Jean-Luc Ponty: Minneapolis 1986 (Soundboard) FLAC

Mississippi Riverbank Club
Minneapolis, MN, USA
July 26, 1986

Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Violin
Frank Gambale - Guitar
Kai Akagi - Keys
Baron Browne - Bass
Rayford Griffin - Drums

Source: Stereo Soundboard
Quality: Excellent (A/A+)
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1. Overture/Trans-Love Express
2. Cosmic Messenger
3. Infinite Pursuit
4. Perpetual Rondo
5. Elephants In Love
6. Cats Tales
7. The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea (Cut/Tape Flip > Fades Out)
8. ???
9. Nostalgic Lady
10. Plastic Idols
11. Don't Let the World Pass You By
12. Open Mind

An excellent set in support of the "Fables" album at what sounds like a fairly small club. Superb sound, a killer rhythm section and the great Frank Gambale make this a must have for fusion and Ponty fans. Enjoy!

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Jean-Luc Ponty: Pittsburgh 1978 (Soundboard) FLAC

**Remastered Undercirculated Soundboard**

Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
1978-10-25 [October 25, 1978]

Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violins, keyboards
Ralphe Armstrong - electric basss
Allan Zavod - keyboards
Casey Scheuerell - drums, percussion
Jamie Glaser - guitars and synthesisers
Joaquin Lievano - guitars

Source: Soundboard
Lineage: SBD > ?? (probably cassette) > ?? > CDr > EAC (Secure) > .Wav > Click 'n' Edit Sound LE > CDr > EAC (Secure) Wav > FLAC (L5/SBA)
Quality: >>> Barkndog remaster <<< Good/Decent (B/B+) but hissy in parts

Disc One
Aurora
Cosmic Messenger
The Art of Happiness
Don't Let The world pass you by
I only feel good with you

Disc Two
The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea
[Band Introduction]
Ethereal Mood>
Wandering on the Milky Way
Egocentric Molecules
Encores:
New Country
Imaginary Voyage Reprise [cut/faded]

OU NOTES: Just about every circulating JLP show has been up on DIME, but I don't think this one has made it. I received this great show from the killer "Cosmic Messenger" tour in a trade years ago, but it sounded very muddy - probably transfered to CDr from cassette with Dolby on! Doh! Anyhow, I liked the show so
much I ran it thru the graphic equalizer on a very basic sound editing program called Click 'n' Edit Sound. I have much more advanced software now and could probably do a much better job, but unfortunately I don't have the time to rework it again. This does sound much better than the original version though. I also retracked the show as well and added fades where necessary. Enjoy!

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Jean-Luc Ponty: Pawtucket 1978 (Dan Lampinski Aud Master)

Leroy Theatre
Pawtucket, RI
13 October 1978
Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

CD1
01 Aurora, Part I
02 Aurora, Part II
03 Cosmic Messenger
04 The Art Of Happiness
05 Don't Let the World Pass You By
06 I Only Feel Good With You
07 Enigmatic Ocean (spliced)
08 Band Intros
09 Wandering On The Milky Way
10 Egocentric Molecules
11 New Country

CD2
01 E: Imaginary Voyage

Ambrosia opened

Nakamichi 550 Tape Recorder
Two Nakamichi CM-300 Microphones
Maxell cassettes
Mastered and FLAC'ed by Carl Morstadt

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FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger
No EQ'ing.

