Carole King - 1973-05-26 - Central Park, New York, NY (TV SBD)

Carole King

1973-05-26

The Great Lawn

Central Park

New York, NY

TV SBD recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Beautiful

02. Been To Canaan

03. Way Over Yonder

04. Smackwater Jack

05. Home Again

06. Sweet Seasons

07. It’s Too Late

08. Fantasy Beginning

09. You’ve Been Around Too Long

10. Being At War With Each Other

11. That’s How Things Go Down

12. Haywood

13. A Quiet Place To Live

14. You Light Up My Life

15. Corazón

16. Believe In Humanity

17. Fantasy End

18. You’ve Got A Friend

Carole King - 1973-05-26 - Central Park, New York, NY (TV SBD)

In the late 1960s, in the wake of her separation from husband and song writing partner, Gerry Goffen, Carole King left her hometown of New York City and moved to Laurel Canyon in Califoria.  Working with producer Lou Adler, King recrded her masterpiece, Tapestry, in 1971, an album that went to #1 on the Billboard charts and stayed in that spot for 15 consecutive weeks.  The album won 4 Grammy Awards, and also spawned the #1 single, It's Too Late.  Two years after that success, King made a triumphant return to New York City. Adler called promter Ron Delsner and explained that Carole wanted to do something special for her original hometown.  Delsner agreed to stage the first ever concert on Central Park's Great Lawn, a free event that would attract over 100,000 fans.  This TV soundboard recording captures that famed concert, when Carole King returned home, on May 26, 1973, 53 years ago today.

Farm Aid - 1985-09-22 - Champaign, IL (AM, FM, SBD)

Farm Aid

1985-09-22

Memorial Stadium

Champaign, Illinois

FM/AM/TV Soundboard Recordings

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Willie Nelson

01 On the Road Again

02 City Of New Orleans

Beach Boys

01. California Girls (missing)

02. Good Vibrations

03. Help Me, Rhonda

04. Barbara Ann

05. Surfin' U.S.A.

Roy Orbison

01. Mean Woman Blues

02. Crying

03. Oh Pretty Woman

BB King

01. Everday I Have The Blues 

02. Ain't Nobody's Business 

03. How Blue Can You Get 

04. Night Life  >

05. The Thrill Is Gone 

Carole King

01. Sweet Seasons

02. Chalice Borealis

03. You've Got A Friend

John Fogerty

01. Old Man Down The Road

02. Vanz Kant Danz

03. Knock On Wood

Glen Campbell

01. Rhinestone Cowboy > Galveston

02. Gentle On My Mind > Try A Little Kindness

03. Wichita Lineman > By The Time I Get to Phoenix

04. Southern Nights 

Billy Joel

01. Summer, Highland Falls

02. Only the Good Die Young

Daryl Hall

01. Oh Girl

02. Everytime You Go Away

Waylon Jennings

01. I Ain't Living Long Like This

02. Clyde

03. America

Kris Kristofferson

01. Me & Bobby McGee

02. El Coyote

03. They Killed Him

04. Shipwrecked In The 80s

Johnny Cash

01. Folsom Prison Blues

02. The Highwaymen 

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

with John Denver

01. Mr. Bojangles 

02. Leon McDuff

03. Thank God I'm a Country Boy*

04. Back Home Again*

05. Take Me Home, Country Roads*

*with John Denver

Lou Reed

01. Doin' the Things That We Want To (missing)

02. I Love You, Suzanne (partial)

03. New Sensations

04. Walk on the Wild Side

Don Henley

01. Month Of Sundays

02. Sunset Grill

03. Boys of Summer

Neil Young

01. My My, Hey Hey

02. Heart Of Gold

04. This Old House

04. Get Back To the Country

John Mellencamp

01. Pink Houses*

02. Stage Announcements

03. Rain On The Scarecrow

04. Lonely Ol' Night

*with Maria McKee of Lone Justice

Tom Petty with Bob Dylan

01. Bye Bye, Johnny

02. Don't Bring Me Down

03. Straight Into Darkness

04. Refugee

05. Shake

06. I'll Remember You

07. Trust Yourself

08. Maggies Farm

Farm Aid - 1985-09-22 - Champaign, IL (AM, FM, SBD)

Today we bring you highlights of the first Farm Aid, held in Champaign, IL, 4 decades ago today.  We've used AM, FM and TV soundboard sources to bring you as much of the show as possible, so many artists that I couldn't list them all in the labels accompanying the post.  We even have Bob Dylan's appearance alongsideTom Petty.  It was, of course, Dylan's somewhat controversial comments at Live Aid that prompted Neil Young, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to embark on this 40 year old venture known as Farm Aid that has raised almost $80 million to supoport the American family farmer.  You can donate here.

