was (not was)
Don Was: bass, vocals
David Was: vocals, flute, percussion
Sweet Pea Atkinson: vocals
David McMurray: sax
Wayne Kramer: guitar, vocals
David Mason?: viola
Luis Resto: synth
?: percussion
?: drums

Spit
Boston, Mass. USA
October 6, 1981
2nd gen. audience recording
runtime 66:30 (minutes/ seconds)

setlist:
1: from sea to shining sea :45 > hello operator I mean dad
I mean police I can't even remember who I am 5:31
2: go now 4:25
3: carry me back to old Morocco 6:34
4: where did your heart go 6:15
5: shake the beat 3:51 (Wayne lead vocals)
6: tell me that I'm dreaming 4:38
7: ? 5:27
8: lucky number 3:57
9: ? 5:22
10: band introductions 5:05
11: out come the freaks 13:09
12: ? 2:15

lineage:
walkman type cassette recorder (possibly a Sony TCS-310
or something comparable, auto levelling built in mikes) >
(probably either Maxell or TDK) normal bias master tape >
90 min. Maxell XLI-S normal bias 1st or 2nd gen. copy >
played on tascam 112 into soundforge (wav) >
flac (sb's aligned) > torrentially yours.
a this was and was that? (not was) production.
do not sell this recording.
share freely, losslessly and gaplessly.

notes:
since there doesn't seem to be much if any info. available
about the 1981 band lineup and some of these song titles,
here is the band lineup and setlist for a more recent concert of the band:

WAS [NOT WAS]
TROCADERO, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA
DECEMBER 12, 1988

BAND:
Don Was - bass, vocals
David Was - vocals, flute, percussion
Sweet Pea Atkinson - vocals
Sir Harry Bowens - vocals
Donald Ray Mitchell - vocals
David McMurray - sax
Randy Jacobs - guitar
Jaime Muhabrek - keys
Ron Pangborne - drums
Tracy Biggs - trumpet
Pablo Gaston - percussion, vocals

SETLIST:
01. knocked down made small [treated like a rubber ball]
02. how the heart behaves
03. hello operator i mean dad i mean police i can't even remember who i am
04. earth to doris
05. where did your heart go
06. bow wow wow wow
07. anytime lisa
08. medley: wheel me out,tell me that i'm dreaming,spy in the house of love,robot girl,walk the dinosaur
flip
09. return to the valley of band intros [inc. man in the mirror]
10. [return to the valley of] out come the freaks
11. papa was a rolling stone
12. 11 mph
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13. dad i'm in jail
14. somewhere in america there's a street named after my dad