John McLaughlin & Friends .... April 22, 1982 (8:22 PM)
Painters Mill Star Theatre, Owings Mills, Maryland, U.S.A.


John McLaughlin - acoustic guitars
Katia Labeque - synthesizers
Francois Couturier - keyboards
Tommy Campbell - drums
Jean-Paul Celea - bass


Taper: bpthree
Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16 condenser microphone
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Quality: vg+
Length: 105:53 minutes
Artwork: none.
Samples: none.


Set List:

Disc One (Time: 47:08m):
01. Belo Horizonte
02. David
03. La Baleine
04. ?????? (Tape Flip)

Disc Two (Time 58:45m):
01. Blues For L.W.
02. Band Introductions/ ?????
03. ?????? (Part One)(Tape flip)
04. ?????? (Part Two)
05. ??????


Taper's Comments:

1 - HELP!! If you have any uncirculated SPIRIT shows, or better quality FM
broadcasts than what's been posted here before, please share them. If you
know anybody who has shows that fit this category that aren't on DIME, please
dub off their stuff and share it. I'm trying to write a book on SPIRIT and need
all the information I can get. I have a database of over 1500 gigs 1967-1996, and
want to find as much information as I can to add to it. If you have any memories
of where you saw SPIRIT, the more specific the better (venue, city, date, supporting
bands, etc.), I'd love to know that as well. Please leave that in the comments
section or PM me. Thank you!

2 - Show description & comments follow:

"Painter's Mill Star Theatre" was in the Baltimore suburbs. It was one of those theatre in
the round joints, that had a rotating stage in the middle, although it never rotated for any
of the shows I saw there. Being stationary likely made 20% - 25% of the seats unusable,
as they would have been behind the stage, and the view obstructed. It had previously
been known as "Painter's Mill Music Fair". I guess it held maybe a couple thousand folks.
It burned to the ground years later. It was rumored that it had been torched for the
insurance.

This is the great John McLaughlin touring on the "Belo Horizonte" album, which was him
performing on acoustic guitars, but being backed by an electric band. He also plays some
tunes from his next album, which was to be recorded several months later, entitled
"Music Spoken Here". I need LOTS of help with the set list, so all you McLaughlin experts,
please post that information in the comments section. The audience was full of loud mouth
yuppies, but at least they kept most of their outbursts in between songs. One idiot next
to me kept yelling for a song until many of us around him finally stared him down, and he
finally shut up! The second tape flip came during a drum solo, so there's no John missing.
Enjoy!

bpthree


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