Ronnie Spector
Bottom Line
New York City, NY
September, 1990
(Early Show)
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 27)

Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C

2020 Transfer: Master Tape > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC

01 Love On The Rooftop
02 (If I Could) Walk Away
03 I Just Wanted To See You So Bad
04 I Can Hear Music
05 It�s A Heartache
06 Say GoodbyeTo Hollywood
07 Any Way You Want Me
08 Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow
09 Ronettes Instrumental Medley
10 Baby, I Love You
11 Paradise
12 Do I Love You?
13 (The Beast Part Of) Breakin� Up
14 Walking In The Rain
15 Be My Baby
16 Take Me Home Tonight

Known Faults:
-Love On The Rooftop: joined in progress
-Do I Love You?: last few notes cut

Welcome to Volume Twenty-Seven of the "Two Of Us" Master Series.

Between 1983 and 1999 there was likely not a taper or taping duo more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of a decade and a half they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times.

If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton.

What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped.

They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists. If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape.

Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired.

The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats. The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years.

None of their masters have ever been circulated and have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition.

Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them.

This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio.

We hope you enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.

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Ronnie Spector @ The Bottom Line September, 1990 (Early Show)

Ronnie Spector did 8 shows over 4 dates in 1990 on August 31st, September 1st, 7th and 8th. The tape itself was on dated and contained one full show and the first 20 minutes of a second show. Based on the comments Ronnie delivers during the show it's clear this series of shows were in support of the release of her biography "Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or My Life As a Fabulous Ronette". The book was released on September 24, 1990, Ronnie mentions the book during a number of between song anecdotes and stories she tells which would date this show as one of the four dates.

It was not uncommon for Two Of Us to tape both early and late shows, we are labeling this as the early show as a second show starts on the same tape which is presumably the late show, once we acquire the end of the second show that will hopefully give us a confirmed date.

As for the show, it is a great performance and a very good capture. Ronnie is in a great mood, telling stories and generally sounds like she is really enjoying herself. Besides the usual Ronettes hits and material from her solo releases we get some really great covers ranging from Cher to Lucinda Williams to The Troggs and "her" Ramones song.

As I do with ALL my postings, I've included multiple samples so you can get a sense of the quality of the show and decide for yourself to download or not, I also try to give as many details as possible to known faults so you are never surprised by a cut, splice or quality issue.

Thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these great shows as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their work. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in this release.

Artwork included...

mjk5510 & Two Of Us

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