live recordings - Son House, MJH, RGD, & more!

I posted this on the IGS forum but I thought some of you would appreciate this stuff too:

Everything is in mp3 format with each show in individual zip files, each zip file containing a text file with the track listings that I got them with, in some cases there may be incorrect song titles...so don't hold me accountable!

These are 100% unreleased non-commercial live recordings so I hope it is ok to share them here.


The first is a 3-song BBC radio broadcast of Son House from 1970:
rapidshare.com/files/188959185/Son_House_-_1970-07-06.zip

The second is a 1964 broadcast from WTBS-FM (Cambridge MA) featuring brief interviews and three songs apiece from Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James.:
rapidshare.com/files/188968309/oct_64_mjh_skip_james_RADIO.zip

Here's a complete 2-set performance by Johnny Shines recorded in Tacoma WA at the Court Coffeehouse in 1970. The first set is solo acoustic, and on the somewhat murky sounding second set he is playing electric and is accompanied by an unknown washtub bass player!
Set 1:
rapidshare.com/files/188980032/tacoma1970cd1.zip
Set 2:
rapidshare.com/files/189819711/tacoma1970cd2.zip

A 17-song set by Mississippi John Hurt at the NYU School of Medicine Alumni Hall in 1963:
rapidshare.com/files/189005317/mjh63.zip

Rev. Gary Davis - 11 songs (and a few spoken interludes) recorded during the course of two nights at the Friends Center in Seattle WA in 1967:
rapidshare.com/files/189016826/rgd67.zip

Here's a full Fred McDowell show recorded in Tacoma Washington in 1971. Two sets.
Set 1:
rapidshare.com/files/189424368/mcdowell1.zip
Set 2:
rapidshare.com/files/189453263/mcdowell2.zip

Mance Lipscomb in 1972 at the Harvard Dining Hall in Cambridge MA. 12 tunes, nice clear sound.
rapidshare.com/files/189510572/Mance_Lipscomb_1972_Harvard_Dining_Hall_Cambridge__shn_.zip

Here's a Robert Pete Williams show from 1970. Sorry I don't have a track listing or any additional info for this recording. Just the date (1970-04-20), and that it was recorded at "PSU" but I don't know if it stands for Portland State University or Penn State University, but I think it is a safe bet that it wasn't Prince Sultan University.
rapidshare.com/files/189911989/RPW1970.zip



Here's the two Ry Cooder solo acoustic shows:
1972: rapidshare.com/files/189856970/cooder72.zip
1974: rapidshare.com/files/188912026/cooder74.zip


Keep in mind that these are transfers from old tapes and the sound quality is far from pristine, but it is very listenable and the music is well worth it...especially considering it happens to be free. Laughing

For those who don't know, Rapidshare is a free file hosting site you can download from (and upload to) without paying anything or acquiring any kind of membership or log-in information or passwords. Paying for a membership only increases your download speed, allows simultaneous downloads, and removes the nuisance of having to wait between downloads. No one has to sign up or pay for anything.
It is just a network of servers, it is not a "peer to peer" site, it won't give you any viruses or spyware.
Just thought I should make that clear.
For those who have never used the site before, click "free user" (below the "speedometer" graphic on the LEFT) and wait until the "download" link appears (usually about a minute).
If you don't have a membership you can only download one file at a time, and you may be asked to wait a certain period of time between downloads.
Yes, it is a nuisance, but it is free.

I figured some of you will get a kick out of this stuff.
Please feel free to re-post the links on other blues-related message boards, send 'em to your friends, or share them in any other way you see fit.

Enjoy!

Z.