John Kay & Steppenwolf - Bootlegs Collection [19 Releases] (1968-2012)

1968.02.02 - Fair Park, Dallas, TX, USA (320 kbps) ¤ 00:56:43

[00:04:46] 01. Introduction By Agustus / Sookie Sookie
[00:06:59] 02. Greeting From John Kay / Hoochie Coochie Man
[00:04:47] 03. Tighten Up Your Wig
[00:06:29] 04. Desperation
[00:05:13] 05. Born To Be Wild
[00:10:40] 06. Tuning And U-Turns / Your Wall's Too High
[00:03:36] 07. Berry Rides Again
[00:08:11] 08. The Ostrich
[00:05:57] 09. The Pusher

Source: Soundboard

1968.02.02 - State Fair Music Hall, Dalls, TX, USA (Speed Corrected) (320 kbps) ¤ 00:54:35

[00:00:29] 01. Introduction By Augustus
[00:04:08] 02. Sookie Sookie
[00:00:38] 03. John Kay Establishes A Rapport
[00:06:07] 04. Hoochie Coochie Man
[00:04:36] 05. Tighten Up Your Wig
[00:06:17] 06. Desperation
[00:05:04] 07. Born To Be Wild
[00:01:44] 08. Tuning
[00:08:38] 09. Your Wall's Too High
[00:03:27] 10. Berry Rides Again
[00:07:43] 11. The Ostrich
[00:05:37] 12. The Pusher

Source: Soundboard
Lineage: speed-corrected up 3.3% from the original, minimized some taper-mic noise

1968.08.27 - Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA (320 kbps) ¤ 01:28:10

[00:12:50] 01. Your Wall's Too High
[00:02:01] 02. John Kay Remarks
[00:05:51] 03. Hoochie Coochie Man
[00:01:09] 04. John Kay Remarks
[00:08:03] 05. Born To Be Wild
[00:06:20] 06. Desperation
[00:09:13] 07. The Ostrich
[00:04:19] 08. Tighten Up Your Wig
[00:04:14] 09. Disappointment Number (Unknown)
[00:02:43] 10. Lost And Found By Trial And Error
[00:10:11] 11. Hodge, Podge, Strained Through A Leslie
[00:04:29] 12. Resurrection
[00:10:30] 13. Baby, Please Don't Go
[00:06:09] 14. The Pusher

1968.08.27 - Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA (Speed Corrected) (320 kbps) ¤ 01:27:03

[00:00:08] 01. Introduction
[00:12:30] 02. Your Wall's Too High
[00:01:52] 03. John Kay Monologue
[00:05:50] 04. Hoochie Coochie Man
[00:01:05] 05. John Kay Monologue
[00:07:28] 06. Born To Be Wild
[00:00:34] 07. Introduction
[00:06:12] 08. Desperation
[00:09:08] 09. The Ostrich
[00:00:23] 10. Introduction
[00:03:53] 11. Tighten Up Your Wig
[00:05:21] 12. Disappointment Number (Unknown)
[00:01:33] 13. Lost And Found By Trial And Error
[00:10:05] 14. Hodge, Podge, Strained Through A Leslie
[00:03:32] 15. Resurrection
[00:00:56] 16. Tuning
[00:09:59] 17. Baby, Please Don't Go
[00:00:21] 18. Tuning
[00:06:03] 19. The Pusher

Source: Soundboard

Band Lineup:
John Kay - Vocals, Guitar, Harp
Michael Monarch - Guitar
Goldy McJohn - Keyboards
Rushton Moreve (aka John Russell Morgan) - Bass, Vocals
Jerry Edmonton - Drums, Vocals

1972.09.15 - Edmonton Sundown, London, England (320 kbps) ¤ 01:10:58
[00:04:48] 01. Sookie Sookie
[00:04:54] 02. Ride With Me
[00:04:42] 03. Foggy Mental Breakdown
[00:04:15] 04. Tighten Up Your Wig
[00:05:18] 05. Ball Crusher
[00:06:52] 06. Shackles & Chains
[00:09:55] 07. Monster / Suicide / America
[00:07:06] 08. The Pusher
[00:04:22] 09. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:07:21] 10. Born To Be Wild
[00:06:25] 11. Hoochie Coochie Man
[00:04:54] 12. Berry Rides Again

Source: Audience
Lineage: unknown stereo recorder & microphones -> master stereo tape -> unknown generations of analog tape -> unknown (low) generation cassette, Dolby off.

unknown (low) generation cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby off, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, taper volume fluctuations adjusted, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears.

