The Roches
April 13, 1988
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, CA

I did not end up with the masters which are presumed to be missing so these 1st gen. copies are likely to be the best copies out there. I think that these shows are almost entirely uncirculated up to this point. I managed to figure out the full setlist with the help of various lyrics websites, not because I knew the songs already.

Stereo soundboard with microphones - live matrix mix from 1st gen. cassettes - excellent sound quality though a bit ambient sounding - check the samples to decide for yourself how it sounds. As you can see, both shows had the same setlist and the talk is very similar too. The early show is complete except for a few notes, while the late show is missing the last 3 songs.

Early Show disc 1 - 48:58
01 [00:45] intro
02 [05:21] Big Nothing
03 [03:17] Cloud Dancing
04 [03:58] Mr. Sellack
05 [03:27] The Anti-Sex Backlash of The 80's
06 [01:32] talk - intro to next song
07 [04:17] Face Down At Folk City
08 [05:35] Hammond Song
09 [04:01] talk - intro to next song
10 [04:11] Merciful God
11 [04:59] One Season [last few notes missing due to cassette flip]
12 [03:17] No Trespassing
13 [04:18] Losing Our Job

Early Show disc 2 - 52:46
01 [02:39] Yakety Yak
02 [05:06] Love To See You
03 [07:33] The Troubles
04 [03:52] The Angry Angry Man
05 [05:14] Nocturne
06 [03:53] The Hallelujah Chorus
07 [06:36] band intros
08 [03:48] Another World
09 [05:06] Love Radiates Around
10 [01:07] thanks and crowd before encores
encores:
11 [02:59] Backstage I'm Lonely
12 [04:45] Pretty And High
13 [00:08] final thanks and crowd

Late show disc 1 - 41:49
01 [00:50] intro
02 [05:22] Big Nothing
03 [03:15] Cloud Dancing
04 [04:02] Mr. Sellack
05 [03:28] The Anti-Sex Backlash of The 80's
06 [01:41] talk - intro to next song
07 [04:16] Face Down At Folk City
08 [05:40] Hammond Song
09 [04:10] talk - intro to next song
10 [04:30] Merciful God
11 [04:33] One Season [cassette flip in middle]

Late show disc 2 - 44:18
01 [03:22] No Trespassing
02 [04:37] Losing Our Job
03 [02:19] Yakety Yak
04 [05:18] Love To See You
05 [06:51] The Troubles
06 [03:55] The Angry Angry Man
07 [05:06] Nocturne
08 [04:00] The Hallelujah Chorus
09 [05:59] band intros
10 [02:51] Another World

Maggie Roche, Terre Roche, Suzzy Roche and Libby McClaren

Monitor soundboard feed with 2 Crown PZM microphones mounted on the low ceiling over the stage, 2 Nakamichi cm300 microphones (also over the stage) and one other ambient microphone mounted on balcony railing - Live matrix mix. Though the recording sounds more like an audience recording than a soundboard, there is no audience noise close to the microphones since the primary microphones were directly above the musicians.

1st gen. Dolby C Maxell UDXLII-S90 cassette recorded on Sony auto-reverse cassette deck.

Transfer: Nakamichi Dragon (Dolby C decoded) > Macintosh with DigiDesign AudioMedia III card > Pro Tools (minor "nip & tuck" edits, normalization & tracking) > AIFF > Xact (Flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified). md5 file created with checkSUM+.

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