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 recently 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



Fish-Stu Band
Chi Chi Club
San Francisco, CA
12/05/1987

Source: Soundboard Cassette Master
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96
Lineage: Wav > iZotope RX10 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16/44



Set I

01   intro > Green Onions
02   banter
03   Got Love
04   Stu's Shuffle
05   banter
06   Suzie Q
07   Move Your Hand
08   banter
09   Boo//gie >
10   Stu's Blues
11   banter
12   I Can't Dance
13   Level With Me
14   Knockin' On Heaven's Door
15   Goin' Down


Set II

16   //Sweet Home Chicago
17   Mustang Sally >
18  The Dance
19   Burnin' Chicago
20   Born In Chicago *
21   Superstition (breaks down)
22   Me And Bobby McGee
23   Love Machine >
24   Mona
25   ~~encore break~~

encore

26   Back At The Chicken Shack




Barry Melton - vocals, guitar
Stu Blank - vocals, keyboard, guitar
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Doug Killmer - bass, vocals
Greg Elmore - drums

guest:

Joseph Stewart (Chi Chi waiter) - harmonica *


Notes:

- "Sweet Home Chicago" is missing the first verse and the start of the 2nd


Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transferred by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Joe B. Jones
Files tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and mastered by SIRMick


shntool output:


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     5:37.49       59562092 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5418  01 intro } Green Onions.flac
     1:40.09       17661212 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4548  02 banter.flac
     5:09.67       54665228 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5415  03 Got Love.flac
     5:12.33       55114460 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5449  04 Stu's Shuffle.flac
     1:19.71       14102636 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4512  05 banter.flac
     6:23.20       67608284 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5357  06 Suzie Q.flac
     7:09.20       75722684 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5396  07 Move Your Hand.flac
     2:44.24       28986092 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4803  08  banter.flac
    17:56.64      189956972 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5329  09 Boogie.flac
     8:18.58       87983660 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5585  10 Stu's Blues.flac
     1:31.45       16158284 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4742  11 banter.flac
     5:18.34       56175212 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5670  12 I Can't Dance.flac
    10:12.32      108032108 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5414  13 Level With Me.flac
     4:29.55       47581004 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5209  14 Knockin' On Heaven's Door.flac
     5:36.06       59284556 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5724  15 Goin' Down.flac
     4:57.64       52541372 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5396  16 Sweet Home Chicago.flac
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     9:52.72      104598188 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5359  18 The Dance.flac
     7:41.46       81428636 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5038  19 Burnin' Chicago.flac
     6:13.71       65964236 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5406  20 Born In Chicago.flac
     1:22.56       14596556 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5200  21 Superstition (breaks down).flac
     5:16.69       55904732 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5220  22 Me And Bobby McGee.flac
     6:32.52       69271148 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5424  23 Love Machine }.flac
    17:43.54      187640252 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5332  24 Mona.flac
     1:43.26       18230396 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4650  25 ~~encore break~~.flac
     3:13.22       34096988 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5583  26 Back At The Chicken Shack.flac
   158:39.05     1679164504 B                            0.5348  (26 files)


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02 banter.flac:5a649d5f2c9650c26a8756813e00fb55
03 Got Love.flac:d8e17b170685f7aad4cd0387f3a0329d
04 Stu's Shuffle.flac:79ef98a39c47b5e798307b429403b718
05 banter.flac:a6e3b60f894973e21fef154835e084d0
06 Suzie Q.flac:f25c64b4108204c0bc2f9688ad5fd6f6
07 Move Your Hand.flac:d9e1fbcd73650e6e59a34d9b438e2c71
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09 Boogie.flac:2ac461767ee25480371466145c3be108
10 Stu's Blues.flac:9b71b862530d276ef82f533d80cb3521
11 banter.flac:2e6aeaabcd9f957b0865b8ab2939e9cb
12 I Can't Dance.flac:b971a0210ea48b496b04a05d4024483a
13 Level With Me.flac:d77e9cc316c60f033d912ed44712b2d1
14 Knockin' On Heaven's Door.flac:c240ddff8f276b8e760386c7ed1a1ac5
15 Goin' Down.flac:f435a2ac74566180af3f69bea933dda6
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24 Mona.flac:88fcdf38d553f168a2102ecd83e7b113
25 ~~encore break~~.flac:8789a57f37ef2c3545354ca08ace4316
26 Back At The Chicken Shack.flac:8e8892df84c64be1fb4c6728e3c6967c

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03 Got Love.flac:d8e17b170685f7aad4cd0387f3a0329d
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07 Move Your Hand.flac:d9e1fbcd73650e6e59a34d9b438e2c71
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10 Stu's Blues.flac:9b71b862530d276ef82f533d80cb3521
11 banter.flac:2e6aeaabcd9f957b0865b8ab2939e9cb
12 I Can't Dance.flac:b971a0210ea48b496b04a05d4024483a
13 Level With Me.flac:d77e9cc316c60f033d912ed44712b2d1
14 Knockin' On Heaven's Door.flac:c240ddff8f276b8e760386c7ed1a1ac5
15 Goin' Down.flac:f435a2ac74566180af3f69bea933dda6
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19 Burnin' Chicago.flac:bbd923275ef15c14361a6b48792e6fb8
20 Born In Chicago.flac:21c9be2781d9398943cd31661ce428d7
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22 Me And Bobby McGee.flac:8d8d27f91049a2a4981e4f2f2c2eec3e
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24 Mona.flac:88fcdf38d553f168a2102ecd83e7b113
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26 Back At The Chicken Shack.flac:8e8892df84c64be1fb4c6728e3c6967c