Monday, August 15, 2011

Captain Beefheart - 1981-01-18 - Portland, OR

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Dr. Forrester said...

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

1981-01-18

Europhia Tavern

Portland, OR.

01. / / Nowaday's A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man
02. Abba Zaba
03. Hot Head
04. Crowd and Don
05. Ashtray Heart
06. A few words from Don
07. Dirty Blue Gene
08. Best Batch Yet > intros (cut)
09. intros ( cont'd ) > Safe As Milk
10. Don talks some more
11. A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
12. One Red Rose That I Mean
13. tuning - Don
14. Doctor Dark
15. Crowd
16. Bat Chain Puller
17. My Human Gets Me Blues
18. Sugar 'N Spikes
19. tuning > Sheriff Of Hong Kong
20. Kandy Korn
21. Suction Prints
22. Big Eyed Beans From Venus

total time approx. 73:25

The Band . . . .
Captain Beefheart Don Van Vliet vocals, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, chinese gongs
Eric Drew Feldman bass guitar, synthesizer, mandolin, mellotron, electric piano
Robert Williams drums, percussion
Richard Snyder guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar
Jeff Moris Tepper guitar, slide-guitar

Soundboard Recording ( unknown ( low ) gen ).

Maxell XLII-S Tapes > Onkyo Deck > TDK DA-3826 > CD-R > PC > .wav > Audacity 1.3
( for speed correction ) > .wav > Traders Little Helper Flac level 8 > dimeadozen

transfer - mcchocchoc aka JBK Feb. 2011.

This may not be too heavily circulated. It will be an upgrade to most everyone.

I know of an incomplete audience source that many people likely have. I do not have that version. That tape cuts off after Sheriff Of Hong Kong. That is the tape listed at the old Beefheart Database ( thanks D. I still use the site for research ! ). Assuming that the information from the old database is correct, the "aud" version also begins with "Nowaday's . . . ".

Considering that nearly all of ( if not all ) of the shows from the 80/81 DOC TOUR began with a Bass Solo, the "Bass Solo / Hair Pie" may be missing from this recording.
The first couple of beats of "Nowaday's . . ." are missing and it cuts in. No big deal,
we are talking a few seconds.

I have two copies of the Soundboard version here in the Archives. The better copy out of the two was missing the encores. They were very close in overall quality, but I went with the first source for the main show. Lucky for me ( and you ! ) my second source had the encores. The main portion of the show ( tracks 01-20 ) ran very, very fast. The second source ran very slow. After I transferred the cassettes I used Audacity to correct the speed. I think it sounds pretty right on. This was the first time I had bothered with(tried) speed correction. I am happy with the results and I think most will agree.

Much thanks to the person that traded me this tape many years ago and also thanks to my local buddy Greg for the second source (for the encores). Also, much thanks to the original taper who got a board patch ! Awesome.

It's funny, the trading world, the better copy I have here was sent to me from Europe and the other copy from Greg ( who was at the show ) came from where we live, in Portland ! Neat-o !

I think the overall sound quality here is very good / great. The mix is well balanced and all instruments are heard clearly, including the vocal. Don seems relaxed here and having some fun. His mood seems rather playful on this evening. His only complaints are about the stage lighting and people smoking clove cigs ( he also mentioned that at the Seattle show a few days before ). If you listen closely and follow the lyrics he makes a few funny remarks here and there. He is also very chatty throughout the show. Several funny remarks and he also mentions the volcano eruption that happened up here around that time. Pretty cool ! I've been listening to this show as I am creating this text file . . . great set and it sounds super ! I hope you all enjoy the show.

August 15, 2011 at 10:18 AM

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