Dinosaurs 10/14/1983
Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
Source Summary
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16
edited and mastered SIRMick December 2025
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16
edited and mastered SIRMick December 2025
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 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 many of the spinoff bands.
1483
Dinosaurs
The Catalyst,
Santa Cruz, CA
October 14th, 1983
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16
Set I
01 Who Makes The Moves? >
02 What Can It Be >
03 Closer (with Spoonful tease and band intros)
04 Blind Man
05 Jack O' Diamonds >
06 I Can't Dance
07 banter
08 Mona
Set II
09 Barry talking
10 Reelin' And A Pitchin' >
11 The Dance
12 Independence Day
13 Mojo Navigator
14 Amagamalin Street
15 banter
16 Motel Party Baby
17 talk and tuning
encore
18 Promontory Rider >
19 Jesse James
Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Robert Hunter - guitar, vocals
Peter Albin - bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums
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
December 2025
shntool output:
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
8:34.37 90756668 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5954 01 Who Makes The Moves }.flac
4:03.26 42926396 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6389 02 What Can It Be }.flac
12:53.20 136404284 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6078 03 Closer.flac
3:19.73 35275340 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6173 04 Blind Man.flac
7:09.53 75800300 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6297 05 Jack O' Diamonds }.flac
4:48.17 50843228 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6320 06 I Can't Dance.flac
1:20.27 14175548 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5280 07 banter.flac
7:57.32 84218108 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6174 08 Mona.flac
0:47.33 8368460 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5279 09 Barry talking.flac
5:39.21 59849036 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6572 10 Reelin' And A Pitchin' }.flac
8:06.45 85836284 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6372 11 The Dance.flac
7:52.54 83387852 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6100 12 Independence Day.flac
6:26.04 68099852 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5806 13 Mojo Navigator.flac
4:45.32 50349308 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5952 14 Amagamalin Street.flac
2:06.65 22379324 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5436 15 banter.flac
7:03.57 74751308 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6163 16 Motel Party Baby.flac
1:01.45 10866284 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5326 17 talk and tuning .flac
4:52.45 51614684 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6042 18 Promontory Rider }.flac
7:38.05 80803004 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5902 19 Jesse James.flac
106:27.16 1126705268 B 0.6099 (19 files)
flac fingerprints:
01 Who Makes The Moves }.flac:cb320c645076d5391cdf2b3a89778f37
02 What Can It Be }.flac:04f01c12e02f83fedeee312273d87cb3
03 Closer.flac:83de1c96706bc50d5cedc695d0eb18ea
04 Blind Man.flac:79ea1c3160030c93e3c2ff613594072f
05 Jack O' Diamonds }.flac:48837ee124c479bd644a1cf5a1a2370d
06 I Can't Dance.flac:1ce83580bd3339c52f31be7d89a24798
07 banter.flac:b668a6cd67598dfa3d13e6c977722dac
08 Mona.flac:be15db473f4262723aba5ad07c6d2142
09 Barry talking.flac:1e5dc568f317b2ffe75e817ed2051ec1
10 Reelin' And A Pitchin' }.flac:ea2738f0553140b874609a6d3b338f54
11 The Dance.flac:0e095ae42c3dcee51e1c92fe1ba73971
12 Independence Day.flac:280bf9de14bff7e743ec4d5e57aeefc4
13 Mojo Navigator.flac:9af8e02e983de0513a6cd2ec684d37fe
14 Amagamalin Street.flac:d8d4477a3d20ad96ac345dc3974112ca
15 banter.flac:d5fc8f36518dde2f291f660cf59ee321
16 Motel Party Baby.flac:f4c2760d428c0670fb73ab0785d95d4d
17 talk and tuning .flac:ea21b5bef7575cd2a6e3d4ce2176d949
18 Promontory Rider }.flac:5927e8078b934f140380fafc5f716733
19 Jesse James.flac:9c91e7f2f8d32781a894415b02526364
Charlie Kaiser has 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 many of the spinoff bands.
