M.u.S.i.C.
Aunt Monk Studios, San Francisco, CA, December 8, 1983, SBD
The Stone, San Francisco, CA, February 9, 1984
The Stone, San Francisco, CA, February 10, 1984 OAS
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, February 11, 1984
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, April 14, 1984
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, June 28, 1984
The Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 20, 1984 OAS
Many thanks to Greg for the ad
Aunt Monk Studios, San Francisco, CA, December 8, 1983 Sbd
As seeded on DimeADozen, January 2009
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | // Built For Comfort (the sound is really distorted and saturated) | 7:03 |
| 2. | Unknown Song | 2:57 |
| 3. | Sing, Sing, Sing | 4:15 |
| 4. | Boogie On Reggae Woman | 1:32 |
| 5. | Blindman | 3:33 |
| 6. | High Heel Sneakers | 3:35 |
| 7. | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 0:24 |
| 8. | All Alone | 3:45 |
| Total | 27:06 | |
1st ever MuSiC rehearsal
This recording was done with a really bad mix and a bad equipment, so the sound get often really distorted,
but it is a pretty rare document of the first MuSiC rehearsal. So i guess any Cipollina fan want to have it.
1st generation copy from Cipollina Master cassette > Nakamichi > amplifiers > tascam audio cdrw750 > cd > computer > plex tool professional XL > wav > flac.
Transfered & uploaded by 38f on Dime January 2009.
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| John Cipollina | ||
| Barry Melton | ||
| Merl Saunders | ||
| Peter Albin | ||
| Spencer Dryden | ||
The Stone, San Francisco, CA, February 9, 1984
As circulated June 2021
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | ||
| 1. | chat "We don't know what we want to sing, we're a new group" > Got Love | 6:50 |
| 2. | My Problems Got Problems | |
| 3. | -> San Francisco | |
| 4. | -> Blind Man | |
| 5. | Do I Move You? | |
| 6. | Do The Dance | |
| 7. | Boogie On Reggae Woman | |
| 8. | // Mona | |
| Set 2 | ||
| 1. | Colorado Town | |
| 2. | High Heeled Sneakers | |
| 3. | Closer | |
| 4. | Jealous Kind | |
| Encore | ||
| 5. | // Lay-Back Baby | |
| 6. | // S.O.S. // | |
| Total | 103:06 | |
unknown gen. analog audience recording
digital transfer 2021-05
| Notes: | |
| - | this was given to me as a "MuSiC" show (Dinosaurs classic lineup w/out Hunter, but Merl Saunders sitting in for the whole show). As this was the lineup #2 [of Dinosaurs] I list these also as Dinosaurs shows. |
| - | The setlist and the chat are the same as the 'Feb 10' recording below. Given that we have the relevant ad (see above) and that Steve Keyser's list on JohnCipollina.com has a show on 2/10/84, I think the Feb 10 date is correct. |
| - | "Mona" cuts in (tape flip) |
| - | "Lay-Back Baby" cuts in (tape flip) |
| - | "SOS" cuts in and out |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals | |
| Spenser Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals | |
The Stone, San Francisco, CA, February 10, 1984
Via DimeADozen, January 2022
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | chat "... We don't know what we want to sing, we're a new group ..." > Got Love > band intro | 6:42 |
| 2. | My Problems Got Problems * | 6:19 |
| 3. | San Francisco | 4:43 |
| 4. | Blind Man # > chat "This is our year end drop-off memorial concert... Reagan for Russia president" | 4:35 |
| 5. | Do I Move You? * > chat, crowd | 5:56 |
| 6. | Do The Dance > "I'm a big Clash fan. I asked to join the band but I was too old." | 10:25 |
| 7. | Boogie On Reggae Woman * | 7:02 |
| 8. | Mona % > band intro | 9:52 |
| 9. | "True story" > Colorado Town > chat | 8:22 |
| 10. | High Heeled Sneakers * | 5:55 |
| 11. | Closer (inc band intro, solos) | 17:47 |
| 12. | Jealous Kind * > "Thank you, and good night." | 7:20 |
| Encore | ||
| 13. | Lay-Back Baby * | 5:41 |
| 14. | S.O.S. "> Thank you. Thank you very much" | 7:41 |
| Total | 108:27 | |
Recorded by John Chapman (aka Johnieappel)
Digitized by John Chapman on 1/27/22
Source: Realistic Electret stereo microphone > Sony D5 > TDK SA 90 cassette tape > Tascam 130 tape deck > Edirol R44 > iMAC > Audacity > xACT > FLAC
| Notes: | |
| - | The setlist and the chat are the same as the 'Feb 9' recording above. Given that we have the relevant ad (see above) and that Steve Keyser's list on JohnCipollina.com has a show on 2/10/84, I think the Feb 10 date is correct. |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals % | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals # | |
