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Johnny Shines - Court Coffeehouse, Tacoma, WA 11/30/70 (Set Two)

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Intro / Instrumental 2:12
  2. Sweet Home Chicago 4:00
  3. Nameless Song 5:09
  4. Tell Me Baby (Pony Blues) 3:26
  5. Ground Covered With Snow 3:25
  6. Little Girl 4:10
  7. Stormy Monday Blues 3:17
  8. Shake 'em On Down 4:10
  9. What's The Matter Now 3:53
  10. I've Got The Blues 3:10
  11. Instrumental 1:29
  12. I Love The World 4:19
  13. Worried Blues 3:03
  14. What's On Your Mind 4:16
  15. Rollin' & Tumblin' 3:15
Volume 2
  1. Instrumental 2:33
  2. Hello Centrum 2:40
  3. You Don't Have To Go 2:06
  4. Gonna Surprise Me Baby 3:41
  5. High Road 5:19
  6. What's On Your Mind (Milk Cow Blues) 3:44
  7. Top Cat 4:30
  8. Try A Little Tenderness 5:10
  9. Instrumental 2:53
  10. Crossroads 7:12
  11. Terraplane Blues 2:41
  12. Statesboro Blues 5:01
  13. Hound Dog 3:33
  14. Dust My Broom 2:26

Notes


CD1: Set 1
CD2: Set 2

His singing here is absolutely outstanding and there are not too few moments (especially on the Robert Johnson songs) when the listener could imagine how the great Robert Johnson might have sounded recorded with great equipment.

Here are Taperpatīs comments about the recording:
This show was recorded on a Sony TC-355 reel to reel, using Sony PR-150 tape at 3 & 3/4 IPS. I used two Sony ECM f-98 microphones. One I taped to Johnny's vocal mic, the other to his guitar mic. I didn't know about soundboard outputs at that time in my recording career. Chris Lunn, the promoter was very helpful to me during the evening and my thanks go out to him. The Cds were made on a Phillips stand alone burner (CDR 785). The tape was played back on a Revox A-77 reel. Side 2 of the reel started squeaking so I switched decks to a Sony TC-377 which fixed the problem. There is a slight residual squeak on part of "Crossroads". I did not attempt to "bake" the reel.