David Lindley & El Rayo-X
November 8, 1986 (1986-11-08)
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, California, USA

Lineage: Excellent sound quality digital matrix mix from 4 channel cassette master. 1 soundboard channel, 1 ambient microphone on balcony railing channel and 2 channels of a live microphone mix of Crown PZM microphones mounted over the stage and 2 Nakamichi cm300 microphones also mounted over the stage > Dolby C encoded Maxell UDXLII-S cassettes > Yamaha PM44D recorder (4 channels of 45 minutes per C-90 cassette when sensor is on back of cassette).

Transfer: Yamaha PM44D (Dolby C decoded) > Macintosh with Echo Layla sound card > AIFF > Pro Tools (time alignment, normalization, digital mix, minor "nip & tuck" edits and tracking - no DNR or EQ) > AIFF > xACT (Flac level 8 files, tagged with sector boundaries verified).

first set - 51:07
101 [01:25] talk and tune up
102 [03:56] Twist & Shout
103 [02:49] band intros and talk
104 [06:13] Jah Reggae
105 [05:59] El Rayo-X
106 [06:19] She Took Off My Romeos
107 [10:37] Papa Was a Rolling Stone
108 [00:37] talk
109 [08:07] You Been Doing Something Wrong I Can Tell By The Way You Smell
110 [04:48] Premature
111 [00:17] thanks at end of first set

second set - 77:36
201 [09:05] Hands Like a Man
202 [05:46] Da 'Ting
203 [21:30] Brother John
204 [06:36] I'm a Hog For You Baby
205 [08:23] Your Old Lady
206 [05:57] Do You Wanna Dance?
207 [00:32] first encore break
208 [08:00] Mercury Blues
209 [02:00] second encore break
210 [09:01] Don't Look Back
211 [00:46] final thanks and applause

David Lindley, Ray Woodbury, William D. "Smitty" Smith, Jorge Calderon & Walfredo Reyes

Note: The vocals are a bit low in the mix until the second half of the first song. (The sound quality is EX+ after that.)

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