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Jean-Luc Ponty: Pawtucket 1977 (Dan Lampinski Aud Master) FLAC

Leroy Theater
Pawtucket, RI
22 July 1977
Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

01 Tarantula
02 Imaginary Voyage
03 The Gardens Of Babylon
04 New Country
05 Wandering On The Milky Way (violin solo) >
06 Fight For Life

Jean-Luc Ponty- violin
Daryl Steurmer- guitar
Ralph Armstrong- bass
Allan Zevod- keyboards
Steve Smith- drums

Opening for Renaissance

Nakamichi 550 Tape Recorder
Two Nakamichi CM-300 Microphones
Maxell cassettes
Mastered and FLAC'ed by Carl Morstadt

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FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger
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Dan Lampinski recorded over 100 concerts in the Providence/Boston area, mostly between 1974 and 1978. His earliest recordings were made with an internal microphone deck, and though they are somewhat lo-fi compared to his later work, some very great moments in rock history were captured for posterity. In late 1974 he bought a Sony TC-152SD tape recorder, a Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone, and began using Maxell cassettes. He was also fortunate enough to have a friend who provided excellent taping seats for many shows, resulting in high quality recordings. In 1977, he switched over to a Nakamichi 550 tape recorder, two Nakamichi CM-300 microphones, and continued using Maxell cassettes.
He recorded many of the major 70's bands: Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, ELP, Kiss, Black Sabbath, The Who, Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Supertramp, Jean-Luc Ponty, Moody Blues, Neil Young, The Faces, Rush, Rick Wakeman, Kansas, as well as several "under the radar" acts.
Since Dan never traded copies of his recordings, they are all essentially uncirculated. Some copies were made for friends, but these releases are the first time most of these recordings have ever seen the light of day, and are direct from his master cassettes. No EQ'ing has been done to any of the transfers. Feel free to EQ, matrix, patch, etc and re-post if you like, just give Dan credit for the original recording.
Dan was very meticulous about taking good care of his tapes and is very pleased that these recordings will now circulate among the trading community. Please honour his kindness and generosity by sharing these recordings freely.
This transfer is available as 16bit/44.1KHz flac files suitable for CD burning.
Always remember - the more generous you are with your music, the more it comes back to you.
Kev & Carl June 2009

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Jean-Luc Ponty: New York 1975 (FM) FLAC

Jean-Luc Ponty
Darly Steurmer- guitar
Mike Wolf- keyboards
Tom Fowler- bass
Norm Fearrington- drums
the Village Gate
New York City, N.Y.
September 1, 1975
performance quality: A (hot set)
recording quality: A-
source: FM (1st or 2nd gen. not sure)
runtime: 53:43
setlist:
1: Radio Announcer Band Introductions
2: How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That?
3: Echoes of The Future
4: Polyfolk Dance
5: Upon The Wings Of Music
6: Radio Announcer

OU Comments:
A fine radio broadcast from the Big Apple with some prime Ponty on his 1st solo band tour. The 1st tune is probably a leftover relic from his 1973 tour with Frank Zappa, the rest are all from his 1st solo record, Upon the Wings of Music, with my favorite Ponty drummer. This guy can really play. It's a short set, but I think the whole thing. the tape was flipped just before upon the wings.
I got this from a guy from Binghamton, N.Y. many years ago on a Maxell XLII-S cassette, and it sounds clean. This tour began a long and productive mergence of Ponty with Daryl Steurmer before he joined with Genesis. Most of my favorite Ponty band albums have Steurmer on guitar, including this one.

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Jean-Luc Ponty: Los Angeles 1987 (VG+ Aud) FLAC

A Qualitybootz Exclusive World Premiere

Greek Theatre-Los Angeles, CA 10-10-1987
Randy's Master cassette>JVC TD-WD110>Soundblaster Live!>Audacity>CD Wave Editor>Trader's Little Helper>QualityBootz-Exclusively!

1. Enigmatic Ocean
2. Infinite Pursuit
3. New Resolution
4. Faith In You
5. No More Doubts
6. Between Sea & Sky
7. Metamorphosis (cuts in-tape flip)
8. The Gift Of Time
9. Prelude
10. In The Kingdom Of Peace
11. Once A Blue Planet
12. Individual Choice
13. Modern Times Blues
14. Elephants In Love
15. Open Mind (inc.)
Encore, missed because I ran out of tape, was a very rockin' New Country.

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