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.

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, March 1996

Two concerts from the same tour "A Woman's Life". You get more bang for your bucks with the Croydon concert. Theodossi Spassov was missing from the Festival Hall performance. And the earlier show has only one encore. After that, the audience seemed to give up too easily and started leaving in droves without waiting to see if they would get any more. (The house lights were still down, which is usually a good indication that the performers can be coaxed back on stage.)

Both performances are complete,although you will notice the applause around the encores is cut off quite sharply. I hit the pause button while the audience was clapping to conserve tape.

Royal Festival Hall, London
Saturday, 9 March 1996

First Set
01 Ergen Dada
02 Iskal Karadja
03 Mesetchinko Lyo
04 Zapali se Planinata
05 Lazarski Buenetz
06 Kaval solo - Kostadin Kostadinov
07 Vocal Sextette Pripyavki
08 Na Sedyanka
09 Vgradena Nevesta
10 Kalugerine
11 Danyo Maika
12 Polegnale e Todora
http://rapidshare.com/files/194416989/Le_Mystere_des_Voix_Bulgares_1996-03-09_First_Set__320.rar

Second Set
01 Mehmetyo
02 Tsoninata Mayka
03 Horo
04 Sama Li Si Den Zhalana
05 Moma Houbava
06 vocal duet
07 Velko Voyvoda I Vito Se Horo Zavede
08 Ovchar I Viatar
09 Stani Mi Maycho
10 Duda E Bolna Legnala
11 Dilman Dilbero
12 encore - Ghiore Dos
http://rapidshare.com/files/194429587/Le_Mystere_des_Voix_Bulgares_1996-03-09_Second_Set.rar

Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Sunday, 17 March 1996

First Set
01 Ergen Dada
02 Iskal Karadja
03 Mesetchinko Lyo
04 Zapali se Planinata
05 Lazarski Buenetz
06 Kaval solo - Kostadin Kostadinov
07 Vocal Sextette Pripyavki
08 Na Sedyanka
09 Vgradena Nevesta
10 Kalugerine
11 Danyo Maika
12 Polegnala E Todora
http://rapidshare.com/files/194818135/Le_Mystere_des_Voix_Bulgares_1996-03-17_First_Set__320.rar

Second Set
01 Mehmetyo
02 Tsoninata Mayka
03 Horo
04 Sama Li Si Den Zhalana
05 Moma Houbava
06 Kaval solo 1 - Theodossi Spassov
07 Kaval solo 2 - Theodossi Spassov
08 vocal duet
09 Velko Voyvoda I Vito Se Horo Zavede
10 Ovchar I Viatar
11 Stani Mi Maycho
12 Duda E Bolna Legnala
13 Dilman Dilbero
14 encore - Svatba
15 encore - Ghiore Dos
http://rapidshare.com/files/194831036/Le_Mystere_des_Voix_Bulgares_1996-03-17_Second_Set__320.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/194834464/Le_Mystere_des_Voix_Bulgares_1996-03-17_Second_Set__320.part2.rar

Programme and handbill
http://rapidshare.com/files/194430268/Le_Mystere_des_Voix_Bulgares_1996_flier___programme.rar

Orchard Theatre, Dartford
Monday, 4th March 1996

Paul Jones (harmonica, vocal), Dave Kelly (guitar, vocal), Tom McGuinness (guitar, vocal), Rob Townsend (drums), Gary Fletcher (bass, vocal)

This was an all-acoustic set featuring all the tracks from the album "Wire-Less" plus the medley, Work Song and the missing encore.

First Set
01 announcements (DK)
02 San Francisco Bay Blues
03 announcements (PJ)
04 T-Nicey Mama
05 announcements (TM)
06 Sitting on Top of the World
07 announcements (PJ)
08 Room and Board
09 announcements (DK)
10 D-Day Blues
11 I Can't Stand the Rain
12 announcements (TM)
13 Withering the Picks
14 announcements (TM)
15 Sweet Temptation
16 announcements (DK)
17 Stealin' Stealin'

Second Set
01 announcements (TM)
02 Alimony Blues
03 announcements (PJ, TM)
04 Stranger Blues
05 announcements (PJ, DK)
06 Jitterbug Swing
07 announcements (GF)
08 Told No Lies
09 Keys to the Highway
10 announcements (PJ, DK)
11 Frankie Jean
12 announcements (PJ)
13 I'm Not Ashamed to Sing the Blues
14 announcements (TM)
15 Crazy 'bout Me
16 announcements (PJ)
17 Too Young to Know
18 announcements (DK) - enter Benny Gallagher
19 Medley - The Walk, When I'm Dead and Gone, If You Gotta Go
20 announcements (PJ)
21 Work Song

Tape ran out. At least one encore was missed

http://rapidshare.com/files/192414365/Blues_Band_1996-03-04_First_Set.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/192414587/Blues_Band_1996-03-04_First_Set.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/192426830/Blues_Band_1996-03-04_Second_Set.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/192432049/Blues_Band_1996-03-04_Second_Set.part2.rar
Personnel and track list
http://rapidshare.com/files/192432055/The_Blues_Band_1996-03-04.txt

Harry Hill, 3 November 1995

Orchard Theatre, Dartford
3rd November 1995

First Act
01 announcements- Harry Hill (offstage)
02 Steve Bowditch

Second Act
01 Elvis soundtrack*
02 Please welcome...
03 the audience leaving - name the song

*soundtrack to a film shown on stage

http://rapidshare.com/files/192545252/Steve_Bowditch_1995-11-03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/192558538/Harry_Hill_1995-11-03__320.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/192562959/Harry_Hill_1995-11-03__320.part2.rar