| Spenser Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals * | |
The Stone, San Francisco, CA, February 10, 1984
Received, January 2022
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Disc 1 - 44:58 | ||
| 1. | crowd > "Well hello, loyal friends & fans", tuning, "We're a new group, we'll probably do this" > Got Love | 6:40 |
| 2. | band intro's > My Problems Got Problems # | 6:51 |
| 3. | San Francisco | 4:29 |
| 4. | Blind Man * | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Reagan for Russia..." > Do I Move You? # | 5:50 |
| 6. | The Dance | 9:17 |
| 7. | "I'm a big Clash fan..." > Boogie On Reggae Woman # | 8:06 |
| Disc 2 - 40:36 | ||
| 1. | Mona | 9:47 |
| 2. | tuning, JC: "The band would like to thank you all for being such a good audience, in case anybody cares, we're having a good time" "True story" > Colorado Town | 8:36 |
| 3. | High-Heel Sneakers # | 6:15 |
| 4. | Closer | 13:28 |
| 5. | ? | 2:27 |
| Total | 85:34 | |
AUDIENCE
UNKNOW SOURCE LINEAGE
2 CDS
| Notes: | |
| - | The setlist, chat and track times are the same as the shorter 'July 20' recording below. |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals % | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals * | |
| Spenser Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals # | |
The Stone, San Francisco, CA, February 10, 1984
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 23, released May 1, 2023.
| Ed Perlstein, who has archived collections by Nick Gravenites, Spencer Dryden, Steve Keyser (John Cipollina's manager) and others, and who currently possesses John Cipollina's personal tapes, was given the approval of John's sister, Antonia, to share John's live and studio outtake recordings in the interest of keeping his music alive for future generations. Steve Keyser, who recorded most of John's live shows with several different bands while he was his manager, has allowed Ed to digitize his master cassettes, and to share them with John's fans and collectors. |
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Set I | ||
| 1. | tuning/banter | |
| 2. | Got Love > band intros | |
| 3. | My Problems Got Problems | |
| 4. | San Francisco | |
| 5. | Blind Man * | |
| 6. | banter | |
| 7. | Do I Move You | |
| 8. | The Dance | |
| 9. | Boogie On Reggae Woman | |
| 10. | Mona # | |
| 11. | Colorado Town | |
| 12. | Hi Heeled Sneakers | |
| 13. | Closer + | |
| 14. | The Jealous Kind | |
| 15. | ~~encore break/tuning~~ | |
| encore | ||
| 16. | Lay Back Baby | |
| 17. | S.O.S. | |
| Total | 109:57 | |
The Yuri Andropov Memorial Concert
| Comments: | |
| - | Includes solo spots by each of them, apart from Barry + |
| - | Mick spoke to Barry recently to ask him when the name "MuSiC" was used. He told him that it was usually when Peter and Spencer were not available and their places would be filled by friends. This show appears to be the exception that proves the rule. |
| - | They are clearly shown as being MuSiC for this show, in the San Francisco Examiner. |
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 10 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac16
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch review by Joe B. Jones
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
Edited and mastered SIRMick
April 2023
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | guitar, vocals | |
| John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # | |
| Merl Saunders | keyboards, vocals | |
| Peter Albin | bass, vocals * | |
| Spencer Dryden | drums | |
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, February 11, 1984
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, September 2006
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | ||
| Disc 1 | ||
| 1. | Got Love | 5:41 |
| 2. | Trouble On My Mind | 7:05 |
| 3. | Blind Man | 5:10 |
| 4. | San Francisco Shuffle | 5:32 |
| 5. | I'm The Jealous Kind | 9:58 |
| 6. | The Dance | 14:34 |
| Disc 1 Total | 48:03 | |
| Set 2 | ||
| Disc 2 | ||
| 1. | Built For Comfort | 4:53 |
| 2. | Love Machine | 11:13 |
| 3. | tuning | 1:23 |
| 4. | Lay Back Baby | 6:29 |
| 5. | H-Bomb | 5:35 |
| 6. | Bring On John | 2:07 |
| 7. | Mona! | 13:59 |
| Disc 2 Total | 45:42 | |
| Total | 93:45 | |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAKCR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Keep It Real, don't buy it or sell it.