Band Lineup:
John Kay - electric guitar, harmonica, vocals
Kent Henry - lead electric guitar
George Biondo - electric bass, vocals
Goldie McJohn - keyboards
Jerry Edmonton - drums, vocals

1972.09.20 - Konserthuset, Gothenburg, Sweden (320 kbps) ¤ 00:34:53

[00:04:25] 01. Ride With Me
[00:04:32] 02. Foggy Mental Breakdown
[00:04:50] 03. Tighten Up Your Wig
[00:09:38] 04. Monster
[00:04:13] 05. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:07:12] 06. The Pusher

Source: FM Broadcast
Lineage: Reel to reel tape -> Cool Edit Pro 2.0 -> Wav -> Flac

This was recorded and broadcasted by the Swedish National Radio "SR" under the program name "Tonkraft". This is from when it was rebroadcasted in the late seventies. The sound is more dynamic and natural.

1972.09.20 - Ride With Me - Konserthuset, Gothenburg, Sweden (320 kbps) ¤ 00:35:49

[00:04:16] 01. Ride With Me
[00:04:29] 02. Foggy Mental Breakdown
[00:05:01] 03. Tighten Up Your Wig
[00:10:16] 04. Monster
[00:04:21] 05. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:07:24] 06. The Pusher

1974.11.18 - Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA (320 kbps) ¤ 01:16:31

[00:00:41] 01. Wolfman Jack Intro
[00:06:18] 02. Born To Be Wild
[00:04:53] 03. Gang War Blues
[00:04:39] 04. Hey Lawdy Mama
[00:06:12] 05. Children Of The Night
[00:05:42] 06. Jeraboah
[00:09:16] 07. Monster / Suicide / America
[00:04:29] 08. Smokey Factory Blues
[00:05:16] 09. Fishin' In The Dark
[00:05:14] 10. The Pusher
[00:04:09] 11. I'm Movin' On (John Kay Band)
[00:03:58] 12. Straight Shootin' Woman
[00:03:02] 13. Get Into The Wind
[00:05:35] 14. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:03:53] 15. Fool's Fantasy
[00:03:06] 16. Berry Rides Again

Source: Audience (by Dan Lampinski)
Lineage: BASF Master Cassette -> Baking oven -> unknown model Tascam cassette deck -> 24-bit/96-KHz wav files -> Goldwave (normalizing and crossfades) -> CDWAV (track breaks) -> dBpowerAMP Audio Converter (24-bit/96-KHz wav files converted to 16-bit/44.1 KHz wav files) -> FLAC Front End (FLAC 8 with sector boundary alignment) FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger. No EQ'ing.

1980.02.16 - My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY, USA (320 kbps) ¤ 01:18:55

[00:03:34] 01. I'm Movin' On
[00:04:29] 02. Down In New Orleans
[00:04:19] 03. Hey Lawdy Mama
[00:04:58] 04. The Best Is Barely Good Enough
[00:04:44] 05. You
[00:04:20] 06. Snowblind Friend (Hoyt Axton Song)
[00:04:03] 07. Hot Night In A Cold Town
[00:04:56] 08. Underlworld Figure
[00:03:33] 09. Sookie Sookie
[00:04:15] 10. Ain't Nothin' Like It Used To Be
[00:04:12] 11. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:03:59] 12. Give Me Some News I Can Use
[00:04:20] 13. Business Is Business
[00:04:53] 14. Born To Be Wild
[00:06:41] 15. The Pusher
[00:11:32] 16. Monster Jam

Source: Pre FM Soundboard WLIR 92.7
Sound Quality: 9.5/10 (Very Good)
Lineage: Pre FM cassette master -> ??? -> CDR

