Traffic
Fillmore West,
San Francisco, CA
11/18/1970
Source: unknown stereo soundboard cassette from the collection of Jim Vita
Transfer: Cassette > Nakamichi DR3 > Sound Devices 744T > 24/48 wav - transfer by Jon Pasternak
Lineage: Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 10 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 11 Advanced > CD Wav > Flac 24
01 Intro by Bill Graham
02 Medicated Goo
03 Pearly Queen
04 Empty Pages
05 Heaven Is In Your Mind
06 40,000 Headmen
07 John Barleycorn Must Die
08 Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring?
09 Every Mother's Son
10 Gl//ad
11 Freedom Rider
12 Means To An End
13 Dear Mr. Fantasy
Steve Winwood - electric and acoustic guitars, organ, vocals
Chris Wood - electric piano, saxophone, flute
Jim Capaldi - drums, percussion, vocals
Rick Grech - bass, guitar
Comments:
Analysis of tracks which seems to confirm that this show is from the 18th.
Dave Hallman 2011-11-16
Comparing Live tracks on John Barleycorn Deluxe Edition (2011) and John Barleycorn (1999) remaster which are supposedly recorded Nov 18th & 19th 1970 at Fillmore East to soundboard from 1970-11-18.
Intro on 11/18 is different. Right after Bill Graham's "In association with her majesty the Queen, we bring you Traffic" one of the band members chuckles on this recording but not on the 2011 or 1999 reissues. Also, when a band member introduces Bill as the paramour this version is much clearer than either 2011 or 1999.
Medicated Goo:
Based on the wave forms viewed in GoldWave in the mid song transition these appear to be two different versions. In particular note the near ~1.5 seconds of silence in the JBDE 2011 version at the mid-song transition at 1:30, whereas on the 18th Capaldi kept playing at the 1:30 mark. Also, Steve’s solo starting at 1:41 is slightly different on the two versions.
Empty Pages
Last portion (verse starting with “Often lost and forgotten, the vagueness and the mud”. Again these two versions appear to be different.
40,000 Headmen.
In JBDE version at 3:20-3:45 or so during Chris’ flute solo Winwood says “Rolling and Rambling” 3 times and draws out the 2nd before saying……”with 40,000 Headmen on my trail”. Total song length is ~4:40
In 1970-11-18 soundboard at 3:35 – 3:45 during Chris’ flute solo Winwood says “Rolling and Rambling” only twice and draws out the first before singing……”with 40,000 Headmen on my trail”. At 4:12 Winwood emits a very audible ‘heh’ sound which is not present on the JBDE 2011 version. Total song length is ~5:05.
Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
Very different wave files. JBDE 2011 version is 5:30 min long. The 1970-11-18 soundboard version is 6:56. The track on the JB 1999 version is also 6:56 long. While the latter two versions have the same track length, the song actually ends at 6:45 on the 1999 version and 6:50 on the 1970-11-18 recording. This could easily be a speed difference, but the wave files are also different. The 2011 and 1999 versions also appear to be different which is very interesting.
Every Mother’s Son
6:50 on JBDE 2011
7:32 on 1970-11-18 soundboard
Last 40 seconds or so “Its only fair………I think its only fair” through to end. During applause at end Winwood plays 2 notes on keyboard in JBDE 2011 version at 6:54.1 and 6:54.5. In the 1970-11-18 soundboard version Winwood plays 3 notes on keys during the applause. These can be clearly seen in the left channel at 7:35.7, 7:36.5, and 7:36.9.
Glad > Freedom Rider
The keyboard intro is different on 2011 versus the 1970-11-18 recording, more of a flourish on JBDE 2011.
Freedom Rider on JBDE 2011 starts at 9:15 and runs to 14:29 (5:15). Freedom Rider on 1970-11-18 soundboard starts at 5:00 and ends at 9:31 (4:31). Very low rightt channel on this recording.
Beginning of both:
Comparing the Glad from 1999 versus 1970-11-18 the intro is different. Crowd clapping along on the 1999 version is very audible but not on 1970-11-18.
Again the 2011 and 1999 versions appear to be different, the 2011 version being much quicker tempo and with no crowd clapping at the begining.
NB: Timings in this version probably vary a little from that which Dave analysed.
Notes:
- The first 8 tracks hve been pitch corrected
- The last 4 tracks have been patched on from a 16 bit source after making azimuth adjustments.
- Static in the right channel of "Freedom Rider" has been removed.
- Transistions have been tidied up.
Thanks to Jim Vita for providing his tape.
Thanks to Jon Pasternak for doing the tranfer.
Thanks to Charlie Miller for facilitating.
edited and mastered
SIRMick
November 2023
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