B.B. King, John Mayall, Wembley Arena, 28 June 2009

I'll probably come back to this later and add details of set lists, personnel etc., but for now here are just the download links. Each set plays continuously. I haven't put in track markers. I had to put the B.B. King set into a split .rar to keep within the Rapidshare maximum file size.

I have now gone digital. I used a Zoom H2 for the recording.

John Mayall set reuploaded with track markers and song titles added
https://rapidshare.com/files/1395527259/John_Mayall_2009-06-28.rar
B.B. King
Original upload as one continuous piece
http://rapidshare.com/files/250783025/B.B._King_2009-06-28_whole.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/250790466/B.B._King_2009-06-28_whole.part2.rar
With track markers and song titles added
https://rapidshare.com/files/2243141911/BB_King_2009-06-28.part1.rar
https://rapidshare.com/files/2660805987/BB_King_2009-06-28.part2.rar

NEW - 18 February 2011.  The B.B. King set is now availabe in lossless format:
https://rapidshare.com/files/1438972948/BB_King_2009-06-28FLAC.part1.rar
https://rapidshare.com/files/1140865408/BB_King_2009-06-28FLAC.part2.rar
https://rapidshare.com/files/619717166/BB_King_2009-06-28FLAC.part3.rar

Spanish Bombs, 28 April 2009

Spanish Bombs: Tropical Tribute to The Clash
Barbican, London
Tuesday, 28 April 2009

01 Jonaz - London Calling
03 Jonaz - Revolution Rock
04 announcements
05 Bruno Garcia - Bank Robber
06 announcements
07 Bruno Garcia - Rock the Casbah
08 announcements
09 Alejandro Escovedo - Straight to Hell
10 announcements
11 Alejandro Escovedo - Train in Vain
12 Alejandro Escovedo - Pressure Drop
13 announcements
14 Alejandro Escovedo - Chelsea Hotel
15 Ruben Albarran - I Fought the Law
16 sneeze & announcements (The sneeze and mention of Mexico is a topical reference to the Swine flu outbreak)
17 Ruben Albarran - Complete Control (about 11 seconds missing for tape change)
18 announcements
19 Blanquito Man - Washington Bullets
20 Blanquito Man - The Magnificent Seven
21 Moyenei - The Call Up
22 Blanquito Man - Guns of Brixton
23 announcements
24 Amparo Sanchez - Spanish Bombs
25 Amparo Sanchez - Police on My Back

Encore
01 Radio Clash & credits

http://rapidshare.com/files/229071686/Spanish_Bombs_2009-04-28__320.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/229075512/Spanish_Bombs_2009-04-28_encore__320.rar

The encore file also includes an extract from the programme, the set list and a few photos.

The Brood, 6 November 1996

Purcell Room, London

Wednesday, 6th November 1996

First Set

Alvin Lucier - Music On A Long Thin Wire

Christian Wolff - Music For 1,2 Or 3 People

John Cage - simultaneous performances - Aria; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Fontana Mix
Second Set

La Monte Young - Composition 1960 #7

Phil Niblock - Guitar Two, For Four
Rhys Chatham - Guitar Trio

http://www.mediafire.com/file/qac8bnw99b33z2t/1996-11-06_The_Brood_-_Purcell_Room.txt/file
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nfdhqolzoo39q6h/1996-11-06_The_Brood_FLAC.zip/file
http://www.mediafire.com/file/61nmcrz8bwsewle/1996-11-06_The_Brood_mp3.zip/file
Files re-upped 1 July 2018

The Kathryn Tickell Band, 13th October 1996

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Sunday, 13 October 1996

Kathryn Tickell - Northumbrian pipes, fiddle
Ian Carr - guitar
Neil Harland - bass

First Set
01 introductions
02 The Gathering
03 announcements
04 Lads of Alnwick + Sunderland Lasses; Peacocks March
05 tuning up, announcements
06 St. Kilda Wedding
07 announcements
08 La Bettaille dans la Petite Arbre; Acharavi Waltz
09 announcements
10 Dorrington Lads; I Saw My Love Come Passing By Me
11 title not announced
12 announcements
13 The Lemon Mill Jig; The Burnt Tattie; The Quarrymen
14 tuning up, announcements
15 Dargai

