Dinosaurs and related bands (1976-2005)
Band names appear "as billed" and quoted by the original taper
(Last update 28/06/2008)

 

The Barry Melton Band
The University Of Sussex, Brighton, 07/02/1976
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back

Marshmallow Road, All I need, Jesse James, Babylon -> Speed racer, Love, Stranger, Closer, SOS

Line-up : Barry "The Fish" Melton, Ray Martinez, Ken Whaley, Dave Charles

Dinosaurs
Marin County Fair, San Rafael, 05/07/1982
(first ever Dinosaurs concert)
Recording : Soundboard - A (some hiss and distorsion)
Artwork : Front - Back

Love, Till I stay, I can't dance, Level with me -> Band introductions jam (some minor sound glitches in middle) -> Level with me reprise, Closer

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Mickey Hart (percussion), Peter Walsh (guitar) and Bean Balanka (saxophone)

Dinosaurs
Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 13/08/1982 (incomplete show and possibly not in the right order)
Recording : Audience - A-/B+ (mostly unbalanced sound with low vocals)
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : San Francisco shuffle -> Fossil fuel -> Take a whiff on me, Barry introduces Robert -> Jesse James
(1), Love -> Closer, Howard Hughes blues (2), Carol (2)

CD 2 : Babylon, Colorado town, The dance (cuts out early), Whinin' boy (cuts in late), Dupree's diamond blues -> I can't dance, SOS

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Robert Hunter (guitar and vocals) on (1) and Michael Wilhelm (guitar and vocals) on (2)

Dinosaurs
The Roxy, Los Angeles, 17/09/1982
Recording : Soundboard - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves? (cuts in late), San Francisco shuffle, Gallo del cielo, West LA fadeaway, Blind man, Jesse James, Mojo navigator

CD 2 : Kick in the head, Tiger rose, Motel party baby, Barry's guests introductions -> SOS, Easy wind, Dinosaur

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Nicky Hopkins (piano), Riteous Raul (keyboards) and David Getz (drums)

Dinosaurs
The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 10/12/1982
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back - Insert (right side) - Insert (left side)

CD 1 : Host introduction -> Who makes the moves?, One way out, Love, To believe, Babylon, I can't dance
(1), "Bar examination" interlude, Promontory rider (1), Jesse James (1)(2), Blind man (1)(2)

CD 2 : "Won't admit to any of that" interlude, "Marin jokes" interlude, Franklin's tower -> Closer -> Drum solo (Spencer Dryden) -> Bass solo -> Guitar solos (Barry Melton -> Robert Hunter -> John Cipollina) -> Drum solo (Mickey Hart) -> Saxophone solo -> Piano solo (Nicky Hopkins) -> Cowbell solo (Mckey Hart) -> Keyboards solo (Riteous Raul) -> Closer reprise
(1)(2)(3)(4), Crooked judge (cuts in late) (3)(4)(5), Love machine, Saint Louis blues, SOS (6), Flying high away (6)(7)

CD 3 : Howard Hughes blues -> Dust my broom
(6)(8), Passing thru (6), Chemical body (1)(6), Mona (1)(6)(9), The dance (1)(6)(9), New Minglewood blues (5)(6), San Francisco shuffle (1)(6), Dinosaur (6)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Sam Andrew (saxophone) on (1), Riteous Raul (keyboards) on (2), Mickey Hart (drums and percussion) on (3), Merl Saunders (keyboards) on (4), David Nelson (guitar and vocals) on (5), Nicky Hopkins (piano) on (6), Country Joe McDonald (guitar and vocals) on (7), Michael Wilhelm (guitar and vocals) on (8) and Harold Aceves (drums) on (9)

Dinosaurs
Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, 31/12/1982
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

