Blues Traveler
March 31st, 1989
Under Acme, New York, NY
Master:
SBD>Cass(x)
taper unknown; tape provided by Eric Brodsky
Conversion:
Tascam DA-20>Microtrack 24/96>WAV>Sound Studio 4.2>xACT 2.15>FLAC
by Dave Mallick
Disc 1 Total: [48:35.66]
01. //Warmer Days> [06:36.33]
02. Gotta Get Mean> [03:03.04]
03. Gloria> [09:05.59]
04. Gotta Get Mean [02:12.04]
05. But Anyway [07:05.71]
06. Out Of My Hands* [05:00.50]
07. Come Together [06:03.04]
08. Crash Burn> [03:39.74]
09. Bad To The Bone/ [05:48.67]
Disc 2 Total: [48:04.00]
01. //Mother Funker [06:04.49]
02. //Alone [08:55.05]
03. 100 Years* [04:18.10]
04. Love Of My Life>* [06:09.52]
05. And So It Goes> [06:14.43]
06. Sweet Talking Hippie [08:00.15]
07. Trust In Trust [03:43.36]
08. Miss You [04:38.15]
* with Roger Fox on flute
Recording notes:
- This is almost definitely an incomplete recording, but this is all
that has ever circulated.
- The first song of each set cuts in, and a tape flip cuts out the very
beginning of Mother Funker.
- There is a hum/buzz coming from the PA that is particularly audible
between songs. I was not able to eliminate it without affecting the
music, so I elected to leave it in.
Historical notes:
This show circulated for a very long time as the oldest show out there,
dated April 1st, labeled Acme, then Acme Underground. However, John's
commentary at the very beginning of this recording dates it to a day
earlier, and another show gets the venue name right.
John mentions his own birthday "the day before" - you can even hear a
tiny snippet of John's lounge-singer-esque delivery of Happy Birthday
after Bad To The Bone - it sounds like he's singing "[happy birthday] to
us..." Since John's birthday is March 29th, that dates this show to the
31st. Further evidence of the venue can be heard at the end of the
recently surfaced 3/26/89 show, when John and Bobby mention a show at
Under Acme. Acme was the name of the restaurant upstairs from the venue,
and in the late 80's/early 90's, the room was known as Under Acme - it
didn't change to Acme Underground until the mid 90's.
Thanks to Eric for loaning me a definite upgrade to my hissy 4th-gen
cassette, and enjoy a recording nearly 23 years in the making.