CHUCK PROPHET AND THE MISSION EXPRESS
Starry Plough
Berkeley, CA
December 31, 2016

CA-14 cardioid mics > Church Audio ugly battery box > Sony PCM-M10 > WAV (24/48) > Sound Studio (light dynamic compression to reduce loud claps and percussion) > FLAC (16/44.1) > Tag > FLAC

Recorded and mastered by neil d

01 intro
02 Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins
03 Love Is The Only Thing
04 Stone Across The Sea
05 In The Mausoleum
06 Mr. Pharmacist (The Other Half)
07 You And Me Baby (Holding On)
08 Just To See You Smile
09 Bad Year For Rock And Roll
10 You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp)
11 Let Her Dance (Bobby Fuller Four)
12 Coming Out In Code
13 Temple Beautiful
14 Who Shot John
15 Lonely Desolation
16 Summertime Thing
17 Auld Lang Syne
18 Always A Friend > When The Whip Comes Down (Rolling Stones)
19 Willie Mays Is Up To Bat
20 encore
21 Sorrow (The McCoys)
22 Bangkok (Alex Chilton)
23 Shake Some Action (The Flamin' Groovies)

By happy coincidence, I was on vacation in the Bay Area this year when Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express played their annual New Year's Eve show at the Starry Plough, a terrific little Irish pub with Nicaragua solidarity posters on the walls and a side room just big enough to hold a small stage and a few dozen happy revelers. And the show didn't disappoint, with lots of laughs, a large helping of new songs from Chuck's upcoming album "Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins," and a rocking two-hour-plus set that included site-specific covers of The Other Half and the Flamin’ Groovies. I've seen Chuck and his terrific band several times now, and this was among their best.

Recorded with hat-mounted mics from about 20 feet back from the stage, dead center. Buy Chuck Prophet's music, get on his always hilarious mailing list, at check out his upcoming spring 2017 tour dates at chuckprophet.com.