Bridge School Benefit 1986-10-13 Shoreline Ampthitheatre Mountain View, CA

First Bridge School Benefit
Oct 13 1986
Presented by Pegi and Neil Young
Shoreline Ampthitheatre
Mountain View, CA

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OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This show came to me as a work in progress and the files were not completely processed because apparently this was another taper's project that was never fully completed.
I had to track out the raw WAV file for the Bruce Springsteen set in Audacity and also edit a tape flip at the end of the set and splice in the two encores, which had been tracked on to the end of the CSNY raw WAV file and did not appear to belong there. Two songs were missing in the Bruce Springsteen set and I couldn't locate them on any of the untracked raw WAV files that were supplied to me.
Fortunately I was able to obtain them from the same source a day later. They had inadvertently been left off the first batch sent to me, so those two tracks were level matched, and spliced into the Springsteen set with splices repaired. Each set is listed individually in separate folders, but the show will play sequentially in order from start to finish. All sound files have been down sampled to 16 bit / 44.1kHz in Audacity, and converted to FLAC with tags added via xACT 2.51. Thanks to all involved for the capture of this first ever Bridge benefit show, and thanks as well to 'Rocksuitcase' from Taperssection.com for making his uncompleted files available for me to add the finishing touches and complete this amazing show. The sound on the Bruce Springsteen set is a bit 'hollow', possibly as a result of weak internal batteries in the Nakamichi microphone bodies, but this is just a guess. Front-cover artwork added to FLAC tags.
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Set 1:

Nils Lofgren
01. Keith Don't Go
02. Wonderland
03. Believe
04. Man At The Top
05. Mud In Your Eye

Don Henley
01. Bill Graham intro & band intros **
02. The Boys Of Summer
03. New Kid In Town
04. Best Of My Love
05. Yes It Is
06. Desperado
07. You Don't Miss Your Water        ++
** (with J.D. Souther, Timothy B Schmidt, Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding)
++  cut at end; missed about 60 seconds

Set 2:

Neil Young & CSN
01. Comes A Time (Neil solo)
02. Heart Of Gold (Neil solo)
03. Helpless  (Neil with Bruce Springsteen and Nils Lofgren) **
04. I Am A Child (Neil solo)
05. Neil's Intro Of CSN
06. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
07. Change Partners
08. Daylight Again / Find The Cost Of Freedom
09. Ohio

Set 3:

Tom Petty    [22:57]
01. American Girl
02. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
03. Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid)
04. The Waiting        (w/Benmmont Tench - keys)
05. It'll All Work Out (w/Benmmont Tench - keys)
06. Twist And Shout    (w/Benmmont Tench - keys)

Robin Williams   [15:33]
01. Standup Comedy, Springsteen Intro

Bruce Springsteen (With Nils Lofgren and Danny Federici)   
01. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)   solo a' capella
02. Born In The U.S.A.
03. Seeds
04. Darlington County
05. Mansion On The Hill
06. Fire
07. Dancing In The Dark (tape flip)
08. Glory Days
09. Follow That Dream
Encores:
10. Hungry Heart (with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
11. Teach Your Children (With all the day's performers)

**  Bruce on Acoustic guitar, Nils on Accordion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TSV8LnWn1s        Robin Williams set
https://www.bridgeschool.org/about/history/        Bridge School info

Recording Information:
2nd GEN CA AUD
microphones: Nakamichi 300's shotgun capsules > dbx 224 NR
recorder: Sony TC-D5M
location: lawn 40 feet from stacks
1st gen transfer: Sony TC-D5M > dbx 224 > Nakamichi LX5 Dolby C
digital transfer: Nakamichi LX5 > Benchmark AD2k @24/48 > Marantz PMD 661|SD
Recorded by:
transferred: via TP: KAH

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Don Henley 1985-08-09 Pier 84, New York City, NY

Don Henley
Pier 84, New York City, NY
Date: 9 Aug 1985
Source: Audience
Transfer: CD-R from trade > EAC > FLAC Level 8 > you
Sound Quality: A- in my rating and ears....

Setlist
1 Building The Perfect Beast
2 Dirty Laundry
3 Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed
4 You Can't Make Love
5 You're Not Drinking Enough
6 Them And Us
7 Lilah
8 Witchy Woman
9 Life In The Fast Lane
10 Not Enough Love In The World
11 Sunset Grill
12 Talking To The Moon
13 band intro
14 The Boys Of Summer
15 You Better Hang Up
16 All She Wants To Do Is Dance
17 Johnny Can't Read
18 Desperado
19 Hotel California

Im cleaning up external hard drives, dusty shelves, boxes etc and
do some re-runs of boots I've previously upped and some newies
before the stuff is stored away.

Great recording from Building The Perfect Beast Tour.
This is intended for free trade only. Do not buy or sell!!