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton (The Fish) | Guitar/Vocals | |
| John Cipollina (Quicksilver) | Guitar/Fangs/Vocals | |
| Peter Albin (Big Brother) | Bass/Vocals | |
| Spenser Dryden (Airplane) | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards/Vocals | |
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, February 11, 1984
LMA Soundboard version
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | ||
| Disc 1 | ||
| 1. | I Got Love | 7:12 |
| 2. | "little bit of trouble" | 0:58 |
| 3. | My Problems Got Problems | 7:06 |
| 4. | Blind Man | 3:41 |
| 5. | "he's from Sonoma County... wiping horse manure on my shoes..." | 1:29 |
| 6. | San Francisco | 4:35 |
| 7. | "I remember this place before it was the Keystone... the Monk... didn't name it after you, did they?" | 0:56 |
| 8. | I'm the Jealous Kind | 8:20 |
| 9. | "Stop coughing! Don't tell me you got shots!" | 1:37 |
| 10. | The Dance (cut in middle) | 14:29 |
| Disc 1 Total | 50:26 | |
| Set 2 | ||
| Disc 2 | ||
| 1. | Built for Comfort | 4:48 |
| 2. | Love Machine | 12:18 |
| 3. | Lay Back Baby | 6:31 |
| 4. | Please Don't Drop that H-Bomb On Me | 5:32 |
| 5. | "The man who taught Boy George everything he knows, John Cipollina!" | 3:42 |
| 6. | Mona * | 12:33 |
| Disc 2 Total | 45:25 | |
| Total | 95:51 | |
Source: SBD -> Sony TC-D5M, Sony UCX-S90 Master Tape, Dolby B
Lineage: Master Tape/Sony TC-D5M -> Tascam DR-1 44.1KHz/16b -> Audacity 1.3.5 -> CD Wave -> FLAC 7
* Last 3 minutes of Mona from John M audience tape posted, for some reason, as part of 1984-02-04 show at http://www.archive.org/details/dinos1984-02-04.aud.flac16. This required pitch correction as well as normalization to match the SBD recording.
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals | |
| Spenser Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals | |
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, February 11, 1984 (Incomplete)
As circulated June 2021.
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | ||
| 1. | Got Love | |
| 2. | My Problems Got Problems | |
| 3. | Blind Man | |
| 4. | San Francisco | |
| 5. | Jealous Kind | |
| 6. | Do // The Dance | |
| Set 2 | ||
| 7. | Built For Comfort | |
| 8. | Love Machine | |
| 9. | Lay-Back Baby | |
| 10. | The Bomb Song | |
| Total | ||
3rd gen analog audience recording
digital transfer 2021-05
dull and distant recording - be warned...
| Notes: | |
| - | this was given to me as a "MuSiC" show (Dinosaurs classic lineup w/out Hunter, but Merl Saunders sitting in for the whole show). As this was the lineup #2 [of Dinosaurs] I list these also as Dinosaurs shows. |
| - | incomplete |
| - | "Do The Dance" cuts in middle (tape flip) |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals | |
| Spenser Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals | |
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, February 11, 1984 (johnnieappe)
As circulated Feb 2022.
