Ed Perlstein, who has archived collections by Nick Gravenites, Spencer Dryden, Steve Keyser (John Cipollinaâ€™s manager) and others, and who currently possesses John Cipollinaâ€™s personal tapes, was given the approval of Johnâ€™s sister, Antonia, to share Johnâ€™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 Johnâ€™s fans and collectors.

Charlie Kaiser has given us access to his soundboard masters.  He was the Front Of House soundman and recording engineer for virtually all of John's bands from about 1983 until his passing. This included Thunder and Lightning, Dinosaurs, Terry and The Pirates, Problem Child, and many of the spinoff bands.



Fish And Chip
The Saloon
San Francisco, CA
03/08/1985


Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes (Maxell XLII 90 x 2)
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac16



Set I

01   tuning/banter
02   Blue Yodel No.1
03   Sloop John B
04   Talking Folksinger Blues
05   Stagger Lee
06   Salvation Army Song
07   banter/tuning
08   Overnight
09   "real music" silliness
10   Thirty Days
11   more silliness
12   Beer Barrel Polka (aka Roll Out The Barrel)
13   Got Love >
14   Love Machine
15   tuning/banter
16   San Francisco


Set II

17   The Dance >
18   Colorado Town >
19   Closer >
20   S.O.S. (Same Old Song)
21   banter/tuning
22   Motel Party Baby
23   Betty And Dupree//
24   //I Can't Dance


Set III

25   tuning
26   I'm A Hog For You Baby
27   You Gave Me The Sunshine >
28   Level With Me
29   Good Ol' Rock 'N' Roll
30   New York Town (aka Hey Hey Hey)
31   Mona//




Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Peter Albin - bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums


Comments:

- Set III may be incomplete


Source: provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and Mastered SIRMick June 2024


shntool output:

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     5:49.47       61674188 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5640  05 Stagger Lee.flac
     4:05.14       43250972 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5959  06 Salvation Army Song.flac
     3:38.20       38502284 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4995  07 banter-tuning.flac
     1:27.63       15495020 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5893  08 Overnight.flac
     6:53.10       72876764 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5340  09 'real music' silliness.flac
     4:56.69       52376732 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6545  10 Thirty Days.flac
     2:00.33       21245660 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5255  11 more silliness.flac
     1:38.35       17369564 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5684  12 Beer Barrel Polka (aka Roll Out The Barrel).flac
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    10:37.21      112416236 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6298  14 Love Machine.flac
     4:26.42       47021228 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4703  15 tuning-banter.flac
     4:16.60       45299564 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6486  16 San Francisco.flac
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     7:57.06       84156956 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5856  18 Colorado Town}.flac
    16:53.21      178742636 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5715  19 Closer }.flac
     4:36.13       48717020 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6123  20 S.O.S. (Same Old Song) .flac
     2:01.43       21445580 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4868  21 banter-tuning.flac
     6:46.13       71649020 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6056  22 Motel Party Baby.flac
     4:07.62       43716668 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5767  23 Betty And Dupree (incomplete).flac
     5:40.60       60117164 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6356  24 I Can't Dance (incomplete).flac
     0:40.18        7098380 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5378  25 tuning.flac
     3:54.45       41383484 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5915  26 I'm A Hog For You Baby.flac
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    12:11.40      129042524 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5839  28 Level With Me.flac
     4:17.37       45421868 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6114  29 Good Ol' Rock 'N' Roll.flac
     5:14.18       55431980 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5511  30 New York Town (aka Hey Hey Hey).flac
     6:23.06       67575356 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5817  31 Mona (incomplete).flac
   172:16.49     1823387012 B                            0.5858  (31 files)

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03 Sloop John B.flac:c4a241a0ffa8d4f1e90d5910b89daaff
04 Talking Folksinger Blues.flac:3eb724aea045e6146b45277c245cd86f
05 Stagger Lee.flac:a8a381345c5c26f84ff80f98f7bf383e
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08 Overnight.flac:333871a99bf6dc6be9bde2326db5a2c9
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10 Thirty Days.flac:e0570604a3df38eb20f34cb99be10be3
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23 Betty And Dupree (incomplete).flac:04c6ad960dd8b4f4ff27d046716e58dc
24 I Can't Dance (incomplete).flac:6642a3aad116c61bc0709556dc0df8f3
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29 Good Ol' Rock 'N' Roll.flac:7a5a22173cc353e531f355d64199cb6f
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