Dinosaurs
Catalyst
Santa Cruz, CA
1985-02-02
2nd gen analog sbd recording
except tr 11 (Sugaree): 2nd gen. analog audience recording
digital transfer 2021-04
Set 1 - 53:43
1. tuning > Who Makes The Moves? 10:30
2. Good Old Rock & Roll > chat 5:41
3. Dance With Me * > PA intro 7:09
4. Blind Man # [3:21] > chat, JC intro 5:29
5. Motel Party Baby % [6:21] > chat, tuning 8:49
6. Carry On (?) 2:29
7. -> Do The // Dance (inc band intro, solos) > "We'll be back..." 13:39
Set 2 - 37:46
1. After Midnight * 9:49
2. Resurrection Rag * 8:26
3. chat > Butcher's Boy // 6:24
4. Sugaree * > crowd, thankyou's 6:23
Encore:
5. chat about recording album tomorrow, band intro > Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde % 6:43
Total 91:30
Band
John Cipollina- Guitar, Vocals
Barry Melton- Guitar, Vocals
Peter Albin- Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden- Drums
Merl Saunders - Keyboards, Vocals
Notes:
- right channel almost not audible and very hissy, so I pasted left channel to right
- in all a hissy and soundwise rather disappointing recrding
- "Do The Dance" cuts in middle (tape flip)
- "Butchers Boy" loses more and more signal, finally dies
- Debut of "Resurrection Rag"
NB John Cipollina recordings can be found in various collections within the Live Music Archive ( https://archive.org/details/etree ):
John Cipollina - 254 - http://www.archive.org/details/JohnCipollina
Dinosaurs - 81 - http://www.archive.org/details/Dinosaurs
Barry Melton Band - 51 (many without Cipollina) - http://www.archive.org/details/BarryMeltonBand
Zero - 583 (with Cipollina from 1984 to July 1988) - http://www.archive.org/details/Zero