GTR: Movin' On Home
Max Bacon: lead vocals
Steve Hackett: guitar
Steve Howe: guitar
Matt Clifford: keyboards
Phil Spalding: bass
Jonathan Mover: drums

Orpheum Theater
Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
June 24, 1986
performance quality: B+
recording quality: B+
source: (acoustic set): 1st gen aud. tape
(group set): master aud. tape
runtime: 126:23 (minutes/ seconds)

(thanks to haroldland for some corrections to this set list)
acoustic solos & duets set: 39:47
Steve Hackett solo
1: journey > blood on the rooftops > black light 5:19
2: time lapse at Milton Keynes 3:46
3: Cavalcanti > Andante in C 3:50
4: horizons 2:15
Steve Howe
5: Steve Howe introduction > surface tension 3:59
6: mood for a day 3:24
7: second initial 3:17 (a song for Virgil Howe)
8: ram 2:42
9: country mix 3:50 (Chet Atkins)
10: clap 3:22 (electric guitar version)
11: from a place where time runs slow 4:03

:intermission:

group set: 86:35
12: Jekyll and Hyde 6:58
13: here I wait 5:14
14: prizefighters 5:18
15: you can still get through 6:20
16: hackett to bits 2:48
17: spectral mornings 3:54
18: in that quiet earth > 1:46
19: I know what I like 3:53
20: tow the line 4:44
21: sketches in the sun 2:43
22: pennants 5:28
23: roundabout 9:02
24: the hunter 6:02
25: band introductions 1:23
26: reach out (never say no) 6:03
27: imagining 8:03
28: encore: when the heart rules the mind 6:52

lineage:
(opening set):
unknown mikes > Sony WMD-6 cassette recorder >
master tape (probably maxell XLII) >
my 1st gen. tape copy (same) >
rest of lineage is same as the group set from there.
(group set):
Realistic mini-mikes > Sony WMD-6 dolby off >
Maxell XLII-S cassette >
played on Nak. BX-100 into soundforge (WAV) >
FLAC 6 > torrent. first seeded in 2008.
reseeded in 2014 with track times and some title and tracking corrections
and a flac > wav > flac (sb's aligned) reconversion to remove the sbe's
a this and that production.
Do not sell this reecording.
share freely, losslessly and gaplessly.
category: progressive glam popcorn rock.

comments:
This is I believe to be a complete recording (except the verbal
introduction of track 19 at flip of tape in the group set. No music
is missing at all from the opening to the encore) of GTR at the
Orpheum in Boston, one of the better shows and recordings I saw in the
80's. Drummer Jonathan Mover is from Peabody, Mass. (as announced in
the show) and without even knowing who wrote what songs on their album,
I had a chance to tell him my favorite song in this whole show was the
last one before the encore- which happens to be the only one he wrote,
so he was glad to hear that. Glad enough to trade me what would later
be released as the KBFH disc from Los Angeles, Ca. I bought that anyway,
since the recording was a sbd it sounded nice, and I was surprised how
good this one sounds. I must have had a good seat for the group set, and
so too for my friend who recorded the opening acoustic set. Not too much
crowd noise. The officially released show in LA is a good one too, but I
think this was a little better. This also has some songs not included in
that disc (tow the line, stop look and listen, and all the acoustic songs)
A solid performance throughout, I thought, highlights included the Hunter
(very tight), Hackett to Bits, Imagining, Spectral Mornings and the group
opener, Jekyll & Hyde. Their encore, and I believe the only pop hit this
very poppy sounding (at times) band ever had, When the Heart rules the Mind
sounded good. The recording of all is nice quality, there is some mixing
weirdness in the 1st couple of group songs, including some midrange overloading
(it's not from the recording) but not alot and nothing real major.
The 1st gen part may actually sound slightly better than some of
the group part because I think it had better mikes. The Realistics did
quite well, one of the best I've gotten out of them in a theater show.
This concert was first put to digital form in early 2008, the tape has
rarely been played and still sounds like I recorded it last week. The
crowd at this show did not make alot of noise at all, I only had to do a
little ICPVR (individual clap peak volume reduction), mostly at the beginning
of the 1st song. If you like either Howe or Hackett, even in perhaps their
most bubble-gummy setting, there is alot of nice music here, the vocals and
instruments come through like this is a You Are There Production, because
that's exactly where you feel when you hear this. This thing is nice enough
to maybe make you like GTR if you (like I) prefer to hear both Steves in a
different setting. I did not expect this to be a real good show at all, but
was pleasantly surprised after seeing it. For the most part, the sound at
the show was quite good. It didn't take long to get it together, and the
band sounded very together throughout. This torrent has had no noise reduction
or equalization. I don't think it needs any either, but I leave that up to you.
If burning to CD, the last 2 electric songs will easily fit with the acoustic
set (I hate wasting discs). The only fadeins are at the beginning of each set,
and the only fadeouts are at the end of the sets, so if you record this to DAT
there will be no overlap or gap.