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Got Love | |
| 2. | My Problems Got Problems | |
| 3. | Blindman | |
| 4. | San Francisco | |
| 5. | The Jealous Kind | |
| 6. | The Dance | |
| 7. | Built For Comfort | |
| 8. | Love Machine > Closer > Love Machine | |
| 9. | Lay Back Baby | |
| 10. | H-Bomb | |
| 11. | Mona | |
| Total | ||
Recorded and digitized by John Chapman (aka Johnieappel)
Digitized by John Chapman on 1/27/22
Source: Realistic Electret stereo microphone>Sony D5>TDK SA 90 cassette tape>Tascam 130 tape deck>Edirol R44>iMAC>Audacity>xACT>FLAC
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals | |
| Spenser Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals | |
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, April 14, 1984
As circulated November, 2020
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Set 1 - 44:06 | ||
| 1. | Stagger Lee > tuning, chat | 7:02 |
| 2. | Boogie On Reggae Woman # > chat | 6:47 |
| 3. | Blind Man * > dead air | 3:49 |
| 4. | Law And Order | 5:27 |
| 5. | S.O.S. > chat "yukking it up" | 9:15 |
| 6. | Built For Comfort # | 5:48 |
| 7. | House Of The Rising Sun > "We'll be back in a bit" | 5:54 |
| Set 2 - 31:24 | ||
| 8. | tuning > We Are Like The Ocean > tuning | 6:18 |
| 9. | Lay Back Baby # > tuning | 6:17 |
| 10. | My Problems Got Problems # > tuning | 7:03 |
| 11. | Hold On To The Good Times [4:55] > chat, tuning | 7:04 |
| 12. | Suzie Q # | 4:40 |
| Total | 75:30 | |
unknown gen analog sbd recording
unknown Equipment
unknown taper
Note: - some hiss during the breaks
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals * | |
| Spenser Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals # | |
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, June 28, 1984
As circulated March, 2021
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Set 1 - Disc 1 45:26 | ||
| 1. | tuning > Colorado Town > chat "Merl says he opened this place up" | 10:10 |
| 2. | Built For Comfort * > chat | 6:38 |
| 3. | Got Love > chat | 6:31 |
| 4. | Do I Move You? * > band intro, tuning | 9:43 |
| 5. | Blind Man # > tuning | 5:08 |
| 6. | Codine | 7:13 |
| Set 2 - Disc 2 61:15 | ||
| 1. | chat, tuning > Cruisin' With My Baby * > chat "Don't you be calling me a dinosaur" | 6:08 |
| 2. | Boogie On Reggae Woman * > chat | 7:10 |
| 3. | Do The Dance > tuning, chat | 13:23 |
| 4. | Jealous Kind * | 11:08 |
| 5. | Closer (inc band intro, solos) > "Thank you, goodnight people. Goodbye Keystone." > crowd | 17:56 |
| Encore | ||
| 6. | High Heeled Sneakers * > chat | 5:27 |
| Total | 106:41 | |
2nd gen analog audience recording
unknown Equipment
unknown taper
| Notes: | |
| - | w/ Will Scarlet - Harp |
| - | w/ ? - Sax |
| - | slight hiss audible in quiet spots |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals # | |
| Spenser Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals * | |
The Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 20, 1984
Trade CD-Rs received June 2005
Steve Keyser's list on JohnCipollina.com lists 2 shows on 7/20/84:
Dinosaurs, and Fish & Chip with Bob Flurie & Michael Wilhelm.
The setlist (as far as it goes) and the chat (apart from Barry's initial
greeting which isn't on the other recordings) are the same as the Feb 9
and Feb 10 recordings that circulate.
