Allan Holdsworth at the Tralf Sept 21, 1991 - "Devil Take The Hindmost"

Allan Holdsworth, Chad Wakerman, Skuli Sverrisson & Steve Hunt play Allan's tune "Devil Take the Hindmost" from Metal Fatigue at the Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo, NY on 09/21/91.

Posted in accordance with the Holdsworth Family Bootleg Project. Not for profit and no copyright owned nor implied!!

#AnalogAmnesty I went to this concert back in '91 at the Tralf in Buffalo. First time we met Allan. A guy at my table made a recording of the show with a small stereo condenser mic on metal cassette, then dubbed a copy for me (also on metal cassette), and sent it to me in the mail. It's only an open-air recording to a small microphone, so it doesn't sound as good as some others out there, but I'm proud to have brought it back to what I feel is some level of sonic glory compared to the original. (Lots of work to try to tamp Chad's drums down a bit since we were so close to the stage.)

I digitized this in 2008 through Apogee converters at 88.2k 24-bit, but the final files are just 44.1/16 - doesn't really sound any different since the source is cassette, but if you're 'resolution crazy' and want the original transfer, just let me know.

I spent YEARS tweaking this recording with UA plug-ins and such - many years before that listening to a copy in the car, and now I'm very happy to finally be able to share it with you! (btw, I'm sure this concert's already in a lot of people's collections, but this one's an uncompressed 2nd generation of the original). I'm sorry that Allan's guitar is a just little low in the mix, though.

Here's a preview of Devil Take the Hindmost; the pics I took on the same night. P.S. - The first song on each "side" is just slightly muffled for the first 20-30 sec as the guy doing the recording used a knit hat to cover the recorder and then revealed it as the first songs began.

How lucky were we to experience this music live?! Happy Birthday, Allan, and thank you for all you have given us.

Greg Beaton, one of the admins at The Unreal Allan Holdsworth Facebook group.   / 361803263942657