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The Rolling Stones - Bad Trip At Altamont
Atlamont Speedway
Tracy, CA
December 6, 1969

D & D Archives Master Series via JEMS and Captain Acid
Recording Gear: unknown mics > unknown recorder
Remastered by Captain Acid
Artwork by Mr. D


JEMS Transfer: first-generation cassette > Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback > Wavelab 24/96 .wav capture > RX7 clean up > convert to 16/44 > Captain Acid mastering and pitch adjustment > FLAC


Notes:

JEMS is proud to be able to partner with and present some of the choice recordings in the D & D archives. Some of these recordings have been around for years, but none of the master tapes or safety copies in some cases have ever been digitized until now. Dave and Donn taped many shows in and around the Seattle area in the 70's and also were contemporaries of some of the JEMS members.
This recording of the infamous Altamont concert predates most D&D masters, so while they may have recorded it, we can’t say so definitively. It does seem to be an alternate source to the commonly circulated audience recordings of the show and offers a different perspective on the event, including some uncomfortable moments of audience interaction as the trouble ensues in front of the stage.
Despite a lot of audience chatter and microphone movement, this is a surprisingly clear capture of the performance, enhanced through the efforts the Captain. If nothing else, it should offer a fresh angle on a familiar and tragic show.


BK for JEMS

[we.tl]

Many thanks for another Acid project

Espectacular Mi Capitan!!

Thanks a lot!

I am not sure if there are multiple recordings of this show, but you can clearly see a taper at the front of the stage in the GS movie. I once synched the video of SFTD with the audio tape and could see the tussling in front of the stage and hear it on the tape. The taper you could see was in the midst of it. Good for him for hanging in there. At some point this show settles down and it's a pretty good show and recording. I recall thinking that at some point the taper may have moved, perhaps to the back of the stage? I thought later in tape there is a sound quality change.

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Great!!!!
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Welcome back!!

As one who survived that day I thank you! Coming up on the 50th...my my where does the time go...

Thank you!

Downloading now, looking forward to it.

You can see a taper in the Gimme Shelter movie. He's a blond guy with glasses, right at the front. At one point he puts his tape recorder on top of one of the big monitors near Mick J.

Don't want to be negative but... I'm a huge fan of this concert. After all, they played as if their lives depended on it. I've gone through many, many cassette dubs of this recording and I've heard better. I doubt this is first generation. The "tells" are the lack of treble on the first part and the amount of hiss on the second part, plus the missing end of Brown Sugar. Only on the very lowest generation dubs is the very end included. It isn't here. And on the best version I've heard, the very end is in mono. The rest of the dub is electronically reprocessed for stereo as it is here. I believe the original master recording is mono and I've only heard the first 45 minutes of it that way, on the extremely rare German bootleg LP Altamont which has the complete Brown Sugar.

nice to see the Captain back in action!

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Wonderful!

wonderful thanks heaps

Thanks for another release, Captain!

Thank you very much CaptainAcid




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Thanks a lot!

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Don't want to be negative but... I'm a huge fan of this concert. After all, they played as if their lives depended on it. I've gone through many, many cassette dubs of this recording and I've heard better. I doubt this is first generation. The "tells" are the lack of treble on the first part and the amount of hiss on the second part, plus the missing end of Brown Sugar. Only on the very lowest generation dubs is the very end included. It isn't here. And on the best version I've heard, the very end is in mono. The rest of the dub is electronically reprocessed for stereo as it is here. I believe the original master recording is mono and I've only heard the first 45 minutes of it that way, on the extremely rare German bootleg LP Altamont which has the complete Brown Sugar.

Could be....i have just improved the tape that i have got from a friend at JEMS.

Thank you!

Thank you

This comes straight off a circa 1973 cassette tape of the show. It hasn't been tampered with.

Thank you very much!
It's always a pleasure to receive one of your productions. And Mr D's covers are also excellent!

Thank you!

THX all

Also available in Stonesvault

APCD 039 1969.12.06 Bad Trip At Altamont from DnD archives, JEMS_AcidProject_039
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Awesome! Thanks for another release.

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The Rolling Stones - Bad Trip At Altamont
Atlamont Speedway
Tracy, CA
December 6, 1969

D & D Archives Master Series via JEMS and Captain Acid
Recording Gear: unknown mics > unknown recorder
Remastered by Captain Acid
Artwork by Mr. D


JEMS Transfer: first-generation cassette > Nakamichi 670 azimuth-adjusted playback > Wavelab 24/96 .wav capture > RX7 clean up > convert to 16/44 > Captain Acid mastering and pitch adjustment > FLAC


Notes:

JEMS is proud to be able to partner with and present some of the choice recordings in the D & D archives. Some of these recordings have been around for years, but none of the master tapes or safety copies in some cases have ever been digitized until now. Dave and Donn taped many shows in and around the Seattle area in the 70's and also were contemporaries of some of the JEMS members.
This recording of the infamous Altamont concert predates most D&D masters, so while they may have recorded it, we can’t say so definitively. It does seem to be an alternate source to the commonly circulated audience recordings of the show and offers a different perspective on the event, including some uncomfortable moments of audience interaction as the trouble ensues in front of the stage.
Despite a lot of audience chatter and microphone movement, this is a surprisingly clear capture of the performance, enhanced through the efforts the Captain. If nothing else, it should offer a fresh angle on a familiar and tragic show.


BK for JEMS

[we.tl]

The audience chatter is the best thing about this gig--essential! Really gives a feeling of being there...and of danger...

The other circulating audience tape is here: 1969-12-06 - Part 7: The Rolling Stones - Altamont Speedway Free Festival. I don't think this guy (George Feist) is the one visible in the movie.

thanks for this