Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall

Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
Live album by Various Artists
Released	1974
Recorded	Camden Town, London, 8 October 1973
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	1:24:00
Label	Caroline (UK) GT 4997
Producer	Richard Elan
Greasy Truckers chronology
Greasy Truckers Party (1972) Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall (1974) –

Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall is a 1974 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. An outtake from this session, "Bellycan" was released on the first (re-mixed) CD-release of their album, Leg End. 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."^[1] 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 one: Camel (19:10)

1. "God of Light Revisited (parts one, two & three)"

Side two: Henry Cow (21:30)

1. "Off the Map"
   • "Solo Piano" (Hodgkinson)
   • "Trio" (Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith)
2. "Cafe Royal" (solo guitar) (Frith)
3. "Keeping Warm in Winter" (Frith, Greaves)
4. "Sweet Heart of Mine" (Henry Cow)

Side three: Global Village Trucking Co (23:05)

1. "Look Into Me"
2. "Earl Stonham (The Gunslinger)"
3. "You're a Floozy Madame Karma (But I Love Your Lowdown Ways)"
4. "Everybody Needs a Good Friend"

Side four: Gong (20:15)

1. "General Flash of the United Hallucinations"
2. "Part 32 Floating Anarchy"

Personnel

Camel

• Peter Bardens – organ, vocals
• Doug Ferguson – bass guitar
• Andrew 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 – piano, 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.
• The Camel tracks on this album were re-issued on their 2000 "official bootleg" CD Gods of Light '73-'75.

References

External links

• Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall at Allmusic
• Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwall's Dance Hall. Camel memorabilia.
• Greasy Truckers Party & Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall