John Cipollina

Raven

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



Raven
Corte Madera Rehearsals
01/27/1976


Source: Soundboard Cassette (1st Gen)
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96
Lineage: Wav > iZotope RX10 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 4 > CD Wave > Flac 24




01   Keep On Holding On
02   unknown
03   Bad News
04   Rockin´ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
05   unknown
06   Nicky Hopkins Jams
07   unknown
08   Let Me In
09   Kiddie Boy
10   Delta Pick Blues
11   Gregg's Tune



John Cipollina - guitar
Greg Douglass - guitar
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Jasper "Hutch" Hutchinson - vocals
Andy Kirby - drums
Jim McPherson - keyboards, vocals
David Weber - drums
Skip Olson - bass
Dave Walker - vocals



Comments:

- Some of these tracks crept out in 2003 on a Cipollina Group tree but only as mp3.



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 by SIRMick


shntool output:

    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
     9:23.320     216314924 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4177  01 Keep On Holding On.flac
     4:03.133      93363244 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4240  02 unknown.flac
     5:17.560     121943084 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4196  03 Bad News.flac
     6:35.840     152002604 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4059  04 Rockin´ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu.flac
     3:47.053      87188524 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4084  05 unknown.flac
     0:58.800      22579244 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.3668  06 Nicky Hopkins Jams.flac
     4:31.693     104330284 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4014  07 unknown.flac
     6:18.067     145177644 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4077  08 Let Me In.flac
     6:15.120     144046124 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4122  09 Kiddie Boy.flac
     7:12.160     165949484 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4147  10 Delta Pick Blues.flac
     7:12.160     165949484 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.4147  11 Gregg's Tune.flac
    61:34.907    1418844644 B                            0.4121  (11 files)

flac fingerprints:

01 Keep On Holding On.flac:f7a5deafa3775dcba95cfff3a84b94ee
02 unknown.flac:bd61fef8e0fdcbcd7ee59b0b587c4591
03 Bad News.flac:2bd2dba2f8bfe773086b1190a6d51ca5
04 Rockin´ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu.flac:b8866b58b8d2f020d893b1f713aea246
05 unknown.flac:c24b66d3894f9ed33d2e6127ed033291
06 Nicky Hopkins Jams.flac:afec9c21484ee0ffd93e1e89e27b019d
07 unknown.flac:8eac0ad1a4d77a3221c25ff46668cd76
08 Let Me In.flac:541457b684e95de8858ffb74d3b7ffdc
09 Kiddie Boy.flac:dffc22c7b5598c67b5cf2cbf7c0cea6f
10 Delta Pick Blues.flac:420df58c07c4ad332a0347ad858beb70
11 Gregg's Tune.flac:420df58c07c4ad332a0347ad858beb70



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



Raven
Corte Madera Rehearsals
01/27/1976


Source: Soundboard Cassette (1st Gen)
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96
Lineage: Wav > iZotope RX10 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 4 > iZotope RX10 Advanced > wav 16/44.1 > CD Wave > Flac 16



01   Keep On Holding On
02   unknown
03   Bad News
04   Rockin´ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
05   unknown
06   Nicky Hopkins Jams
07   unknown
08   Let Me In
09   Kiddie Boy
10   Delta Pick Blues
11   Gregg's Tune



John Cipollina - guitar
Greg Douglass - guitar
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Jasper "Hutch" Hutchinson - vocals
Andy Kirby - drums
Jim McPherson - keyboards, vocals
David Weber - drums
Skip Olson - bass
Dave Walker - vocals



Comments:

- Some of these tracks crept out in 2003 on a Cipollina Group tree but only as mp3.



