Jonathan Edwards - A & R Studios, New York City, 3-1-1972

A few days ago, I posted a 1974 concert by singer-songwriter Tom Rush, where he was backed by the band Orphan. I mentioned that I had another concert by singer-songwriter Jonathan Edwards from a couple of years earlier, where he also was backed by the band Orphan. Here is that concert. After listening to it again, I didn't find any actual mention of Orhan as a band, so I didn't include them in the song credits and such. However, they probably were backing him up around this time, just the same. I just did a little research, and found that in 1972, Edwards and the band Orphan were so close that they actually all lived in the same house in Boston.

Edwards released his debut album, the cleverly titled "Jonathan Edwards," in 1971. It contained a surprise hit, "Sunshine (Go Away Today)," which would be his only big hit. This concert took place around the time he was recording his second solo album, "Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy." One song on that album, "Paper Doll," is the exact performance recorded at this concert. Everything else here is unreleased.

The sound quality is excellent, because this was recorded for FM radio broadcast. The radio station WPLJ broadcast a lot of great radio shows at A & R Studios in New York City, in the early 1970s, including this one. Some of them have been officially released as live albums, from the likes of Elton John and the Allman Brothers Band. Perhaps in the future I'll try to collect and post more of them, but my hands are pretty full with posting other things right now. The broadcasts were sponsored by the 7-Up soft drink. If you listen carefully at Edwards' banter between songs, he made some clever jokey digs about 7-Up.

I've already posted an Edwards concert from 1972. But that one is from the end of 1972 and this one is from the beginning, and their set lists are fairly different. I think both are very good. Edwards is really underrated, in my opinion. His first two solo albums (mentioned above) are excellent. But unfortunately he couldn't maintain that level of quality and his popularity declined as the 1970s went on.  

This album is an hour and three minutes long. 

01 Everybody Knows Her (Jonathan Edwards)
02 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
03 Dues Days Bar (Jonathan Edwards)
04 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
05 Sugar Babe (Jonathan Edwards)
06 Dreamer (Jonathan Edwards)
07 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
08 Morning Train (Jonathan Edwards)
09 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
10 Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy (Jonathan Edwards)
11 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
12 Shanty (Jonathan Edwards)
13 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
14 Beautiful Day (Jonathan Edwards)
15 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
16 Don't Cry Blue (Jonathan Edwards)
17 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
18 Everything (Jonathan Edwards)
19 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
20 Sweet Upsy Daisy (Jonathan Edwards)
21 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
22 Sometimes (Jonathan Edwards)
23 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
24 Sunshine [Go Away Today] (Jonathan Edwards)
25 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
26 Train of Glory (Jonathan Edwards)
27 Paper Doll (Jonathan Edwards)
28 talk (Jonathan Edwards)
29 When the Road Has Called Up Yonder (Jonathan Edwards)

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alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/8C4F0evtMQKkVQC/file

I had a very hard time finding any good photos of Edwards in concert from around this time. I found a YouTube video of him performing "Sunshine (Go Away Time) live on T.V. in 1973. So I took a screenshot of that performance. The video quality was pretty rough, but I improved the quality with the help of the Krea AI program.