Capitol Theater Port Chester, NY 3/21/70 AUD : C x 2 > CD, mics balcony center 15' spread This is from the Usher Tree; for further source info, the notes from that tree are appended following the track list. Disc 1 Early Show, Electric Set 1. Walkin' the Dog 2. Me and My Uncle 3. Death Don't Have No Mercy 4. Interlude 5. Good Lovin' > 6. Drums > 7. Good Lovin' 8. Interlude 9. Dire Wolf 10. Big Boss Man 11. Interlude 12. He Was a Friend of Mine > 13. Viola Lee Blues > The Eleven > 14. Cumberland Blues Disc 2 Late Show, Acoustic Set 1. Insult fest/Friend of the Devil 2. Deep Elem Blues 3. Don't Ease Me In 4. Black Peter 5. Wake Up Little Susie 6. Uncle John's Band 7. Katie Mae Late Show, Electric Set 8. Cosmic Charlie Filler: 6/24/70 late acoustic 9. Uncle John's Band Disc 3 Late Show, Electric Set cont. 1. Tuning 2. Cosmic Charlie 3. St. Stephen 4. Not Fade Away 5. Midnight Hour 6. Turn on Your Lovelight 7. And We Bid You Goodnight D1t13 (Viola Lee Blues): analog tape distortion "Source Information for The Usher's Tapes Tree "the person who is responsible for the bulk of the capitol theatre audience recordings is a fellow by the name of ken lee (not sure of his last name spelling). this is the guy who was employed by howard stein (local ny area promoter of the time) my source is his brother in law, mark c (a long time dead head & quite a nice & unassuming person) i owe mark a huge debt of gratitude. ken's port chester masters were recorded on a sony cassette deck (don't have the 'model # or mic info) his positioning was generally center lodge with mic's mounted on the rail. 3/21/70 had the mic's spaced at over 15 feet, and the recording bears out that information. 6/24/70 set#2 was mastered on a 120-minute cassette. ken is reported to be very un-friendly and intimidating (6 foot 5 inches with a security guard attitude) he was at tompkins square park, nyc 6/67 and reported a ½ hour dancin' in the street, fwiw. he recorded many local shows (queens college, all 4 stands at port chester, Manhattan center.etc. mark says he was doing this only for himself and never did much of anything at all with his recordings. at port chester he had howard steins permission to tape, with the footnote of never letting them out. so...marks older sister is married to this guy & he would occasionally let mark have tapes & mark was apparently pretty free with his copies over the years. most of what circulates from gd @ port chester originated mainly from mark's 1st gen copies, not ken's masters. as time went on their relationship deteriorated (now they are estranged) and ken literally & figuratively shut the door on mark. marks last score from ken's tapes was back in 1986. when ken was out, mark & an instigating friend went armed with sony tc d5m's and recorded as much from the masters as they could get away with. ken arrived in the middle of all this and was outraged and shut it all down & proceeded to take all the copies (not all it turned out) mark told me that at that point in time, all the tapes he witnessed were badly in need of restoration (and this was back in 1986) i am sad to relay that even though these master still exist, there are rotting in un-kind hands it took me close to 2 years & many phone calls to hook up with mark, and then only for one day. things were haphazard & i taped what i could given the time i had on hand. mark had 2 separate copies of 6/24/70 late show. the older copy he received with ken's blessing in the mid '70's, this was on a xl 2, no dolby, the fresher copy was from the incident in 1986. this was on a mx metal cassette and had a better frequency response, but there was a bad squeal & lisp on the right hand channel and proves the deterioration of the recording. i went with the older copy that was made when the master was in better condition set list has; nfa easy wind (very powerful), me & my uncle, dark star ikyr, then uncle johns band (which is not the encore, as they never leave the stage. the encore is an acoustic "swing low sweet chariot" it was mia, but I WILL get it 3/21/70 has never sounded this good. it's actually quite fantastic in spots. it's the best recording i've ever heard coming out of that room 11/5/70 is a powerful psychedelic feast. i could never sit through it before, because of the abysmal quality i want to, and enjoy bringing pleasure to fellow music lovers. please let it be known i have zero tolerance for any suspicion, or dishonesty. criticism, on the other hand i can handle fairly well. so give me a few days & i'll get seeds to someone who has already volunteered to handle the administration and decimation on deadlist. our 1970 caretaker, jim powell, will get cd's from me for his analysis that's the story" THANKS, Jim!, jim powell, will get cd's from me for his analysis that's the story" THANKS, Jim! Capitol Theater Port Chester, NY 03/21/70a SET1 [64:15 +] [0:34 tuning] ; Walkin The Dog [8:23] ; [0:58] ; Me And My Uncle [3:07] ; [0:38 "turn up the monitors"] Death Don't Have No Mercy [8:48] ; [2:16] ; drums [0:10] > Good Lovin' [1:45] > drums [2:32] > Good Lovin' [4:03] ; [0:58] ; Dire Wolf [3:30] ; [0:18] ; Big Boss Man [4:44] ; [2:29] ; He Was A Friend Of Mine[10:06] > Viola Lee Blues [12:28] > The Seven [2:02 ]> Cumberland Blues [4:26] SET2 SET3 ENCORE COMMENTS Early Show. This is excellent AUD master; it was recorded by Ken Leigh with a Sony TC-110 with a built-in mic (proving once again that placement is crucial). Catfish was advertised on this bill and must have played an opening set. RECORDING 65 AF CONTRIBUTORS Jim Powell Capitol Theater Port Chester, NY 03/21/70b SET1 [1:48:51] [0:43 Intro] ; Casey Jones [4:17] ; [0:44] % Dancin' In The Streets [14:46] % Easy Wind [7:53] ; [0:21] % [2:49 group insult fest & tuning] ; Friend Of The Devil [3:27] ; [0:21] ; Deep Elem [5:24] ; [0:10] ; Don't Ease Me In [2:36] > Black Peter [7:16] ; [0:33] ; Wake Up Little Susie [2:48] > Uncle John's Band [6:04] ; [2:02 intro] ; Katie Mae [3:53] ; [2:07] ; Cosmic Charlie [6:02] ; [0:55+] ; St. Stephen [5:45] > Not Fade Away [7:13] > St. Stephen jam [0:40] > China Cat Sunflower jam [0:46] > jam [1:10] > Not Fade Away [2:24] ; Has Anybody Seen My Gal tuning [1:06] Midnight Hour [11:29] > Turn On Your Lovelight [4:54] SET2 SET3 ENCORE [0:57+] ; We Bid You Goodnight [3:05] COMMENTS Late Show total time 1:52:53 +. Total time Early & Late Shows 2:57:08 +. Casey Jones through Easy Wind is electric Dead, Friend Of The Devil through Katie Mae is acoustic, and Cosmic Charlie through Lovelight is electric. The Friend Of The Devil has different lyrics. Wake Up Lil Susie is in response to an audience request. This is excellent AUD tape; the acoustic set is marred by a nearby audience-member's intermittent drumming on a seatback. Catfish was advertised on this bill and may have played an opening set for the late show. RECORDING 115 AF CONTRIBUTORS Jim Powell