John Lee Hooker
10-03-1985
The Stabilizer
West Lafayette, Indiana

Project ID - LMPP 206

Source: Audience Recording
Lineage: PZM Mics > D5 > MAC > DR-3 > EMU 1212M > 24/96 Wave > Wavelab 5 > plugins >
r8brain PRO > 16/44.1 wave > CD Wave > flac lvl 8 (TLH)

A **GEMS** Production www.shnflac.net

disc 1
Set One
d1t01. Intro
d1t02. Statesboro Blues
d1t03. JLHooker Intro / It Ain't Right
d1t04. Crawling King Snake
d1t05. Boom Boom
d1t06. Try Me
d1t07. One Bourbon,One Scotch,One Beer
d1t08. Boogie Chillen


disc 2
Set Two
d2t01. JLHooker Intro/ It Ain't Right
d2t02. It Serves You Right To Suffer
d2t03. I Don't Know
d2t04. Worried Life
d2t5. Boogie Chillen NO.2
d2t06. Crowd


Notes:

- Huge thanks to Greg (AKA Garageboy) for another fine specimen that was previously uncirculated.
This was a really nice pull. EQ'ed to taste, plugins to flavor, all tape flips crossfaded. Enjoy

-Transfer and edit by Bgreen

- QC/tracking/setlist by Evan K. (AKA spaceboy)

This recording was a joint effort between Mike Rice (RIP) and me. The Stabilizer was a college bar in West Lafayette, Indiana, home to Purdue University. I used to go to Purdue when I wasn't on Dead tour, and I managed to not graduate with high distinction. I also lived about two blocks away from The Stabilizer. A lot of Blues artists from Chicago would come down and play in West Lafayette, it was just a short two hour drive down Interstate 65. When they came down, they usually played at the Stabilizer. I only remember John Lee Hooker coming down this one time, so we got together the taping gear and went to the club early. We knew the owner of the place (I can't remember his name anymore) and he let us in early to place the mics before the crowd rolled in. The stage was very small, as was the room. The stabilizer was just another beer-soaked college bar that smelled bad and rocked hard. The backstage area was little more than a hallway to the back door. I managed to hang with the artists a lot as I usually brought a little local "flavor" to the place. That usually happened with the younger cats that prowled around the place. John Lee Hooker was old school, and his entourage let me know that he was not interested in anything but getting on with the show. This guy is the real thing. We didn't ask them if we could tape the show, and until now, not many folks really knew we did. We made a couple of 1st gen analog tapes from the master, but that is it. Many thanks to BGreen for the transfer/mastering work. There will likely be many more garage tapes to come.....

Greg Holtz
July 1, 2008 recollection


FFP:
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jlh1985-10-03.d1t02.flac:5495bf91184e7d52c37371e2c70beb78
jlh1985-10-03.d1t03.flac:39d22b4b753cc292357a7ae2aa890e70
jlh1985-10-03.d1t04.flac:8fa09a1f3a88317f0908581decff58e8
jlh1985-10-03.d1t05.flac:3fc1761fb59e1a89cd965d2a329b8d75
jlh1985-10-03.d1t06.flac:c0c124ca4c4aba345df98f86d6e8edde
jlh1985-10-03.d1t07.flac:8d0fbd459a712986916985015b3a7c3f
jlh1985-10-03.d1t08.flac:de571af3f5027c00f31d3a65da1e61eb
jlh1985-10-03.d2t01.flac:12b2cbc09ef349c2d39f52546d777c90
jlh1985-10-03.d2t02.flac:ca06495921e50a7a1694dc1d5b8ebd42
jlh1985-10-03.d2t03.flac:6b030e47526c0f1f1159fd22ff6be67c
jlh1985-10-03.d2t04.flac:9d4abda247db13385a8cf2f8eb89b6ea
jlh1985-10-03.d2t05.flac:50d3368127a04ce9d97f87e117328d59
jlh1985-10-03.d2t06.flac:07b534d4c6a1060899aab0626079acb7

MD5:
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e4cca5f54377bd0c39459b083bb7bf8d *jlh1985-10-03.d2t06.flac

ST5:
1326c64f1f31b3d15765ae4dddca8a5e [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d1t01.flac
5495bf91184e7d52c37371e2c70beb78 [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d1t02.flac
39d22b4b753cc292357a7ae2aa890e70 [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d1t03.flac
8fa09a1f3a88317f0908581decff58e8 [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d1t04.flac
3fc1761fb59e1a89cd965d2a329b8d75 [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d1t05.flac
c0c124ca4c4aba345df98f86d6e8edde [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d1t06.flac
8d0fbd459a712986916985015b3a7c3f [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d1t07.flac
de571af3f5027c00f31d3a65da1e61eb [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d1t08.flac
12b2cbc09ef349c2d39f52546d777c90 [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d2t01.flac
ca06495921e50a7a1694dc1d5b8ebd42 [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d2t02.flac
6b030e47526c0f1f1159fd22ff6be67c [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d2t03.flac
9d4abda247db13385a8cf2f8eb89b6ea [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d2t04.flac
50d3368127a04ce9d97f87e117328d59 [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d2t05.flac
07b534d4c6a1060899aab0626079acb7 [shntool] jlh1985-10-03.d2t06.flac

shntool output:
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems filename
2:00.04 21177452 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d1t01.flac
4:57.35 52473164 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d1t02.flac
3:57.22 41858588 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d1t03.flac
5:07.16 54192476 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d1t04.flac
4:43.01 49923596 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d1t05.flac
7:15.51 76853996 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d1t06.flac
5:16.05 55754204 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d1t07.flac
12:55.29 136778252 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d1t08.flac
4:01.10 42535964 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d2t01.flac
5:28.59 57998012 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d2t02.flac
4:02.06 42702956 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d2t03.flac
3:37.36 38363516 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d2t04.flac
20:49.37 220410668 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d2t05.flac
0:27.18 4805180 --- -- ---xx jlh1985-10-03.d2t06.flac
84:38.29 895828024 B (totals for 14 files, 0.6918 overall compression ratio)