The Dinosaurs
The Cotati Cabaret, Cotati, CA
Novemer 21, 1982
recorded by Rick C.
matrix mix of soundboard and Sony ECM-989 stereo microphone > Sony PCM F-1 (Beta, 44.056kHz, 16 bit digital recording)
transfered to cdr by Easy Ed* from Rick C's loaned PCM Beta tapes: Sony PCM-F1 analog out > Sony DTC-700 (A>D only, no tape) > optical digital out > Zefiro ZA2 soundcard > Sound Forge > CD Architect > Phillips Omniwriter cdr. EAC from Easy Ed's cdrs > .wav > FLAC level 8 encoding, aligned on sector boundaries
Disc 1
1st set
1. "more?!"
2. Who Make The Moves?
3. One Way Out
4. SOS
5. "the formula"
6. Blind Man
7. What Can It Be?
8. There Ain't No Cars On Me
9. Love
10. Jesse James
11. Colorado Town
12. West LA Fadeaway
13. I Can't Dance
14. St. Louis Blues
Disc 2
1st set continued
1. The Dance
2. Tricky Dick & Ronald Reagan
3. Sloop John B
4. Love Machine
5. Promontory Rider
6. Motel Party Baby
Disc 3
2nd set
1. San Francisco
2. Only To Believe
3. Hokey Pokey
4. Franklin's Tower
5. Passin' Through
encores
6. Level With Me
7. Who Makes The Moves?
* there were some imperfections in the 17 year old (at the time of the transfers) mastertapes. Where the beginning of a song was cut, I have put in a quick fade in (usually between 1 and 2 seconds long). Where there were dropouts or gaps I have put in a quick fade out and fade in to make it less abrupt. All of what was on the original master tapes aside from these fades have been included.
A scan of the flyer from the show is included. Photos from the shows by Brian Quinn are included.
It was a thrill for me to meet Rick C. many years ago at a party thrown by mutual friends, who told me, "This is Rick, he's a taper, too". Those were in the days before internet, in the days of tape lists and snail mails and B&Ps, and I'd often go a full year between new contacts with a fellow live music collector.
Rick C. is the person who made the master recording of "The Jam At Mickey Hart's Barn", which I tranfered and circulated in the late 90s. He made a reel to reel copy of the recording for John Cipollina, a transfer of which also circulates, sometimes mislabeled as a soundboard. Another fun recording Rick made was of The Rolling Stones at Winterland (1978?) where he had his mike on a pole, but was so 'altered' that he wandered around the hall, often not even facing the stage: a document of the event, perhaps, but not an audio treat...