Ed Perlstein, who has archived collections by Nick Gravenites, Spencer Dryden, Steve Keyser (John Cipollina's manager) and others, and who currently possesses John Cipollina's personal tapes, was given the approval of John's sister, Antonia, to share John's live and studio outtake recordings in the interest of keeping his music alive for future generations. Steve Keyser, who recorded most of John's live shows with several different bands while he was his manager, has allowed Ed to digitize his master cassettes, and to share them with John's fans and collectors.

Charlie Kaiser has given us access to his soundboard masters. He was the Front Of House soundman and recording engineer for virtually all of John's bands from about 1983 until his passing. This included Thunder and Lightning, Dinosaurs, Terry and The Pirates, Problem Child, and any of the spinoff bands.


Fish and Chip
Mabuhay Gardens,
San Francisco, CA
08/24/84

Source: Soundboard > cassette master (Sony TC-D5M / Maxell XLII-S 90)
Transfer: Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor > 24-bit 96 kHz wav
Lineage: wav 24/96 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > wav 16/44.1 > CD Wave > Flac 16




Set I

01 Thirty Days
02 Got Love
03 In The Pines
04 Blind Man
05 Motel Party Baby
06 Colorado Town
07 Hold On To The Good Times
08 Sloop John >
09 Closer


Set II

10 Betty And Dupree
11 The Dance
12 New York Town
13 I Can't Dance
14 SOS (Same Old Song)
15 Codeine
16 Good Ol' Rock 'N' Roll
17 Who Makes The Moves >
18 Mona
19 Happy Birthday To John
20 Susie Q


Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Peter Albin - bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums

??? - harmonica


Notes:

- The mix is a little up and down during the first song but settles down after that.

Source: Master soundboard cassette - FOH mix and recorded by Charlie Kaiser
Transfer by Jim Blackwood
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and Mastered
SIRMick January 2025

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