Van Morrison - Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Van Morrison
Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert
Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, CA
TV Broadcast/Mono Soundboard Recording
Broadcast on April 18, 1973
MP3 224kps
Cover Art Included

01 I’ve Been Working
02 Caravan
03 Gloria
04 Flamingos Fly
05 Cypress Avenue

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The Doobie Brothers - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1974 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

The Doobie Brothers
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1974
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included

01 Instrumental Jam
02 China Grove
03 Long Train Running
04 Clear as the Driven Snow
05 With Out You

Tom Johnston – guitars, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
Patrick Simmons – guitars, banjo, flute, vocals
Tiran Porter – bass, vocals
Keith Knudsen – drums, percussion, vocals
ohn Hartman – drums, percussion, backing vocals

I have a few Don Kirshner shows that I will be posting. This one is a little muddled but listenable. All the DVDs that I will be ripping for these shows are from old VHS tapes that have been made into DVDs. The tapes of course fade with age so some sound is lost, I won't post any of the bad ones.

Thanks to Rock Rare Collection Fetish for the custom cover art.

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Rare Earth - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1974 & 1975 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Rare Earth
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1974 & 1975
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
No Cover Art
MP3 320kbps
96 MB
running time 41:58

01 Don Kirshner Intro
02 Keeping Me Out Of The Storm
03 Boogie With Me Children
04 (I Know) I'm Losing You
05 (I Know) I'm Losing You (reprise)
06 Get Ready

tracks 1-5 aired 1975
track 6 aired 1974

1974
Gil Bridges sax, flute, vocals
Jerry La Croix lead vocals, sax, harmonica
Reggie McBride bass, vocals
Paul Warren guitar, vocals
Edward Guzman congas, percusion
Bartholomew "Frosty" Eugene Smith-Frost drums
Gabriel Katona keyboards, vocals
Ray Monette guitar

1975
Chet McCracken drums

A fine set of performances from Rare Earth. This is after lead vocalist, drummer Peter Rivera had left the group. Rare Earth brought in Jerry La Croix formerly of Edgar Winter's White Trash, and Blood Sweat & Tears to sing. "Frosty" Eugene Smith-Frost replaced Rivera on drums in 1974. Chet McCracken replaced Frosty in 1975, but would leave by 1976 to join The Doobie Brothers.

Rare Earth was the first act signed to Motown's rock label, although not the first white act signed to Motown, that honor goes to The Rustix. They were however the first all white Motown act to have hits. Motown named their rock imprint Rare Earth Records. This surprised the band since they had only suggested it as a joke. Rare Earth was the opening act for the first California Jam. Rare Earth's cover of The Temptations "Get Ready" was their biggest hit landing at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, The Temptations version only hit No. 29. Their cover of "(I Know) I'm Losing You" landed at No. 7, The Temps version hit No. 8.

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Linda Ronstadt - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. Concert Hall. Long Beach Auditorium. Long Beach,CA 1974 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Linda Ronstadt
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Concert Hall
Long Beach Auditorium
Long Beach,CA
1974
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Intro
02 It Doesn't Matter Anymore
03 When Will I Be Loved?
04 Heart Like a Wheel
05 You're No Good
06 You Can Close Your Eyes
07 Silver Threads and Golden Needles (fade out)

Linda's guest on this one was comedian Steve Martin doing "Dueling Banjos for One Banjo". If you liked Linda's guest appearance with the Eagles you'll love this one as well. Linda was promoting her "Heart Like A Wheel" release at the time. An album that would hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. The album went gold in 1975, which was harder to do the way the system was set up back then. Billboard Magazine named Linda the Top Female Artist of The Year based on her singles and album chart performance. The album is now considered a classic of 1970's Pop/Rock.

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The Eric Burdon Band - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 02-09-1974 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

The Eric Burdon Band
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
February 9, 1974
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Cover Included

01 Show Intro
02 She Stole My Heart Away (aka First Sight)
03 Dragon Lady
04 Jim Crow
05 River Of Blood

This isn't the Long Haired Leaping Gnome of "Spill The Wine", this is an angry music akin to something Iggy Pop would be known for. I LIKE IT !! (Don't get me wrong I love War!) No horns or congas, just bass, drums, guitar and vocals. The performance centers around songs from the then unreleased soundtrack to Eric Burdon's movie MIRAGE. "She Stole My Heart Away" starts with monk throat chanting and is peppered with visions of a monk self immolating in front of MP's. "Jim Crow" is accented with visuals of Native American Warriors & Chiefs, while "River of Blood" is performed under overpowering blood red lights. The recording is very listenable with or without a little EQ.

