Green On Red
1985-04-07 ::: Bourges, Cher, France
Le Printemps de Bourges Crédit mutuel (PDB) (aka "La Primavera de Bourges" festival
unknown venue ~ afternoon performance ::: M2?-SBD (48kHz/24bit files)

~*~ Carefully remastered fixing various issues, without EQ or NR ~*~

"This is going to be a nice religious show for Green On Red!" (Easter Sunday)

01. ==opening comments==
02. We Shall Overcome ->
03. Keep On Moving ->
04. Sea Of Cortez ->
05. Hair Of The Dog (->)
06. Gravity Talks ->
07. 5 Easy Pieces
08. Sixteen Ways ->
09. (Gee Ain't It Funny How) Time Slips Away ->
10. Cheap Wine ->
11. Down To The Bone ->
12. The Drifter ->
13. Snake Bit

Total Time ::: 42:48

::: EXC mono SBD. Check samples to see if I'm takin' the piss, for curiousity pacification, or to rev yr engines.
::: Warts (almost none): first few seconds mix is a bit odd. Micro-gap between #09&10 now seamless.
::: Date confirmed in opening comments as 1985-04-07 was Easter Sunday in '85.
::: Green On Red's "Gas Food Lodging" LP had just been released, one the finest albums recorded in the 80s.
::: Hazy low-fi LOSSY YT video of this gig 3of5 parts still on YT #01__ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwI6VJUxeSo
::: What a freakin' great band - 45min time slot, so essentially zero breaks between songs - who needs 'em?!
::: Maybe GonR shoulda done more afternoon gigs as this is phenominal, but in '85/86 there weren't many better bands touring.
::: Videotaper of this&many French 80s/90s gigs for"private"use assumes it's cool to sell them. Sure the bands are overjoyed, dude.
::: Festival ran from 30 March to 8 April with Alain Bashung, Angelo Branduardi, Johnny Hallyday, Eddy Mitchell, CharlÉlie Couture, Dead Can Dance, Diane Dufresne, Étienne Daho, Green On Red, Jango Edwards, Jean-Luc Bideau, João Bosco, Joe King Carrasco, Juliette Gréco, L'Affaire Louis' Trio, Léo Ferré, Les Cent Printemps des poètes (création du Centre régional de la chanson de Bourges, avec Gérard Pierron, Alain Meilland, Michel Grange), Marc Seberg, Paolo Conte, Passion Fodder, Patrick Dupond, Scharif Alaoui, Sharon Evans, The Cocteau Twins, The Stranglers, Alain Bert, Gérard Yon, etc.

Recording Information ::: mono soundboard -> unknown recorder (VHS?) -> master mono soundboard (VHS?) analog tape -> 1st generation cassette -> 2nd(?) generation cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2021-02-xx ::: 2nd(?) generation cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth adjusted for individual tape, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (48kHz/24bit wav file) -> computer -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, clap, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, -5.6% averaged pitch (speed) fix with single pass after frequency analysis & with CD pitch verification, NO equalisation or noise reduction] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> 48kHz/24bit flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. (NOTE: 2 channel mono analog source w/channels almost same KHz so merged after remastering to steady matters. Freed 2021-04-xx.

Line-up ::: Dan "Big Daddy" Stuart - vocals, guitar, vocals // Chuck "Billy The Kid" Prophet IV - guitar, vocals // Chris "Chez" Cacavas - keyboards, guitar?, vocals // Jack "Jake" Waterson - electric bass // Alex "Big Dog" MacNicol (†R.I.P. 2004†)- drums, percussion.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

DimeTravel 741 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! Sincere thanks to whomever uploads this for me. ::: Corrections welcome ::: No idea how few will listen, but this is an outrageously STELLAR performance. Those who partake will surely enjoy. Give 'er a bit o' juice! Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yrs truly, Knees

Support the artists! www.greenonred.net -- www.marlowebillings.com (Dan Stuart) -- www.facebook.com/pages/category/Musician/Chris-Cacavas-Music-238196507069648/ -- www.chuckprophet.com

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!