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 by SIRMick


shntool output:

    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
     9:23.24       99369692 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5899  01 Keep On Holding On.flac
     4:03.10       42888764 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6026  02 unknown.flac
     5:17.42       56017628 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5984  03 Bad News.flac
     6:35.63       69826220 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5770  04 Rockin´ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu.flac
     3:47.04       40052252 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5764  05 unknown.flac
     0:58.60       10372364 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5441  06 Nicky Hopkins Jams.flac
     4:31.52       47926748 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5732  07 unknown.flac
     6:18.05       66691004 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5756  08 Let Me In.flac
     6:15.09       66171212 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5888  09 Kiddie Boy.flac
     7:12.12       76233068 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5926  10 Delta Pick Blues.flac
     5:55.00       62622044 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5983  11 Gregg's Tune.flac
    60:17.56      638170996 B                            0.5868  (11 files)

flac fingerprints:

01 Keep On Holding On.flac:c3d11c4ada5bf06a12930a5450546fb5
02 unknown.flac:921342096537f28a44fa0b0fb3735e96
03 Bad News.flac:a978d58107241b496c57ffb3b3b8fa43
04 Rockin´ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu.flac:ebac0e57a08205d381645ad0099355cd
05 unknown.flac:8f7be0aba53daf91a4bb96aa940ae712
06 Nicky Hopkins Jams.flac:16a77c16847dfb4527b0a308ad39c5de
07 unknown.flac:82e13ec9f8a1ea675aa96fda9e05529d
08 Let Me In.flac:5e489c8b21c4f47eb1ed162e999aad8c
09 Kiddie Boy.flac:735b79284bc0c23c906ddffdc1cfda82
10 Delta Pick Blues.flac:f803665334c9ebbb667306a3f21bd517
11 Gregg's Tune.flac:91a20d1b711a12c55a7db625d568f13c



Raven
7/16/76
Keystone
Berkeley, CA

AUD > cassette > ? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > edits > FLAC
Editing by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)

[71:23]
set 1
01. Mystery To Me [6:49]
02. Burning Corte Madera [4:20]
03. Razorblades & Rattlesnakes [6:02]
04. Grass Is Always Greener [4:25]
05. band intro [1:16]
06. Unvicious Circle [7:20]
07. Prayers [3:30]
set 2
08. True Golden Touch [5:17]
09. The Truth [4:39]
10. Rock And Roll Nurse [6:07]
11. Clouds [5:16]
12. Diabolic Pressure [7:25]
13. Oxblood [3:52]
14. chatter [1:12]
15. Bad News [3:34]

editing notes:
-t01 had many clicks throughout, most of which I managed to fix.
-talk and audience noise were moved from the beginning of each track to the end of the previous track.

Raven-
Greg Douglass: Guitar
John Cipollina: Guitar
David Weber: Drums
Skip Olsen: Bass
Jim McPherson: Keyboards, vocals
Hutch Hutchinson: Vocals, synthesizer
Andy Kirby: Drums




Raven
09/04/1976
Keystone Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Source: AUD > ?? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs (Amadeus II 3.6) > FLAC/SHN
Repairs by Dirtybrew (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)

[76:20]
01. True Golden Touch [5:45]
02. The Truth [6:15]
03. Clouds [6:38]
04. Rock & Roll Nurse [5:54]
05. Diabolic Pressure [7:31]
06. Prayers [3:59]
07. Do What You Do [5:38]
08. Bad News [4:53]
09. Grass Is Always Greener [5:10]
10. Unvicious Circle [8:31]
11. Feverdreams (w/ Dave Walker) [4:28]
12. Razorblades & Rattlesnakes (w/ Dave Walker) [5:37]
13. Diabolic Pressure Encore [6:01]

Greg Douglass: Guitar
John Cipollina: Guitar
David Weber: Drums
Skip Olsen: Bass
Jim McPherson: Keyboards
Hutch Hutchinson: Vocals

---------------------------------------------------------
Fixes and other problems:
-I moved the tuning and chatter from the beginning of each track to the end of the previous track.
-There are many small noises that sound like something brushing against the microphone. Since almost all of them are between songs, I chose not to fix most of them.
-I eliminated the hiss by using a filter to dampen the high frequencies. The rest of the recording was unaffected.
-t03: Fixed bad static in right channel, but there is still some fluctuations in the right channel from 5:20 to 6:05 (between songs).
-t05: dropout from 6:50-6:53. Not repaired.
-t12: Static burst at 0:00-0:01. Couldn't fix.
-t13: Mono track. Cut out static bursts during end applause and faded out. The intro is also cut off, I'd imagine because this song seems to be an encore from later in the show and the recording equipment was probably hastily set up when the band came back on.