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Disc 1 - 44:58 | ||
| 1. | crowd > "Well hello loyal friends & fans..." > Got Love | 6:40 |
| 2. | band intro's > My Problems Got Problems # | 6:51 |
| 3. | San Francisco | 4:29 |
| 4. | Blind Man * | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Reagan for Russia..." > Do I Move You? # | 5:50 |
| 6. | The Dance | 9:17 |
| 7. | "I'm a big Clash fan..." > Boogie On Reggae Woman # | 8:06 |
| Disc 2 - 40:36 | ||
| 1. | Mona | 9:47 |
| 2. | tuning, JC: "We'd like to thank you all for being such a good audience, in case anybody cares, we're having a good time" > Colorado Town | 8:36 |
| 3. | High-Heel Sneakers # | 6:15 |
| 4. | Closer | 13:28 |
| 5. | ? | 2:27 |
| Total | 85:34 | |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals * | |
| Spencer Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals # | |
| NB: | The 2 recordings attributed to MuSiC, Last Day Saloon, July 20, 1984 have setlists with very little overlap. |
| Commenter #1: | "I did find the following [billing]: July 20, 1984 Last Day Saloon - MuSiC, Barry Melton, Merle Saunders & John Cipollina |
| Commenter #2: | "Joey Covington, Bob Flurie & Mike Wilhelm are on the [longer] recording, Barry announces them... There's also a harmonica player.
He also announced 'Harry Reems' on lead guitar. It does sound like another guitar is in there but I've never heard of Harry Reems other than the porn star
(Deep Throat!). It may just be Barry's sense of humor! Or Bob Flurie... I believe MUSIC existed from Jan. 1984 until probably around the time of this 7/20 show. Robert Hunter's last show was 7/15/84 so it was definitely billed as MuSiC, being 5 days later. I don't remember Hunter announcing or hearing anywhere else that 7/15 was his last show. At the end of the 7/15 show Steve Keyser announced the next Dinosaur shows being 8/17 and 8/18 which were with Merl." |
| Commenter #3: | "I recorded the longer version myself and no show at that time would be Billed as Dinosaurs with Merl (thus MuSiC!) because Hunter was still in the band [Dinosaurs] at the time." |
The Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 20, 1984
As seeded on DimeADozen, May 2006
Steve Keyser's list on JohnCipollina.com lists 2 shows on 7/20/84:
Dinosaurs, and Fish & Chip with Bob Flurie & Michael Wilhelm.
In track 1 Barry says that it is the 15th anniveaary of the first moon landing (which was July 20, 1969).
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Disc 1 | ||
| 1. | talking and tuning "Give me your tired, your huddle. I am like the lamp which will show you the way. That's right, ladies & gentlemen, 15 years ago today 'one small step for mankind' 'one small step for man, one giant step for mankind'. If elected I will choose to run, and I will promise each and every one here tonight, that in 1994 that phrase will be changed to 'one small step for woman, one giant step for womankind'. We're going to try a new concept tonight, we're gonna to sit here and do nothing, with our hands that is. We're gonna to play - perhaps this is a unqique adventure in music - we're going to give you the privilege of sitting in and listening to the first telepathic set ever played by a musical band on a stage anywhere" | 3:56 |
| 2. | Built For Comfort # | 4:39 |
| 3. | Mean Ol' Stagger Lee > chat | 6:21 |
| 4. | Lucille # > chat | 5:18 |
| 5. | Walkin' By Myself # | 5:00 |
| 6. | New York Town | 6:55 |
| 7. | Colorado Town | 9:44 |
| 8. | Under The Stars Above | 6:19 |
| 9. | Flurey's Harlem | 6:32 |
| 10. | I Can't Dance | 5:51 |
| 11. | talking and tuning | 3:24 |
| 12. | Johnny B. Goode | 3:32 |
| Disc 1 Total | 67:37 | |
| Disc 2 | ||
| 1. | When You Got A Good Friend | 6:51 |
| 2. | Little Bit Of Trouble | 6:48 |
| 3. | Blind Man | 3:29 |
| 4. | San Francisco > set break | 6:04 |
| 5. | Third Degree Blues | 9:50 |
| 6. | Love | 5:35 |
| 7. | I'm the Jealous Kind | 5:45 |
| 8. | The Dance | 13:26 |
| Disc 2 Total | 57:51 | |
| Disc 3 | ||
| 1. | Babylon | 10:59 |
| 2. | tuning and talking | 2:50 |
| 3. | Howard Hughes Blues | 5:03 |
| 4. | Dust My Broom | 5:00 |
| 5. | After Midnight | 5:14 |
| 6. | Mona | 15:17 |
| Disc 3 Total | 44:25 | |
| Total | 169:55 | |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAKCR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals * | |
| Spencer Dryden | Drums | |
| Merl Saunders | Keyboards, Vocals # | |
| Guests: | ||
| Joey Covington | Drums | |
| Bob Flurie | ||
| Mike Wilhelm | ||
The Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 20, 1984
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 49, released May 5, 2024.
