Novato Frank
19xx-07-18* Mill Valley, California John Cipollina's House Band Rehearsal (M1-ST)

01. Lucille
02. Suzy Q
03. Baby Please Don't Go
04. ...Baby Please Don't Go (fragment only)
05. Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde//

Total Time ::: 17:59

::: EXC stereo quality studio or miked in rehearsal space. Check samples for earification or brief blitzes.
::: Warts: None, except for the couple of cuts & it's kinda short. VERY slightly muffled.
::: *There was no year on John's tape, or it was illegible but tis vintage '77-84.

Recording Information ::: John Cipollina master "studio" stereo reel -> DAT(x1) -> 1st generation Maxell MX-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2013-xx-xx ::: 1st generation Maxell MX-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, volume adjustments, further speed fixes if necessary, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2014-01-xx.

Line-up (quite unconfirmed except the first 3) ::: Frank Bonomolo - vocals // John Cipollina - electric guitar // Greta Rose - vocals // Jim McPherson - piano // Greg Anton - drums // Bobby Vega or Larry Ruxnaitis - electric bass.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 289 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader! ::: Corrections welcome ::: Worth checking out for the guitar work on "Baby Please Don't Go" alone... Enjoy!

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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