Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Wolfgang's Vault

Do you guys already know about Wolfgang's Vault? I read some articles in the Wall Street Journal about it, and even looked at some of the merch, but now I'm digging into the streaming concerts. Legendary concert promoter Bill Graham recorded, photographed and filmed a lot of the great shows he promoted. We're talking soundboard recordings of a lot of the greatest artists of the past 40 years. An entrepreneur paid about $5 million for the archives a few years ago and he's currently streaming a lot of the performances. Of course they're getting their asses sued. Go listen while you still can. I'm listening to a Beach Boys performance from 1971 as I type this and they just did an Elton John cover.

You more technologically savvy readers probably also know how to record streaming audio off of the internet. Some bands you might be interested in: Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Miles Davis, The Who, The Band, Eddie Money (anybody?), Springsteen, Marley, the Dead, CSN&Y, Merle Haggard, Sabbath, The Clash, The Cure, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, The Byrds, The Cars, Cheap Trick, Devo, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Flamin' Groovies, Hall & Oates, Heart, Moby Grape, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Ozzy Osbourne, Pink Floyd, Terry Reid, Stevie Wonder. Where to start?

Thanks to my buddy Jack for the tip.

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