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.


Fish and Chip
Mabuhay Gardens,
San Francisco, CA
08/24/84

Source:  Soundboard > cassette master (Sony TC-D5M / Maxell XLII-S 90)
Transfer: Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor > 24-bit 96 kHz wav
Lineage: wav 24/96 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > wav 16/44.1 >  CD Wave > Flac 16




Set I

01   Thirty Days
02   Got Love
03   In The Pines
04   Blind Man
05   Motel Party Baby
06   Colorado Town
07   Hold On To The Good Times
08   Sloop John >
09   Closer


Set II

10   Betty And Dupree
11   The Dance
12   New York Town
13   I Can't Dance
14   SOS (Same Old Song)
15   Codeine
16   Good Ol' Rock 'N' Roll
17   Who Makes The Moves >
18   Mona
19   Happy Birthday To John
20   Susie Q


Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Peter Albin - bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums

??? - harmonica


Notes:

- The mix is a little up and down during the first song but settles down after that.

Source: Master soundboard cassette - FOH mix and recorded by Charlie Kaiser
Transfer by Jim Blackwood
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and Mastered
SIRMick January 2025


shntool output:

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     3:29.11       36893516 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5454  02 Got Love.flac
     6:01.57       63814508 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5316  03 In The Pines.flac
     4:46.34       50530412 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5424  04 Blind Man.flac
     5:23.10       57000764 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5566  05 Motel Party Baby.flac
     6:23.02       67565948 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5327  06 Colorado Town.flac
     5:19.28       56337500 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5192  07 Hold On To The Good Times.flac
     4:11.74       44450492 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5216  08 Sloop John B.flac
    22:06.70      234071084 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5135  09 Closer.flac
     5:46.67       61192028 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5064  10 Betty And Dupree.flac
     9:19.11       98633516 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5017  11 The Dance.flac
     5:14.64       55540172 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5086  12 New York Town.flac
     4:04.67       43199228 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5372  13 I Can't Dance.flac
     8:44.08       92452460 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5114  14 SOS (Same Old Song).flac
     6:56.11       73408316 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4990  15 Codeine.flac
     3:25.59       36300812 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5283  16 Good Ol' Rock 'N' Roll.flac
    10:56.43      115819580 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5040  17 Who Makes The Moves }.flac
    10:50.08      114678860 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4869  18 Mona.flac
     1:16.21       13455836 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4447  19 Happy Birthday To John.flac
     1:25.49       15109292 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4308  20 Susie Q.flac
   130:27.38     1380773056 B                            0.5142  (20 files)

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02 Got Love.flac:83d4d2e41765f2ae6954c3211a091a5f
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13 I Can't Dance.flac:3d981db82cc2c25a96c7c61ee28958cb
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