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Spirit - On The Waterfront, Rockford, IL 1995-09-02

Track listing:
  1. Intro & Stewball 2:26
  2. Life Has Just Begun 3:02
  3. Love From Here 8:39
  4. Pawnshop Blues 4:24
  5. It's Nature's Way 4:33
  6. Fresh Garbage 6:15
  7. Walkin' The Dog 4:53
  8. Animal Zoo 3:58
  9. Like A Rolling Stone 6:28
  10. Red House 8:23
  11. Dark-Eyed Woman 5:32
  12. La Paloma Jam (Electro Jam) 10:32
  13. Mr. Skin 3:45
  14. I Got A Line On You 3:51
  15. Turn To The Right 4:19
  16. All Along The Watchtower 4:54

Notes

audience > stereo tie mic > Aiwa stereo handheld tape recorder > Fuji DR-I 90 min. normal bias master tape > JVC TD-W505 stereo double cassette deck > Aiwa XC-RW700 CD recorder (split concert into tracks here) > Memorex 80 min. music CD-Rs

Quality - 8.5-9/10 (vg+ to ex-). This is the ENTIRE concert.

On The Waterfront is a city festival in Rockford, IL which is held every Labor Day weekend. Many bands perform on many different stages & it's a good chance to view many diverse musical genres. This Spirit show was one of those performances. The recording itself is very clear with very little hiss & no distortion. The reason that it was graded as vg+/ex- is due to the low level background crowd chatter that goes on for a good portion of the show. The music always overpowers the talking but there is quite a bit of chatter.

The vocals & instruments are very clear and the taper was never farther away from the stage than ~ 40 feet. He moved around quite a bit to get away from talking morons.