Episode Summary:
Eric Burdon - "She Stole My Heart Away" (aka "First Sight"), "Dragon Lady," "Jim Crow" and "River of Blood."
Foghat - "Road Fever," "Home in My Hand," "Honey Hush" and "I Just Want To Make Love To You."
Mandrill - "Fat City Strut" and "Get It All."

About Mirage per Wikipedia:
Mirage was recorded as an album by Eric Burdon and The Eric Burdon Band in 1973 during the "Mirage Project". It was not released until February 27, 2008 by Universal.
Four "Mirage" sessions were released as a bootleg.
Mirage was scheduled to be released by Atlantic on June 1974. It never was. In 2006 AIM released a compilation Wild & Wicked which features some tracks of the Mirage project and the later "Comeback Project".
The album was also about the Vietnam War. The United Artists film Mirage was never made.
Album Track List:

   1. "Dragon Lady"
   2. "Jim Crow"
   3. "Ghetto Child"
   4. "Mind Arc"
   5. "River of Blood"
   6. "Driftin'/Geronimo's Last Stand"
   7. "Highway Mover"
   8. "Cum"
   9. "First Sight"
  10. "Mirage"
  11. "Stole My Heart Away (First Sight)"

The title song "Mirage" was written by Jimi Hendrix on the night he died. It was called "The Story of Jesus". Because it wasn't released for a long time, Burdon re-recorded it for the 2000 Hendrix tribute CD Blue Haze under the name Third Stone from the Sun/The Story of Life.

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Brownsville Station - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1974 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Brownsville Station
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1974
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
mp3 320kps
Cover Art Included

01 Smokin' In The Boys Room
02 Barefootin'
03 Sweet Little Rock n' Roller

Cub Coda guitar, vocals
Mike Lutz bass, vocals
Henry "H-Bomb" Weck drums

Garage Rock from the Motor City, Brownsville Station's biggest hit was "Smokin' in the Boys Room", off the Yeah album. Here you get the single and high energy versions of "Sweet Little Rock n Roller" and "Barefootin'" a song that almost every Detroit artist was doing at the time. A short performance but worth the listen. Brownsville boots are a little rare so enjoy.

Since my initial posting of this boot at D&P's Bootleg Tunz World Community Area, Hear Rock City posted it on their blog (not a bad thing share the music!!). They also created some nice custom art work when they posted it (thanks guys nice job!). Since I didn't have any covers I have included them in this posting.

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Argent - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Palace Theatre, New York City, NY 1973 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Argent
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Palace Theatre
New York City, NY
1973
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Cover Art Included

01 God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You
02 I Am The Dance Of Ages
03 I Don't Believe In Miracles
04 Fakir (incl/ Drum Solo)
05 It's Only Money
06 Hold Your Head Up

Rod Argent piano, organ, synth, vocals
Russ Ballard lead vocals, guitar, piano track 3
Bob Henrit drums, percussion
Jim Rodford bass, vocals

After the Zombies broke up, keyboardist/songwriter Rod Argent formed his own band in 1969, which incorporated more classical, jazz, and art rock influences in accordance with Argent's musical training. The group's other members were guitarist/songwriter Russ Ballard, bassist Jim Rodford, and drummer Bob Henrit. Argent's first two albums, Argent and Ring of Hands, received a fair amount of critical acclaim, but their real breakthrough came with 1972's All Together Now, which contained the Top Five smash "Hold Your Head Up"; In Deep produced a minor hit in "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You," which was covered by Kiss in 1992. By 1974, Ballard had developed his songwriting talents enough to leave for a solo career (Three Dog Night had a Top Ten single in 1971 with his "Liar," from Argent), and was replaced by guitarist John Verity and string player John Grimaldi. Without Ballard, the group lost its focus and indulged its tendencies toward extended art rock passages and improvisational solos to somewhat excessive levels. Argent broke up in 1976; Rodford joined the Kinks, while Argent himself recorded several solo albums and became a record producer, working with Tanita Tikaram, among others.

