The JOE ELY BAND
The Venue
London, England
May 30, 1981

Handheld cassette recorder with auto level set and built in microphone close to stage

01. Introduction > Hard Livin'
02. Good Rockin' Tonight
03. Dallas > Wishin' For You > I Had My Hopes Up High
04. (Annie's Been Workin' On) The Midnight Shift
05. Road Hog
06. Standin' At A Big Hotel (tape stopped-spliced @ 25:59 see note*) > Fools Fall In Love (tape flip-splice @ 31:46)
07. She Never Spoke Spanish
tape stopped between songs - gap spliced back together
08. Johnny's Blues
09. I Keep Getting Paid The Same
10. Musta Notta Gotta Lotta
11. Not Fade Away
12. Matchbox > Long Snake Moan
13. Fingernails (tape runs out-faded)
[62:54]

The Joe Ely Band:
Joe Ely - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Jessie Taylor - Lead Guitar
Ponty Bone - Squeeze Box
Smokey Joe Miller - Saxophone and Flute
should also include:
Mike Kindred - Piano
Mike Robinson - Bass Guitar
Robert Markham - Drums


Recorded by Jim Milano

Source:
Superscope cassette recorder using 1 Sony C-60 FeCr tape

transfer:
Nakamichi CR7-A (azimuth aligned, bias @ 120us, no Dolby) > Audigy 4 Pro @ 24-44

mastering:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (clean up) > AudioGate Aqua (16-44) > CD Wav > TLH (flac 8)
song information embedded with Stamp ID3 tag editor



* Tape speed issues started during �Standing At A Big Hotel� and then the recording was stopped and restarted.
Eighteen seconds of the damaged section was removed and spliced back together.
Missing the end of one verse and the beginning of another.
If you are not paying close attention it will slip right past you without noticing.

This was recorded by my friend Jim Milano.
Very clear mono and from the master cassette so very low hiss levels.
He was in England trying to get a band together and saw that Joe Ely was playing.
Went to the show and recorded it standing in the crowd with his little Superscope cassette deck.
Even took the photo used for the cover art.
Jim mailed me this tape from England and I played it once and it has been in a box ever since.
Fixed up a couple places where the tape was stopped and removed some clapping
Since the tape deck was stopped before �Johnny's Blues� this might be missing a couple of Ponty Bone songs.
Jim used to be in a band with the great guitarist Johnny Meeks who had a saying, �Use An Accordion, Go To Jail�.
So I understand why the Ponty set would not be here.

It is so tough losing friends to depression.
Still miss Jim (the Cookie Man) he was such a crack up and one of my best friends.
Jim would be happy to know people enjoyed his recording.

For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use.
enjoy
-M- (January 2015)
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