John Fogerty
Sony Music Studios
New York City, NY
June 4, 1997
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 56)

Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C

Transfer: Two Of Us Master Cassette > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX / Ozone (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post-production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC

01 Born On The Bayou
02 Green River
03 Suzie Q
04 I Put A Spell On You
05 Hot Rod Heart
06 Centerfield
07 Swamp River Days
08 Blueboy
09 Before You Accuse Me
10 Instrumental Interlude
11 Walking In A Hurricane
12 A Hundred And Ten In The Shade
13 Bad Moon Rising
14 Proud Mary
15 Fortunate Son
16 Born On The Bayou
17 Green River
18 Before You Accuse Me
19 Proud Mary

Known Faults
-Born On The Bayou (Version 1): start slightly cut

Welcome to Volume 56 of the "Two Of Us" Master Series.

Between 1983 and 2002 there was likely not a taper or taping duo more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of a decade and a half 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.

We hope you enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.

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John Fogerty @ Sony Music Studios June 4, 1997

Volume 56 of our series features an invitation only show John Fogerty played at the Sony Music Studios eventually broadcast as "VH1 present Hard Rock Live" which apparently was not broadcast from the Hard Rock Cafe. Though the broadcast circulates on DVDR it does not appear to have ever been officially released. There are a couple of audio bootlegs with the broadcast titled "Way Back In The Hills" (https://www.discogs.com/John-Fogerty-Way-Back-In-The-Hills-/release/8203885) and "Hot Rod Heart" which correctly lists this show as taking place at the Sony Music Studios:
http://www.fafos.com/cdfoto/fogertyccr/fogertyhotrodhearttr.jpg

Two Of Us headed to the venue in search of gaining entrance and as luck would have it was seen in line by an acquaintance with some pull and were granted entrance.

This is a very good, up close capture of the entire performance, the broadcast is edited down to only 10 songs and are in a different order than actually played. The last 4 songs are repeats, I guess John wasn't happy with the first versions.

Thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these great shows as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their work. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in this release and finally to professor goody for always being "on call" to ensure we're at the correct pitch...we've only just begun to scratch the surface.

Artwork included...

mjk5510 & Two Of Us

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