This file must accompany this package to preserve the complete incommensurable informations ! TOWNES VAN ZANDT - November 30, 1996 - Bahnhof Langendreer, Bochum, Germany ** Audience MD-master, MWM 0165 ** >> TOWNES LAST GERMAN CONCERT - FOR DIEHARD FANS ONLY... - almofada #003 - new, completely untraded source - EXCELLENT SOUND << with samples Preliminary remark 1: VERY SPECIAL THANKS, from the bottom of my heart, to my friend, fellow DIMEr "almofada" for opening his incredible live archive. Working in the music industry business, back then, he was not only able to get pretty close to the musicians, during self organized meet'n'greet actions, instore concerts, promo interviews, etc.pp.. He also had the balls to record a big amount of truly incredible sounding concerts from the front row, just for his own enjoyment. HIS COLLECTION WAS, SO FAR, COMPLETELY UNTRADED AND UNCIRCULATED. This is "almofada #003" - MORE TO COME...but NOT by lonetaper... Preliminary remark 2: There is ANOTHER known recording of this show, "sound quality average / good", and according to the DIME-bot, it was upped here a few times in the past: Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:00 pm: A new torrent has been uploaded to DIME: Torrent: 61600 Title: Townes Van Zandt Bochum 1996 November 30 SHN Size: 395.91 MB Category: Singer/Songwriter Uploaded by: marastha Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:20 am : A new torrent has been uploaded to DIME: Torrent: 176944 Title: townes van zandt november 30, 1996 aud shn reseed Size: 395.91 MB Category: Singer/Songwriter Uploaded by: p25texas ...a reseed of marastha... THIS UPLOAD HERE IS DIFFERENT AND HAS NOTHING TO TO WITH THE ABOVE ONE. IT'S A BRANDNEW SOURCE, SO FAR COMPLETELY UNTRADED AND UNCIRCULATED. Preliminary remark 3: As far as i know NONE of this recording was ever used commercially. This upload here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archives. Including our friend's collections, there are are few thousand concerts, and a damn lot therefrom completetly untraded. THIS ARCHIVE IS NOW CLOSED. Wanna know MORE ? READ MY OLD UPS... So sperrig der schüchterne Townes van Zandt zu Lebzeiten war, so schwer zugänglich sind viele Teile des Werkes. Vor allem in unserer Ära der "Instantgmüadlichkeit" (Gerhard Polt) und der oberflächlichen Pseudo-Fröhlichkeit wirken die eher schwer- mütigen Songs für viele nicht gerade anziehend. Townes war das schon früher wurstegal, er wußte um die Aura seiner Stücke. Immer wieder gab er in Interviews Statements wie "Ich denke nicht, daß meine Lieder alle traurig sind, ich habe ein paar, die nicht traurig sind, sie sind nur hoffnungslos" von sich. Manfred Prescher - http://www.evolver.at/kolumnen/Steve_Earle_Colorado_Girl_66_2009/ About Townes last tour: Some thoughts of eye- and earwhitnesses, giving a fair impression... 1996-11-29 Underground, Cologne, Germany: ... Townes was already quite wasted in Solingen (they tried to cancel that show on the very same day) but Cologne was a real freak show. There was a good crowd there but half of them only came to see him fail. And they got what they paid for. For me, it was one of the saddest jobs I ever had to do. For many years I did not give the tape away, and when I finally did, I asked people to keep it to themselves; however you know how foolish such a thought is; some do and some don't. And it's OK. There is one valid comment here: this recording shows what alcohol can do. If only for this, this tape must be heard. Noone will ever listen to this for pleasure. And believe me, I obviously was at the gig, if there was a video... it is like a nightmare, I still (after more than 13 years) can not get it out of my head. There are some aspects about this evening that the tape can't tell, that make it even worse. The way the business was handled (not in Townes' favour), the impression that someone was cashing in on his name without caring too much for his health (anyone familiar with TvZ will know who I talk about). And, at the same time, talking to Townes and learning that he was one of the sweetest persons I ever met! And the lady accompanying him, how sweet she was! When you watched the two of them you realized that with all the bitter effects of his addiction, love was still the greatest and sweetest thing for him (or for both of them). A night I will never forget. "deafmusic" - April 18, 2010 deafmusc was, inter alia, soundengineer on those two shows: Torrent #285274 Torrent #285314 Bochum 1996 November 30 - on the different uploaded source: The voice is gone, the guitar playing is gone, and Townes can't remember the lyrics of his own songs. I bring this torrent to you with mixed feelings. On one side - don't play this recording if you want to gain fans for Townes Van Zandt. Please, play his studio albums if you want to do that, or interpretations by other artists. This is a recording for the true fan only - to conserve a piece of TVZ history. Read about this great singer/songwriter - there is plenty of information readily available on the web - and you, discerning listener, will understand why I ask you this. Jeanene Van Zandt herself has expressed her doubts about these recordings on numerous occasions, and let's respect that, too. On the other side - I personally love this recording because of the strength of the songs themselves, undiminished even though their composer stumbles and falls. I love it when Townes' humour appears to have lasted until the end. I think it a good and rewarding thing that I have heard it - it completes the