Late 1968 - Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, U.S.A. (WMMS-FM)
This new (2011 transfer) is an upgrade in sound & even includes a few more seconds of jamming at the beginning of the track (THX!!!).
Joe Walsh - Guitar
Tom Kriss - Bass
Jim Fox - Drums
Taper: Unknown
Taping Gear: Unknown
Lineage: Maxell UD trade reel @ 3 3/4 IPS> Akai GX-220D playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)> Downloaded in August 2011> TLH (WAV)> Audition (Pitch Bender - 34 cents)> TLH (FLAC Level 8, Sector boundaries aligned)
Quality: vg+ (PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION BELOW)
Length: 11:27 minutes (BP3's new 2011 transfer; 2 tracks total = 22:44 minutes)
01. Jeff's Boogie Jam (BP3's 2011 transfer - Upgrade - Speed Corrected)
02. Jeff's Boogie Jam (JAJ's 2003 offered version - Speed Corrected)
Show description & comments follow: This is a weird one. It came as filler on a trade marked "James Gang - Kent State - WMMS - '68". It appears to be a live in the studio recording. Of course, WMMS-FM was in Cleveland, and Kent State wasn't (but close), so maybe the connection is that the band were students at Kent State, and the tape was taken to WMMS-FM to be broadcast? WMMS-FM started up circa October 1968, so it likely has to be after that. Walsh's guitar is way up in the mix, and Fox's drums are a bit buried, but for the era it sounds pretty good. I'm calling this "Jeff's Boogie Jam" as that's the basic theme for most of it, but there's countless BEATLES, YARDBIRDS and many other riffs present here. Lots of wah-wah and echoplex, especially towards the end. If anybody knows more details about this session, and whether there was more of it, please leave that information in the comments section for everybody's benefit.
Enjoy.
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