For three solid weeks in June, our intrepid band of Kobaians toured the countryside of England and Scotland. All we have to show for it are two recordings. Doesn't anyone have more stories to tell?
1974-06-06 Community Centre, Slough
1974-06-09 Chalk Farm Roundhouse, London
1974-06-10 Civic Hall, Guildford
1974-06-11 Free Trade Hall, Manchester
1974-06-12 City Hall, Newcastle
1974-06-13 Caley Picture House, Edinburgh, Scotland
1974-06-14 City Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
1974-06-16 Oundle School,Oundle Rock Weekend, Peterborough
1974-06-17 City(Oval)Hall, Sheffield
1974-06-18 Town Hall, Birmingham (says City Hall on A&M Advert?)
1974-06-19 Roundhouse, Dagenham, London [a]
1974-06-21 Surrey University, Guildford
1974-06-22 University, Leeds (resheduled?)
1974-06-22 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
1974-06-24 Colston Hall, Bristol [a]
1974-06-26 Free Festival, Windsor
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Caballo de Feria - Diluvio
14 years ago
What about Chaumont there is a recording from that. Probably one of my favorite bootlegs.
ReplyDeleteCory
In Muzik Zeuhl, I remember taht C.V. said that they played in old teaters and that the people were very warmed to guest the band.
ReplyDeletemeurdhek
Cory ,
ReplyDeleteMagma played in Chaumont few days before !
but Chaumont is in France !!!
not in England nor in Scotland , so ...
O that's right. I forgot Chaumont was on the first...and in France. Crazy concert though Jannick tears it up!
ReplyDeleteCory
The Caley Picture House, Edinburgh....man, that must have been amazing! I went to see Gong / Steve Hillage at exactly the same venue only a couple of months ago and thought it was a really good hall.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have a copy of that 6-24 show they could reseed? I have Roundhouse but not that one.
ReplyDeleteCory
You might be able to find this show if you go on Soulseek. There are a few Magma collectors up there.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice marc I will check that out. 73/74 magma is something I can never have enough of. It'd be cool if they did a professional remaster of Bremen, Brussels or Chaumont and made it a new AKT release I think.
ReplyDeleteCory
The very first time I ever saw Magma was on this tour, At Cambridge Corn Exchange on 22 June. Bear in mind I had never heard a note of Magma,s music before it was a leap of faith on my part! A couple of my work friends were extolling the wonder of Magma music and persuaded me to attend the gig, Thank god i did, 40 years on they still leave me stunned playing live. The 1974 tour was a great introduction to Magma as it was a stripped down line up. As far as I can recall they played Kohntarkosz in its entirety plus Mekanik Zain plus another piece I never recognised. Perhaps someone has the set list from that night, even more wonderful would be a live tape from that night. The sound quality I remember was stunning.
ReplyDeleteEveryone would love to get a copy of any recording from the Cambridge concert. Maybe you know some friends who recorded it, or took photos, or even has a ticket stub that you can scan?
ReplyDeleteYou can go to the "Magma On Tour" section of the Ork Alarm website and find out the set list from that tour. Most likely, it was Kohntarkosz, Sowiloi/KMX, Ptah (drum solo), Theusz Hamtaahk, and MDK.