1987-10-10 (1st show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe

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1987-10-10 (1st show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe
GimmeMT.com Review by GimmeMTguy

Long one of my favorite recordings to listen to all the way through, let's see how it stacks up -- at the end of reviewing them all in sequence -- against all the other shows of this particular formulation of the Mick Taylor Band.

This October Saturday night at the Lone Star Cafe will end up being the last two performances of the single-guitar MTB. Soon, Mick Taylor will add a second guitarist in his band for almost all of his future band shows in the decades to come.

Tusks

Soon to be retired from the setlist, as the jazz-fusion centered era of the Mick Taylor band comes to a close, this version is as good a representation as any of MT's embodiment of a mid-1970s Jeff Beck creative vehicle.

Red House

A live-album worthy version -- all the best elements, without any excess or exuberant overkill. Mick Taylor as Jimi Hendrix the Bluesman.

Giddy Up

A perfect first half, with a second half that only hints at the abyss, rather than perches dangerously on its precipice.

Goin' South
Blues in the Morning
Blind Willie McTell

Just relentless guitar playing, beautiful and classic.

Now I know why the play count of this over decades is so high -- there's no moment in this show where you want to hit skip. End of tour hot live playing, with polish. Could have been a live album.

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A show recording produced by StonyRoad with covers. Click "Details" below for the textfile.

Mick TAYLOR: The Maidenlane ALT'S Vol 04 - 1987.10.10 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) 1er show
Posted by: StonyRoad, July 19, 2023 13:15

The Maidenlane Recordings:
a Mick Taylor tribute
Long-time Mick Taylor fan Maidenlane taped a number of Mick’s gigs on the East Coast (mainly in New York City) between November 1986 - May 1993 to preserve his own memories. Around the same time Mick Taylor lived in NYC and thus did a lot of concerts there, with his own bands or as a guest artist with other great musicians.
In our first series we first published the concerts that had never been circulated in any form. By listening to the others we discovered that many of his alternative recordings were interesting too.
In this second series we publish the “The Maidenlane ALTS” which will feature recordings that are either in better sound quality, more complete or sound differently from previous releases.
In the last series we will present the result of mixes and merges which will be similar to the Frankenstein productions (of my FP-series).
Of course, we are very grateful to Maidenlane and I also would like to thank nzb for his help (his advice, judgements and expertise have been invaluable to me).

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The Maidenlane Alts
Volume 04
10 October 1987
NYC
Lone Star Café
(1st show)

10th October 1987: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (1st show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Wayne Hammond (bass)/Mike Cullen (dr)

01 - tuning
02 - Tusks
03 - Red House
04 - Giddy Up
05 - Goin' South
06 - Blues In The Morning
07 - Blind Willie McTell

A very good recording is already circulating. But Maidenlane's version is also interesting and could function as a nice and welcome alternative to this recording. So I decided to keep it after reworking it.
This recording is now edited, declicked, channels equilibrated (from +10% to +30% for the left channel) and speed improved (-1,5%).
On ‘Goin’ South’ the left channel was damaged from 2’00 until 8’45. To upgrade it I used the duplicated right channel and therefore this segment is monophonic.

As usual I used a lot the infos taken from The Mick Taylor Complete Works Database by Nico Zentgraf

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