Rod Stewart
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, CA
July 31, 1989
Mike Millard First-Generation Tapes via JEMS
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 211

Recording Gear: AKG 451E Microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Nakamichi 550 Cassette Recorder

JEMS 2023 Transfer: Mike Millard First-Generation Cassettes > Nakamichi RX-505 azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 3.1 capture > iZotope RX > iZotope RX9 Advanced and Ozone 9 > MBIT+ resample to 16/44.1 > Audacity > xACT 2.50 > FLAC


01 Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
02 Infatuation
03 Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
04 Young Turks
05 Some Guys Have All the Luck
06 The First Cut Is the Deepest
07 Sweet Little Rock & Roller
08 (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
09 Sweet Soul Music
10 I Ain't Superstitious
11 Lost In You
12 Hot Legs
13 Baby Jane
14 My Heart Can't Tell You No
15 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy > Crazy About Her
16 Stay With Me
17 Passion
18 Forever Young
19 Every Picture Tells a Story
20 Reason To Believe
21 You Wear It Well
22 Maggie May
23 You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
24 Twistin' the Night Away
25 Try A Little Tenderness

Known Faults:
-I Ain't Superstitious: end cut
-Stay With Me: splice

Introduction to the Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Series

Welcome back to JEMS� Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone series presenting recordings made by legendary taper Mike Millard, AKA Mike The Mike, best known for his masters of Led Zeppelin done in and around Los Angeles circa 1975-77. For the complete details on how tapes in this series came to be lost and found again, as well as JEMS' long history with Mike Millard, please refer to the notes in Vol. One: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=500680.

Until 2020, the Lost and Found series presented fresh transfers of previously unavailable first-generation copies made by Mike himself for friends like Stan Gutoski of JEMS, Jim R, Bill C and Barry G. These sources were upgrades to circulating copies and in most instances marked the only time verified first generation Millard sources had been directly digitized in the torrent era.

That all changed with the discovery of many of Mike Millard�s original master tapes.

Yes, you read that correctly, Mike Millard�s master cassettes, long rumored to be destroyed or lost, have been found. Not all of them but many, and with them a much more complete picture has emerged of what Millard recorded between his first show in late 1973 and his last in early 1993.

The reason the rediscovery of his master tapes is such a revelation is that we�ve been told for decades they were gone. Internet myths suggest Millard destroyed his master tapes before taking his own life, an imprudent detail likely concocted based on the assumption that because his master tapes never surfaced and Mike�s mental state was troubled he would do something rash WITH HIS LIFE�S WORK. There�s also a version of the story where Mike�s family dumps the tapes after he dies. Why would they do that?

The truth is Mike�s masters remained in his bedroom for many years after his death in 1994. We know at least a few of Millard�s friends and acquaintances contacted his mother Lia inquiring about the tapes at the time to no avail. But in the early 2000s, longtime Millard friend Rob S was the one she knew and trusted enough to preserve Mike�s work.

The full back story on how Mike�s master tapes were saved can be found in the notes for Vol. 18 Pink Floyd, which was the first release in our series transferred from Millard�s original master tapes:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=667745&hit=1
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=667750&hit=1

Rod Stewart, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, July 31, 1989

This week again reminds us that along with oft-mentioned favorites like Led Zeppelin, Yes, Jethro Tull and Genesis, Mike Millard was a major Rod Stewart fan. Including shows with Faces, Millard taped Stewart ten times spanning sixteen years, which places Rod in Millard's Top 5 most-recorded artists. He also stuck with Stewart through every phase of his long career, weathering the disco-influenced era and riding along all the way into the '90s.

This Hollywood Bowl performance would be the second to last time Mike The Mike would capture Stewart, who was on a long tour in support of his 1988 "return to form" album Out Of Order. Several singles from the record would become hits including "My Heart Can't Tell You No," "Lost In You" and his Dylan-informed quasi original, "Forever Young." While the latter has become something of a modern classic, only the first two are featured this night.

Save for a fine, show-closing version of "Try A Little Tenderness," the rest of the set ignores Out Of Order in favor of what might best be described as the Best Of Rod Stewart. A CD bearing that title would be released later in 1989, after Stewart had completed 142 shows on the Out Of Order tour.

The band for the 1988-89 was:

Rod Stewart � vocals
Jeff Golub � guitars, backing vocals
Stevie Salas � guitars, backing vocals
Carmine Rojas � bass, backing vocals
Tony Brock � drums
Chuck Kentis � keyboards
Jimmy Roberts � saxophone
Nick Lane � trombone
Rick Braun � trumpet, keyboards

Our first-generation cassettes come from Barry Goldstein and their transfer yielded a typically fine Millard recording, especially given the relatively distant and low-volume PA deployed at the Hollywood Bowl. Samples provided.

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JEMS is immensely proud to partner with Rob, Jim R, Ed F, Barry G, Jim Ri and many others to release Millard's historic recordings and to help set the record straight about the man himself.

We can�t thank Rob enough for reconnecting with Jim and putting his trust in our Millard reissue campaign. He kept Mike�s precious tapes under wraps for two decades, but once Rob learned of our methods and stewardship, he agreed to contribute the Millard DATs and cassettes to the program. Our releases would not be nearly as compelling without Jim�s memories, photos and other background contributions. As many of you have noted, the stories offer an entertaining complement to Mike�s incredible audio documents.

At 211 shows and counting in the Lost and Found series, we couldn't do this every week without the support of everyone in the JEMS family. Special thanks to Barry Goldstein, Professor Goody for his pitch-checking prowess and mjk5510 for leading our post production and artwork efforts.

Finally, cheers to the late, great Mike the MICrophone. His work never ceases to impress. May he rest in peace.

BK for JEMS

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