The Beach Boys - SMiLE (unreleased studio) 1966 - FLAC

The Beach Boys are finally releasing the official version of what Rolling Stone Magazine has called "the most famous unfinished album in Rock & Roll history". It hits stores in the USA Nov. 1st, UK Oct. 31st.

You can download this fan created version from the links below, but I encourage you to buy the Official Release at http://www.thebeachboys.com -RMac©

This is true Rock N' Roll history. The harmonies of the Beach Boys are 100% amazing and if you appreciate the history of popular music this is essential listening. This version of the legendary unreleased SMiLE album, (one of Brian Wilson's works of genius) is presented by Purple Chick known for her fan releases of Beatles works.

I can't say enough about the quality of this release. It is outstanding. It is a pleasure to listen to, start to finish. The historical value is worth the download alone. I don't know how long this will be up here because a version of this was officially released in 2004, though very different (Brian Wilson re-recorded much of the content and much of what is presented here is not in the official release). I have renamed all the tracks with proper titles, tagged everything with all information and artwork as is my custom. It is my honor to present to you possibly the most talked about unreleased album of all times, The Beach Boys unreleased classic "SMiLE".

-Presented by RMac©

Original notes:

The Beach Boys

SMiLE - a STEREO reconstruction

(or "Not another damn SMiLE mix??!!??")

by Purple Chick

SBD > ? (many varied sources, I'm sure) > 'original' CDR > EAC > FLAC > you

1: Our Prayer/Gee

2: Heroes And Villians

3: Roll Plymouth Rock

4: Barnyard

5: Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine

6: Cabin Essence

7: Wonderful

8: Song For Children

9: Child Is Father Of The Man

10: Surf's Up

11: I'm In Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop

12: Vega-Tables

13: On A Holiday

14: Wind Chimes

15: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

16: In Blue Hawaii

17: Good Vibrations

Very Unnecessary Bonus Tracks:

18: Vega-Tables (vocals only)

19: Our Prayer/Gee (mono)

20: Heroes And Villians (mono)

21: Roll Plymouth Rock (mono)

22: Child Is Father Of The Man (mono)

23: Surf's Up (alternate)

24: I'm In Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop (mono)

25: Vega-Tables (mono)

26: In Blue Hawaii (with mono sections)

27: Good Vibrations (stereo - original lyrics)

Brian Wilson's 2004 arrangement of SMiLE as performed by the Beach Boys back in the day. In glorious STEREO, just like it says on the cover. We decided to do it the way we imagined which necessitated edits, manipulation, speed tempo and pitch correction, etc. Despite killing all the sacred cows it sounds mighty fine to us.

seeder's note:

There have been many, many other attempts at reconstructing SMiLE. This one is by far the best I've heard. It all flows together beautifully, the arrangements and cuts are probably as good as we're going to get. Also, unlike any other version, it's almost completely in stereo. I think only "On A Holiday" is mostly mono, by necessity. Good Vibrations really packs a punch.

So if you're downloaded other versions, you might want to take a chance on this one also.

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Van Halen - Pasadena CA 10-15-1977 SBD Flac

Van Halen

Pasadena Convention Center

October 15th, 1977

Bootleg title: "The Nightmare Before Halloween"

Lineage of show: SB >1st gen cass>Kenwood KX-77CW tape deck>Creative Labs Audigy 2 24bit>WAV>Adobe Audition>WAV>FLAC Frontend>FLAC(level 6)

Quality of show: A+

Transferred by Wooda

File Size: 371 MB, FLAC

Total Time: 58:01

1. On Fire (Rehearsal) Instrumental

2. Voodoo Queen (Rehearsal) Instrumental

3. Atomic Punk (Rehearsal) Instrumental

4. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Rehearsal)

5. On Fire (Rehearsal)

6. On Fire

7. Feel Your Love Tonight

8. Runnin' With The Devil

9. Atomic Punk

10. Little Dreamer

11. Somebody Get Me A Doctor

12. Ice Cream Man

13. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

14. Eruption

15. D.O.A

16. You Really Got Me

Notes from Wooda:

Wrongly dated for far too long, it's time to set the record straight.

