Robert Hunter

Robert Hunter & Roadhog

Robert Hunter & Roadhog
1976-08-06  San Francisco, California  Shady Grove  (M3-AUD)
1538 Haight Street, between Ashbury St. & Clayton St.

~*~ Carefully remastered fixing various issues - with EQ applied ~*~

01. ? (instrumental)
02. Space Buggy
03. Dry Dusty Road
04. Cheap Tequila
05. Battle Of New Orleans
06. Ballad Of Buddy Holly
07. Wild Bill
08. Direwolf
09. Keys To The Rain
10. It Must Have Been The Roses ->
11. One Thing To Try
12. Friend Of The Devil ->
13. Promontory Rider

Total Time ::: 56:24

::: Right fine AUD when it's good, but quality varies. Check samples to see if it meets your aural standards or for a few juicy squirts ahead o' the whole drink.
::: Warts: Fixed most dropouts & dullspots but surely missed a few. Taper cut off deck between some songs. Main problem is quality variation; basically it shifts in 4 places & 'twas somewhat fixed with EQ, but don't be surprised (especially #3-8). #8 starts slightly late.
::: Seemingly uncirculated online, so decided to work on it despite its faults, as 'tis an important historical artifact.
::: If you know the title for #1, do tell.
::: Show setlist on Doug's Hunter list site (http://hunter.dfresh.org/1970s.html) is credited to my sorely missed good friend, Richard Petlock, who did get said recording from me.

Recording Information ::: unknown stereo recording equipment -> master stereo tape -> 2 analog tape generations (probably at least one a reel) -> 3rd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on. (Early on my source & I disagreed on how to list gens, he called a master "1st gen", so it's possible this is only M2 as 'twas one of the 1st I got from him, & marked "3rd gen").

Playback 2014-05-29 ::: 3rd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, further speed correction -1.3% entire recording with single pass after spectral analysis & pitchpipe verification, and (apologies to purists) some equalisation applied, varying amounts in the 4 different quality sections & section 2 (#3-8) also had noise (hiss) reduction applied -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2014-07-05.

Line-up ::: Robert Hunter - acoustic guitar, vocals // Shelly Ralston - vocals // Jeffrey Dambrau - electric guitar // T. Will Claire ("Ted") - electric guitar, vocals // Jim McPherson - electric piano // Rodney Albin - electric bass, violin // Bill Summers - drums. [According to the most excellent blog, http://lostlivedead.blogspot.de/2010/11/robert-hunter-and-roadhog-performance.html - "When Albin switched to violin, other members of the band played bass" (including Hunter on occasion). You'll also find a couple of photos of the band performing on the site].

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

DimeTravel 031 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! My copy came from MP ::: Corrections welcome ::: Always been one of my favorite Roadhog shows, but that's certainly in part as 'twas one of my first. A heavy Rodney Albin performance! Has a couple of rare Hunter versions for the era ("One Thing To Try"), unusual Roadhog non-Hunter vocal songs & a long, slow & interesting "Promontory Rider", among other things. Perhaps someone will dig up a better copy. MP wrote a note on my cassette that someone borrowed his tape & screwed it up, but it's hard to understand what they could do that would so drastically change the sound quality in segments. Anyway, it's been somewhat compensated for with EQ & certainly goes down without causing indigestion in these ears, but everyone's system works differently. I saw a post-Hunter version of Comfort at the Shady Grove in the summer of '78, I believe - nice place! Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

Support the artist!

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!


Robert Hunter & Roadhog
1976-09-26  San Rafael, California  Record Factory  (M?-AUD)
3:00pm (afternoon show before Dead memorabilia auction)

---NOTE: DIFFERENT SOURCE & MUCH MORE COMPLETE THAN shn 119130 VERSION---
  (HOWEVER... that source is better quality for the first 1/2 hour...)

01. ...Jesse James
02. Wild Night
03. The Unknown
04. Ariel
05. Charlene
06. Arizona Lightning
07. ...Tiger Rose
08. Silver Threads & Golden Needles
09. Louisiana Man
10. Cruel White Water ->
11. Last Flash Of Rock & Roll
12. Praise His Name
13. Standing In The Rain
14. Rum Runners
15. It Must Have Been The Roses
16. Roadhog
17. ?
18. Friend Of The Devil -> Promontory Rider ->
19. Kick In The Head
19. Kick In The Head Reprise (with band intros, Hunter-style)
20. Boys In The Bar Room

Total Time ::: 1:28:08

::: Fine audience recording. Check samples to wade a bit in the sty or see what kind of Roadhog slop yr about to ingest.
::: Warts: Don't elt any of them scare you off, it's definitely enjoyable! First minute or so muffled, then quality increases. Taper shut off deck between some tracks. Couple of speed changes in "Roadhog" & I fixed big speed change from "Friend Of The Devil" to the end. Bit of noise in right channel at times & some hum throughout (see below).
::: Tracks 1-7 are available on a better quality audience recording now circulating as shn 119130.

