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Patti Smith Group - The Place, Eugene, OR 1978-05-09

Track listing:
  1. Introduction 0:53
  2. The Salvation Of Rock (Poem) 6:50
  3. Babelogue 1:24
  4. Rock And Roll Nigger 3:00
  5. Kimberley 5:35
  6. Till Victory 4:01
  7. Redondo Beach 4:18
  8. The Kids Are Alright 2:26
  9. Space Monkey 4:27
  10. 25th Floor 6:28
  11. It's So Hard 2:56
  12. We Three 5:08
  13. You Light Up My Life 2:46
  14. Be My Baby 3:12
  15. Because The Night 4:17
  16. Easter 5:07
  17. Radio Ethiopia 8:27
  18. Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) 5:24
  19. Just Applause 0:53
  20. My Generation 5:07

Notes


Complete FM broadcast
vg to ex- 3rd gen EQ

TDK SA 90 high bias cassette tape, 3rd gen EQ > JVC TD-W505 stereo double cassette deck > Aiwa XC-RW700 CD/CD recorder > Memorex Cool Colors Music 80 min. CD-Rs

Very good to excellent minus sound quality
7.5-9/10

If you are unfamiliar with Aunt Patti or you would like a good FM show of hers, this may be the place to start. Her comments are hilarious and she is truly unique. Poetess, priestess, shaman, visionary, wackjob, substance abuser, retard : you be the judge. This is a fairly good-quality show as far as sound quality is concerned and is excellent in content. It offers an accurate glimpse of the artist circa 1978. This tape carried the date of May 4, 1978. Yet the setlist is radically different from that show. If one can trust a fine website: (http://setlists.pattismithlogbook.info/years/1978.html), the PSG played the same venue twice in 5 days and both shows were broadcast on KZEL-FM !! This show is definitely a radio broadcast as Patti talks about having listeners prepare alternate forms of entertainment for when she goes into outer space. The setlist proffered is IDENTICAL to the setlist that appears on the recording. So hopefully case closed, mystery solved. The show appears to be complete . It's a wild performance with a lot of Patti/audience interchange and stage banter.