1483
Dinosaurs
The Catalyst,
Santa Cruz, CA
October 14th, 1983
Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes
Transfer: Cassettes > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 16/44.1
Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16
Set I
01 Who Makes The Moves? >
02 What Can It Be >
03 Closer (with Spoonful tease and band intros)
04 Blind Man
05 Jack O' Diamonds >
06 I Can't Dance
07 banter
08 Mona
Set II
09 Barry talking
10 Reelin' And A Pitchin' >
11 The Dance
12 Independence Day
13 Mojo Navigator
14 Amagamalin Street
15 banter
16 Motel Party Baby
17 talk and tuning
encore
18 Promontory Rider >
19 Jesse James
Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Robert Hunter - guitar, vocals
Peter Albin - bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums
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
December 2025
shntool output:
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
8:34.37 90756668 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5954 01 Who Makes The Moves }.flac
4:03.26 42926396 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6389 02 What Can It Be }.flac
12:53.20 136404284 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6078 03 Closer.flac
3:19.73 35275340 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6173 04 Blind Man.flac
7:09.53 75800300 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6297 05 Jack O' Diamonds }.flac
4:48.17 50843228 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6320 06 I Can't Dance.flac
1:20.27 14175548 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5280 07 banter.flac
7:57.32 84218108 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6174 08 Mona.flac
0:47.33 8368460 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5279 09 Barry talking.flac
5:39.21 59849036 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6572 10 Reelin' And A Pitchin' }.flac
8:06.45 85836284 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6372 11 The Dance.flac
7:52.54 83387852 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6100 12 Independence Day.flac
6:26.04 68099852 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5806 13 Mojo Navigator.flac
4:45.32 50349308 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5952 14 Amagamalin Street.flac
2:06.65 22379324 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5436 15 banter.flac
7:03.57 74751308 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6163 16 Motel Party Baby.flac
1:01.45 10866284 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5326 17 talk and tuning .flac
4:52.45 51614684 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6042 18 Promontory Rider }.flac
7:38.05 80803004 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5902 19 Jesse James.flac
106:27.16 1126705268 B 0.6099 (19 files)
flac fingerprints:
01 Who Makes The Moves }.flac:cb320c645076d5391cdf2b3a89778f37
02 What Can It Be }.flac:04f01c12e02f83fedeee312273d87cb3
03 Closer.flac:83de1c96706bc50d5cedc695d0eb18ea
04 Blind Man.flac:79ea1c3160030c93e3c2ff613594072f
05 Jack O' Diamonds }.flac:48837ee124c479bd644a1cf5a1a2370d
06 I Can't Dance.flac:1ce83580bd3339c52f31be7d89a24798
07 banter.flac:b668a6cd67598dfa3d13e6c977722dac
08 Mona.flac:be15db473f4262723aba5ad07c6d2142
09 Barry talking.flac:1e5dc568f317b2ffe75e817ed2051ec1
10 Reelin' And A Pitchin' }.flac:ea2738f0553140b874609a6d3b338f54
11 The Dance.flac:0e095ae42c3dcee51e1c92fe1ba73971
12 Independence Day.flac:280bf9de14bff7e743ec4d5e57aeefc4
13 Mojo Navigator.flac:9af8e02e983de0513a6cd2ec684d37fe
14 Amagamalin Street.flac:d8d4477a3d20ad96ac345dc3974112ca
15 banter.flac:d5fc8f36518dde2f291f660cf59ee321
16 Motel Party Baby.flac:f4c2760d428c0670fb73ab0785d95d4d
17 talk and tuning .flac:ea21b5bef7575cd2a6e3d4ce2176d949
18 Promontory Rider }.flac:5927e8078b934f140380fafc5f716733
19 Jesse James.flac:9c91e7f2f8d32781a894415b02526364
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