DJ Jim Burgess - Live At 12 West (NY) - Halloween 1977 (Jim Hopkins Remaster)

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives. Alan Harris wrote: Recorded Saturday night 10/29/77. Burgess was at the top of his game at 12 West. This was his first Halloween of 2 performances, and the year Star Wars popped up on the scene. Jim used a number of techniques: dialog from the Star Wars movie and other movies. Overlays of record on an instrumental break in the recording giving a completely different sound to both recordings. Phasing two of the same records which dropped out the bass and gave the record a spacey sound, playing two records a beat behind to echo the verse, and his classic signature movement of "Magic Bird Of Fire". Mid-point in, "Magic Bird Of Fire", the 12" inch single 45 RPM recording, he waited for the appropriate time and changed the speed to 33 RPM at the end of the recording. All in attendance stopped and applauded his genius. He played to a crowd of 1500 most of whom wore great costumes and disguises. **The "Magic Bird Of Fire" portion appears on the weekend after Halloween recording on 11/5/77**