Pat Metheny Group with special guests Perri
Capitol Theater
Concord, NH
June 27, 1985
(TapeTyrant Master Series Volume 9)

Recording: NAK 300's > Sony TC-D5

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

01 Forward March
02 Phase Dance
03 Naked Moon
04 Tell It All
05 Daulton Lee
06 James
07 The First Circle
08 Dialogue
09 Extradition
10 Scrap Metal
11 Medley: Farmer's Trust > Goodbye
12 Straight On Red
13 Are You Going With Me?
14 The Fields, The Sky
15 Chet's Call
16 Chris
17 Perri Introduction
18 Airstream Two **
19 Jaco Two **
20 Letter From Home > Yolanda, You Learn
21 Band Introduction
22 San Lorenzo
23 Praise
24 Song From Bibao

Known Faults:
-Yolanda, You Learn: almost seamless splice during intro

Pat Metheny Group

Pat Metheny - guitars, guitar synthesizer, electric sitar
Lyle Mays - piano, synthesizers, organ, autoharp, trumpet, percussion
Steve Rodby - acoustic bass, electric bass
Paul Wertico - drums, percussion
Pedro Aznar - vocals, guitar, percussion, berimbau, glockenspiel

The Perry Sisters on **

Lori Perry - vocals
Darlene Perry - vocals
Sharon Perry - vocals
Carolyn Perry - vocals

Welcome to Volume 9 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 9 of our series is our first stop in the Jazz / Jazz Fusion vein, we open this portion of our series with a scorching show from the Pat Metheny Group.

June 27th was the opening night of the North American leg of the tour and appears uncirculated.

The "Pat Metheny Database" lists an incomplete 75 minute tape of this performance, assumable from another taper.

TapeTyrant's capture is uniformly excellent throughout missing only a small portion due to a tape flip during the intro to "Yolanda, You Learn". As we've come to expect with many TapeTyrant captures his immediate neighbors are very well behaved.

The vocal group Perri joins Pat for two songs, Perri has an interesting journey to the stage. The Perri sisters first started performing in their teens, graduating from the high school scene to the local club circuit.

Singing Top 40 material they ultimately found boring the group split up for a few years.

In 1982 after attending a Pat Metheny concert the were inspired to reform and put together a tape featuring cover versions of Pat's songs. Sending it off to Pat he invited them to join him for a recording session. They appeared in concert with the group in 1983 and 1985, signed to MCA Records via Zebra Records released a 1986 debut that featured two Pat numbers.

An extra shout out to goody this week for not only his invaluable pitch assistance but his extra work in identifying the setlist and other pre-mastering polishing! Though I enjoy Pat's music I stood no chance with the setlist.

And of course "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, goody 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

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