Al Kooper - Live at the Record Plant, Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, 10-23-1974

Here's a solo acoustic piano concert by Al Kooper in front of a small audience for the "Live at the Record Plant" radio series. 

To be honest, I didn't expect much from this. I knew of Kooper from his roles as a session musician, producer, and songwriter, but I'd never heard much of him as a performer. But I was quite impressed, actually. He played a lot of good songs, a mix of covers and originals, and had some interesting banter between songs. 

Here's his Wikipedia entry:

Al Kooper - Wikipedia

This recording sounded pretty good, but it did have some trouble with hiss. I did some audio editing to get rid of most of the hiss on the talking tracks, with the help of the MVSEP program. But I didn't touch the hiss on the actual songs, for fear that would hurt the music. But it isn't nearly as noticeable there anyway. It only stood out when the background was mostly silent.  

This unreleased album is 56 minutes long. 

01 talk by Tom Donahue (Al Kooper)
02 Brand New Day (Al Kooper)
03 talk (Al Kooper)
04 Without Her (Al Kooper)
05 talk (Al Kooper)
06 Autobiography in 725 Bars (Al Kooper)
07 talk (Al Kooper)
08 Sam Stone (Al Kooper)
09 talk (Al Kooper)
10 Just One Smile (Al Kooper)
11 talk (Al Kooper)
12 New Fashioned Love Song (Al Kooper)
13 talk (Al Kooper)
14 Drown in My Own Tears (Al Kooper)
15 talk (Al Kooper)
16 Don't Hang Up (Al Kooper)
17 talk (Al Kooper)
18 I Can't Quit Her (Al Kooper)
19 talk (Al Kooper)
20 [Be Yourself] Be Real (Al Kooper)

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The cover photo was taken at a concert at the Great Southeast Music Hall in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 12, 1973.