[Login] or [Signup]
Login
Username:
Password:
[Signup]
[Recover Account]

Navigation

Poll


You must be logged in to view polls
Bowie General > Bowie Live 74 Wizardo 7" bootleg

You are in:  Forums / Bowie General / Bowie Live 74 Wizardo 7" bootleg
Locked
myehPosted at 2016-08-12 11:20:19(402 wks ago) (Bowie General / Bowie Live 74 Wizardo 7" bootleg)


Uploaded: 1.84 TB
Downloaded: 942.65 GB
Posts: 20

Ratio: 2.00
Location: unknown


Can anyone help...

I have an old 7" vinyl bootleg 'Bowie 74 Live' on the Wizardo label ( WR 201 A/B ). It has 3 tracks which are listed on the cover as:

All The Young Dudes
Cracked Actor
Come Back My Baby (this is in fact It's Gonna Be Me)

But there is no information about the date and location of the recording.

I have put the files for both sides here so you can listen:

Side A: http://t-stats-uk.co.uk/bowie/BowieLive74A.MP3
Side B: http://t-stats-uk.co.uk/bowie/BowieLive74B.MP3

In Pimm Jal del la Parra's (30+ years old) book he says it was recorded sometime in September 1974 at the Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre but that the exact date is unknown and that no further tracks from the recording have surfaced.

So I'm wondering...do we now know an exact date of this recording? and has any more of the concert become available?

I would be interested in any information you might have. Thanks.

Last edited by myeh on 2016-08-12 11:22:29


Report This Post Go to the top of the page
 
hanoirocksPosted at 2016-08-13 11:29:27(402 wks ago) (Bowie General / Bowie Live 74 Wizardo 7" bootleg)


Uploaded: 669.15 GB
Downloaded: 128.76 GB
Posts: 24

Ratio: 5.20
Location: Afghanistan


As I have a few minutes and you aroused my interest;

Some comprehensive info about that 7" here;
https://theamazingkornyfonelabel.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/wr-201-bowie-74-live/

If it really was the LA Amphitheatre then that venue was played on these dates.
Bootleggers may have provided a bogus location as they wanted to conceal their source and/or protect tapers from future security checks.

2 September 1974 http://www.bowiestation.com/TT2/torrents-details.php?id=265&hit=1
3 September 1974
4 September 1974 http://www.bowiestation.com/TT2/torrents-details.php?id=279&hit=1
5 September 1974 http://www.bowiestation.com/TT2/torrents-details.php?id=2170
6 September 1974 http://www.bowiestation.com/TT2/torrents-details.php?id=863&hit=1
7 September 1974
8 September 1974

This page claims its from 3, 6, 7 or 8 Sept.
http://www.freewebs.com/theyearofthediamonddog/unofficialrecordings.htm

Ths site claims it was 7-8 Sept
http://www.bowie-collection.de/75_79.htm

Anyone else know the facts (or have time to listen to all of the recordings side by side) ?

Report This Post Go to the top of the page
 
myehPosted at 2016-08-13 15:36:19(402 wks ago) (Bowie General / Bowie Live 74 Wizardo 7" bootleg)


Uploaded: 1.84 TB
Downloaded: 942.65 GB
Posts: 20

Ratio: 2.00
Location: unknown


Thank you so much for your time, there's some great information you've provided. Based on all of your help I've done a bit more investigation...

I feel pretty confident the vinyl recording is from the 'Pre-Soul Tour' period which as far as I can find out comprises these 12 gigs:

02/09-08/09 Los Angeles
11/09   San Diego
13/09   Tuscon
14,16-17/09 Phoenix

I have now compared the vinyl to the available recordings on BowieStation and I'm 100% sure it's a different performance to these:

LA - 02/09, 04/09, 05/09
San Diego - 11/09

There is a possibility it could be LA - 06/09, the BowieStation recording is far poorer sound quality than the vinyl but as none of the songs on the vinyl are on the tape I can't discount it being from the 6th.

So if we assume the venue is known it could be anyone of:

Los Angeles - 03/09, 06/09, 07/09, 08/09

But if as you suggest the venue maybe bogus then it could also be:

Tuscon - 13/09
Phoenix - 14/09, 16/09, 17/09

So we are narrowing it down a bit, it's now most likely one of 8 possible gigs! One thing is for sure it's a real pity more of the recording hasn't become available as comparing it to the BowieStation recordings has shown me that the quality is pretty good for the date.

Maybe someone has some more thoughts on this?

Report This Post Go to the top of the page
 
korupt1Posted at 2016-08-14 00:54:17(402 wks ago) (Bowie General / Bowie Live 74 Wizardo 7" bootleg)


Uploaded: 158.31 GB
Downloaded: 127.89 GB
Posts: 67

Ratio: 1.24
Location: Canada


I also have a copy of this, when I purchased it from a collector many years ago, who actually went onto to be EMI Canada president, told me it was from a very small venue spare of the moment live performance by bowie. I am not sure to this date what the actual source of the recording is.

Report This Post Go to the top of the page
 

<< Prev  1   Next >>

Locked
You are not permitted to post in this forum.

Latest Forum Posts
Latest Topic TitleRepliesViewsAuthorLast Post
Lady Grinning Soul262191giqueby professormouse
2024-04-28 22:15:37
First Bowie bootlegs4221direwolfby russellmael
2024-04-28 20:08:55
Qbittorrent Stalled172273homebrewby bofinken57
2024-04-25 18:03:16
Ziggy Box Track List352713Steveboyby ayres
2024-04-24 17:00:55
Req. Syd Barrett - Have You Got it Yet - April 270176nightmare77by nightmare77
2024-04-23 17:17:18
RIP Dennis P. McCann (Paperdragon)18551JanErikby averybowie
2024-04-22 16:51:34
"Changes" and "TVC15" on "Live Nassau Coliseum '76" album404712yasukoby russellmael
2024-04-19 17:43:39
What is the worst bootleg from each david bowie tour346119averybowieby Stranger09
2024-04-17 23:27:43
RSD 2024 - Underwhelming or what?201538neilwilkesby professormouse
2024-04-08 23:45:01
So what is left ??241929Portlandbillby professormouse
2024-04-08 23:38:23
DB in 360 Spatial Audio4420marksachby Steveboy
2024-04-06 16:03:44
Rainbowman - Jerome Soligny2489SteveMaturinby neilwilkes
2024-04-02 11:47:30


Online Users

Newest Members
Modified by JanErik |- Page Generated In 0.051531 secs.
-|- RSS Feed -|- Feed Info
Theme Base By: Nikkbu | Modified by: paperdragon | Graphics by: MossGarden
Email: bowiestation(AT)bowiestation.com