A few days ago I found a small stash of cassette tapes of third shift, recorded at various festivals during the ’90s. Mostly just the usual bull with occasional moments of semi coherent drumming or rabble. Here are a few samples for folk sheltering in place. You can download the mp3 files by right clicking the download and choosing ‘Save link as’ or similar option.
From ‘Monastery Equinox – 1997’
Side one excerpt (9:21)
Download Monastery Equinox, side one
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Side two excerpt (featuring the combustion chamber) (10:14)
Winter Solstice, 1993, On the waters of Island Run, an undisclosed location near Spencer WV, 1/2 mile off the road that time forgot (6:27)
Skin drumming after Resh, with tabletop bass
Summer Solstice, Brushwood 1993 (a festival between festivals for the festively inclined)
Early third shift (15:06)
More third shift drone (47:18)
Liber Resh (2:19)
View Resh Cheat Sheet. Click image at right to enlarge.
Recorded at Lothlorien in the early ’90s or late ’80s. Can’t remember who was singing, but it’s too pretty not to save (found on a tape used for sound tests) – comment if you know who was singing) (4:37)
From ‘Frank Baird on Congas’
Recorded at Summerhawk, 1991 (19:11)
- Whatever you were doing
- In Competition with a Cricket
For a more serious audio flashback, see the Funky Bardos, by the Bardos Bros.
