Chamber Brothers: The Boarding House Live Recordings Tape #1 and #2

Two archived live track tapes of a set of performances by popular American soul band The Chamber Brothers. Tape is 7 inches. Box is 7.25" square.

These tapes feature unaltered recording of The Chamber Brothers performing in San Francisco. The Chamber Brothers changed the soul genre with their hit song "Time Has Come Today." Unheard and archived since the 1960's, these two tapes feature various popular songs.

The "Boarding House Tapes" consist of professional audio of 1960's era live recordings from San Francisco performances and interviews of many of the (soon to be) best-known rock bands, blues artists and historic American folk musicians. The reel-to-reel audiotapes of this performance was stored for the many years during which they were all but forgotten. Until they again came to light this material has not been distributed into commercial markets. These were all local recorded performances. Performed and recorded with the full knowledge and permission of the participating artists and performers at live concerts presented between 1963 and 1968.

San Francisco at this time was the epicenter of psychedelic music and youth. Most of the concerts took place at the historic Boarding House nightclub which was host to legendary performers such as Neil Young, Patti Smith, and Janis Joplin among many others. Performances and interviews also took place at San Francisco State University and no matter the venue they always catered to loyal audiences with the most authentic musical artists.

The Chambers Brothers are an American soul band, best known for their eleven-minute long 1968 hit "Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions with modern psychedelic and rock elements. Their music has been kept alive through heavy use in film soundtracks. Few artists have had such a profound influence on contemporary music as the Chamber Brothers.

Tape #1: Original box in good condition some wear.

Tape #2: Original box in good condition. Track list on box verso in pen for "Luigi Chianti" and "David Carroll" does not correspond to the rare Chamber Brothers audio on this tape.