George Rue's Collection
B.B. King 03/03/1985
Shubert Theater, New Haven, CT
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| Media | Flac 2 discs |
| Notes | 90:34 min I posted to Traders Den 5/9/16. |
| Tech Notes | B.B. King and Bobby Bland Shubert Theater New Haven, Connecticut March 3, 1985 Source: Nakamichi CM 300 cardioid mics > Sony WM-D5c > 2nd generation cassettes (recorded w/Dolby C) Transfer: Nakamichi BX 300 w/Dolby C (on), azimuth adjusted > Olympus LS 10 (wav 44.1) (transferred by scottsays) Editing: Wave Pad Sound Editor (split tracks) Post Production: pitch correction done within Soundforge by kingrue. Traders Den 5/9/16. kingrue upload 793 .................................................. It's time for another round of blues. Here we have a brand new BB King and Bobby Bland recording joining the digital world for the first time. The interesting thing about this show is that it was during a short time period when BB King had a female singer in the band. Deborah Voston was an official member from March 1984 - March 1985. She wasn't a back up singer, she didn't hang out on stage. Instead Voston would just come out late in the show and sing 2 songs. BB would just soloing over her vocals. Voston sings 'Take Your Hands Off Him' & 'Evil Gal'. Before Deborah comes out, BB starts into the opening notes for "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" (I wish he would have played that). But then BB realizes it's Voston's turn as she walks out on stage (with no introduction or applause). I never quite knew why she was involved, but I assume BB was sweet on her and liked her singing style. You can still find Voston singing in Chicago, I think. Though a quick search for her, came up empty. I know I saw her on facebook a couple years ago. She'd been singing hard rock ?!? As for Bobby Bland, I never really cared for his voice and 'subpar' live band . His signature throat froggy growl, just rakes my nerves. Bobby and BB were touring buddys/friends for some 30-40 years. It would be easy to say that BB held up Bobby's career. As you'll notice I don't have a set list for Bobby's show. The sound quality is average, but some louder songs come through pretty well. It's not often we get the opening act with BB. I figured you blues fans would enjoy this double bill. band members: Deborah Voston - percussion, vocals Eugene Carrier - keyboards Leon Warren - guitar Russell Jackson - bass Tony Coleman - drums Edgar Synigal - tenor sax James Bolden - trumpet Recording notes: The tape flip for Bobby's show was during track 110 @ 6:45 min. BB's show was originally recorded onto 3 tape sides. I found the tape flips between tracks 207 & 208 and another flip during track 213 @ 5:03. Thanks goes to Scott for supplying the tapes. As long as I'm around there will never be a short supply of BB King. samples provided B.B. King show = 90:34 min 201 Blues Band Instrumental 1 202 Blues Band Instrumental 2 203 BB King Introduction Jam 204 Untitled Instrumental 205 Caldonia 206 Outside Help 207 When It All Comes Down 208 All Over Now 209 Better Not Look Down 210 Rock Me Baby 211 Take Your Hands Off Him 212 Evil Gal 213 Band Introduction Jam 214 Thrill Is Gone 215 How Blue Can You Get 216 Fanfare Outro enjoy George ................................... Fingerprints: 201 Blues Band Instrumental 1.flac:03c9ab0a104f88ab84e22faf3472a43c 202 Blues Band Instrumental 2.flac:2da404207d45d2c3a6aab7045a875bbc 203 BB King Introduction Jam.flac:ec926d06fb358842e717fa84b4b6e1b5 204 Untitled Instrumental.flac:3f06305a658f07f7b3c63ff71d29a623 205 Caldonia.flac:920aec6561cc61696a57e730d39dd833 206 Outside Help.flac:03f733337aefdcaa84c26750df361526 207 When It All Comes Down.flac:1014434f9b007eae4b5e056e23656ad0 208 All Over Now.flac:faf9159d89a9cd26b367a35bd18b90db 209 Better Not Look Down.flac:3aeacbafc39a17e5d54f3d2abe047787 210 Rock Me Baby.flac:c606ed14693bda06998106b77462059c 211 Take Your Hands Off Him.flac:fc99f4432a17a0ffca4f7085f278feff 212 Evil Gal.flac:10bd2c8617c1677af2a19b5fef02abb8 213 Band Introduction Jam.flac:52aacef359a6c9c250db6c19d7b40214 214 Thrill Is Gone.flac:b425a4fd6350adc8a79b16db893fb6e8 215 How Blue Can You Get.flac:862cca0febde44380f67792e2e661f7d 216 Fanfare Outro.flac:f7414aa2f939f9cbc6b19026a74b3728 Checksum file saved to disk. No errors occured. |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Sound: B+ |
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