Neville Brothers

Neville Brothers
Adam's Rib
Washington, DC
May 27 or 28, 1984

SBD > C > ? > CDR
EAC > FLAC > Wavelab 6.10 (cross-fades, volume adjustments, tracking, cleanup) > FLAC
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Disc 1
Set I / Early Show?

1. Intro tune >
2. Hey Pocky Way / All Night Long / Willie & The Hand Jive
3. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
4. The Time Is Right
5. Africa
6. Saving My Love For You
7. Wake Up
8. Woman's Gotta Have It
9. Arianne
10. Tell It Like It Is
11. This Is Your Life
12. Meet The Boys On The Battlefront
13. Brother John / Iko Iko / Do You Wanna Dance / Jambalaya / The All Asked For You

Disc 2
Set II / Late Show?

1. Ode to Billy Joe
2. People Say
3. Africa
4. Hey Pocky Way
5. Arianne
6. She's A Lady
7. Say You Love Me
8. She Made Me Sing La La
9. Ain't No Use
10. Fire On The Bayou

Disc 3
Encore:

1. Big Chief
2. Intro >
3. Down By The River Side
4. Amazing Grace

Here is a nice recording of a virtually unknown performance by the Neville Brothers.

I received this in trade back in 2006, from a nameless benefactor (hey, let me know if you want credit?) but there was a problem with disc 1, which wouldn't play properly.  EAC would take 18 hours, and the results were full of static.  So, I put it away.  A month ago, I tried again on new equipment, and disc 1 extracted fine.  It still took 18 hours, and generated dozens of "suspicious positions," but there's not a single EAC glitch on the entire disc.  Huzzah!

The person who gave me the discs described them as "a good sounding soundboard tape that I copied from the house sound man's master.   It was recorded either May 27 or 28, 1984."  There is some hiss and thus at least one cassette generation.  Whether it's C > D > CDR or C > A > CDR I don't know.

Adam's Rib is the name of every other BBQ joint in America.  Back in 1984, this Adam's Rib was a club at 21st and Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.  It was open for only about a year.  Pretty much the only reference you'll find for it is Tom Principato and Danny Gatton's CD "Blazing Telecasters" which was recorded there at about the same time.  Today, there is a small chain of restaurants in Maryland area with the same name.  Any connection?  I don't know.

Although the original discs were labeled Sets I, II and Encore, there are some duplicate songs in each set.  The Nevilles did play some early / late show combos at clubs in the mid-1980s.  On the other hand, set II opens with the MC saying "OK, DC, once again, put your hands together . . ." which is an odd thing to say if there was a different crowd for a late show.

The CDs have a few analog artifacts.  There is a tape flip in disc 1, Arianne, which unfortunately came between verse and chorus in a way that wasn't easily patched.  That has a quick fade in/out, instead.  A second tape flip on disc 2, Say You Love Me, was easier to handle by removing about 8 seconds of the music at about 2:38 and cross-fading the ends together.  Unless you notice the missing verse, you probably won't hear that one.  Ode to Billy Joe had a number of level adjustments, which have been smoothed out.  For some reason, the beginning of side B of each tape was louder than the end of side A.  That has been smoothed over as well.  A number of small glitches, like patch cord pops, were removed or muted.  No doubt something remains.

In all, a fine, fun recording.  Enjoy!

--mhg :: 05/03/12


Neville Brothers
Lone Star Cafe
New York
July 1984

sbd some tape hiss, a solid  sound quality A++++
muscial quality!

Cd(r)>Flac>Dime>you

1. Hey Pocky Way > Got To Give It Up (Part I) > Willie & The Hand Jive > Bo Diddley
2. Fever
3. Fear Hate Envy & Jealousy
4. What's Going On
5. Brother John > Iko Iko > Do You Wanna Dance > Banana Boat Song > Jambalaya >
   They All Ask'd For You > Hey Bartender// >
6. //This Is Rock & Roll
7. The Time Is Right
8. Africa
9. New Suit
10. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
11. Saving My Love For You
12. Take a Chance
13. Big Chief

I saw the Neville Bros. at the Lone Star on 11/20/84 (and probably this show, as well).  The 11/20 gig was memorable for a lot of reasons, but it was the first show for which I can remember the Lone Star selling advance tickets (or any tickets, for that matter).
The Lone Star Cafe was located at the corner of 13th St. and Fifth Avenue in NYC, directly across the street from the New School For Social Research, Graduate Faculty.  In the day, I would go to grad school classes, at night at the New School and walk across
the street to the Lone Star for a few sets of music.
You would go through revolving doors off Fifth Avenue and there was a little table where they'd collect your money.  The Lone Star was probably my favorite place to see music, along with the Village Vanguard, in the early and mid-80's.

The Lone Star was a long, skinny room running along 13th St. with the bar and stage jammed in
the end towards Fifth Avenue. The stage and bar had one or two rows of tables between them and just enough room for people to squeeze by to the back of the room.
There was an exit door at the end of the bar which emptied onto 13th Street.  After the door, there were some more tables running to the back of the room.  There were also some tables upstairs, but the ones along the rail were so close to the stage, you could barely see the band.

I used to set up back by the exit door next to the bar for most shows.  Doug Sahm, Rick Danko and Levon Helm and a few other acts were semi-regulars there.  One Doug Sahm show I held the first table next to the exit door for Chet Flippo (then Rolling Stone writer, now CMT exec) while he went backstage to talk to Doug.  He thanked me profusely all night with many beers
and shots of tequila. I sat at the same table to the Nevilles' show on 11/20/84.

Thanks for posting this show and good wishes to all those affected by Katrina, especially those from the Big Easy.

I left the original text and I would like to thank the original seeder in 2005.

A great show from the Neville Brothers, you have a second chance to grab this one, don't miss it.


Enjoy

lolita

The date of this performance is likely 7/29, 7/30, 7/31 or 8/1

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SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
169810	1984-05-??	Adams 21	Washington	DC
SBD > C > ? > CDR EAC > FLAC > Wavelab 6.10 (cross-fades, volume adjustments, tracking, cleanup) > FLAC
169811	1984-07-??	Lone Star Cafe	New York	NY
SBD > ? > CDR

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