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
1987-10-17

Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes (Maxell XLII C90s)
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   Green Onions
02   banter
03   Long Distance Information Operator
04   30 Days >
05   Got Love
06   banter
07   Motel Party Baby


Set II

08   I've Been In The Darkness
09   Rock Me Baby
10   You Upset Me Baby
11   banter
12   Knocking On Heaven's Door
13   Susie Q
14   The Dance
15   banter
16   Back At The Chicken Shack


Set III

17   Polk Salad Annie
18   Move Your Hand
19   Born In Chicago
20   Love Machine
21   blown amp
22   New York Town
23   Going Up The Country
24   Mona
25   Seventh Son



Stu Blank - organ, vocals
Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Doug Kilmer - bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums



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 April 2024


shntool output:

    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
     4:14.07       44822108 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5960  01 Green Onions.flac
     1:03.71       11280236 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4949  02 banter.flac
     6:12.67       65778428 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5701  03 Long Distance Information Operator.flac
     4:43.01       49923596 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5884  04 30 Days.flac
     5:19.04       56281052 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5761  05 Got Love.flac
     2:42.38       28666220 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4761  06 banter.flac
     6:45.29       71510252 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5720  07 Motel Party Baby.flac
     6:39.60       70524764 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5811  08 I've Been In The Darkness.flac
     6:42.44       71016332 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5980  09 Rock Me Baby.flac
     5:39.00       59799644 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6143  10 You Upset Me Baby.flac
     1:03.46       11221436 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5440  11 banter.flac
     6:19.74       67029692 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5684  12 Knocking On Heaven's Door.flac
     5:13.70       55377884 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5867  13 Susie Q.flac
    14:13.51      150589196 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5966  14 The Dance.flac
     1:39.12       17491868 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5317  15 banter.flac
     7:09.28       75741500 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5859  16 Back At The Chicken Shack.flac
     6:02.15       63892124 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5740  17 Polk Salad Annie .flac
     7:03.36       74701916 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5988  18 Move Your Hand.flac
     4:33.40       48251324 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6036  19 Born In Chicago.flac
    10:59.22      116299388 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5859  20 Love Machine.flac
     1:50.62       19549868 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4722  21 blown amp.flac
     4:36.00       48686444 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5287  22 New York Town.flac
     6:08.60       65056364 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5910  23 Going Up The Country.flac
    15:36.42      165209228 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6278  24 Mona .flac
     3:24.51       36105596 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6396  25 Seventh Son.flac
   145:57.30     1544806460 B                            0.5861  (25 files)

flac fingerprints:

01 Green Onions.flac:058b17dee76f8d22ef5a6d6a407c1719
02 banter.flac:a26dfbcc985e11225a86a75b67d21f57
03 Long Distance Information Operator.flac:b275f8e2e54b7ecc4434729ad767383a
04 30 Days.flac:8e09907cd1426a30ed27db9111dd648c
05 Got Love.flac:49cf6345792b23f68a0aacb79d9a900a
06 banter.flac:dbf7f35d7f1b4c08ec50e44865daa5cf
07 Motel Party Baby.flac:e44bbe8c8520283da163f74943028d50
08 I've Been In The Darkness.flac:6c6e29318e55b3d1146f2fc41dbb16ca
09 Rock Me Baby.flac:ff7c95ba28378b41094624bd43d37004
10 You Upset Me Baby.flac:83849c9fef439c54f29e791a899349b6
11 banter.flac:4d0a1acabec764b7da2c4a9c92577dc2
12 Knocking On Heaven's Door.flac:e50e110e07cad4d761708f595cbe671b
13 Susie Q.flac:a2e2f88956638fd57d94957bfccffa63
14 The Dance.flac:fb967e1606fbcf82bb1208875ec6e487
15 banter.flac:88bfda0ad4457c7da3294f25ed296b3c
16 Back At The Chicken Shack.flac:a6455cae5a7027b006383e963d33c8c1
17 Polk Salad Annie .flac:e3465446fe435cfb63076b9756be48cc
18 Move Your Hand.flac:fd1b6e3fb4bd9c5db024d5999c30a758
19 Born In Chicago.flac:dac253b2e42db3953a7c7eef75fccbe1
20 Love Machine.flac:0b5c3c420f93d1f1d9604f8f3f93fab2
21 blown amp.flac:14b67b53ebfd6a965a60c75403f20b00
22 New York Town.flac:02b038947e71a5545b5bd092e75e18d0
23 Going Up The Country.flac:f69b6ff030e00e24b1a423ee3a645a07
24 Mona .flac:5a732f17f0ae060f30e7b8fb9e8e8fed
25 Seventh Son.flac:f1150a67a65f507e5ae5d79bec3c73b0

01 Green Onions.flac:058b17dee76f8d22ef5a6d6a407c1719
02 banter.flac:a26dfbcc985e11225a86a75b67d21f57
03 Long Distance Information Operator.flac:b275f8e2e54b7ecc4434729ad767383a
04 30 Days.flac:8e09907cd1426a30ed27db9111dd648c
05 Got Love.flac:49cf6345792b23f68a0aacb79d9a900a
06 banter.flac:dbf7f35d7f1b4c08ec50e44865daa5cf
07 Motel Party Baby.flac:e44bbe8c8520283da163f74943028d50
08 I've Been In The Darkness.flac:6c6e29318e55b3d1146f2fc41dbb16ca
09 Rock Me Baby.flac:ff7c95ba28378b41094624bd43d37004
10 You Upset Me Baby.flac:83849c9fef439c54f29e791a899349b6
11 banter.flac:4d0a1acabec764b7da2c4a9c92577dc2
12 Knocking On Heaven's Door.flac:e50e110e07cad4d761708f595cbe671b
13 Susie Q.flac:a2e2f88956638fd57d94957bfccffa63
14 The Dance.flac:fb967e1606fbcf82bb1208875ec6e487
15 banter.flac:88bfda0ad4457c7da3294f25ed296b3c
16 Back At The Chicken Shack.flac:a6455cae5a7027b006383e963d33c8c1
17 Polk Salad Annie .flac:e3465446fe435cfb63076b9756be48cc
18 Move Your Hand.flac:fd1b6e3fb4bd9c5db024d5999c30a758
19 Born In Chicago.flac:dac253b2e42db3953a7c7eef75fccbe1
20 Love Machine.flac:0b5c3c420f93d1f1d9604f8f3f93fab2
21 blown amp.flac:14b67b53ebfd6a965a60c75403f20b00
22 New York Town.flac:02b038947e71a5545b5bd092e75e18d0
23 Going Up The Country.flac:f69b6ff030e00e24b1a423ee3a645a07
24 Mona .flac:5a732f17f0ae060f30e7b8fb9e8e8fed
25 Seventh Son.flac:f1150a67a65f507e5ae5d79bec3c73b0