26 July 2014

HOPPER / DEAN / TiPPETT / GALLiVAN - Live in Paris 1977



Paris, Theatre Campagne, 1977-04-22

Elton Dean, as, saxello
Keith Tippett, p
Hugh Hopper, bg
Joe Gallivan, dr , moog synth

1 Echoes 10:35
2 Seven Drones 11:17
3 Naima (fade-out) 8:44
4 Footprints (Wayne Shorter) 11:01
5 Gallivan solo > Gualchos theme ? 9:07
6 unknown title 10:15

Lineage: aud > cdr trade > flac > dime

61:01, Sound Rating: Sound Board A-

UPLOADED BY JAZZRITA 09-07-18, remastered July 2o14 by miloo2

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This recording was previously shared as Hugh Hopper Quartet on IS contributions section. I think Elton is playing excellently here. I did what I can with improving muddy sound of this recording. Sadly, Keith's piano is underamplified, so we will probably never hear it as we want, but in the end it sounds surprisingly good to me. And more surprisingly, theme at the end of track 5 seems to me like being Gualchos from EDQ Silent Knowledge 1995 album!

I would also like to remind two albums that quartet made: 1976 Cruel But Fair on Compendium label (reissued on CD by One Way Records, now probably OOP) and 1977 Mercy Dash, which remained unsissued until 1985 release on Culture Press (which made also first CD reissue, second is out now by Gonzo Multimedia).

And coincidentally, I've just got the answer to my question, from where this good quality live recording on YT is originated. It was released as a bonus on Japanese paper-sleeve CD Cruel But Fair. So obviously there is another stuff!

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19 comments:

  1. miloo226 July 2014 at 22:08:00 CEST

    flac at ulozto.net

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  2. QPjr27 July 2014 at 04:58:00 CEST

    neat-o!
    i've been checking out said two albums. am keen to compare with this live chemistry, especially in joe's case.
    thank you

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  3. kinabalu27 July 2014 at 14:15:00 CEST

    Thanks for that, Miloo2. I have both of those albums you mentioned. The pic at the top is from the cover of the Compendium lp, a fairly short-lived label based in Oslo. Of other Hopper albums, 1984 was a crucial one, out in 1973, Hopper Tunity Box, also on Compendium and then there was Soft Head - Rogue Element, which had Hopper and Dean, out on Ogun in 1978. There was also a Dean-Gallivan collaboration on Ogun. All worthwhile exploring.

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  4. miloo227 July 2014 at 16:01:00 CEST

    another link, this time for
    mp3 @ 320

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  5. miloo227 July 2014 at 16:06:00 CEST

    Thanks men. I would also like to add two Soft Heap albums - a self-titled studio one from 1978, in recent years reissued by Esoteric Recordings, and archive live one Al Dente on (now defunct) Reel Recoedings. A lot to explore, if anybody did not know them. Anyway, kinabalu, would you mind to post Austin / Babbington / Gallivan - Home from Home?

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  6. kinabalu27 July 2014 at 16:20:00 CEST

    @miloo2: Yep, got that one. I'll see to it, though knowing myself, it might take a little while.

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  7. miloo227 July 2014 at 22:14:00 CEST

    Better later than never, Kinabalu!

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  8. john28 July 2014 at 20:51:00 CEST

    This is a lovely surprise, I didn't know the group had an existence outside the studio ('Cruel But Fair', a really great record). Thank you.

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  9. prospettive musicali29 July 2014 at 15:12:00 CEST

    Both "Cruel but Fair" and "Mercy Dash" were reissued on cd by Gonzo Multimedia in 2013.
    Alessandro

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  10. softnucleus1 August 2014 at 00:17:00 CEST

    Thanks a lot Miloš, as you know these are heroes of mine!
    Track 4 is Footprints by Wayne Shorter.

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  11. Thad30 September 2014 at 21:11:00 CEST

    Track 1 sounds like "Echoes" from the Cruel But Fair album.

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  12. Anonymous4 November 2014 at 15:24:00 CET

    Thanks a lot for this great record !
    I guess it's Theatre Campagne-Premiere, gone a long time ago ...
    Best from Paris.

    Bertrand

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  13. Nod Y21 May 2016 at 12:35:00 CEST

    Hi
    another concert by the same band in the same year at
    http://www50.zippyshare.com/v/mLFhrA9B/file.html
    See contribution section for more details.
    Thad: first track doesn't sounds like "Echoes", it is "Echoes"!
    Track 4 is of course "footprints " by Wayne Shorter.

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  14. miloo222 May 2016 at 13:21:00 CEST

    Thanks men, I updated playlist! And much thanks for Bremen broadcast, Nod Y! Very welcome addition to small output of this wonderful quartet!

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  15. miloo215 December 2016 at 21:35:00 CET

    Nod Y, I want to do some treatment with H/D/T/G from Bremen and cannot find original post in contributions section. Do you have some additional info except place and year of recording?

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  16. David10 October 2018 at 12:23:00 CEST

    Any chance of a reup please? Thanks!

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  17. miloo210 October 2018 at 15:07:00 CEST

    Updated links:

    flac @ulozto.net

    mp3 @ulozto.net

    These are still the original uploads, but ulozto somehow changed codes in URL address. In similiar situation with some older uploads on www.ulozto.net, there is also search column, so anybody can try to find it by name - usually I am using full artist and/or album name for packed file.

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  18. David10 October 2018 at 16:26:00 CEST

    Thank you Miloš!

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  19. francisco santos10 October 2018 at 23:41:00 CEST

    COOL!...

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