FISH & CHIP
(aka THE BARRY MELTON BAND)
John & Barry Jam, 1977
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, October 2, 1982 LMA
Community Theatre, Bolinas, CA, November 12, 1982 LMA
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 1, 1983 LMA
Community Theatre, Bolinas, CA, February 11 (or 12?), 1983
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, April 1, 1983 OAS
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 7, 1983 w/Greg Elmore, Mark Ryan, Michael Sklar
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 9, 1983 OAS
The Fresno Saloon (aka The Saloon), San Francisco, CA, August 6, 1983 LMA OAS
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, August 20, 1983
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 1983
?, October 21, 1983
Abalone Alliance Benefit, Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, November 9, 1983 OAS
Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 19, 1984 LMA OAS
Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, February 16, 1984OAS
Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, April 13, 1984
Miramar Beach Inn, Half Moon Bay, CA, May 17, 1984
"Train Songs" (The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, June 15, 1984)
"Band In Your Pocket" (The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, June 30, 1984)
"Rotten People" (The Saloon, San Francisco, July 7, 1984)
The Saloon, San Francisco, July 19, 1984
Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 20, 1984 w/Bob Flurie & Michael Wilhelm
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 27, 1984 LMA
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, August 3, 1984 LMA OAS
Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, August 24, 1984
Ruthie's Inn, Berkeley, CA, September 15, 1984 LMA OAS
"The Great President Series" (The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, October 20, 1984)
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, November 23, 1984 LMA
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 5, 1985 LMA
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 18, 1985
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, February 16, 1985
Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, March 2, 1985 OAS
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, May 3, 1985
The Farm, San Francisco, CA, April 12, 1985 LMA
New George's, San Rafael, CA, May 31, 1985
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, June 28, 1985 OAS
Crissy Field Celebration @ Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA, July 4, 1985 OAS
Big Chief Lodge, Truckee, CA, September 8, 1985 OAS
New George's, San Rafael, CA, September 26, 1985 LMA
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, September 27, 1985
Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, November 30, 1985
Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, December 13, 1985
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, December 14, 1985
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, December 27, 1985
Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 4, 1986
New George's, San Rafael, CA, March 27, 1986
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, September 27, 1986 LMA
Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, October 17, 1986 LMA
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, October 25, 1986 LMA
O. T. Price Music Hall, Santa Cruz, CA, January 15, 1987 LMA
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, February 13, 1987
The Saloon, Grant Street, San Francisco, CA, April 25, 1987
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, November 21, 1987 LMA
O. T. Price Music Hall, Soquel, CA, December 4, 1987
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, February 19, 1988 LMA
Musicworks, San Francisco, CA, March 25, 1988
Odyssey Room, Sunnyvale, CA, April 15, 1988 LMA
Fabulous 50's, Hayward, CA, April 23, 1988 LMA
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, April 29, 1988 LMA
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, June 18, 1988 LMA
Peri's, Fairfax, CA, August 12, 1988
(aka The Barry Melton Band) - O.T. Price's, Santa Cruz, CA, September 3, 1988 SBD 24
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, October 1, 1988
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 20, 1989 LMA
Chi Chi Club. San Francisco, CA. February 18, 1989
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, February 25, 1989
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco CA, March 10, 1989
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1989 LMA
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, October 2, 1982
Tracks |
1. | Who Makes The Moves? | 5:26 |
2. | San Francisco | |
3. | St. Louis Blues (1) | |
4. | // Sloop John B (1) | |
5. | // Kick In The Head (1) | |
6. | // Got Love | |
7. | // Do The Dance | |
8. | -> Save Our Souls | |
9. | // Colorado Town | |
10. | // Blind Man | |
11. | // Level With Me // | |
12. | // I Had A Dream | |
13. | Mojo Navigator (2) | |
14. | Hokey Pokey // | |
| Total | 88:15 |
unknown gen analog audience recording
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Notes: |
- | taper paused between tracks, so most songs cut in | /
- | my earliest Fish And Chip show |
- | sound is a bit distortet in the highs, but still listenable (too high levels on master?) |
- | (1) w/Robert Hunter - Vocals, Guitar, Harp |
- | (2) w/ unknown flute player (Berkeley flautist) |
- | "Level With Me" also cuts off |
- | "Hokey Pokey" cuts off |
Community Theatre, Bolinas, CA, November 12, 1982
Billed as "Barry Melton & Company"
Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc 1 (72:41) |
1. | Betty And Dupree > chat | 6:32 |
2. | San Francisco > chat, tuning | 5:26 |
3. | Take A Whiff On Me | 6:17 |
4. | Got Love | 5:49 |
5. | -> Robbery | 7:20 |
6. | -> Do The Dance | 13:11 |
7. | -> chat > Colorado Town > PA intro | 8:09 |
8. | Blind Man * > JC intro | 3:49 |
9. | Motel Party Baby # | 6:14 |
10. | Who Makes The Moves? > chat, tuning | 9:49 |
Disc 2 (80:33) |
1. | I Can't Dance | 6:12 |
2. | Closer (inc Brezhnev chat, audience participation) | 13:44 |
Set 2 |
3. | Happy Birthday > chat > Tricky Dick | 6:41 |
4. | S.O.S. | 4:52 |
5. | Love Machine > chat | 7:18 |
6. | Mojo Navigator | 8:02 |
7. | Bright Sun Is Shining > chat | 5:35 |
8. | Hokey Pokey > MC > crowd | 12:25 |
Encore: |
9. | crowd > Level With Me > crowd, MC band intro | 15:40 |
| Total | 153:15 |
unknown gen analog sbd
Notes: |
- | "Colorado Town": repaired cut at the very beginning (tape flip) |
- | "Closer": repaired cut in middle |
- | "Hokey Pokey": repaired cut at end |
- | "Happy Birthday" chant to Marty (?) |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals(#) |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals(*) |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 1, 1983
With Kathi McDonald
Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc 1 (63:00) |
1. | ...I've Been In The Darkness Too Long > tuning, chat | 8:47 |
2. | Tricky Dick | 5:53 |
3. | Love Machine | |
4. | In The Pines | |
5. | -> Hoochie Coochie Man | |
6. | Got Love | |
Set 2 |
7. | LSD For You And Me | |
8. | We Are Like The Ocean | |
9. | Sun Is Shining (?) | |
10. | San Francisco Bay Blues | |
Disc 2 (54:12) |
1. | Keep On Truckin' | |
2. | San Francisco | |
3. | Knock On Wood | |
4. | Move It On Over | 5:22 |
5. | Something You Got (I Love You So) | |
6. | Hey Bo Diddley | 4:42 |
7. | -> Mona | 5:54 |
8. | Summertime (When Living Is Easy) > tuning, chat | 6:38 |
9. | ? | |
10. | Blind Man | |
11. | Georgia On My Mind | |
Disc 3 (57:44) |
1. | Take a Whiff On Me | |
2. | Bring It With You When You Come | |
3. | 30 Days | |
4. | // Colorado Town | 6:39 |
5. | Do The Dance | 17:19 |
6. | How Blue Can You Get? | |
| Total | 174:57 |
1st gen analog audience
digital transfer 2021-04
Notes: |
- | w/ Kathi McDonald - Vocals |
- | w/ Pete Walsh - Guitars |
- | "Been Into Darkness" fades in |
- | "Colorado Town" cuts in |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Community Theatre, Bolinas, CA, February 11 (or 12?), 1983
Given as 1983-02-11 (also listed at JohnCipollina.com). Barry mentions "... it's Abraham
Lincoln's birthday today.." during Closer (born 1809-02-12) so this might be the correct date.
Tracks |
Set 1 - 71:45 |
1. | Mean Old World | 4:36 |
2. | -> Level With Me | 7:39 |
3. | -> Love Machine (inc band intro) | 9:24 |
4. | -> Something You Got (1) | 6:50 |
5. | -> Alabama Bound (1) | 3:07 |
6. | -> Got Love (1) | 4:33 |
7. | chat > Bring It With You When You Come (w/Big Boss Man lyrics) (1) > chat | 6:24 |
8. | Will The Circle // Be Unbroken (1) (2) > chat, tuning | 4:34 |
9. | Old MacDonald Had A Farm (instrumental) > tuning, chat | 2:02 |
10. | Silver Threads & Golden Needles (1) > chat, tuning | 3:41 |
11. | Thirty Days (1) | 11:39 |
12. | chat > S.O.S. (1) > chat "We'll be back..." | 7:12 |
Set 2 - 78:38 |
1. | "By the way, we'd like to thank Mr Otis Span for joining us on piano tonight.
We have visitors from time to time, we do." >
tuning > 12 Gates to The City Oh, What A Beautiful City (4) | 4:26 |
2. | Fair Baltimore > chat | 4:26 |
3. | chat > Baby, Please Don't Go (4) | 2:22 |
4. | -> Codine (4) | 4:02 |
5. | -> Butcher Boy (instrumental) (4) | 2:20 |
6. | -> Do The // Dance (4) > Spoonful (1) | 7:33 |
7. | -> Spoonful (1) | 3:27 |
8. | -> Wade In The Water (1) | 1:24 |
9. | -> You Gotta Move (1) | 0:52 |
10. | -> House Of The Rising Sun / In The Pines (1) (3) | 6:44 |
11. | -> Move It On Over (1) (3) > chat, tuning | 7:03 |
12. | Jesse James (1) (3)(4) > tuning, chat | 7:26 |
13. | How Blue Can You Get (1) (3) (4) | 6:59 |
14. | -> Closer (1) (3) (4) (inc band intro) | 11:47 |
15. | -> Mona (1) (3) (4) | 6:08 |
16. | -> Closer (1) (3) (4) > chat | 3:29 |
| Total | 150:23 |
3rd gen analog sbd
digital transfer 2021-04
Notes: |
- | (1) w/Kathi McDonald - Vocals |
- | (2) w/Scott Cattina (?) |
- | (3) w/ unknown flute player |
- | (4) w/ unknown percussion player |
- | "Will The Circle.." cuts in middle (tape flip, repaired to my best) |
- | "Do The Dance" cuts in middle (Tape flip; repaired to my best) |
- | John isn't too present in the mix |
- | at the end of "Move It On Over" KM says "How about a hand for the Dinosaurs, the Barry Melton Band, the mayor of Mill Valley",
and mentions Dinosaurs again during "Mona" |
- | at the start of set 2 BM says "By the way, we'd like to thank Mr Otis Span(?) for joining us on piano tonight."; however, I don't hear a
piano during the songs. |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Community Theatre, Bolinas, CA, February 11 (or 12?), 1983
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 8, released September 5, 2022.

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 - 72:22 |
1. | tuning > Mean Old World > | |
2. | Level With Me > | |
3. | Love Machine > | |
4. | Something You Got > | |
5. | Alabama Bound > | |
6. | Got Love (with Tramp tease) | |
7. | Bring It With You When You Come > | |
8. | Big Boss Man | |
9. | Will The Circle Be//Unbroken | |
10. | Jingle Bells tuning | |
11. | Silver Threads And Golden Needles | |
12. | Thirty Days > | |
13. | Improvised Medley: which includes "Mama Don't Allow No Guitar Playing Here" | |
14. | This Train Is Bound For Glory > | |
15. | S.O.S. | |
Set II - 79:14 |
16. | tuning and banter | |
17. | Twelve Gates To The City | |
18. | Baltimore Fire | |
19. | Baby, Please Don't Go > | |
20. | Codine > | |
21. | Butcher's Boy (instrumental version) > | |
22. | The // Dance > | |
23. | Spoonful > | |
24. | Wade In The Water > You Gotta Move > | |
25. | House Of The Rising Sun / In The Pines | |
26. | Move It On Over | |
27. | Jesse James | |
28. | How Blue Can You Get > | |
29. | Closer (includes band intros and a couple of detours) > | |
30. | Mona Jam > | |
31. | Closer (reprise) | |
| Total | 151:37 |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 9 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 3 > CD Wave > Flac16
Comments: |
- | The tapes for this were dated 2-11-1983 however, during "Closer" Barry mentions that it is Abraham Lincoln's birthday and says
"That's why we are here, to help you bring in Abraham Lincoln's birthday". At first I thought that this meant that the show took place on 12th
February but I now think that the use of the words "bring in" is referring to the next day being the 12th. |
- | On a couple of occasions Kathi refers to them as The Dinosaurs, we are not sure why as clearly there is no Robert Hunter present. |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
edited and mastered SIRMick
August 2022
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitars, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Guests: |
Kathi McDonald | vocals for whole show, except Set I tracks 2-4 and Set II tracks 2-7, |
unknown percussion player |
unknown flute player, Possibly Annie Levi. She played with them in a couple of other shows during 1983 |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, April 1, 1983
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 9, released October 12, 2022.

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 1 - Missing |
Set 2 - 45:12 |
1. | /The Dance (inc band intro) > | 10:22 |
2. | Mona > | 6:50 |
3. | Colorado Town > CB intro | 9:53 |
4. | Faretheewell (Fred’s Tune) > | 4:44 |
5. | You Gave Me the Sunshine > | 3:39 |
6. | Babylon | 9:42 |
Set 3 - 38:49 |
7. | Working For The Ensenada > banter | 1:04 |
8. | PA intro > Blind Man * > JC intro | 4:48 |
9. | Motel Party Baby > | 5:44 |
10. | Closer | |
11. | Something You Got | |
12. | Hokey Pokey | |
| Total | 84:01 |
Source: Audience Cassettes (low gen)
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > iZotope RX 9 > Cool Edit 2000 > Flac16
Comments: |
- | The tape for this date was dated April 1, 1983 and labeled ‘Barry Melton Band’ ‘2nd Set’ on Side A and ‘2nd + 3rd Set’ on Side B. The start of Side B with ‘Working For The Ensenada’ (with a ‘this is KSAN San Francisco’ announcement preceding a continuous set of music) appears to be a transition leading into a subsequent set. Accordingly, this has been marked as the beginning of the 3rd set. It is also possible that these are partial sets and other songs may have been played. Opening song The Dance starts abuptly and was faded in. |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch review by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
Edited and mastered Seth Kaplan
October 2022
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitars, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals % |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Guests: |
Chuck Bernstein | drums |
Beans Balanka | sax |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 9, 1983
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 11, released October 22, 2022.

