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www.wolfgangsvault.com
JamBase has just received news that a plethora of vintage performances from some of rock's biggest names are now available through Wolfgang's Vault.
Vault Radio has begun streaming some 75 songs culled from thousands of hours of tapes from the archives of legendary promoter Bill Graham. It appears that some of these performances from Graham's archive will eventually make it to stores, perhaps by the end of the year.
Located in a 22,000 square foot warehouse in San Francisco, Wolfgang's Vault boasts authentic concert materials from such artists as Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stones, U2, Tom Petty, Jimi Hendrix and the Who.
The bulk of the music was obtained for more than $5 million in 2003 by entrepreneur Bill Sagan who named it in honor of Graham, born Wolfgang Grajonca. Graham died in a 1991 helicopter crash.
The initial Vault Radio playlist is "all over the board in terms of performer, year, venue and genre," Sagan tells Billboard.biz. "You'll hear Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen from 1973 when he opened for Blood, Sweat & Tears at the Berkeley (Calif.) Community Theatre," Sagan says. "You'll hear instrumental-only from Booker T & the MGs, and you'll also hear Jeff Beck and Elton John. The single thread of continuity is these are all concerts Bill Graham promoted from the mid-1960s through 1975, for the first group."
The site is free and requires no subscription fee for streaming at 128k.
Here are some recent tracks:
Led Zeppelin
I Can't Quit You Baby
01/10/1969 Fillmore West
Chuck Berry
Sweet Little Sixteen
12/29/1967 Winterland
Cream
NSU
08/26/1967 Fillmore Auditorium
Elton John
Burn Down The Mission
11/12/1970 Fillmore West
Jimi Hendrix
Power to Love
12/31/1969 Fillmore East
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Proud Mary
03/14/1969 Fillmore West
Pink Floyd
Have a Cigar
05/09/1977 Oakland Coliseum Arena
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