THe mighty VH never played another show at the civic after this date, so throw away all those 12/20/77 average sounding boots, and settle into this experience complete with rehearsals

QUALITY: What can I say about this show except that it smokes all 12/2077 versions you will find, and Unlike all those wrongly dated boots, this one comes complete with the rehearsels.

Just who is the Sandy that DLR is giving a shout out to during the Ain't Talkin' Bout' Love rehearsal?

Well go dig yourself up a vinyl copy of the first LP and find out for yourself!!!!

NOTES: This is what they thought would be their final club show before the first tour, but they did manage to get in a few more.

Transferred, edited and brought to you by Wooda and LIVE1 Productions

I have tagged art and song info, and made a playlist. This is a must for VH fans.

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Led Zeppelin - "Hampton Rhodes" Hampton, VA 9-9-1971 SBD Flac

Led Zeppelin, Hampton Roads Coliseum

September 9, 1971, Hampton, Virginia

Soundboard Recording

Master > Open Reel > DAT

01 - Immigrant Song

02 - Heartbreaker

03 - Since I've Been Loving You

04 - Black Dog

05 - Dazed and Confused

06 - Stairway To Heaven

07 - Celebration Day

08 - That's The Way

09 - Going to California

10 - What Is and What Should Never Be

11 - Moby Dick

Good Soundboard recording, start of Immigrant song is cut but otherwise a great listen. This is a repost.

Fileserve Here

Hotfile Part1 and Part2

Robert Plant - Womad Festival 7-29-2005 Rivermead, Reading UK (FM Broadcast Source) Flac

Artist :- Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation

Venue: - Womad Festival

Location: -Rivermead, Reading UK

Date: - 2005/07/29

Source: - FM

Lineage :- CD>Audiograbber>WAV>TLH>Flac level 8

Quality: -10/10 imo

Artwork: - Yes from zepplinart.com

File Size: - 359mb

Great set from Percy and The Strange Sensation. Excellent sound quality. I got this from the folks at T.U.B.E. but the files had no track names or tags. I changed the tracks names to reflect the song titles, added tags with full info, created a playlist and md5 files. I Also created a new fingerprint file while saving the original one that TUBE included so that you can see the audio was not touched in any way.

Enjoy!

Track listing:

Shine It All Around

Black Dog

Freedom Fries

That’s The Way

Another Tribe

Four Sticks

Tin Pan Valley

Gallows Pole

When The Levee Breaks

The Enchanter

Whole Lotta Love

Fileserve

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Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson Trio - "Funkhaus Hannover", Hannover (Germany), 12-14-72 DVD

Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson Trio - "Funkhaus Hannover", Hannover (Germany), December 14, 1972.

Ben Webster (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Niels Henning Ørsted-Pedersen (b), Tony Inzalaco (dr).

"Funkhaus Hannover", Hannover (Germany), December 14, 1972.

1 Putin

2 Sunday

3 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

4 Perdido

5 Come Sunday

6 For All We Know

7 Cottontail

lineage:

DVB-C> Nokia Mediamaster 9500 (d-box 1)> grabbing of MPEG2 datastream through SCSI connection to PC> DVB2000 Recorder software> harddisk> DVD authoring with TMPGEnc DVDAuthor 3>DVD+R.

No conversion of any kind has been applied; this is the actual broadcast signal.

PAL format/ aspect ratio 4:3/ audio: mp2 192 kbps 48 khz

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White Stripes 03/06/2006 "On The Planet" Zepp, Tokyo, Japan NTSC DVD & iTouch/iPod file (repost)

White Stripes

03/06/2006

"On The Planet"

Zepp, Tokyo, Japan

Video Source: Unknown - ProShot

Video Attributes: 720x480, NTSC, 4:3, 8899 kb/s

Audio Attributes AC3 48000Hz 384 kb/s tot , stereo 2.0

No Artwork

01 Interview

02 Blue Orchid

03 Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground

04 I Think I Smell A Rat (tease)

05 Shine On Harvest Moon

06 When I hear My Name

07 My Doorbell

08 (Very short Interview)

09 Jolene

10 Death Letter

11 Cannon (tease)

12 Passive Manipulation

13 I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart

14 Hotel Yorba

15 Interview - with video clip of The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

This is from a TV program that was broadcast on the "Music On! TV" channel in Japan. The TV program was called: 'On The Planet - Special Issue Volume 5'. This is the complete TV program but not the entire performance by the band. Thanks go out to the original uploader and to the original taper as well. Thanks for sharing! Please trade freely and never sell.

