From Dain Baird's opening proclaimation, "Hey, we're in god damn England!", this is one smokin' show. This A++ FM broadcast is possibly the best live Georgia Satellites I've ever heard. I don't know if this was their first show of the tour or their first festival or what, but they are ON FIRE!! If you don't download anything else, get track 5, "I Just Want to Make Love to You". (It's also worth it just to hear Dan Baird's
comments between songs.)

This 40 minute tape is kind of short, but for a new band at a major festival, this is likely the whole show.

None of this has been officially released, even though it should have been. Three songs from a May 15 show at the London's Town & Country Club were used on a couple of Japanese EPs, but this Reading show is clean.

PLAY IT LOUD!!!

From the original taper's info:
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Georgia Satellites
Live At The Reading Festival, England, 29 August 1987

LINEAGE: FM BROADCAST - CASSETTE - RME DIGI 96/8 PRO SOUNDCARD - WAV - FLAC (LEVEL 8 COMPRESSION)
RECORDED IN 24 BIT WITH ADOBE AUDITION 2.0, NORMALIZED THEN CONVERTED TO 16 BIT WITH DITHER
CONVERTED TO FLAC WITH EASY CD-DA EXTRACTOR 12

1. The Myth Of Love
2. No Particular Place To Go
3. Battleship Chains
4. Nights Of Mystery/Little Queenie
5. I Just Wanna Make Love To You
6. Amazing Grace/Can't Stand The Pain
7. Keep Your Hands To Yourself/I Know It's Only Rock 'N Roll
8. Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller

This was from a re-broadcast in the early 90s on Alan "Fluff" Freeman's (RIP) Saturday Rock Show. I was a bit late hitting the record button so "Hello England" got missed! Other than that it is the complete broadcast.

It sounds like there is an edit between tracks 6 and 7 - I have no idea if there are songs missing or just some chat. I'd be interested to hear if anyone knows anything about that.

I've faded in the beginning but left the ending intact for people to do whatever they like with, mainly because I think fadeouts with Audition don't sound right and I'm temporarily without Pro Tools!
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