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. |




J-Cards written by John Cipollina, photographed by Ed Perlstein.
Tracks |
Set 1 - 83:46 |
1. | Third Degree | |
2. | poetry from Barry, accompaniment from Spencer | |
3. | You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover | |
4. | Seventh Seal > | |
5. | San Francisco Shuffle | |
6. | Betty And Dupree | |
7. | Come On In My Kitchen | |
8. | The Sun Is Shining | |
9. | Love You, Love You (?) > | |
10. | 30 Days | |
11. | Keep On Truckin' | |
12. | Ghost Riders In The Sky > | |
13. | Caravan > | |
14. | Arabian Riff > Jam > In the Hall Of The Mountain King > | |
15. | Ghost Riders In The Sky (reprise) | |
16. | S.O.S. (Same Old Song) | |
Set 2 - 72:22 |
17. | Mama Don't Allow | |
18. | Got Love | |
19. | It's A Mean Old World (Otis Rush) | |
20. | Colorado Town (1) | |
21. | Dust My Broom > Sweet Home Chicago (2) | |
22. | Mean Old//World (Little Walter Jacobs) (2) | |
23. | The Dance (includes band intros) | |
Set 3 - 26:48 |
24. | tuning | |
25. | Motel Party Baby | |
26. | I Can't Dance | |
27. | Closer | |
| Total | 174:27 |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/48
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 10 Advanced > Ozone 9 Maximiser > CD Wave > Flac1648
Comments: |
- | We are not certain about the set split between I and II as there is nothing to indicate where it was, so this our best guess. |
Notes: |
- | The first 3:57 of Set I had a number of problems in the right channel. Most of these were repaired by copying over the left channel. |
- | There is a tape flip in "Mean Old World", not too much is missing. |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein www.musicimages.com
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
File tagging and Quality Control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and mastered by SIRMick
October 2022
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitars, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals % |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Guests: |
Mark Ryan | bass (1) |
Michael Scholar | guitar, vocals (2) |
The Fresno Saloon (aka The Saloon), San Francisco, CA, August 6, 1983
Downloaded from LMA, October 2008.
Tracks |
1. | Barry talk | 0:39 |
2. | I Got Love | 6:06 |
3. | Alabama Bound | 5:34 |
4. | "We all thought Eric Burden was out of his fuckin' tree when he wrote that song..." | 2:04 |
5. | 30 Days in the Hole | 5:38 |
6. | LSD Song | 3:01 |
7. | Break it Up | 10:30 |
- set break - |
8. | Stagger Lee | 5:44 |
9. | Colorado Town | 5:33 |
10. | Love Machine (cut in middle) | 10:47 |
11. | Betty and Dupree | 6:51 |
12. | Band Intro - "what the hell is that?" | 1:34 |
13. | Blind Man | 4:24 |
14. | Frere Jacque | 0:32 |
15. | Life is a Bucket Full of Shit ->
"And now a Song from John's Childhood ...
my 4th year consecutively without getting any sun...
I want my own mic from now on ... D-C-G-F...
these old burn-outs can't take it ..." | 8:21 |
16. | Motel Party Baby | 5:40 |
17. | My Sharona/Juan Corona | 1:25 |
18. | Take a Whiff on Me -> I Can't Dance | 9:30 |
- set break - |
19. | It's Up to Us | 4:51 |
20. | unknown 1 | 7:55 |
21. | Hold On to the Good Times | 5:44 |
22. | Butcher Boy | 11:41 |
23. | Rawhide!-> Hail to the Bus Driver... | 4:46 |
24. | Mona | 11:07 |
25. | (cut) Closer | 25:16 |
| Total | 165:34 |
Source: Sony ECM-220T Mics -> Sony TC-D5M, TDK MA90 Master Tape, Dolby B
Lineage: Master Tape/Sony TC-D5M -> Tascam DR-1 44.1KHz/16b -> Audacity 1.3.5 -> CD Wave -> FLAC 7
Notes:
I kept all the between-song tuning and banter in this upload, and tried to highlight a couple of them. These guys - consummate musicians all - were like the bar band at this place; what a trip it was to go see them there. You can tell, just listening to this particular show - it was always a privilege to see them here with maybe 50 to 75 people squashed into what Nick Gravenites called "the Sweatbox Lounge". Vocals quality is marginal, particularly later in the show.
Apparently (who can remember?) it was one of those rare, warm evenings in San Francisco. Sweatbox indeed! Later, after a change in ownership, this became just "The Saloon".
The second cassette tape has some minor drop-outs here and there, unfortunately.
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Special guests: |
Pete Spalanka (maybe Beans Balanka?) | Sax |
Ben "King" Perkoff | Sax |
Tom Clancy | Harp |
The Saloon (aka The Fresno Saloon), San Francisco, CA, August 6, 1983
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 17, released February 22, 2023.
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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. |

J-Cards written by John Cipollina, photographed by Ed Perlstein.
Tracks |
Set One - 34:31: |
1. | Barry Talks * | |
2. | Got Love * | |
3. | Alabama Bound | |
4. | Thirty Days | |
5. | LSD Song | |
6. | The Dance | |
Set Two - 59:01: |
7. | Stagger Lee */# | |
8. | Colorado Town | |
9. | Love/Machine */*** | |
10. | Betty and Dupree | |
11. | Blind Man ** | |
12. | Stage Banter | |
13. | Motel Party Baby | |
14. | Take a Whiff on Me > | |
15. | I Can't Dance | |
Set Three - 72:35: |
16. | It's Up to Us | |
17. | Goodies To Get You High | |
18. | Hold On to the Good Times | |
19. | Butcher Boy | |
20. | Rawhide! > | |
21. | The More We Get Together | |
22. | Mona | |
23. | // Closer | |
| Total | 166:08 |
Source: Master Audience Cassettes
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > iZotope RX 9 > Flac16
Notes: |
Main source: Master Audience Cassettes |
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1 Lineage: wav > iZotope RX 9 > Flac16 |
* | Secondary source: Sony ECM-220T Mics > Sony TC-D5M, TDK MA90 Master Tape, Dolby B. Taped by Mike K. Lineage: Master Tape/Sony TC-D5M > Tascam DR-1 44.1KHz/16b > Audacity 1.3.5 > CD Wave > FLAC 7 |
** | Initial gap at end of track from main source was spliced with fragment of the last 28 seconds of same track from secondary source with pitch lowered .80 semitones. |
*** | 0:00 to 02:15.356 - lowered pitch a half step. Splice @ 02-15.356 to end was correct pitch |
# | pitch lowered one half step |
Tracks 2,8,10: spliced out duplicate tuning/stage banter already included in surrounding tracks |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch review by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
Edited and mastered Seth Kaplan
February 2023
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Special guests: |
Beans Balanka | Sax |
Ben "King" Perkoff | Sax |
Tom Clancy | Harp |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, August 20, 1983
As circulated October 2020.
Tracks |
Set 1 |
1. | I Can't Dance > chat, crowd | 5:13 |
2. | Sloop John B | 5:48 |
3. | Closer w/Spoonful Tease (1) | |
Set 2 |
4. | ...The Dance | |
5. | Butcher Boy (w/different lyrics) | |
6. | Got My Mojo Working' (2) | |
7. | Johnny B. Goode (2) | |
8. | Level With Me (w/different Lyrics at beginning) (3) | |
9. | -> Mona | |
| Total | 84:10 |
3rd gen analog audience recording
Notes: |
- | (1) w/ Willie (Saloon bartender) & John ? (Mesherian? Barry mentions the guy at the very end of Closer) |
- | (2) w/ Michael Star - Vocals |
- | (3) w/ Mark Graham - Bass |
I dived deep into my vault for this one as we had some confusion about dates for Fish & Chip 1983-09-20 and this one (30 years ago given
to me by a very reliable Cipollina trader from Portland, OR). He sent me 2 tapes labeled "Fish & Chip Saloon, SF 08-20-83". By checking my storage room
I found these 2 cassettes a few days ago - here you go with cassette #01 from that trade back then.. According to the setlist all included here is
completely new (completely different to what I upped as being 1983-09-20). Cassette #02 is a dupe of what I upped as 1983-09-20 with sides reversed -
I think someone mixed up "Side A" and "Side B" of the cassette. To make it more confusing Barry is saying goodbye to the audience after "Mona" which
often ends the show. |
I decided to upload the "new" part of this show, keeping the given date 1983-08-20 (btw: a saturday) for the records. |
- | audience chatter audible |
- | The Dance: tape flip repaired |
- | Closer: 25 mins! (longest I know of) |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 1983
As circulated September 2020.
Tracks |
Disc One: |
1. | Thirty Days | |
2. | Heartbeat | |
3. | Instrumental #01 | |
4. | Instrumental #02 | |
5. | Motel Party Baby | |
6. | Blind Man | |
7. | Feel-Like Fixin'-To-Die Rag | |
8. | ..Love Machine | |
9. | Bring It With You When You Come | |
10. | Colorado Town | |
11. | S.O.S. | |
| Total | |
unknown gen analog audience
Notes: |
- | much chatter in between songs |
- | the cassette was very hissy, so I reduced this a bit |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 1983
As circulated
Tracks |
Set 01
1. | Thirty Days | |
2. | Heartbeat | |
3. | Instrumental #1 | |
4. | Instrumental #2 | |
5. | Motel Party Baby | |
6. | Blind Man | |
7. | Feel-Like Fixin'-To-Die Rag | |
8. | ..Love Machine | |
9. | Bring It With You When You Come | |
10. | Colorado Town | |
11. | S.O.S. | |
| Total | |
unknown gen analog audience
Note:
- much chatter in between songs
- the cassette was very hissy, so I reduced this a bit
Barry Melton - Guitar, Vocals
John Cipollina - Guitar, Vocals
Spencer Dryden - Drums - Drums
Peter Albin - Bass, Vocals
Abalone Alliance Benefit, Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, November 9, 1983 (Sbd, Partial)
Tracks |
1. | The Dance | 11:14 |
2. | Closer | 8:28 |
3. | chat, tuning, intro > Mona | 14:28 |
4. | Barry sings | 1:00 |
5. | thx to AL, chat, tuning > instrumental w/ Bagpipes > chat, "thank you CB" > | 10:48 |
6. | Please Don't Drop That H Bomb On Me > "have a good time everybody", applause | 6:53 |
7. | chat about benefits > ?Love Machine (inc band intro) // | 10:59 |
8. | Butcher's Boy | 7:23 |
9. | Interview w/ Barry | 1:56 |
| Total | 73:13 |
Soundboard
Low Gen if not Master, clean sound, labelled "Sbd from Cassette. Uncirculated In CD/Digital format"
Another on obtained through Yahoo! trade group
My CDs > Itunes 16 > 48 Wav > Xact > Flac8
Info file has the band as Dinosaurs, folder had Fish & Chip
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar |
Peter Albin | bass |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Guests: |
Chuck Bernstein | |
Annie Levi | |
Abalone Alliance Benefit, Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, November 9, 1983 (Aud)
Tracks |
Set 1 - Disc 1 - 47:38 |
1. | chat, tuning | 2:22 |
2. | Baby Please Don't Go Jam | 10:24 |
3. | -> I Can't Dance | 5:59 |
4. | -> Blind Man * > tuning | 3:55 |
5. | -> Betty And Dupree | 14:00 |
6. | -> Do The Dance > set ending chat | 10:54 |
Set 2 - Disc 2 - 58:56 |
1. | Abalone Alliance announcement by Brook | 1:29 |
2. | tuning > Mojo Navigator (2) > chat, tuning, CB intro | 15:04 |
3. | Mona (1) | 11:54 |
4. | Electricity Song > chat, tuning, crowd | 4:53 |
5. | Bagpipe Jam (1) (2) > chat | 6:18 |
6. | H-Bomb Song/ cut | 1:00 |
7. | Closer (Encore?) (inc band intro) | 18:15 |
| |
1. | Bagpipe Fire on the Mountains Jam (1) (2) | 1:08 |
| Total | 107:43 |
analog audience recording (unknown gen)
Notes: |
(1) | w/ Chuck Bernstein - Sax, Trumpet |
(2) | w/ Annie Levi - Flute, Bagpipe |
|
- | another tape from the mid 80's, traded with MF from Portland, OR (hope you're doin' well my friend..) |
- | Again cassette sides reversed, now (hopefully!) in correct order. |
- | tape started with a short clip w/"Fire on the Mountains" theme. I'm pretty much sure this is not the start of the show, so I moved this
little piece into a seperate folder |
- | "Baby Please Don't Go jam" is outstanding!!! |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Guests: |
Chuck Bernstein | Sax, Trumpet |
Annie Levi | Flute, Bagpipe |
Abalone Alliance Benefit, Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, November 27, 1983 (Aud)
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 13, released December 5, 2022.

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 1 - 48:33 |
1. | Talk/tuning | |
2. | Baby Please Don't Go Jam > | |
3. | I Can't Dance > | |
4. | Blind Man * | |
5. | Betty And Dupree > | |
6. | Do The Dance | |
Set 2 - 66:26 |
7. | Abalone Alliance announcement by Brook > tuning | |
8. | Mojo Navigator (1) | |
9. | tuning/banter | |
10. | Mona (1)(2) | |
11. | Electricity Song | |
12. | tuning | |
13. | Bagpipe Jam (2) (3) | |
14. | The Bomb Song | |
15. | ~~encore break~~ | |
encore |
16. | Closer | |
| Total | 114:59 |
Source: Audience Cassette (low gen)
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 > Flac 16
Notes: |
- | The vocals were very low in places so they have been made more prominent. |
- | "H-Bomb" was cut around 1:18, the rest has been patched on from an unknown soundboard and adjusted so that it is a better fit. Thanks to Ray De Costa for the soundboard. |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch review by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
Edited and mastered by SIRMick
November 2022
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Guests: |
Chuck Bernstein | Sax, Trumpet (2) |
Annie Levi | Flute (1), Bagpipe (3) |
Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 19, 1984 (Complete Aud)
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006

Tracks |
Disc 1 - 74:45 |
1. | San Francisco Shuffle | 3:57 |
2. | Got Love | 3:53 |
3. | Stagger Lee | 3:31 |
4. | Got To Hold On | 4:28 |
5. | Blind Man | 4:07 |
6. | Mountains in Dreamland Ships, Mountains, Dreamland | 4:09 |
7. | Thirty Days | 5:13 |
8. | The Dance | 10:09 |
9. | Open My Eyes | 3:32 |
10. | Colorado Town | 7:110 |
11. | Motel Party Baby | 7:33 |
12. | Sloop John B. | 3:57 |
13. | Nobody For President | 1:20 |
14. | Love Machine | 11:41 |
Disc 2 - 76:29 |
1. | Butcher's Boy | 7:08 |
2. | I Can't Dance | 5:00 |
3. | ?West LA Fadeaway | 4:21 |
4. | ?Betty & Dupree | 5:20 |
5. | Lucille | 3:10 |
6. | ? | 4:50 |
7. | Closer | 15:28 |
8. | Mona | 8:47 |
9. | Take A Whiff On Me | 5:46 |
10. | Jessie James | 9:29 |
11. | The Sun Is Shining # | 7:07 |
| Total | 151:14 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAKCR3A > hard Drive > (Slight Bass Boost w/Sound Forge) > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Stu Blank | keyboards # |
A shorter aoundboard recording of this show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various
formats from the John Cipollina section
of the Live Music Archive.
|
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Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 19, 1984 (Complete Sbd)
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 4, released July 24, 2022.





