Great songs, with ample harmonies, and some production flourishes that may have been considered a bit over the top by some, but for these ears, they still sound as great as they did, at first listen.

Roger McGuinn Gene Clark; Bogarts; Cincinnati; Ohio; 4-15-78; Any further use requires permission from the photographer; Michael Conen.

These photos were taken on print film, and then digitally scanned at 2000 dpi.

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The Tamron telephoto zoom, on offer, at the time, cost nearly as much as the camera body too rich for me, at the time, so I had to make do.

Every so often, I would alternate between lenses, in such situations, especially if I could not score a seat near the lip of the stage.

As I have stated before, I did not wish to use a flash, if it could be avoided, simply because it is a distraction for the performers, and it creates less dimension in the images, in my opinion.

On this occasion, one particular moment caught Roger McGuinn startled by the use of the flash.

I quickly have to state that my favorite Crosby release, is If I Could Only Remember My Name.

Hands down a masterpiece His contributions to the Jefferson Starship lp, Blows Against the Empire are also noteworthy.

That release appealed to me for a number of reasons: the stylistic variety and energy it contained; the input from Mick Ronson, of the Spiders from Mars, which lent a bit of an edge on certain tunes; and some of the Englishness the lp also bore out, in its song selection.

Id been a fan of all things Ronson, for some time, owning both, Slaughter on 10th Avenue Play Dont Worry, from the time they were released.

It turns out that it was a very interesting convergence of many talents on that recording the period of time, and collaborators.

It bore some resemblance in tone and style, to a few other artists I was also listening to, at that point in time, including Iain Matthews and Southern Comfort, and his project, Plainsong.

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