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Update: We are slowly inching towards the half-way mark. With gracious donations and your kind words about Newstalgia, we may have a shot at reaching our goal. But I still need your help. Half way is still half-way and unfortunately I can't talk the landlords into half the amount needed in order to take off the lien. And so, I keep appealing for whatever amount you can give - any amount at all, in order to save Newstalgia (and the archive) from extinction. I know these times are tough and the future is, at best, uncertain. And I don't want to cause anyone any hardship - if you can't afford to donate, you can't and I would rather have you use one of my posts for your history class than to have you leave and not come back. But if you can afford it, please consider making a donation. As I said, any amount is a great amount to me and to helping save something I hope you feel is worthwhile. We can do it - we're doing it. You're making a difference!

Over to Neuss Germany this week for a chamber concert featuring The Ebène Quartet in music of Mozart, Borodin and Schubert. It was recorded on December 4, 2011 by WDR.

Hard to imagine the Ebène Quartet have only been together since 1999, as they sound like an ensemble who have been together for at least twice that long. They have been characterized in the press as "taking the music world by storm" and gaining a huge audience in the process.

The concert has been broken up between two players - the top player fetures the Mozart and Borodin and the bottom player features the Schubert.

For you note keepers:

wdr 3 Kammerkonzerte in NRW

wolfgang amadeus mozart: Divertimento D­dur KV 136

alexander borodin: Streichquartett Nr.2 D­dur

franz schubert: Quintett C­dur für zwei Violinen Viola und zwei Violoncelli D 956

Quatuor Ebène
Pierre Colombet · Violine
Gabriel Le Magadure · Violine
Mathieu Herzog · Viola
Raphaël Merlin · Violoncello
und Nicolas Altstaedt · Violoncello

Aufnahme vom 4. Dezember 2011 aus dem Zeughaus, Neuss

Since it is Anti-Road Rage Wednesday, I think it's a safe bet this one works for that.

Relax, the week is almost over.

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Update: We're solidly at 2/3 of our goal tonight. We're getting really close. I am so knocked out and humbled by all the support that's come in the last 24 hours, I can't tell you how great it is to know the Archive stands a good chance of being saved and Newstalgia stands a good chance of being here for you. But please don't stop just yet - we're still a ways off. Even with 1/3 left to go it can still not happen. If we can keep this going a little long, and if you can donate whatever you can, whatever amount you feel comfortable with. I'm not asking for millions, I'm just asking to take the lien off and keep the site on. We can do this - we're doing this - you're doing this. I am beyond grateful.

Diving into the 70's tonight for a concert featuring 70's icons Mott The Hoople, recorded at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on April 12, 1973.

I remember this concert really well. I was sitting somewhere near the front. Ian Hunter had a cold and his voice was a little shot. But Mott The Hoople were one amazing band and this was at a time they were just hitting mass popularity. With such classics as All The Way To Memphis and All The Young Dudes (which are included here) just recently released, they were riding the crest of a very big wave.

This is the whole set - all 90 minutes worth. Crank it up and enjoy.

Pretend it's 1974.

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We hit the 25% mark just about an hour ago. I can't begin to thank all of you for the kindness and support you've given to help keep Newstalgia up and posting, and helping keep the archive alive to bring it all back to you. Keep it going. Give what you can - any amount is gratefully received and my appreciation to you is beyond words. If you haven't donated yet, please consider it, whatever you can. We've got some ways to go, but we're a lot farther along than we were when we started. You're making it happen!

As I promised a few days ago when I first heard the sad news of the passing of Levon Helm, one of the true greats of music, here is concert by The Band, during their reunion tour of 1983. Recorded live in Chicago on July 1, 1983.

The Band always stood out - they were different - they were special. They came to symbolize the true essence of Rock and Roots music, without all the pretense and fakery. They were the real deal. And their music was memorable and continues to leave its impression on countless musicians coming up in the ranks.

They were one of a kind, and founder and linchpin Levon Helm made it all happen. He will be sorely missed, but his contribution to the world will be around until they stop playing music. Which, with any luck, will be never.

Thank you for all those days and all those years.

And here's a reminder.

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The venerable war-horse Espana by Emmanuel Chabrier opens the concert, followed by a wildly well-received Saint-Saens Piano concerto Number 2, with Pianist Romain Descharmes, who follows with two encores. The concert concludes with the seldom heard (at least here in the U.S.) La Tragèdie de Salomè by the early 20th century composer Florent Schmitt.

A good concert of mostly familiar music done as only a French orchestra can.

The concert is broken up between two players - the Chabrier and the Saint-Saens (and encores) are on the top player and the Schmitt is on the bottom player.

For you note takers:

16 mai 2012
En direct de la Cité de la Musique : Chabrier, Saint-Saëns, Schmitt

Emmanuel Chabrier
España (1883)

Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto N°2 en sol mineur Op.22 (1868)

Florent Schmitt
La Tragédie de Salomé Op.50 (1907)

Romain Descharmes, Piano
Orchestre de Paris
Alain Altinoglu, Direction
Coproduction Cité de la musique, Orchestre de Paris.

