1970-April-26 Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs & Englishmen Fillmore West San Francisco, CA Disc 1 - 81.14 1 Untitled Jam 2.55 2 Cry Me A River 5.05 3 The Weight 5.56 4 Sticks And Stones 2.59 5 Something 5.34 6 Space Captain 4.40 7 Let It Be (w/ cut) 3.23 8 The Letter 4.51 9 Further On Up The Road 4.13 10 Darling Be Home Soon 5.10 11 KPFA Berkely DJ announcement .17 12 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 3.01 13 Feelin' Alright 6.01 14 Superstar (inc) .55 15 Delta Lady 4.26 16 I'll Drown In My Own Tears > 7.28 When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (cut) 17 I've Been Lovin' You Too Long > 5.22 I'll Drown In My Own Tears 18 With A Little Help From My Friends 8.50 The Band Backing Vocals Leon Russell: Guitar, Piano Don Preston Chris Stainton: Piano, Organ Rita Coolidge Don Preston: Rhythm Guitar Claudia Linnear Carl Radle: Bass Daniel Moore Jim Gordon: Drums Donna Wiess Jim Keltner: Drums Pamela Polland Chuck Blackwell: Percussion, Drums Matthew Moore Sandy Konikoff: Percussion Donna Washburn Bobby Torres: Congas Nicola Barclay Jim Price: Trumpet Bobby Jones Bobby Keys: Tenor Sax SB > ??? > cdr > EAC > WAV > SHN *************************** I removed about 2min of between-song general silence from seven tracks in order to put this on a single disc. The original length was about 83.11 min. No music or commentary was removed. My cuts were very clean and to casual listening is not noticable. ALL blatant cuts between tracks were on the original recording (I even cleaned one of those). This recording had several cuts between tracks, so don't blame those on my 2min removal. *************************** Notes from the Mad Dogs Diary website: (http://www.made-in-sheffield.com/People/Joe.cocker3.htm) 70-March-11 Joe Cocker flies into Los Angeles with the intentions of recuperating from grueling months on the road and forming a new band to perform with during the coming summer. 70-March-12 Dee Anthony (of Bandana Management) flies into Los Angeles bearing the tidings that a 7 week Joe Cocker tour, to begin 8 days later in Detroit, has been negotiated and advises Joe that the Musicians' Union, immigration authorities and promoters involved should be mightily chagrined (to the point of barring him from performing in America henceforth) should he fail to go through with it. 70-March-13 Leon Russell, hearing of Joe's plight, offers his services in forming and playing in a band for Joe to take with him on his tour. So great is his prowess on the telephone that, by the day's end, 10 musicians have been assembled and rehearsals begun. 70-March-14 Some 300 people turn out to watch the new band (which now includes 11 singers as well as 10 players) rehearse for 12 hours on the A&M sound stage. 70-March-15 Another 12 hour rehearsal is held and a private airplane is hired. 70-March-16 11 more rehearsal hours are put under the collective belt. 70-March-17 Yet another marathon rehearsal is staged, this one recorded in its entirety, with "The Letter"/"Space Captain" single resulting. The entourage, henceforth known as Mad Dogs & Englishmen, now numbers 36, including the musicians, 3 sound-men, 2 secretaries, 3 roadies, managers, wives, lovers, assorted children, and other animals. 70-March-18 Someone proposes that the whole tour be filmed. Another, bigger aeroplane is ordered to accommodate the 5 man film crew supplemented entourage, which now numbers 43. 70-March-19 These 43 crowd into the new Super Constellation and wing to Detroit, where their first live performance occurs the next day. 70-March-26-28 4 appearances later Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs & Englishmen arrive at the Fillmore East, wherein the Mad Dogs Album was recorded in its entirety, the lion's share coming from the Friday evening show. 70-May-16 After playing their last show together (in San Bernadino, CA) and then kissing, embracing, flashing back sentimentally, and crying the odd tear, Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs & Englishmen go their separate ways, but not before having bestowed upon each of us who saw them or have heard the album or will see the film of their adventures a generous dose of joy. The Mad Dogs tour played to audiences in 48 cities in 56 days, and whilst it won Joe many new fans, it also caused him to be hospitalised with severe exhaustion. The live album from this tour is to my mind, one of the finest live recordings of all time with a stunning version of Matthew Moore's "Space Captain", and Joe's live rendition of "Delta Lady" is possibly the best version of this song he has ever recorded.