There are chapter marks after each song and a menu.

I have also ripped this DVD to an iTouch - iPod file.

Hotfile links for DVD and iTouch file Here

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Led Zeppelin "Mudslide" Pre-bootleg source, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada 3/21/1970 SBD Flac (repost)

Led Zeppelin

"Mudslide" Pre-bootleg source

Pacific Coliseum,

Vancouver, BC, Canada

March 21, 1970

Lineage: Maxell Type II (5th gen) > Wavelab > CD-R> EAC > Flac

I have tagged artwork and created playlist file. Artwork, md5 and ffp files also included. This is one of the earliest Led Zeppelin boots, a very cool listen.

-RMac©

01 Heartbreaker

02 Organ Improv./Thank You

03 What Is & What Should Never Be

04 Communication Breakdown/Ramble On

05 We're Gonna Groove

06 Since I've Been Loving You

07 Whole Lotta Love

review from UU:

21-Mar-70 Vancouver

Mudslide (TDOLZ Vol. 44)

Heartbreaker, organ solo/Thank You, What Is and What Should Never Be, Communication Breakdown (include. Ramble On), We're Gonna Groove, Since I've Been Loving You, Whole Lotta Love (middle cut).

March 21, 1970 show in Vancouver. Opinions are split on this tape. Some call it a "night to forget," were others call this a "demonic display." This release uses the soundboard tape source (not from vinyl). This is a title that is required for any collection. TDOLZ have packaged it using the TMQ cover, making this a celebration of the original vinyl release. The tape is poorly edited, but it definitely worth having. Communication Breakdown, with the Ramble On interlude, We're Gonna Groove, and Heartbreaker are definite stand outs. (Gerard Sparaco Jan 2000)

Hotfile download links:

part1

part2

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Led Zeppelin - Complete BBC Radio Sessions - Empress Valley Supreme Disc - FLAC (repost)

Led Zeppelin - Complete BBC Radio Sessions - Empress Valley Supreme Disc - FLAC

This is a nice bit of history folks. The quality varies on these recordings, some tracks are flat out perfect, some are just ok. All are listenable. FFP and md5 files included. I have tagged all tracks with song titles and artwork and created playlists for each disc. This is a must have for Zep fans. Please note, these tracks are in the "as broadcasted" original form. For the CD release of Led Zeppelin on the BBC, many of these tracks were omitted and many were overdubbed. This is the Raw Led Zeppelin playing live. Enjoy!

-RMac©

EMPRESS VALLEY LABEL - BLACK "MAXELL PRESENTS" BOXED SET VERSION

ORIGINAL SILVERS > EAC (SECURE) > WAV > FLAC FRONTEND (LEVEL 6, ALIGN ON SB's, VERIFY, TEST)