J-Cards written by John Cipollina, photographed by Ed Perlstein.
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. | banter | 0:29 |
2. | San Francisco Shuffle | 4:22 |
3. | Got Love | 3:53 |
4. | Stagger Lee | 3:26 |
5. | banter/tuning | 2:18 |
6. | Hold On To The Good Times > | 4:29 |
7. | Blind Man # | 5:18 |
8. | Mountains In Dreamland | 4:19 |
9. | Thirty Days | 5:14 |
10. | The Dance | 10:38 |
Set II |
11. | Sing, Sing, Sing | 3:34 |
12. | Colorado Town > JC intro | 7:11 |
13. | Motel Party Baby % | 7:34 |
14. | Sloop John B. | 3:51 |
15. | banter/tuning | 2:27 |
16. | Love Machine (inc band intro) | 13:46 |
17. | Butcher's Boy | 8:01 |
18. | I Can't Dance | |
Set III |
19. | Scarlet Town | |
20. | Betty And Dupree | |
21. | Lucille | |
22. | You Gave Me The Sunshine > | |
23. | Closer | |
24. | Mona | |
25. | Take A Whiff On Me | |
26. | Jessie James | |
27. | tuning/banter/ Stu Blank invited up | |
28. | The Sun Is Shining * | |
| Total | |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 9 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac16
Comments: |
- | There are no mentions of set breaks but I'm going to assume that the first set ended after "The Dance" in view of Barry's comment. |
- | Some of the banter has been patched in from David Gans source. |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
edited and mastered
SIRMick
July 2022
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals % |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals # |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Stu Blank | keyboards * |
Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, CA, February 16, 1984
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 10, released October 17, 2022.


J-Cards written by John Cipollina, photographed by Ed Perlstein.


Tracks |
Set 1 - 78:19 |
1. | California > chat | 3:09 |
2. | I Lost My Baby in Outer Space | 5:49 |
3. | Wine Women and Whiskey (Dr Feelgood) | |
4. | I've Been in Darkness | |
5. | Tricky Dick | |
6. | L.B.J. | |
7. | banter | |
8. | Suzie-Q | |
9. | Twelve Gates to the City | |
10. | Moanin' at Midnight | |
11. | Thirty Days (To Get Back Home) | |
12. | banter | |
13. | Sloop John B. | |
14. | I Can't Dance | |
Set 2 - 55:20 |
15. | I'd Rather be a Newsboy | |
16. | Got Love | |
17. | Blind Man | |
18. | Love Machine | |
19. | Betty and Dupree | |
20. | band intros | |
21. | Motel Party Baby | |
22. | The Dance | |
Set 3 - 37:30 |
23. | banter | |
24. | Had a Dream | |
25. | San Francisco Shuffle | |
26. | Closer | |
27. | Mona | |
| Total | 171:11 |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 2022 > iZotope RX 9 Advanced > Soundforge
Pro 16 > TLH > Flac16
Comments: |
- | three sets
|
- | tape flip in Mona was edited seamlessly
|
- | tape hiss was reduced with the Noise Reduction tool in Adobe Audition 2022
|
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch review by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Newspaper ads by gv0000 (Greg V)
JC Photo (also cassette labels) by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
Edited and mastered BRUNO
October 2022
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Guests: |
Beans Balanka | sax, clarinet |
Nicholas "Not Joe" Dewey | harmonica |
Nicholas "Not Joe" Dewey is the younger brother of Greg "Duke" Dewey, the drummer with Country Joe and The Fish
Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, April 13, 1984
As seeded on DimeADozen by deadmanmort, September 2014
Tracks |
Set I (partial?) |
1. | Darkness ? | 6:50 |
2. | Michael Wilhelm intro/tuning/banter | 2:24 |
3. | When You Got A Good Friend | 3:49 |
4. | tuning | 1:00 |
5. | ? | 4:48 |
6. | Boogie On Reggae Woman | 5:49 |
7. | The Dance | 13:01 |
Set II |
1. | //Whip me? | 4:39 |
2. | Colorado Town | 7:18 |
3. | You Can Leave Your Hat On | 8:29 |
4. | crowd/tuning | 2:00 |
5. | Cocaine Blues | 6:38 |
6. | crowd/tuning | 1:54 |
7. | Howard Hughes Blughes | 4:04 |
8. | Johnny B. Goode | 4:45 |
9. | Mona | 12:21 |
10. | Lay Back Baby | 4:34 |
11. | Outro | 1:05 |
| Total | 95:34 |
Source: Audience recording > Sony mic (hand-held) > Sony D6 > mac
Lineage: mac > Sony D5 > Edirol > wav 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > iZotope RX 3 Advanced > CD Wave > TLH > Flac 16
Notes:
- This was originally a stereo but there were too many problems to make it viable in that form. The right channel has therefore been copied over to the left channel so that it is now mono.
- A significant number of level adjustments have been made.
Thanks to John Moses for providing the tapes and John Bleich for the transfer
A good performance but the sound is not the best.
edited and mastered, SIRMick, September 2014
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Guests |
Merl Saunders | keyboards, vocals |
Michael Wilhelm | guitar, vocals |
Miramar Beach Inn, Half Moon Bay, CA, May 17, 1984
As received November 2022
Tracks |
Disc 1 - 79:46 |
1. | Stagger Lee > chat | 6:18 |
2. | x/ San Francisco | 3:13 |
3. | Love Machine | |
4. | Got Love | |
5. | x/ Blind Man | |
6. | x/ Motel Party Baby | |
7. | x/ Colorado Town | |
8. | tuning > Mountains in Dreamland Ships Ont Of Sea | |
9. | I Can't Dance | |
10. | Do The Dance (1) | |
11. | -> Same Old Song (S.O.S.) Face (1) | |
12. | -> Closer (1) | |
Disc 2 - 63:29 |
1. | Bright Sun Is Shining /x | |
2. | Sing Sing Sing | |
3. | Thirty Days | |
4. | Hold On To The Good Times (1) | |
5. | Level With Me (1) | |
6. | I Had A Dream (?) | |
7. | -> Mona (1) | |
8. | x/ Hokey Pokey | |
| Total | 143:15 |
unknown analog audience recording
Notes: |
- lots of cut-in songs (x/) or cut-out (/x), seems the taper paused the machine between songs
|
- lots of blanks were cut out (hope I got them all)
|
- venue is correct; Barry mentions the "Miramar Police Station" in "Colorado Town"
|
- some chatter by audience members throughout
|
- sound problems (muffled): complete "I Can't Dance"; first 1 1/2 minutes of "Do The Dance"
|
- Kay Schneider - Bongos (1)
|
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
"Train Songs" (The Saloon, San Francisco, June 15, 1984), Part 1
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006
Tracks |
Set 1 |
1. | Alabama Bound | 4:17 |
2. | Wabash Cannonball | 4:14 |
3. | This Train | 4:36 |
4. | John Henery | 3:25 |
5. | Train crash | 1:42 |
6. | Hobo's Lullaby | 3:32 |
7. | Love | 5:49 |
8. | Love Machine | 8:24 |
Set 2 |
9. | Thirty Days | 4:46 |
10. | Get The Feeling | 8:54 |
11. | I Can't Dance | 7:44 |
12. | The Dance | 14:38 |
13. | Blind Man | 4:36 |
| Total | 76:42 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Well the best laid and made plans... I have all these great tapes and my tape deck wants ever so badly to
eat them, so for now until I get it fixed, enjoy part 1 of this gem. Peace!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
"Train Songs" (The Saloon, San Francisco, June 15, 1984), Part 2
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, May 2006
Tracks |
Set 2 continued |
1. | chat, tuning > Motel Party Baby | 7:54 |
2. | Colorado Town | 10:25 |
Set 3 |
3. | Dupree's | 7:54 |
4. | S.O.S. | 5:29 |
5. | Hold On | 5:13 |
6. | Whiskey And Women | 3:56 |
7. | Stagger Lee | 4:47 |
8. | Cipo's Tune | 5:31 |
9. | Juan Corrona | 0:48 |
10. | Mona | 11:13 |
11. | Level With Me// | 4:22 |
| Total | 67:35 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, June 30, 1984
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006
Tracks |
Disc 1 - Set 1 |
1. | Stagger Lee | 5:38 |
2. | Got Love | 5:19 |
3. | New York Town | 6:53 |
4. | Keep On Truckin' | 3:50 |
5. | Wild About My Loving | 5:05 |
6. | San Francisco Bay Blues | 6:55 |
7. | Just a Closer Walk With Thee | 3:35 |
8. | Sloop John B. | 5:14 |
9. | Midnight Special | 3:09 |
10. | San Francisco Shuffle | 5:34 |
| Disc 1 Total | 51:17 |
Disc 2 - Set 2 |
1. | The Dance | 15:24 |
2. | Something You Got | 4:16 |
3. | Thirty Days | 4:43 |
4. | Love Machine | 9:48 |
5. | Blind Man | 4:59 |
6. | Motel Party Baby | 5:50 |
7. | Third Degree | 4:41 |
8. | S.O.S. | 7:09 |
| Disc 2 Total | 56:53 |
Disc 3 - Set 3 |
1. | Jesse James | 7:00 |
2. | I Can't Dance | 4:48 |
3. | Little Girl | 5:23 |
4. | Hold On to the Good Times | 4:55 |
5. | Level With Me | 11:32 |
6. | Mona | 11:08 |
7. | Colorado Town | 6:39 |
8. | Closer // | 11:12 |
| Disc 3 Total | 62:41 |
| Total | 170:53 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
"Rotten People" (The Saloon, San Francisco, July 7, 1984)
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006
Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc 1 |
1. | Stagger Lee | 6:15 |
2. | Pretty Boy Floyd | 5:04 |
3. | Tricky Dicky | 6:04 |
4. | Super Bird | 7:03 |
5. | Dupree's | 6:45 |
6. | Juan Corona | 2:23 |
7. | Jesse James | 5:42 |
8. | Whisky And Women | 3:21 |
Set 2 |
9. | Thirty Days | 5:41 |
10. | Love | 5:12 |
11. | New York Town | 5:37 |
12. | Blind Man | 4:37 |
13. | Motel Party Baby | 5:38 |
14. | The Dance | 10:18 |
| Disc 1 Total | 79:47 |
Disc 2 |
1. | Butchers Boy | 8:27 |
2. | Colorado Town | 6:34 |
3. | S.O.S. | 6:23 |
Set 3 |
4. | Level With Me | 9:46 |
5. | I've Been In the Darkness | 7:48 |
6. | Take A Whiff On Me | 4:50 |
7. | San Francisco | 9:38 |
| Disc 2 Total | 53:28 |
Disc 3 |
1. | Got To Hold On | 4:39 |
2. | Mona | 14:32 |
3. | Closer | 15:42 |
| Disc 3 Total | 34:54 |
| Total | 168:10 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, July 19, 1984
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, August 2006
Tracks |
Disc 1 |
1. | Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again | 4:29 |
2. | Mean Ol' Stagger Lee | 6:27 |
3. | Life's Railway to Heaven | 4:14 |
4. | Thirty Days | 6:11 |
5. | New York Town Blues | 7:55 |
6. | Tricky Dicky | 2:29 |
7. | Chit Chat | 5:06 |
8. | San Francisco Shuffle | 1:55 |
9. | Third Degree Blues | 4:03 |
10. | Got Love | 4:49 |
11. | In the Pines | 6:01 |
12. | JC Intro > | 5:49 |
13. | Motel Party Baby | 1:00 |
14. | The Dance | 21:51 |
| Total | 82:24 |
Disc 2 |
1. | Colorado Town | 5:42 |
2. | Got To Hold On | 4:34 |
3. | Blind Man | 3:37 |
4. | Chit Chat | 2:10 |
5. | Love Machine | 9:26 |
6. | Sloop John B. | 5:23 |
7. | Banks Of The Ol' Ohio > | 3:16 |
8. | I Can't Dance | 6:03 |
9. | S.O.S. | 8:30 |
10. | Wabash Cannon Ball | 4:00 |
11. | Duprees | 6:43 |
12. | Mona! | 17:57 |
| Total | 77:27 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, July 19, 1984 (Partial)
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, June 2006
Tracks |
Disc 1 |
1. | Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again | 4:29 |
2. | Mean Ol' Stagger Lee | 6:27 |
3. | Life's Railway to Heaven | 4:14 |
4. | Thirty Days | 6:11 |
5. | New York Town Blues | 7:55 |
6. | Tricky Dicky | 2:29 |
7. | Chit Chat | 5:06 |
8. | San Francisco Shuffle | 1:55 |
9. | Third Degree Blues | 4:03 |
10. | Got Love | 4:49 |
11. | In the Pines | 6:01 |
12. | JC Intro > | 5:49 |
13. | Motel Party Baby | 1:00 |
14. | The Dance | 21:51 |
| Total | 82:24 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, July 27, 1984
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006
Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc 1 |
1. | "Welcome to North Beach, CA. My name is Barry Melton, my friends call me Barely. And err we're on the corner of Grand Fresno Street" > San Francisco Shuffle | 4:57 |
2. | Third Degree Blues | 4:33 |
3. | Stagger Lee | 4:36 |
4. | Butchers Boy | 8:06 |
5. | Codine | 7:50 |
6. | Thirty Days | 6:11 |
7. | New York Town Blues | 5:56 |
8. | S.O.S. | 6:26 |
Set 2 |
9. | Mountains in Dreamland Ships, Mountains, Dreamlands | 3:52 |
10. | Colorado Town | 6:07 |
11. | Blind Man | 4:41 |
12. | Motel Party Baby | 5:05 |
13. | The Dance | 11:27 |
| Disc 1 Total | 79:53 |
(Missing) Sloop John B. |
Disc 2 |
1. | Whisky Wine & Women | 7:19 |
2. | Bourgeois Town > Little Girl | 9:38 |
3. | Closer * > forthcoming shows > Closer * > (set break) > tuning | 17:48 |
Set 3 |
4. | I Can't Dance | 4:06 |
5. | Babylon | 6:10 |
6. | Mojo Navigator * | 11:57 |
7. | Lucille * | 4:33 |
8. | Mona * | 12:16 |
9. | Good Night Irene * > Band intro's | 5:42 |
| Disc 2 Total | 79:32 |
| Total | 159:26 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums | "2/3 of the night" |
? Dave Dipp | drums |
Beans Balanka | sax | * |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, July 27, 1984
As circulated Februaery 2022.
Tracks |
Disc One: |
1. | "Welcome to North Beach, CA. My name is Barry Melton, my friends call me Barely.
And err we're on the corner of Grand Fresno Street" > San Francisco Shuffle | 4:57 |
2. | Third Degree | |
3. | Stagger Lee | |
4. | Butcher's Boy | |
5. | Codine | |
6. | Thirty Days | |
7. | New York Town | |
8. | S.O.S. | |
9. | Mountains In Dreamland | |
10. | Colorado Town | |
11. | Blind Man | |
12. | Motel Party Baby | |
13. | The Dance | |
| (Missing) Sloop John B. | |
Disc Two: |
1. | Whiskey Wine & Women | |
2. | Bourgeois Blues ~ Little girl | |
3. | Closer | |
4. | I Can't Dance | |
5. | Babylon | |
6. | Mojo Navigator | |
7. | Lucille | |
8. | Mona | |
9. | Goodnight Irene | |
| Total | 159:26 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > FLAC6
A JAM Production! Keep It Real sell it and Ill Cry.
The Saloon...Dinky!
My many thank to John M. for sharing his recording!
Any qestion can be directed to me at amellowsoul@happyhippie.com
Cheers!
-Tom Shyman
Personnel |
Barry Melton (The Fish) | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina (Quicksilver) | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin (Big Brother) | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden (Airplane) | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, August 3, 1984
Billed as Barry The Fish Melton & Band.

