Country Joe McDonald

Country Joe McDonald

The Mill,
Banbury, UK
Tuesday 29th March 2005 

Sony DV camera > Philips DVD+R recorder > DVD >
AceDVDAudioExtractor > wave > CD Wave > Audacity > CDWave
> Flac (Level 8 SB aligned)

Taped by MC from the centre aisle of the third row

Transferred to DVD by KW (thanks!) and ripped/flac'd by boombox

Artwork included

Disc 1: Set 1 (48.37):

1. Introduction by John Roberts/Setting Up
2. Standing At The Crossroads
3. Donovan's Reef
4. Sweet Marie
5. C.O.U.N.T.R.Y.
6. Balancing On The Edge Of Time
7. Tuning/Banter
8. Support The Troops
9. Tuning/Banter
10. Section 43
11. One Day at A Time
12. Submarine
13. Banter
14. Thought Dreams

Disc 2: Set 2 (51:03):

1. Setting Up
2. Blues For Breakfast
3. Banter
4. Air Algiers
5. Banter/John Fahey Story
6. March Of The Dead > Pat's Song
7. Banter/Introduction of John Roberts
8. St. Tropez *
9. Tuning/Banter
10. Jean Desprez
11. Banter
12. Tricky Dicky *^
13. Camouflage *^
14. Banter
15. The Fuck Cheer > Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag *^

Encore:
16. //Banter
17. Save The Whales *^

* - with John Roberts (promoter) on spoons
^ - with JR & Dave Allen (of Reet Petite & Gone) on washboard

boombox's notes may 2005:

I'd asked Joe and John on the Sunday if the show was definitely
going ahead - there were rumours of only 7-8 tickets having been
sold due to poor publicity, but having been assured it was on,
it was with eager anticipation that we set off in torrential rain
for Banbury, armed with a new DV camera. The weather meant we
arrived later than hoped and contrary to what we'd been told
by the venue, it was ticketed on a seating plan, so we missed
out on the front row. However, the aisle seat turned out to be
perfect as my mate was able to rest the camera on his knee; it
was his first attempt at taping and when I can eventually seed/
trade the DVD, you'll see that!!

However, despite any wobbly camera shots, this didn't impact
upon the sound, which is clear throughout, though there is some
very minor clipping. The only song where the sound is poorer is
Save The Whales - the crowd around us sang and clapped very loudly,
along with my mate's 16 year old son, who *really* went for it with
the clapping!!! Levels are slightly overloaded on this song as a
result.

I've added fades to the beginning/end of each set and tried to
balance out the crowd volume a bit. The encore was on a different
tape - Joe had two other guitars ready, which he hadn't used, and
we didn't want to get caught out by a long encore. No music was
missed during changeover.

This is a very laid-back show; Brighton had been a very in-your-face
show with the audience up close. Here, Joe could really relax. As
a result, the banter is as entertaining as the music. An explanatory
note is needed for Disc 2 Track 05: JR brought out his spoons in a
"flight case" aka a model guitar case. Fans of Bob Dylan and/or
English folk music are also invited to skip the banter after
Submarine!! ;-)

Please respect the wishes of the taper and keep this strictly
for trade only.

Enjoy and share freely!!

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Country Joe McDonald

The Borderline
London, UK
Wednesday 30th March 2005

SBD > ? > CDR > CDR > EAC > Flac (L8)

Thanks to KW for the discs

Artwork included

Transferred by boombox

Set 1
1. Introduction by John Roberts/Setting Up
2. Sweet Lorraine
3. Here I Go Again
4. Colorado Town
5. Banter
6. Section 43
7. Support The Troops
8. Joe's Blues
9. Banter
10. St Tropez *
11. Thought Dreams

Set 2
12. Setting Up
13. Oh My My
14. Rock & Roll Again
15. Janis
16. Rock Coast Line *^
17. Tricky Dicky *^
18. The Fuck Cheer/Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag *^
Encore:
19. Encore Break
20. Save The Whales *^

* - with John Roberts (promoter) on spoons
^ - with JR & Dave Allen (of Reet Petite & Gone) on washboard

boombox's notes may 2005:

The last show of Joe's mini-UK tour, presented here in soundboard
quality. What has been done is the lineage, ie nothing! While I
might  not agree with some of the trackbreaks, I thought it best
to leave it as it was, given that this show may already be
circulating within a small group. I have also refrained from adding
any fades for the same reason.

BTW, to explain the reason for two EAC files: I received the show
as two CDRs, despite there only being 73 mins of music.

Hope everyone's enjoyed these shows from Country Joe - here's
looking forward to the August tour with the Country Joe Band.

Please keep this strictly for trade only.

Enjoy and share freely!!

Country Joe Band  4/20/2005
W.O.W. Hall - Eugene Oregon

Source: ADK TL mics (cardioid XY) > Apogee Mini-Me (24/44.1) > VX Pocket V2 > Dell X300 > SF 6 > CDWAVE > FLAC
Transfer: SF 6 used to dither to 16 bit (using hi-pass triangular and hi-pass contour)

Recorded by Dean Grabski dean@gfdm.net

CD 1 Set 1
1. Entertainment Is My Business
2. Summer Of Love
3. Janis
4. Band Intro
5. SuperBird
6. Cakewalk To Baghdad
7. Support The Troops
8. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
9. Section 43
10. Oh, Jamaica

CD 2 Set 2
1. Rock And Soul Music
2. For What It's Worth
3. Hokey Pokey
4. Rock and Roll Again
5. Bass Strings
6. Death Sound Blues *
7. Flying High *
8. Breakfast for Two *
9. I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag
10. Save the Whales

* With Barry Flast

CountryJoe (solo)
Rudolstadt, Germany
Tanz&Folk Festival
Schlosshof(open air)
 6-29-05

*2 sources

1st source
aud : aiwa CM 30-->MD(Sony MZ-RH10)--> standalone cd-recorder--cdr-->EAC-->wav-->flac
               tracks 1-9 complete show

2nd source
fm  :cable FM-->HD-->cdr-->EAC-->WAV-->FLAC-->
               tracks10-15

Joe kind of got squeezed in at some late point as opener for The Chieftains..

Now for the audience part do not expect too much! 
The story behind the tape is a funny one . i asked friends of mine who were there for calexico to tape this show for me. usually they get"backstage"and "all access" passes and were happy to do this for me . 
Joe was one of the earliest gigs to happen and unfortunately my friends did not get their passes until a later (post Joe show ) point. Not to disappoint me, they decided to tape the Open Air show from outside the Schlosshof ( the castles yard). They hung their micro in some tree and     it turned out quite okay under these circumstances.

What nobody knew was that this balloon was coming down so that its passengers could have a birdseye view of the show.


 And.... yes.... you guessed it ......at one point  it had to go up again.. so what you hear is the ignition of the flamethrower of the balloon blasting before Breakfast for 2 and through out the first 1.30 mins..guess it also spoiled the fm recording of this part of the show


The broadcast features Joe 's political and social  side..something the radio could  could use as a red threat...but the quality is excellent...


all the fm credits go to hanno who was alert!!  thanx
all aud credits to -r+a-  thanx

1. Crossraods
2. Lady with a lamp
3. Breakfast for two
4. Sunshine through my window(?)
5. Entertainment is my business
6. Joe's blues
7. Support theTroops + funny rap
8. Save the whales
9. Fixin to die rag

fm bcast on DLF (all that was bcasted)
10. intro &interview.. funny and quite german
11. Crossroads
12. Lady with a lamp
13. Support the Troops + funny rap
14. Fixin to die rag
15. outro w.interview


   (?)not sure about this title

hanwaker..circ...09-05

Country Joe McDonald / Tom Constanten
Giardini Baden Powell, Salò, Italy
July 15, 2005


Source: Sony ECM-717 mic > Sony MZ-R700 (courtesy of M.R. archive)

Transfer: Sony MZ-R700 > Zoom H4n (16 bit / 44.1 kHz)
::we decided to tweak the original raw transfer ever so slightly to punch up a few frequencies with this release.
::also the applause and some mic rumblings have been lowered

TT
55:26 min

COUNTRY JOE McDONALD
01 -intro-
02 Entertainment Is My Business (ac solo)
03 Standing At The Crossroads
04 Starship Ride
05 Breakfast For Two
06 For What It's Worth
07 Fish Cheer >
08 I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag

TOM CONSTANTEN
01 -intro-
02 Cold Rain and Snow
03 Volare
04 I Know You Rider
05 Deal

Known Faults:
-None

Band line-ups:

Country Joe McDonald
Country Joe McDonald - acoustic guitar, vocals
-- and the Jefferson Family Galactic Reunion  from tr 03 onwards --
Slick Aguilar - guitar
Chris Smith - keyboards, bass
David Freiberg - guitar, backing vocals
Praire Prince - drums
Diana Mangano - backing vocals
unknown female and young girl - backing vocals

Tom Constanten
Tom Constanen - keyboards, vocals
-- and the Jefferson Family Galactic Reunion --
Slick Aguilar - guitar
Chris Smith - keyboards, bass
David Freiberg - guitar, backing vocals, vocals
Praire Prince - drums
Diana Mangano - backing vocals
unknown female and young girl - backing vocals

This was called the "Summer Of Love 1965-2005" Tour.
Big Brother and the Holding Company were part of this tour, but not on this date.
Marty Balin decided not to join on the Italian tour.

