Tower of Power
April 11, 1986
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, California, USA

from 4 channel cassette master. 2 Soundboard channels + 2 channels of microphones over stage > matrix mix - EX+ sound quality.

disc 1 - first set - 64:57:
01 [01:47] crowd and tune ups before first song
02 [03:01] opening vamp > Down To The Nightclub
03 [03:13] Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)
04 [03:40] Only So Much Oil In The Ground
05 [03:21] Baby's Got The Power
06 [04:18] Count On Me
07 [00:52] talk
08 [04:25] Credit
09 [03:46] The Skunk The Goose and The Fly
10 [03:36] Doggin' at The Cathouse
11 [02:45] Squib Cakes >
12 [12:48] instrumental interlude [Richard Elliot tenor sax and Lyricon solo] [tape flip at beginning] >
13 [01:33] Squib Cakes reprise
14 [02:55] band intros
15 [05:14] So Very Hard To Go
16 [07:11] What Is Hip?
17 [00:32] thanks and crowd at end of set

disc 2 - second set - 59:18:
01 [00:57] crowd and tune ups before first song of set
02 [04:46] instrumental
03 [04:30] You Got To Funkifize
04 [04:02] This Time It's Real
05 [11:28] Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)
06 [04:59] Trouble In Paradise
07 [04:44] On The One
08 [03:53] Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
09 [05:45] Boys Night Out
10 [02:11] You Ought To Be Havin' Fun [tape flip in middle of song] > finale
11 [01:28] thanks and crowd before encore
encore:
11 [10:04] You're Still A Young Man
12 [00:31] final thanks and crowd

Maxell XLII-S cassettes > Yamaha MT44D 4 channel recorder (Dolby C encoded). This recording format allows 4 channels of 45 minutes maximum per 90 min. tape in one direction only when a metalic sensor is on the back of the cassette.

2 channels of monitor soundboard + 2 channels of Crown PZM microphones over stage.

Transfer: Yamaha MT44D (Dolby C decoded) > Macintosh with Echo Layla audio interface > AIFF > Pro Tools (matrix mix, time alignment & tracking) > AIFF > xACT (FLAC level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).

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