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006
Tracks |
Disc 1 |
1. | San Francisco Shuffle | 4:42 |
2. | Got Love | 4:26 |
3. | Babylon | 19:46 |
4. | Thirty Days | 4:51 |
5. | New York Town Blues | 6:23 |
6. | Blind Man | 5:06 |
7. | Motel Party Baby | 7:01 |
8. | Butcher's Boy | 7:47 |
9. | Stagger Lee | 6:07 |
10. | Closer | 13:40 |
| Disc 1 Total | 79:53 |
Disc 2 |
1. | The Dance | 9:45 |
2. | Colorado Town | 6:42 |
3. | Codine | 11:32 |
4. | Lucille | 4:16 |
5. | Third Degree Blues | 6:52 |
6. | Hound Dog | 3:55 |
7. | I Can't Dance | 5:07 |
8. | Love Machine | 7:41 |
9. | Mona | 16:18 |
| Disc 2 Total | 72:12 |
| Total | 152:06 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, August 3, 1984
Posted via DimeADozen, March 2012
Tracks |
Disc One - 79:53 |
1. | fake band intro > San Francisco Shuffle | 4:43 |
2. | Got Love | 4:26 |
3. | Babylon | 19:47 |
4. | Thirty Days | 4:51 |
5. | New York Town Blues | 6:23 |
6. | Blindman | 5:06 |
7. | Motel Party Baby | 7:02 |
8. | Butcher's Boy | 7:47 |
9. | Mean Ol' Stagger Lee | 6:08 |
10. | Closer | 13:41 |
Disc Two - 72:12 |
1. | The Dance | 9:46 |
2. | Colorado Town | 6:43 |
3. | Codine | 11:33 |
4. | Lucille | 4:16 |
5. | Third Degree Blues | 6:52 |
6. | Hound Dog | 3:56 |
7. | I Can't Dance | 5:07 |
8. | Love Machine | 7:42 |
9. | Mona | 16:18 |
| Total | 152:05 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, August 3, 1984
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 6, released August 2, 2022.



J-Cards written by John Cipollina, photographed by Ed Perlstein.
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 |
1st set: - 87:07 |
1. | banter (poetry, fake band intro) | 5:43 |
2. | San Francisco Shuffle | 4:07 |
3. | Got Love | 4:27 |
4. | Babylon > banter, technical problems | 21:08 |
5. | Thirty Days | 4:52 |
6. | New York Town Blues (aka Hey Hey Hey) | 6:32 |
7. | Blind Man * > JC intro | 4:57 |
8. | Motel Party Baby % | 5:21 |
9. | banter, tuning | 1:57 |
10. | Butcher's Boy > tuning | 7:48 |
11. | Stagger Lee | 6:06 |
12. | Closer (inc band intro) > banter | 14:05 |
2nd set: - 45:49 |
13. | announcements- banter | 4:06 |
14. | The Dance | 7:59 |
15. | Colorado Town > tuning | 6:45 |
16. | Codine [7:50] > banter, tuning, hi-hat problem, PA intro | 11:28 |
17. | Lucille * | 4:14 |
18. | Third Degree Blues | 7:07 |
19. | Hound Dog > banter | 4:07 |
3rd set: - 31:59 |
20. | Kevin Barry (irish traditional) > tuning | 4:26 |
21. | I Can't Dance | 5:04 |
22. | Love Machine | 7:40 |
23. | banter > Mona % > band intro | 12:09 |
24. | Announcements- outro | 2:38 |
| Total | 164:56 |
Source: Master Audience Cassettes
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 9 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 2 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac16
Comments: |
- | 3 sets |
- | seamless patches on end of New York Town Blues and Third Degree Blues, and beginning of Blind Man |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein www.musicimages.com
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and mastered by Bruno
Photos by Bruno
July 2022
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals % |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, August 24, 1984
As seeded on DimeADozen by deadmanmort, September 2014
Tracks |
Set I |
1. | //Thirty Days | 3:15 |
2. | Got Love | 3:58 |
3. | Blind Man | 6:06 |
4. | Little Girl | 4:47 |
5. | Motel Party Baby | 5:25 |
6. | Colorado Town | 6:28 |
7. | Hold On To The Good Times | 5:17 |
8. | Sloop John B | 4:13 |
9. | Cl//oser | 22:10 |
Set II |
1. | tuning | 0:52 |
2. | Betty And Dupree | 5:42 |
3. | The Dance | 9:16 |
4. | Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad | 5:18 |
5. | I Can't Dance | 4:11 |
6. | SOS (Same Old Song) | 9:11 |
7. | Codeine | 7:32 |
8. | Good Ol' Rock 'N' Roll | 3:28 |
9. | Who Makes The Moves | 11:07 |
10. | Mo//na | 10:55 |
11. | Happy Birthday To John > outro | 2:27 |
| Total | 131:42 |
Source: Audience recording > Sony mic > Sony D6 > MAC
Lineage: MAC > Sony D5 > Edirol R-09HR > wav 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > iZotope RX4 Advanced > wav 16/44.1 > CD Wave > TLH > Flac 16
Notes:
- There are tape flips in "Closer" and "Mona" which has been crossfaded.
Comments:
- John Cipollina's 41st birthday
Thanks to John Moses for providing the tapes and John Bleich for doing the transfers
edited and mastered, SIRMick, September 2014
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
??? | harmonica |
Ruthie's Inn, Berkeley, CA, September 15, 1984
Tracks |
Disc 1 - 74:03 |
1. | Jam | 7:14 |
2. | San Francisco Shuffle | 3:40 |
3. | Got Love | 3:26 |
4. | Gotta Hold On To The Good Times | 4:07 |
5. | Where Did You Sleep Last Night? > PA intro | 5:54 |
6. | Blind Man & > JC intro | 3:37 |
7. | Motel Party Baby # | 5:23 |
8. | The Dance (inc band intro, solos) > chat | 12:05 |
9. | Hey Hey Hey | 5:46 |
10. | history talk | 1:40 |
11. | S.O.S. | 5:39 |
12. | old folks talk | 2:48 |
13. | Dupree's Diamond Blues | 6:35 |
14. | whips and rock musicians | 1:34 |
15. | I Can't Dance | 4:28 |
Set Break |
Disc 2 - 43:45 |
1. | Stagolee | 4:46 |
2. | Bright Sun Is Shining | 7:16 |
3. | 30 Days | 4:06 |
4. | Alabama Bound | 5:39 |
5. | birthdays | 4:09 |
6. | Suzie Q | 3:24 |
7. | Mona | 14:22 |
Total | 117:49 |
Source: SBD > cassette > ? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs > FLAC
FLAC conversion by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)
Editing notes: |
- | tuning and chatter moved to the end of tracks or to separate tracks. |
- | Some hiss was filtered out, but there's still enough to notice. |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals & |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Will Scarlet | harmonica on disc 2 2-4 |
Ruthie's Inn, Berkeley, CA, September 15, 1984
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 7, released August 13, 2022.





J-Cards written by John Cipollina, photographed by Ed Perlstein.
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 - 75:56 |
1. | Blues Jam in A > | 7:13 |
2. | San Francisco Shuffle > | 3:38 |
3. | Got Love > | 3:24 |
4. | Hold On To The Good Times > | 4:09 |
5. | In The Pines > PA intro | 5:52 |
6. | Blind Man & > JC intro | 3:42 |
7. | Motel Party Baby # | 5:26 |
8. | The Dance > chat | 12:28 |
9. | New York Town (aka Hey Hey Hey) | 5:49 |
10. | Barry talking about the old clubs | 2:22 |
11. | SOS (Same Old Song) | 5:45 |
12. | banter | 3:18 |
13. | Betty and Dupree | 6:34 |
14. | banter | 1:54 |
15. | I Can't Dance > chat | 4:21 |
Set II |
16. | tuning | |
17. | Stagger Lee | |
18. | Bright Sun Is Shining * | |
19. | tuning | |
20. | 30 Days * | |
21. | Alabama Bound | |
22. | Happy Birthday to the twins and.... | |
23. | Suzie Q | |
24. | Mona | |
| Total | 121:58 |
Notes:
- Barry's vocals were quite low on "San Francisco Shuffle " and "Got Love" so I have brought them up.
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
edited and mastered
SIRMick
August 2022
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals & |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Will Scarlet | harmonica * |
"The Great President Series" (The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, October 20, 1984)
As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, May 2006
Tracks |
Set 1- Disc 1 - 61:02 |
1. | Love | 4:38 |
2. | chat > Thirty Days | 4:24 |
3. | Mass Debater (chat, tuning) | 2:36 |
4. | The Great President Series | 3:20 |
5. | FDR Back Again | 5:25 |
6. | LBJ Super Bird | 7:47 |
7. | The Greatest President Of All | 2:06 |
8. | Tricky Dicky | 4:44 |
9. | chat > San Francisco | 5:00 |
10. | chat > I'll Be Back Some Ol'Day > chat | 7:44 |
11. | Love Machine > chat | 13:13 |
Set 2 - Disc 2 - 61:37 |
|
1. | Intro melody, chat | 10:10 |
2. | The Dance | 10:42 |
3. | Blind Man | 3:46 |
4. | Motel Party Baby | 7:42 |
5. | Colorado Town | 5:55 |
6. | Sloop John B. | 4:59 |
7. | New York Town | 7:09 |
8. | Chit Chat and Melody | 6:54 |
9. | I Can't Dance | 4:16 |
Set 3 - Disc 3 - 50:17 |
1. | Jam | 7:27 |
2. | Closer | 18:58 |
3. | Codine | 8:00 |
4. | Good Ol' Rock n Roll | 5:53 |
5. | Seventh Seal | 8:24 |
6. | Got To Hold On | 1:32 |
| Total | 172:57 |
Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6
A JAM Production!
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, fangs, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, November 23, 1984
Tracks |
Disc One: |
1. | intro | 2:20 |
2. | Babylon | 6:13 |
3. | Love | 4:35 |
4. | Pastures Of Plenty | 6:04 |
5. | talk | 2:50 |
6. | Stagger Lee > talk | 6:08 |
7. | Keep On Truckin' | 3:54 |
8. | talk | 2:23 |
9. | Deep Railroad Blues (aborted) > talk | 1:59 |
10. | We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) | 4:09 |
11. | San Francisco Shuffle | 3:54 |
| Disc 1 Total | 44:27 |
Disc Two: |
1. | talk - BM intro's JC > Motel Party Baby | 6:30 |
Set break |
2. | Dupree Blues | 6:09 |
3. | The Dance | 8:57 |
4. | talk - BM intro's PA | 2:40 |
5. | Caterpillar > talk | 4:00 |
6. | Suzie Q | 3:29 |
7. | tuning/talk | 1:45 |
8. | Good Old Rock 'N' Roll | 4:07 |
9. | I Can't Dance | 4:58 |
| Disc 2 Total | 42:40 |
Disc Three: |
1. | Closer | 20:26 |
2. | Thirty Days * | 5:33 |
3. | God Save The Children * | 6:17 |
4. | Sunshine | 6:06 |
5. | Sing Sing Sing | 3:18 |
6. | Blindman | 3:44 |
| Disc 3 Total | 45:28 |
Disc Four: |
1. | tuning > Codeine | 7:08 |
2. | Sloop John B | 5:20 |
3. | Love Machine | 10:37 |
4. | Mountains In Dreamland | 3:57 |
5. | Mona | 10:55 |
| Disc 4 Total | 37:59 |
Fantastic soundboard (more properly 1 mic SBD, 1 mic audience), killer show, with a lot of unusual songs performed.
1st generation cassette > behringer ultra curve pro deq 2496 equalizer > tascam cdrw750 > plex tool professional XL > wav > flac.
Transferred, remixed & uploaded by 38F on Dime on January 31st 2006.
Alternative disc split: CD 1: 101 - 202, CD 2: 203 - 302, CD 3: 303 - 405
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Jeff Maynard | harmonica | * |
Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 5, 1985
Circulated May 2021.
Tracks |
Set 1 (65:13) |
Disc 1 |
1. | // San Francisco | 3:46 |
2. | -> Got Love > chat "We like to f**k around in the first set" | 7:01 |
3. | Til I'm Gone > chat "Celebrating my 22nd year playing on Grant Street", tuning | 7:25 |
4. | Stagger Lee > chat | 6:21 |
5. | Love Machine | 10:28 |
6. | Sloop John B. > chat, JC intro | 7:31 |
7. | Motel Party Baby # > chat, PA intro | 7:16 |
8. | Blind Man * > chat | 5:16 |
9. | Oikopleura poem > chat | 3:08 |
10. | S.O.S. > chat | 6:58 |
Set 2 (82:10) |
Disc 2 |
1. | tuning > Sing Sing Sing | 4:51 |
2. | -> I Can't Dance | 4:31 |
3. | -> Do The Dance | 15:35 |
4. | Hold On To The Good Times > PA intro | 7:41 |
5. | Caterpillar * > chat, JC intro | 5:12 |
6. | Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde # > tuning, "lost John's mike", chat, John's soliloquy | 10:04 |
7. | Standing Down In NY Town (Hey Hey Hey) | 7:51 |
8. | Mojo Navigator | 10:21 |
9. | Colorado Town // | 5:43 |
Set 3? (38:15) |
10. | crowd, chat, tuning > Jesse James | 10:16 |
Disc 3 |
1. | Thirty Days | 3:29 |
2. | -> Level With Me | 6:10 |
3. | -> Closer | 8:37 |
Encore |
4. | Good Ol' Rock 'n' Roll | 2:59 |
5. | -> Mona # | 11:24 |
6. | I've Been in the Darkness > "Thank you, good night people" | 5:34 |
| Total | 185:39 |
1st gen analog audience recording
digital transfer 2021-04
recorded by Richard F. from France
Notes: |
- | "San Francisco" cuts in |
- | "Colorado Town" cuts out at very end |
- | "Good Ol' Rock & Roll" cuts in |
- | Vocals in "Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde", "Mona" very faint |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 18, 1985
Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc One: |
1. | Thirty Days | 4:13 |
2. | Love | 4:28 |
3. | Whiskey Wine & Women | 5:38 |
4. | Sloop John B. | 6:50 |
5. | Good Old Rock & Roll | 4:34 |
6. | Dupree's Diamond Blues | 7:14 |
7. | Overnight | 1:53 |
8. | Do The Dance | 11:05 |
Set 2 |
9. | Garbage Jam | 6:03 |
10. | Blind Man | 4:05 |
11. | Love Machine | 7:36 |
12. | Colorado Town | 15:57 |
| Disc 1 Total | 79:36 |
Disc Two: |
1. | Standing In NYC | 8:54 |
2. | Mojo Navigator | 11:51 |
3. | Motel Party Baby | 7:34 |
4. | S.O.S. | 3:05 |
Set 3 |
5. | Instrumental | 6:35 |
6. | I Had A Dream | 9:35 |
7. | Level With Me | 12:43 |
8. | Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde | 6:24 |
9. | I Can't Dance | 7:30 |
10. | Show Finale | 1:05 |
| Disc 2 Total | 75:16 |
analog audience master recorded by mossa
Master: Sony ECM mics -> Sony TCD 5M -> Maxell MX tape (dolby in)
Transfer: Sony TCD 5M (master machine) -> Fostex CDR burner -> Adobe Audition -> Flac
Notes: A great show - lots of fun!
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, February 16, 1985
Tracks |
Set 1 - 43:23 |
1. | chat > East Texas Is My Home | 3:34 |
2. | -> Got Love | 5:07 |
3. | Thirty Days | 5:07 |
4. | Love Machine (inc DK intro) [12:16] >
tuning, chat about Valentine's Day | 15:01 |
5. | Beautiful City [4:00] > chat about Rev Gary Davis, Spencer Dryden | 8:23 |
6. | Move Your Hand * w/Get Up Stand Up tease | 6:08 |
Set 2 - 55:24 |
1. | chat, tuning > Mean Old World | 4:09 |
2. | -> Do The Dance [11:29] > chat, JC intro, band intro | 15:29 |
3. | Motel Party Baby # [4:47] > chat, tuning | 6:41 |
4. | Betty And Dupree [6:10] > chat, tuning | 8:34 |
5. | San Francisco | 3:54 |
6. | Closer (inc band intro) > "We'll be back..." | 16:55 |
Set 3 - 61:45 |
1. | chat "... the music is over... it's philosophy time...", poetry,
pigeons > Bucket Full Of Shit (with audience) | 9:00 |
2. | I Can't Dance | 4:48 |
3. | Level With Me | 10:05 |
4. | Sloop John B. | 4:34 |
5. | -> S.O.S. /... | 6:36 |
6. | tuning, chat > I'm Ready [Muddy Waters] * > chat | 5:40 |
7. | I Had A Dream | 7:50 |
8. | Mona # > Thank you's | 13:08 |
| Total | 100:34 |
2nd gen analog sbd
Notes: |
- | Doug Kilmer sits in for Peter Albin |
- | At the start Barry says "Thank you very much. We'll be along for a few more numbers, about 15 minutes. Everybody hang loose. Thank you
for coming down. The legendary Don Gsrret is here tonight..." |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Doug Kilmer | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, March 2, 1985 (Late Show)
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 5, released July 26, 2022.