Bill Graham band introductions -> Who makes the moves?, One way out
(1), Love (1), Promontory rider (1), I can't dance (1), Save the whales (1)(2), Streetwise (abrupt fade out/in between tracks), Level with me (1), Saint Louis blues (1), How blue can you get? (1)(3), San Francisco shuffle (1)(3)(4), Dinosaur (1)(3)(4)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Nicky Hopkins (piano) on (1), Country Joe McDonald (guitar and vocals) on (2), Kathi McDonald (vocals) on (3) and Steve Douglass (saxophone) on (4)

Dinosaurs
The Cabaret, Cotati, 18/02/1983
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

What a beautiful city (slight dropout in middle) -> Saint Louis blues -> San Francisco shuffle, Streetwise, Butcher's boy, Franklin's tower, Space whistle
(1), Seventh seal, Lawdy Miss clawdy (2), West LA fadeway -> Closer, Hokey pokey, Jesse James (a few slight dropouts in middle)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Jesse Dryden (space whistle) on (1), Matthew Kelly (vocals and harp) on (2)

Dinosaurs
Arista Party, Recreation Center, Corte Madera, 22/02/1983
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves?, Rock around the clock -> Colorado town, Streetwise, The dance, Barry's guests announcement -> Willie and the hand jive, What a beautiful city, Hamlet excerpt -> Small city (Robert Hunter poetry), San Francisco shuffle, One way out -> SOS, Land of the West wind (Robert Hunter poetry), Thirty days, Saint Louis blues, Route 66, Shake some action

CD 2 : Sleepwalk, Rock and roll music (cuts in late), You can't judge a book by its cover, Crooked judge, New Minglewood blues, Dancin' fool, Highway 61 revisited -> Subterranean homesick blues excerpt -> Brown sugar excerpt -> Highway 61 revisited reprise, How blue can you get?, Promontory rider -> Jesse James

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Michael Wilhelm (guitar and vocals), Matthew Kelly (harp), Norton Buffalo (harp and vocals), David Bennett Cohen (keyboards), Richard Olsen (saxophone), Michael DeJong (guitar and vocals), David Nelson (guitar and vocals) and Kathi McDonald (vocals)

Dinosaurs
Kabuki Nightclub, San Francisco, 09/04/1983
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back - Internet Archive info file

CD 1 : Who makes the moves? (some slight speed and sound glitches), Amagamalin Street, Boys in the barroom (cuts in late, end section only), Tuning -> I can't dance, One way out, San Francisco shuffle
(1)(2)(3), Slack string quartet -> The dance (1)(2)(3), Blind man (cuts in late), Mojo navigator

CD 2 : Wavy Gravy intro -> Streetwise
(4), Love machine (4), Saint Louis blues -> Love (4), Passing thru (4), Shake rattle and roll -> Blue suede shoes -> Shake rattle and roll reprise -> SOS (4)(5)(6), Franklin's tower -> Closer -> Congas solo -> Drum solos (Spencer Dryden -> Greg Elmore) -> Bass solos (Peter Albin -> Pete Sears) -> Guitar solo (Michael Wilhelm) -> Saxophone solo -> Guitar solo (John Cipollina) -> Closer reprise (1)(3)(4)(5)(6), Promontory rider (slight sound glitches in middle)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Greg Elmore (drums) on (1), Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica) on (2), Pete Sears (bass) on (3), Sebastian (congas) on (4), Michael Wilhelm (guitar and vocals) on (5) and Richard Olsen (saxophone) on (6)

Dinosaurs
"Extreme Dinosaurs"

Porter Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, 20/05/1983
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back - Internet Archive info file

CD 1 : Who makes the moves? -> One way out, Tuning -> Love, Amagamalin Street, Butcher's boy, If you're in a hurry, I can't dance, Blind man, Slack string quartet, Strange way, Motel party baby

CD 2 : My darlin' baby, Franklin's tower, Don't drop that H-bomb on me (cuts in late), Saint Louis blues, Talkin' money tree, Jesse James, Jack O'Diamonds, Mona
(*), Seventh seal (slight cut at beginning) -> Love machine -> Drum solo -> Congas solo -> Bass solo -> Bass'n'drums jam (*)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Sebastian (congas) on (*)

