{"id":15667,"date":"2026-09-28T07:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birminghamrecord.com\/brc\/?p=15667"},"modified":"2026-09-28T07:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:30:35","slug":"newsletter-for-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.birminghamrecord.com\/brc\/newsletter-for-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter For October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIRMINGHAM RECORD COLLECTORS<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEDICATED TO THE COLLECTING OF MUSIC, ITS PRESERVATION AND LASTING FRIENDSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n

THIS MONTH’S MEETING WILL BE THE\u00a0FIRST<\/u>\u00a0SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH\u00a02:00 PM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

HOMEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY 1721 OXMOOR RD BIRMINGHAM, AL 35209<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEXT MONTH’S MEETING WILL BE HELD THE SECOND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AT\u00a02:00\u00a0<\/u>PM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

HOMEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY 1721 OXMOOR RD BIRMINGHAM, AL 35209<\/strong><\/p>\n

THIS MONTH’S MEETING<\/strong><\/p>\n

This month\u2019s meeting will be the\u00a0FIRST\u00a0Sunday, October 4TH<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0We\u00a0will have our local \u2018group harmony\u2019 specialist, BRC member Bob Friedman spinning tunes and educating us with his knowledge of the groups, labels and composers.\u00a0\u00a0I know you will enjoy his presentation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At our November meeting we plan on having another BRC member doing a presentation.\u00a0\u00a0Carlos Otalora collects all kinds of music especially those 45\u2019s that are not well-known.\u00a0\u00a0He will be playing for us some recordings made here in Alabama that are very rare and unusual.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plan on making these two meetings and hear from some of very own.\u00a0\u00a0See ya!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEMORIAL FOR WAYNE PERKINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is the info for the memorial set for long-time guitarist, session man, songwriter and BRC Music Hall of Fame member Wayne Perkins.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrating the Life of Wayne Perkins.\u00a0\u00a0Please join us for an afternoon of remembrance, shared stories, and honoring the wonderful life of our brother, Wayne Perkins.\u00a0\u00a0While our hearts are still heavy with his loss, we invite family and friends to come together to<\/strong><\/p>\n

celebrate his memory, share cherished moments, and support one another.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Event Details Date: Sunday, October 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time: 2:00 PM \u2013 5:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location: Trussville Civic Center EXHIBITION HALL 5381 Trussville Clay Rd, Trussville, AL 35173<\/strong><\/p>\n

Light refreshments will be served during the gathering.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please feel free to wear comfortable, casual attire as we celebrate Wayne’s life together.<\/strong><\/p>\n

PLEASE RSVP NUMBER OF GUEST BY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OCTOBER 2, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

TO:\u00a0<\/strong>jnsims55@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

