Taj Mahal and the Calypso Cowboys
Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise
Poolside ("Sail-away party")
m/s Regal Empress
Caribbean Sea
departing Key West, Fla., en route to Tampa, Fla.
Jan. 23, 1998

Taper: Richard Russell

(complete set)


1 Blackjack Davey 7:55
2 Hard Way 4:34
3 Rain From the Skies 5:50
4 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You 8:04
5 She Couldn't Stand It (?) 6:47
6 Queen Bee 6:10
7 Blues Ain't Nothing 6:48
46:11



Source: soundboard > Tascam DA-P1 > DAT (48 kHz) (probably at least one more DAT deck ahead of me in the spdif chain)

Transfer (March 2007): master DAT > Sony PCM-R500 > (spdif) > Audiomedia III soundcard > Macintosh G3/300 > Bias Peak 2.62 > firewire hard drive > Macintosh Powerbook G4/1000 > Bias Peak 4.14 (right channel lowered 2.5 db; left channel raised 4db; converted to 44.1 kHz-best-quality setting; ormalized by 1.17 db and split into songs at sector boundaries) > X Audio Compression Toolkit 1.59 > flac

There is an additional 3:28 of stage noodling and preparations prior to the beginning of the music, archived as Track 00 in the "extra" directory. Track 00 includes a brief run-through, rehearsal of Blackjack Davey.