!!
In 2011, Pat Robinson wrote about this song:
Writing Immigrant Girl with Geno
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)
BY REQUEST
Still pausing but this one is a request:
Roger McGuinn’s Thunderbyrd – Rockpalast Festival 1977
Grugahalle, Essen, Germany (July 24th, 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)
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)
New Riders Of The Purple Sage – Jersey City 1975
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ - 1975-08-31
John Dawson (guitar, vocals)
David Nelson (lead guitar, vocals)
Buddy Cage (pedal steel guitar)
Skip Battin (bass, vocals)
Spencer Dryden (drums)
1. Panama Red (3:09)
2. Austin, Texas (5:16)
3. Little Old Lady (3:00)
4. She's No Angel (2:50)
5. Over And Over (3:01)
6. Henry (4:41)
7. La Bamba (4:54)
8. On The Amazon (3:46)
9. Portland Woman (Part I) (9:00)
10. Portland Woman (Part II) (5:43)
11. Take A Letter, Maria (4:23)
12. Dead Flowers (4:08)
13. Glendale Train (5:04)
14. Mighty Time (7:18)
15. I Heard You've Been Laying My Old Lady (3:50)
16. Strangers On A Train (7:04)
17. Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother (6:12)
Artwork
Included (front, back, CD)
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY - November 18, 1977
An all-acoustic performance that we just received from a regular vistor. Many thanks to him.
Artwork was made by yours truly.
Track 6 (Texas) is a Roger McGuinn song I never heard anywhere else before – how come I / we had to wait 47 years to hear it?
1. Gene Clark - Denver Or Wherever (3:57)
2. Gene Clark - Silver Raven (3:53)
3. Gene Clark - Set You Free This Time (4:03)
4. Gene Clark - Train Leaves Here This Morning (3:51)
5. Roger McGuinn - Dreamland (3:26)
6. Roger McGuinn - Texas (1:51)
7. Roger McGuinn - Don't You Write Her Off (2:45)
8. Roger McGuinn - Jolly Roger (4:15)
9. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - Chestnut Mare (5:59)
10. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - Crazy Ladies (3:29)
11. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - Mr. Tambourine Man (4:28)
12. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - You Showed Me (4:23)
13. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (5:04)
14. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - Little Mama (3:59)
15. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (2:26)
16. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - Eight Miles High (4:25)
17. Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - She Don't Care About Time (3:07)
Artwork Included (front, back, CD)
Mississippi River Festival, Edwardsville, IL - Sept. 29, 1973
1. Wooden
Ships (6:28)
2. Southbound Train (6:27)
3. The Lee Shore (4:39)
4. Our House (5:44)
5. Guinnevere (5:51)
6. Almost Cut My Hair (6:21)
7. Your Life Is What You Fill Your Day With (3:15)
8. For Free (4:07)
9. I Used To Be A King (cut) (5:38)
Artwork
Included (front, back, CD)
The Byrds – The Lost Studio Series
The Byrds – Bloomfield, NJ - 1970
Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, New Jersey – October 24, 1970
Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin
Track 2 (Johnny B. Goode) is the only known version (although truncated) by The Byrds.
Track 7 (Home Sweet Home) has never been released officially by the band in any form and appears on this and a couple of other recordings only. It is sung by Clarence White.
Soundboard Recording
1. Lover Of
The Bayou (3:01)
2. Johnny B. Goode (part - closing) (0:47)
3. You Ain't Going Nowhere (2:44)
4. Old Blue (4:09)
5. Positively 4th Street (3:44)
6. My Back Pages (2:22)
7. B.J. Blues (1:24)
8. Baby What You Want Me To Do (2:36)
9. Home Sweet Home (In The Morning I'll Be Gone) (2:26)
10. Truck Stop Girl (4:09)
11. Soldier's Joy - Black Mountain Rag (2:01)
12. Mr. Tambourine Man (2:54)
13. Take A Whiff (On Me) (3:18)
14. Chestnut Mare (5:26)
15. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (3:08)
16. Ballad Of Easy Rider (2:40)
17. Jesus Is Just Alright (2:54)
18. Eight Miles High (16:03)
Artwork Included (front, back)
Repost by request – artwork added
The Byrds – Oberlin, Ohio 1970
November 27th, 1970
Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin
1. Lover Of
The Bayou (2:55)
2. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (3:10)
3. My Back Pages (2:32)
4. Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:01)
5. Home Sweet Home (3:43)
6. Black Mountain Rag (3:04)
7. Mr. Tambourine Man (4:30)
8. Take A Whiff (On Me) (3:23)
9. Jesus Is Just Alright (2:56)
10. Eight Miles High (12:22)
11. Hold It (1:18)
Artwork Included (front, back)
R.R. – Chestertown, Maryland 1975
Corsica Hall, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland - August 15th, 1975
Audience Recording
After the breakup of The Flying Burrito Brothers, Roberts (who earlier replaced Gram Parsons in that band) released two solo LPs (“Windmills” in 1972 and “She Is A Song” in 1973).
