We are getting close to the end of this series, here on
volume 22 is the 1st show from New York in mid May '92, here the line-up was:
Mick
Taylor on guitar and vocals, Jimmie Wood on vocals, harmonica and guitar, Jimmy
King on guitar and backing vocals, Greg Boaz on bass and backing vocals and David
Salinas on drums.
Two
recordings were already circulating, the one used were (source #1) and the
Maidenlane recording (source #3) to get the best combination. Another version
(source #2) was saturated and with noises but contained a more complete tuning
and the complete banter after Shake Your Hips, therefore it was chosen to keep all
3 sources to get the best possible sound and the most complete version of the
concert’s recording.
* The banter after “Shake Your
Hips’ is now complete and rebuilt this way:
From 0’00 to 0’13: source #3
From 0’13 to 0’58: source #2
From 0’58 to 1’11: source #1
From 1’11 until the end: mix of source #1 & #3
To provide a bit more interest, as a bonus, some merged parts have been
added.
As usual all sources have been edited, de-clicked, channels rebalanced and speed
synchronized. Unfortunately, the content was too big to burn a cdr, because
some dead air had been left at the end of the Outro (Track 10) which needs to
be removed, possibly using Audacity, in order to create the disc.
On the Intro the first minute comes from
source 3 then there is a mix of the other 2 sources, on the Bonus material the
left channel comes from source #1,
while the right channel features the Maidenlane recording. On this gig, as well
as on any other show of the East Coast in mid ’92 and on the European tour
there was no keyboard player which reappeared in the line-up in February ’93,
but not with these musicians; it would not be until April ’96 that would permanently
be in the band Max Middleton. This release is very good allowing to dig a complete
performance of this line-up in a show that features a torrid version of Shake
Your Hips and a nice medley of Rover Johnson classics played with style.
