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MICHAEL NESMITH - LONDON 1975 [R.I.P. 1942 - 2021]

January 5, 2022 – 6:03 am

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MIKE NESMITH R.I.P. 1942 - 2021

Michael Nesmith, who achieved global fame as a member of the pop group the Monkees, has died on December 10 aged 78. “With infinite love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes,” his family said in a statement. “We ask that you respect our privacy at this time and we thank you for the love and light that all of you have shown him and us.”

Nesmith was the group’s guitarist, and also one of its songwriters, for tracks including The Girl I Knew Somewhere, Listen to the Band and Mary, Mary. With Nesmith alongside Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork, the Monkees had huge hits including US chart-toppers Daydream Believer and I’m a Believer, having been formed for a TV sitcom about a rock’n’roll band. Nesmith successfully auditioned for the role of “Mike” in the show, in October 1965, having begun his music career as a jobbing folk music performer in Los Angeles. Davy Jones died in 2012; while Peter Tork passed away in 2019. - theguardian.com

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MICHAEL NESMITH
London 1975 [no label, 2CD]
Live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, UK; December 30, 1975. Very good audience recording.

Thanks to TheCommish for sharing the show at Dime.

TheCommish noted:

Here’s a show that I downloaded here on DIME back in March 2006 when it was shared by forthelonely. It’s often listed as a soundboard but it’s likely just a pretty nice-sounding audience recording since you can hear the microphone rustling every once in a while.

The tracking of the original files was poor; the number of files exceeded the number of songs in the tracklisting so nothing lined up. Further, there were occasional gaps (most often in the between-song applause). So for this torrent I re-tracked the show and removed the small gaps and a couple other small flaws. However, no adjustments were made to the volume or sound quality of the recording.

There’s quite a bit of talk before/after songs so for tracking I tried to best match the talking to the related songs. It’s not perfect by any means but it’s a lot better than the tracking of the original FLAC files.

There are still some occasional flaws in the recording (for example, during Different Drum) but overall it’s a good listen given the age of the recording.

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Lineage:
Original FLAC files downloaded from DIME in March 2006 > Trader’s Little Helper > WAV > Nero WaveEditor (to combine files and to edit out gaps) > CD Wave Editor (to parse tracks) > Trader’s Little Helper > FLAC

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Disc 1
Track 101. Introduction/Calico Girlfriend 8:15
Track 102. Joanne 4:27
Track 103. Mama Nantucket 7:26
Track 104. Silver Moon 8:03
Track 105. Listen To The Band 5:13
Track 106. Crippled Lion 4:17
Track 107. Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun To Care) 5:03
Track 108. Different Drum 4:07
Track 109. Roll With The Flow 5:54
Track 110. Some of Shelley’s Blues 7:07
Track 111. Grand Ennui 9:08
69 mins

Disc 2
Track 201. Introduction 3:22
Track 202. Harmony Constant 4:17
Track 203. One Rose 6:36
Track 204. The Other Side of Goodbye 5:30
Track 205. Wax Minute 5:31
Track 206. Life the Unsuspected Captive 9:24
Track 207. Dance Between The Raindrops 9:26
Track 208. Marie’s Theme 5:29
Track 209. Lampost 4:28
54 mins

Lineup:
Michael Nesmith - guitar, vocals
Red Rhodes - pedal steel
Steven Leach - guitar
Dave Pegg - bass
Dave Mattacks - drums

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