LDB Special Series #444

Out of my 17,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.

STEVE HACKETT
San Francisco, Old Waldorf
October 17, 1980

Late Show

01.Slogans
02.Everyday
03.The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere / Tigermoth
04.Time To Get Out
05.The Steppes
06.Acoustic Set / Kim
07.Narnia
08.Jacuzzi
09.Sentimental Institution
10.Spectral Mornings
11.The Show / It�s Now Or Never
12.Please Don�t Touch

TT 69:24

Lineage: Soundboard > Spectral Horizon silver > EAC > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Steve Hackett - guitars, vocals
John Hackett - flute, bass pedals
John Shearer - drums
Dik Cadbury - bass
Pete Hicks - vocals
Nick Magnus - keyboards, vocals

This one come from a cd boot that never came to sale. What happened is that this single cd boot was manufactured in Japan
but when the first copies were made, all of them had a severe problem on the first couple of minutes of "Slogans". Nothing
impossible to fix, but of course not enough to put the silver on sale. Basically the start of track 1 had a few gaps which
made the listen a bit annoying. So the bootlegger cancelled the release, and a few copies only were circulated. I have
one of these copies.

The soundboard version is stunning. I only had to remove the gaps that is why you will clearly hear that in the first couple
of minutes. I could have patched them with the existing San Francisco versions, but those did not have the same sound quality
as this pristine one.

Pretty standard setlist for the Defector tour with loads of highlight and a few lowlights, notably the weak It�s Now Or Never
(I never understood why Steve chose to include that crappy italian anthem in his setlist...)

Enjoy!

ldb