P.F. Sloan And Duane Jarvis - In The Woods, + 2 Masters (Lage Vuursche, NL, 16 oct 2007)

Hoy traigo una cosa muy especial e inédita, gracias de nuevo al amigo Rob Kopp, con el que desde que nos conocemos, no hace demasiado tiempo, no hemos parado de intercambiar música, proyectos e ilusiones. Aparte de ello, también es muy curioso las muchas afinidades musicales que tenemos, todavía recuerdo cuando estábamos trabajando en sus "Dutch Nuggets" y yo le comente que mi canción favorita de su país era el "Subject of My Thoughts" de "Sandy Coast", a lo cual me respondió además documentadamente que también era la suya.

También coincidimos en nuestra gran afición por P.F. Sloan y no hace demasiado, presentó por aquí su "Take me for what I'm worth" que tuvo una muy buena acogida.

En lo único que discrepamos y parecemos irreconciliables es en la quinta estrella que para mí le falta a "In Touch" de "The Otsiders" y que el cree que con cuatro ya esta bien, aunque esta cuestión no ha quedado zanjada y seguiré insistiendo.

Así que cuando me mando el trabajo que hoy os presento, "In The Woods" y que refleja un concierto de Sloan junto a Duane Jarvis, y me propuso publicarlo aquí para tener un enlace permanente en la web, poco o nada había que meditar, así que entusiasmado acepte de inmediato.

Es un concierto que rezuma sinceridad y esta pausa nostálgica que tienen estos grandes artistas cuando alcanza una madurez, alejada ya de sus tiempos de mas fama, muy intimista e ideal para escuchar al lado del fuego en las noches de invierno, pero bueno, no me lio mas y el mismo Rob os cuenta mas cosas de esta grabación.

Los que no sabéis ingles, os toca tirar de "translate" como yo, pero hacedlo, que es sumamente interesante:

P.F. Sloan And Duane Jarvis - In The Woods (Lage Vuursche, NL, 16 oct 2007)

Earlier this year I got into contact with Japanese P.F. Sloan fan Yoshi Takeuchi. We exchanged a lot of material. He has sent me 19 CDR’s with 540 Sloan songs and I have sent him the content of 25 MC’s, that have been converted to MP3’s.

While Googling for Sloan songs we were still missing, I recently stumbled upon Facebook’s only P.F. Sloan group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5648139459. I thought thiswould be THE place to spread P.F. Sloan material. 

The first thing I shared there on February 20 was the link on this blog to a pdf-file (+CDR) of my booklet P.F. Sloan - Take him for what he’s worth:http://tommentonenlacuadra.blogspot.com/2021/06/pf-sloan-take-him-for-what-hes-worth.html

The next thing I wanted to share there were soundboard recordings of the “In the woods” concert that P.F. Sloan & Duane Jarvis did on October 16, 2007 at Dorpshuis de Furs in Lage Vuursche in The Netherlands. 

In 2007 the organisation had sent me a very special version of the “official” CDR . In total there are 11 copies, but onlyon my copy the first song Take me for what I’m worth lastst 14 seconds longer, because Phil is dedicating that song to me and my wife. The other 10 CD’s immediately start with the song.

Beside this special CDR, the organisation had also sent me 2 large unedited MP3’s of set 1 and set 2 (the master files). While the official CDR’s only contained music (except for my copy), themaster files containedall the announcements and other talking by Phil before and after the songs. I’ve splitted those large MP3’s into separate MP3’s for every song. During that proces I found out that Phil was mentioning our names before “Let me be” as well; because that’s not on the official CDR, I had completely forgotten that.

Set 1: New design - The sins of a family - Violence - A normal life #1 - Halloween Mary - All that time allows - California dreaming - Eve of destruction

Set 2: Take me for what I'm worth - If you knew - You baby - Where were you when I needed you - Secret agent man - From a distance - Hollywood moon - Love is 4giving - Love me tender - Let me be - A normal life #2

Unfortunately the guitar of Phil wasn't connected correctly to the PA during set 1, so you can only hear his guitar through the microphones in set 1. That's the reason why the "official" CDR contains all the 11 songs from set 2 and only 2 of the 8 songs from set 1(the last 2).

Problem 1: Because I wasn’t allowed to spread all this without the permission of the “In the woods” organisation, I asked them for that permission and they generously gave it to me. Thanks for that! So I placed the concert in the Facebook group on February 26. 

Problem 2 : I can easily send the material to myself with WeTransfer to get a download-link, but those links are only valid for a week. That’s why I asked my friend José if he was willing to place the files of this “In the woods” concert on his excellent blog as well, so there would be a permanent link. José is a big P.F. Sloan fan as well, so he said he would gladly do that.

Enjoy this excellent soundboard recording of one of the best singer songwriters there are.

Os dejo aquí la lista de canciones:

In The Woods, Lage Vuursche, NL, 16oct2007

01 Take me for what I'm worth (live 16oct07)                  

02 If you knew (live 16oct07)                                 

03 You baby (live 16oct07)                                    

04 Where were you when I needed you (live 16oct07)            

05 Secret agent man (live 16oct07)                            

06 From a distance (live 16oct07)                             

07 Hollywood moon (live 16oct07)                              

08 Love is 4giving (live 16oct07)                             

09 Love me tender (live 16oct07)                              

10 Let me be (live 16oct07)                                   

11 A normal life (live 16oct07)                               

12 California dreamin' (live 16oct07)                         

13 Eve of destruction (live 16oct07)     

Master of set 1 In The Woods, Lage Vuursche, NL, 16oct2007 

1-01 New design (live 16oct07, master)                        

1-02 The sins of a family (live 16oct07, master)              

1-03 Violence (live 16oct07, master)                          

1-04 A normal life #1 (live 16oct07, master)                  

1-05 Halloween Mary (live 16oct07, master)                    

1-06 All that time allows (live 16oct07, master)              

1-07 California dreaming (live 16oct07, master)               

1-08 Eve of destruction (live 16oct07, master)      

Master of set 2 In The Woods, Lage Vuursche, NL, 16oct2007    

    

2-01 Take me for what I'm worth (live 16oct07, master)        

2-02 If you knew (live 16oct07, master)                       

2-03 You baby (live 16oct07, master)                          

2-04 Where were you when I needed you (live 16oct07, master)  

2-05 Secret agent man (live 16oct07, master)                  

2-06 From a distance (live 16oct07, master)                   

2-07 Hollywood moon (live 16oct07, master)                    

2-08 Love is 4giving (live 16oct07, master)                   

2-09 Love me tender (live 16oct07, master)                    

2-10 Let me be (live 16oct07, master)                         

2-11 A normal life #2 (live 16oct07, master) 

Las tres canciones, ¡vaya tres!, incluyendo la que dedican a Rob y su esposa y que abre el disco.

Take me for what I'm worth

From a distance

Let me be

Desde aquí, agradecer a Rob la amabilidad de dejarnos disfrutar de este concierto que espero sea de vuestro agrado.

Hasta la semana próxima

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