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There's a Cale CBGB's torrent over at Dime that may be of interest - info over in the Torrent announcements section.

Not my torrent, but this is happening over at Dime - JOHN CALE 27-31 December 1978 (exact night unknown) CBGB's New York City, New York Low generation audience recording by psycherelics on unknown equipment> TDK D-C90 normal bias cassette> Nakamichi Dragon > Edirol R09-HR (capture to WAV 24bit/48kHz...

I have four tracks in my stash with the date 31-12-79, received as filler. No lineage info at all, so hopefully they are what they claim to be...

https://we.tl/t-jGPuAorvm9

Sheila Klein wrote:
I still can't tell what the hell is going on here -- what's the deal, for instance, with the disembodied legs (in white trousers) over toward the left? ...

It's been taken with a relatively long exposure time (maybe 1 sec or so?) which accounts for the weird effects!

Yes, he mentioned that over on the Hoffman forum.

The dates Bob notes on his listing are a little different/more specific than Olivier has on his site - From Thursday, January 1, 1970: White Light White Heat, Sweet Jane, Over You, Foggy Notion Olivier has this as January 2. From Saturday, January 3, 1970; 10 minutes of the end of Sister Ray From Sa...

I think there's a real good chance The Matrix Tapes include some performances from the 11/11-17 stay as well as later dates. I'm inclined to agree, including the 3rd Dec date for Sister Ray*. I wonder why the pretence, though? Did they think the box would sell more copies if they pinned all the tra...

That's a headscratcher in itself - as it stands, though, it looks like none of Quines dates are reliable...

Getting the thread back on track -

Loving the box so far, having listened to set 1 and 2. What do you all make of their contention that all of these tracks are from the 26th and 27th? That doesn't sit right with me...

Should be an interesting watch, whatever the content...

Hugely relieved to see the forum back up too.