DISC 1

RADIO ONE SESSION- 1969.03.03 JOHN PEEL's TOP GEAR PLAYHOUSE THEATRE,LONDON (ORIGINAL BROADCAST) 1969.03.23

01) YOU SHOOK ME

02) COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

03) I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY

04) DAZED AND CONFUSED

WORLD SERVICE RADIO SESSION- 1969.03.19 RHYTHM & BLUES MAIDA VALE STUDIO,LONDON (ORIGINAL BROADCAST) 1969.04.14

05) ALEXIS KORNER INTRODUCTION

06) WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE

07) MORE CHAT

08) I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY

09) MORE CHAT

10) YOU SHOOK ME

11) SUNSHINE WOMAN

RADIO ONE SESSION- 1969.06.16 CHRIS GRANT'S TASTY POP SUNDAE LONDON (ORIGINAL BROADCAST) 1969.06.22

12) THE GIRL I LOVE HAS LONG BLACK WAVY HAIR

13) COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

14) SOMETHING ELSE

15) WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE

16) GROUP INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS GRANT

RADIO ONE SESSION- 1969.06.24 JOHN PEEL'S TOP GEAR MAIDA VALE STUDIO 4,LONDON (ORIGINAL BROADCAST) 1969.06.29

17) WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

18) COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

19) WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE

20) TRAVELLING RIVERSIDE BLUES

DISC 2

RADIO ONE SESSIONS- 1969.06.27 BBC ROCK HOUR PLAYHOUSE THEATER, LONDON (ORIGINAL BROADCAST) 1969.08.10

01) ALAN BLACK INTRO

02) COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

03) I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY

04) ALAN BLACK INTERVIEW

05) DAZED AND CONFUSED

06) INTERLUDE WITH ADRIAN HENRY

07) WHITE SUMMER-BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE

08) YOU SHOOK ME

09) HOW MANY MORE TIMES

BBC1 TV RECORDING- 1970.04.23 JULIE FELIX SHOW BBC TV STUDIOS, LONDON (ORIGINAL BROADCAST) 1970.04.26

10) WHITE SUMMER

11) BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE

DISC 3

RADIO ONE LIVE SESSION- 1971.04.01 JOHN PEEL SUNDAY IN CONCERT BBC TV STUDIOS, LONDON (ORIGINAL BROADCAST) 1971.04.04

01) JOHN PEEL INTRO

02) IMMIGRATION SONG

03) HEARTBREAKER

04) SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU

05) BLACK DOG

06) DAZED AND CONFUSED

07) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

DISC 4

RADIO ONE LIVE SESSION- 1971.04.01 JOHN PEEL SUNDAY IN CONCERT BBC TV STUDIOS, LONDON (ORIGINAL BROADCAST) 1971.04.04

01) GOING TO CALIFORNIA

02) THAT'S THE WAY

03) WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE

04) WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

05) THANK YOU

06) COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

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Jimmy Page - Outrider Tour - Cleveland 10-19-1988 FLAC (repost)

Jimmy Page

Outrider Tour - Cleveland 10-19-1988

This is from a French silver "The Outrider Tour" that was taken from an FM broadcast of the entire Cleveland show. The original artwork has incorrect info for the track listing. I photoshopped and corrected the track listing. I have included the wrong listing for those that might want it. I have seen the location listed as "Public Hall, Cleveland, Ohio", art says "Cleveland Music Hall". Unsure if this is pre-FM, though it seems that it is as there is no DJ banter etc.

When I first posted this I was accused of converting this from MP3 to Flac. I assure you that is not the case. I ripped it from CD and the EAC log is included. I cannot however tell you what the bootlegger did. It sounds great to my ears. If any of you sound nuts want to run a spectrum analysis on it, I'd like to know.

This is the first of many reposts I will be doing.

01 Who's To Blame

02 Prelude

03 Over The Hills And Far Away

04 Tear Down The Walls

05 Emerald Eyes

06 Midnight Moonlight Lady

07 In My Time Of Dying

08 Wasting My Time

09 Custard Pie

10 Train Kept A Rollin'

11 Stairway To Heaven

Cast of players:

Guitar - Jimmy Page

Vocals - John Miles

Bass - Durban Laverde

Drums - Jason Bonham

John Miles is quite an outstanding singer with a great vocal range. He is able to pull off covering songs originally done by both Robert Plant and Paul Rodgers, two legendary vocalists, as well as singing songs originaly crooned by the great Chris Farlowe. To me, the highlight of this disc is Midnight Moonlight Lady. In the middle of MML, Jimmy breaks into White Summer, then Black Mountainside and back into MML. Wonderfully done.

RMac©

Hotfile:

Part1

Part2

Part3

Fileserve folder HERE.

Rapidshare Files to be deleted

Any files I have on cRapidshare are scheduled to be deleted.

I no longer do business with them because they change policies and format way too often. I'm sick of the BS and have chosen to use Fileserve and Hotfile only.

I will try to upload previous posts onto one of these sites when I can. Some of my posts will simply be gone, never to be replaced. All I can say is if something has been deleted that you would like, request that it be re-upped and I will do my best.

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - Live At The BBC 1974-11-16 Pre-FM SBD - FLAC

Pink Floyd

Recorded Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, England

November 16th, 1974

Source: Possibly direct transfer from BBC Master?

This release is simply titled "Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - Live At The BBC 1974"

(BBCP-60015)

Lineage: Silver CD's > EAC > Wav > Flac

The OBI and artwork for this release has the EMI logo, though this is obviously not an official release.

