Chuck Berry
Tramps
New York City, NY
September 17, 1994
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 189)
Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C
Transfer: Two Of Us Master Tapes > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC
01 Instrumental
02 Roll Over Beethoven
03 School Days
04 Sweet Little Sixteen
05 Wee Wee Hours
06 Let It Rock
07 Mean Old World
08 Nadine (Is That You)
09 South Of The Border
10 Memphis, Tennessee
11 Carol
12 Little Queenie
13 Honest I Do
14 3.4 Time (Enchiladas)
15 Bio
16 Johnny B. Goode
17 Ding-A-Ling
18 Reelin' and Rockin'
Known Faults:
-Bio: start slightly cut
Welcome to Volume 189 of the "Two Of Us" Master Series.
Between 1983 and 2002 there were not any tapers more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of two decades they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times.
If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton
What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped.
They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists.
If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority,
tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired.
The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats.
The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and
have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition.
Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them.
This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio, enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.
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Chuck Berry at Tramps - New York City, NY September 17, 1994
When a review of the show is titled "Incredible Shrinking Chuck Berry" and starts out with "Chuck Berry. Ouch. Saturday at Tramps", you know it's not going to be glowing.
You can judge for yourself but don't expect a totally dialed in, in tune Rock & Roll lesson from start to finish. It does seem to start coming together as the show goes on but the band never really gels 100%.
With that said it's Chuck Berry and if a legend was in town there was an excellent chance Two Of Us were rolling tape.
Artwork and samples are provided.
A big thanks as always to "Two Of Us", their dedication to capturing all these legendary performers and shows many heard hear for the first time, the HOURS and HOURS spent waiting in line, traveling, money on tickets as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their life's work, our little community is indebted to you both. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in all these great releases...we've barely scratched the surface. The amount of completely uncirculated shows they taped and continue to get into my hands for release is staggering.
And as always thanks to Goody for his continuing support of this and all our other historic releases ensuring we are running in the correct pitch.
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