Lou Reed & John Cale
St. Ann's
Brooklyn, NY
January 8, 1989
"Songs For Drella - Drella In Progress"
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 143)

Recording: Sure Mic > Sony WM-D6C

Transfer: Two Of Us Master Tapes > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Smalltown
02 Open House
03 Style It Takes
04 Work
05 The Trouble With Classicists
06 Faces And Names
07 Images
08 Starlight
09 It Wasn�t Me
10 I Believe
11 Nobody But You
12 Slip Away (A Warning)
13 Forever Changed
14 Hello, It� s Me

Known Faults:
-The first few notes of some songs cut
-Smalltown: joined in progress
-Forever Changed: start cut

Welcome to Volume 143 of the "Two Of Us" Master Series.

Between 1983 and 2002 there were not any tapers more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of two decades 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, enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.

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Lou Reed & John Cale @ St. Ann's - Brooklyn, NY January 8, 1989

The first performances of "Songs For Drella", billed as a work in progress, took place at St. Ann's on January 7th and 8th.

A bootleg consisting of a mix using songs from each night to make a full show has been shared, this is recorder 2 and the full performance of the second night and is possibly the first time the full performance has been available here.

A very atmospheric performance, not quite as close to the stage as we are use to but highly listenable and very enjoyable.

"Slip Away (A Warning)" is added to the set for this performance.

Samples and artwork provided...

Thanks to Goody's attention to detail keeping us rolling at the correct pitch week after week and this week for providing a little extra tweak to help tame some of the reverb while he was at it.

As always a massive thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these legendary performers, the HOURS and HOURS spent waiting in line, traveling, money on tickets as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their life's work, our little community is indebted to you both. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in all these great releases...we've barely scratched the surface.

mjk5510 & Two Of Us

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005 Bangles 1986-03-28 New York City, NY
006 Pretenders 1984-05-01 New York City, NY
007 Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band 1989-08-04 Saratoga Springs, NY
008 Tracy Chapman 1988-11-28 New York City, NY
009 Animals 1983-11-12 New York City, NY
010 Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit 1984-08-18 New York City, NY
011 Blasters 1986-07-25 New York City, NY
012 Roy Orbison 1988-07-27 New York City, NY
013 Paul McCartney 1989-08-24 New York City, NY
014 John Cale 1987-06-27 New York City, NY
015 Nick Lowe 1995-01-30 New York City, NY
016 E Street Band Presents The E Street Revue 1992-11-21 Red Bank, NJ
017 David Byrne 1993-12-23 New York City, NY
018 Dave Edmunds 1994-09-15 New York City, NY
019 Marianne Faithful 1990-10-17 New York City, NY
020 Ronnie Spector 1989-12-22 New York City, NY
021 Ronnie Spector 1989-12-23 New York City, NY
022 John Fogerty 1997-09-18 New York City, NY
023 A Christmas Gift For You 1988-12-22 New York City, NY
024 A Christmas Gift For You 1988-12-23 New York City, NY
025 Elvis Costello 1989-08-29 Holmdel, NJ
026 Bob Dylan 1997-04-20 Long Branch, NJ
027 Ronnie Spector 1990-09 New York City, NY
028 Gary US Bonds 1983-07-11 New York City, NY
029 Kinks 1993-05-13 New York City, NY
030 Bruce Springsteen 1985-01-15 Charlotte, NC
031 Blasters 1985-10-26 New York City, NY
032 Difford & Tilbrook 1989-09-23 New York City, NY
033 Elvis Costello 1984-08-18 Queens, NY
034 Joe Ely 1986-09-12 (Early) New York City, NY
035 Elvis Costello 1989-08-19 Philadelphia
036 Original Crickets w/Steve Forbert 1987-04-28 New York City, NY
037 Squeeze Acoustic 1996-07-30 New York City, NY
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039 David Bowie 1983-07-20 Philadelphia
040 Nils Lofgren 1989-06-09 New York City, NY
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043 Joe Strummer & The Latino Rockabilly War 1989-11-11 NYC
044 Willy DeVille 1986-11-21 NYC Early Show
045 Bob Dylan 1991-07-11 Wantagh, NY
046 Willy DeVille 1986-11-28 New York City, NY Early & Late Show
047 Deborah Harry 1989-11-12 New York City, NY
048 Chuck Berry 1986-10-18 New York City, NY
049 Nick Lowe 1989-04-11 Brookville, NY
050 Nick Lowe 1989-04-13 Waltham, MA
051 Neil Young 1993-08-20 Wantagh, NY
052 Carl Perkins 1988-07-12 New York City, NY
053 Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie 1987-12-28 NYC, NY
054 Roxy Music 2001-07-23 New York City, NY
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056 John Fogerty 1997-06-04 New York City, NY
057 Squeeze 1990-08-04 New York City, NY
058 Lou Reed 1989-03-21 New York City, NY
059 Nick Lowe 1989-04-21 Ann Arbor, MI
060 Nick Lowe 1989-04-22 Evanston, IL
061 Neil Young 1996-08-19 NYC, NY
062 David Bowie 1983-07-21 Philadelphia, PA
063 David Bowie 1983-07-25 NYC, NY
064 Everly Brothers 1990-08-17 Westbury
065 David Bowie 1983-07-26 New York City, NY
066 Patti Smith 1997-10-28 New York City, NY
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075 Waterboys 2001-03-23 New York City, NY
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077 Graham Parker 1995-03-26 Boston, MA
078 Graham Parker 1995-03-29 Trenton, NJ
079 Graham Parker 1995-03-31 NYC, NY
080 Graham Parker 1995-04-02 Philadelphia
081 Dave Edmunds 2002-01-25 New York City, NY
082 Bruce Springsteen 1984-08-22 Asbury Park, NJ
083 Elvis Costello 1989-04-11 Brookville, NY
084 Elvis Costello 1989-08-27 New York City, NY
085 Darlene Love 2001-12-21 New York City, NY
086 The Blasters 1988-09-02 Asbury Park, NJ
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088 Patti Smith 2001-12-29 Asbury Park, NJ
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094 Bruce Springsteen 1984-07-09 Richfield, OH
095 Alejandro Escovedo 2002-02-09 Princeton, NJ (Banned - now on NAB list)
096 Alejandro Escovedo 2002-02-14 NYC, NY (Banned - now on NAB list)
097 Alejandro Escovedo 2002-02-16 Philadelphia, PA (Banned - now on NAB list)
098 Elvis Costello 1989-04-13 Waltham, MA
099 Bloom, Byrne, Cash & Reed 1993-02-19 New York City, NY
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110 Graham Parker 2001-09-28 Trenton, NJ
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115 Nils Lofgren 2001-08-18 Asbury Park, NJ
116 Carl Perkins 1987-01-24 New York City, NY
117 June Carter Cash 1999-07-01 New York City, NY
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121 10,000 Maniacs 1987-12-05 New York City, NY
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128 Irma Thomas 2001-01-03 Stanhope, NJ
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130 Dexys Midnight Runners 1983-02-10 New York City, NY
131 PJ Harvey 2000-12-11 New York City, NY
132 Lucinda Williams 1999-10-22 West Hollywood, CA
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