The Strawbs
1984-12-04 Boston, Massachusetts Paradise Club (M-AUD)

01. --tune-up & introductory remarks--
02. Stormy Down
03. The Hangman & The Papist
04. Josephine For Better Or For Worse
05. A Glimpse Of Heaven
06. Back In The Old Routine
07. Oh How She Changed
08. That's When The Crying Starts
09. Burn Baby Burn
10. New World
11. The River/Down By The Sea
12. Part Of The Union
13. Lay Down
Encore :::
14. Benedictus

Total Time ::: 1:09:59

::: Very fine crisp recording AUD in a nightclub. Check samples to self-assess or taste a tad or two.
::: Warts: Nearly wartless!
::: Complete show. First ever digital transfer from master.

Recording Information ::: Sony WM-D6 portable cassette deck with a Sony ECM-929LT stereo microphone (courtesy of Lochner) -> master audience Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback circa 2006: Nakamichi BX-300 cleaned & demagnatised heads, pitched, azymuth adjusted, Dolby left off -> Tascam CD-WR900SL -> CD-R. (Sorry, someday when the tape surfaces will do another transfer with the Dolby on playback, but at the speed I'm going, take what you can get!). CD-R playback 2010-05-30 on computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2012-07-20.

Line-up ::: Dave Cousins - guitars, vocals // Tony Hooper - guitars, vocals // Richard Hudson - drums, vocals // John Ford - bass, vocals // Brian Willoughby - guitars // Chris Parren - keyboards.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 170 ::: Corrections welcome ::: NOTES: A latecomer to the Strawbs, I was turned onto them circa 1981 by his pixieness, Sir James T. Williamson. This Boston gig was my first opportunity to see them, fortunately one of many, and I enjoyed hanging with these guys on several occasions. Very nice blokes as the Brits are wont to say. A fine night of musical entertainment here, captured by yrs truly. Enjoy!

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Weeks, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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