The Longbranch Park Blues Festival '86
Longbranch Park, Liverpool, NY
1986-06-22

Duke Robillard and the Pleasure Kings

01.
02. It's My Own Business
03. Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
04. I'm Gonna Hit That Highway
05. Baby Please Come Home
06. Sweet As an Apple on the Tree
07. My Baby
08. Band Intro Blues Jam

James Cotton

01. [James Cotton Band]
02. James Cotton Intro > Today I Start Lovin' You Again
03.
04.
05.
06.
07.
08. How Long
09. Ain't Doin' Too Bad
10. Rocket 88
11.
12. Fever
13.
14. (encore) Turn On Your Lovelight

BB King

01. [95X Announcement]
02. [BB King Orchestra]
03. [BB King Orchestra]
04. BB King Intro > Jam
05. Let the Good Times Roll
06. Sweet Little Angel
07. Never Make A Move Too Soon
08. <cuts>

Master: 2 Nakamichi CM-100s and Sony TC-D5m
Digital Transfer: Cassette master playback on Sony TC-D5m to Marantz PMD-670

Bonus: BB King - Soundboard

01. [BB King Orchestra]
02. [BB King Orchestra]
03. BB King Intro > Jam
04. Let the Good Times Roll
05. Sweet Little Angel
06. Never Make A Move Too Soon
07. <cuts>
08.
09. Into the Night (cancelled) > One of Those Nights
10. Ain't Nobody's Business
11. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
12. Into the Night
13. Band Intro > The Thrill Is Gone > Rock Me Baby <cut>

1st Generation: Soundboard > Marantz PMD430
1st Generation Transfer: Marantz PMD430 > Sony TC-D5m
Digital Transfer: Cassette master playback on Sony TC-D5m to Marantz PMD-670

Great Festival, but there are a few bummers:

1. Back in those days, it was usually pretty easy to set up a mic stand at this kind of show (see photo). Duke Robillard and James Cotton went fine but during the BB King set I saw BB's stage people pointing at the mics. Anticipating the bust, I stopped my tape and put in a new blank. Sure enough - got shut down and had the tape (the new blank) taken shortly thereafter.

2. Some other tapers I met there snuck a board patch. I went with them to a bar after the show and got a 1st gen of part of the show. It sounds like their PMD430 got too hot at the show (it was a hot day) - the sbd tape sounds a little warbled.

3. James Cotton did a couple songs with BB King, I wasn't able to get that part of the show.

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