Dinosaurs
Keystone, Palo Alto, 17/06/1983
Recording : Soundboard - A (occasional slight gaps/cuts between tracks)
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves?, Slack string quartet -> The dance, Blind man, Jack O'Diamonds, Mojo navigator, Talkin' money tree

CD 2 : Amagamalin Street (cuts in late), Colorado town, Franklin's tower, Butcher's boy
(1), Mona (1)(2), Motel party baby (1)(2), Promontory rider (1)(2), SOS (1)(2)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Sebastian (congas) on (1) and Chuck Bernstein (drums) on (2)

Dinosaurs
Phoenix Theater, Petaluma, 18/06/1983
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves?
(some vocals too low) -> Slack string quartet, Butcher's boy, Blind man, I can't dance, If you're in a hurry -> Banana boat song -> If you're in a hurry reprise, Tiger rose, Motel party baby

CD 2 : Don't drop that H-bomb on me, Tell Ol' Bill, Guests introduction -> Just a vagabond
(1), Mona (1)(2), Franklin's tower (1), Thirty days -> Closer (1)(2), Promontory rider (1)(2)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Sebastian (congas) on (1) and Chuck Bernstein (drums) on (2)

Dinosaurs
Phoenix Theater, Petaluma, 18/06/1983
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves? (cuts in late) -> Slack string quartet, Butcher's boy, Blind man, I can't dance, If you're in a hurry -> Banana boat song -> If you're in a hurry reprise, Tiger rose, Motel party baby, Don't drop that H-bomb on me, Tell Ol' Bill

CD 2 : Guests introduction -> Just a vagabond
(1), Mona (1)(2), Franklin's tower (1), Thirty days -> Closer (1)(2), Promontory rider (1)(2)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guests Sebastian (congas) on (1) and Chuck Bernstein (drums) on (2)

The Melton-Cipollina Band (aka Fish And Chip)
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 06/08/1983
Recording : Audience - B+ (vocals too low)
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Alabama bound, Thirty days, Tired and run down, The dance, Colorado town, Betty and Dupree, Blnd man

CD 2 : Frère Jacques -> Life is a bucket full of shit -> Love, Barry's bar banter -> Motel party baby, My Sharona, Take a whiff on me -> I can't dance, Third degree, Ghost riders in the sky, Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
Salt Air Pavilion, Salt Lake City, 17/09/1983
Recording : Soundboard - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves? (cuts in late) -> Slack string quartet, San Francisco shuffle, Blind man, Jack O'Diamonds, Mona, Mojo navigator, Streetwise

CD 2 : Wild about my baby, Independence Day, Hokey pokey, Motel party baby, Amagamalin Street (cuts out early)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest David LaFlamme (violin)

Dinosaurs
The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, 14/10/1983
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves? (cuts in late) -> What can it be? -> Closer, Blind man, Jack O'Diamonds -> I can't dance, Mona

CD 2 : Reelin' and a-pitchin', The dance, Independence Day, Mojo navigator, Amagamalin Street, My Sharona tease -> Motel party baby, Promontory rider (tape flip at beginning) -> Jesse James

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
Cabaret, Cotati, 05/11/1983
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves -> Reelin' and a-pitchin', Love machine, Blind man -> Jack O'Diamonds, Motel party baby, Colorado Town

CD 2 : Crooked judge
(*), Worried man (*), San Francisco shuffle, Jesse James, Slack string quartet -> The dance, Amgamalin Street

CD 3 : Don't drop that H-bomb on me, Mona, I can't dance, Streetwise, Closer, Independence Day

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest David Nelson on (*)

Dinosaurs
Keystone, Palo Alto, 15/10/1983
Recording : Soundboard - A- (hiss all along)
Artwork : Front - Back