I'm putting this one out there for the completists, the Pink Floyd freaks and the art freaks.

I don't believe this source is any different from the ones already out there (see above), but the sound on this is awesome. I love listening to this. I'd like to hear feedback as to if it is identical to the Harvested release.

This download includes 300dpi scans of the excellent artwork included with this set, which is the main reason I bought it. The visual presentation is stunning. Great packaging. This claims to be a Japanese release and is packaged as such, but it is more likely a Russian bootleg as the source I got it from was in Russia. The foldout was scanned in peices due to it's size. The only thing I did not scan was the reverse side of the foldout which is all in Japanese. I ran out of steam at that point, sorry. Also included is a cue sheet files that actually works, and a playlist files as well as an md5 file. If you post this on another site, please include these notes un altered and give credit to TTD. Also, please don't convert to crappy lossy files like mp3 except for your personal use.

Enjoy! Ralphster5150 aka RMac©.

Track listing:

01. Speak To Me

02. Breathe

03. On The Run

04. Time

05. The Great Gig In The Sky

06. Money

07. Us And Them

08. Any Colour You Like

09. Brain Damage

10. Eclipse

11. Echoes

Updated Fileserve here

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Led Zeppelin - "Reunion" (12-7-2007) FLAC - an RMac© Downloads Exclusive

Led Zeppelin

O2 Arena

December 10, 2007

London, England

Source: Audience Recording

This release is simply titled "Reunion"

(AETS-12107/1 and AETS-12107/2)

Lineage: Silver CD's > EAC > Wav > Flac

The OBI for this release has the Warner Brothers logo as well as the logo for The Ahmet Urtegen Tribute Show, though this is obviously not an official release.

This is yet another release of the most famous concert (so far) of this century, the Led Zeppelin reunion at the O2 Arena on 12/7/2007. I'm putting this one out there for the completists, the Led Zeppelin freaks and the art freaks.

I don't believe this source is any different from the ones already out there, though this silver CD seems a bit heavy on the bass.

This download includes 300dpi scans of the fabulous artwork included with this set, which is the main reason I bought it. The visual presentation is absolutley stunning. Great packaging. This claims to be a Japanese release and is packaged as such, but it is more likely a Russian bootleg as the source I got it from was in Russia. The foldout was scanned in pieces due to it's size and then put together to show as is in the package. The only thing I did not scan was the reverse side of the foldout which is all in Japanese. I ran out of steam at that point, sorry. Also included are cue sheet files that actually work, and playlist files as well as an md5 file. If you post this on another site, please include these notes un altered and give credit to http://rmacdownloads.blogspot.com/ . Also, please don't convert to crappy lossy files like mp3 except for your personal use.

Enjoy! Ralphster5150 aka RMac©.

Disc 1:

01. Intro

02. Good Times Bad Times

03. Ramble On

04. Black Dog

05. In My Time Of Dying

06. For Your Life

07. Trampled Under Foot

08. Nobody's Fault But Mine

09. No Quarter

10. Since I've Been Loving You

Disc 2:

01. Dazed And Confused

02. Stairway To Heaven

03. The Song Remains The Same

04. Misty Mountain Hop

05. Kashmir

06. Whole Lotta Love

07. Rock And Roll

Fileserve links here

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Links have been corrected

The Allman Brothers Band - No Exit From The Road - The Warehouse, New Orleans 12-31-1972 SBD FLAC

The Allman Brothers Band - No Exit From The Road - The Warehouse, New Orleans 12-31-1972 SBD FLAC

Lineage: Soundboard>Silver CD's>EAC>wave>Flac

Label: Westwood - WWOD-008/9/10

This is an RMac© Downloads Rip, by me from my silver CD's.

It's a soundboard recording, excellent sound, great show.

Includes full artwork, m3u playlist file, md5 file, ffp file, EAC logs.

