Thunder & Lightning 10/09/1984
Lonestar Cafe, New York, NY
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Source: Soundboard Cassette Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96 Lineage: wav 24/96 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 24/96 edited and mastered SIRMick March 2026
Source: Soundboard Cassette Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96 Lineage: wav 24/96 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 24/96 edited and mastered SIRMick March 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 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 band
Thunder and Lightning
Lone Star Café
New York, NY
10/09/1984
Source: Soundboard Cassette
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96
Lineage: wav 24/96 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 24/96
01 //Blues In My Bottle
02 Down In The Bottom
03 Six Weeks In Reno
04 I'll Pull The Trigger
05 Small Walk-in Box
06 Goin' Back To Anna
07 band intros
08 Buried Alive In The Blues
09 Herpes Blues
10 Love Me Or I'll Kill You
11 Nick talking
12 Who Do You Love
13 My Party
14 Nick talking
Nick Gravenites - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Harvey Brooks - bass
Gary Gold - drums
Notes:
- Some noise reduction has been applied.
- Thanks to Mossa for his source which has been used to patch the first 1:12 seconds of "Love Me Or I'll Kill You"
Source: Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Joe B. Jones
Tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and Mastered by SIRMick
shntool output:
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
4:44.680 163975724 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5927 01 Blues In My Bottle.flac
4:56.707 170903084 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6012 02 Down In The Bottom.flac
4:36.493 159260204 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5726 03 Six Weeks In Reno.flac
5:14.267 181017644 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5820 04 I'll Pull The Trigger.flac
7:40.693 265359404 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6137 05 Small Walk-in Box.flac
6:03.293 209257004 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6077 06 Goin' Back To Anna.flac
1:00.480 34836524 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5109 07 band intros.flac
7:58.293 275497004 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6001 08 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac
7:44.693 267663404 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5955 09 Herpes Blues.flac
1:39.573 57354284 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.4866 11 Nick talking.flac
8:27.907 292554284 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5878 12 Who Do You Love.flac
3:39.680 126535724 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5931 13 My Party.flac
0:44.280 25505324 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5121 14 Nick talking.flac
64:31.040 2229719612 B 0.5907 (13 files)
flac fingerprints:
01 Blues In My Bottle.flac:ab14ca032d51ff731e8f2f8c3603ad62
02 Down In The Bottom.flac:1ae3329d71ccad6e7bba5a2052bce5ee
03 Six Weeks In Reno.flac:59711abcf1d097f8f737c14ff34da44c
04 I'll Pull The Trigger.flac:73a7e8ab13d2ab93371bbbb57e2b1c26
05 Small Walk-in Box.flac:e646690e2dc7d2e1214b9436b98a48e0
06 Goin' Back To Anna.flac:7e87c6948b91bdbf2cd56c3ce0f5cc67
07 band intros.flac:02722c98008a69cbcb22b4c03bc16e91
08 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac:bd2beb0ace3865570ce1b79ffbe239c4
09 Herpes Blues.flac:faa41cce95de5d749ffcb0b76176f8b9
11 Nick talking.flac:f6e12f9f7c096f467e6888ff9ca7b2bd
12 Who Do You Love.flac:2ecd44aa445c024b6cb32c1b351e2e7b
13 My Party.flac:03c336f27cad827b7aded7251e4b940b
14 Nick talking.flac:fb436ce14afef61cd56aaea761cf7095
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 any of the spinoff band
Thunder and Lightning
Lone Star Café
New York, NY
10/09/1984
Source: Soundboard Cassette
Transfer: Cassette > Tascam 122 MkIII > ESI 24-bit USB Audio Interface > MAC pc > wav 24/96
Lineage: wav 24/96 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 24/96
01 //Blues In My Bottle
02 Down In The Bottom
03 Six Weeks In Reno
04 I'll Pull The Trigger
05 Small Walk-in Box
06 Goin' Back To Anna
07 band intros
08 Buried Alive In The Blues
09 Herpes Blues
10 Love Me Or I'll Kill You
11 Nick talking
12 Who Do You Love
13 My Party
14 Nick talking
Nick Gravenites - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Harvey Brooks - bass
Gary Gold - drums
Notes:
- Some noise reduction has been applied.
- Thanks to Mossa for his source which has been used to patch the first 1:12 seconds of "Love Me Or I'll Kill You"
Source: Steve Keyser
Transfer by Ed Perlstein
Pitch checked by Joe B. Jones
Tagged by Mike Schuncke
Artwork by Bruno
Edited and Mastered by SIRMick
shntool output:
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
4:44.680 163975724 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5927 01 Blues In My Bottle.flac
4:56.707 170903084 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6012 02 Down In The Bottom.flac
4:36.493 159260204 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5726 03 Six Weeks In Reno.flac
5:14.267 181017644 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5820 04 I'll Pull The Trigger.flac
7:40.693 265359404 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6137 05 Small Walk-in Box.flac
6:03.293 209257004 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6077 06 Goin' Back To Anna.flac
1:00.480 34836524 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5109 07 band intros.flac
7:58.293 275497004 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6001 08 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac
7:44.693 267663404 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5955 09 Herpes Blues.flac
1:39.573 57354284 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.4866 11 Nick talking.flac
8:27.907 292554284 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5878 12 Who Do You Love.flac
3:39.680 126535724 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5931 13 My Party.flac
0:44.280 25505324 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5121 14 Nick talking.flac
64:31.040 2229719612 B 0.5907 (13 files)
flac fingerprints:
01 Blues In My Bottle.flac:ab14ca032d51ff731e8f2f8c3603ad62
02 Down In The Bottom.flac:1ae3329d71ccad6e7bba5a2052bce5ee
03 Six Weeks In Reno.flac:59711abcf1d097f8f737c14ff34da44c
04 I'll Pull The Trigger.flac:73a7e8ab13d2ab93371bbbb57e2b1c26
05 Small Walk-in Box.flac:e646690e2dc7d2e1214b9436b98a48e0
06 Goin' Back To Anna.flac:7e87c6948b91bdbf2cd56c3ce0f5cc67
07 band intros.flac:02722c98008a69cbcb22b4c03bc16e91
08 Buried Alive In The Blues.flac:bd2beb0ace3865570ce1b79ffbe239c4
09 Herpes Blues.flac:faa41cce95de5d749ffcb0b76176f8b9
11 Nick talking.flac:f6e12f9f7c096f467e6888ff9ca7b2bd
12 Who Do You Love.flac:2ecd44aa445c024b6cb32c1b351e2e7b
13 My Party.flac:03c336f27cad827b7aded7251e4b940b
14 Nick talking.flac:fb436ce14afef61cd56aaea761cf7095
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