Paramount Theatre,1970

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 02 Dec 2005 23:58

I don't know if it's out there any more. As I said, I got it off of a torrent site quite a while back. The sound quality isn't very good. But if you can get past that and just focus on the music and how they're playing it's pretty interesting stuff.

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 08 Dec 2005 20:57

Just as "Pernod time" was asking in the original post, I had also heard that this show was done without drums. But, I just listened to it again last night and you can hear cymbals on a number of tracks. I think I can also detect drums as well. They are very faint, but I think they are there. And, since I can clearly hear the cymbals, that would be another indication that someone was playing drums that night. You wouldn't normally have cymbals without the rest of the drumset to go along with them.

Now the question is, IF I'm right and IF there is a drummer on the recordings - who was drumming if Moe wasn't there?

MJG196 · Post by **MJG196** » 09 Dec 2005 02:22

Check 4:00 minutes into New Age , right after Lou says "Oooh!" and you can POSITIVELY identify some drums. Also, during Beginning To See The Light, check at 2:46 and then during the final choruses and finale (4:15+). There are POSITIVELY crashing cymbals and drums. Mystery solved!

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 09 Dec 2005 03:21

Mystery solved??? Drums, yes! But who was playing?

MJG196 · Post by **MJG196** » 09 Dec 2005 04:21

Oh yeah...well...PART of the mystery solved! I have done my psrt...now for those WMD's in Iraq...

MJG196 · Post by **MJG196** » 09 Dec 2005 04:21

Oh yeah...well...PART of the mystery solved! I have done my part here and am now off for more mystery solvin'...now for those WMD's in Iraq...

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 09 Dec 2005 05:20

I'm not sure which one will be easier to find. But either one will be a scoop!!!

lurid_uk · Post by **lurid_uk** » 09 Dec 2005 10:58

I have always assumed that Doug played drums on some tracks, but I've never hunkered down with a set of headphones to confirm it......

Pernod time · Post by **Pernod time** » 09 Dec 2005 13:11

Yes, Lurid is probably right, there are drums on SOME tracks, as Doug as we know could play drums, that seems a logical solution. They would have only got away with that with a promoter in the hippy days though!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » 09 Dec 2005 15:43

Yeah - probably a similar deal to the Loaded demos recorded around the same time. They probably played as a 3-piece (guitar/guitar/bass) for most of the set, with Doug switching to drums for a few tracks.