John McLaughlin (solo)
August 19, 1972
Munich, Germany @ Herkules-Saal des Deutschen Museums - Solo New Concert
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1. Stage announcement by J. E. Berendt > tuning 1:34
2. Waltz for Bill Evans (C. Corea) 10:00
3. Blue in Green (M. Davis) 5:52
4. Something Spiritual [Something's Missing] (D. Herman) 7:21
5. Good Bye Pork Pie Hat (C. Mingus) 9:36
6. Follow Your Heart (J. McLaughlin) 4:17
TT 38:40
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Mahavishnu Orchestra 
March 15, 1973
Brooklyn, NY @ Bananafish Gardens "ABC-TV In Concert"
FM/SBD > Pioneer TX-9100 > Akai GX-220 reel @ 3 3/4 IPS w/ Teac AN-60 Dolby > Scotch 200 reel >
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07.  Hope > One Word
08.  Resolution
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November 7, 1973
NYC, NY @ Palace Theatre "Don Kirschner's Rock Concerts"
TVSBD > ? > "The Mourning Flame Of Eternal Five" bootleg CD (listed as 11/24/73 Miami) > CDR
09. Sister Andrea
10. Hope > Celestial Terrestrial Commuters

August 19, 1972 Notes:
The venue was "Herkules-Saal des Deutschen Museums", München (Munich).
The concert was titled "Solo Now!" with five solo acts by Albert Mangelsdorff, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty and John McLaughlin.
This concert was part of the "JAZZ NOW!" Festival (August 17.-20., 1972) during the Olympic Games in Munich. The program was organized by Joachim Ernst Berendt.

I consider this an upgrade, although the improvements over goody's version are subtle rather than dramatic. In order not to degrade the very fine sound of the recording more than necessary, I started out from blackforest's original files and did all edits in 24 bit resolution. First, I repeated goody's speed fix (-58 cents). I manually repaired numerous small drops in volume (apparently due to tape degradation), either by boosting the volume or by splicing in tiny parts from the other channel. A further small flaw of this recording must be due to the original (live?) broadcast mix, which is somewhat uncommon, as all the room reverb is in the right channel only. During the applause, the stereo balance appears to have been modified, which caused inconsistencies right at the start of each tune as the balance was adjusted again. I tried to reduce these effects with small volume changes in both channels. Additionally, the right channel was a few samples ahead of the left, which suggested (at least when listening with headphones) that the guitar was to the right of the listener, together with the reverb. All in all, the sound field is more logical and consistent now. Finally, I applied a minimal amount of noise reduction and lowered the volume of the announcement, the initial tuning and the applause throughout by about 3 dB.




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