Betty Davis - Nasty Gal (1975)

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Originally Posted By v-chile September 7, 2011

 Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
Studio recording @flac
Out of Print

Available @ The 'Zon for $64.99

 

“You want to feel it, don’t you?” Betty Davis asks on the Nasty Gal deep cut “Feelins.” The certainty in her delivery lets you know that she’s already figured you out — not only what you want to feel, but how to make you feel it. She brings catharsis to the surface on “Dedicated to the Press,” pushing the bass in her voice to challenge the pluck of the bass line the track runs along. She cranks up the grit on “Nasty Gal,” taking all of the wicked names she’d been called and tossing them back like grenades. And yet, these records exist alongside the likes of “Talkin’ Trash” and “The Lone Ranger,” sensual cuts delivered with a wink and a growl. Davis did it all, felt it all, and relished the thrill that freedom gave her. Nasty Gal marked an effective end to the funk and soul musician’s career, aided by cultural backlash and suits in boardrooms. But it was always our loss, never hers. —L.P.

Betty Davis @ Rolling Stone

 Betty Davis @ Dailey Mail

Betty Davis @ The Guardian 

 

Track list: 

01.Nasty Gal 4:44
02.Talkin Trash 4:49
03.Dedicated To The Press 3:48
04.You And I 2:50
05.Feeling 2:50
06.F.U.N.K. 4:26
07.Gettin` Kicked Off,Havin` Fun 3:13
08.Shut Off The Light 3:59
09.This Is It 3:32
10.The Lone Ranger 6:19 

  

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Betty Davis - Live Le Castellet, France 1976

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Original post by v-chile August 25, 2011

(photo thanks to petsounds)

Betty Davis - "Riviera '76 Festival Jazz-Rock"

Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France

Audience Recording (Sivad) @ flac

July 25, 1976 (Approximately 11:00pm)

Lineage (Sivad): Audience Recording (Sivad) > 2 UHER dynamic mics > Nakamichi 550 Portable Cassette Recorder > TDK Tape > TASCAM > Cassette Deck > Vaio Soundcard > Audacity > HD


Additional Lineage to the above (RatedX): CD Wave > TLH Flac Level 8
**NOTE** excellent quality!! (needs some volume)

Betty Davis - Vocals
Larry Johnson - Bass, Vocals
Fred Mills - Keyboards, Vocals
Carlos Morales - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Semmie “Nickey” Neal, jr. - Drums

According to the MC Introductions: Betty Davis dedicated this show to Miles Davis.

Set List:
01: French MC Intro From The Stage :27
02: Instrumental ? 3:18
03: Nasty Gal 4:31
04: Dedicated To The Press 3:40
05: The Lone Ranger 9:46
06: He Was A Big Freak 5:49
07: Talkin Trash 9:23
08: Steppin In Her I. Miller Shoes 5:21
09: Instrumental ? 2:09
10: Shut Off The Light (w/Applause) 5:15

Total Time: 49.39

Note:
- Thank you Sivad (Original Taper) on following through with my request and providing me with this show.
- I originally received this show from Sivad as a single wave file therefore CD Wave was use to split the tracks.
- I'm not an expert so keep that in mind when hearing the tracking specially between (05 and 06 + 09 and 10), Betty goes from one song to the next a la Miles Davis.
- For the purist: Besides the tracking nothing else was done to the original received wave file. I leave it to the experts to remaster as they wish.
- I can't make the title of track: 02 and 09. I believe they are just instrumental, after careful listening to her albums none of theses appeared.
- There seems to be a fade out after Track 08. before track 09 maybe the result of a tape flip. I do not know if any music is missing between these two.
- From the liner notes of "Is it Love Or Desire " this show is believe to be one of the last if not the last time the band played together.
- In the above referenced torrent (comments section) fellow Dimer Stonethecrow provide us with an unreleased picture of this show (Thank you)
published on a now dead French revue : "Musiq" December 2007. I have included that picture in this torrent.

