1989-03-25 (1st show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe

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1989-03-25 (1st show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe
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Eric Parker is on drums now.

I Wonder Why

A more joyously swinging version of this song you will not hear.

Leather Jacket

Interesting moment in the outro when the drummer throws some curves and MT plays a short solo that turns into syncopated rhythm playing.

Giddy Up

Shane adds nice value here with his otherwordly, atmospheric tome and ugly/beautiful solo with it's intentional dissonance, coming off Max's keyboard solo and setting up Mick for his classic Giddy Up themes, with the descending note pairs.

Red House

The soloing on this version seems a little repetitive, even some of the pyrotechical runs.

Goin' South

The band seems refreshed on this one with Parker now on the drums -- the rhythmic focus places the drummer front and center and the band is engaged and adjusting well.

Blues in the Morning

Mick really kicks this one off with some nice, spirited runs and the entire song is performed with enthusiasm and seeming humor.

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

In an extraordinarily compact version coming in at under 4 minutes, Eric Parker solidifies the beat after about a minute and things take off.

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Mick TAYLOR: The Maidenlane ALT'S Vol 09 - 1989.03.25 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) - 1st show
Posted by: StonyRoad, August 12, 2023 10:42

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 09

March 1989
NEW YORK CITY
Lone Star Cafe
(1st show)

25th March 1989: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (1st show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur Bascomb (bass)/Eric Parker (dr)

01 - intro & tuning
02 - I Wonder Why
03 - Leather Jacket
04 - Giddy Up
05 - Red House
06 - Goin’ South
07 - band introduction
08 - Blues In The Morning
09 - Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

For this show two recordings were already circulating one is high-pitched (hissy) and compressed but with a very good quality of Mick Taylor’s voice. The other is lossless but muddy and a little saturated.
The Maidenlane recording is interesting and is a good alternate recording to the already circulated ones.
I will post a complementary version using the previous recordings.
As usual I edited the tracks, declicked and amplified the recording, I equilibrated the channels. and improved the speed (decelerated by -3%).
Note a tape flip after ‘Red House’ but no music is lost!

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 09 - 25 March 1989 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) - 1st show
Posted by: StonyRoad, August 14, 2023 10:30

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 09

March 1989
NEW YORK CITY
Lone Star Cafe
(1st show)
(mixes and merges)

25th March 1989: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (1st show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur Bascomb (bass)/Eric Parker (dr)

CD1: the mixed versions
01 - intro & tuning
02 - I Wonder Why
03 - Leather Jacket
04 - Giddy Up
05 - Red House
06 - banter (from the Maidenlane recording)
07 - Goin’ South
08 - band introduction
09 - Blues In The Morning
10 - Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

CD2: the merged versions
01 - I Wonder Why
02 - Red House
03 - Blues In The Morning
04 - Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

For this show two recordings were already circulating one is high-pitched (hissy) and compressed but with a very good quality of Mick Taylor’s voice. The other is lossless but muddy and a little saturated.
I tested different possibilities to upgrade the sound. The better result came from combining both previous sources. The merging of both is my favorite but it doesn’t work for all because of the saturation on the bass guitar in the middle of the recording so I only kept 4 tracks.
The mixes are very interesting and here, to complete them, I used a short banter from the Maidenlane recording. For this reason, this compilation appears in the ‘Maidenlane Frankenstein’s Versions’ series even if the bulk come from already circulating sources.

All tracks are reworked (declicking, channels equalization…)

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

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