Tom Robinson Band @ San Francisco, CA 1978-06-11

 

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Tom Robinson Band
Old Waldorf - KSAN - FM
San Francisco, CA
1978-06-11 (Sunday)

THTP Radio Release 2007

Lineage (for radio shows taped by Terry): 
Pioneer SX-828 Stereo Receiver > AKAI GXC-570D Cassette Deck w/Dolby > TDK SA-90 cassette tape

Archival Process (for radio shows taped by Terry): 
1999: Sony TC-KA3ES > cassette playback (NO Dolby) > BBE 462 Sonic Maximizer (to clean up tapes) >
Tascam DA-30 DAT > HHb DAT-125 DAT tape
2002: HHb CDR-850 Professional CD Recorder (In real time) > HHb CDR74 Gold 100 year archival grade CDRs
2005: Transfered to HDD in AIFF file format

Dime release processing: AIFF > FFMPEG > 16 bit FLAC 8 > tagging, images, checksums.

Recorded, preserved, and master files provided by: Terry Hammer

Setlist:
01. Don't Take No For An Answer
02. I'll Be Riding On A Side Car > band intros
03. Too Good To Be True
04. Martin
05. Grey Cortina
06. I'm All Right Jack > Tom comments
07. Long Hot Summer
08. (Sing if You're) Glad to Be Gay
09. Winter Of '79
10. Power In The Darkness > Tom comments > Power In The Darkness
11. Ain't Gonna Take It
12. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
13. Whitehouse Up Against The Wall > encore applause > KSAN >
14. Right On Sister > KSAN

Length: 1:03:48

Band:
Tom Robinson - bass,vocals
Danny Kustow - guitar
Dolphin Taylor - drums
Nick Plytas - keyboards

Notes:
* Note: EMI's "Tom Robinson Band ‎– The Anthology 1977-1979" lists:
https://www.discogs.com/Tom-Robinson-Band-The-Anthology-1977-1979/release/5313542
"Live At The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, June 1978:
2-2: Elgin Avenue"
But that song is not in this show/set/night. I don't know if TRB did more than 1 set, or more than 1 show at the Old Waldorf, but thought it worth mentioning.
* TRB's single "2-4-6-8 Motorway" was released late 1977. Their EP "Rising Free" was released November, 1977.  They performed most of the songs on these releases in this show (except the B side of the single, "I Shall Be Released"). This tour would have been to support their new LP "Power in the Darkness." The US release of that included the single and earlier EP in a bonus EP, so this tour would have been introducing all those songs live.
* TRB experienced a fair amount of member churn during their short career (1976-1979).
* A band like TRB would have been particularly impactful in San Francisco, particularly the San Francisco of the time.
* "Whitehouse Up Against The Wall" - a tribute to the MC5, as Tom said, "A really great band!".

* About TRB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Robinson_Band
"Tom Robinson Band (TRB) are a British rock band, established in 1976 by singer, songwriter and bassist Tom Robinson. The band's debut single "2-4-6-8 Motorway" was a top five hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1977, and their third single, "Up Against the Wall", is seen by some as a classic punk rock single;[1][2] while their début album, Power in the Darkness (1978), is regarded as a definitive late Seventies punk album."

* About Old Waldorf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Waldorf
"Old Waldorf was a music venue located in San Francisco, California. The famous club was located at 444 Battery St, and was originally opened by Jeffrey Pollack in 1976 before selling it to Bill Graham who closed it in 1983. During its time Old Waldorf hosted some of the biggest names in the music industry, such as AC/DC, Dire Straits, Blue Öyster Cult, Iggy Pop, Blondie, Rory Gallagher, Metallica, Pat Benatar, R.E.M., Spirit, Poco, U2 and Dead Kennedys.
The Punch Line comedy club now occupies part of Old Waldorf's location.". 
Note: 444 Battery Street (at Washington St.) is about 6 blocks from the location of the Mabuhay Gardens (at Broadway & Montgomery/Kearny), which was in a much seedier part of town (The Famous Carol Doda Condor Strip bar was right by the Fab Mab, on the corner of Broadway and Columbus). But the Old Waldorf was situated right in the heart of the downtown business district, which tended to be completely empty at night after the business crowd had left, so these two venues were very different in feel.
Terry: "The Punch Line was always on the one side of the Old Waldorf building. Jeffrey owned it also. He let me mix shows there a few times when there was no comedy going on that night so I could have some isolation."

* "halfway through this song I'm going to become a spokesman for the British conservative party... conservatives are pretty much the same the world over... and this isn't because we can support the conservatives, it's because we think they suck!!"

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The 2000 series of releases are not Terry Hammer Mixing board/AUD recordings. They were recorded either off of FM radio (by Terry, or by other people), or, in a few cases, are sourced from pre-FM tapes.

Terry recommends these recordings very highly. The radio stations (like KSAN) recorded these with a full sound truck, and very high end gear, so the sound is usually very good quality.

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Note on sources:
FM - recorded using an FM tuner to cassette deck.
Pre-FM - source tapes were from the pre-broadcast tapes.

Note on quality:
Because these FM and PreFM shows come from a variety of sources, and have various qualities, I will list the relative qualities of each 2xxx series release.  These qualities refer ONLY to the actual audio quality, not to the performances.
* Excellent - sounds/looks like a first generation master, no degradation of sound, full frequency range.
* Very good - 2nd gen or maybe lower bias cassette used to record.
* Good - audible hiss or dropouts, likely higher generation.
* Fair - sounds ok, but has audio issues, either high gen, errors in processing, whatever.
* Poor - does not sound good, for whatever reason.

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