Raven
09/04/1976
Keystone Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Dirtybrew Edit #2: AUD > ?? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs (Amadeus II) > SHNTool (fix sbe's) > FLAC
Repairs by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)

[76:22]
01. True Golden Touch [5:52]
02. The Truth [6:08]
03. Clouds [6:41]
04. Rock & Roll Nurse [5:48]
05. Diabolic Pressure [7:33]
06. Prayers [4:01]
07. Do What You Do [5:38]
08. Bad News [4:52]
09. Grass Is Always Greener [5:09]
10. Unvicious Circle [8:32]
11. Feverdreams (w/ Dave Walker) [4:26]
12. Razorblades & Rattlesnakes (w/ Dave Walker) [5:33]
13. Diabolic Pressure Encore [6:09]

Greg Douglass: Guitar
John Cipollina: Guitar
David Weber: Drums
Skip Olsen: Bass
Jim McPherson: Keyboards
Hutch Hutchinson: Vocals

---------------------------------------------------------
Fixes and other problems:
-I moved the tuning and chatter from the beginning of each track to the end of the previous track.
-There are many small noises that sound like something brushing against the microphone. Since almost all of them are between songs, I chose not to fix most of them.
-I cut down the hiss by using a sample & subtract filter, but didn't eliminate it entirely.
-t03: Right channel badly damaged from 5:14-6:02, so I replaced it with the left channel. This is during applause, so it's not noticeable during the song.
-t13: Mono track. Cut out static bursts during end applause and faded out. The intro is also cut off, I'd imagine because this song seems to be an encore from later in the show and the recording equipment was probably hastily set up when the band came back on.


Raven
09/04/1976
Keystone Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Dirtybrew Edit #2: AUD > ?? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs (Amadeus II) > SHNTool (fix sbe's) > FLAC
Repairs by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)

[76:22]
01. True Golden Touch [5:52]
02. The Truth [6:08]
03. Clouds [6:41]
04. Rock & Roll Nurse [5:48]
05. Diabolic Pressure [7:33]
06. Prayers [4:01]
07. Do What You Do [5:38]
08. Bad News [4:52]
09. Grass Is Always Greener [5:09]
10. Unvicious Circle [8:32]
11. Feverdreams (w/ Dave Walker) [4:26]
12. Razorblades & Rattlesnakes (w/ Dave Walker) [5:33]
13. Diabolic Pressure Encore [6:09]

Greg Douglass: Guitar
John Cipollina: Guitar
David Weber: Drums
Skip Olsen: Bass
Jim McPherson: Keyboards
Hutch Hutchinson: Vocals

---------------------------------------------------------
Fixes and other problems:
-I moved the tuning and chatter from the beginning of each track to the end of the previous track.
-There are many small noises that sound like something brushing against the microphone. Since almost all of them are between songs, I chose not to fix most of them.
-I cut down the hiss by using a sample & subtract filter, but didn't eliminate it entirely.
-t03: Right channel badly damaged from 5:14-6:02, so I replaced it with the left channel. This is during applause, so it's not noticeable during the song.
-t13: Mono track. Cut out static bursts during end applause and faded out. The intro is also cut off, I'd imagine because this song seems to be an encore from later in the show and the recording equipment was probably hastily set up when the band came back on.

SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
167053	1976-01-27	Studio	Corte Madera	CA
Source: Soundboard Cassette (1st Gen) Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96 Lineage: Wav > iZotope RX10 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 4 > CD Wave > Flac 24 edited and mastered SIRMick March 2024
167052	1976-01-27	Studio	Corte Madera	CA
Source: Soundboard Cassette (1st Gen) Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96 Lineage: Wav > iZotope RX10 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 4 > iZotope RX10 Advanced > wav 16/44.1 > CD Wave > Flac 16 edited and mastered SIRMick March 2024
30722	1976-07-16	Keystone	Berkeley	CA
AUD > cassette > ? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > edits > FLAC
21824	1976-09-04	Keystone	Berkeley	CA
AUD > ?? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs (Amadeus II 3.6) > FLAC/SHN
23119	1976-09-04	Keystone	Berkeley	CA
AUD > ?? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs (Amadeus II) > SHNTool (fix sbe's) > FLAC
33815	1976-09-04	Keystone	Berkeley	CA
AUD > ?? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs (Amadeus II) > SHNTool (fix sbe's) > FLAC

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