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An Archival Group Tree
The Rare 70's Tape
(various dates and venues, 1970's)

No label

1. Ain't No Way (3:51) (previously unknown song)
2. Hey Good Lookin' (2:02) (circa 1973?, same show as above)
3. Since I Fell For You (4:14) (circa spring-summer 1973? with the Caledonia Soul Orchestra)
4. I Paid The Price (5:41) ("Marin County" version; circa 1973?)
5. You Done Me Wrong (4:24) (previously unknown song; circa 1973-1974?)
6. I've Got News For You (3:33)
7. What's Up, Crazy Pup (3:00)
8. Caldonia (3:13) (all 3 circa early 1974?; same show, small club sound)
9. TB Sheets (6:56) (April 21, 1975, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
10. St. Dominic's Preview / Walk On The Wild Side / You Can't Always Get What You Want / St. Dominic's Preview (11:12) (April 21, 1975, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
11. Mississippi Blues (16:00) (circa November 2/3, 1978; The Bottom Line - possibly The Palladium - New York, NY, guest of Johnny Winter; Van on harmonica? only)
    Total time: (64:06)

Notes from dcat:
Most of this has been rarely been heard in collectors' circles. Previously circulated 10+ years ago as an analog tape, this is a compilation of live material from various unknown concerts circa 1973-1975. Especially interesting are the appearance of two previously unknown songs, "Ain't No Way" (which appears in record company listings) and "You Done Me Wrong".

"I Paid The Price" surfaces in a different live incarnation, previously known only from a version performed at the Rainbow Theatre in London and aired only on the Irish television broadcast of that famous concert in July 1973. This version has Van zeroing in at one point on the phrase "Marin County", thus the "subtitle".

Included at the end is a reported guest appearance with Johnny Winter from 1978 in New York City around the time of Van's appearance on "Saturday Night Live". This one is a complete mystery (to me). Is that Van on harmonica or not? Does Winter say "play the harmonica Van"? Winter introduces it as "a Willie Brown song ... Mississippi Blues". It appears that the Willie Brown referred to is not the same as the famous friend of Robert Johnson, but a different William Brown who recorded "Mississippi Blues" in 1942.

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