Movie of the Week: Lee Hazelwood - Cowboy In Sweden (1970)

Lou Reed's 1970 acoustic demos

It was only a matter of time before these recording hit the right site, and were made available legally or otherwise. I was lucky enough to hear them several years ago, and was sworn to secrecy. The person who played them for me told me he had promised his source that he would never copy them, or give them to anyone. Which, as far as I know, he did.

If you consider yourself a big Lou Reed fan, I highly recommend grabbing these demos while they're available. Its history in the making, and a great insight into his working process. To download these, as well as a terrific write up on this period of Lou's career, visit A History of the Underground Record Industry. 

A tip o' the hat to the Aquarium Drunkard.

Tracklist

Fall 1970:
1. I'm So Free
2. I Can't Stand It
3. Walk and Talk It

Winter 1970:
4. Going Down
5. Ride Into the Sun
6. I'm Stick With You
7. Lisa Says
8. Kill Our Sons (aka Kill Your Sons)
9. Lonely Saturday Night (aka Goodnight Ladies)
10. So in Love (unavailable elsewhere)
11. She's My Best Friend
12. Looking Through the Eyes of Love (aka Oh Jim)

Howlin’ Wolf: Sittin’ On Top Of The World (In Concert, 1970)

Big hat tip to the Aquarium Drunkard for this one...It's bonus footage from a live DVD released by Bear Family entitled Howlin Wolf: In Concert 1970, this is a MUST watch!

Velvet Underground: 1970 Max’s Kansas City Concert Poster

From the collection of the late Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison, a rare 1970  concert poster advertising the Velvet's last shows with Lou Reed, at Max's Kansas City in New York.  These were the shows at which the band's Live At Max's Kansas City album was recorded.  Measuring 28.75" x 11", this is in very nice condition; a high level paper conservator has flattened three horizontal creases and retouched a few small stains (one small line from what looks like a pink magic marker is visible on the back.) At our request, Sterling Morrison's widow Martha has written in pencil on the back "Martha Morrison: Sterling Morrison Collection."  Our letter of authenticity will note that this was part of Morrison's legendary archive.  A classic image with incredible provenance. Buy it.

Movie of the Week - Stamping Ground: Holland Pop Festival (1970)

The 1970 festival Stamping Ground was also called the "Dutch Woodstock". It that took place in Rotterdam, with attendance estimated at 350,000.

01 - Santana - Gumbo
02 - Al Stewart - Zero She Flies
03 - Canned Heat - Human Condition
04 - Canned Heat - So Sad
05 - T-Rex - Pavillions Of Sun
06 - Jefferson Airplane - Saturday Afternoon
07 - It’s A Beautiful Day - Wasted Union Blues
08 - Family - Drowned In Wine
09 - Country Joe - Freedom Is A Constant
10 - Dr. John & The Night Trippers - Mardi Gras Day
11 - It’s A Beautiful Day - Open Up Your Hearts
12 - Flock - Big Bird
13 - The Byrds - Old Blue
14 - Jefferson Airplane - interview Thompson, Kanter & Grace Slick
15 - Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
16 - Jefferson Airplane - Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil
17 - Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
18 - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
19 - Santana - Savor - Jingo

Hat tip to Dangerous Minds

Shot by: Amalie R. Rothschild

Audience at the Fillmore East, 09.23.70

Amalie says, “The very first seats to sell out for any show were the last three rows in the balcony. That’s where the kids were left alone to smoke dope. You could get stoned out of your mind there and the ushers wouldn’t hassle you. The older couple in this picture is the parents of the lead singer of Sha Na Na.” See more fantastic Fillmore-era shots from Amalie over at The Local East Village blog.

And check out this great article they posted recently about the long-gone venue by photographer Frank Mastropolo.

Visit Amalie Rothschild's website here.

VU: Jan 9, 1970

1970 Rollin' In Sight: The Goose Lake International Music Festival, August 7-9, 1970

After recently posting a video of The Stooges performing "1970" at The Goose Lake Festival, I just happened to find this over the weekend - also recently posted on YouTube. Almost two full hours of performance (including the Stooges footage), and amusing commentary by area residents, of the festival itself which took place August 7, 8, and 9, 1970, in Goose Lake, MI. If you've ever read Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll, you'll have an idea about the trouble referred to at the beginning - reportedly there were plenty of drug related arrests following the festival, and there were bad vibes a-plenty. The film itself focuses more on the people in & around the festival than the performers.

Acts who appeared included The  Faces, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Ten Years After, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Mountain, John Sebastian, the James Gang, Bob Seger, the MC5, The Stooges, Detroit (with Mitch Ryder), Brownsville Station, and SRC.

Images courtesy of The Motor City Music Archives

The Stooges: 1970 in 1970...Wow!

Here's something you don't see everyday - synced color footage of the original Stooges in action, performing "1970", from the Funhouse album, circa 1970. According to the uploader, this footage was shot at the Goose Lake International Music Festival, Jackson, MI, and was sourced from the fan-compiled DVD, They Even Tried To Buy My Song - Iggy Pop 1969-1979. Simply amazing!

Hat tip to Dangerous Minds.

The Blues Accordin' To Lightnin' Hopkins (1970)

A film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson featuring Lightnin' Hopkins, with Billy Bizor, Mance Lipscomb, and Ruth "Blues" Ames.

Just Because: Funhouse (1970)

The Stooges, Funhouse promotional art, 1970 (Elektra Records)

Movie of the Week: John Lee Hooker live on Detroit TubeWorks (1970)

The Smith Tapes - released tomorrow & Kickstarter campaign ending soon!

From the NY Times today, The Smith Tapes: "...more than 100 interviews with rock stars, artists and assorted radicals recorded from 1969 to 1972 by Howard Smith, a longtime writer for The Village Voice. They have now been cataloged and packaged for the digital era as “The Smith Tapes” and will be released in monthly batches over the next year. The first, with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa, Mr. Clapton and others, comes out Tuesday through Amazon’s MP3 store and next week on iTunes. Read the entire article here. If physical formats are more your thing, donate to the Kickstarter campaign (trailer below)which will make available a boxset of these recordings.

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Shot by: Bevan Davies

Before he was punk: Richard Hell, circa 1970, with Patty Mucha. Photo by Bevan Davies (source)

Its a mod world: 1970 Lambretta calendar

See the rest over at Retronaut

Movie of the Week: Love Live In Copenhagen (1970)

The Four Sail-era line-up of Love in Copenhagen, 1970. Wow! This line-up was comprised of
Arthur Lee, Gary Rowles, Frank Fayad & George Suranovich

Download here, info here.

Hat tip to Dangerous Minds

Movie of the Week: Led Zeppelin - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1970)

January 9, 1970: Zeppelin Put the Excitement Back Into Pop: It isn’t hard to understand the substantial appeal of Led Zeppelin. Their current two-hour plus act is a blitzkrieg of musically-perfected hard rock that combines heavy dramatics with lashings of sex into a formula that can’t fail to move the senses and limbs. At the pace they’ve been setting on their current seven-town British tour there are few groups who could live with them on stage. (Source)

I been searching low & high: The Who in 1966 & 1970

Substitute/Man With the Money with live sound at The Halle Music in 1966

Rare promo film for "The Seeker" circa 1970.

Movie of the Week - Creedence Clearwater Revival at Royal Albert Hall (1970)

Friday Ephemera - Circus Magazine (1970)

Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty