Big Jay McNeely

Nightstage, Cambridge MA
1985_11-14

This uncirculated tape is the second of a two night stand at Nightstage.

Nightstage was a wonderful club with great sound in the heaert of Cambridge MA across
the street from the Necco Wafer factory.

The soundman has his booth upstairs over hanging the main floor. The speakers were mounted
to the ceiling. This show was recorded on cassette from 2 microphones perched on the soundboard booth,
right in front of the speakers. I recorded many shows that way until the new soundman made me
record through the board, which didn’t make for as good a mix in this size room with the kind of setup it had.


I do not know all the song titles. Usually bands did 2 shows a night at this club. Jay was using a pickup band
and the shows were sparsely attending (we are talking under two dozen per show). The odd sequencing
of the show could be due to lack of material. The 2 shows Jay did at this time totally caught me by surprise
and made me a fan for live

Songs
1 All Night Long #1
2 Harlem Nocturne
3 Deacon's Hop
4 There Is Something On Your Mind
5 All That Wine Is Gone
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7 Big Jay Shuffle
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10 All Night Long