Blues Traveler
"Dropping Some NYC" demo, 1988
Recorded at LoHo Studios, New York, NY

Master:
Original tape purchased on eBay in the early 2000s

Conversion:
Nakamichi CR-2A > Lunatec V3 (A/D) > Tascam DR-100 mkIII > 
WAV > Sound Studio 4.10.1 > xACT 2.50 > FLAC
by Dave Mallick, October 2022

01. Trust In Trust                 [03:16.230]
02. Out Of My Hands                [04:59.349]
03. Dropping Some NYC*             [02:42.641]
04. 100 Years#                     [03:50.601]
05. Crash Burn                     [03:12.573]
06. Weird Chick                    [03:56.010]
07. Should I Stay Or Should I Go?  [05:09.268]
08. Sweet Talking Hippie           [07:42.610]
                            Total: [34:49.282]

* with Chris Barron and Scott Patterson on vocals
# with Roger Fox on flute

History:
This is likely the final demo that the band produced and sold at shows
before signing with A&M Records in late 1989. There are others that
circulate with a 1989 date, but they do not seem to be mass-produced or
have labels and liner notes like this one does. It was recorded the day
after Christmas 1988, and, interestingly, bears the same BT-007
production number that "Let's Travel" does, which was released a year
earlier. This demo marks the only studio releases for "Out Of My Hands",
"Weird Chick", and "Should I Stay Or Should I Go". Also notice the
difference in "Sweet Talkin' Hippie" on the tape versus "Sweet Talking
Hippie" on the liner notes.

In 2012, the band released 320kbps mp3s of this demo through their web
site, and Brendan posted this recollection at the time:

The songs on this demo were recorded on a snowy December 26th in a
little studio in the East Village in 1988. We had been in NYC for a
little o