Universal Amphitheatre
Los Angeles, CA
September 8, 1974
Barry Goldstein Master Series Vol. Four via JEMS
Recording Gear: Sony TC-55 portable cassette recorder
JEMS 2023 Transfer: Barry Goldstein Master Cassette > Nakamichi RX-505 azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 3.1 capture > iZotope RX > iZotope RX9 Advanced and Ozone 9 > MBIT+ resample to 16/44.1 > Audacity > xACT 2.50 > FLAC
01 1984
02 Rebel Rebel
03 Moonage Daydream
04 Sweet Thing > Candidate > Sweet Thing (Reprise)
05 Changes
06 Suffragette City
07 Aladdin Sane
08 All The Young Dudes
09 Cracked Actor
10 Rock 'n' Roll With Me
11 Knock On Wood (end cut)
12 It's Gonna Be Me (start cut)
13 Space Oddity
14 Future Legend
15 Diamond Dogs
16 Big Brother > Chant Of The Ever-Circling Skeletal Family
17 Time
18 The Jean Genie
19 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
20 John I'm Only Dancing (Again)
Known Faults:
-Knock On Wood: end cut
-It's Gonna Be Me: start cut
JEMS is thrilled to continue our partnership with longtime Southern California taper Barry Goldstein. Barry began taping in the early ‘70s and has been active ever since, though his later work focused more on video than audio. In his heyday, Barry was a dual threat, recording the shows he attended and photographing too with impressive results.
His master tapes circa 1973-83 include previously uncirculated shows and recordings of David Bowie, Genesis, Roxy Music, Fleetwood Mac, Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Supertramp, The Who and others.
Beyond his own captures, Barry was a close friend of the late, great Mike “The Mike” Millard, attending many concerts with him as well as recording nights and concerts Mike didn't cover. Like Jim R, Barry shared Mike the Mike tapes with JEMS that are not in general circulation for our continuing Lost and Found series.
The fourth release in the series is a special one indeed as a previously uncirculated David Bowie performance, the last night of a seven-show run at the Universal Amphitheatre in 1974 that kicked off the second North American leg dubbed The Soul/Philly Dogs tour.
Soul/Philly Dogs expanded the band line-up with five extra back-up singers (notably including Ava Cherry and Luther Vandross), the departure of Michael Kamen on keyboards, and the arrival of Carlos Alomar on rhythm guitar, along with the new rhythm section of Doug Rauch on bass and Greg Errico on drums.
In addition to showcasing a number of songs from Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane, plus tasty older cuts like "Space Oddity," "Changes" and "Suffragette City," the set features the Bowie-penned Mott The Hoople hit "All The Young Dudes," the future Young Americans outtake "It's Gonna Be Me" and the remade and remodeled "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)." A cover of Eddie Floyd's "Knock On Wood" also features, but unfortunately the song gets cut on a tape flip.
That cut and a couple of spots of close talkers aside, Barry's recording is remarkable for the era offering full, up-close sound, almost no hiss or noise and clear fidelity not heard in many recordings from this era. Samples provided. Barry's still using the same self-contained Sony recorder and getting great results, thanks in no small part a great seat in section nine, close to the PA on the side.
We believe this to be the first recording of this show to ever surface and as such adds another great piece of history to Bowie's recorded concert history. Eight days later, Mike Millard would record the same tour at the Anaheim Convention Center (Vol. 31 in the Lost and Found series), but Barry's recording is the superior document.
JEMS thanks Barry for trusting us with his incredible audio, video and photographic work (his photo from the show is featured on the included cover art), and for deciding now was the time to share that work widely with fans. Please let him know how much you appreciate it in the comments.
Of course, these shows wouldn't be uploaded and downloaded if it wasn’t for the contributions of mjk5510. As always, we couldn’t do it without him. Shout outs as well to Professor Goody for his pitch prescription and to the Genesis Museum for their outstanding, on-going efforts to make high resolution scans of vintage negatives, slides and film taken by pioneers like Barry Goldstein.
We look forward to sharing more of Barry's master recordings in 2024.
BK for JEMS
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