Seventh seal, What can it be?, Blind man, Closer -> Drum solo -> Bass solo -> Closer reprise, Jack O'Diamonds -> I can't dance, Mona, Who makes the moves?, Reelin' and a-pitchin', Butcher's boy, Independence Day, Fall on you (cuts out early)
(*)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Alex "Skip" Spence (guitar and vocals) on (*)

Dinosaurs
Cabo's, Chico, 02/12/1983
Recording : Soundboard - A- (for overall sound quality, has noticeable hiss and multiple gaps or sound glitches in several tracks due to damage to the original master tape,
for rabid completists only)
Artwork : Front - Back

Who makes the moves? (cuts in late) -> Slack string quartet, Love, Blind man, Jack O'Diamonds -> Colorado town, Who do you love vocal tease -> Mona (cuts out early), Don't drop that H-bomb on me (end fragment), Jesse James, Pastures of plenty (cuts in late), Reelin' and a-pitchin', The dance (multiple gaps and speed fluctuations)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

The Barry Melton Band
Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, 19/01/1984
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : San Francisco shuffle -> Love, Stagger Lee -> Hold on to the good times, Blind man, Mountains in Dreamland, Thirty days, The dance, Open my eyes -> Colorado town, Motel party baby, Sloop John B, "Nobody for President" interlude, Love machine (tape flip in middle)

CD 2 : Butcher's boy, I can't dance, West LA fadeaway, Betty and Dupree, Lucille, Sunshine -> Closer, Mona -> Take a whiff on me, Jesse James, The sun is shining

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
Wolfgang's, San Francisco, 28/01/1984 (early set)
Recording : Soundboard - A+
Artwork : Front - Back

Reelin' and a-pitchin' -> Love, Blind man, Jack O'Diamonds, Mona drums intro tease -> Motel party baby, San Francisco shuffle, Fire on the mountain, Butcher's boy, Jesse James

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Country Joe McDonald (guitar, harmonica and vocals)

Dinosaurs
Wolfgang's, San Francisco, 28/01/1984 (early and late sets)
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Reelin' and a-pitchin' -> Love, Blind man, Jack O'Diamonds, Mona drums intro tease -> Motel party baby, San Francisco shuffle, Fire on the mountain, Butcher's boy, Jesse James

CD 2 : New speedway boogie, Worried ma, blues, Who makes the moves? -> Slack string quartet, The dance, Amagamalin Street, Don't drop that H-bomb on me, Mona

CD 3 : Streetwise, Mojo navigator, Independence Day, Closer, Promontory rider, I can't dance

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Country Joe McDonald (guitar, harmonica and vocals)

Dinosaurs
The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, 04/02/1984
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Reelin' and a-pitchin' (cuts in late) -> Love -> Blind man, Jack O'Diamonds, San Francisco shuffle, Motel party baby, Fire on the mountain, Butcher's boy, Streetwise

CD 2: New speedway boogie, Pastures of plenty, Who makes the moves? -> Slack string quartet, The dance, Mona, Amagamalin Street
(Santa Cruz, 04/02/1984), Mona (bonus track, Keystone, Palo Alto, 18/02/1984)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

The Barry Melton Band
Keystone, Berkeley, 11/02/1984
Recording : Audience - A-
(Requires a 800 Mb/90 minute CDR)
Artwork for slim case : Front - Insert

Love , My problems got ptoblems, Blind man, San Francisco Shuffle, The jealous kind, The dance, Built for comfort, Love machine, Lay back Baby, Don't drop that H-bomb on me, Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
Keystone, Palo Alto, 18/02/1984
Recording : Soundboard - A (hiss all along)
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : "Turn the sound on !" -> Reelin' and a-pitchin', Love -> Blind man, Motel party baby, Jack O'Diamonds, I can't dance, Amagamalin Street (cuts in late), Please don't drop that H-bomb on me

