Stanley Clarke
Paradise Theater
Boston, MA
September 11, 1984
(TapeTyrant Master Series Volume 13)

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 Wild Dog
02 Let Me Know You
03 Silly Putty
04 Band Introduction
05 Unknown
06 I Wanna Play For You
07 Intro To School Days
08 School Days
09 Audience Jam

Known Faults:
-None

Welcome to Volume 13 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.

We move back into Jazz Fusion-Funk territory with another excellent TapeTyrant capture. Volume 13 features Stanley Clarke's September 11, 1984 performance at the Paradise Theater in Boston.

Stanley appears to stay away from the new release, 1984's "Time Exposure" released on August 28th to focus on past titles, highlighted with an electrifying version of 1976's "School Days".

For the encore Stanley has some fun saying "I'm finished with all the serious stuff and what I was hoping that there's some musicians or vocalists in the audience that want to come up and play with us", he proceeds to invite audience members who want to play or sing on stage for a 15 minute jam with the band making for a very cool and unique portion of the show.

Extra thanks this week to goody for doing double duty not only ensuring we're running at the proper pitch but pulling together the setlist for us.

Of course continued thanks to "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 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
009 Pat Metheny Group 1985-06-27 Concord, NH
010 Squeeze 1985-12-17 Boston, MA
011 Sade 1985-12-05 Boston, MA
012 Joan Armatrading 1986-07-12 Portland, ME

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