- In the above referenced torrent (comments section) Sivad comment the following:

" A bit of first-hand information on this one, as I've been lucky enough to attend this three-day outdoor event that was held at the Paul Ricard racetrack in Le Castellet (south of France) where, if I remember well, the previous week-end legendary Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve on Ferrari had won the French Formula One Grand Prix. The festival was called “Riviera '76” and the main reason for me to get there was that Miles had to play the 'only European concert' of that year. Of course, he didn't show up 'cos he had just begun his infamous five-year sabbatical, but nobody knew it at that time, not even Miles himself, I believe. The stage announcer said that, because of a sudden illness Miles couldn't be there and he sent his former wife to replace him. I only knew vaguely about Betty Davis, but that night (July 1st, 1976) all of us found out what a blast she was! For the chronicle, other artists who performed at the festival were: John McLaughlin's Shakti, Airto Moreira (solo performance), Pat Martino (terrific), Tony Williams & Lenny White (with Brian Auger) Larry Coryell, Joe Cocker (who was too drunk to sing, sadly), Stuff (in my view one of the greatest bands of all time), it is not the complete set. I recorded with my trusty Nakamichi 550 the main acts, and at least half a dozen cassettes of that event still survive, Betty Davis included. One day I hope to find the time to make digital transfers of all the stuff I have recorded in the old days and put some of it on the web for all to share."

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Betty Davis was a model and she knew musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. While her marriage to Miles Davis lasted only a year, she is better known as Miles’s second wife and credited with introducing Miles to Hendrix.

In his Autobiography, Miles said: “Betty was a big influence on my personal life as well as my musical life. She introduced me to the music of Jimi Hendrix - and to Jimi Hendrix himself - and other black rock music and musicians. She knew Sly Stone and all those guys, and she was great herself. If Betty were singing today, she’d be something like Madonna; something like Prince, only as a woman. She was the beginning of all that when she was singing as Betty Davis. She was just ahead of her time.”

It was the ’70s and on stage, she was flaunting her sexuality long before Madonna and Prince would in later years. Her backing band would include members from Santana (Neal Schon) Sly & The Family Stone (Gregg Errico) and The Pointer Sisters.


If you wanna know something more about Betty Davis:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/05/miles-davis-bitches-brew-reissue



BIG thanks to Sivad and Edge at Guitars 101!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Some More Interviews

 Jimi Hendrix
Cumberland Hotel
London, England
September 11, 1970
Final interview

Notes:
"This is the last interview that Jimi Hendrix ever gave, he would die one week later to the day.
Jimi had been touring in the United States since late April 1970, playing mostly weekend dates. In early summer he began to record at his new studio as Electric Ladyland as final touches were being put on the facility. Good progress was being made toward a new album, possibly double album that may have come out during the Christmas holidays.
The U.S. tour ended in Honolulu on Aug. 1 and after spending some time off in Maui he went back to New York to record. An official opening for the studio came Aug. 26. The next day Jimi flew from New York to London to play the Isle of Wight.
After the Isle of Wight, it was then onto scheduled dates in Stockholm Aug. 31, Gothenburg Sept. 1, Aarhus Sept. 2, Copenhagen Sept. 3, W. Berlin Sept. 4, Isle of Fehmarn Sept. 6, Rotterdam Sept. 13 and Vienna Sept. 22.
After the show in Gothenburg someone spiked bass player Billy Cox's drink with acid and he had a bad trip that turned into paranoia and feared someone was intent on killing him and Jimi. He played a few more dates, but after Fehmarn, the rest of the tour was cancelled and Cox was flown back to the U.S.
Jimi returned to London for his final days and gave this 30-minute interview to journalist Keith Altham, who had known him since he first arrived in London in 1966..." by Arvin Sloane
 
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"It's a vintage 1975 interview with Betty Davis in her heyday. She is in fantastic mood

and very funny indeed. There are records intermingled with speech, the sound quality is

perfect."by Arvin Sloane

https://rapidshare.com/files/2032351006/Betty_Davis_Interview_by_Al_Gee_1975.rar

Thanks Arvin!