CD 2 : Gypsy parlor lights (premiere performance with first three verses only) -> New speedway boogie, Pastures of plenty, Who makes the moves?, Slack string quartet, The dance (cuts in late), Mona, Fire on the mountain, Closer

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
The Cabaret, Cotati, 02/03/1984
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back

Reelin' and a-pitchin' -> Love -> Blind man (announced by Barry as "Show me the way"), I can see clearly now
(*), Jack O'Diamonds, Motel party baby, Mountains in Dreamland, Fire on the mountain -> Closer, Promontory rider

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Jennifer Albin (vocals) on (*)

Dinosaurs
Starry Night Club, Portland, 28/04/1984
Recording : Audience - B+
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : The FUCK cheer -> Feel like I'm fixin' to die rag
(encore of Country Joe McDonald's opening set), Who makes the moves? -> Slack string quartet, The dance, Blind man, Streetwise, Motel party baby

CD 2 : Talkin' money tree, I can't dance, Amagamalin Street, Get it all together, Way down underground, Fire on the mountain

CD 3 : Please don't drop that H-bomb on me -> Mona -> Drum solo -> Mona reprise, Reelin' and a-pitchin', Butcher's boy, Promontory rider, Good to be alive (cuts in late), Closer -> Drum solo -> Closer reprise, Sloop John B
(*), San Francisco shuffle (*)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Country Joe Mc Donald (guitar and vocals) on (*)

The Barry Melton Band
"Train Songs"
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 15/06/1984
Recording : Audience - B+
Artwork : Front - Back - CD1 front - CD1 back - CD2 front - CD2 back

CD 1 : Alabama bound, Wabash cannonball, This train, John Henery -> Train crash, Hobo's lullaby, Love, Love machine, Thirty days, Get the feeling, I can't dance, The dance, Blind man

CD 2 : Motel party baby, Colorado town, Betty and Dupree, SOS -> Hold on to the good times, Whiskey and women, Stagger Lee, Donovan's Reef, My Sharona tease -> Mona, Level with me (cuts out early after tape speed glitch)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

The Barry Melton Band
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 30/06/1984
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Front (alternate) - Back

CD 1 : Stagger Lee, Love, New York town, Keep on truckin', Wild about my loving, San Francisco Bay blues, Just a closer walk with thee, Sloop John B, Midnight special, San Francisco shuffle

CD 2 : The dance, Something you got -> Thirty days -> Love machine, Blind man, Motel party baby, I've been in darkness (mistitled as "Third degree" on artwork), SOS

CD 3 : Jesse James, I can't dance -> Little girl, Hold on to the good times, Level with me -> Mona, Colorado town -> Closer (cuts out early)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

The Barry Melton Band
"Rotten People"
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 07/07/1984
Recording : Audience - B+
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Stagger Lee, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tricky Dicky, Super bird, Betty and Dupree, My Sharona tease -> Jesse James, Whiskey and women (cuts in late), Thirty days -> Love, New York Town, Blind man, Motel party baby, The dance

CD 2 : Butcher's boy, Colorado town -> SOS, Level with me (cuts in late), I've been in darkness, Take a whiff on me, Garbage man jam -> San Francisco shuffle

CD 3 : Hold on to the good times, Mona (short dropout at beginning), Closer (short cut in middle)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden, Bean Balanka

Dinosaurs
Marx Meadow in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 15/07/1984
Recording : Soundboard - A+
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Host intro and tuning -> Who makes the moves? -> Slack string quartet -> Love, Blind man, Independence day, Mojo navigator, Mona

CD 2 : Amagamalin Street, Treat her right
(*), Johnny B. Goode (*), Promontory rider (*), Closer (*)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Michael Wilhelm (guitar and vocals) on (*)

The Barry Melton Band
Last Day Saloon, San Francisco, 19/07/1984
Recording : Audience - A-
(CD 1 requires a 800 Mb/90 minutes CDR)

