Wizz Jones
1998-05-07 Boston, Massachusetts University Of Massachusetts Boston
WUMB 91.9 FM Radio Studios (Master pre-FM studio DAT transfer)
Healey Library Building 100 Morrissey Boulevard
"Folk Radio" program (Dave Palmater DJ)
~*~ Interview & live in-studio music ~*~
01. --introduction & interview--
02. Poacher's Moon
03. --interview--
04. Spoonful
05. --interview--
06. Happiness Was Free
07. --interview--
08. City Of The Angels
09. --interview--
10. Massacre At Beziers
11. --interview with a touch of "Black Dog"--
12. Angie
13. --outro--
Total Time ::: 48:24
::: PRIMO quality stereo pre-FM studio tape. Check samples to check the power of the juice.
::: Warts: There ain't none.
::: Station is now called "WUMB Folk Radio", but maybe at the time Dave Palmater's show was also called "Folk Radio".
::: Some excellent music history from & about Wizz in the interviews.
::: If'n you only want the tunes without the talk, sequence yrself even numbers & leave odd 'uns outta the picture.
Recording Information ::: WMBR-FM Studios -> on-site studio DAT recorder -> master pre-FM stereo studio DAT.
Playback 2009-xx-xx ::: master pre-FM stereo studio DAT on Tascam(?) professional DAT recorder 48 kHz-> Tascam CD-RW900SL professional CD recorder 44.1 kHz -> CD-R with track splits. Playback 2011-08-29 ::: CD-R -> computer -> EAC secure mode (logs made) -> wav files.
Remastering 2014-07-30/31 ::: wav files -> computer -> Audacity [fades, few edits at start for unnecessary station info, etc. & a few glitches & mike noises fixed or reduced, slight volume adjustments, NO equalisation] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2014-07-31
Line-up ::: Wizz Jones - acoustic guitar, vocals. Dave Palmeter - DJ & interviewer.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
DimeTravel 051 ::: Thanks to Dave P. for running the tape & setting up the session - a real gentleman. ::: Corrections welcome ::: Here's the man, jetlagged, just about 2 hours off the plane, his first trip to the USA after waiting all his life, just after surviving his first Boston traffic jam trying to get the radio station & almost missing the interview, but nevertheless in great form with an old-school folk DJ & fine bloke that actually had some idea who he was talking to, and Wizz finally got to play his first notes in America... This be they! I must say that, having been at many radio sessions, WUMB & Dave Palmater were a class act - very professional, friendly, knowledgable, not stressed-out & most welcoming. Wizz is quite informative, tho' a bit tired which you will hear a couple of times, but his playing is excellent other than lyric flubs In "City..." (Don't let it put you off!). By the way, if you are one of the foks who has taped one or more of the Wizz & John Renbourn shows during their tours the past couple of years (or Wizz anytime in the past!), PLEASE get in touch. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees
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