Ed Perlstein, who has archived collections by Nick Gravenites, Spencer Dryden, Steve Keyser (John Cipollina’s manager) and others, and who currently possesses John Cipollina’s personal tapes, was given the approval of John’s sister, Antonia, to share John’s live and studio outtake recordings in the interest of keeping his music alive for future generations. Steve Keyser, who recorded most of John's live shows with several different bands while he was his manager, has allowed Ed to digitize his master cassettes, and to share them with John’s fans and collectors.

Fish and Chip
Mabuhay Gardens
San Francisco, CA
03/02/1985
Late Show

Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 9 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 2 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac16

First Set:

01 Intro
02 Thirty Days
03 Got Love
04 Blind Man
05 banter-tuning
06 Strange Ways
07 Love Machine
08 banter-tuning
09 Motel Party Baby
10 banter
11 Colorado Town
12 banter
13 The Dance

Second Set:

14 banter
15 Overnight
16 Suzie Q
17 banter
18 I Can't Dance
19 Closer
20 Hokey Pokey
21 banter-audience rap
22 Honky Tonk Jekyll and Hyde
23 Good Ol Rock and Roll
24 banter- poetry rap
25 Mountains In Dreamland
26 S.O.S. (Same Old Song)
27 Mona

Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Peter Albin - bass, vocal
Spencer Dryden - drums


Comments:

- Late Show with two sets
- Pitch corrected 0.5 semitones
- Tape flip in Hokey Pokey was edited seamlessly
- Tape issue in Mona was edited seamlessly at 4:26-4:40

Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch corrected by Seth Kaplan
Quality Control and tagging by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and mastered by Bruno
July 2022

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