Stray Cats
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, NY
November 25, 1982
(TapeTyrant Master Series Volume 29)

Recording: Nak 300's > Sony TC-D5

Transfer: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Introduction
02 Your Baby Blues
03 Double Talkin� Baby
04 Rumble In Brighton
05 Drink That Bottle Down
06 Build For Speed
07 Rev It Up And Go
08 C�mon Everybody
09 Stray Cat Strut
10 Lonely Summer Nights
11 Fishnet Stockings
12 Rock This Town
13 Runaway Boys
14 Can�t Hurry Love

Known Faults:
-Rock This Town: splice

Welcome to Volume 7 of an exciting 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.

Volume 29 features the Stray Cats opening set to Squeeze's November 25, 1982 show at Nassau Coliseum which was featured as Volume 7 of our series.

This show is somewhat legendary in Stray Cats history, apparently Brian Setzer took a tumble off the stage and fractured his leg, at least that is what the "legend" is. I found a comment on a thread a guy says he was at the Ritz show the next night and Setzer did come out on crutches to start the show.

TapeTyrant confirms he did take a tumble off the stage and came back out to finish the show, you cannot hear the specific incident on the recording.

It's a ripping show in front of a hometown audience when they had the #2 record in the country. Very good quality with a splice during "Rock This Town".

Thanks as always to goody for his pitch checks that keeps us tuned each and every week!

The biggest thank you 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
013 Stanley Clarke 1984-09-11 Boston, MA
014 Joan Armatrading 1985-04-05 Boston, MA
015 Police 1983-08-12 Hartford, CT
016 Robert Palmer 1986-04-15 Boston, MA
017 Joe Jackson 1986-01-02 New York City, NY
018 Police 1984-02-05 Providence, RI
019 Pat Metheny 1985-07-10 Boston, MA
020 Psychedelic Furs 1983-04-21 Worcester, MA
021 Yes 1991-07-15 New York City, NY (official release)
022 Jean-Luc Ponty 1993-09-25 Huntington, NY
023 Elvis Costello 1984-04-18 Boston, MA
024 Art Blakey 1983-02-25 New York City, NY
025 Pretenders 1984-04-27 Boston, MA
026 Miles Davis 1986-03-21 Early Show Boston, MA
027 David Bowie 1990-07-16 Uniondale, NY
028 Sting 1985-02-27 New York City, NY
029 Stray Cats 1982-11-25 Uniondale, NY

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