From the Beginning 1968-1970

David · #1 04-17-2019, 05:04 PM

Aside from the fact that it's one of Peter's superb, haunting compositions, I wonder why the decision to title the set that way?

Conga · #2 04-18-2019, 01:34 AM

Probably because most people perceive the start of the band as the 1975 eponymous record, this is before what people see as the beginning. They don't actually know the brilliance that came beforehand or, mostly, they just don't care because it's not what was fed to them through the radio waves.

lazy poker · #3 04-30-2019, 11:24 AM

. . . obviously the 1968 and 1970 concerts are carousel ballroom and n.o. warehouse respectively. all this and further interesting discussion can be read here: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threa...ssions.826586/

lazy poker · #4 05-24-2019, 02:49 AM

does anybody know more about the actual release date of this set? according to some sources it's june 7th, whereas amazon states that it won't be out before october 18th.

LesPaul7 · #5 08-30-2019, 10:44 AM

Some people have been speculating this set is the ‘68 Carousel Ballroom and one of the 1970 shows at the Warehouse in New Orleans. Plus, four BBC tracks. Although, there are a lot of mislabeled tracks in that original press release. So maybe they’re getting everything organized with some quality control for an October release.

Homework throws me off. Some are speculating that song and two others are from that French TV show.

Rubber Duck · #6 09-08-2019, 07:09 AM

While we are waiting for this to be released -
anyone heard the recent CD https://www.discogs.com/Fleetwood-Ma...lease/14053578 ?
Sound quality?

lazy poker · #7 09-10-2019, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

While we are waiting for this to be released - (...)

. . . and we'll have to wait some more: release date has just been postponed until november 15. i'm afraid all these delays are not too good a sign . . .

lazy poker · #8 10-05-2019, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by LesPaul7

Some people have been speculating this set is the ‘68 Carousel Ballroom and one of the 1970 shows at the Warehouse in New Orleans.

i just listened to another snatch from the album, the opening track "madison blues (version 1)" - which seems to actually confirm two assumptions:

i couldn't compare it back to back with my carousel copy, but i could swear it's from THAT frisco dates.

furthermore i have my doubts that we can expect substantially enhanced sound quality in comparison to the already available sources. there's evidence that this official release displays the same strange (all too sudden) changes in the stereo panning of the carousel recordings we're already familiar with. and whoever's responsible for it probably wasn't tinkering too much with the frequency range.

at least i personally have lowered my expectations significantly - or to quote mojo's mark blake once again: "approach with caution"!

lazy poker · #9 11-15-2019, 06:53 AM

. . . so things are pretty clear now at last - 68 carousel with butterfield, 70 warehouse, 68 "surprise partie" (french tv) and bbc sessions (the latter running at wrong - too slow - speed, just like the old bootlegs). and there don't seem to be any sound improvements AT ALL.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Before-Begi...s%2C207&sr=8-2

VERY disappointing!