DWIGHT YOAKAM

Saturday, 14 March 1987

The Ritz
119 East 11th Street
New York, New York 10003
USA


FLAC master, 3 January 2022, by elegymart:
Analog audience recording (stereo) {recorded by Gene Poole}: unknown mics/recorder > 1986-87 US Sony HF (Type I Normal) 90-minute analog audio cassette master {from the Gene Poole collection} > Sony TC-WE435 (azimuth adjustment) > Roland R05 (24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (audio cleanup, convert to 16/44) > SHNtool (fixed SBE) > CD Wave (track splits) > TLH (WAV > FLAC8).
Created this text file.


Total running time [52:02]
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01 Country 97 introduction [1:46]
02 Can't You Hear Me Calling [3:17]
03 Guitars, Cadillacs [3:41]
04 Smoke Along the Track [4:04]
05 Down the Road [4:12]
06 Big Boss Man [4:13]
07 1000 Miles [3:28]
08 Please, Please Baby [4:06]
09 Readin', Rightin', Rt. 23 [4:44]
10 Buck Owens medley: Under Your Spell Again / Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartbreak) / Close Up the Honky Tonks [1:36] >
11 Little Ways [3:31]
12 I'll Be Gone [4:19]
13 Honky Tonk Man [6:19]
xx It Won't Hurt
xx My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
xx Miner's Prayer
14 The Grand Tour [2:40]
xx Heartaches By The Number
xx Little Sister
xx Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
xx Since I Started Drinkin' Again


Band line-up:
Dwight Yoakam - vocals, acoustic guitar
-- The Babylonian Cowboys --
Eddie Shaver - lead guitar
Brantley Kearns - fiddle, vocals
David Jackson - bass
Jerry Angel - drums


Notes:

THE GENE POOLE COLLECTION VOL. 204

Here's the latest installment of the Gene Poole Collection, a random wellspring of recordings which surfaced in 2020. To paraphrase Lou: This is gonna go on for a while, so we should get used to each other, settle back, pull up your cushions, whatever else you have with you that makes life bearable in what has already been the start of trying decade...

Some of Gene's handiwork has probably been heard by your very ears before, for the most part via the Stonecutter Archives, but this is the first major unearthing of tapes direct from the legend himself. As promising as that may seem, it's best to let the surprises hit as they are shared. The trade-off to the prolific taping on Gene's part is that the expectations for a perfect track record would be unrealistic and unfair. There will be instances of incomplete recordings, caused by late arrivals to gigs, recorder and mic malfunctions, and other assorted foibles as would befall any mortal taper. There will be times where a master from another source exists which could be superior. For the most part, Gene recorded with a variety of mics and recorders, and many shows suffered from wire dropouts, so that only one channel was extant in the capture. Due warning about the past imperfect out of the way, credit should be given where due as well -- for many shows thought lost forever, it's exciting to discover that many of these even in incomplete form have now cropped up.

The transfers, the audio fixes, and the research all have required some lead time -- many tapes had scant info (sometimes just the name of the artist/band, with no date listed for the performance). Needless to say, gear documentation is virtually nil -- if we wait around for that precise detail to be forthcoming, nothing from the collection would probably see the light of day.

This time we're back at the Ritz, from a cassette labeled: "Dwite Yokum / Ritz Orig." Unlike Gene's recording of Dwight at the Beacon way back in Vol. 100, this capture is incomplete. For reasons perhaps not even known to Gene, he began taping the show about halfway through one tape side, so the flip comes early. Seems possible he had recorder issues, as "Big Boss Man" and "1000 Miles" get cut. The other side of the tape catches half of one mere song, a George Jones cover. The boomy Ritz lends a roadhouse ambience to the proceedings -- that's not a bad thing here as it actually makes for a great listen, but for the missing third of the show.

Missing tracks are denoted in the above setlist by "xx" and are guesses based on other setlists from the tour. If you have a complete version of this show, please upload and we can confirm.

Enjoy,
elegymart