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Rolling Stones - El Mocambo (Upgrade Version 2) (APCD-018)
4th & 5th March: Toronto, Canada, El Mocambo Tavern
Note: Soundboard recording was made by Eddie Kramer.
Soundboard recording remastered by Captain Acid in May 2012 and October 2016

01. Route 66
02. Hand Of Fate
03. Crazy Mama CUT.
04. Mannish Boy
05. Crackin`Up
06. Dance Little Sister
07. Around And Around
08. Worried About You
09. Let`s Spend Night Together_completed
10. Band Intro
11. Little Red Rooster

This is version 2.....UPGRADE to my remaster from 2012. Basically i have found a better source for some tracks (mostly from vinyl acetate) and did a few other small things ( some levell correction )
Captain Acid
October 2016

original notes:

Hi Stones fanatics,

it has taken a while for this one to be finished.

El Mocambo gig is a sort of a holy grail for me, and i wanted to make it as perfect as i can, and so did Mr. D
First of all we all have to thank "Stewed & Keefed"for sharing this tape. The tape itself sounded much better than any previous version of this gig. Much closer to the master tape.

And just to go back in time and remember how important moment in The Stones history this was.
Keith was arrested for heroin possession, and have just been released from jail to play those gigs.
They have played 2 gigs (4th and 5th March 1977). After that, everybody had run away from Canada, leaving Keith alone with Ian Stewart. And some 10 days later Keith would record those beautiful piano tracks in the studio (Stone Alone).

Let`s go back to the tape. The biggest problem was that it was too muddy or bassy,if you want it.
The first thing that i have fixed was the phase issue (azimuth misalignment). Than i did pitch correction (it was a bit too slow) and level correction.
In the end i did the EQ. And i had to do a different EQ for the left channel, it was much more mud there,than on the right channel.
I have also manually De-clicked 3 tracks from acetate and remastered them.

"Let`s Spend The Night Together" was not complete on this tape, so i have completed it from the track from DAC`s Sexual Healing CD (remastered by me).

"Crazy Mama" was also cut on all versions, and i wanted to complete it somehow. But the problem was that "Crazy Mama" was only performed live at El Mocambo, until `97. So what can a poor boy do?..........except to use the version from Woodstock Rehearsals (again my remaster)! And so i did, i have made the Frankenstein !!!
In the end i have decided to include "Crazy Mama" completed in a separate folder. 

Route 66, Mannish Boy, Crackin` Up, Dance Little Sister, Around And Around and Little Red Rooster were taken from Love You Live (vinyl rip) or from the vinyl acetate..........(remastered by me)

No one knows for sure what was the song order in concert. I have consulted Zentgraf site for a closest version of the track list and made the new track order.

I also wanna thank to some friends that have helped  : Munichhilton, Falo, Igemo75, Midnrambler

Artwork is another real beauty by Mr. D
For this one, we have the complete booklet and luxury cover !!!

Enjoy

Captain Acid    October 2016