Jimi Hendrix 1970-06-13 Civic Center, Baltimore, MD(5th source)

 1970-06-13 Baltimore 5th source - the 'so-called soundboard tape'


Thanks to CTT member carlygtr56 we have a new source for Baltimore70.

It starts with Machine Gun, and runs until the end of the show, omitting SSB.


There are only very faint vocals audible until near the end of Hear my Train, where (at 6:30) Jimi can very heard singing very clearly. From then on, the vocals are present very clearly and upfront in the mix.


Another remarkable characteristic of the sound of this tape is that there is almost no audience reactions audible. On the 4 other sources, the music is almost drowned by audience reactions at times, on for example the start of Hey Joe, or during Foxy Lady and Purple Haze.


Whether this is a tape recorded with a microphone or from a soundboard is still a bit of a mystery (to me, anyway). The difference in absence/presence of the vocals and the absence of near-mix audience reactions sure makes it seem like it has 'something' to do with a soundboard. But we're open to all theories


The last track on the disc is another mystery item.

Room Full Of Mirrors, seemingly 2 short takes from a session or rehearsal.

The pitch and tempo are almost identical to the RFOM version released on Morning Symphony Ideas, which was recorded in the Record Plant NYC on 25 sep 69. Its possible that these takes are earlier takes from that session, but its hard to be 100% sure about this because of the sound quality and how short the pieces are.


The torrent contains 2 folders, the 'raw' version which is exactly the disc we got from carlygtr56, and an 'edit' version. You can set your torrent client to download either or both versions.

The 'edit' version has been through phase correction, to deal with the soundsignal which goes from l to r channel quite a bit in the 'raw' version.

Also, a repeated section of Purple Haze has been deleted from the 'edit' version.


Lineage: ???>cassette>CDR>WAV>FLAC

Phase correction done with Adobe Audition 3.0


Huge Thanx to Carlygtr56 and Hawkfan369 who made this possible.



1970-06-13 (Saturday): Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
# tracks:

   1. Machine Gun
   2. Ezy Ryder
   3. Red House
   4. Message To Love
   5. Hey Joe
   6. Freedom
   7. Hear My Train A Comin'
   8. Room Full Of Mirrors
   9. Foxy Lady
  10. Purple Haze
  11. Voodoo Child (slight return) « Keep On Groovin'                       
  12. Room Full Of Mirrors (rehearsal)(probably not from Baltimore)
 

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