CD 1 : FDR is back again, Stagger Lee, Life's railway to Heaven -> Thirty days, New York town, Tricky Dicky, San Francisco shuffle, Third degree -> Love, In the pines, Motel party baby, The dance

CD 2 : Colorado town -> Hold on to the good times -> Blind man -> Love machine, Sloop John B, The banks of the Ohio -> I can't dance -> SOS, Wabash cannonball, Betty and Dupree, Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

The Barry Melton Band
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 27/07/1984
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back - Front (alternate) - Back (alternate)

CD 1 : San Francisco shuffle, Third degree, Stagger Lee, Butcher's boy, Codine, Thirty days, New York town, SOS, Mountains in Dreamland -> Colorado town, Blind man, Motel party baby, The dance

CD 2 : Whiskey women and wine (cuts in late), Bourgeois Town -> House of the rising sun tease -> Little girl, Closer, I can't dance -> Babylon -> Mojo navigator, Lucile, Mona, Good night Irene

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden, James Gurley, Sam Andrew, David Getz

Fish And Chip
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 03/08/1984
Recording : Audience - A- (some hiss)
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : San Francisco shuffle -> Love -> Babylon, Thirty days, New York town, Blind man, Motel party baby, My Sharona tease -> Butcher's boy, Stagger Lee, Closer (including band introductions and solos)

CD 2 : The dance, Colorado town, Codine, Lucille, Third degree, Hound dog, I can't dance -> Love machine, Mona -> Rodney Albin Benefit announcement

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Country Joe McDonald and Friends, Dinosaurs and Friends
"Rodney K. Albin Benefit Concert" (Robert Hunter's last gig with Dinosaurs)
Wolfgang's, San Francisco, 28/08/1984
Recording : Audience/Soundboard - B+/A
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Chet Helms intro, Flyin' high away, Masked marauder, Super bird, Janis, The FUCK cheer -> Feel like I'm fixin' to die rag -> LSD commercial, Not so sweet Martha Lorraine, Rock'n'soul music
(Country Joe and Friends set, audience source), Who makes the moves?, Good old rock'n'roll, Boogie on reggae women (Dinosaurs and Friends set, soundboard source)

CD 2 : Good to be alive, Blind man, Motel party baby, Who's gonna love me now?, The dance, Promontory rider, Howard Hughes blues, Rock'n'roll music, That's how strong my love is
(Dinosaurs and Friends set continued, soundboard source)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Robert Hunter, Merl Saunders, David LaFlamme, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden, Country Joe McDonald, Chet Helms, Michael Wilhelm, Fritz Kasten, Richard Olsen, Snooky Flowers, Bean Balanka, Michael Holtzman, Chuck Bernstein

Dinosaurs
Ruthie's Inn, Berkeley, 15/09/1984
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Berkeley jam -> San Francisco shuffle -> Love -> Hold on to the good times -> Where did you sleep last night?, Nlind man, Motel party baby -> The dance, New York Town, SOS

CD 2 : Betty and Dupree, I can't dance
(*), Stagger Lee (*), Bright sun is shining (*), Thirty days -> Alabama bound, Happy birthdays -> Suzie Q., Mona -> Tequila -> mona reprise

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Will Scarlett on (*)

Fish And Chip
"I Love Fish 'n' Chip"
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 23/11/1984
Recording : Audience/Soundboard - B+/A- (some hiss, two different sources)
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Babylon -> Love, Pastures of plenty, Stagger Lee, Keep on truckin', Deep railroad blues, We three (My echo, my shadow and me), San Francisco shuffle

CD 2 : Motel party baby, Betty and Dupree -> The dance, Caterpillar, Suzie Q, Good old rock'n'roll, I can't dance

CD 3 : Closer -> Sabre dance jam -> Closer reprise, Thirty days, God save the children, Sunshine -> Sing sing sing -> Blind man

CD 4 : Codine, Sloop John B, Love machine, Mountains in dreamland, Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden, Jeff Maynard

