Hi everyone,
got this recording from JEMS. I fixed phase issue, did level correction and made new EQ.Enjoy.
Remastered by Captain Acid
Artwork by Mr. D
June 2020


Big Star
Performance Center
Cambridge, MA
March 31, 1974 (early show)
Steve Hopkins recording/Captain Acid remaster

recorded by Steve Hopkins on a Panasonic mono cassette recorder
Lineage: first-gen cassette > DAT > CD-R > .flac > Captain Acid remaster

01 In The Street
02 Baby Strange (T. Rex cover)
03 Mod Lang
04 Candy Says (Velvet Underground cover)
05 Till The End Of The Day (Kinks cover)
06 O My Soul
07 Motel Blues (Loudon Wainwright III cover)
08 Thirteen
09 Way Out West
10 September Gurls
11 Come On Now (Kinks Cover)

This is one of the only extant live recordings of Big Star playing in the ‘70s that has not been officially released. It was recorded by legendary Boston-area taper Steve Hopkins, famous for his recordings of Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen and Eric Clapton among others.

Big Star was opening for Badfinger, and fortunately Hopkins had the foresight to record them. His master cassette went missing somewhere along the way, so the version he put into circulation came from a first-generation back-up copy. The set features several covers, including a rare version of The Kinks’ “Come On Now.” I particularly like the version of “Thirteen” from this show.

We’ve added a note reflecting details included Hopkins’ tape list that this is a recording of the early show that night. He actually taped both the early and late sets by Badfinger, but just the first one of Big Star.

The files from Steve’s original upload were shared with Captain Acid for one of his trademark clean-up jobs to make Steve’s very solid mono recording that much better.

Given the historic importance of this recording, any improvements are welcome indeed.

BK for JEMS

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This one does sound good : close and intimate.

thanks!!!!! love me some big star!

THX



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2020-10-07 23:34 by stonesmuziekfan.