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Welcome to Volume 62 of the MRDR Master Series, the raw transfer of this volume featuring Country Joe McDonald and Tom Constanten has previously been uploaded to TTD in November 2018 by my friend Kingrue who does a fantastic job releasing many hard to find items. I encourage you to make your way to TTD and take a run through his archives.

In 2018 MRDR sent out the master raw capture to a number of folks and we decided to revisit it as part of the MRDR Master Series.

It's an excellent capture and since it has been a year and a half since the orignal posting we decided to tweak the original raw transfer ever so slightly to punch up a few frequencies with this release.

If you prefer the original untouched transfer, differences aren't dramatic and aren't releasing to specifically improve any previous releases, please make your way over to TTD and grab it there. I don't think this has appeared here and wanted to give everyone a chance to acquire it.

We've also taken this opportunity to include the usual cache of photos in the artwork taken at the show.
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mjk5510 and hanwaker 2020-08



COUNTRY JOE BAND
Princess Pavilion,
Falmouth, UK
7th August 2005

Lineage: SBD > ? > CDR > EAC > wave > Flac

Front Cover Image by PD;artwork by boombox

Setlist:

1. Rock and Soul Music
2. Superbird
3. Rock & Roll Again
4. Banter > Section 43
5. An Untitled Protest
6. Banter > Cakewalk To Baghdad
7. Banter > Fuck Cheer > I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag
8. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine


boombox's notes september 2005:

Day Three of the cjb trek around the UK saw them in
Falmouth as part of a multi-billed event also featuring
Arthur Brown and the Muffin Men. As a result, they only
played a comparatively short set.

This is an extremely clear SBD, which is fast becoming
one of my favourite recordings of the tour. I haven't
altered the tracking as it may already be out in limited
circulation.

Line-up:

Country Joe McDonald - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Bruce Barthol - bass, vocals
David Bennet Cohen - keyboards, guitar
Gary "Chicken" Hirsch - drums

Please support Joe and the band by buying their latest release
"Live in Berkeley", which is now available from the website:
countryjoe.com; I got a copy on the tour and the version of
Grace on it is gorgeous!!

Country Joe Band
Cropredy Festival 
August 11 2005

CD1
1. Intro
2. Entertainment Is My Business
3. Summer Of Love
4. Janis
5. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine 
6. Rock And Roll Again
7. For What It?s Worth
8. Who Am I?
9. Grace
10. Death Sound Blues > Section 43
11. An Untitled Protest

CD2
1. Cakewalk To Baghdad
2. Superbird
3. Support The Troops
4. Flying High 
5. Oh Jamaica
6. Breakfast For Two
7. The Fish Cheer>
8. I-Feel-Like-I?m-Fixin?-To-Die- Rag
9. Rock And Soul Music

Country Joe McDonald
Bruce Barthol
David Cohen
Chicken Hirsch

Stealth Recording by Jon Dixon
Sonic Studios DS6 mics->Sony D7 DAT Recorder


SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
71948	2005-03-29	The Mill	Banbury	UK
Sony DV camera > Sony DV camera > Philips DVD+R recorder > DVD > AceDVDAudioExtractor > wave > CD Wave > Audacity > CDWave > Flac (Level 8 SB aligned)
71947	2005-03-30	The Borderline	London	England
SBD > SBD > ? > CDR > CDR > EAC > Flac (L8)
71946	2005-04-20	W.O.W. Hall	Eugene	OR
ADK TL mics (cardioid XY) > Apogee Mini-Me (24/44.1) > VX Pocket V2 > Dell X300 > SF 6 > CDWAVE > FLAC > SF 6 used to dither to 16 bit (using hi-pass triangular and hi-pass contour)
71952	2005-06-29	Tanz & Folk Festival Schlosshof (open air)	Rudolstadt	Germany
aiwa CM 30-->MD(Sony MZ-RH10); cable FM-->HD > aiwa CM 30-->MD(Sony MZ-RH10)--> standalone cd-recorder--cdr-->EAC-->wav-->flac; cable FM-->HD-->cdr-->EAC-->WAV-->FLAC
150471	2005-07-15	Giardini Baden Powell	Salo	Italy
Flac 16 Source: Sony ECM-717 mic > Sony MZ-R700 (courtesy of M.R. archive) Transfer: Sony MZ-R700 > Zoom H4n (16 bit / 44.1 kHz) We decided to tweak the original raw transfer ever so slightly to punch up a few frequencies with this release. Also the applause and some mic rumblings have been lowered.
71949	2005-08-07	Princess Pavilion	Falmouth	UK
SBD > SBD > ? > CDR > EAC > wave > Flac
71951	2005-08-11	Cropredy Festival	Cropredy	UK
Sonic Studios DS6 mics->Sony D7 DAT Recorder > unknown

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