Thunder & Lightning 07/06/1985
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA
Source Summary
Source: Sunn SPL-2212 console main mix out (Stereo) > soundboard cassette master (Sony TC-D5M / Maxell XLII-S 90) Transfer: Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor > Samplitude Pro X6 > 24-bit 96 kHz wav Lineage: Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 2025 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > flac24 edited and mastered Bruno January 2026
Source: Sunn SPL-2212 console main mix out (Stereo) > soundboard cassette master (Sony TC-D5M / Maxell XLII-S 90) Transfer: Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor > Samplitude Pro X6 > 24-bit 96 kHz wav Lineage: Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 2025 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > flac24 edited and mastered Bruno January 2026
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.
Thunder and Lightning
Chi Chi Club
San Francisco, CA 1985-07-06
Source: Sunn SPL-2212 console main mix out (Stereo) > soundboard cassette master (Sony TC-D5M / Maxell XLII-S 90)
Transfer: Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor > Samplitude Pro X6 > 24-bit 96 kHz wav
Lineage: Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 2025 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > flac24
Set I
01 Chicago Is Your Home
02 Brown Paper Bag
03 Down In The Bottom
04 Small Walk-In Box
05 Four Floors or Forty
06 You Cant Hurt Me No More
07 Six Weeks In Reno
08 Pride Of Man
09 Fantasy World
10 Set outro
Set II
11 Nicks Highland Fling
12 I'll Pull the Trigger
13 Bad Luck Baby
14 Walkin Blues
15 Run Out Of West
16 Who Do You Love
17 Going Back To Anna
18 Set outro
Set III
19 Why-O
20 I Did It For The Band
21 I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merl
22 Help Me
23 My Party
24 On Top Of Old Smokey
25 Herpes Blues
26 Buried Alive In The Blues
27 Set outro
Nick Gravenites - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Doug Kilmer - bass, vocals
Greg Elmore - drums
Comments:
- Help Me includes 'Joseph' on harp
Source: FOH mix + recording by Charlie Kaiser
Transfer by Jim Blackwood
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and Mastered by Bruno
January 2026
shntool 3.0.4
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
3:25.104 118139948 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6398 01 Chicago Is Your Home.flac
7:02.408 243307052 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6170 02 Brown Paper Bag.flac
7:01.067 242534444 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6381 03 Down In The Bottom.flac
10:00.840 346083884 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6355 04 Small Walk-In Box.flac
5:02.187 174059564 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6408 05 Four Floors Or Forty.flac
5:25.584 187536428 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6364 06 You Cant Hurt Me No More.flac
6:25.568 222087212 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6473 07 Six Weeks In Reno.flac
4:30.891 156033068 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6603 08 Pride Of Man.flac
3:50.656 132857900 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6513 09 Fantasy World.flac
3:05.776 107007020 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6528 10 Set Outro.flac
10:44.523 371245100 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6469 11 Nick_s Highland Fling.flac
6:15.083 216047660 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6595 12 I_ll Pull The Trigger.flac
8:37.363 298000940 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6432 13 Bad Luck Baby.flac
6:31.276 225375212 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6597 14 Walkin_ Blues.flac
8:15.275 285278252 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6568 15 Run Out Of West.flac
15:24.576 532555820 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6304 16 Who Do You Love.flac
6:44.744 233132588 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6365 17 Going Back To Anna.flac
2:05.220 72126764 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6419 18 Set Outro.flac
1:19.981 46069100 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6457 19 Why O.flac
