Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall

Infobox Album
Name = Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
Type = live
Artist = Various Artists


Released = 1973
Recorded = Camden Town, London,
8 October 1973
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 1:24:00
Label = Caroline (UK) GT 4997
Producer = Richard Elan
Reviews =
Chronology = Greasy Truckers
Last album = "Greasy Truckers Party"
(1972)
This album = "Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall"
(1973)
Next album = –

"Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall" is a 1973 live double album by Various Artists recorded at an October 1973 Greasy Truckers concert at the Dingwalls Dance Hall at Camden Lock in Camden Town, London. The concert featured four bands, Camel, Henry Cow, Global Village Trucking Co. and Gong, and was recorded on Virgin Records' "Virgin Mobile".

Notwithstanding its title, not all the tracks on the album are from the Dingwells Dance Hall concert. Due to delays in starting the event and a 2am curfew, Henry Cow's set (billed last) was curtailed to 10 minutes, and their contribution here was recorded a week later at Virgin's Manor Studio. The first Gong track was recorded at an open air festival at Tabarka, Tunisia in June 1973, and the second was recorded live at Sheffield City Hall in Sheffield, England in October 1973.

Greasy Truckers were "a loose organisation of individuals whose ideals were based on those of the Diggers in San Francisco, recycling money into worthwhile causes." [ cite web |url=http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/users/staffba3/mana1.html |title=The Greasy Truckers Party (1972) |work=The Man Home Page |first=Andrew |last=Lauder |accessdate=2007-09-17 ] This album was the second in a series of two albums recorded at concerts in London organised by Greasy Truckers, the first being "Greasy Truckers Party" (1972). All proceeds from the concert and LP sales went to Greasy Truckers.

Track listing

Side 1 (19:10)
#Camel – "God of Light Revisited (Parts one, two & three)"Side 2 (21:30)
#Henry Cow – "Off the map"
#Henry Cow – "Cafe Royal"
#Henry Cow – "Keeping warm in winter"
#Henry Cow – "Sweet heart of mine"Side 3 (23:05)
#Global Village Trucking Co. – "Look into me"
#Global Village Trucking Co. – "Earl Stonham (The Gunslinger)"
#Global Village Trucking Co. – "You're a floozy madame Karma (but I love your lowdown ways)"
#Global Village Trucking Co. – "Everybody needs a good friend"Side 4 (20:15)
#Gong – "General flash of the United Hallucinations"
#Gong – "Part 32 Floating Anarchy"

Personnel

Camel

*Peter Bardens – organ, vocals
*Doug Fergusun – bass guitar
*Andy Latimer – guitar, vocals
*Andy Ward – drums

Henry Cow

*Chris Cutler – drums, vocals
*Fred Frith – guitar, violin, vocals
*John Greaves – bass guitar, piano, vocals
*Tim Hodgkinson – organ, clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals
*Geoff Leigh – tenor and soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet, recorder

Global Village Trucking Co.

*Jon Owen – vocals, 12 string guitar
*John Mckenzie – bass guitar
*Mike Medora – guitar
*Jimmy Lascelles – organ, piano
*Simon Stewart-Richardson – drums

Gong

*Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Bad De Grass") – saxophone, gnomophone
*Steve Hillage ("Stevie Hillside-Village") – kundali guitar, submarine spiral
*Pierre Moerlen ("Pierre De Strasbourg") – drums, overdrive
*Mike Howlett ("Mr T Being") – fingerbass
*Tim Blake ("Hi T Moonweed") – Cynthia size A, crystal machine
*Daevid Allen ("Dingo Virgin") – local vocals, glissando guitar

Re-issues

*The Henry Cow tracks on this album were re-issued on the CD release of their "Henry Cow Concerts" album (q.v. for further details).
*The Camel tracks on this album were re-issued on their 2000 "official bootleg" CD "Gods of Light '73-'75."

References

External links

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* [http://www.rajaz.co.uk/Memorabilia_Pages/Shane/memorabilia_shane125.htm Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwall's Dance Hall] . "Camel memorabilia".
* [http://www.user.w-i-s.net/rocco/greasy.htm Greasy Truckers Party & Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall]