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Curtis Ensler's Collection

Richard Thompson   06/04/1982

The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
Source AUD
Media CDR   2 discs
J-Card Comment Richard Thompson Band
June 4, 1982
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, CA

From Ex audience cassette master.

Disc 1 - first set - 54:55
01 [04:00] announcer intro > Man In Need
02 [05:01] Down Where The Drunkards Roll
03 [01:07] talk - intro to dance tune medley
04 [03:40] The New Fangled Flogging Reel > The Kerry Reel
05 [05:20] The Honky Tonk Blues
06 [05:35] Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?
07 [04:25] You're Gonna Need Somebody
08 [06:42] talk - intro to next dance tune
09 [03:53] The Slip Jig
10 [15:52] Sloth
11 [00:45] talk - band intros & intro to last song of set
12 [04:42] The Backstreet Slide
13 [00:11] thanks & crowd

Disc 2 - second set - 48:12
01 [00:21] crowd and tune ups before first song of set
02 [05:40] Shoot Out The Lights
03 [04:53] Don't Renege On Our Love
04 [06:53] Just The Motion
05 [04:10] Hard Luck Stories
06 [00:17] talk - intro to next instrumental song
07 [04:07] Dargai
08 [04:05] Wall Of Death
09 [04:28] Danny Boy
10 [08:56] Borrowed Time
11 [00:42] thanks, band intros & crowd before encore
Encore:
12 [03:28] Great Balls of Fire
13 [00:14] final thanks & crowd

Lineage: Nakamich cm300 microphones from front balcony railing near stage > Dolby B encoded TDK MA-C90 (metal tape cassettes) > Sony TCD5M.

Transfer: Nakamichi Dragon (Dolby B decoded) > Macintosh with DigiDesign AudioMedia III card > Pro Tools (minor "nip & tuck" edits, normalization & tracking) > AIFF. FLAC files (level 8) created with xACT (sector boundaries verified). md5 file created with checkSUM+.

The only "flaw" is that Linda Thompson was missing for this show - supposedly staying in Los Angeles to spend time with Linda Ronstadt. So I guess this was the first show to be billed as "The Richard Thompson Band". Performance and sound quality are quite good - check the samples to judge for yourself.
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Owned by Curtis Ensler · Last Updated May 23, 2023