Billy Cobham



Live @ Rainbow Theatre
London, England
Saturday, July 13, 1974

"Old Grey Whistle Test"

Billy Cobham - Drums
John Abercrombie - Electric Guitar
Alex Blake - Electric Bass
Michael Brecker - Tenor Saxophone
Randy Brecker - Trumpet
Glen Ferris - Trombone
Milcho Leviev - Keyboards


Menus & Chapters Included
Running Time: 33:49
Single Layer DVD5

01.  Introduction By Bob Harris
02.  Shabazz
03.  Tenth Pinn
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VIDEO ATTRIBUTES:
Source: VHS (unknown gen)
TV System: PAL (720x576)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Bitrate: 9500 kb/s

AUDIO ATTRIBUTES:
Source: SBD Vinyl & VHS (unknown gen)
Audio Coding Mode: LPCM
Sampling Rate: 48k
Bitrate: 1536 kb/s

VIDEO: Pro-Shot (4:3) > T.V. Broadcast (BBC) > VHS (unknown generation) > Sony DVD Standalone
Recorder (SP Mode; Dolby 2.0) > DVD5 > PC > VOB Merge 2.5 > DVD Lab PRO 2.0 (demuxed to
original mpeg2 file @ 9500 max, 4509 avg kb/s) > DVD5

AUDIO (Main Source): Stereo SBD > Original 33 1/3 RPM Vinyl (Shabazz - Live In Europe, Atlantic 
Records) > Technics SL-1200MK2 (RCA out's) > Yamaha RX-V1 (receiver pre-amp) > Cardas Golden 
Reference RCA's > Sony PCM-R300 @ 48k (w/ Super Bit Mapping) > Monster Interlink 200 Optical
Cable > ADS Tech RDX-150 (s/pdif) > Monster Digital Pro USB 2.0 Cable > PC > Sony Sound Forge 
9.0 @ 48k > WAV > Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 > WAV > DVD Lab PRO 2.0 > DVD5

AUDIO (Secondary Source): Mono SBD > T.V. Broadcast (BBC) > VHS (unknown generation) > Sony 
DVD Standalone Recorder (SP Mode; Dolby 2.0) > DVD5 > PC > VOB Merge 2.5 > Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 
> WAV > DVD Lab PRO 2.0 > DVD5
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Audio Notes: The audio on the vinyl release was edited in many parts as I would assume due to the
recording time limitations of vinyl.  I never would have known the songs were edited if I didn't have
this video.  In the spots where the audio is (cleverly) missing on the vinyl release, I had to patch it 
with the original audio.  In conjunction with syncing the vinyl source in Sony Vegas Pro 8.0, I also 
used Sony Sound Forge 9.0's time compress tool.  Up until January 13, 2008, this show was only
available on Vinyl, cassette and 8-track.  It is now available on CD.  Each format has the same length
for all the songs.  They are all edited in the same spots.

***The first 3 minutes and 37 seconds of "Shabazz" are not on the video***

Here are the exact times in the video where the original audio had to be patched in:

01:07 > 02:27
10:19 > 12:14
13:44 > 14:14 (Banter, No Music Is Missing Here)
18:11 > 19:25
20:44 > 21:35
22:06 > 23:05
26:01 > 27:36
28:10 > 29:15
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Note: At the end of the broadcast, the credits state that this show was played on June 13, 1974.  That
is a typo.  The correct date is July 13, 1974.  Even Bob Harris makes the mistake of saying June.
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VHS Recorded by: Unknown

DVD Produced & Authored by: STLBlues