Miles Davis
Boston Globe Jazz And Heritage Festival
Opera House
Boston, MA
March 21, 1986
Early Show (7PM)
(TapeTyrant Master Series Volume 26)

Recording: NAK 300's > Sony TC-D5

Transfer: Master Cassette > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 One Phone Call > Street Scenes > Speak
02 New Blues (Star People)
03 Maze
04 Human Nature
05 Portia
06 Splatch
07 Wrinkle
08 Time After Time
09 Carnival Time
10 Tutu
11 Burn
12 Hopscotch

Known Faults:
- Wrinkle: seamless splice

Welcome to Volume 26 of our master series featuring the master recordings of dime member "tapetyrant". The series will predominately feature captures in the Northeast and Southern California areas. We will touch on multiple genres with a strong focus on Jazz Fusion, New Wave and Rock.

Tapetyrant was an active taper in the 1980's and much of the 1990's before, like many of us, hanging up the mics. What he captured during that time is uniformly excellent quality and his master tapes have been safely stored, the first batch are in pristine condition. Some shows may circulate from lower generation copies but most have remained uncirculated until now and have never circulated directly from the masters.

Prior to DAT, the heavy lifting was entirely done by a Sony D5 with NAK 300's and taping was serious business, acquiring the best seats possible and working to keep neighbors in check.

Volume 26 features the first of two shows Miles played at the Opera House in Boston on his 1986 tour as part of the "Boston Globe Jazz and Heritage Festival".

The show is an excellent snapsot of the 1986 tour, if you like this era of Miles I highly recommend it.

Thanks as always to goody for the pitch confirmation/adjustments and of course continued thanks to "tapetyrant" for doing such a great job capturing these important shows, for reaching out and entrusting me to present his excellent work for all to enjoy for decades to come.

We are indebted to his generosity (tapers don't let those tapes and your hard work get lost to the ages, there are plenty of folks to get in touch with here to help get them out, we're all working to leave no tape behind).

Artwork and samples included.

mjk5510 and tapetyrant

Previous Releases:
001 R.E.M. 1984-10-16 Providence, RI
002 The Smiths 1985-06-14 Boston, MA
003 Joe Jackson 1985-06-26 Boston, MA
004 Bryan Ferry 1988-09-19 Los Angeles, CA
005 Echo & The Bunnymen 1984-08-19 New York City, NY
006 Santana 1990-11-07 New York City, NY
007 Squeeze 1982-11-25 Uniondale, NY
008 Paul Simon 1987-04-28 New York City, NY
009 Pat Metheny Group 1985-06-27 Concord, NH
010 Squeeze 1985-12-17 Boston, MA
011 Sade 1985-12-05 Boston, MA
012 Joan Armatrading 1986-07-12 Portland, ME
013 Stanley Clarke 1984-09-11 Boston, MA
014 Joan Armatrading 1985-04-05 Boston, MA
015 Police 1983-08-12 Hartford, CT
016 Robert Palmer 1986-04-15 Boston, MA
017 Joe Jackson 1986-01-02 New York City, NY
018 Police 1984-02-05 Providence, RI
019 Pat Metheny 1985-07-10 Boston, MA
020 Psychedelic Furs 1983-04-21 Worcester, MA
021 Yes 1991-07-15 New York City, NY (official release)
022 Jean-Luc Ponty 1993-09-25 Huntington, NY
023 Elvis Costello 1984-04-18 Boston, MA
024 Art Blakey 1983-02-25 New York City, NY
025 Pretenders 1984-04-27 Boston, MA

Images for all shows as well as full size images for this show.

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