Gear spring -70

[zoork_1]

Some pics...

Hannover (Niedersachsenhalle) 1970-03-18


Stockholm (Konserthuset) 1970-04-01


Gothenburg (Konserthuset) 1970-04-02

[Jimi Mac]

I'd love to see more about this if the pics can be straightened-out...

They've apparently been moved since first posted...

[zoork_1]

Something went wrong ...
Anyway, here they are.

[sharksfan2000]

Great photos! Thanks for posting them.

[welcomechris]

Nice Pictures!

[zoork_1]

Thanks, just wanted to add something to the "standardization of gear" theme (68/69 respectively spring -70). I might have some pics illustrating the orange époque...

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by zoork_1

Some pics...

Gothenburg (Konserthuset) 1970-04-02

Now THAT is some "Wall O' Fender"!!

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Now THAT is some "Wall O' Fender"!!

I always go totally blank when I imagine they did that with no monitors on stage. HOW????

[THD]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

I always go totally blank when I imagine they did that with no monitors on stage. HOW????

Great point shackin'up;1121994] !Didn't seem to affect the quality of the music though !. At the time of the picture I suppose they were just totally dependant on the mix that the sound person ( D Dawson -I assume ) was sending out to the audience Also, it's well worth bearing in mind ,that it was less than 18 months before this that (, never mind not having monitors ,) they didn't even have their amps miked up through a mixing desk and therefore no one away from the band was controlling their sound at all ! Probably switching to a desk positioned in the hall away from the stage was something they learned from the Grateful Dead - so on their first US tour ?

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

I always go totally blank when I imagine they did that with no monitors on stage. HOW????

Originally Posted by THD

Great point shackin'up;1121994] !Didn't seem to affect the quality of the music though !. At the time of the picture I suppose they were just totally dependant on the mix that the sound person ( D Dawson -I assume ) was sending out to the audience Also, it's well worth bearing in mind ,that it was less than 18 months before this that (, never mind not having monitors ,) they didn't even have their amps miked up through a mixing desk and therefore no one away from the band was controlling their sound at all ! Probably swithing to a desk positioned in the hall away from the stage was something they learned from the Grateful Dead - so on their first US tour ?

The Stones started using floor monitors on their '69 tour. I think before that, most bands were using just "side fill" monitors (basically, just an extra set of PA speakers turned toward the band on each side of the stage)...if you see photos of Blind Faith in concert, they had WEM column speakers behind Ginger Baker on each side of him...those were the "monitors" they used. Either method would naturally cause mic feedback, so when you hear most live recordings of bands from that era, there's usually quite a bit of feedback squeal through the vocal mics.

The vocal mics would pick up the instruments, which helped some, too...& then when the vocalist would step in front of the mic, it would naturally bring the volume of the instrument down through the PA.

[zoork_1]

I've had several personal conversations with Mikael van Reis about this concert. One of the things he mentioned was a tuning issue (identifiable on the "misdated" boot). Mikael also sent me a pic of the actual Gothenburg FM poster.

[jpaflas]

Great Pics... Thanks for posting!

[becca]

Great to see pics from this time!

I can't remember... was it Fleetwood Mac or Badfinger who took Orange amps over to Ireland?

Oops!!!

[Wouter Vuijk]

Originally Posted by zoork_1

Some pics...

Hannover (Niedersachsenhalle) 1970-03-18


Stockholm (Konserthuset) 1970-04-01


Gothenburg (Konserthuset) 1970-04-02

Strange, Dinky Dawson only states these venues early april 1970:
Stockholm Sweden (Konserthuset) 1970-04-01
Helsinki Finland (Kultuuritaalo) 1970-4-03
No Gothenburg on april 2.

Or was it perhaps 1n 1969:
Mar 23 Gothenburg Konserthouset
Mar 25 Copenhagen A-B-C Teatret
Mar 28 Umea Ostra Gymnasiets Aula
Mar 29 Orebro Idrottshuset
Mar 31 Helsinki Kulturhuset
April 1 Stockholm Konserthuset

[THD]

[QUOTE=Wouter Vuijk;1121892]Strange, Dinky Dawson only states these venues early april 1970:
Stockholm Sweden (Konserthuset) 1970-04-01
Helsinki Finland (Kultuuritaalo) 1970-4-03
No Gothenburg on april 2.

Though I confused my self in my previous posting, thinking that the 2nd and3rd photos were at the same concert hall (cause I'm obviously senile ) -the main thrust of my argument stands - in the last picture,the sign on the curtain says NO SMOKING PLEASE --would it say this in a theatre in Gothenburg ?

Could any of our Scandinavian contributors say whether a Sweedish venue woud have such a sign in English.

As Wouter has pointed out, Dinky D has no record of this Gothenburg gig Therefore, given the sign , isnt it more likely that this third pic was actually a performance in Britain or the USA and has been mis- captioned ??!

Judging by the great height of the curtain it is obviously on a proper theatre stage but the lack of proscenium arch decoration indicates a modern one- so unlikely to be the Lyceum theatre for example and probaly not a ballroom , a (n) Univeristy perhaps ..................