Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson & Tommy Ridgley and the Untouchables
Fox 38/Polaroid Stage
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans Fair Grounds
New Orleans, La.
April 30, 1994


Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson with the Untouchables
01. Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson stage intro (by Tommy Ridgley) :28
02. New Orleans medley (The Twist -> Annie Had a Baby -> Shake Rattle and Roll) 4:25
03. Your Cheatin' Heart 4:24
04. Mardi Gras Strut 2:55
05. Blueberry Hill 3:30
06. I'm in Love Again 3:04
07. Carnival Time 4:32
23:20

Tommy Ridgley and the Untouchables
08. Tommy Ridgley :27
09. Down By The Riverside -> 2:20
10. Over In The Gloryland -> 2:16
11. Do Whatcha Wanna 3:08
8:13

Total: 31:33



Source: soundboard > DAT > my cassette

Transfer to cassette (February 1997): DAT > Sony Pro 10 > Sony TCD-D5 > cassette (XLII-90) (tape label says 'no dolby')

transfer to flac (Richard Russell, December 2024): first-gen cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A (head azimuth optimized, no Dolby) > Metric Halo MIO-2882 > Macintosh MacBook Pro (15-inch, mid-2012) > wav (24/48) > MacBook Air M1 (2020) > iZotope RX 11 Advanced v11.1.0.3941 (see editing notes) > X Audio Compression Toolkit 2.55 > FLAC


Editing notes
* There was a significant electrical buzz in the right channel. I used iZotope's De-Hum module to attenuate the buzz. It is still present but not as intrusive.

Other than the de-hum filter, no noise reduction or EQ was attempted.


Notes
Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson and Tommy Ridgley are listed in the Jazzfest performance database (jfdb.jazzandheritage.org) as having performed on April 30, 1994, at 12:30 p.m. on the Fox 38/Polaroid Stage (previously known as Stage 4, I think, and currently known as the Shell Gentilly stage, I think. It's the second-largest stage unless I'm mis-remembering.)

Unfortunately this is incomplete -- it was filler on another cassette. It's unclear if this includes the actual beginning of the show or just the beginning of Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson's mini set. His portion seems to be complete unless he came back later for an encore.

I received this cassette from James A. Battey in February 1997.