Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry with special guest Elvis Costello
Supper Club
New York City, NY
February 12, 1997
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 200)

Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM - D6C

Transfer: Two Of Us Master Tapes > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Aubergine w/Elvis Costello
02 Swim To Me w/Elvis Costello
03 Pork Chop w/Deborah Harry
04 Doncha Go 'Way Mad w/Elvis Costello & Deborah Harry
05 Think Of Me w/Elvis Costello
06 When The Fog Lifts w/Deborah Harry
07 The Tide Is High w/Deborah Harry

Known Faults:
-Pork Chop: start slightly cut and splice

Welcome to Volume 200 of the "Two Of Us" Master Series.

Between 1983 and 2002 there were not any tapers more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of two decades they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times.

If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton

What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped.

They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists.

If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority,
tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired.

The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats.

The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and
have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition.

Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them.

This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio, enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.

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Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry with special guest Elvis Costello
@ The Supper Club - New York City, NY February 12, 1997

As we finally reach volume 200 in our master series we wanted to release something truly unique. This previously unheard show promoting the Jazz Passengers release "Individually Twisted" fit the bill perfectly.

Though Two Of Us did not record the full Jazz Passengers' performance what they did capture is outstanding.

First up we are treated to the second and last ever performance featuring Elvis Costello singing lead on "Aubergine". A cool rather chaotic Jazz tune, Elvis' Jazz skills definitely shine through.

Elvis remains on stage for the lead vocal on the last of only 3 ever performances of "Swim To Me" off of the 1994 Jazz Passengers' release "In Love". Proving his jazz credentials are real it's a beautiful and heartfelt rendition.

Next up Deborah Harry enters with the silly "Pork Chop", silly-yes, goofy-yes but undoubtedly fun adding a very playful vibe to the proceedings.

Elvis rejoins for what would certainly have been a big band pop classic duet back in the era of the powerful big band classics, "Doncha Go 'Way Mad" featuring wonderful interplay between Elvis and Deborah, their voices combine magnificently. This is the second of only 3 ever performances, the duo would perform this track the following night on the "Late Show With David Letterman".

Once again Elvis steps out alone to take lead on "Think Of Me" leaving no doubt he's right where he should be.

Deborah closes the show with a beautiful rendition of "When The Fog Lifts", this song would be released the following year on Jazz Passengers "Live In Spain" and a new take on "The Tide Is High" from "Individually Twisted".

I'd be remis if I also didn't mention the recent passing of Jazz Passengers co-founder the great Curtis Fowlkes who passed away on August 31st of congestive heart failure at the age of 73...R.I.P Curtis

Artwork is included.

A big thanks as always to "Two Of Us", their dedication to capturing all these legendary performers and shows many heard hear for the first time, the HOURS and HOURS spent waiting in line, traveling, money on tickets as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their life's work, our little community is indebted to you both. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in all these great releases...we've barely scratched the surface. The amount of completely uncirculated shows they taped and continue to get into my hands for release is staggering.

And as always thanks to Goody for his continuing support of this and all our other historic releases ensuring we are running in the correct pitch.

Artwork and a couple of newspaper clippings are included.

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