John Mellencamp
Dane County Coliseum
Madison, Wisconsin
1985-11-08 (8th of November, 1985)

analog cassette in trade (2nd/3rd gen?)
Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 > Edirol R-09 (24/44.1)
Track splits, edits, level balancing, amplify, dithering, etc in Audacity
No normalization or eq'g on the file.

The 2nd night of John's Scarecrow tour is captured here in excellent quality. Despite the flub here and there, the band is very tight for a 2nd show.
It sounds a lot like some of the nice PCM tapes that I've heard over the years [[It sure would be nice to get a set direct from the master!!]]
The cut/tape flip during Rumbleseat could weigh against that, although the edit at the side flip could be from a lazy transfer to cassette (hitting the auto-reverse button??).

It could be November 9 as noted by Tony at the JM fanclub, who sent me a list of the early Scarecrow tour dates. My tape says "Nov 8 Milwaukee". But it is clearly Madison as JM states at the end of Jack and Diane.

From what I recall of the tape trade, my source had a 2nd gen copy of the show. There is some background hum audible during very quiet between song passages (e.g., after Lonely Ol' Night). There is also some slight speed issues at the start of Side A of each tape (Smalltown and Pink Houses).
Very little hiss and very little aud noise. Only major distractions are the occasional mic movement and the abrupt side breaks.

ENJOY!!!


Set One:
101 Smalltown (short dropout/level balance adjustment)
102 Jack and Diane
103 Minutes to Memories
104 Lonely Ol' Night
105 Small family farm plea
106 Rain on the Scarecrow
107 Between a Laugh and a Tear
108 Hand to Hold Onto >
109 Rumbleseat (edit in middle for tape flip) >
110 I Need a Lover
111 Intro to. . .
112 Golden Gates

Set Two:
201 Crumblin' Down
202 R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. > (Kenny comes in off-beat/tempo and JM screws up the lyrics toward end)
203 Play Guitar >
204 Hurt So Good
205 Authority Song
206 Face of the Nation (some audible crowd issues near taper; abrupt tape change)
207 Pink Houses

Encore 1:
208-211 Joe South Medley:
208 Intro > I Knew You When >
209 Games People Play > Walk a Mile in My Shoes >
210 Hush >
211 I Knew You When (reprise) >

212-214 60's Medley:
212 Mickey's Monkey > Turn on Your Lovelight > Mickey's Monkey >
213 Mony Mony >
214 Nobody But Me

Encore 2:
215 Under the Boardwalk

Encore 3:
216 Land of 1000 Dances