Track list:

Disc1

01 - Wasted Words

02 - Done Somebody Wrong

03 - Statesboro Blues

04 - Ain't Wastin' Time No More

05 - One Way Out

06 - Stormy Monday

07 - Midnight Rider

08 - Ramblin' Man

Disc2

01 - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

02 - Hot 'Lanta

03 - Whipping Post

Disc3

01 - [Plugging in & tuning up]

02 - Help Me Baby

03 - Drunken Hearted Boy

04 - Don't Lie To Me

05 - You Don't Love Me

06 - Les Brers In A Minor

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Led Zeppelin - May 31st 1973 - Inglewood, California, LA Forum - "Bonzo's Birthday Matrix" - FLAC

Led Zeppelin

May 31st 1973

Inglewood, California, LA Forum

"Bonzo's Birthday Matrix" - A slumpymatrix Production

A combination of:

Bonzo's Birthday Party Definitive Edition [EVSD]

Bonzo's Birthday Party [Cobla]

and

Bonzo's Birthday Party [TDOLZ]

Track Listing:

Rock And Roll

Celebration Day

Black Dog

Over The Hills And Far Away

Misty Mountain Hop

Since I've Been Loving You

No Quarter

The Song Remains The Same

The Rain Song

Dazed & Confused

Stairway To Heaven

Moby Dick

Happy Birthday To You

Heartbreaker

Whole Lotta Love

The Ocean

Communication Breakdown

This is an awesome and legendary show. A great job was done combining sources and this is a pleasure to listen to! A must have for any Led-Head.

Artwork, flac fingerprint file, md5 file, playlist and fully tagged flac files included.

Hotfile and Fileserve links.

Eric Clapton PBS "In the Spotlight" - Nothing But the Blues - PBS Station Master Copy - DVD

Eric Clapton PBS "In the Spotlight" - Nothing But the Blues - PBS Station Master Copy - DVD

DVD | Covers, Artwork | 2.87 GB

Eric Clapton PBS "In the Spotlight" - Nothing But the Blues - PBS Station Master Copy

I have included artwork and screenshots. If you are an EC fan, you must have this!

Recorded at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, Ca., November 8-9, 1994

The Band:

Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals

Andy Fairweather Low Rhythm Guitar

Jerry Portnoy Harmonica

Chris Stainton Keyboards

Dave Bronze Bass

Andy Newmark Drums

Roddy Lorimer Trumpet

Tim Sanders Tenor Sax

Simon Clarke Baritone Sax

NTSC DVD-R1

Type: DVD

Region: 1

TV System: NTSC.

Video Stream:

Type: Interlaced MPEG2

Bitrate: 9.558 Mbps

Framerate: 29.970 Hz

Resolution: 704x480

Aspect ratio: 4x3

Audio Stream:

Type: Dolby Digital (AC3)

Bitrate: 256 Kbps

Number of channels: 2

Sampling Frequency: 48khz

Sampling Bits: 16

Geetarz Comments:

This is the oft-discussed PBS "In the Spotlight" program, featuring the one and only network broadcast of Martin Scorcese's Eric Clapton documentary, "Nothing But the Blues". The PBS program was only aired once, 1995.

Various copies of this broadcast are in circulation, all from broadcast sources of differing quality.

There was a home video release of "Nothing But ..." planned for the summer of 1995. Warner Music was in the pre-order process and taking orders. Some promotional copies were sent out as well, but were later recalled when the release was cancelled, for reasons no one has been able to ascertain.

The previous Geetarz / Button of this program was sourced from one of these Warner promo tapes, with stereo audio added from the radio show audio.

Some time ago I received in the mail an unmarked envelope with no return address; the postmark was from a large city where I have any number of friends and trading buddies. Imagine my surprise when I popped the DVD into my player, only to find what appears to be a pristine copy of "In the Spotlight", direct to DVD from a PBS Station master. Whoever you are ... THANK YOU!

The original DVD was burned on a standalone recorder. Standalone recorders are convenient but at times produce some noncompliant errors in the video stream. I was able to extract the program material and generate new navigation information in order to have a 100% compliant DVD-Video. THERE WAS NO RECOMPRESSION OF ANY OF THE VIDEO OR AUDIO STREAM. Any addition or subtraction to the program material would have necessitated re-encoding the program material, and in this case everyone deserves to get the "real deal" in the utmost quality possible.

PBS' broadcast is properly referred to as "In the Spotlight", and it does not contain the epic performance of "Driftin'" found on the "Nothing But the Blues" promotional copies. Still, in terms of video quality alone, this is an essential document and required viewing for any fan of Eric Clapton's blues material. At least until the suits at the record companies get their heads out of their asses and officially release this on DVD!

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