Recording Information ::: unknown equipment -> master stereo audience tape -> unknown analog tape generations -> unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2012-04-20 ::: unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments &, in a normally avoided but much needed move, slight noise reduction applied to annoying hum thruout - sorry to purists) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2012-10-28.

Line-up ::: Robert Hunter - acoustic guitar, vocals // Shelly Ralston (sp?) - vocals // Jeffrey Dambrau - guitar // Rodney Albin - bass, violin, banjo(?) // William Champlin - drums // Ted Will Claire (Calvin?) - guitar, vocals then MAYBE Johnny Preacher (sp?) - guitar // Organ some tracks - possibly Jim McPherson.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 185 ::::: In memory of Rich Petlock, a true friend & heartfelt Hunter fanatic! My copy came from another Hunter fanatic, Ms Gilboa. Her efforts surfaced more than 20 previously uncirculated early Hunter shows during her trading years. As I thought some months ago when I mastered the half hour 1st generation version, I did have a longer one. "Ariel" is great & there's a killer version of "Cruel White Water" with banjo into a smoking' "Last Flash Of Rock & Roll". Many more '77-79 Bob Hunter shows to surface into the net world from the looks of things, but not of this rare '76 vintage. Savor like a fine wine!

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Weeks, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

Support the artist! But if you are looking at this, you probably already have & do!

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!

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Robert Hunter & Roadhog
1976-09-26  San Rafael, California  Record Factory (M1-AUD)
3:00pm (afternoon show including auction of Dead memorabilia)

Pay attention all ye seekers of Dead antiquities, it just might not be "Jefferson Dumptruck"!

01. ...Jesse James
02. Wild Night
03. ?  (instrumental)
04. Ariel
05. Charlene
06. Arizona Lightning 
07. Tiger Rose
08. --band announcements--

Total Time ::: 28:08

::: Clear, right up front near the P.A. audience recording. Check samples for validation & trepidation relief or for the first couple of bounces off yer seat.
::: Warts: bit of distortion, mostly inbetween songs in right channel (sounds like radio reception problem but it's an AUD). 1st 15 seconds a bit muffled til the mike(s) got raised... 
::: This is all that was taped by this source. Show is incomplete, believe set started before this & certainly continued.
::: Note: This is stereo, but if you like mono, it might be a better. Left channel as mono gets rid of the distortion! I left it stereo, so it's your call...
::: This is worth the download for "Ariel" in my humble, likely deluded, opinion.
::: This is the corrected location information.

Recording Information ::: unknown stereo recording equipment -> master audience tape -> 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2012-02-18 ::: 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2012-02-19.

Line-up (unconfirmed) ::: Robert Hunter - acoustic guitar, vocals // Shelly Ralston(?) - vocals // Jeffrey Dambrau - guitar // Johnny Preacher (sp?) - guitar // Rodney Albin - bass, violin // William Champlin -drums // maybe Ted Claire - guitar, vocals & also could be Jim McPherson - electric piano but he isn't introduced & Idon't hear him.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 0118 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader! If you know him, likely you will hear him. I laughed on several occasions when I recognised his voice & it's MANY years before I met him. ::: Corrections welcome ::: Here's one for Mika. This is one of only 3 Hunter shows I have heard from 1976, though I gather there is at least one more partial show around. Hunter is in a great mood with family & friends around. This source only taped this short version, but it looks like I might possibly have a lesser quality 80-90 minute alternate taper source (somewhere!). I have always been one who didn't understand why Hunter didn't really get the acclaim he deserved, especially with Comfort, but perhaps he waited a bit too long to play live & it would have fit better into the scene about 6-7 years earlier when they could have done gigs with bands like Stoneground. Anyway, have at it, those who can dig it! More information available at the following sites:   
http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2010/11/robert-hunter-and-roadhog-performance.html --- has lots more info about this band.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgans/538305123/lightbox/ --- has pictures taken by his honor David Gans.

More recordings on the way, making up for years of slow netspeed. Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes & much more, & to Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace) for over 30 years of trading & friendship. Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Weeks, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

Support the artist! But if you are looking at this, you probably already have & do!

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!

SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
150069	1976-08-06	1538 Haight Street	San Francisco	CA
flac16: unknown stereo recording equipment -> master stereo tape -> 2 analog tape generations (probably at least one a reel) -> 3rd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette -> Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs
122841	1976-09-26	Record Factory	San Rafael	CA
flac16; unknown equipment -> master stereo audience tape -> unknown analog tape generations -> unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on; unknown generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, & slight noise reduction applied to annoying hum thruout) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper
119130	1976-09-26	Record Factory	San Rafael	CA
unknown stereo recording equipment -> master audience tape -> 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper

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