Fleetwood Mac
The Hague 1969-02-28 & Amsterdam 1969-03-01
- UPGRADE & REPAIR VERSION - v.2
Another Goody Speed/Pitch-adjusted Audio Upgrade
(Please see my notes at the bottom of this text.)
From DocDondy's original notes:
Source for this new torrent and dear Fleetwood Mate, fellow Dimer Bert "pernod" now most fortunately made me aware of his superior copies for BOTH shows!
Though both recordings and copies clearly stem from the same off-air source tape(s), it is obvious that they definitely surpass the previously torrented ones: the respective slight but *clearly audable upgrades* become apparent in the recordings sounding fuller, with less harsh treble and with more and smoother bass (without being EQ'ed, of course). So, they clearly derive from lower generation analog copies.
Furthermore, Bert also tracked the recordings more specifically, with the intros and the very beginning of the cut "Teenage Darling" as separate tracks, hence you get more tracks; he also detected a glitch in "Stop Messin' Around" that he kindly fixed for this upgrade.
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Lineage: Dutch 1969 FM b'casts (The Hague FM and/or TV) > unknown (but likely low) gen. analog copies > wav > FLAC (level 8) > Dime >
Goody's additional lineage:
foobar2000 (WAV) > Audition (Correct phase inversion - tracks 1-5; Pitch Bender various amounts - tracks 1-9;
Align and center channels - all tracks; click repair; static reduced in spots; some tracking updated) >
TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)
Sound quality: vg++/4-5 out of 6
Updated cover artwork (front and back); back side of shelved vinyl album jacket cleaned up used from PDF.
Line-up:
Peter Green - guitar, vocals
Danny Kirwan - guitar, vocals
Jeremy Spencer - slide guitar, vocals
John McVie - bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood - drums
THE HAGUE, CONGRESGEBOUW February 28, 1969
- started 7:15 p.m. –
Dutch TV and/or radio broadcast
1. INTRO 0:10
2. ONE-SIDED LOVE 3:51
3. STOP MESSIN’ AROUND 4:03
4. SAN-HO-ZAY 3:51
5. ALBATROSS 4:19
6. TALLAHASSIE LASSIE 5:39
7. BLUE SUEDE SHOES 4:58
8. TEENAGE DARLING (bass intro only) 1:04
9. TWIST & SHOUT (cut) 0:58
AMSTERDAM, CONCERTGEBOUW March 1, 1969
- started 0:00 a.m. –
Dutch “Pop Party” radio broadcast
10. INTRO 0:40
11. MERRY GO-ROUND 5:57
12. ONE-SIDED LOVE 3:51
13. DUST MY BROOM 3:35
14. GOT TO MOVE 3:57
15. PETER GREEN INSTRUMENTAL 2:32
16. SUGAR MAMA 4:59
17. I CAN'T HOLD OUT 9:45
18. TALLAHASSIE LASSIE (fades out)* 1:34
19. RADIO HOST OUTRO* 0:13
* from higher generation copy
Runtime: 65:55
Fleetwood Mac indeed played two shows in different cities on one night; first in The Hague at 7:15pm, and at midnight in Amsterdam. Pretty tough schedule for that night, I'd say.
About half an hour portions of each (originally of course longer) shows were recorded for b'cast:
The The Hague portion was either b'cast on radio and/or on Dutch TV; my source, fellow Dimer pernod told me about a Dutch fan who claims to have seen this show on TV; it seems though it was never re-b'cast. The Amsterdam show was radio b'cast as "Pop Party", perhaps a Dutch radio series of live shows (?)
A condensed one-hour long 10-track combo of the two shows was obviously b'cast on Dutch radio on April 20, 1969 (with the Amsterdam tracks placed first), and that version got into wider circulation and eventually reached the bloke behind Monstie Records in the late 80's/early 90's. In 1991/1992 Monstie Records eventually planned a vinyl release of 300 numbered copies for the dedicated Macanatix, titled "McBlues". However, at that point, the then new CD medium was massively taking over the reigns so the vinyl album never materialized. Discurios, a late 80's/early 90's protection-gap label did release the show on CD in 1992, though they retitled their version as "Roughage '69" - what they seem to have thought funny – and only used the striking main motif of the projected LP.
Anyway, I resurrected the original unused artwork for the front and back of the album jacket and – some 25+ years after its creation - you fellow Dimers may consider yourself lucky to be the first to see it in its full ...well "glory". :-) As some of you may have guessed, the design was OF COURSE highly inspired by legendary William Stout's most ingenious artwork for TMOQ's Jeff Beck album "Beckfast".
*Additional info for this new torrent:*
For those who are interested but may find the scanned liner notes too hard to read, here is the transcript of the original liner notes:
"Menu One, Menu Two (referring to the two intended vinyl sides).
MERRY GO-ROUND, ONE-SIDED LOVE, DUST MY BROOM, GOT TO MOVE, SUGAR MAMA.
ONE-SIDED LOVE, STOP MESSIN’ AROUND, SAN JOSÉ, ALBATROSS, BLUE SUEDE SHOES.
This album contains a complete one-hour radio broadcast of Fleetwood Mac live in Amsterdam, April 20th, 1969.
Caution: This record may endanger your moral and is not suitable for radio airplay! (Listen closely to Jeremy Spencer's impovised phrasing of "Come on over Baby, I want you to lick-a my dick!" in Blue Suede Shoes.) FLEETWOOD MAC – fun for the whole family!
Promotional copy no. ___2_____ of 300 only!
Thanks to Moni - (Mouse) for spiritual and pecuniary funds.
Mac Monstie
For further fun: get yourself a Cadillac FLEETWOOD! (Available in every musem)"
Of particular musical note are the two inspired versions of the non-album track "One-Sided Love" and the VERY rarely played "Merry Go-Round" from their debut album.
Sincere thanks go to our fellow Dimer pernod whose *most substantial* contributions – time-consuming sound quality checks & comparisons, discussions with yours truly, background info, adding the previously missing last two Amsterdam tracks and the poster scan etc., etc. – helped share with you the best possible "product". Thanks a kazillion, Bert!
Please do NOT sell this show or spread it in lossy formats - otherwise: trade, share, collect – and enjoy! Always looking forward to your comments and possibly even further info...
Uploaded to Dimeadozen on August 8, 2017 by DocDondy for all fellow-Dimers and Macanatix to enjoy.
Mac ahoy!
Th:)mas
Goody's additional notes - I'm here ta help!
Tracks 1-5 - Fixed phase inversion. (I don't know how this sht happens, but it do!)
Tracks 1-9 - Fixed speed/pitch.
Aligned and centered all tracks - sound is more focused now.
Many clicks reduced and/or repaired.
Static reduction wherever possible to reveal the music underneath, especially in the softer Peter and Jeremy spots from Amsterdam - they're much more listenable now, imho!
Thank you so much Th:)mas and all others along the way!
Text updated for this edition - August 2, 2020
RIP Peter Green: 29 October 1946 – 25 July 2020
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