Excellent originals, fine songs with music composed for unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics, and enchanting talk make this a fascinating listen. Correction of the band member name and all other improvements gratefully received. Thanks and appreciation are owed the recordist, of whose name I am no longer aware, for the fine source recording. The torrent has applause in balance, many talk and some music levels raised, hoots, etc. removed or reduced, and is nearly free of audience chatter. It is a fresh transfer from my clone and therefore will differ from previous versions of this performance, if any.

Faults: Mild and infrequent usual audience interference.

BILLY BRAGG
Los Angeles, CA -- House of Blues
1998-06-25 -- 100:49

01. The Milkman of Human Kindness
02. Brickbat
03. -talk-
04. Ingrid Bergman
05. -talk-
06. All You Fascists
07. -talk-
08. A Lover Sings
09. -talk-
10. Must I Paint You a Picture?
11. -talk-
12. Tank Park Salute
13. -talk-
14. Walt Whitman's Niece
15. -talk-
16. She Came Along to Me
17. -talk-
18. The Unwelcome Guest
19. -talk-
20. Christ for President
21. -talk-
22. I Guess I Planted
23. -talk-
24. My Flying Saucer
25. -talk-
26. Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
27. -talk-
28. The Saturday Boy
29. -talk-
30. Everybody Loves You Babe
31. -talk-
32. California Stars
33. -talk, encore applause, talk-
34. Walk Away Renee

songwriters:
Billy Bragg - t01, 02, 08, 10, 12, 26, 28, 30
Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie - t04, 06, 14, 18, 22, 24
Billy Bragg, Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett, Woody Guthrie - t16
Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett, Woody Guthrie - t20, 32
Tony Sansone, Bob Calilli, Mike Brown, Billy Bragg - t34

musicians:
Billy Bragg - vocals, guitar
Ian McLagan - organ
Bob Egan - slide guitar
Don Harvey - drums
Sara Brown (sp) -bass

No artwork.

Source: DAT master > my clone (DAT: 16bits/44.1khz)
Transferred by stevemtl: DAT > Sony PCM-R500 > Roland R44 > SD chip > my fingers > slot on computer > HD
Mastered by stevemtl: HD > Sound Forge (L2 dither > 24/44.1: edit, L2 talk and applause level adjust, fades; L2 dither > 16/44.1) > CDwave (track cut) > TLH (flac level 8, ffp, md5) > TLH (torrent marker)
Circulated by stevemtl: Torrent marker uploaded to DIME on
2021-10-17.

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