picture of Townes Van Zandt as I have seen him on about 8 occasions. It is a fine recording, too. "marastha" - September 27, 2005 Bochum 1996 November 30 - on the reseed of the other source: ...this is for the diehards only ! "p25texas" - December 30, 2007 Both, "marastha" & "p25texas", have large collections and share quite regularely a lot of all kinds of Townes Van Zandt recordings... Thanks also to dear fellow DIMEr "scdegraaf" - this here is FOR YOU... Now boy's don't start to ramblin' round On this road of sin are you sorrow bound Take my advice or you'll curse the day You started rollin' down that lost highway Jimmie Davis/Hank Williams, Sr. TOWNES VAN ZANDT (the artist) Bahnhof Langendreer (the venue) Bochum (the city) Germany (the country) November 30, 1996 (the date) Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen. In the postwar period, Bochum began developing as a cultural center of the Ruhr area. Between 1960 and 1980, the coal mines all closed. Other industries, such as automotive, compensated for the loss of jobs. In 1965, the Ruhr Uni- versity was opened, the first university in the Ruhr area and the first to be founded in Germany since World War II. Since the seventies, Bochum's industry has moved from heavy industry to the service sector. lineage: recorded by almofada, audience to MD the recording: Sony ECM-717 Micro > portabe Sony MZ-R 1 MiniDisc recorder > MDs master (TDK MD-XG 74) the transfer: MDs (master) > MiniDisc Deck Sony MDS-JE500 , digital S/P-DIF out > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) > > Sony Digital Audio Tape Deck DTC-60ES, digital S/P-DIF out > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) > > Behringer SRC-2496 Ultramatch Pro (Ultra-high-resolution 24-Bit/96 kHz A/D & D/A and Sample Rate Converter & Dropouts-/Jitter Remover) > > converted to 16 bit, SP 44,1 kHz > > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) > > Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI - Dolby Digital Live Soundcard with C-Media CMI8768 Soundprocessor Chip, digital S/P-DIF in > > Motherboard with AMD Multicore Processor, Serial ATA Interface > CD Wave (recording) > > Harddisc Western Digital with Thermaltake HD Cooler (EVER had a HardDisc burnout ??) > > lonetaper's secret box of miracles > CD Wave (tracking) > Traders Little Helper (SB aligned/level 6) > FLAC > DIME note: The Sony DAT Deck DTC-60ES was used to record a "raw" DAT tape with "Super Bit Mapping" for the MWM-archive AND therefore was looped through between the MD-Deck and the Behringer Ultramatch... the complete recording - but SADLY NOT the complete concert: -> all songs by Townes Van Zandt unless otherwise specified. Loretta -MISSING- 01. ...banter... 1:44.51 02. Ain’t Leavin’ Your Love 2:58.08 03. ...banter... 1:23.66 04. Katie Belle Blue 2:17.04 05. ...banter... 0:56.46 06. Dollar Bill Blues 3:05.20 07. ...banter... 0:39.36 08. Lost Highway 3:16.19 09. ...banter... 2:00.25 10. Talkin’ Sanitarium Blues 3:26.72 11. Buckskin Stallion Blues 2:22.72 12. Two Girls 3:32.58 13. ...banter... 1:30.05 14. The Shrimp Song 2:09.44 15. ...banter... 2:27.42 16. Automobile Blues 3:50.20 17. ...banter... 3:12.43 18. Snowin’ on Raton 3:59.73 19. Townes' Jokes 9:27.14 20. Colorado Girl 3:42.65 21. ...crowd noise... 0:57.26 encore: 22. ...banter... 3:28.11 23. Fraulein 2:09.62 24. ...applause... 0:38.70 25. Pancho & Lefty 3:31.26 26. ...final crowd noise... 0:31.58 total time: 69:21.61 mins the notes: there are a couple microphone-bumps & some noises, nothing spectacular... the musician: Townes Van Zandt - lead vocals, acoustic guitar PLEASE support the artist - and buy all his available stuff... Check out his websites on the net - THERE'S PLENTY TO FIND ! ************************************************************************************* More "almofada" recordings out of our collection: almofada #001: Torrent #287983 almofada #002: Torrent #287986 And please check also all our recent other uploads...BUT BEWARE: LOTS OF TEXT TO READ ! ************************************************************************************* Big thanks to my wife, Mrs. Leo - she was definitely not harmed during the mastering and transfer. "When the music's over Turn out the lights..." All the best ! Leo ==================================================================================== AS TED WROTE: I'm not the performer here, i do not own this music, so nobody needs my permission to take this to other trackers, to repost it on DIME after this torrent expires, nor to do anything else with it, unless it's something illegal or something that the artist forbids, in which case people are not allowed to do it even with my permission... BUT, DEAR TED, A GOOD BREEDING SEEMS HARD TO FIND, NOWADAYS - and even your harum-scarum words as moderator can hurt somebody... A good friend (thank you, Sylvia !) in DIME would write: I went through a lot of trouble to make this recording available for you. If you want to remaster this recording and share it, please remember that you are working on an edited version. Dime allows alternative versions, I don't own the music, so I can't stop you, but the correct thing to do amongst tapers/editors is TO ASK FIRST... ==================================================================================== Recorded and carefully stored over the years by almofada (all thanks go to him...) bla bla bla & finally uploaded by lonetaper on Dime, April 22, 2010. This is "MWM 0165" This file must accompany this package to preserve the complete incommensurable informations !