John Cipollina

Fish Stu

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
07/18/1987


Source: Master Audience Cassette
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: Wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX10 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16

Set II (partial)

01   Barry banter including Stu Blank intro
02   The Thrill Is Gone
03   I Can't Dance
04   Something You Got >
05   Closer


Set III

06  //Ruby Tuesday >
07   Things That Make You Happy
08   band intros > banter
09   Motel Party Baby
10   Good Old Rock & Roll >
11   Third Degree >
12   Mona

encore

13   Tramp



John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
Stu Blank - keyboards, harmonica, vocals
Doug Killmer - bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums



Comments:

- This is the first time that "Ruby Tuesday" has ever circulated


Notes:

- Thanks to Roger Miller's who's audience recording was used to patch the tape flip.



Source provided by Steve Keyser
Transferred by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Files tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and mastered
SIRMick
March 2024


shntool output:

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     1:24.48       14930540 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5516  01 Barry banter including Stu Blank intro.flac
     6:43.32       71164508 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6082  02 The Thrill Is Gone.flac
     5:25.23       57384140 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6392  03 I Can't Dance.flac
     3:39.11       38657516 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6195  04 Something You Got }.flac
     9:25.02       99670748 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6413  05 Closer.flac
     2:25.68       25737980 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5854  06 Ruby Tuesday }.flac
     2:19.65       24672524 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5743  07 Things That Make You Happy.flac
     1:58.50       20932844 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5343  08 band intros } banter.flac
     5:58.40       63245324 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6167  09 Motel Party Baby.flac
     3:51.41       40844876 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6029  10 Good Old Rock & Roll }.flac
     8:48.74       93313292 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5916  11 Third Degree }.flac
    13:31.57      143194508 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6030  12 Mona.flac
     6:44.24       71322092 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6186  13 Tramp.flac
    72:17.10      765070892 B                            0.6088  (13 files)

flac fingerprints:

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02 The Thrill Is Gone.flac:d54ea3ee04039ecab193ee854c2259a2
03 I Can't Dance.flac:c63743557ac7eeea9951261dc5c3f176
04 Something You Got }.flac:b549995460c670e5ebee4d71205c75d0
05 Closer.flac:8f9c35683cbeb64c7d1d79ec7ca68f6f
06 Ruby Tuesday }.flac:81bc44e8641ba0c20cebf38f7e1b9b94
07 Things That Make You Happy.flac:3ddf81a29382de01e2fe6d8274d2dfef
08 band intros } banter.flac:6c874175409a224be6c1d4e2d04d4ce5
09 Motel Party Baby.flac:b89e01ce890df6c029a24100d4e145a6
10 Good Old Rock & Roll }.flac:8fcadaf652034c24db170d73140079c4
11 Third Degree }.flac:75e79d8c85a373edbef8f24e55af6a5b
12 Mona.flac:e5f62b9b25280c952430985815ffdd29
13 Tramp.flac:5cdbd0c2f61eaed80b8918d7398e82bb




Fish Stu
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA
1987-10-17

01 Polk Salad Annie
02 Move Your Hand
03 Born In Chicago
04 Love Machine
05 Going Up The Country
06 Mona
07 Seventh Son
08 Suzie Q
09 The Dance

Stu Blank - Organ, backing vocals, lead vocals on 01, 05, 07
Barry Melton - Guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on 04, 09
John Cipollina - Guitar, lead vocals on 06, 08
Doug Kilmer - Bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on 02 - 03
Spencer Dryden - Drums

SBD M > ? > CDRx? > EAC > WAV > FLAC by lordcipo
Renaming the .flac files and .ffp added for Live Music Archive by Tom Shyman. No changes or editing of FLAC files themselves.

This recording has slight oversaturation, some static and a "tight" mix, but still very listenable.
Some gaps between the songs may mean that this recording could have burned at TAO by mistake, then later fixed.
There are cuts between the songs, and very little banter. So, it seems very likely that this isn't the complete show.
Tape flip or cut on track 02, 2:55 - 2:59, very little missing.

Enjoy!
-Tom Shyman (amellowsoul@gmail.com)

ffp:
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cipollina1987-10-17d1t02.flac:3734a726bae1093b1da5e9698cbfb4f7
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cipollina1987-10-17d1t09.flac:64a70b4266845d4e94c73dbe615f034d


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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     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
     5:19.11       56297516 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5436  17 Mustang Sally }.flac
     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)


flac fingerprints:

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02 banter.flac:5a649d5f2c9650c26a8756813e00fb55
03 Got Love.flac:d8e17b170685f7aad4cd0387f3a0329d
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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




SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
167121	1987-07-18	Chi Chi Club	San Francisco	CA
Source: Master Audience Cassette Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1 Lineage: Wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX10 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16 edited and mastered SIRMick March 2024
154860	1987-10-17	Chi Chi Club	San Francisco	CA
SBD > ? > CD > EAC > CDWav > Flac
167088	1987-12-05	Chi Chi Club	San Francisco	CA
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 edited and mastered SIRMick March 2024

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