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Al Di Meola - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Aquarius Theatre, Hollywood, CA 1980 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Al Di Meola
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Aquarius Theatre
Hollywood, CA
1980
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
No Cover Art
MP3 320kps

01 Don Kirshner Intro
02 Senor Mouse
03 Egyptian Danza
04 Jumping Jack Flash (Instrumental)

Al Di Meola, guitar, percussion
Phillippe Saisse, keyboards
Tim Landers, bass
Robbie Gonzalez, drums

A nice sounding recording, and great performance from early in Al's career. Al's playing has had a big influence on the world of Heavy Metal, as well as Jazz. Instrumental Heavy Metal guitarists such as Steve Vai, James Murphy, Alex Skolnick, and Joe Satriani continuously name Al Di Meola as well as Frank Zappa as being a key influence on their style.

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The Allman Brothers Band & Friends - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1973 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Allman Brothers Band & Friends
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Saturday Night in Macon
The complete "Saturday Night in Macon"
Grand Opera House, Macon, Georgia
September 10, 1973
Television Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Art Included

Wet Willie
01 - Saturday Night In Macon Intro
02 - That's All Right
03 - Grits Ain't Groceries
04 - Country Side Of Life

The Marshall Tucker Band
05 - Take The Highway
06 - Can't You See
07 - Ramblin'On My Mind

The Allman Brothers Band
08 - intro by Bill Graham
09 - Done Somebody Wrong
10 - Southbound
11 - Midnight Rider
12 - Ain't Wastin' Time
13 - Statesboro Blues

Wet Willie:
Jimmy Hall, vocals, harmonica, saxophone
Jack Hall, bass
John Anthony, keyboards
Ricky Hirsch, guitar
Lewis Ross, drums
The Williettes featuring Donna Hall, backing vocals

The Marshall Tucker Band:
Toy Caldwell, lead guitars, lead & backing vocals
Doug Gray, lead & background vocals, percussion
Jerry Eubanks flute, sax, backing vocals
George McCorkle, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Paul Riddle, drums
Tommy Caldwell, bass

The Allman Brothers Band:Gregg Allman, organ, piano, guitar, vocals
Dickey Betts, guitar, slide guitar, vocals
Butch Trucks - drums, tympani
Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson, drums, percussion
Chuck Leavell, piano, synthesizer, background vocals
Lamar Williams, bass, vocals

Southern Rock invaded Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in September of 1973. The music scene in Macon Georgia was bursting at the seams in the early 1970's with The Allman Brothers Band spear heading the whole affair. The scene was so large that Don Kirshner and Bill Graham both came down to shine a camera light on it. Kicking off with the Dixie Fried Funk of Wet Willie to warm up the crowd, outside the Opera House on a flat bed truck, was a great idea. After that the capacity crowd is led in to the Opera House for a set from The Marshall Tucker Band. The MTB's brand of Jazz Influenced Country Rock is a perfect precursor to the Bluesed up Jazz of The Allman Brothers Band. The Allman Brothers Band's set flows with an ease that belies the hard times that the band had suffered. Easing into his role playing Dwayne Allman's slide parts, Dickey Betts never lets evidence through that he felt inadequate to play them. This is a great performance by all involved and should make a nice addition to any southern rock fans collection.

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Rory Gallagher - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1974 & 1975 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Rory Gallagher
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1974 & 1975
Tv Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Art Included

01 Cradle Rock
02 They Don't Make Them Like You Anymore
03 Who's That Comin'
04 A Million Miles Away
05 Let Me In
06 I Take What I Want
07 Ain't Too Good
08 Souped-Up Ford

Tracks 1-4 1974
Tracks 5-8 1975

Rory Gallagher guitar, vocals
Gerry McAvoy bass
Lou Martin keyboards
Rod de'Ath drums

The 74 performance concentrates on tracks from the Tattoo LP, and the 75 performance focuses on Against The Grain tracks. Rory and band are in fine form. This is a very listenable recording with or without a little EQ. There was a noticeable volume difference between the 74 & 75 tracks, I tried to compensate for this. The 1975 tracks had a lot of drop outs that I manually removed with Goldwave, resulting in some 65 edits for 4 tracks. I'd actually appreciate some feedback on the listenability of those tracks.

