Lowell George
Alexander's
Browns Mills, NJ
(Most likely) 6/26/79
or
Hard Rock Café (later known as Stage West)
West Hartford, CT
(Much less likely) 6/22/79

Goody Reconstruction/Remaster of SBD and aud sources

Original lineage and notes:
source:SBD>?>cd>?>Flac

Alt. source - unknown gen. cassette acquired in trade

Goody's additional lineage:
dBpoweramp (WAV) > Audition (prepare and reconstruct complete show from 2 sources) > TLH (FLAC Level 8) > foobar2000 (tags)


Disc 1
01 The Peeper (instrumental)(alt. source) 5:33
02 Announcer (alt. source) 0:31
03 Fat Man In The Bathtub 6:13
04 Honest Man 4:00
05 What Do You Want The Girl To Do? 5:53
06 I Can't Stand The Rain 4:00
07 Easy Money (patched w/alt. source) 5:52
08 Rocket In My Pocket (alt. source) 4:00
09 A Apolitical Blues (alt. source) 10:53

Disc 2
10 Two Trains (alt. source) 5:38
11 Dixie Chicken (patched w/alt. source) 15:23
12 'Get your lighters out!...' - Encore call (patched w/alt. source) 4:03
13 Willin' 5:07
   encore:
14 Spanish Moon (patched w/alt. source) 11:40
15 Lafayette Railroad (alt. source) 5:18

Runtime: 94:05

Original notes for the soundboard only tracks: a+ audio and performance!
there are not many (any?) sbd's of lowell's last
tour, and this is a wonderful recording.
its was also my birthday show, though i was only 6,
never forseeing the impact that this great (underrated!)
singer/songwriter/guitarist would have on my life.....
in dedication to the rock and roll doctor
 '2 degrees in bebop, a PHD in swing,
 He's a master of rhythm, he's a rock and roll king'
seeded by gonzo   jazzkid66@yahoo.com

Goody's notes:
Up til now, an incomplete set, broadcast on FM and captured for posterity, has been presented mainly as 6/26/79, Alexander's, Browns Mills, NJ. The FM portion of this reconstruction circulates with that date. (To confuse the issue, the FM is listed as being on the 620/79 at Alexander's as well on the Live Archive, while attendees to that show confirm its June 26th date.)

The audience recording used here to fill in what was missing from the FM even had a date of 6/22/79 at Alexander's...

Here's the important part -

The bits by the announcer with a very distinctive style in the intro and encore calls on the audience recording mentioned above matched right up with that Alexander's recording, leading me to believe that what's 'known' to be Hard Rock Café (soon to be called Stage West, hence its listing online with that name) on the 22nd could actually credibly be Alexander's on the 26th!

Filling in the missing bits -

The Featbase listing includes the opening instrumental, Hank Crawford's 'The Peeper', on the 22nd at Stage West date, missing on the FM transmission but included along with what are also found here from the set, ripped from said audience tape dated the 22nd, are several of the missing FM tracks, the tail end of 'Easy Money', 'Rocket In My Pocket', 'A Apolitical Blues', 'Two Trains', part of 'Dixie Chicken' and the encore after an incomplete 'Spanish Moon', filling in that missing ending, transitioning into the instrumental 'Lafayette Railroad'.

The date on the audience tape has more than likely been misrepresented all along. That, along with the tracks from the incomplete FM source, is what we have here, leading me to strongly think more along the lines of this completely being Alexander's on 6/26, which would have been the site of other high profile shows carried via FM, such as the meat of this reconstruction.

The fog of history rolls in and rolls back out again. This date and venue has always been in dispute, but I think this makes the best case of all of this being on the 26th, which means that there's very likely no 'real' Hard Rock Café archive in circulation after all. As the discussion rages on, at least I can provide a more complete show here for y'all to listen to!

The inspiration for this reconstruction was from another earlier attempt at this which I ran across many years ago by another fan. While I can't remember who that happened to be, I honor that concept here with what I hope succeeds in improving upon it.

Text updated for this edition - 3/6/20

01 The Peeper.flac:5cff0562b754d9c979607a2887cf20d0
02 Announcer.flac:232b5937e0ecd83173fe63ee7e242cd4
03 Fat Man In the Bathtub.flac:b61f0ba9a6d0c0d44272f9accda32623
04 Honest Man.flac:6088c2cd3dd6a0205df2004b1e0b9685
05 What Do You Want The Girl To Do.flac:7ce4165916a8cbdb91b4fd8b4938d4a4
06 I Can't Stand The Rain.flac:d3c1cba1898c4fb4d4274b14c39eccde
07 Easy Money.flac:1c57e3d61ff432ac2af6ec764ae7377c
08 Rocket In My Pocket.flac:343df2647a6acc05c50592c532a7caf9
09 A Apolitical Blues.flac:351c9fb0d8f7a8f300ffc31b91d1537e
10 Two Trains.flac:9b8c183297ea741faac0305d9a11a651
11 Dixie Chicken.flac:8b460bd103e3e0a4e8da829e41e6b45b
12 'Get your lighters out!'.flac:dc7643f4d4d9a322ebf66563eb50e976
13 Willin'.flac:ce9fd2a6a997fac68f09f9c34ec3fb43
14 Spanish Moon.flac:38706d9f7f0a859d8d0d57257e96300e
15 Lafayette Railroad.flac:79b566d5269cd40e1ef30958933a3c6b

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5b11f57ddc5d30ff54645466f594bc50 *10 Two Trains.flac
7e220bf56f6005ef370505341d9383e3 *11 Dixie Chicken.flac
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958f7a6436fb7c85664d711801da52f3 *15 Lafayette Railroad.flac