LIVE LP\u2019S<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ever been to a concert and wish that it had been recorded?\u00a0\u00a0Live music is a great way to listen to music but when it\u2019s over it\u2019s just your memories that you have of it that remains.\u00a0\u00a0Or maybe you have been to a concert and it was recorded and was released as an LP or CD and you have a copy.\u00a0\u00a0I am just glad we do have recorded concerts that have been released in some format.\u00a0\u00a0But buying a so-called \u2018live\u2019 concert LP can be misleading.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes the cuts are from different concerts on different nights, sometimes there are cuts done in a studio and put on the LP with audience sound dubbed in.\u00a0\u00a0But those live LP\u2019s have been good to listen to over the years.\u00a0\u00a0Where did the \u2018live in concert\u2019 concept come from?\u00a0\u00a0What rock & roll group or performer did some of the earliest \u2018live\u2019 LP\u2019s?\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s take a look.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the earliest known live releases was not a rock LP but was done by Benny Goodman.\u00a0\u00a0In 1938 the\u00a0Benny Goodman At Carnegie Hall<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0was released.\u00a0\u00a0Of course, the main format at that time was the 78 RPM.\u00a0\u00a0It was released on the LP format in 1950.\u00a0\u00a0In 1954 the 1948 recording of\u00a0<\/strong>Dizzy Gillespie And His Big Band In Concert\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>was released as a 10-inch LP playing at 33 1\/3 RPM.\u00a0\u00a0It seems that Jazz and Folk were the earliest known \u2018live\u2019 recordings that were released.\u00a0\u00a0Louis Armstrong had\u00a0Satchmo At Pasadena<\/em>\u00a0released in 1951.\u00a0\u00a0In 1953 Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and other Jazz performers performed at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada.\u00a0\u00a0This recording was released as The Quintet \u2013 Jazz At Massey Hall.\u00a0\u00a0Others are Art Blakey\u2019s\u00a0A Night At Birdland<\/em>\u00a0(recorded at The Birdland Jazz Club NYC in 1954)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Erroll Garner Concert By The Sea<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(recorded in 1955 at Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA),\u00a0Duke Ellington At Newport (1956)<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0There were other Jazz artists who released live LP\u2019s throughout the 1950\u2019s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other than Jazz artists releasing live LP\u2019s we find a folk group, The Weavers releasing\u00a0The Weavers at Carnegie Hall\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in 1957.\u00a0\u00a0Other notables include Ray Charles who had his 1958 Newport Jazz Festival appearance released in 1959,\u00a0Muddy Waters At Newport 1960\u00a0<\/em>(‘I Got My Brand On You’\u00a0<\/a>– click to here)\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0James Brown Live At The Apollo<\/em>\u00a0in 1963.\u00a0\u00a0When did the rock and roll gang began releasing live LP\u2019s?\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s take a look.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably the first rock and roll live LP would be Joey Dee And The Starliters LP,\u00a0Doin\u2019 The Twist Recorded Live At The Peppermint Lounge (‘<\/a><\/em>The Peppermint Twist’<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em>click to hear)<\/em>which was released in 1961.\u00a0\u00a0That LP included the group\u2019s smash hit, \u2018Peppermint Twist Part 1\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0There were some tracks \u2018cleaned up\u2019 in the studio and some crowd overdubbing was done.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was a live LP released before Joey Dee\u2019s but there are some additions to it that make it a little different.\u00a0\u00a0Ritchie Valens had just finished a concert tour in Hawaii and upon return to the states he went to his Jr High alma mater, Pacoima Jr High School and did a concert where he performed along with a friend on drums.\u00a0\u00a0The title was\u00a0Ritchie Valens in Concert At Pacoima Jr High<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0The LP included 5 live cuts along with a demo of \u2018Come On Let\u2019s Go\u2019 with crowd overdubbing filling in the \u2018live\u2019 side of the LP and unfinished demos recorded at his manager\u2019s home studio on the other side.\u00a0\u00a0These live recordings are the only known live cuts Ritchie ever did.\u00a0\u00a0For those who were at the Jr High performance I guess it is a time they won\u2019t forget.\u00a0\u00a0Ritchie was killed in the infamous plane crash along with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper less than 2 months later.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even Jerry Lee Lewis got into the live LP theme.\u00a0\u00a0In October of 1964 Smash Records released\u00a0The Greatest Live Show On Earth<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0This LP has a special meaning to us here in Alabama since the LP contained recordings from concerts done in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama.\u00a0\u00a0Jerry Lee\u2019s popularity had taken a hit among DJ\u2019s with his marriage to his 13 year old cousin and when he went to Europe to do a tour he had no money to bring his own band. It is said the British group, The Nashville Teens backed him.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A recording was done in Hamburg, Germany and was later released called\u00a0Live At The Star Club, Hamburg.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>It was released in Europe but not in the states until 1980. So when he came back to the states it was decided to record his show in Birmingham.\u00a0\u00a0The record company wanted to restore Lewis\u2019 reputation as a \u2018major seller\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0Jerry Lee said of the show and record producer Shelby Singleton ,\u00a0<\/strong>“Shelby had microphones set up all across the stage … it was the first time anyone had set up a live recording like that. We got some real momentum goin’ out there and it all had to be captured in one take. No second chances. I think Shelby edited out some of the talking but that was all.”<\/strong>\u00a0This LP was his biggest selling LP of the 1960\u2019s.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was in grade school when the 1961 Joey Dee LP came out and although I had a radio on ever where I went I did not buy records since I had no money to do so.\u00a0\u00a0The first time I heard of a live LP was in late 1966 when the Rolling Stones LP,\u00a0Got Live If You Want It<\/em>\u00a0was released.\u00a0\u00a0And I did \u2018want it\u2019 so I bought it.\u00a0\u00a0Starting with that LP I started noticing more live LP\u2019s being released.\u00a0\u00a0Do you or did you ever own any of these?\u00a0\u00a0Release date is noted.\u00a0\u00a0I know I left out so great live LP\u2019s that you enjoyed over the years.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 1964 \u2013\u00a0Johnny Rivers Live At The Whiskey A Go Go<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

