The Magic Band – Live London '74
Label: |
EMI – 00946 368577 25 |
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Format: |
CD
, Album, Reissue, Remastered
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Blues |
Style: |
Psychedelic Rock |
Tracklist
| 1 | Mirror Man | 4:46 | |
| 2 | Upon The My-O-My | 4:06 | |
| 3 | Full Moon, Hot Sun | 3:27 | |
| 4 | Sugar Bowl | 2:53 | |
| 5 | Crazy Little Thing | 3:58 | |
| 6 | Keep On Rubbin' (Aka Mighty Crazy) | 10:58 | |
| 7 | Sweet Georgia Brown | 5:52 | |
| 8 | This Is The Day | 7:44 | |
| 9 | New Electric Ride | 3:19 | |
| 10 | Abba Zaba | 3:13 | |
| 11 | Peaches | 6:06 | |
| 12 | Capitol Radio Concert Ad | 0:32 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Capitol Music
- Marketed By – EMI
- Distributed By – EMI
- Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Recorded At – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios
- Glass Mastered At – Mediamotion
- Pressed By – Mediamotion
- Designed At – The Red Room (3)
Credits
- A&R [Project A&R] – Jason Day
- Art Direction, Illustration, Design – Scott Minshall
- Bass – Paul Uhrig
- Coordinator [Project Co-ordination] – Tom Wegg-Prosser
- Drums – Ty Grimes
- Guitar – Fuzzy Fuscaldo
- Keyboards – Michael Smotherman*
- Liner Notes [London 2006] – Mike Barnes
- Reeds, Flute – Del Simmons
- Vocals, Harmonica – Don Van Vliet
Notes
Recorded live, 9 June 1974
Subtitle on front cover: "Theatre Royal, Drury Lane · London · 1974"
Title on spine: "Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band · Live In London -Drury Lane '74"
All tracks digitally re-mastered
℗ 2006 Virgin Records Ltd.
The copyright in this recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd. ℗ 2006 Virgin Records Ltd.
This label copy is subject of copyright protection.
© 2006 Virgin Records Ltd.
Re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios
Art Direction, Illustration & Design - Red Room EMI
Printed in the EU.
Made in the EU. [on CD]
"Previously unavailable recording of 1974 Drury Lane gig" (sticker on jewelcase)
(Previously released as "London 1974", minus bonus tracks 6, 7 & 12)
Clear tray jewel case packaging with 12-page booklet
Subtitle on front cover: "Theatre Royal, Drury Lane · London · 1974"
Title on spine: "Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band · Live In London -Drury Lane '74"
All tracks digitally re-mastered
℗ 2006 Virgin Records Ltd.
The copyright in this recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd. ℗ 2006 Virgin Records Ltd.
This label copy is subject of copyright protection.
© 2006 Virgin Records Ltd.
Re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios
Art Direction, Illustration & Design - Red Room EMI
Printed in the EU.
Made in the EU. [on CD]
"Previously unavailable recording of 1974 Drury Lane gig" (sticker on jewelcase)
(Previously released as "London 1974", minus bonus tracks 6, 7 & 12)
Clear tray jewel case packaging with 12-page booklet
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 94636 85772 5
- Label Code: LC0542
- Rights Society: BEL Biem
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): WWW.MEDIAMOTION.COM 3685772 @ 1
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI LU04
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi AAHG8
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [Mediamotion logo] WWW.MEDIAMOTION.COM 3685772 @ 1
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LW04
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): ifpi AAHC9
Other Versions (5 of 7)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission
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London 1974 (CD, Album) | Movieplay Gold | MPG 74025 | Portugal | 1994 | ||
| London 1974 (CD, Album) | Movieplay Gold | MPG 74025 | Portugal | 1994 | |||
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New Submission
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London 1974 (CD, Album, Reissue) | MPG | MPG 74025 | UK | 1999 | ||
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New Submission
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London 1974 (CD, Album, Reissue) | Movieplay Gold | MPG 74025 | Portugal | 1999 | ||
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New Submission
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Live In London - Drury Lane '74 (CDr, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered) | Virgin | CDVR2238 | UK | 2006 |
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Reviews
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A live album that is effectively a remastered issue of a complete concert by the band. A hastily reassembled band too, due to some dissension in the ranks after the making of Unconditionally Guaranteed, which was slated by Beefheart's hardcore followers. Originally recorded by Virgin at the Sunday 9th June show in London's Drury Lane Theatre, this concert was part of the ' tour' for said album.
Two tracks were released on Virgin's "V" sampler, nestled beside the likes of Robert Wyatt, Tangerine Dream and White Noise II, but the remaining recording then went to ground. The missing bits then emerged on "London 1974", a Portuguese issue (MPG 74025) in 1994. I believe the engineers of the live recording were Phil Newell and Alan Perkins.
This full concert, with an added Capitol Radio promo track and Mike Barnes' sleeve notes, is perhaps Virgin's belated attempt to recoup some lost revenues. This was a period when the Don was pretty much out of his comfort zone and his homeland, equipped with a band doing their best to play catch-up. What the Captain might call "circumstances". That said, it's still worth having- if only to compare the musicianship to the studio versions. Or to see if there are any clues that "Upon The My-O-My" & "New Electric Ride" might be adventures with a 'rabbit' rather than a roller-coaster outing under the stars... at the very least, the Captain always makes me smile.
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