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November 6, 2016
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October 23, 2015
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v/a - Greasy Truckers Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall LP
*UK 1st Press*
*Double Vinyl In Gatefold Sleeve*
*Complete With Original Insert*
released: 1973
label: Greasy Truckers
catalogue no: GT 4997
matrix nos: GT 4997 1 A-1U/GT 4997 B-1U
condition: vinyl is very good+++. sleeve is very good.
tracks:
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
gong - general flash of the united hallucinations
gong - part 32 floating anarchy
camel - god of light revisited parts one, two & three
henry cow - off the map
henry cow - cafe royal
henry cow - keeping warm in winter & sweet heart of mine
Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall is a 1974 by various artists recorded at an October 1973 Greasy Truckers concert at the Dingwalls Dance Hall at in , . The concert featured four bands, , , and , and was recorded with ' "Manor Mobile" recording truck.
Notwithstanding its title, not all the tracks on the album are from the Dingwalls 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 . The first Gong track was recorded at an open air festival at , in June 1973, and the second was recorded live at in , in October 1973.
Greasy Truckers was "a loose organisation of individuals whose ideals were based on those of the Diggers in San Francisco, recycling money into worthwhile causes." This album was the second in a series of two albums recorded at concerts in London organised by Greasy Truckers, the first being (1972), released via United Artists. All proceeds from the concert and LP sales went to Greasy Truckers.