September 1964 \u2013\u00a0Here We A Go Go Again<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0(Johnny Rivers 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0LP from the Whiskey)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 1966 \u2013\u00a0The Blues Project Live at the Caf\u00e9 Au Go Go<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

January 1967 \u2013\u00a0The James Brown Show<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0(parts were recorded in the studio)<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 1967 \u2013\u00a0Temptations Live!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 1967 \u2013\u00a0Buck Owens And His Buckaroos In Japan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

August 1967 \u2013\u00a0The Live Kinks<\/em>\u00a0(US release.\u00a0\u00a0Was titled\u00a0Live At Kelvin Hall<\/em>\u00a0in the UK)<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 1967 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Chuck Berry Live At The Fillmore Auditorium<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

March 1968 \u2013 The Great Society\u2019s LP\u00a0<\/strong>Conspicuous Only in Its Absence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(With Grace Slick)<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 1968 \u2013\u00a0Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 1968 \u2013\u00a0Wheels Of Fire<\/em>\u00a0by The Cream was a 2-disc LP with 1 disc studio cuts and 1 live\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0recordings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 1968 \u2013\u00a0Ten Years After Undead<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

October 1968\u00a0\u2013 Otis Redding In Person At The Whiskey A Go Go<\/em>\u00a0(released\u00a0<\/strong>posthumously)<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 1969 \u2013\u00a0Kick Out The Jams<\/em>\u00a0by MC5 (Motor City 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 1969 \u2013\u00a0Live\/Dead<\/em>\u00a0by The Grateful Dead<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 1970 \u2013 Jimi Hendrix\u00a0Band Of Gypsy\u2019s<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

April 1970 \u2013\u00a0Steppenwolf Live.<\/em>\u00a0 (One of my favorite cuts turned out to be recorded in the studio and audience sounds dubbed in –\u00a0‘Corrina, Corrina’<\/a>\u00a0– click to hear)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 1970 \u2013\u00a0Live At Leeds<\/em>\u00a0by The Who<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 1970 \u2013\u00a0Absolutely Live<\/em>\u00a0by The Doors<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 1970 \u2013\u00a0Get Yer Ya\u2019s Ya\u2019s Out!<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Another Stones live LP<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 1973 – Elvis’\u00a0\u00a0Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 1977 \u2013\u00a0The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Recorded at three different appearances at the Hollywood Bowl in August 1964 and August 1965.\u00a0\u00a0These recordings stayed in \u2018the can\u2019 because of crowd noise overwhelming the sound quality.\u00a0\u00a0Technology fixed that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the Guinness Book Of Records, The Grateful Dead holds the record for the most live LP\u2019s released.\u00a0\u00a0Here is what the website says: \u201cExcluding bootleg recordings, rock band the Grateful Dead (USA) have released 233 full-length live albums since 1969 \u2013 the majority of which have appeared since they disbanded in 1995 after the death of their legendary guitarist\/vocalist Jerry Garcia (b. 1942).\u201d\u00a0\u00a0It seems that before the Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll era the live LP\u2019s that were out there were of the Jazz genre. Well, you can see from this small sample of live LP\u2019s that the \u2018live album\u2019 concept really took off around the mid-60\u2019s and continues on.\u00a0\u00a0Imagine what it was like before recorded sound was possible.\u00a0\u00a0If you did have the chance to hear a person or group or orchestra perform before that time, you could not go home and play a record or any format to hear more of the music you liked. We grew up in a time when hearing music anytime, anyplace, anywhere was taken for granted.\u00a0\u00a0What a great time to be alive and to be able to hear music over the radio, on your phone, I-pods, CD\u2019s or vinyl.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

See ya,\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlie<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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