Saturday, April 25, 2009

Herbie Hancock / Headhunters - "Live in Bremen" (1974)




'Chameleon' excerpt


'Butterfly' excerpt


'Spank-A-Lee' excerpt

To take us up to 44 live bootlegs in the Herbie Hancock collection, here's a November 1974 show from Bremen in Germany, originally broadcast on Radio Sendesaal. Hancock's keyboards (mostly rhodes, some synth n' clav) are great on this one, and the Headhunters really stretch out, with Summers and Clark punching through the mix. Maupin's sax solo is on fire in "Spank-A-Lee"

Only 192kbps, but a reasonably clear and well-mixed original broadcast recording. Hope you enjoy it!

TRACKLIST 

01. 'Butterfly' (15:30)
02. 'Spank-A-Lee' (6:48)
03. 'Chameleon' (16:46)

MUSICIANS 

Herbie Hancock - keyboards
Bennie Maupin - reeds
Paul Jackson - bass
Mike Clark - drums
Bill Summers - percussion

DETAILS / INFO

Soulseek find, seemingly not on any blogs, forums or webpages. I've converted the single wma file to 192kbps mp3; and separated the tracks with a lossless editor.

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34 comments:

  1. paulomiApril 25, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    Thanks for putting the Herbie hancock Collecttion over here. i was looking for it for a long time. Finally I got it here. looking forward to some of hancock's videos. Some days before while searching for other sources of Soul music I came across http://www.raresoulgrooves.com, which contains a variety of information regarding Soul music right from its genesis.

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  2. Leonardo FrancesconiApril 25, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    Great stuff!!
    Thanks man!!

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  3. ishApril 25, 2009 at 8:50 PM

    Thanks Simon. Always eager to hear another version of Butterfly.

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  4. Simon666April 25, 2009 at 8:58 PM

    It's one of those songs, isn't it ish? Hope you enjoy this one :)

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  5. fritz the catApril 26, 2009 at 12:13 AM

    Thanks. can never have too much herbie.

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  6. AnonymousApril 26, 2009 at 5:55 AM

    As always you provide stuff that just can't be found anywhere else...Herbie is my main man and I thank you again!

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  7. RobertApril 26, 2009 at 10:04 PM

    Like Fritz,you can never have too much Herbie...lol
    The excerpts are pretty dope,thanks!!

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  8. flageoletteApril 27, 2009 at 6:43 AM

    Thanks Simon!

    Highly appreciated over here,

    Cheers,

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  9. FlabbergastApril 27, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    I have so much to catch up on with your blog, now that I have regular internet at home. Thanks so much for this!!

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  10. Simon666April 27, 2009 at 9:44 PM

    8 commenters, 191 downloads ... wow worse than usual

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  11. UnknownApril 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    this sounds good!!

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  12. xensmaApril 28, 2009 at 12:29 AM

    okay here is one more comment from me,i love the headhunters so i am sure this live will be nice!thanks for this drop!!!

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  13. Dr. FusionApril 28, 2009 at 1:08 AM

    New URL Dr. Fusion

    http://drfusion.blogspot.com/

    Thanks for everything!!!

    Cheers

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  14. chewiecApril 28, 2009 at 4:44 AM

    Never heard of this LP can't wait

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  15. alphabetApril 28, 2009 at 6:25 AM

    Cant wait to check this one, thanx!!

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  16. catchingthevaporsApril 28, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    Classic, thanks duder!

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  17. hatrackApril 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM

    Simon
    I have such respect for the love and attention that you put into NER.
    It's people like you who are keeping this wonderful and under-appreciated music alive amidst an ocean of corporate blandness.
    Hope to get to OZ in 2010 (from London) and will try to look you up at one of your sessions and will happily buy you a beer - or seven.

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  18. SebastienMay 5, 2009 at 4:29 AM

    Yes, That's what we need!!!
    Thanks again!

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  19. DoJoMay 8, 2009 at 5:09 AM

    Great great groovy find. Thanks so much for sharing!
    J@shua

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  20. troodsAugust 24, 2009 at 1:30 AM

    Thank you so much for contributing to my collection of Hancock I have not heard. You provide the music, background history. The work and tender treatment you put into getting this music in shape for others to listen to is amazing. I'm fairly new to bloggers' music sites and am constantly amazed at the generosity of music lovers who work so hard to bring the rest of us lost or "almost-impossible-to-find" music.

    Please don't count posts. There's an, unfortunately, large group of folks who have turned into opportunistic leeches who expect everything now to be given free to them from the internet. Even such payment as a "thankyou" is unknown to them.

    Me, I come from the old folks non-computer generation where you walked the city streets, hunting through music stores to get your stuff. Now, somewhat arthritic (:)) I am verrrrry appreciative of having this kind of access without leaving my home.

    So, after blathering on, simply, thanks for all you do.

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  21. Simon666August 24, 2009 at 8:01 AM

    You're welcome Troods, thanks for all your comments :)

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  22. ghost60September 6, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    thanks

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  23. JasonGSeptember 25, 2009 at 9:37 AM

    So much of Herbie's live stuff rivals his studio work, often the case with jazz artists. I love hearing him really stretch out and explore the boundaries of deep funk. This is killer stuff. Much appreciated.

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  24. Simon666September 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM

    Glad you're enjoying it Jason, thanks for all of your comments - and thanks also for the props at your blog :)
    simo n

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  25. fretless66January 4, 2010 at 6:27 PM

    A great big tip of the old pork pie too you for this one

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  26. Simon666April 29, 2010 at 8:29 PM

    Hi folks, I've posted the 1974 PBS Soundstage show with Herbie Hancock, Headhunters, Chick Corea and Return to Forever. You can download the one hour video or just get an audio version, here :

    http://neverenoughrhodes.blogspot.com/2010/04/herbie-hancock-headhunters-chick-corea_29.html

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  27. Daddy-O '73March 3, 2012 at 1:50 AM

    Simon666,

    I have the other two tracks from this show, Palm Grease & SLY. They are tracks 1 & 2 respectfully, followed by Butterfly, Spank-A-Lee and Chameleon.
    I would like to email them to you to see if you could match the levels to your audio. I have put them together in order with your audio, but they are considerably lower in bass & volume. Let me know- Great blog!!! You gotta love 70's Miles & Herbie! Dig!

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  28. Simon666March 4, 2012 at 11:37 PM

    Hi Daddy-O '73 - that would be great! Could you leave an email address here in a comment ? I won't publish your email, but I'll mail you and delete the comment. Thanks, would be great to hear them!
    Simon

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  29. DenizJune 13, 2012 at 2:04 AM

    Hi,

    I couldn't download the album. Links are dead. I think it is rare in kind. Couldn't find elsewhere. It would be great if you could repost the links?

    thanks for this gigantic blog!

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  30. Simon666June 13, 2012 at 10:43 PM

    Hi Deniz, new link at the base of the post :)

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  31. DenizJune 13, 2012 at 10:47 PM

    Thank you very much indeed Simon...

    Keep on posting please :)

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  32. Gregg AllmanAugust 6, 2012 at 11:29 AM

    Hello !
    I can't find a working link

    The only link I see is at the end of the post, and he's dead.

    Can you repost ?

    Thanks !

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  33. Simon666August 8, 2012 at 5:08 PM

    Link replaced again, see base of post

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  34. AnonymousMarch 24, 2015 at 10:13 AM

    Thanks so much for doing this! Amazing!

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