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. |
Billed as Barry "The Fish" Melton and John "Lightning" Cipollina Band.

Tracks |
First Set - 57:28 |
1. | Intro | 0:35 |
2. | Thirty Days | 3:30 |
3. | Got Love | 3:59 |
4. | Blind Man * | 2:53 |
5. | banter - tuning | 4:33 |
6. | Strange Ways | 4:06 |
7. | Love Machine | 7:35 |
8. | banter - tuning | 1:25 |
9. | Motel Party Baby % | 5:38 |
10. | banter - song intro | 4:00 |
11. | Colorado Town | 5:32 |
12. | banter - getting old | 1:57 |
13. | The Dance (inc band intro) | 11:37 |
Second Set - 74:40 |
14. | banter | 3:41 |
15. | Overnight % > banter | 2:24 |
16. | Suzie Q % | 3:29 |
17. | banter | 7:21 |
18. | I Can't Dance | |
19. | Closer | |
20. | Hokey Pokey | |
21. | banter - audience rap | |
22. | Honky Tonk Jekyll and Hyde % | |
23. | Good Ol Rock and Roll | |
24. | banter - poetry rap | |
25. | Mountains In Dreamland | |
26. | S.O.S. (Same Old Song) | |
27. | Mona % | 9:21 |
| Total | 132:08 |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 9 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 2 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac16
Comments: |
- | Late Show with two sets |
- | Pitch corrected 0.5 semitones |
- | Tape flip in Hokey Pokey was edited seamlessly |
- | Tape issue in Mona was edited seamlessly at 4:26-4:40 |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch corrected by Seth Kaplan
Quality Control and tagging by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and mastered by Bruno
July 2022
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Farm, San Francisco, CA, April 12, 1985 (Incomplete)
Billed as The Melton-Chippolina[sic] Band.

As circulated May 2021.
Tracks |
1. | Strange Ways | 5:30 |
2. | I Can't Dance | 4:30 |
3. | -> Got Love | 4:36 |
4. | -> Blind Man * > chat | 4:05 |
5. | Betty and Dupree > band intro | 8:17 |
6. | // Motel Party Baby # | 6:03 |
7. | Do The Dance | 12:43 |
| Total | 45:47 |
unknown gen analog audience recording
digital transfer 2021-04
Notes: |
- | most likely incomplete (all I have) |
- | several channel problems during "I Can't Dance" repaired |
- | "Motel Party Baby" cuts in |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
The Farm, San Francisco, CA, April 12, 1985 (Complete)
Billed as The Melton-Chippolina[sic] Band.

As circulated February 2022.
Tracks |
1. | I Can't Dance | 4:46 |
2. | Got Love | 4:36 |
3. | Blind Man * > chat | 3:54 |
4. | Betty and Dupree > band intro | 8:51 |
5. | Motel Party Baby # | 5:58 |
6. | Do The Dance | 12:38 |
7. | Colorado Town > chat | 7:02 |
8. | chat > Hey, Hey, Hey | 6:22 |
9. | Mona # | 9:23 |
10. | Strange Ways > chat | 5:32 |
| Total | 69:06 |
Source: Realistic Electret stereo microphone > Sony D5 > TDK D-90 cassette tape > Tascam 130 cassette deck > Edirol R44 > iMAC > Audacity > xACT > FLAC
Recorded by John Chapman aka Johnieappel
transferred 2/5/22
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums, percussion |
New George's, San Rafael, CA, May 31, 1985 (FLAC)
Tracks |
Set I |
1. | // Tricky Dick | |
2. | banter | |
3. | Got Love | |
4. | Colorado Town | |
5. | I Can't Dance | |
6. | Motel Party Baby // | |
7. | Love Machine | |
8. | S.O.S. | |
Set II |
1. | // San Francisco Shuffle | |
2. | The Dance > | |
3. | Gotta Hold On To The Good Times | |
4. | Stormy Monday Blues (1) (2) | |
5. | Thirty Days (1) (2) | |
6. | Level With Me // (2) | |
7. | // Closer (includes band intros) (2) (3) | |
Set III (partial) (2) |
1. | // Little Girl // | |
2. | Good Old Rock And Roll > | |
3. | She Gave Me The Sunshine | |
4. | You're So Mean To Me (1) (3) | |
| Total | 122:41 |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, harmonica, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, pedal steel, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
guests: |
Barbara Mauritz | vocals (1) |
Cash Farrar | saxophone (2) |
Robbie Hoddinott | guitar (3) |
Source: Steve Keyser's VHS (low gen)
Lineage: VHS > Magnavox ZV427MG9 VHS Deck > Canopus ADVC110 (using S-Video) > Firewire in >
Sony Vegas Video Pro 12 > wav 16/48 > Adobe Audition 1.5 > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced >
iZotope RX 2 Advanced > wav 16/44.1 > CD Wave > TLH > Flac16
Transfer and wav extraction by Doug Moon
Notes: |
- | a substantial number of small clicks have been removed. |
- | several patches of feed back have been attenuated. |
- | This was originally a mono recording. I tweaked it quite a lot with iZotope and it's turned out much better than I could have hoped for. |
- | Some tracks start very abruptly, others are slightly clipped at the beginning or end. This is because the video had been edited to cut out some of what went on between songs. |
This is a very good show, makes me want to hear the rest of it.
My thanks to Steve and Doug.
edited and remastered
SIRMick
April 2013
New George's, San Rafael, CA, May 31, 1985 (DVD)
Tracks |
Set I |
1. | //Tricky Dick | |
2. | banter | |
3. | Got Love | |
4. | Colorado Town | |
5. | I Can't Dance | |
6. | Motel Party Baby// | |
7. | Love Machine | |
8. | S.O.S. | |
Set II |
1. | //San Francisco Shuffle | |
2. | The Dance > | |
3. | Gotta Hold On To The Good Times | |
4. | Stormy Monday Blues (1) (2) | |
5. | Thirty Days (1) (2) | |
6. | Level With Me// (2) | |
7. | //Closer (includes band intros) (2) (3) | |
Set III (partial) (2) |
1. | //Little Girl// | |
2. | Good Old Rock And Roll > | |
3. | She Gave Me The Sunshine | |
4. | You're So Mean To Me (1) (3) | |
| Total | |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, harmonica, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, pedal steel, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
guests: |
Barbara Mauritz | vocals (1) |
Cash Farrar | saxophone (2) |
Robbie Hoddinott | guitar (3) |
Single Cam - tripod mounted
Source: Steve Keyser's VHS (low gen)
Video: VHS > Magnavox ZV427MG9 VHS Deck > Canopus ADVC110 (using S-Video) > Firewire in >
Sony Vegas Video Pro 12 (capture to AVI) > TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 > MPEG-2
Audio: VHS > Magnavox ZV427MG9 VHS Deck > Canopus ADVC110 (using S-Video) > Firewire in >
Sony Vegas Video Pro 12 > wav 16/48 >
Transfer and wav extraction by Doug Moon
Audio Notes: |
- a substantial number of small clicks have been removed. |
- several patches of feed back have been attenuated. |
- This was originally a mono recording. I tweaked it quite a lot with iZotope and it's turned out much better than I could have hoped for. |
- edited with Adobe Audition 1.5, iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced and iZotope RX2 Advanced |
Video Notes: |
- The picture has been sharpened and a some colour adjustment has been made |
edited with TMPGenc Video Editing Works 5 |
authored with TMPGenc Mastering Works 5 |
My thanks to Steve and Doug.
audio editing and remastering, video editing and DVD authoring
SIRMick
April 2013
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, June 28, 1985
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 3, released July 1, 2022

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. |

J-Cards written by John Cipollina, photographed by Ed Perlstein.
Tracks |
Set I - 44:28 |
1. | Mojo Navigator | 6:02 |
2. | banter/tuning | 1:31 |
3. | San Francisco Shuffle | 4:35 |
4. | banter/tuning | 1:23 |
5. | Got Love | 4:29 |
6. | banter/tuning 'band intro' | 2:06 |
7. | Thirty Days | 4:59 |
8. | banter/tuning | |
9. | I Am A Pilgrim > | |
10. | The Dance | |
Set II - 67:18 |
11. | Strange Ways | |
12. | Colorado Town | |
13. | Hesitation Blues | |
14. | banter (Spencer has a drum problem) | |
15. | Codeine | |
16. | Love Machine | |
17. | Hold On To The Good Times | |
18. | banter/tuning | |
19. | Good Ol' Rock 'n' Roll | |
20. | Jesse James | |
21. | Closer | |
Set III - 53:14 |
22. | Travelling | |
23. | Level With Me > | |
24. | In The Pines | |
25. | I Can't Dance | |
26. | tuning-banter | |
27. | Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde % | 5:23 |
28. | I'd Rather Be A Newsboy In The USA Than A Ruler In A Foreign Land | |
29. | banter/tuning | |
30. | Sloop John B | |
31. | S.O.S. (Same Old Song) | |
32. | crowd/banter | |
33. | Mona % | 9:18 |
| Total | 165:01 |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassette
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage:: Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 9 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 2 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac16
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Quality control and files tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
Edited and mastered by SIRMick
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals % |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Crissy Field Celebration @ Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA, July 4, 1985 (Partial)
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 2, released June 11, 2022

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 |
1. | Betty and Dupree > chat | 10:44 |
2. | Howard Hughes Blues (1) | 7:12 |
3. | Dance With Me (2) > tuning | 12:27 |
4. | chat > The Butcher's Boy | 9:30 |
5. | Closer/ | |
| Total | 47:51 |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassette
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocal |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Guests: |
Mike Wilhelm (1) | guitar, vocals |
Robbie Hoddinott (2) | guitar, vocals |
Comments: |
- | Partial recording |
- | Closer fades out at end |
- | Pitch corrected -1.9% |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked byBill Reutelhuber
Files tagged by Mike Schunke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and mastered by Bruno
June 2022
Always available at www.archive.org/details/JohnCipollina
Big Chief Lodge, Truckee, CA, September 8, 1985
John Cipollina The Official Archive Series 1, released June 6, 2022

