LIVE AT THE CLUB DETROIT (port chester 1980)

 

 

 

 

Format: 2 CDR, 16 tracks, ~ 89 min

Label: Zone 51 Prod 280.01/02

 

 

Disc 1 : 37.58

01. tyler soudcheck

02. back in the saddle

03. mama kin

04. i wanna know why

05. big ten inch record

06. dream on

07. three mile smile

08. reefer head woman

 

Disc 2 : 50.35

01. Rats in the cellar

02. Remember (walking in the sand)

3. Lick and a promise

04. Walk this way

05. Lord of the thighs

06. Same old song and dance

07. Milk cow blues

8. Toys in the attic

 

Recorded live at:

The club detroit.port chester.ny.usa

April 12^th.1980

 

Comments: 

Audience recording

For a long time this show was known

as Club Detroit, Boston 4/12/80.

But there was no Club Detroit in

Boston, but there was a club called

Detroit in Port Chester. Confusing

matters is that Club was on a street

named Boston. Also Tyler says

"Good evening hometown.

" But at this time Tyler was living in

 New York, not Boston. Lastly a ticket

stub has turned up listing 4/22/80 as the date that I posted in the comments section. If anyone has other info, let us know! Here, the band returns to the clubs for several shows. As Tom Hamilton explained it during a 1980 radio interview, Tyler had burned out from the road by the spring. The band then started to rehearse new material, but didn't want to go on a massive tour. So to keep their chops up, it was into the clubs.

Tyler can be heard singing “Heartbreak Hotel” during the soundcheck before the show as the taper is told to leave a couple of times!

“Good evening home town. Hello mommy and daddy,” Tyler says sluggishly after the opening pair of songs. The recording apparently was made stage right or Whitford's side as Crespo is barely audible for most of the gig. The recording makes for an excellent study of Whitford's playing.  More of subtleties of the songs come out in the small club and tunes seem more plodding on this night.  Someone in the crowd is obsessed with yelling “You are number one!”  at the band all night. During “Lick And A Promise” Tyler's vocals become harder to hear and remain so for the balance of the show.  Kramer's distinctive drum intros to “Lick And A Promise,” “Walk This Way,” and “ Lord Of The Thighs” are played back to back to back here. The unbalanced recording provides a unique version of the latter. Whitford's vibrato is super intense during “Milk Cow Blues.” An interesting show. Tyler is definitely under the influence, but still hits all his cues, but sometimes in a sluggish manner.