In 1974, he started to assemble the band that would become the highly successful Firefall, who released their first/eponymous LP in 1976.
They served as the backing band for Chris Hillman for his 1975 tour, during which the latter became ill, so the band had to finish the tour as “Firefall”.
In 1975, Rick did some solo gigs; here’s one of them.
1. Why Are You Crying (2:50)
2. I Just Want To Be In Love Again (3:50)
3. Falling in Love (5:35)
4. Four Days Of Rain (3:48)
5. She Still Has Those Eyes (8:02)
6. Jenny's Blues (4:57)
7. Westwind (12:18)
8. Colorado (4:30)
9. Someone Tell The Truth (10:14)
10. Rick Roberts Interview (11:02)
11. Jock Bartley And Mark Andes Interviews (6:30)
Artwork
Included (front, back, CD)
Repost by request with artwork added
CPR - Crosby, Pevar & Raymond – Los Olivos 2003
Crossroads Meadow at the Firestone Vineyards
6th Annual Valley Music Festival
Los Olivos, CA - September 28, 2003
David Crosby, Jeff Pevar, James Raymond
With (probably):
Andrew Ford - Bass
Steve DiStanislao - Drums
Opening for Neil Young
01. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n' Roll Star
02. Map To Burried Treasure
03. Gone Forever
04. Little Blind Fish
05. They Want It All
06. Breathless
07. Long Time Gone
08. At The Edge
09. Katie Did
10. Everybody's Been Burned
11. Déjà Vu
Fresh Homemade Artwork Included (front, back)
The Byrds – Journals – 9 CDs Box Set + booklet
CEDREM Label (U.K. 1994)
24kt Gold Plated Disc
Jim McGuinn (guitar, vocals)
Gene Clark (guitar, tambourine, vocals)
David Crosby (guitar, vocals)
Chris Hillman (bass, vocals)
Michael Clarke (drums)
With (on “Mr. Tambourine Man” and on “I Knew I’d Want You” only) Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel (Lawrence Knechtel), Bill Pitman (William Pitman), Leon Russell (Russell Bridges) and Jerry Cole (Jerry Kolbrak).
Journals is a 9 CD (4 double CDs and 1 single CD) set housed in a 12” x 12” golden metallic box.
The Byrds in the Columbia studios, playing and singing multiple versions of tracks from their first 3 albums (“Mr. Tambourine Man”, “Turn Turn Turn” and “Fifth Dimension”) and of tracks from these sessions that weren’t officially released until the remastered CDs came out in the 90s.
Vol. 9 is a compilation of tracks from the 8 other CDs.
Ladies and gentlemen, sit down and relax. You are now in the control room at Columbia studios, and next to you is producer Terry Melcher. Enjoy!
CD rips and scanned artwork (January 2017) from my original box bought in 1994 from Midnight Records in New York included (fronts, backs, CDs)
Images of box, insert and 32 page booklet (12” x 12”) included
The zip file contains 9 zip files with the 9 CDs and 2 zip files with complete artwork.
Crosby, Pevar & Raymond - CPR Plays The Byrds
No label, no reference – fan compilation
David Crosby – guitar, vocals
Jeff Pevar – guitar, vocals
James Raymond – keybards, vocals
With on selected tracks :
Andrew Ford - bass
Stefano DeStanislao – drums
This compilation could have been called “CPR Plays The Byrds Playing David Crosby”, as Croz wrote or co-wrote 4 out of the 7 songs.
1. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (3:08)
2. For Free (6:46)
3. Everybody's Been Burned (3:42)
4. Laughing (6:20)
5. Triad (6:43)
6. Eight Miles High (7:35)
7. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (4:17)
Artwork Included (front, back, CD)
The Beach Boys – Rarities On Compact Disc – Volume Two
Wilson Records SURF 003 (country unknown - 1996)
From Discogs:
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"Rarities from Brian, Dennis, Carl, Alan & Mike from over the years"
Song by song notes from back cover
1) "An early version of Sherry She Needs Me"
2 & 3) "Early demo version"
4) "Single stereo version”
5) "Outtake from Live In London album December 1968"
6) "Pamela Jean b-side"
7) "Early 1963 BW production for Larry Denton"
8) "Early 1963 BW production for Ron Wilson"
9 & 10) "Demo version produced by BW for The Honeys"
11) "BW production for Glen Campbell 1963 "One of Brian's lost songs" "
12) "Early demo version with basic vocals"
13 & 14) "Tracks 13 & 14 live from Syracuse University May 1971 - No Brian or Dennis"
15 - 18) "Live on The Midnite Special TV show with Brian on bass and Roger McGuinn on guitar"
16) "As above but with Brian on electric piano and wisdom from Love (sic)"
19) "Lovely heart rendering version from Dennis in 1976"
20) "Unreleased classic from Dennis"
21) "Original DW version later recorded for KTSA"
22) "Alternate instrumental version from Dennis"
23) "John Stamos tribute version from the Australian promo"
24) "Cover version of The Beatles classic from the long lost Rarities album"
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1. The Beach Boys - Sandy She Needs Me (2:46)
2. The Survivors - Pamela Jean (2:56)
3. The Beach Boys - I Do (2:22)
4. The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick (2:04)
5. The Beach Boys - All I Wanna Do (1:37)
6. The Survivors - After The Game (2:00)
7. Larry Denton - Endless Sleep (2:14)
8. Ron Wilson - If I Can't Be You (2:13)
9. The Honeys - The One You Can't Have (2:14)
10. The Honeys - He's A Doll (2:14)
11. Glen Campbell - Malibu Sunset (1:49)
12. The Beach Boys - East Meets West (3:48)
13. The Beach Boys - You Still Believe In Me (2:47)
14. The Beach Boys - Caroline No (3:05)
15. The Beach Boys - Rock 'n' Roll Music (3:34)
16. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (5:59)
17. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Reprise (4:07)
18. The Beach Boys - Lady Lynda (4:28)
19. The Beach Boys - You Are So Beautiful (1:28)
20. Dennis Wilson - If I Could Live My Life Again (3:22)
21. Dennis WIlson - Baby Blue Eyes (3:43)
22. The Beach Boys - San Miguel (3:55)
23. John Stamos with The Beach Boys - Forever (CHR Mix) (3:07)
24. The Beach Boys - With A Little Help From My Friends (2:25)
Fresh Rip - Artwork Included (front, back, booklet, CD)
The Desert Rose Band – Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA (1990)
March 31st and April 1st, 1990
Recorded at the Dallas Taylor Benefit
Two rather short performances on two discs in one zip
Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, John Jorgensen, Jay Dee Maness, Bill Bryson, Steve Duncan
I don’t remember whom and where I got these from, so many thanks to the taper and the original poster (details on artwork).
I brought some corrections to some song titles on both the track listings and the artworks.
Audience recordings
Disc 1: March 31st, 1990
1.
Introduction (2:45)
2. The Old Crossroad - Hard Times (4:50)
3. For The Rich Man (4:20)
4. Step On Out (3:39)
5. In Another Lifetime (4:41)
6. He's Back And I'm Blue (4:43)
7. Love Reunited (3:36)
8. Darkness On The Playground (5:11)
Disc 2: April 1st, 1990
1. The Old
Crossroad (1:15)
2. Hard Times (4:00)
3. For The Rich Man (4:08)
4. Step On Out (3:39)
5. In Another Lifetime (4:41)
6. He's Back And I'm Blue (3:40)
7. Love Reunited (3:19)
8. Darkness On The Playground (5:32)
Artwork Included (fronts, backs)
Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen - Roger McGuinn & Chris Hillman – Suwannee Springfest 1998
Suwannee Springfest, Live Oak, Fl – March 28, 1998
Tracks 1 to 15:
Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen
With Ricky Simpkins, Ronnie Simpkins and Fred Travers
1. Hard Times (4:32)
2. Lord Won't You Help Us (2:19)
3. So Begins The Task (3:10)
4. Love And Wealth + Band Intro (5:25)
5. Dimming Of The Day (3:21)
6. Fireball (3:46)
7. Angels Cry (4:32)
8. Leather Bridges (2:25)
9. Just Me And You (4:29)
10. Best Time I Ever Had (2:51)
11. Teardrops In My Eyes (3:42)
12. Second Wind (3:19)
13. No One Else (3:49)
14. Changing Coming Down (4:11)
15. Used To Be (2:28)
Tracks 16 to 21:
Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman
16. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (2:46)
17. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (3:02)
18. She Don't Care About Time (2:33)
19. The Christian Life (2:35)
20. Hickory Wind (2:52)
21. Chimes Of Freedom (4:01)
Artwork Included (front, back)