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 - 60:01 |
1. | Intro > banter | 1:52 |
2. | Stagger Lee > chat | 5:15 |
3. | San Francisco Shuffle | 4:52 |
4. | Love Machine | |
5. | Betty And Dupree | |
6. | tuning/banter | |
7. | Honky Tonk Jekyll And Hyde | |
8. | Colorado Town | |
9. | The Butcher's Boy | |
Set II - 67:58 |
10. | I Can't Dance | |
11. | In The Pines > | |
12. | Got Love | |
13. | Blind Man (1) | |
14. | Motel Party Baby | |
15. | banter/tuning, intro of Harold Aceves | |
16. | Hold On To The Good Times (2) | |
17. | Do The Dance (2) | |
18. | You Gave Me The Sunshine (2) | |
19. | I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (2) | |
20. | Level With Me (2) | |
21. | Sweet Jane (2)(*) | |
Set III - 29:23 |
22. | //New York Town > | |
23. | Hokey Pokey > | |
24. | Mona | |
| Total | 157:22 |
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 9 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 2 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac16
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocal (1) |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Guest: |
Harold Aceves | drums (2), vocal * |
Comments: |
- | There's something going on in "You Gave Me The Sunshine" starting around 4:30, sounds like Ravel's "Bolero" |
Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
Edited and mastered by SIRMick
May 2022
always available at www.archive.org/details/JohnCipollina
New George's, San Rafael, CA, September 26, 1985
Tracks |
Disc 1 |
1. | I Can't Dance (soundcheck) | 3:02 |
2. | Love | 3:44 |
3. | "we're all rich" | 2:59 |
4. | Love Machine | 11:31 |
5. | Motel Party Baby | 6:07 |
6. | Dupree's Diamond Blues | 6:34 |
7. | The Dance | 14:15 |
| Total | 48:16 |
Disc 2 |
1. | San Francisco Shuffle | 3:39 |
2. | She Gave Me The Green Light | 4:01 |
3. | Halls of Montezuma ditty | 1:20 |
4. | S.O.S. | 6:38 |
5. | Hey Hey Hey | 5:28 |
6. | Closer > Mona // | 11:53 |
| Total | 33:01 |
Only the first 60 seconds of Mona exist on this recording
Source: SBD > Cassette > ?? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > edits > FLAC
Flac conversion by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)
Editing notes: |
- | I amplified the talk tracks and filtered out some of the hiss so it's easier to hear Barry chatting on those. All music tracks were left alone as far as amping and filtering. |
- | The Dance was split between both discs (faded out at the end of disc one, faded in at the beginning of disc 2). To join the two portions into one track as seamlessly as possible, I had to delete about 1.5 seconds of Spencer's solo, and presumably a second or two were lost in the initial split (maybe for a tape flip), but the final product sounds pretty durn good! The splice is at 8:28, see if you can find it. |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar |
Doug Kilmer | bass |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Peter Walsh | guitar vocals on disc 2 |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, September 27, 1985
As received November 2022, dated as September 28.
JC played with Thunder & Lightning at the Chi Chi Club, San Francisco on September
28. Thanks to Greg who checked newspaper listings to confirm the correct dates.
Tracks |
1. | crowd shouting > Love Machine | 10:59 |
2. | Sloop John B. [5:11] > crowd, tuning | 6:44 |
3. | Do The Dance [7:44] > crowd, chat "We're playing 3 sets tonight", tuning | 11:44 |
4. | You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover | 7:17 |
5. | ? [1:36] > tuning [0:34] > ? > tuning, crowd | 8:52 |
6. | Take a Whiff (On Me) | 3:56 |
7. | I Can't Dance > chat, tuning | 5:12 |
8. | ...Stagger Lee > chat, tuning | 4:37 |
9. | Level With Me | 5:38 |
10. | -> Closer | 8:35 |
11. | Wabash Cannonball | 2:01 |
12. | Good Old Rock & Roll | 5:05 |
| Total | 80:47 |
1st gen analog audience recording
Notes: |
- incomplete; Barry mentions a full 3 set show, but this is all that was recorded |
- taper paused between several songs |
- the crowd is noisy |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, November 30, 1985
Tracks |
Set 1 - 36:28 |
1. | Louie Louie * > chat | 3:37 |
2. | Blind Man * > chat, crowd | 5:15 |
3. | Suzie Q # > chat, crowd | 5:39 |
4. | Hesitation Blues % > chat | 4:28 |
5. | Bigelow 69000 # | 3:06 |
6. | Motel Party Baby # | 5:37 |
7. | Caterpillar * > chat | 3:58 |
8. | Hoochie Coochie Man % > chat | 4:50 |
Set 2 - 36:55 |
1. | chat > Got Love | 3:49 |
2. | I Can't Dance | 4:46 |
3. | Do The Dance > tuning | 10:13 |
4. | Betty and Dupree | 6:21 |
5. | Mojo Navigator | 6:03 |
6. | My My Hey Hey > chat | 5:40 |
Set 3 - 53:40 |
1. | Green Onions > chat | 5:13 |
2. | San Francisco | 3:59 |
3. | -> Love Machine > tuning | 14:24 |
4. | Codine | 5:19 |
5. | Mona > "Thanks very much", crowd, "What?" | 16:18 |
Encore: |
6. | Save Our Souls > "We'll be back again Friday 19 December" | 8:24 |
Total | 127:04 |
2nd gen analog audience recording
digital transfer 2020-10 (16-44)
Notes: |
- | Barry Melton was absent for Set 1, so none of the songs he sings are played |
- | the band ask for requests after some songs in Set 1 |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals | Sets 2, 3 only |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums, vocals % |
Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, December 13, 1985
As received November 2022
Tracks |
Set 1 - 60:15 |
1. | Jingle Bells (instrumental) | 2:40 |
2. | God Rest You Merry Gentlemen > Deck The Halls (instrumentals) | 1:23 |
3. | Louie Louie [4:14] > chat, tuning | 6:09 |
4. | Do The Dance > chat, tuning | 13:18 |
5. | Love Machine > chat, PA intro | 8:02 |
6. | Blind Man * > JC intro | 4:46 |
7. | Motel Party Baby # > chat | 6:51 |
8. | I Can't Dance | 4:55 |
9. | Sloop John B. | 5:03 |
10. | S.O.S. > chat, crowd | 8:04 |
Set 2 - 18:17 |
1. | instrumental jam | 2:03 |
2. | 'Til I'm Gone > chat | 6:07 |
3. | Butcher's Boy | 10:06 |
Total | 78:33 |
1st gen analog audience
Notes: |
- | this may be incomplete as Set 2 is so short; they played 127 mins, 3 sets, at the same venue just 2 weeks before, on November 30. The
recording stops immediately after the last song. |
- | Barry talks to Charlie about monitor problems after set 1, tracks 4, 5, & 6 |
- | Barry mentions a semi-non-functioning microphone after set 2, track 2 |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, December 14, 1985
As circulated March 2018
Tracks |
1. | chat > Babylon | 6:59 |
2. | I Can't Dance | 5:33 |
3. | Got Love | 5:32 |
4. | In The Pines | 5:29 |
5. | unknown [4:38] > chat about the old days | 7:06 |
6. | JC intro [2:05] > Motel Party Baby # | 7:33 |
7. | chat, crowd, tuning [1:30] > Mountains in Dreamland? | 5:37 |
8. | crowd, tuning [1:14] > Sun is Shining | 5:39 |
9. | tuning, PA intro > Blind Man * | 4:12 |
10. | SD intro, crowd [1:31] > Suzie Q | 4:47 |
11. | chat [2:17] > The Dance | 10:53 |
12. | chat, MW intro, tuning [1:58] > unknown % [3:05] > Howard Hughes Blughes % | 10:25 |
Total | 79:51 |
Labeled as a Soundboard
Sounds like an audience (Stage Mics?)
Unknown Gen
Unknown CD Trade
My CDs > Itunes 16/48 Wav > Xact Flac8
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Guest: |
Michael Wilhelm % | guitar, vocals |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, December 27, 1985
As circulated September 2020

Tracks |
Set 1 - 17:24 |
1. | ..Codine | 6:08 |
2. | Closer (inc band intro) | 11:16 |
Set 2 - 61:28 |
1. | Auld Lang Syne > chat > Betty and Dupree | 7:48 |
2. | I Can't Dance | |
3. | Suzie Q | |
4. | Babylon | |
5. | Colorado Town | |
6. | Hey Hey My My | |
7. | Love Machine | |
8. | Mona | |
Total | 78:54 |
unknown analog aud
Notes: |
- |
The date of this show is quite uncertain. According to Charlie Keyser's listings (http://www.johncipollina.com/audio.html) John performed this date:
- Charlie's Christmas Allstars |
- | So this would be the main show for this date - any help in researching the correct date (or confirming this as correct). |
Notes: |
- | Incomplete (most of Set 1 is mssing) |
- | Greg Elmore sits in for Spencer Dryden. |
- | |
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals # |
Greg Elmore | drums |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 4, 1986
Via DimeaDozen, May 2010.

Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc 1 |
1. | Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out | 3:53 |
2. | Dance With Me | 2:55 |
3. | Child Ballad # 163 | 4:19 |
4. | Stagger Lee | 5:35 |
5. | The Ocean | 3:36 |
6. | Butcher's Boy > chat, band intro | 12:03 |
7. | Motel Party Baby | 5:48 |
8. | You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover > chat | 7:07 |
9. | Level With Me (inc band intro) | 12:55 |
Set 2 |
10. | San Francisco | 4:12 |
11. | Do The Dance | 10:11 |
12. | Blind Man | 4:46 |
Disc 1 Total | 77:22 |
Disc 2 |
1. | Standing On The Mountain | 4:52 |
2. | I Can't Dance | 6:09 |
3. | Honky Tonk Jekyl & Hyde | 5:17 |
4. | Feel-Like-Fixin' Rag | 4:06 |
5. | Mountains in Dreamland Ships Out Of Sea | 3:54 |
6. | Colorado Town Can't Be True | 5:55 |
7. | SOS | 7:20 |
Set 3 |
8. | Love | 5:04 |
9. | Mama Don't Allow Me | 6:07 |
10. | Hold On To The Good Times | 5:31 |
11. | Goodies To Get You High | 4:25 |
12. | Closer | 12:24 |
13. | Mona | 6:07 |
Disc 2 Total | 77:13 |
Total | 154:35 |
analog audience master recorded by mossa
Recording: 2 x Sennheiser KD 2002 mcs -> Sony TCD 5 (Dolby on) -> Maxell MX cassettes
Transfer: Sony TCD 5 M (Mastering deck) -> Fostex CDR burner -> Adobe Audition - > Flac
Comments:
Recorded on my 2nd trip to CA in Jan 1986 this was a great show by the boys!
The year before I met JC at 2 shows (Fish & Chip and Terry & Pirates show) and he was ok with recording both.
This time he even akes if my equipement might be good enough to get a proper sound!
So listen to this, I'm sure you will enjoy the show.
Have fun, m
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar |
Peter Albin | bass |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
New George's, San Rafael, CA, March 27, 1986
Tracks |
Set 1 |
1. | //30 Days | |
2. | Got Love | |
3. | banter | |
4. | Hesitation Blues (Oh, Baby, Must I Hesitate?) | |
5. | banter/tuning | |
6. | Stagger Lee | |
7. | banter/tuning | |
8. | Level With Me | |
9. | Jesse James | |
10. | banter | |
11. | Tricky//Dicky | |
12. | I Can't Dance | |
13. | banter/Easter Parade/tuning | |
14. | Motel Party Baby | |
Total | 63:57 |
Source: Unknown audience recording > Cass (1st Gen)
Lineage: Cass > Sony D5 > Edirol > 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3 >
Izotope RX 4 Advanced > wav 16/44.1 > CD Wave > TLH > Flac 16
Notes: |
- | "30 Days" fades in. |
- | "Tricky Dicky" has a crossfade where there was a tape flip. |
Thank to John Moses for the tapes and John Bleich for the transfer
edited and mastered
SIRMick
October 2014
Personnel |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | guitar, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, September 27, 1986 (FLAC)
Tracks |
First Set |
Disc 1 |
1. | Barry Talk, Tuning | 1:14 |
2. | Colorado Town | 6:51 |
3. | Babble On | 6:26 |
4. | Barry Talk | 4:13 |
5. | Tuning, Baseball Talk | 2:14 |
6. | San Francisco | 4:41 |
7. | Barry Talk, Saloon Staff Intros | 5:37 |
8. | Tuning (Satisfaction) | 0:18 |
9. | Walkin' Blues --> | 3:52 |
10. | Thirty Days | 4:14 |
Second Set |
11. | Barry Talk, Tuning | 1:13 |
12. | Been In Darkness Too Long | 10:56 |
13. | Tuning | 0:57 |
14. | Hesitation Blues | 6:12 |
15. | Intros, John Talk | 2:23 |
16. | Overnight | 1:40 |
17. | John Talk | 0:42 |
18. | Motel Party Baby | 7:26 |
19. | Tuning | 0:59 |
20. | New York Town | 6:38 |
Disc 1 Total | 78:46 |
Disc 2 |
21. | Good Old Rock & Roll | 3:39 |
22. | Barry broken string, Tuning | 2:40 |
23. | The Dance | 13:02 |
Third Set |
24. | Good Times | 4:10 |
25. | I Can't Dance | 4:26 |
26. | Soviet Band Tuning | 2:44 |
27. | Hands Across The Water * (Edit gap) | 18:02 |
28. | Johnny B. Goode (Russian) * --> | 2:33 |
29. | Johnny B. Goode (English) * --> | 3:21 |
30. | It's All Over Now * --> | 6:13 |
31. | Spoonful * | 1:53 |
32. | Soviet Band Intros | 1:39 |
33. | Barry Talk, Tuning | 1:05 |
34. | Mojo Navigator | 5:59 |
35. | Russian Jam | 3:03 |
36. | Tuning, Talk | 0:52 |
Disc 2 Total | 75:19 |
Disc 3 |
37. | Mona | 8:04 |
Disc 3 Total | 8:04 |
Total | 162:10 |
Source: Master Cassette, Audience
Equipment: Sony D5, Nakamichi 300 Mics
Location: Tables against wall
Tapers: Roger Miller & Bob Leonardis
Digitized by: Roger Miller
Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Walsh | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
* Soviet Band with Cipollina |
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, September 27, 1986 (DVD)
Tracks |
Third Set |
1. | tuning | |
2. | Good Times | |
3. | I Can't Dance | |
4. | Barry invites members of Flowers (Stas Namin, as he refers to them) up on stage > tuning | |
5. | Blues Jam (with improvised lyrics) * | |
6. | //Johnny B. Goode * > | |
7. | It's All Over Now > Spoonful * | |
8. | Flowers intros / Barry Talking, Tuning | |
9. | Mojo Navigator | |
Total | |
Video Source: Steve Keyser's VHS (low gen)
Lineage: VHS > Magnavox ZV427MG9 VHS Deck > Canopus ADVC110 (using S-Video) > Firewire in >
Sony Vegas Video Pro 12 (capture to AVI) > TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 > MPEG-2 *
Audio Sources:
VHS > Magnavox ZV427MG9 VHS Deck > Canopus ADVC110 (using S-Video) > Firewire in > Sony Vegas Video Pro 12 > wav 16/48 *
* Transfer and wav extraction by Doug Moon
Source: Master Cassette, Audience
Equipment: Sony D5, Nakamichi 300 Mics
Location: Tables against wall
Tapers: Roger Miller & Bob Leonardis
Digitized by: Roger Miller
Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC
Video Notes: |
- | The picture is quite dark until a light was put on around the 15:50 mark so I have lightened it a little. |
- | Encoded with TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 |
- | DVD authored with TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 |
Audio Notes: |
# | I split the sources 70/30 across the channels. The left channel is predominantly from the soundtrack and the right from the aud tape. This has the effect of widening the stereo field. |
- | There are some momentary sound problems with the tape around 1:06 and 17:10. |
- | It was necessary to patch the soundtrack in several places but only for a few seconds on each occasion. |
- | Edited with Adobe Aution 1.5 and polished with iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced |
Comments: |
Flowers were the first Russian band to tour the West after Perestroika. Their leader was Stas Namin. He's quite a character and has an interesting history. See his website http://www.stasnamin.com/index.html. |
My thanks to Steve, Doug and the tapers Roger Miller & Bob Leonardis.
A Dewins Production
audio editing, video encoding and DVD authoring
SIRMick
February 2013
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Walsh | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
* Flowers and John Cipollina |
Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, October 17, 1986
Tracks |
Set 1 - 44:59 |
Disc 1 - 73:18 |
1. | chat > Jesse James | 7:40 |
2. | Got Love | 4:46 |
3. | tuning, Barry baseball talk | 1:57 |
4. | Third Degree | 8:20 |
5. | band intro | 2:35 |
6. | Suzy Q | 3:57 |
7. | Barry talk, Intro | 1:44 |
8. | They Kicked Me Out Of The Band * > SD intro | 4:22 |
9. | tuning | 1:06 |
10. | Colorado Town > "we'll be back in a flash" | 8:29 |
Set 2 |
11. | Sloop John B 5:25 |
12. | Barry talk 0:55 |
13. | I Can't Dance --> 5:19 |
14. | The Dance --> 9:34 |
15. | Green Light * 7:06 |
Disc 2 |
1. | intro 0:40 |
2. | Motel Party Baby 7:16 |
3. | unknown | 5:09 |
4. | San Francisco | 4:49 |
Set 3 |
5. | Keep On Truckin' Mama 2:54 |
6. | Barry talk 1:23 |
7. | Good Old Rock And Roll --> 3:36 |
8. | Love Machine 8:59 |
9. | Peter Walsh talk 0:35 |
10. | I Can't Dance * 5:48 |
11. | Mona 11:39 |
Encores |
12. | Irish Tune 3:22 |
13. | Barry talk 0:27 |
14. | Good Times 5:06 |
Total | 135:03 |
Source: 1st Gen Cassette, Audience
Equipment: Sony D5, Nakamichi 300 Mics
Taper: Bob Leonardis
Digitized by: Roger Miller
Lineage: CASS/1 > WAV > FLAC
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Walsh | Bass, Vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, October 25, 1986
Tracks |
First Set |
Disc 1 |
1. | /Third Degree | 7:35 |
2. | tuning, talk | 1:56 |
3. | Unknown | 4:23 |
4. | Barry baseball talk, Tuning | 3:15 |
5. | Thirty Days --> | 5:22 |
6. | Got Love | 3:51 |
7. | intro | 0:41 |
8. | Suzy Q | 4:57 |
Second Set |
9. | unknown | 4:02 |
10. | Butcher's Boy | 7:24 |
11. | tuning | 2:02 |
12. | Move Your Hand * | 5:30 |
13. | tuning | 0:53 |
14. | I'm Goin' Down * | 6:34 |
15. | Barry talk, Tuning | 3:59 |
16. | I Can't Dance | 4:30 |
17. | intro | 0:26 |
18. | Blind Man | 3:46 |
19. | intro, talk | 0:39 |
20. | Motel Party Baby | 6:51 |
Disc 1 Total | 78:34 |
Disc 2 |
Third Set |
1. | Barry talk, tuning | 6:00 |
2. | Stagger Lee | 5:26 |
3. | Barry baseball talk | 1:03 |
4. | Hey Hey Hey --> | 5:21 |
5. | Closer | 15:06 |
6. | SOS --> | 5:12 |
7. | San Francisco --> | 4:11 |
8. | Strange Way | 5:24 |
9. | Mona | 11:40 |
Disc 2 Total | 59:23 |
Total | 137:56 |
Source: Master Cassette, Audience
Equipment: Sony D5, Nakamichi 300 Mics
Location: Tables against wall
Tapers: Roger Miller & Bob Leonardis
Digitized by: Roger Miller
Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Walsh | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Guest: | |
Doug Kilmer | Bass, Vocals | * |
O. T. Price Music Hall, Santa Cruz, CA, January 15, 1987
Tracks |
Disc 1 |
1. | San Francisco Shuffle | 4:30 |
2. | Love | 4:15 |
3. | chatter | 3:19 |
4. | Love Machine | 8:21 |
5. | Move Your Hand (I Can't See) > Get Up Stand Up > Move Your Hand | 7:54 |
6. | chatter | 2:57 |
7. | Motel Party Baby | 7:36 |
8. | I Can't Dance | 6:08 |
9. | Butcher's Boy | 10:34 |
10. | Bright Sun Is Shining | 7:28 |
11. | I'm Going Down Down Down | 7:31 |
Total | 70:33 |
Disc 2 |
1. | intro | 0:29 |
2. | Closer | 14:12 |
3. | The Dance // | 8:00 |
Total | 22:41 |
Source: John Horton's Cassette Master > JH's DAT > Rick Childs' DAT Clone > RC's CDR Dub > cdrparanoia > WAV > FLAC
Thanks to Rick Childs for the CDR copy of this show
Converted to WAV then FLAC by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew)
Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. Spencer Dryden was going to play drums, but he had the flu.
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Doug Kilmer | Bass |
Greg Elmore | Drums | |
The Saloon, Grant Street, San Francisco, CA, February 13, 1987
Tracks |
Set 1 - 40:32 |
1. | Keep On Truckin' | 5:50 |
2. | -> San Francisco | 4:17 |
3. | -> Got Love | 4:36 |
4. | -> Babylon | 4:41 |
5. | -> Love Machine > band intro, vallium overdose, Rene the waitress, Jules the bartender | 15:35 |
6. | Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde | 5:31 |
Set 2 - 51:53 |
1. | crowd > Hold On To The Good Times | 6:14 |
2. | Colorado Town > PA intro | 5:45 |
3. | Hesitation Blues * > JC intro | 4:52 |
4. | Caravan | 0:51 |
5. | -> Motel Party Baby # > tuning > short instrumental > chat | 9:00 |
6. | Closer | 11:08 |
7. | -> Betty & Dupree // | 5:50 |
8. | // Do The Dance > "We'll be back... One more set to go" | 8:10 |
Set 3 - 59:49 |
1. | crowd > Stagger Lee | 5:31 |
2. | -> Codine | 6:53 |
3. | -> Butcher's Boy > "It's Valentine's Day. No longer the very unlucky Friday the 13th" | 10:15 |
4. | Valentine Day joking & songs | 5:40 |
5. | -> I Can't Dance | 4:33 |
6. | -> Bad Luck And Trouble | 7:40 |
7. | -> Save Our Souls > applause | 6:12 |
8. | -> Mona > "Good night" | 13:03 |
Total | 152:15 |
1st gen analog audience recording
recorded on Sony D-05; NAK 300's
tape provided by TB - thanks as always, my friend
digital transfer 02-2021
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals # |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | drums |
Notes:
|
- | Betty & Dupree cuts off at very end (tape flip)
|
- | Do The Dance cuts in
|
The Saloon, Grant Street, San Francisco, CA, April 25, 1987
Tracks |
Disc 1 |
1. | Opening Instrumental | 4:28 |
2. | Love Machine > chat, inc band intro | 14:25 |
3. | Standing On The Mountain > chat | 4:58 |
4. | Thirty Days > chat > They Threw Me Out Of The Band ('acapella') | 6:19 |
5. | They Threw Me Out Of The Band (full band) > chat | 3:53 |
6. | Motel Party Baby | 6:29 |
7. | San Francisco /cut | 3:55 |
8. | Stagger Lee > chat | 4:48 |
9. | I Can't Dance | 5:16 |
10. | Do The Dance | 11:08 |
11. | Choo Choo Boogie | 4:17 |
12. | Peter Walsh tune | 3:17 |
Disc 2 |
1. | audience, jammin', chat | 4:19 |
2. | Dynamite | 1:34 |
3. | Suzie Q | 4:02 |
4. | Colorado Town Can't Be True | 4:46 |
5. | Got Love | 4:45 |
6. | Hold On To The Good Times | 4:37 |
7. | Mojo Navigator > chat | 5:06 |
8. | House Of The Rising Sun | 4:43 |
9. | Mountains in Dreamland Ships Out Of The Sea | 4:09 |
10. | Level With Me | 14:34 |
11. | Green Light | 5:29 |
12. | Mona | 9:29 |
Total | 140:58 |
Guest: eter Walsh *
Notes: Again "shoebox" time... much storytelling by Barry, fun show! There were several cuts on the master cassettes.
analog audience master recording by TB
Master Cassettes - CDWave - Adobe Audition
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals, Chat |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Walsh | Bass |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, November 21, 1987
Tracks |
Disc 1 |
1. | I Can't Dance | 4:45 |
2. | talk | 0:40 |
3. | The Dance | 12:44 |
4. | talk | 1:27 |
5. | Codeine | 8:43 |
6. | Hold Onto The Good Times | 4:50 |
7. | Mona // | 10:15 |
Total | 43:27 |
Disc 2 |
1. | // Level With Me | 6:05 |
2. | 30 Days | 4:09 |
3. | band intro | 0:46 |
4. | Blindman | 4:47 |
5. | talk | 3:32 |
6. | Motel Party Baby | 5:27 |
7. | talk | 0:35 |
8. | Love | 4:17 |
9. | Closer | 11:25 |
Total | 41:34 |
SBD > Mono Cassette > CDR (2) > cdrparanoia > repairs (Amadeus II) > WAV > FLAC
Repairs and FLAC conversion by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)
Other comments: |
- | All of the tuning and chatter were at the beginning of each track, so I moved those sections to the end of each track. |
- | d2t09: 4:30 - 4:35 has some very small tape skips. |
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass |
Greg Elmore | Drums | |
Guest: | |
Greg Douglass | Slide Guitar | |
O. T. Price Music Hall, Soquel, CA, December 4, 1987
As circulated September 2020.
Tracks |
Disc 1 - 40:22 |
1. | Mojo Navigator [4:24] > chat, band intro, tuning | 6:58 |
2. | Level With Me | 9:00 |
3. | I Can't Dance | 4:30 |
4. | Got Love [4:26] > political chat, tuning, PA intro | 6:01 |
5. | Blind Man * [5:08] > long JC intro | 8:38 |
6. | Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde % | 5:12 |
Disc 2 - 44:16 |
1. | Stagger Lee [3:50] > chat to sound man, 'George' | 6:58 |
2. | Thirty Days [4:25] > chat, JC intro, tuning | 7:18 |
3. | Motel Party Baby % > chat | 5:51 |
4. | Love Machine > | 10:20 |
5. | Mona (w drum solo) // | 13:48 |
Total | 84:38 |
unknown analog sbd
Other comments: |
- | Greg Elmore sits in for Spencer Dryden |
- | Random(?) clicks(?) during some songs on disc 2 |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | guitars, vocals |
John Cipollina | guitar, vocals % |
Peter Albin | bass, vocals * |
Greg Elmore | drums |
O. T. Price Music Hall, Soquel, CA, December 4, 1987
As circulated April 2018.
Tracks |
1. | // Mojo Navigator Butcher's Boy | 5:02 |
2. | chat, band intro, tuning [2:38] > Level With Me | 11:51 |
3. | I Can't Dance | 4:40 |
4. | Got Love The Dance | 4:35 |
5. | political chat, tuning, PA intro > Blind Man | 6:50 |
6. | Melton's intro for Cipollina (Best one yet) | 3:20 |
7. | Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde | 5:37 |
8. | Stagger Lee (chat missing) | 3:48 |
9. | 30 Days | 4:28 |
10. | chat > Motel Party Baby | 6:07 |
11. | chat > Love Machine | 10:40 |
12. | Mona // | 12:56 |
Total | 79:59 |
Soundboard
Keyser's Master Cassette > My First Gen Cassette > Dat
Nachamichi > Sony Pcm R500 Dat > Hhb 830 Cdr > Itunes 16/48 > Xact Flac8
Sound Gets Muddy/Hissy Near End
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, February 19, 1988
Tracks |
Set 1 |
1. | Love Machine | 6:52 |
2. | Thirty Days | 4:24 |
3. | Got Love | 3:48 |
4. | intro's | 1:52 |
5. | Move Your Hand | 6:36 |
6. | Motel Party Baby | 6:27 |
7. | Barry talk | 5:38 |
8. | I'm Going Down | 5:44 |
Set 2 |
9. | The Dance | 7:47 |
10. | Gal of Mine > | 4:44 |
11. | Third Degree | 6:01 |
