Steve Morse
Kiva Auditorium
Albuquerque, NM
24 Oct 1983

From 1st Generation Cassettes

Original Recording Gear: AIWA Stereo Walkman w/AIWA Stereo Microphone

Master Cassettes copied from Nakamichi BX-125 to Nakamichi CR-1A onto TDK-SA tapes

1st Gen cassettes copied and tracked using Nak CR-1A (azimuth adjusted)
to HHB 830 Stanadalone.

Encoded to FLAC (Level 8) and .ffp files created using Traders Little Helper.

I met Gregg W in the early 80's when I was working at Merlin's Workshop record store. I had recorded
a couple of shows using AIWA recorders, so he bought one of his own and began recording shows. Several
of Gregg W.'s masters have been torrented on Dime. A couple of examples are his 1983 Neil Young recording
from East Lansing, MI (still on the tracker) and a Missing Persons recording from the Albuquerque Civic
Auditorium (no longer on the tracker). This torrent was digitized from my 1st generation copies of Gregg
W's master.

The Kiva Auditorium is part of the Albuquerque Convention Center, and it was created to showcase chamber
music, Broadway touring companies, ballet, and other intimate shows. It seats about 3000, with plush theater
seating and a permanent stage. Sound is usually way above average, and it's probably the best sound in town.
Rock shows are not allowed. A promoter almost got Stevie Ray vaughan in there by booking him as a blues concert,
but someone in management heard a couple of tracks from "Texas Flood", and the show had to be re-located.
During the 10 years I lived in Albuquerque, some of the shows I saw there were Tangerine Dream, John McLaughlin
(Acoustic show on the Belo Horizonte tour), and a show featuring Stephen Stills, America, and Tom Chapin. In the
1990's, Jethro Tull, CSN, and ELP have played there, but that's about as heavy as the management will allow.

This particular recording is a short set when Steve Morse was opening for John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola,
and Paco DeLucia. I will be uploading the headliner set very soon.

Sound quality on this recording is very good. The music sounds great, but like many audience recordings,
the stage banter is a little harder to make out. The crowd really shows their appreciation, but there's not
a lot of talking outside of that.

Of the 5 tracks in this short set, I can only identify one. I welcome anyone being able to provide more setlist info.

Setlist:

01.
02.
03. Riff Raff
04.
05.

I hope you enjoy the show.

Please do not convert to mp3 except for your own personal use. If you share this elsewhere, please include the info
in this file and give me some credit for my original share.