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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Don Kirshner Presents 1973 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Mahavishnu Orchestra
Don Kirshner Presents
The Banana Fish Garden, Brooklin NY March 15, 1973
The Palace Theater, New York City, NY November 7, 1973
TV Broadcast/FM Simulcast Recordings
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Cover Art Included

01 - Hope
02 - One Word
03 - Resolution
04 - Sister Andrea
05 - Awakening (snippet)
06 - Hope
07 - Celestial Terrestrial Commuters

Mahavishnu Orchestra:
John McLaughlin - guitar
Jan Hammer - piano, synth.
Billy Cobham - drums
Jerry Goodman - electric violin
Rick Laird - bass

Founded in 1971, the Mahavishnu Orchestra helped pioneer the Jazz Fusion movement. By 1973 however the mounting tensions between the bands members would be it's undoing. The original line-up would fold months after their Don Kirshner's Rock Concert performance. The second line-up would come to be called the "Real Mahavishnu Orchestra" by John McLaughlin. 1973 was also the year that McLaughlin would collaborate with Carlos Santana on the Love Devotion And Surrender album. This performance was my introduction to Mahavishnu Orchestra and I have been a fan ever since, but the original line-up is probably my favorite.

This recording comes from my bootleg DVD which has both the Don Kirshner's Rock Concert & ABC-TV In Concert performances. Don Kirshner was Executive Producer of In Concert when Mahavishnu Orchestra made their appearance on the show. By September of the same year he founded Don Kirshner's Rock Concert which remained on the air until 1981. The year MTV made it's debut.

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Ike & Tina Turner Review - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1975 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Ike & Tina Turner Review
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
xx-xx-1975
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Don Kirshner Intro
02 Oh My My (Can You Boogie)
03 Sexy Ida
04 Baby Get It On
05 Only Women Bleed (Alice Cooper cover)
06 I Want To Take You Higher (Sly & The Family Stone cover)
Ike & Tina rock the house in their typical high energy style. It's rather ironic that they chose to cover Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed", a song about spousal abuse, given the known history of the relationship. The raw emotion can be heard in Tina's voice when she cries .."Please don't make us bleed!"

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Don Kirshner's Rock Concert The Lost R & B Performances 1974 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
The Lost R & B Performances
Various Dates in 1974
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

The Commodores
01 Machine Gun

The Hues Corporation
02 Rock THe Boat

Kool & The Gang
03 Hollywood Swingin'
04 Jungle Boogir

Al Wilson
05 Show & Tell

Graham Central Station
06 Release Yourself
07 Can You Handle It?

Graham Central Station was formed by Larry Graham and Neil Schon, the original band name was Azteca. The band fused the Funk sounds Larry Graham was famous for, and the Latin Rhythms Schon loved playing in Santana. When Schon left to form Journey, Larry changed the name to Graham Central Station. "Show & Tell" was a No. 1 hit for Al Wilson, as was "Rock The Boat" for Hues Corporation. The Commodores only reached No. 24 with their first hit "Machine Gun". Kool & The Gang hit No. 6 on the Hot 100 with "Hollywood Swingin'", and No. 1 on the R&B Charts. "Jungle Boogie" hit No. 4 on the Hot 100 while hitting No. 2 on the R&B Charts.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 02-15-1977 (SBD)

Bob Marley & The Wailers
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
February 15, 1977
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 No Woman, No Cry
02 Jammin'/Get Up, Stand Up
03 Exodus
04 Crazy Baldheads/Running Away

Another Kirshner Broadcast I received in a trade. This one sounds pretty good, a small amount of fuzz can be heard toward the beginning of "Crazy Baldheads". It sounds like the antenna needed to be adjusted, or someone walked in front of them (remember old school TV ?). Credited as bringing Reggae to the commercial forefront, this short performance shows why Marley was such a phenomenon.

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