Enjoy the music
Upped on Dime by Hanshcv January 2010

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Mulholland Tomorrow Benefit Don Henley & Guests (Tom Petty / Linda Ronstadt / Jackson Browne / Stevie Nicks) 1985-09-17 Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles, CA

Mulholland Tomorrow Benefit
Don Henley & Guests
(Tom Petty / Linda Ronstadt / Jackson Browne / Stevie Nicks)
Universal Amphitheatre
Los Angeles, CA
September 17, 1985
(1st Generation)

Transfer: 1st Gen Tape > .wav File > Peak Pro 6 (pitch adjusted) > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC

DON HENLEY
01 You Can’t Make Love
02 You Drink Too Much
03 Them And Us
04 Witchy Woman
05 Life In The Fast Lane
06There’s Just Not Enough Love In The World
07 All She Wants To Do Is Dance
TOM PETTY
08 Bye Bye Johnny
09 Don’t Bring Me Down
10 Straight Into Darkness
11 Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around w/Stevie Nicks
12 Shout
LINDA RONSTADT
13 Blue Bayou
14 I Knew You When
15 Tumbling Dice
JACKSON BROWNE
16 Running On Empty w/Stevie Nicks
17 Lives In The Balance
18 For America
STEVIE NICKS
19 Stand Back
20 Leather And Lace w/Don Henley
DON HENLEY
21 My Town
22 Desperado
23 Hotel California

Known Faults:
-Likely missing at least “Building The Perfect Beast”, “Dirty Laundry”, “Drivin’ With Your Eyes Closed” and “A Month Of Sundays”
-Them And Us: end cut, only 1:46 long
-Witchy Woman: start cut, only 2:00 long
-Bye By Johnny: almost seamless splice
-Stop Draggin' My heart Around: splice

In the early 1980's Don Henley was one of the founders of "Mulholland Tomorrow", a celebrity studded organization dedicated to combat housing development in the Santa Monica mountains. In September the foundation put on a benefit concert headlined by Don Henley with a number of invited guests.

The show kicks off with a set from Henley who was on tour at the time and had already played two nights at the Universal Amphitheatre about two weeks before.
Unfortunately, the taper appears to have missed the first four songs or so from the set based on the standard 1985 setlist. On most nights "Building The Perfect Beast”, “Dirty Laundry” and “Drivin’ With Your Eyes Closed” were generally played before "You Can't Make Love". A newspaper review from the time also mentions the debut of "A Month Of Sundays" during the set but missing here as well. The Henley set is unremarkable and there are a number of circulating tapes from the tour including an FM from one of the previously mentioned nights at the Universal Amphitheatre. For whatever reason, taper issue or trade issue, those songs are not here and tape one starts mid-set. The taper also seems to have some technical issues a few songs in as "Them And Us" cuts off after 1:46 and "Witchy Woman" misses a substantial portion of the start clocking in at only 2 minutes.

The show then becomes very interesting, first up is a Tom Petty mini-set. Petty's 'Southern Accents' Tour ended in San Diego on August 9th and this was the first show after the proper tour end. He also played the Sanctuary Benefit two nights later in Tucson with many of the same performers from this show and Farm Aid on the 22nd. What's interesting about Petty's set is he plays a number of songs not regularly played on the 'Southern Accents' Tour. A fabulous version of "Don't Bring Me Down" is reprised from earlier tours, "Straight Into Darkness" one of the strongest 'Long After Dark' tracks and "Shout" are reprised from the 'Long After Dark' tour and Petty's take on the Chuck Berry classic "Bye Bye Johnny", possibly played for the first time before playing it at Farm Aid and then semi-regularly during the 1986 tour supporting Dylan and the 1987 'Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)' Tour. Of course with Stevie Nicks in the house we get the obligatory "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around".

The next mini-set from Linda Ronstadt is a real treat and appears to be her only 1985 performance and the only performance in a rock setting between 1984-1986 as she was at the height of her Nelson Riddle Orchestra phase of her career.
It's a joy to hear her once again stretch out on "Blue Bayou" and "Tumbling Dice". I am also only aware of one other playing of Billy Joe Royal's "I Knew You When" in Boston on July 22, 1983.

Jackson is up next, again between tours and a rare 1985 stage appearance, also plays a 3 song mini-set, opening with a nice version of "Running On Empty" with Stevie Nicks on backing vocals (at least that's what I'm told) and then 2 new songs to be released the following year on the overtly political "Lives In The Balance".

The guest slots come to a close with a 2 song set from Stevie Nicks, as with the others, not currently on tour at the time. This appears to be one of 3 on stage performances in 1985 for Stevie and features a nice version of "Leather And Lace" with Don Henley.

The show wraps with 3 more from Henley opening with a cover of the Michael Stanley song "My Town", I believe this is the only time this song was ever played. The show then closes as you would expect.

I'm hoping for those that collect Tom, Linda, Jackson or Stevie this fills a 1985 gap.

Thanks to my 30+ year trading compadre MR for the file set.

Samples in comments and artwork included...

mjk5510

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Don Henley 1985-07-14 Zoo Amphitheater Oklahoma City, OK

Don Henley
Zoo Amphitheater
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 14, 1985
(Audience Master)

Taped, transferred and upped by mjk5510 (June 2013)

Recording: 2 x Sony ECM33F > WMD6

Transfer: Audience Master > Nakamichi CR5A (azimuth adjusted) > MacBook Pro > Audacity > Peak Pro XT (volume smoothing / subtle tweak / indexing) > xACT > FLAC

First time digitized and put into mainstream circulation directly from my master tapes.

For those that burn CD's, suggested break is before Sunset Grill, no fades added for those that no longer burn to CD except for the beginning and the end of the show.

No cuts, no dialogue or music missing, samples in comments.

101 Building The Perfect Beast
102 Dirty Laundry
103 Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed
104 You Can't Make Love
105 You're Not Drinking Enough
106 One Finger On The Button
107 Lilah
108 Witchy Woman
109 Life In The Fast Lane
110 Not Enough Love In The World
201 Sunset Grill
202 Talking To The Moon
203 Band Introductions
204 Boys Of Summer
205 You Better Hang Up
206 Man With A Mission
207 All She Wants To Do Is Dance
208 Johnny Can't Read
209 Desperado
210 Hotel California

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