Bobby "Blue" Bland
Slim's
San Francisco, CA
1989-09-09

Early show

Source: SBD > C > PCM (see note)
Transfer: Transfer: Sony SL-HF860D > Sony PCM-601ESD > Behringer Ultramatch Pro > Tascam DA-3000 > WAV
Master: Wavelab 10 (tracking, remove DC offset, fades) > FLAC 16

Thanks to our anonymous source and to Charlie Miller for the PCM transfer.

01. Instrumental
02. Instrumental
03. Jimmy Lynch banter >
04. BBB intro vamp - Lovelight >
05. That's the Way Love Is >
06. Further On Up The Road
07. I Pity The Fool
08. Soon As The Weather Breaks
09. I Intent To Take Your Place
10. Share Your Love With Me
11. I've Got The Right To Know
12. Get Your Money Where You Spend Your Time\\
13. \\ Sunday Morning Love
14. If You're Gonna Walk On My Love
15. St. James Infirmary
16. I'll Take Care Of You
17. Members Only
18. The Feeling Is Gone >
19. Stormy Monday >
20. Driftin' Blues >
21. 24 Hours A Day
22. outro vamp + band intro
23. outro banter

* Contains two gaps of 2 to 4 seconds each

Joe Harding & The BBB Orchestra:

Stanley Abernathy - trumpet
Wayne Bennet - trumpet
Bobby Forte - sax
Joe Harding - band leader
Jimmy "Mr. Motion" Lynch - vocals (guitar ?)
Reggie "Youngblood" Richards - bass
Al Thomas - trombone
Archie Turner - keyboards
George Weaver - drums

This is a solid recording with just a few hiccups. The PCM was labeled "mono dub eq'd" but it's not actually mono. There is no information about the "eq" or how many PCM generations there are, but there is about -48 dB of underlying hiss and, given the fade out/in at +/- 45 minutes between tracks 13 and 14, there is clearly an analog cassette generation somewhere in here. The hiss is basically inaudible, though, except when there was no audio on the tape, such as during two brief silent segments during I'll Take Care Of You.

There one another thing. Sometimes BBB's voice is smooth as silk. Other times, not so much. The "ooowwww!"'s and "yeah!"'s are, well... disturbing. Distressing, even. You'll see.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2021-07-13