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.


Thunder & Lightning
"Artista Party"
Italian Athletic Club
Larkspur, CA
1985-11-29

Recording info: Soundboard cassette master (Sony TC-D5M / Maxell XLII-S 90); FOH mix + recording by Charlie Kaiser

Transfer info: Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor > 24-bit 96 kHz wav
Transfer by Jim Blackwood


One Set

01. I'm Gone
02. Small Walk-In Box
03. Four Floors or Forty
04. Fantasy World
05. Pride Of Man
06. Goin Back to Anna
07. Six Weeks In Reno
08. Dekalb Blues (band intros)
09. Run Out of West
10. Set Outro
11. I Did It For The Band
12. Who Do You Love
13. You Can't Hurt Me No More


Personnel:

Nick Gravenites Guitar, Vocals
John Cipollina Guitar
Doug Kilmer Bass
Greg Elmore Drums

Notes:

- I'm Gone cuts in
- I Did It For the Band cuts in


Source: recorded and mixed Charlie Kaiser
Transfer by Jim Blackwood
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and Mastered by Bruno

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