Irma Thomas & Aaron Neville
Wardell Querzergue, conductor
New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Boat Ride
Riverboat President
New Orleans
May 5, 1982
Opened for Allen Toussaint, followed James Booker
1. intro > Fame (Irma-lead vocal) 3:14
2. It's Raining 2:33
3. Tell It Like It Is 4:28
4. With You I'm Born//Again 4:01
5. Arianne 4:49
6. song break 1:02
7. Let the Good Times Roll 2:49
8. Without Love (There Is Nothing) 3:56
9. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:52
10. Mona Lisa 4:01
11. I (Who Have Nothing) > 4:07
12. I love you > Thank yous 3:04
13. Fame (shared lead vocals) 3:28
Total: 47:30
Source: unknown mics > unknown deck > Tommy Stevenson's master cassette (labeled #16/82) > cassette
Transfer to DAT (circa 1999): 1st-gen cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A > probably Tascam DA-P1 (A/D conversion) > AudioMedia III > Power Mac G3 > Bias Peak 2.x (trimmed, normalized) > Tascam DA-P1 > DAT > (April 2011:) > Sony PCM-R500 > > Metric Halo MIO-2882 > MacBook Pro > MIO Console 5.2 > Bias Peak Pro 6.2 > xACT v1.71 > flac
Final edit (Sept. 2025): WaveLab Pro 11 (Pitch Shifting tool used to adjust the pitch +75 cents and to change the length and tempo of the recording accordingly; volume of last 10 tracks raised 2 db) > Audacity 3.5.7 (wav'ing, tracking) > xACT 2.57 (flac'ing, tagging)
Special thanks to Prof. Goody for supplying us with the correct adjustment value to fix pitch.