David Nelson Band
Yukotopia
Tokyo, Japan
1998-04-14

Taper: Masahiko Murata
Source:  Core Sound Binaural mics > Denon DTR-80P DAT master > DAT/1 (Maxell DM-120, Sony PCM-M1 playback) > Sony 7-pin/Oade
digi I/O > Tascam CD-RW750 CDR/0 (two CDs, Taiyo Yuden) > xACT > wav files
Transfer history:  DAT/1>CD/0 transfer (two CDs) Tim McKenzie, 3/2007 Tokyo; CD/0 (two CDs) > xACT> wav Tim McKenzie, 1/1/2024
Master:  Wavelab 11 (re-tracking) > FLAC 1644

Thanks to Masahiko Murata for taping and Tim McKenzie for preserving and sharing this recording.

01. crowd
02. Diamond Joe *
03. Freight Train Boogie *
04. Ripple *
05. banter - Der Amanap
06. Panama Red *
07. intro Toni Brown
08. I Fall to Pieces **
09. tuning
10. Last Row In The Balcony **
11. Double Shot Of Tequila **
12. Morning Dew **
13. tuning
14. Yvonne
15. John Hardy's Wedding
16. The Wizard's Son >
17. Fable of the Chosen One
18. Long Gone Sam
19. Kick In The Head >
20. The Wheel *** >
21. Kick In The Head
22. crowd

Encores:
23. Beat It On Down The Line
24. band intros
25. Box Of Rain

David Nelson - guitar, vocals
Bill Laymon - bass
Mookie Seigel - keyboard
Barry Sless - guitar, peddle steel
Arthur Steinhorn - drums

* David Nelson on acoustic guitar (Martin D-35)
** Toni Brown on lead vocals
*** Toni Brown on harmony vocals

This is a terrific recording from Yukotopia, a small club located on Adachi Ward in Tokyo, named after it's owner Yuko.  It was a small venue, holding about 100 people, and the recording reflects it.  The club was the center of Tokyo's Deadhead scene, but it closed in about 2015.  During the Dead's 1980 Warfield shows, a group of Japanese Deadheads traveled to San Francisco and attracted the band's attention with a homemade banner hung from the balcony, got backstage passes, etc.  At the end of the final October 14 show, before the encores, Weir thanks folks from Japan for hanging out at the shows.  The story is that Yuko was among them.  Like all stories, that may not be true, but there's a description of the club, the Japanese Deadhead scene and the Warfield shows here:  https://wallofnews.love/season01/the-warlocks/

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2024-01-06