Carole King - 1973-07-15 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland (TV SBD)

Carole King

1973-07-15

Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux Switzerland

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. I Feel the Earth Move

xx. Way Over You (missing)

02. Smackwater Jack

03. Home Again

04. Beautiful

05. Up On The Roof

06. It's Too Late

07. Fantasy Beginning

08. You've Been Around Too Long

09. Being At War With Each Other

10. That's How Things Go Down

11. Haywood

12. A Quiet Place To Live

13. You Light Up My Life

14. Corazón

15. Believe In Humanity

16. Fantasy End

17. You've Got a Friend

xx. So Far Away (missing)

18. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

Carole King - 1973-07-15 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland (TV SBD)

In July 1973, Carol King released the album, Fantasy, which became her 4th consecutive top ten disc. Presented as a song cycle, the album opens and closes with two versions of the title song and the tracks on each side segue directly into one another. This TV soundboard recording captures Carole on tour in support of the album, at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 15, 1973, 52 years ago today.

Carole King - 1971-02-10 - London, UK (SBD)

Carole King 

1971-02-10

BBC in Concert

BBC Televison Centre 

London, UK 

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. I Feel The Earth Move 

02. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 

03. talk 

04. So Far Away 

05. talk 

06. It's Too Late 

07. talk 

08. Smackwater Jack

09. talk 

10. Way Over Yonder 

11. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 

12. Up On The Roof

Note: with James Taylor on songs 4 to 12

Carole King - 1971-02-10 - London, UK (SBD)

On February 10, 1971, 54 years ago today, Carole King, who had spent years writing top ten hits for other people with her ex-husband, Gerry Goffin, released her 2nd solo album, entitled Tapestry, and the rest as they say is history. The disc went to #1 on the charts, and stayed there for 15 consecutive weeks, which is still a record for an album by a female artist.  Tapestry spawned two #1 singles for King, I Feel The Eart Move and It's Too Late, while James Taylor, who played on the album, went to the top of the charts with a cover of You've Got A Fried. The disc received 4 Grammy Awards, including album of the year. In addition, King became first solo female artist to win the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and  Song of the Year. Tapestry has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, spent 313 weeks on the Billboard charts (2nd only to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon) and in 2020, was ranked as the 25th greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. This FM broadcast captures Carole on the same day Tapestry was released, playing as  set of song from that soon to be historic disc in London for the BBC.  By the way, I highly recommend seeing the musical Beautiful which tells King's story from her days writing songs with Goffin (and their friends, the song writing duo of Barry Mann and Cythia Weil) up through the release of Tapestry.  It's a wonderful retrospective of not just her early carreer, but the amazing music that emanated from the Brill Building in New York in the 1960s. Note: with thanks to Albums That Should Exist for the original files. 

1990 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony - 1990-01-17 - New York, NY (TV SBD)

1990 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductions

1990-01-17

Waldorf Astoria Hotel

New York, NY

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

The Who

01. Substitute

02. Won't Get Fooled Again

03. Pinball Wizard

Simon  & Garfunkel

01. Bridge Over Troubled Water  >

02. The Boxer 

Carole King

01. Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Bonnie Raitt

01. C.C. Rider (with George Benson)

The Four Tops

01. I Can't Help Myself  (wih Diana Ross)

Bruce Springsteen

01. Long Tall Sally (with John Fogerty) 

1990 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony - 1990-01-17 - New York, NY (TV SBD)

The biggest act inducted at the 1990 Rock & Roll Hall of fame ceremony was clearly The Who, who played a 3 song set. But some of the biggest moments belonged to 2 on stage reunions that some speculated might not happen. The original Four Seasons appeared together for the first time since 1970.  And Simon & Garfunkel reunited to play 2 tunes, including Bridge Over Troubled Water. One other note - the hall got one right by inducting Bobby Darin, one of the great voices of all time (and one of my favorite singers).

This TV soundboard recording captures the musical highlights from that ceremony on January 17, 1990, 34 years ago today.  A complete list of inductees is provided below.

Artist	Inducted By	Category
Bobby Darin	Paul Anka	Performer
The Four Seasons	Bob Crewe	Performer
The Four Tops	Stevie Wonder	Performer
Hank Ballard	Boz Scaggs	Performer
The Kinks	Graham Nash	Performer
The Platters	Phil Spector	Performer
Simon and Garfunkel	James Taylor	Performer
The Who	U2	Performer
Gerry Goffin and Carole King	Ben E. King	Non-Performer
Holland, Dozier and Holland	Diana Ross	Non-Performer
Charlie Christian	Vernon Reid	Early Influence
Louis Armstrong	Rickie Lee Jones	Early Influence

 

Crosby & Nash - 1975-11-24 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Crosby & Nash
with Carole King
1975-11-24
Zellerbach Hall
Berkeley CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. King Of The Mountain
02. Triad
03. Carry Me
04. High Out In Time
05. Wind On The Water
06. I'll See You In The Spring
07. Take The Money And Run
08. And So It Goes
09. Low Down Payment
10. Military Madness
11. Wooden Ships

Crosby & Nash - 1975-11-24 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Here's another one from long time Hungerthon supporters David Crosby & Graham Nash. This soundboard recording captures the duo on November 24, 1975, 41 years ago today, in Berkeley, getting a little help from Carole King