Second Set
01 announcements
02 Otterburn
03 The Cold Shoulder; The Welcome Home
04 announcements
05 Tune for Matt Robson; Kathleen
06 title not announced
07 announcements
08 Brafferton Village; Grey Bull Hornpipe; Grey Bull Waltz
09 title not announced
10 tuning up; announcements
11 The Day Dawn; Christmas Day in the Morning
12 reels
13 announcements
14 Farewell to the Dee; The Wife She Brewed It; Shirley's Reel
15 announcements
16 waltz; The Tyne Bridge Hornpipe; Wark Football Team
17 announcements
18 Raincheck; title unannounced
19 title unnanounced

http://rapidshare.com/files/209484622/Kathryn_Tickell_1996-10-13_First_Set__320.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/209485525/Kathryn_Tickell_1996-10-13_First_Set__320.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/209513410/Kathryn_Tickell_1996-10-13_Second_Set__320.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/209555889/Kathryn_Tickell_1996-10-13_Second_Set__320.part2.rar

The Band of 14AOD

This is a curiousity that may interest some readers of this blog. During WWII, my father played in an army dance band. (This was in addition to - not instead of - his regular army duties.) A number of 78 rpm records of the band survive. I don't have recording dates, but they must have been made between 1944 and 1946. You can download them from here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/wnlffjv4xwgqopi/The_Band_of_14AOD_1945-1946.mp3.zip
(Link updated 20/05/2015)
For a history of the band, including more details of the records, see my blog http://bandof14aod.blogspot.com/

Bill Frisell Quartet, 17 July 1996

Part of the 'Sharp New America' season
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Wednesday, 17th July 1996
Bill Frisell (guitar), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), Ron Miles (trumpet), Eyvind Kang (violin)

First Set
01 introductions
02 The Rain in Spain
03 Twenty Years/Egg Radio
04 'Thank you very much'
05 The Bacon Bunch
06 unknown title

Second Set
01 'Still trying to think of something to say'
02 In Deep
03 unknown/In Deep
04 unknown/No Moe/I Got Rhythm
05 Dead Ranch
06 'You're so friendly'
07 What the World Needs Now Is Love
08 I Say a Little Prayer
09 'We'd better come up with something good now'
10 When I Fall in Love

'When I Fall in Love' is missing the end, but it sounds like I have lost only a few bars.

I have not been able to put names to all of these tunes. Additionally, some of the performances here are medleys and I may not have identified all of the constituents.

First Set
http://rapidshare.com/files/201311034/Bill_Frisell_Quartet_1996-07-17_First_Set__320.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/201312222/Bill_Frisell_Quartet_1996-07-17_First_Set__320.part2.rar
Second Set
http://rapidshare.com/files/201324310/Bill_Frisell_Quartet_1996-07-17_Second_Set__320.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/201328794/Bill_Frisell_Quartet_1996-07-17_Second_Set__320.part2.rar

B.B. King, 30 June 1996

Royal Albert Hall, London
30 June 1996

Support act -Big Joe Turner's Memphis Blues Caravan

Only 19 minutes. This was still back in the days when I tried to fit everything on one tape. To preserve as much as possibe of the B.B. King session, I flipped the tape and overwrote some of the BJT stuff.

The history of the blues has seen more than one "Big Joe Turner". This one was a bass player who had worked with B.B. King amongst others. Sadly he is no longer with us. For more information see: http://www.joeturnerblues.com/history.htm



I don't have the complete line-up, but from contemporary accounts I have found, I think the vocalist must be Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges

01 I'm Leaving on that Midnight Train(?) (incomplete)
02 No Response
03 My Take-Home Pay Just Won't Take Me Home
http://rapidshare.com/files/195654131/Big_Joe_Turner_1996-06-30__320.rar

B.B. King
Orchestra: Leon Warren (guitar), James Toney (keyboards), Walter King (saxophone), Melvin Jackson (saxophone), James Bolden (trumpet), Michael Doster (bass), Calep Emphrey (drums)

01 Opening Theme - B.B. King Orchestra
02 Slow blues in A flat
03 enter B.B. King (gap in the middle to change tapes)
04 Let the Good Times Roll
05 Chains of Love
06 When It All Comes Down
07 Five Long Years
08 Paying the Cost to be the Boss
09 Eight Bar Blues in G
10 We're Gonna Make It
11 Blues Man
12 All Over Again
13 Why I Sing The Blues (end missing)
http://rapidshare.com/files/195667497/B.B._King_1996-06-30_tracks_1-13__320.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/195674346/B.B._King_1996-06-30_tracks_1-13__320.part2.rar
14 Rock Me Baby (start missing)
15 Guess Who
16 The Thrill Is Gone - exit
http://rapidshare.com/files/195681319/B.B._King_1996-06-30_tracks_14-16__320.rar

Sorry about the shouty man who was sitting near me.