Band Lineup:
John Kay - Guitar & Vocals
Michael Palmer - Guitar
Jared Perry - Bass & Vocals
Steven Palmer - Drums
Danny Ironstone - Keys & Vocals

1981.07.01 - Snowblind Friends - New Haven, Connecticut, USA (2CD) (320 kbps) ¤ 01:32:43

Source: FM Broadcast
Sound Quality: About A
Lineage: 2nd Generation Cassette -> Sony TC-D5 M Cassette Deck (Playback) -> Edirol R-09 HR(24/44.1 KHZ) -> CD Wav Editor -> Traders Little Helper -> Flac Level8.Sector Boundaries Aligned Using Traders Little Helper
CD1 ¤ 00:49:23
[00:02:13] 01. Rock Me
[00:03:48] 02. I'm Movin' On
[00:04:58] 03. Five Finger Discount
[00:04:14] 04. Hey Lawdy Mama
[00:04:11] 05. Hot Bucks
[00:03:45] 06. Every Man For Himself
[00:04:23] 07. Snowblind Friend
[00:05:10] 08. Hot Night In A Cold Town
[00:04:50] 09. Who Knows
[00:03:33] 10. Sookie Sookie
[00:03:45] 11. Ain't Nothin' Like It Used To Be
[00:04:27] 12. Magic Carpet Ride

CD2 ¤ 00:43:19
[00:05:30] 01. None Of The Above
[00:03:56] 02. Give Me The News I Can Use
[00:03:36] 03. Move Over
[00:03:38] 04. Business Is Business
[00:06:09] 05. Born To Be Wild
[00:07:40] 06. The Pusher
[00:09:33] 07. Monster
[00:03:15] 08. 40 Days And 40 Nights

1986 - Farm Aid II (DVD) (320 kbps) ¤ 00:09:22

[00:04:08] 01. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:05:13] 02. Born To Be Wild

Source: TV Broadcast
Lineage: Cable -> SuperBeta Hi-Fi -> Edit SuperBeta Hi-Fi -> Playback Sony EDV-9500 -> Standalone Panasonic DMR-E50 (XP) -> TMPGenc DVD Author 3

1993.02.08 - Gold In The Studio Radio Show (320 kbps) ¤ 00:25:16

[00:10:12] 01. Segment 1
[00:06:22] 02. Segment 2
[00:06:42] 03. Segment 3
[00:00:56] 04. Segment 4
[00:01:02] 05. Promo

Source: Pre-FM

2002 - Most Famous Hits (DVD) (320 kbps) ¤ 01:20:24

[00:00:07] 01. Intro
[00:02:36] 02. Love Me All Night Long
[00:05:03] 03. Discount
[00:04:09] 04. Hey Lawdy Mama
[00:03:39] 05. Every Man For Himself
[00:04:16] 06. You
[00:04:17] 07. Snowblind Friend
[00:05:17] 08. Hot Night In A Cold Town
[00:03:31] 09. Underworld King
[00:03:38] 10. Sookie Sookie
[00:04:10] 11. Hot Bucks
[00:04:45] 12. Don't Cry
[00:03:46] 13. Twisted
[00:03:41] 14. Move Over
[00:03:37] 15. Hey I'm Allright
[00:05:04] 16. Born To Be Wild
[00:06:43] 17. Smokey Factory Blues
[00:03:30] 18. Colorado Rythm
[00:01:57] 19. Monster
[00:03:41] 20. Do Or Die
[00:02:46] 21. A Tribute To Steppenwolf

2004 - Playboy After Dark (DVD) (320 kbps) ¤ 00:08:26

[00:01:26] 01. Berry Rides Again
[00:03:53] 02. Monster - Suicide - America
[00:03:05] 03. From Here To There Eventually