| Ed Perlstein, who has archived collections by Nick Gravenites, Spencer Dryden, Steve Keyser (John Cipollina's manager) and others, and who currently possesses John Cipollina's personal tapes, was given the approval of John's sister, Antonia, to share John's live and studio outtake recordings in the interest of keeping his music alive for future generations. Steve Keyser, who recorded most of John's live shows with several different bands while he was his manager, has allowed Ed to digitize his master cassettes, and to share them with John's fans and collectors. |
| Charlie Kaiser has given us access to his soundboard masters. He was the Front Of House soundman and recording engineer for virtually all of John's bands from about 1983 until his passing. This included Thunder and Lightning, Dinosaurs, Terry and The Pirates, Problem Child, and any of the spinoff bands. |
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Set I - 45:25 | ||
| 1. | banter | 1:10 |
| 2. | Built For Comfort | |
| 3. | Stagger Lee | |
| 4. | Lucille | |
| 5. | Walking By Myself | |
| 6. | New York Town | |
| 7. | Colorado Town | |
| 8. | Boogie On Reggae Woman | |
| Set II - 49:58 | ||
| 9. | Harlem Nocturne | |
| 10. | I Can't Dance | |
| 11. | Change around of band members/tuning | |
| 12. | Johnny B. Goode | |
| 13. | When You Got A Friend | |
| 14. | My Problems Got Problems | |
| 15. | Blind Man | |
| 16. | San Francisco | |
| 17. | 3rd Degree | |
| Set III - 63:24 | ||
| 18. | banter/tuning | |
| 19. | Got Love | |
| 20. | Jealous Kind | |
| 21. | The Dance | |
| 22. | Babylon | |
| 23. | Howard Hughes Blues | |
| 24. | Dust My Broom | |
| 25. | After Midnight | |
| 26. | Mona // | 12:33 |
| Total | 158:48 | |
| Comments: | |
| - | If you look at the spectral view of this recording you may have some doubts as to it's stated source but we are going with what Steve has it listed as. |
| - | Be careful with your volume setting because this one jumps right of the speakers and into your face. |
| Notes: | |
| - | The last 4:30 of "Mona" has been patched on from an unknown aud that circulates. It was pitch adjusted and eq'd so that it is a better fit. |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassette
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96
Lineage: Wav 24/96 > iZotope RX10 Advanced > wav 16/44.1 > CD Wave > Flac 16
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transferred by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and mastered by SIRMick May 2024
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barry Melton | guitar, vocals, harmonica(?) | |
| John Cipollina | guitar, vocals | |
| Peter Albin | bass, vocals | |
| Spencer Dryden | drums | |
| Merl Saunders | keyboards, vocals | |
| Guests: | ||
| Joey Covington | drums | |
| Bob Flurie | guitar | |
| Mike Wilhelm | guitar, vocals | |
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