Dinosaurs
"A Benefit To Free The Madman"
Veterans Auditorium, Berkeley, 30/05/1985
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back

Midnight special (cuts in late) -> I can't dance, Lovely night for dancing, Ruby, Blind man, Motel party baby, New York town -> The dance (tape flip in middle), High heeled sneakers, Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Fish And Chip
New George's, San Rafael, 26/09/1985
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : I can't dance (fades in late) -> Love, Love machine, Motel party baby, Dupree's diamond blues, The dance

CD 2 : San Francisco shuffle (fades in late), Green light, "Halls of Montezuma" ditty, SOS, New York town,  Closer -> Mona (cuts out early)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Doug Kilmer, Spencer Dryden with guest Peter Walsh (guitar and vocals) on CD 2

Dinosaurs
Wolfgang's, San Francisco, 19/09/1986
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Who makes the moves? (cuts in late) -> I can't dance, Boogie on reggae woman, Built for comfort, Blind man, Motel party baby, Shine on harvest moon -> Walkin' blues -> Closer

CD 2 : Sugaree, After midnight, The dance, Hey Joe
(*), You yes it's you -> Going to the country (*), Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Billy Roberts (guitar, harmonica and vocals) on (*)

Fish And Chip
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 27/09/1986
Recording : Audience - B+
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Colorado town, Babylon, Soviet Band story -> Kalinka tease -> San Francisco shuffle, Haight-Ashbury story -> Satisfaction tease -> Walkin' blues -> Thirty days

CD 2 : I've been in darkness, Hesitation blues, Overnight, Motel party baby, New York town, Good old rock'n'roll, The dance

CD 3 : Hold on to the good times, I can't dance, Hand across the water
(*), Johnny B. Goode (Russian version) -> Johnny B. Goode (English version) -> It's all over now -> Spoonful (*), Mojo navigator -> He was my comrade, Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Walsh, Spencer Dryden with guests Staznamin (first Soviet band to tour the USA) on (*)

Fish And Chip
The Starry Plough Pub, Berkeley, 17/10/1986
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Jesse James, Love, Third degree, Suzie Q, They kicked me out of the band, Colorado town, Sloop John B, I can't dance -> The dance -> Green light

CD 2 : Motel party baby, Passengers, San Francisco shuffle, Keep on truckin', Good old rock'n'roll -> Love machine, I can't dance, Mona, Irish soldier, Hold on to the good times

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Walsh, Spencer Dryden

Fish And Chip
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, 25/10/1986
Recording : Audience - B+
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Third degree (cuts in late), Something you got, Thirty days -> Love, Suzie Q, I've been in darkness, Butcher's boy, Move your hand
(*), I'm going down (*), I can't dance, Blind man

CD 2 : Motel party baby, Stagger Lee, New York town -> Closer -> Drum solo -> Satisfaction tease -> Closer reprise -> SOS -> San Francisco shuffle -> Strange way, Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Doug Kilmer (bass and vocals) on (*)

Fish And Chip
"Martin Luther King's Birthday In Santa Cruz"

OT Price's Club, Santa Cruz, 15/01/1987
Recording : Soundboard - A+
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : San Francisco shuffle -> Love, Dedication to Martin Luther King Jr -> Love machine, Move your hand -> Get up stand up -> Move your hand reprise, Motel party baby, I can't dance

CD 2 : Butcher's boy, I've been in darkness, I'm going down, Closer -> The dance (cuts out early)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Doug Kilmer, Greg Elmore (subbing for Spencer Dryden who had the flu)

Dinosaurs
Wolfgang's, San Francisco, 13/03/1987
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Blind man -> I can't dance -> Love, Boogie on reggae women, That pleases me, Motel party baby, Mojo navigator

CD 2 : After midnight -> The dance, High heeled sneakers, Ruby, Good old rock'n'roll -> Who makes the moves?, Mona -> Tequila -> Secret agent man -> Mona reprise, Built for comfort