Source: TV Broadcast
Lineage: VHS -> DVD Video

2005 - Rock Me (DVD) (320 kbps) ¤ 01:11:22

[00:03:43] 01. Introduction
[00:04:04] 02. Rock & Roll Rebels
[00:03:34] 03. Rock Me
[00:03:53] 04. I'm Movin' On
[00:04:32] 05. Endless Commercial
[00:04:14] 06. Hey Lawdy Mama
[00:04:21] 07. Ride With Me
[00:04:58] 08. She's Got The Goods
[00:05:54] 09. Hoochie Coochie Man
[00:04:52] 10. Snowblind Friend
[00:09:47] 11. Monster
[00:05:21] 12. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:05:58] 13. Born To Be Wild
[00:02:29] 14. Instrumental
[00:03:34] 15. Deep Into Rock

2006 - The 60s Rock Experience Live (DVD) (320 kbps) ¤ 00:24:13

[00:04:45] 01. Magic Ride
[00:06:13] 02. Born To Be Wild
[00:06:36] 03. The Pusher
[00:06:37] 04. John Kay Interview

2007.06.26 - Artpark Outdoor Stage, Lewiston, NY, USA (320 kbps) ¤

[00:00:36] 01. Intro
[00:03:13] 02. Sookie Sookie
[00:00:58] 03. Banter
[00:04:11] 04. Rock & Roll Rebels
[00:03:31] 05. Rock Me
[00:03:38] 06. I'm Movin' On
[00:05:21] 07. The Endless Commercial
[00:04:53] 08. Hey Lawdy Mama
[00:06:44] 09. Hold On (Never Give Up, Never Give In)
[00:05:00] 10. Ride With Me
[00:04:09] 11. Screaming Night Hog
[00:07:02] 12. Hoochie Coochie Man
[00:01:09] 13. Intro To Monster
[00:10:00] 14. Monster
[00:01:45] 15. Banter
[00:04:32] 16. Rise & Shine
[00:02:03] 17. Band Intros
[00:05:15] 18. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:06:02] 19. Born To Be Wild
[00:07:10] 20. The Pusher

Source: Audience (by Bigdaddybflo)
Lineage: DSM-6 -> D8 -> Wave @ 16/44.1 -> Adobe Audition 1.5 (EQ, Normalization, track splitting) -> TLH (SBE fix, flac 8)

2009 - The Early Years (DVD) (192 kbps) ¤ 01:00:50

[00:02:05] 01. Love Me All Night Long
[00:05:03] 02. Discount
[00:04:10] 03. Hey Lawdy Mama
[00:03:39] 04. Every Man For Himself
[00:04:10] 05. You
[00:04:22] 06. Snowblind Friend
[00:05:24] 07. Hot Night In A Cold Town
[00:03:32] 08. Underworld King
[00:03:37] 09. Sookie Sookie
[00:04:03] 10. Hot Bucks
[00:04:53] 11. Don't Cry
[00:03:47] 12. Twisted
[00:03:33] 13. Move Over
[00:03:46] 14. Hey I'm Alright
[00:04:42] 15. Born To Be Wild

2012.07.14 - BRBF Peer, L1 Radio, Hubert On The Air, Belgium (320 kbps) ¤ 00:56:35

[00:00:32] 01. Intro DJ
[00:04:01] 02. Sookie Sookie
[00:05:41] 03. Hold On (Never Give Up, Never Give In)
[00:03:56] 04. Ride With Me
[00:01:02] 05. Intro Screaming Nighthawk
[00:03:59] 06. Screaming Night Hog
[00:06:58] 07. Hoochie Coochie Man
[00:04:46] 08. She's Got The Goods
[00:04:24] 09. Snowblind Friend
[00:09:45] 10. Monster
[00:05:14] 11. Magic Carpet Ride
[00:01:55] 12. Born To Be Wild
[00:00:16] 13. Outro DJ
[00:04:00] 14. The Pusher

Source: FM Broadcast
Lineage: digital mediabox -> HD 24/48 (Magix) -> 16/44 (Magix) -> Flac level 8 (TLH) -> Split in tracks and volume normalized with Magix

Band Lineup:
John Kay - Vocals, Guitar
Danny Johnson - Guitar
Michael Wilk - Keyboards
Gary Link - Bass
Ron Hurst - Drums