1987-12-12 (2nd show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe

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1987-12-12 (2nd show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe
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Blind Willie McTell

The FIRST time something great comes together, it's really special. This is that Blind Willie McTell.

Fontayne has found his place and his fills are perfect and inspired. Mick Taylor comes up with the "Layla" tease for the first time -- which we all know is really Albert King's "As the Years Go Passing By" melody line -- "is there nothing I can do?"

MT will ultimately develop a tour de force during Blind Willie McTell with extended Layla and All Along the Watchtower references.

This is a great version and a wonderful start to a special show.

Blue Note Shuffle

Max sets up his song with a beautiful solo, and Mick plays a stately and sexy solo, rife with melodic set-ups and knock-downs -- absolutely sublime. Maybe the perfect example to use when people say "why is Mick Taylor better than [insert more famous guitarist here]?" He can sound like them, but nobody composes melody on the fly like MT.

Giddy Up
I Wonder Why

With "Larry" on congas and Mike Cullen suddenly bashing away on the cymbals like Ringo Starr, this is a very unusual and jazzy I Wonder Why.

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

A long, mellow jam with a nice solo by Shane.

Blues in the Morning
Leather Jacket

A rousing version of LJ that pleases the crowd.

Red House

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Mick TAYLOR: The Maidenlane ALT'S Vol 05 - 1987.12.12 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) 2nd show
Posted by: StonyRoad, July 23, 2023 11:32

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).

……………………………………….
The Maidenlane Alts
Volume 05

December 1987
NYC
Lone Star Café
(2nd show)

12th December 1987: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (2nd show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Wayne Hammond (bass)/Mike Cullen (dr)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Larry (congas)

01 - slow blues instrumental (faded in)
02 - Blind Willie McTell
03 - Blue Note Shuffle
04 - Giddy Up
05 - I Wonder Why
06 - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
07 - Blues In The Morning
08 - Leather Jacket
09 - Red House
10 - outro
This recording by Maidenlane is more interesting than the version circulating before because the sound is better, warmer and there are no fluctuations in the sound that spoiled the start of 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking'. But the end of 'I Wonder Why' is brutal (tape flip) and above all it lacks a large part of the instrumental blues which begins the show.
We have decided to publish 2 versions:

the first in the 'ALTS' series featuring only this new reworked recording.
the second in the 'Maidenlane Frankenstein’s Version' series which will combine the 2 sources to have the most complete recording with the best sources.

Here you will find the ‘ALTS version’ in which the recording has been declicked, the titles edited, the channels balanced (+10 to +15% for the left channel) and the speed corrected (decelerated by around -3,5%).

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

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Mick TAYLOR: Maidenlane FRANKENSTEIN's Versions Vol 06 - 1987.12.12 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) - 2nd show
Posted by: StonyRoad, August 3, 2023 10:07

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 the second series we publish the “Maidenlane Tapes Alts” which will feature recordings that are either in better sound quality, more complete or sound differently from previous releases.
In this last series we present the result of mixes and merges which will be similar to the Frankenstein productions (of my FP-series): by “mixing” I mean that I simultaneously record the 2 sources and by “merging” I mean that I record each source on a different channel (one for the left channel and the other for the right).
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).

……………………………………….
The Maidenlane FRANKENSTEIN’S VERSIONS
Volume 06

December 1987
NYC
Lone Star Café
(2nd show)
(2 complementary sources)

12th December 1987: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (2nd show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Wayne Hammond (bass)/Mike Cullen (dr)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Larry (congas)

CD1: (previous source reworked)
01 - intro & tuning
02 - slow blues instrumental
03 - Blind Willie McTell
04 - Blue Note Shuffle
05 - Giddy Up
06 - I Wonder Why

CD2: (Maidenlane source reworked)
01 - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
02 - Blues In The Morning
03 - Leather Jacket
04 - Red House
05 – outro

This recording by Maidenlane is interesting compared to the version circulating before, because the sound is better in the 2nd part of the show and there are no fluctuations in the sound that spoiled the start of 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking'. But the end of 'I Wonder Why' is brutal (tape flip) and above all it lacks a large part of the instrumental blues which begins the show.
We have decided to publish 2 versions:

the first in the 'ALTS' series featuring only the Maidenlane reworked recording.
the second in the 'Maidenlane Frankenstein’s version' series which will combine the 2 sources to have the most complete recording with the best sources.

Here you will find the association of these two sources. The ‘already circulating’ source gives the first part of the show with a great guitar sound even the voice is muddier and Maidenlane provides the second part (from ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking’ onwards). Both sources were reworked. For the Maidenlane source see ‘Maidenlane ALTS – Vol 05’. The other source is also declicked, sound amplified and speed corrected to be in sync with the other (-2,9%)

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

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