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, 23/05/1987
Recording : Audience - B+
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Level with  me -> Thirty days, Problems -> Boogie on reggae women, Blind man, Motel party baby, Love , Built for comfort

CD 2 : After midnight, Do I move you?, Mojo navigator, Falling for your love, Mona -> Drum solo -> Mona reprise, Sugaree

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
San Francisco Music Fair, San Francisco, 31/05/1987
Recording : Soundboard - A+
Artwork : Front - Back

Host's "Summer Of Love" rap and band introductions -> Built for comfort, Love machine, Blind man, Motel party baby (some slight volume fluctuations), Barry introduces Harold -> The dance, Host outro (cut)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden with guest Harold Aceves (drums on "The dance")

Dinosaurs
The Odyssey Room, Sunnyvale, 01/06/1987
Recording : Soundboard - A
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : I can't dance -> Level with me, My problems got problems, The jealous kind, Blind man, Motel party baby, Thirty days -> Love

CD 2 : After midnight, Boogie on reggae women, The dance, Betty and Dupree, Built for comfort, Good old rock'n'toll, Mona -> Tequila -> Secret agent man -> Mona, Sugaree

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
The Omni, Berkeley, 06/06/1987
Recording : Audience - A-
Artwork : Front - Back

CD 1 : Happy birthday to Peter -> Blind man, Love -> Level with me, The answer -> High heeled sneakers, Motel party baby

CD 2 : After midnight, My problems got problems, Hokey pokey, Mojo navigator, Mona, Sugaree

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
Pine Street Theater, Portland, 31/10/1987
Recording : Soundboard - A (audience cheers between tracks cut)
Artwork : Front - Back (setlist on artwork has some mistakes, right one below)


Host's band introductions -> After midnight, You can leave your hat on, Love, Blind man, Honky tonk Jekyll and Hyde, Strange way, Level with me, Mona (some short dropouts in second half)

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

Dinosaurs
The Cabaret, Cotati, 14/05/1988
Recording : Soundboard (from master reel-to-reel tape) - A+
Artwork : Front - Back

Built for comfort, Love -> After midnight -> San Francisco shuffle, Motel party baby, Do I move you?, The dance, Mona

Line-up : John Cipollina, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Merl Saunders, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden

"Tribute to Spencer Dryden"
KPFA radio, Berkeley, 19/01/2005 - David Gans and Charlie Miller hosting, with guests Peter Albin, David Getz, Barry Melton, David Nelson and Jesse Dryden
Recording : Broadcast master CD - A+
Artwork : Front - Back


CD 1 : The other side of this life
(live take from "Bless its pointed little head", Jefferson Airplane), Jeff Tamarkin telephone interview, Peter Albin interview, David Getz interview, She has funny cars (studio take from "Surrealistic Pillow", Jefferson Airplane), Spencer Dryden comments on the early Jefferson Airplane, Jeff Tamarkin telephone interview continued, Spare chaynge (studio take from "After Bathing at Baxter's", Jefferson Airplane), Dust my promise (Spencer Dryden and Skip Battin demo, 1976, previously unreleased), David Nelson interview

CD 2 : Somebody to love
(live take from "Bless its pointed little head", Jefferson Airplane), Sally Dryden telephone interview, David Nelson interview continued, In a void (Spencer Dryden and Skip Battin demo, 1976, previously unreleased), I don't need no doctor (studio take from "Powerglide", The New Riders of the Purple Sage), David Nelson interview continued, Spencer Dryden comments on leaving Jefferson Airplane and joining The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Homegrown (studio take from "Who Are Those Guys?", The New Riders of the Purple Sage), Peter Albin interview continued, Butcher's boy (studio take from "Friends of Extinction", Dinosaurs), Barry Melton interview, Love (live take from "The Saloon Years", Barry Melton Band), Jesse Dryden interview, Outroductions

 

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