These songs were
recorded live at the Catacombs Coffee Bar in
Manchester probably on Sunday 11 May 1969 (gauged from the line-up and from the
fact that introductions suggest it was a hot day and the group had just played
at Walton prison in the afternoon). It was almost 6 months after Joe
Roberts, the new drummer, had joined the group. The original tape
recording of this was probably made by Edwin Brain, a helper at the Catacombs,
and contains an introduction by Ian Knox, a frequent speaker at the Catacombs,
and at other venues with the group. This recording is from a shellac disc
which had been made from the tape (the original tape has been lost).
Given that, the recording quality is reasonably good. An MP3
download is available for each track. The words
of all the songs on this CD are available on this web site, and there is also a
page of the chords used.
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