Enjoy.

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It's the full 90 minute set, so I broke it up between two players. Here's the song lineup:

01. Intro
02.Teen Angst
03.Reunion
04.Sitting
05.We Own The Sky
06.Steve McQueen
07.Fall (Daft Punk cover)
08.Midnight City
09.Couleurs

More from Coachella next week. Until then, enjoy.

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Update: No new donations since this morning, and that's bad news. We can't keep Newstalgia going without your support and we don't have that much more time left to do it. Please donate what you can - every penny, every dollar is desperately needed right now. Please help Newstalgia, and the Sound Archive that makes it all possible stay alive. We need your help and your donations. We can do this, but I can't do this alone.

Something homegrown tonight, but also via The BBC. The Smashing Pumpkins from a session the did for the John Peel Program during their European Tour in 1991.

I can't think of 90's without thinking of Smashing Pumpkins - and if you can't either, here's a rundown of what's on the Roundtable tonight:

Smashing Pumpkins - John Peel session of September 8, 1991
1. Siva
2. Girl Named Sandoz
3. Smiley

I think it's a safe bet to turn this up and wait for Friday to roll along.

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Still at 25% with no new donations in the past few hours. I'm grateful for the donations so far, but we need to raise about $4,000.00 more over the next week, and we can do it. Thank you so much for your support so far these past two days - it has been appreciated more than you can imagine. I know times are tough, and making any kind of contribution to a website makes you think twice before handing over the check or credit card. But whatever you can do in order to keep Newstalgia from extinction and the archive from destruction, will be more than appreciated. You can do it and we can make this happen.

A live concert originally broadcast by The Voice Of America overseas (which we never got to hear over here in the U.S.) of the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival. This set features the immortal Thelonious Monk Quartet in a short, but legendary concert performance.

Here is the rundown on what you'll be hearing:

Thelonious Monk Quartet

Newport Jazz Festival
Newport, RI
July 2, 1966

1. Evidence (11:32)
2. Light Blue (10:49)
3. Japanese Folk Song [Kojo No Tsuki] (10:08)

Lineup:
Thelonius Monk - Piano
Charlie Rouse - Tenor Sax
Larry Gales - Bass
Ben Riley - Drums

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

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But he was the real deal and no one has come along, before or since, to take his place.

Here is a concert, recorded by Polish Radio on October 14, 1967, featuring Rahsaan Roland Kirk playing at Sala Kongresowa in Warsaw.

Here's the track listing and the players:

01 Creole Love Call
02 The Inflated Tear
03 three for the Festival
04 Blues for C&T
05 My Ship
06 Lovellevelliloqui
07 Intro / Cousin Mary /
08 Things Ain't What They Used To Be
09 Fly By Night
10 You Did It, You Did It / Ow!

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - flute, tenor sax, stritch, manzello, clarinet, vocals etc...
Ron Burton - piano
Steve Novosel - bass
Jimmy Hopps - drums

There's a few more Rahsaan Roland Kirk concerts sitting in the wings so stick around.

In the meantime, enjoy.

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Gabriel Pierne` was a prolific composer, but during his lifetime he was equally well known as a conductor whose legendary recordings of the 1920's and 30's were sought after for years by collectors. They've been reissued at various times over the years. While Pierne` the composer underwent a period of obscurity, being overshadowed by his contemporaries Ravel, Debussy, Satie and Stravinsky. But time has shone a little more light on the lesser luminaries of the period, and the music of Pierne` has been getting performed and recorded more regularly of late.

A nice closer to the weekend.

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Spooky Tooth were one of those bands. Coming in at the fringes of Psychedelia and ushering in the era of Hard Rock, Spooky Tooth were one of those bands you really had to see live in order to appreciate. And the reason was simple - technology. You just couldn't get what they really sounded like live and put it in a studio environment; it just didn't work. Bands were getting heavy and their sound was getting dirty and dirt didn't translate well against state-of-the-art recording equipment. They weren't the only ones suffering that problem. Going back to the early Grateful Dead albums, the biggest complaint among fans (and the press) was; they just couldn't translate what they did live in a studio environment - you couldn't put it in the grooves. Which was probably why MC5's first album was live and not recorded as an "official studio project". Their popularity may have taken longer to acquire had they gone the other way around. The ability to faithfully capture ear-splitting heaviness and turbo-charged energy would take a few years to happen as recording techniques and equipment improved.

This is a very rare example of Spooky Tooth, just at their peak, performing live in Essen, Germany on October 9, 1969. Fortunately, it was broadcast over German Radio and luckily a tape survives.

The sound isn't great but it's also not terrible, and you get a very clear picture of just how great this underrated band were in the early days. And you also get an idea of how influential a guitarist like Luther (Ariel Bender) Grosvenor was for guitarists coming after him.

History is seldom dull - and that goes for old music too.