Joe Ely
McCabe's Guitar Shop
Santa Monica, California
May 19, 1990
early show

solo

01. I Had My Hopes Up High *
02. She Never Spoke Spanish To Me
03. Me and Billy The Kid
04. My Baby Thinks She's French
05. If You Were A Bluebird
06. Letter To Laredo
07. The Lord Of The Highway
08. Give Me A Ride To Heaven
09. I Keep Getting Paid The Same
10. Silver City
11. Row Of Dominoes (tape flip after song)
12. For Your Love
13. Treat Me Like A Saturday Night
14. Indian Cowboy
15. Musta Notta Gotta Lotta Sleep Last Night
16. Fingernails
encore
17. Honkey Tonk Masquerade
18. West Texas Waltz
second encore
19. Boxcars
[78:35]

Another fine recording from the Los Angeles tape eXchange (LAX)
This one was recorded by Mike Martin with support from Sue, Mario & Bill
Our original group (John-Sue-Mark-Mike) were not recording much together anymore but the equipment was the same so I still consider this part of that series.

Source: 2 Sennheiser MKH 404 tu microphones > Sony D5-M w/ Dolby using Memorex UDXLII C-90 tape
Transfer: Nakamichi CR7A (with Azimuth alignment and Dolby B) > Korg MR2000-S @ 1 bit 5.6 MHz DSDIFF
Mastering: AudioGate (24-96) > iZotope RX6 advanced & Har-Bal 3.0 (prep) > CD Wave (track) > AudioGate Aqua (16-44) > TLH (flac)

Just Joe with his acoustic guitar on a small stage in the back room of a Guitar shop.

* After a couple minutes of playing there's quite a bit of microphone movement disturbing the sound.
I guess someone came to their seat after the first song started and I had to move everything to let them in.
Tried to reduce the shuffling noises to less distracting volumes but it's still there.
Other than that first track this is a very clear recording with a quiet crowd.
Except between songs which was a bit loud and it seems I lowered the mics during the applause to reduce it.

Not very often that I hear myself on these old recordings but I called out for Cornbread Moon and dated the show at the end.
After that you can hear my friends Sue, Bill and Mario in the final moments of the recording.

For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use.

enjoy
-M- (Nov 2017)
A FLYING M PRODUCTION

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