Here's another one that just came up on Dime. It was shared by rareconcerts (thanks!). His notes are pretty succinct (see below), but in the posts it comes out that the original taper was a certain Freezer.
St. Bernard Parish Civic Auditorium" New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - April 21 1974 AUD
Lineage: Trade CD-R > EAC > WAV > FLAC Level 8 > DIME
1. Procession
2. Father To Son
3. Ogre Battle
4. Son & Daughter
5. Great King Rat
6. Liar
7. Keep Yourself Alive
8. Modern Times Rock'n'Roll
Length: 43 min
Line up: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, Roger Taylor.
More comments, thanks to Sir GH:
it's definitely a different transfer of the tape... probably older, as it sounds better overall. Still some hiss, but it's closer to the master... a solid B in quality, at least. And it's stereo... that in itself is an upgrade {that was shared here a few weeks ago].
Length : 256 MB.
Good download and enjoy! :)
Ginger - freezer never shared his recording which is apparently different from the one that was shared on Dime. He never even encoded his tape - that is waht he wrote on Dime. The shared version is the same that has circulated here for a while, maybe a bit better?
Freezer stated that he is the taper and has the master. He taped hundreds of shows. What's on Dime is a few generations from his master, but surely the best version so far, and in stereo.
YourValentine wrote:
Ginger - freezer never shared his recording which is apparently different from the one that was shared on Dime. He never even encoded his tape - that is waht he wrote on Dime. The shared version is the same that has circulated here for a while, maybe a bit better?
Sad news. Got this in Dime's mailing list today:
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Freezer Obituary from Collectors Music Review
"It is with sadness that Collectors Music Review must announce the recent passing of Art "Mr. Freezer" Parr. A life-long resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, his impeccable musical taste and audio acumen have blessed collectors with some of the most impressive live documents from the seventies. He had been suffering from poor health in recent years.
"He fell in love with live music about 1970 when he was an eyewitness to The Doors final concert with Jim Morrison at The Warehouse in New Orleans on December 12th. One of his earliest tapes is the Led Zeppelin show in New Orleans on August 29th, 1971, eight months after The Doors. Described as low fidelity and very poor sound quality, he never bothered to share it with anyone.
"But others he did. The Led Zeppelin Baton Rouge show from February 28th, 1975 is among his very best and has been released many times in the past.
"Other popular Freezer tapes include the Rolling Stones' June 27th, 1972 show in Mobile, AL, and the June 1st, 1975 concert in Baton Rouge, Eric Clapton's New Orleans show in 1974 and Baton Rouge concert in 1976, and, in latter years, the March 1973 Led Zeppelin show in New Orleans, Queen's first appearance there on their first tour, and David Bowie's Baton Rouge show on the Stage tour in 1978.
"Although he traded frequently, he also vowed never to circulate certain shows, claiming he wanted to keep them for personal enjoyment. The most often cited tape is Led Zeppelin's May 19th, 1977 show in Baton Rouge, an appearance that has some audience shot video footage but no complete audio.
"The last time I spoke to Parr he told me he was in the process of selling his home and throwing away his tape collection. We'll most likely never hear those tapes."
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RIP brother