6:34.144 227026988 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6386 20 I Did It For The Band.flac
4:54.815 169813292 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6440 21 I_ll Change Your Flat Tire Merl.flac
6:41.488 231257132 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6412 22 Help Me.flac
8:32.272 295068716 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6352 23 My Party.flac
7:58.800 275788844 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6352 24 On Top Of Old Smokey.flac
2:28.971 85807148 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6511 25 Herpes Blues.flac
5:50.016 201609260 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6469 26 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac
1:37.115 55938092 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6392 27 Set Outro.flac
166:25.740 5751787428 B 0.6419 (27 files)
flac fingerprints
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02 Brown Paper Bag.flac:ffa594962f271d7bda66ef6cac70f223
03 Down In The Bottom.flac:a8e8bfbec39435b32684e513667adf73
04 Small Walk-In Box.flac:ff2833b447c0f0b572a079a190dc7b7e
05 Four Floors Or Forty.flac:cb910cad4e488d671e03e4dcd07b5773
06 You Cant Hurt Me No More.flac:f5f50caecf8611ab551486f96030a3d5
07 Six Weeks In Reno.flac:32ce056660962baae03a6c4a8039056d
08 Pride Of Man.flac:2149ae411e2d6bfe74466b74a8ac0ad5
09 Fantasy World.flac:d6b0c239508e6fe3bdbf151c70a7e2ad
10 Set Outro.flac:7d87cd03f9926b06248d16f348e59055
11 Nick_s Highland Fling.flac:c4c3eb4bd4012d0206afda3af5c81d03
12 I_ll Pull The Trigger.flac:c2841ae138c47423494596fba72cbc3f
13 Bad Luck Baby.flac:f95f814037a92b48188859ae4dfbbaaf
14 Walkin_ Blues.flac:2741de642e8968b662961dbe9a34b5f7
15 Run Out Of West.flac:a0f3ebf6618a3ffec95b9663cf3deb50
16 Who Do You Love.flac:efa0aa6a44ffa6d0507fa94cd358c8fa
17 Going Back To Anna.flac:73c0c2e13b774563eb2e6aeac11f03bb
18 Set Outro.flac:62ab85a83ff1ac61cc2ec9b36255322e
19 Why O.flac:4f9d16b0ed4e01f40d46916f9a0de3e8
20 I Did It For The Band.flac:949df1cd76502d58d6b5aff69f2d2c1a
21 I_ll Change Your Flat Tire Merl.flac:db8f620c24ebb97d63ed2a52316d083f
22 Help Me.flac:a82a12c0d79f7f43c5d9c7a8d2f41c36
23 My Party.flac:7c5c90df1075d69cc11804e55206f26c
24 On Top Of Old Smokey.flac:c2f713f21eaf4e7a0330d25163e1fa1d
25 Herpes Blues.flac:79aae13f2b9e5b6f14a831ed75a1ce51
26 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac:46f7ec11a6ce1fe88ff2d8e6a387a3bc
27 Set Outro.flac:e522276b476f30a6aaf0da174ce4301f
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.
Thunder and Lightning
Chi Chi Club
San Francisco, CA 1985-07-06
Source: Sunn SPL-2212 console main mix out (Stereo) > soundboard cassette master (Sony TC-D5M / Maxell XLII-S 90)
Transfer: Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor > Samplitude Pro X6 > 24-bit 96 kHz wav
Lineage: Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 2025 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > flac24
Set I
01 Chicago Is Your Home
02 Brown Paper Bag
03 Down In The Bottom
04 Small Walk-In Box
05 Four Floors or Forty
06 You Cant Hurt Me No More
07 Six Weeks In Reno
08 Pride Of Man
09 Fantasy World
10 Set outro
Set II
11 Nicks Highland Fling
12 I'll Pull the Trigger
13 Bad Luck Baby
14 Walkin Blues
15 Run Out Of West
16 Who Do You Love
17 Going Back To Anna
18 Set outro
Set III
19 Why-O
20 I Did It For The Band
21 I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merl
22 Help Me
23 My Party
24 On Top Of Old Smokey
25 Herpes Blues
26 Buried Alive In The Blues
27 Set outro
Nick Gravenites - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Doug Kilmer - bass, vocals
Greg Elmore - drums
Comments:
- Help Me includes 'Joseph' on harp
Source: FOH mix + recording by Charlie Kaiser
Transfer by Jim Blackwood
Pitch checked by Seth Kaplan
Tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and Mastered by Bruno
January 2026
shntool 3.0.4
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
3:25.104 118139948 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6398 01 Chicago Is Your Home.flac
7:02.408 243307052 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6170 02 Brown Paper Bag.flac
