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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble   10/14/1981

Fitzgerald's Club, Houston, TX
Source Audience Audio (2 sources) Most from Force of Nature which was sourced from low generation audience tape -- D1T01 through D1t04 and D2T07 are from a cassette (unknown generation) > Audition 1.0 > CDWave (for track splits) > FLAC
Media FLAC   2 discs
Notes 1013 MB, 164:21.
See J-Card Comment for details.
J-Card Comment Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
October 14, 1981
Fitzgeralds
Houston, TX

Audience Audio (2 sources) Most from Force of Nature which was sourced from low generation audience tape -- D1T01 through D1t04 and D2T07 are from a cassette (unknown generation) > Audition 1.0 > CDWave (for track splits) > FLAC

This is number 4 from my SRV cassette tape conversion project.

This is my all time favorite Stevie Ray recording! Even though this show was
recorded a couple years before Stevie hit the big time, it's Stevie at his
absolute best. This is the SRV download not to be missed!

Total time 164:21
1013 MB

Disc 1 (52:03)
01) Collins Shuffle 5:38
02) In the Open 6:09
03) Come On (Part III) 5:31
04) Look At Little Sister 3:38
05) Thunderbird 5:03
06) The Sky Is Crying 7:10
07) I'm Cryin' 4:54
08) Crosscut Saw 4:28
09) Shake For Me 5:07
10) Wham 4:20

Disc 2 (50:25)
01) Hideaway 5:05
02) So Excited 3:31
03) Pride and Joy 5:11
04) Tin Pan Alley 11:43
05) Love Struck Baby 3:55
06) May I Have A Talk With You 5:06
07) Letter To My Girlfriend 3:49
08) Little Wing 6:27
09) Manic Depression 5:35

Disc 3 (61:52)
01) Boilermaker 6:04
02) Close To You 4:25
03) You'll Be Mine 4:15
04) You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 11:10
05) Empty Arms 4:40
06) Slide Thing 3:20
07) I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime) 11:58
08) Texas Flood 6:31
09) Rude Mood 4:35
10) Don't Lose Your Cool 4:50

Notes: This show has been circulated as the bootleg entitled 'Force of
Nature'. FON included only 24 tracks. The sound is outstanding and the
performance by Stevie is raw and enormous and just about the most awesome blues
power you will EVER want to hear. A number of years after obtaining FON, I
located a copy of the source tapes that are generations away from the original
tapes. The tapes include five more songs than the FON discs. The sound isn't
as good on the tapes. Because this was such an incredible show, it really
needs to be circulated intact in it's original form. Obviously, the best thing
would be to obtain the original tapes and torrent from those. However, since
it took a number of years of searching for me to obtain these tapes as it is, I
figure the next best thing is to improvise. Therefore, the logical solution is
a hybrid, which is presented in this torrent.

The tapes had the same song order as identfied in the gig database, which is
different from FON. I listened closely throughout these shows for audio clues,
tape breaks, continuity between songs, etc. Based on my research and the
things that Stevie says during the show, I am 95% certain that the tape setlist
(and gig database) are correct...which means that the FON setlist would be
incorrect. This is supported by the fact that Stevie is introduced before the
first song on the tapes, and he definitely signs off for the night just prior
to 'Don't Lose Your Cool' which is the last song on the tapes, but is on FON
disc 1 but not even at the end.

So, Tracks 1 - 4 from Disc 1 and track 7 from disc 2 are supplemented from the
lower quality tape source. I made sure that the breaks in the songs were as
close as possible to the original tapes so as to preserve as much as the show
as perfectly as possible. If anyone ever runs across the original FON source
tapes, do us all a favor and seed those things!

Make you download this show if you are even remotely interested in Stevie,
because you will be GREATLY rewarded by this show. Highlights amongst the
shining stars are 'You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now', 'Crosscut Saw', and
'Letter To My Girlfriend' all of which which Stevie unfortunately stopped
performing in around '82.
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