12. | I Can't Dance | 5:17 |
13. | Born in Chicago | 6:07 |
14. | Level With Me | 7:29 |
15. | tuning | 0:39 |
16. | Codeine > | 7:03 |
17. | Mona | 13:55 |
Total | 100:23 |
Source: ECM23F > D5 > Master Cassette, Audience
Lineage: MC > D5 > Creative SB > Roxio 7.5 (PCM/16/44.1) > WAV> FLAC Front End (Verify; Sector Align; Level 6) > FLAC 16
Taped by: Roger Miller
Transferred by: Roger Miller
As Distributed: |
Disc 1: 1 - 14 | 78:46 |
Disc 2: 15 - 17 | 21:37 |
Alternative Layout: |
Disc 1: Set 1 ( 1 - 8 ) | 41:21 |
Disc 2: Set 2 ( 9 - 17 ) | 59:02 |
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Doug Kilmer | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums | |
Musicworks, San Francisco, CA, March 25, 1988
Tracks |
Set 1 |
1. | Jam | 5:16 |
2. | -> Babylon > chat | 4:35 |
3. | Thirty Days | 4:37 |
4. | -> Got Love > chat, 'band intro' | 5:45 |
5. | Motel Party Baby > chat | 6:44 |
6. | Love Machine > chat | 8:37 |
Set 2 |
1. | Bright Sun Is Shining | 7:17 |
2. | I Can't Dance > chat | 6:46 |
3. | Blind Man | 4:59 |
4. | Hold On To The Good Times | 5:02 |
5. | Mona | 16:13 |
Total | 75:56 |
2nd gen analog audience recording
digital transfer 2021-10 (16-44)
Notes:
- seems to be the complete show (but a very short one...)
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums | |
Odyssey Room, Sunnyvale, CA, April 15, 1988
Tracks |
Set 1 |
1. | Love Machine | 9:18 |
2. | Got Love | 4:23 |
3. | intro's | 2:35 |
4. | San Francisco Shuffle | 4:56 |
5. | intro, talk | 0:41 |
6. | Motel Party Baby | 6:24 |
7. | talk, tuning | 1:00 |
8. | Been in Darkness Too Long | 6:13 |
9. | Level With Me | 13:04 |
Set 2 |
10. | Closer | 8:54 |
11. | I Can't Dance | 5:39 |
12. | Barry talk | 1:07 |
13. | S.O.S. | 6:04 |
14. | Colorado Town | 6:24 |
15. | Blind Man | 4:59 |
16. | The Dance > | 8:48 |
17. | Mona | 19:10 |
Total | 109:39 |
Source: Soundboard > D5 > Master Cassette, SBD
Lineage: Master Cassette, SBD > D5 > Creative SB (PCM/16/44.1) > Roxio 7.5 > WAV > Edits > FLAC Front End (Verify; Sector Align; Level 6) > FLAC 16
Taped by: Roger Miller
Transferred by: Roger Miller
As Distributed: |
Disc 1: 1 - 14 | 76:42 |
Disc 2: 15 - 17 | 32:57 |
Alternative Layout: |
Disc 1: Set 1 ( 1 - 9 ) | 48:34 |
Disc 2: Set 2 ( 10 - 17 ) | 61:05 |
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums | |
Fabulous 50's, Hayward, CA, April 23, 1988 (FLAC)
Tracks |
Set 1 |
1. | Thirty Days | 3:49 |
2. | Barry talk | 0:28 |
3. | Got Love | 4:28 |
4. | Barry baseball talk | 2:11 |
5. | Love Machine | 9:12 |
6. | Barry nostalgia talk | 1:53 |
7. | Good Old Rock and Roll | 5:03 |
8. | Good Times | 4:49 |
9. | Level With Me | 6:51 |
10. | / intro's | 4:29 |
11. | tuning | 0:37 |
12. | Been in Darkness Too Long | 6:10 |
Set 2 |
13. | Gal of Mine > | 4:17 |
14. | I Can't Dance > | 5:29 |
15. | Closer | 11:28 |
16. | Barry talk, intro | 1:04 |
17. | Blind Man | 5:05 |
18. | Honky Tonk | 5:40 |
19. | tuning | 0:53 |
20. | Dupree | 5:31 |
21. | Colorado Town > | 6:27 |
22. | The Dance | 12:13 |
Set 3 |
23. | / Take a Whiff on Me | 3:32 |
24. | Hokey Pokey > | 9:55 |
25. | Mona | 18:39 |
Total | 140:13 |
Source: Master Cassette, Audience
Lineage: Master Cassette, Audience > WAV > FLAC
Taped by: Roger Miller
Transferred by: Roger Miller
As Distributed: |
Disc 1: 1 - 17 | 77:23 |
Disc 2: 18 - 25 | 62:50 |
Alternative Layout: |
Disc 1: Set 1 ( 1 - 12 ) | 50:00 |
Disc 2: Set 2 ( 13 - 22 ) | 58:07 |
Disc 3: Set 3 ( 23 - 25 ) | 32:06 |
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums | |
Fabulous 50's, Hayward, CA, April 23, 1988 (DVD) (Partial)
Tracks |
Set 2 |
1. | I Can't Dance > | 5:29 |
2. | Closer | 11:28 |
3. | Blind Man | 5:05 |
Set 3 |
4. | / Take a Whiff on Me | 3:32 |
5. | Hokey Pokey > | 9:55 |
6. | Mona | 18:39 |
Total | 140:13 |
Video Source: Steve Keyser's VHS (unknown gen)
Lineage: VHS > Magnavox ZV427MG9 VHS Deck > Canopus ADVC110 (using S-Video) > Firewire in >
Sony Vegas Video Pro 12 (capture to AVI) > TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 > MPEG-2 *
Transferred by Doug Moon *
Audio Source:
Master Cassette, Audience
Equipment: Sony D5, Nakamichi 300 Mics
Location: Tables against wall
Tapers: Roger Miller & Bob Leonardis
Digitized by: Roger Miller
Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC
Personnel |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Barry "The Fish" Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums | |
Video Notes: |
- | The picture was fairly dark so I have lightened it a little. |
- | "I Can't Dance" and "Take A Whiff" are almost complete. "Closer" has a splice it and is only a part of the whole. "Blind Man" has three splices in it. "Mona" is the last 9:28. |
- | Encoded with TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5. |
- | DVD authored with TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5. |
Audio Notes: |
- | I remastered the audio to bring up the highs and adjusted the levels. |
- | Edited with Adobe Aution 1.5 and polished with iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced. |
My thanks to Steve, Doug and the tapers Roger Miller & Bob Leonardis.
A Dewins Production
audio editing, video encoding and DVD authoring
SIRMick
February 2013
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, April 29, 1988
Tracks |
Disc 1 |
1. | Intro | 2:16 |
2. | Motel Party Baby | 7:50 |
3. | I'm Ready * | 4:30 |
4. | Five Long Years * + | 6:49 |
5. | Spoonful * | 7:45 |
6. | Blind Man * | 5:24 |
7. | Betty & Dupree ° | 6:21 |
8. | Got Love * ° | 4:08 |
| Disc 1 Total | 45:07 |
Disc 2 |
1. | Suzie Q + % ° | 9:14 |
2. | Red House + % ° | 8:28 |
3. | Hold On To The Good Times | 4:42 |
4. | Mona * | 12:47 |
| Disc 2 Total | 35:13 |
Soundboard
Great energy show
Master R.TO R. > Equalizer > CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC
Personnel |
John Cipollina | |
Barry Melton | |
Peter Albin | |
Spencer Dryden | |
With special guests: |
Kathy McDonald | Vocals | * |
Dickie Peterson (from Blue Cheer) | Bass Vocals | + % |
Danny Kalb (from Blues Project) | Guitar | ° |
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, June 18, 1988
Tracks |
First Set |
Disc 1 |
1. | Tuning, Talk | 1:04 |
2. | Wine, Women & Whiskey | 3:43 |
3. | Love Machine | 10:10 |
4. | Talk | 2:29 |
5. | Third Degree | 5:33 |
6. | Talk | 2:09 |
7. | Thirty Days | 4:10 |
8. | Talk | 1:44 |
9. | San Francisco Bay Blues | 3:14 |
10. | Talk, Tuning | 2:41 |
11. | Gal Of Mine | 4:34 |
Second Set |
12. | Stagger Lee | 4:03 |
13. | Sloop John B. | 3:54 |
14. | Talk | 1:01 |
15. | The Dance | 8:40 |
16. | Talk, Tuning | 2:42 |
17. | I Can't Dance | 4:48 |
18. | Intros | 3:03 |
19. | Hesitation Blues | 5:56 |
Disc 1 Total | 75:38 |
Disc 2 |
20. | Intro, Talk | 3:12 |
21. | Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde | 5:17 |
22. | Closer | 11:12 |
Third Set |
23. | Mojo Navigator | 5:47 |
24. | Codeine | 6:44 |
25. | Tuning | 0:47 |
26. | Mona | 15:32 |
Encore |
27. | Good Times | 5:06 |
Disc 2 Total | 53:37 |
Source: Master Cassette, Soundboard
Equipment: Sony D5
Taper: Roger Miller
Digitized by: Roger Miller
Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Peri's, Fairfax, CA, August 12, 1988 (Aud)
Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc 1 |
1. | Down By The SF Bay | 3:18 |
2. | Got Love | 3:44 |
3. | The Sun Is Shining | 3:59 |
4. | Love Machine | 7:18 |
5. | Chit Chat! | 8:11 |
6. | I've Been In The Darkness | 6:06 |
Set 2 |
7. | I like To Have My Fun | 5:15 |
8. | The Dance | 8:03 |
9. | I Can't Dance | 5:37 |
10. | Third Degree Blues | 4:41 |
11. | Blind Man | 3:42 |
Disc 1 Total | 59:59 |
Disc 2 |
1. | Closer | 10:38 |
2. | Level With Me | 6:52 |
Set 3 |
3. | Mean Ol' Stagger Lee | 4:40 |
4. | Got To Hold On | 4:19 |
5. | Butchers Boy | 6:33 |
6. | Codine | 9:11 |
7. | Good Ol' Rock n Roll | 3:59 |
Disc 2 Total | 46:15 |
1st Gen Recording From Master Cassette
Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone
D6 > NAKCR1A > NAKCR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6>
"Thanks to my good friend Don for taping one of John's last shows."
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Peri's, Fairfax, CA, August 12, 1988 (Sbd)
Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc 1 |
1. | San Francisco Bay Blues | |
2. | Got Love | |
3. | The Sun Is Shining | |
4. | Love Machine | |
5. | Chit Chat | |
6. | I've Been In The Darkness | |
Set 2 |
Disc 2> |
1. | I Like To Have My Fun | |
2. | The Dance | |
3. | I Can't Dance | |
4. | Third Degree | |
5. | Blind Man | |
6. | Closer | |
7. | Level With Me | |
Set 3 |
8. | Stagger Lee | |
9. | Got To Hold On | |
10. | Butchers Boy | |
11. | Codeine | |
12. | Good Ol' Rock n Roll | |
Total | |
SBD
1st Gen Recording From Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone
O.T. Price's, Santa Cruz, CA, September 3, 1988
Tracks |
Set I |
1. | intro/banter | |
2. | Whiskey, Wine and Women > | |
3. | Got Love | |
4. | Love Machine | |
5. | banter | |
6. | Motel Party Baby | |
7. | banter | |
8. | Superbird | |
9. | Tricky Dicky | |
10. | banter | |
11. | I Can't Dance// | |
Set II (dedicated to Roy Buchanan) |
1. | banter | |
2. | Bring It With You When You Come > | |
3. | Hold On To The Good Times | |
4. | banter | |
5. | Blind Man | |
6. | banter | |
7. | Hey Hey Hey | |
8. | San Francisco | |
9. | The Dance | |
Total | 90:56 |
Source: SBD Cassette (low gen) - purchased from eBay
Transfer: cassette > Nakamich CD! > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > wav 24/96
Lineage: wav 24/96 > iZotope RX8 Advanced > iZoytope Neutron 2 Advanced > Cd Wave > Flac24
NB This may not be the whole show.
transferred, edited and mastered
SIRMick, September 2021
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, October 1, 1988
This came to me as 'Saloon, San Francisco, CA, October 1, 1988', but
the announcer definitely says "Welcome to the Chi Chi Club" in track 1.
Barry says "first day of October 1988" before they start playing, so the date IS correct!
Tracks |
Set 1 |
Disc 1 |
1. | crowd/tuning > intro "Welcome to the Chi Chi Club" > Keep On Truckin' > chat | 5:44 |
2. | ? Til' I'm Gone | 3:42 |
3. | ? > chat (no opening act, Zeke & the Mountaineers, The Washed-Up Jug Band) | 4:33 |
4. | A Miner's Life > chat (mining songs) | 5:27 |
5. | ? There Ain't No Flies On Me > chat | 4:06 |
6. | Louie Louie > chat | 3:38 |
7. | ? Jesus Was A Jew > chat | 4:56 |
8. | I Can't Dance > chat > crowd | 5:51 |
Set 2 |
9. | crowd/tuning > Got Love | 5:07 |
10. | Colorado Town Can't Be True > chat | 6:36 |
Disc 2 |
1. | Hesitation Blues > chat | 5:23 |
2. | chat (band intro) > Suzie Q > chat (money) | 9:17 |
3. | Walking Blues | 4:40 |
4. | Closer > chat (break) | 12:10 |
5. | crowd > San Francisco Bay Blues > chat (natives) | 6:37 |
6. | Hold On To The Good Times | 4:35 |
7. | Jesse James > tuning | 7:49 |
8. | instrumental | 2:43 |
9. | Mona (w/Tequila tease) > applause | 16:29 |
Total | 119:32 |
1st gen. analog audience
Notes: |
- | In set 1, track 3 Barry says that the band are too cheap to hire a support act, and anyway, this way they get the money the support act would have been given |
- | They intend to play the first set as if they were a bad support act, a country band, so that the audience will be 'blown away' by the second set |
- | There's some 'taper chat' after a break at the end of the last track |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
John Cipollina | Guitars, Vocals |
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, January 20, 1989
Tracks |
First Set |
Disc 1 |
1. | /Stagger Lee * | 4:30 |
2. | Got Love * | 4:41 |
3. | Barry, talk, etc | 3:28 |
4. | I Can't Dance --> | 5:29 |
5. | Love Machine | 9:43 |
6. | Barry, Intros | 2:42 |
7. | They Kicked Me Out Of The Band | 3:59 |
8. | After Midnight ** | 6:43 |
Second Set |
9. | Barry, talk, etc | 0:46 |
10. | By The San Francisco Bay | 4:02 |
11. | The Dance --> | 6:56 |
12. | That Gal Of Mine | 5:15 |
13. | Codine | 7:43 |
14. | Barry, Intro | 1:53 |
15. | Green Light | 4:52 |
Disc 1 Total | 72:43 |
Disc 2 |
16. | Thirty Days --> | 3:22 |
17. | Level With Me | 8:24 |
Encore |
18. | Mona | 15:22 |
Disc 2 Total | 27:08 |
* Without John Cipollina
** With Merl Saunders on Keyboards, Vocals
Source: Master Cassette, Soundboard
Equipment: Sony D5
Taper: Roger Miller
Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC
This show was billed as John Cipollina comeback show. John was very ill during this time.
This was one of the last Cipollina shows that I recorded.
Sadly, John Cipollina passed away on May 29, 1989.
He is sorely missed.
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Walsh | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Chi Chi Club. San Francisco, CA. February 18, 1989
Tracks |
Set 1 - 49:13 |
1. | tuning > Just A Little Bit (1)(2) | |
2. | -> Thirty Days (1)(2) | |
3. | They Kicked Me Out Of The Band (1)(2) | |
4. | Love Machine | |
5. | Standing Down In NY Town (Hey Hey Hey) | |
6. | I Can't Dance | |
7. | -> Closer | |
Set 2 - 34:58 |
1. | ...Got Love (2) | |
2. | Level With Me (2) | |
3. | Hold On To The Good Times | |
4. | Green Light (2) | |
5. | Who Do You Love? | |
| Total | 84:12 |
unknown analog sbd recording
w/Pete Walsh
Notes: |
- | sounds as if someone did same de-noising on this one |
- | (1) w/out John Cipollina for first 3 songs |
- | (2) w/ Peter Walsh - Vocals, Guitars |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, February 25, 1989
Tracks |
Set 1 - 57:37 |
1. | Whiskey, Wine & Women (1) > tuning | 4:30 |
2. | Butcher's Boy (1) | 7:56 |
3. | Do The Dance (1) > tuning, chat | 8:21 |
4. | I Can't Dance (1) > tuning, chat | 6:38 |
5. | Bad Luck & Trouble (1) > chat, PA intro | 9:34 |
6. | Hesitation Blues * (1) | 4:49 |
7. | Love Machine (1) (inc end of set chat, band intro) > Thank you's | 15:40 |
Set 2 - 30:39 |
1. | HS intro > Colorado Town (2) > HS outro, chat | 12:13 |
2. | San Francisco > chat, BF intro | 5:25 |
3. | Orange Blossom Special (1) > tuning | 5:54 |
4. | Betty and Dupree // (1) | 7:06 |
| Total | 88:12 |
unknown gen. analog sbd
Notes: |
- | tape flip in "Love Machine" |
- | "Betty and Dupree" cuts out |
- | (1) Bob Flurie - Guitar |
- | (2) Howard Spector - Harp |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco CA, March 10, 1989
Tracks |
Set 1 - 42:38 |
1. | chat, tuning > Ain't Gonna Rain No More (aborted) >
chat > Keep On Trucking | 9:46 |
2. | ?Jesus Was a Jew [2:00] > chat | 3:20 |
3. | Jingle Bells [0:50] > chat > Thirty Days | 6:22 |
4. | chat, tuning, PA chat [3:53] > Hesitation Blues * | 9:51 |
5. | chat, tuning > ?Bring it with you when you come | 7:07 |
6. | chat > Caterpillar * | 5:09 |
Set 2 - 38:23 |
1. | Singing in the Rain > chat with vocoder > Got Love | 6:39 |
2. | chat > Sloop John B | 5:26 |
3. | chat > I Can't Dance | 5:56 |
4. | Do The Dance | 10:26 |
5. | chat > ?Work on Your Ranch | 9:19 |
6. | chat [0:23] > (unknown music, not F&C) | 0:35 |
| Total | 81:01 |
Soundboard
Soundboard Cassette Master > My 1st Gen
Received From Steve Keyser (Johns ) Master > My 1st Gen Cassette
Nachamichi Cassette Deck > Hhb 830 Burnit > CD > Macbook > Xact Flac
Notes: |
- | Track 104, BM says "Well, I'm sort of spaced out tonight, as you may have guessed" |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals |
Peter Albin | Bass, Vocals * |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1989 (Partial)
Tracks |
1. | Love > | 4:05 |
2. | Wine, Women & Whisky | 4:32 |
3. | Old Fart's Rap | 6:10 |
4. | Love Machine | 9:54 |
5. | San Francisco Bay Blues | 4:45 |
6. | San Francisco Shuffle > | 4:20 |
7. | Level With Me > | 10:16 |
8. | S.O.S. > | 5:34 |
9. | Mona | 13:07 |
| Total | 62:46 |
This is John Cipollina's last show, performing from his wheelchair.
Lineage before me: Sbd > dat > cass > cd
Trade CD-R > EAC > Wavs > FLAC Front End > FLACs
Reviewer: gr8fuldead1969 - February 12, 2020 |
Subject: Very incomplete |
The middle section of show is missing. This is the begging and end of show. This show is plagued with digital-noise and drop outs. Mostly on the middle portion of show. I have 1st gen DATS and the master IS in bad shape unfortunately. |
Personnel |
Barry Melton | Guitar, Lead Vocals |
John Cipollina | Guitar, Vocals on Mona |
Peter Albin | Bass, Backing Vocals |
Spencer Dryden | Drums |
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