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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 (*) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 (*) |
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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
(*) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 (*) |
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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 (*) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 (*) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 (*) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 (*) |
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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 (*) |
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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 |
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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
(*) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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") |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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"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 |