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.



Gravenites, Cipollina, Butterfield and Others
Blues Jams
Unknown Studio
03/10/1981


Source: Soundboard Cassette Masters - JC #303 and #304
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 10 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16



01   High Flying Blues x 2
02   Alberta
03   Buried Alive In The Blues
04   Oh Mary Don't You Weep
05   I Never Worry ???
06   Have Mercy On The Bluesman
07   Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
08   On Top Of Old Smokey
09   Will The Circle Be Unbroken
10   Who's A//Fool
11   Goodnight Irene
12   Jesus Is Real To Me ???
13   King Of Hearts x 3



Nick Gravenites - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar
Paul Butterfield - harmonica, vocals
??? - piano
??? - bass
??? - drums



Comments:

- It's not certain that date entered on the J-card in handwriting is the correct date.
- Possibly recorded at John's home studio in Mill Valley, CA



Source provided by Ed Perlstein
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch review by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged and quality control by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Photo by Ed Perlstein at www.musicimages.com
Edited and mastered by SIRMick
November 2022



shntool output:

    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
     5:57.29       63043052 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5841  01 High Flying Blues x 2.flac
     9:40.69      102474332 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5432  02 Alberta.flac
    10:19.05      109203404 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5831  03 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac
     5:16.64       55892972 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5745  04 Oh Mary Don't You Weep.flac
     3:33.40       37667324 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5932  05 I Never Worry.flac
     3:19.10       35127164 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5646  06 Have Mercy On The Bluesman.flac
     6:28.70       68607884 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5589  07 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.flac
     4:43.07       49937708 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5775  08 On Top Of Old Smokey.flac
     6:05.68       64545980 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5927  09 Will The Circle Be Unbroken.flac
     7:54.53       83738300 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5797  10 Who's A Fool.flac
     1:14.58       13190060 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5157  11 Goodnight Irene.flac
     4:56.63       52362620 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5728  12 Jesus Is Real To Me.flac
     9:14.30       97796204 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5043  13 King Of Hearts x 3.flac
    78:45.41      833587004 B                            0.5645  (13 files)


flac fingerprints:

01 High Flying Blues x 2.flac:3458b7ec2fc123f30e78cc9ba0aa00d6
02 Alberta.flac:3184f65da37d9a7b9a38c8037c9cc411
03 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac:24928942ce67e9e0a27da8bd79b1e62c
04 Oh Mary Don't You Weep.flac:47653c6431cc65be078e410cd1571be2
05 I Never Worry.flac:fac3bcfe704e31cb016634de71e68f0d
06 Have Mercy On The Bluesman.flac:d00291677958bc0eb30921d4f9f6a96d
07 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.flac:e10bc4e9488b34ce449ebd9f6e9fd42c
08 On Top Of Old Smokey.flac:754cd44652da837f59cce65142995659
09 Will The Circle Be Unbroken.flac:4504f189384f685c9330f7b24b1eae21
10 Who's A Fool.flac:a788ce82e2465aa0fc8d00ed0b8a715e
11 Goodnight Irene.flac:107ed0a453d937a92a60ce18671a0247
12 Jesus Is Real To Me.flac:31a998d73854ab2ed352a815c26ec033
13 King Of Hearts x 3.flac:2f4d4bddd07b340749143b7cdf9c125a

01 High Flying Blues x 2.flac:3458b7ec2fc123f30e78cc9ba0aa00d6
02 Alberta.flac:3184f65da37d9a7b9a38c8037c9cc411
03 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac:24928942ce67e9e0a27da8bd79b1e62c
04 Oh Mary Don't You Weep.flac:47653c6431cc65be078e410cd1571be2
05 I Never Worry.flac:fac3bcfe704e31cb016634de71e68f0d
06 Have Mercy On The Bluesman.flac:d00291677958bc0eb30921d4f9f6a96d
07 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.flac:e10bc4e9488b34ce449ebd9f6e9fd42c
08 On Top Of Old Smokey.flac:754cd44652da837f59cce65142995659
09 Will The Circle Be Unbroken.flac:4504f189384f685c9330f7b24b1eae21
10 Who's A Fool.flac:a788ce82e2465aa0fc8d00ed0b8a715e
11 Goodnight Irene.flac:107ed0a453d937a92a60ce18671a0247
12 Jesus Is Real To Me.flac:31a998d73854ab2ed352a815c26ec033
13 King Of Hearts x 3.flac:2f4d4bddd07b340749143b7cdf9c125a