7:01.067 242534444 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6381 03 Down In The Bottom.flac
10:00.840 346083884 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6355 04 Small Walk-In Box.flac
5:02.187 174059564 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6408 05 Four Floors Or Forty.flac
5:25.584 187536428 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6364 06 You Cant Hurt Me No More.flac
6:25.568 222087212 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6473 07 Six Weeks In Reno.flac
4:30.891 156033068 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6603 08 Pride Of Man.flac
3:50.656 132857900 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6513 09 Fantasy World.flac
3:05.776 107007020 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6528 10 Set Outro.flac
10:44.523 371245100 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6469 11 Nick_s Highland Fling.flac
6:15.083 216047660 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6595 12 I_ll Pull The Trigger.flac
8:37.363 298000940 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6432 13 Bad Luck Baby.flac
6:31.276 225375212 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6597 14 Walkin_ Blues.flac
8:15.275 285278252 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6568 15 Run Out Of West.flac
15:24.576 532555820 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6304 16 Who Do You Love.flac
6:44.744 233132588 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6365 17 Going Back To Anna.flac
2:05.220 72126764 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6419 18 Set Outro.flac
1:19.981 46069100 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6457 19 Why O.flac
6:34.144 227026988 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6386 20 I Did It For The Band.flac
4:54.815 169813292 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6440 21 I_ll Change Your Flat Tire Merl.flac
6:41.488 231257132 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6412 22 Help Me.flac
8:32.272 295068716 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6352 23 My Party.flac
7:58.800 275788844 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6352 24 On Top Of Old Smokey.flac
2:28.971 85807148 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6511 25 Herpes Blues.flac
5:50.016 201609260 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6469 26 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac
1:37.115 55938092 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6392 27 Set Outro.flac
166:25.740 5751787428 B 0.6419 (27 files)
flac fingerprints
01 Chicago Is Your Home.flac:cb833a820d4932caf14c0ad9b01668bd
02 Brown Paper Bag.flac:ffa594962f271d7bda66ef6cac70f223
03 Down In The Bottom.flac:a8e8bfbec39435b32684e513667adf73
04 Small Walk-In Box.flac:ff2833b447c0f0b572a079a190dc7b7e
05 Four Floors Or Forty.flac:cb910cad4e488d671e03e4dcd07b5773
06 You Cant Hurt Me No More.flac:f5f50caecf8611ab551486f96030a3d5
07 Six Weeks In Reno.flac:32ce056660962baae03a6c4a8039056d
08 Pride Of Man.flac:2149ae411e2d6bfe74466b74a8ac0ad5
09 Fantasy World.flac:d6b0c239508e6fe3bdbf151c70a7e2ad
10 Set Outro.flac:7d87cd03f9926b06248d16f348e59055
11 Nick_s Highland Fling.flac:c4c3eb4bd4012d0206afda3af5c81d03
12 I_ll Pull The Trigger.flac:c2841ae138c47423494596fba72cbc3f
13 Bad Luck Baby.flac:f95f814037a92b48188859ae4dfbbaaf
14 Walkin_ Blues.flac:2741de642e8968b662961dbe9a34b5f7
15 Run Out Of West.flac:a0f3ebf6618a3ffec95b9663cf3deb50
16 Who Do You Love.flac:efa0aa6a44ffa6d0507fa94cd358c8fa
17 Going Back To Anna.flac:73c0c2e13b774563eb2e6aeac11f03bb
18 Set Outro.flac:62ab85a83ff1ac61cc2ec9b36255322e
19 Why O.flac:4f9d16b0ed4e01f40d46916f9a0de3e8
20 I Did It For The Band.flac:949df1cd76502d58d6b5aff69f2d2c1a
21 I_ll Change Your Flat Tire Merl.flac:db8f620c24ebb97d63ed2a52316d083f
22 Help Me.flac:a82a12c0d79f7f43c5d9c7a8d2f41c36
23 My Party.flac:7c5c90df1075d69cc11804e55206f26c
24 On Top Of Old Smokey.flac:c2f713f21eaf4e7a0330d25163e1fa1d
25 Herpes Blues.flac:79aae13f2b9e5b6f14a831ed75a1ce51
26 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac:46f7ec11a6ce1fe88ff2d8e6a387a3bc
27 Set Outro.flac:e522276b476f30a6aaf0da174ce4301f
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