Smokey Robinson - Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21 (Pre-FM)

Smokey Robinson
Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21
The Front Row Theater, Cleveland, Ohio 1982 or 1983
Pre-FM Recording
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No Cue Sheets
Label Scans Included

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Digitized From An Original Radio Broadcast Album

Lineage:  Pre-FM Vinyl LP > Sony PS-LX300H Belt Driven Turntable @ 33+1/3 RPM/60Hrz (Balanced, Needle Tracking, Azimuth & Pressure Dialed In) > Sony TA-AV561 AV Control Integrated Amplifier (bass/treble +/- zero) > Line In (4ft cables w/gold plated tips) > HP Envy 700 Series > BEATS Audio Realtek High Definition Audio Soundcard > Goldwave v6.83 (recording, editing) > Wave 24bit/96khz > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 8

Hosted By J.J. Johnson

01 Smokey Robinson - Smokey Speaks
02 Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21 Intro - J.J. Johnson
03 Smokey Robinson - Going To A Go-Go (The Miracles)
04 Smokey Robinson - I'll Try Something New (The Miracles)
05 Smokey Robinson - You Really Got A Hold On Me (The Miracles)
06 Smokey Robinson - The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage (The Miracles)
07 Smokey Robinson - Way Over There (The Miracles)
08 Commercial - Budweiser - The Gap Band (?)
09 Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21 Break - J.J. Johnson
10 Smokey Robinson - Tell Me Tomorrow
11 Smokey Robinson - Smokey Speaks
12 Smokey Robinson - Baby Come Close
13 Commercial - Budweiser
14 Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21 Break - J.J. Johnson
15 Smokey Robinson - Being With You/Aqui Con Tigo (Rare bilingual English/Spanish Arrangement)
16 Smokey Robinson - Smokey Speaks
17 Commercial - Budweiser - Jazz Instrumental
18 Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21 Break - J.J. Johnson
19 Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
20 Smokey Robinson - Smokey Speaks
21 Smokey Robinson - Cruisin' Sing Along
22 Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21 Wrap Up - J.J. Johnson

Total Playing Time: 51mn 46sc

JustDave's Notes:
- Thank you to Draftervoi, Sam Elliot's Mustache and avnut for input and assistance!

Run Out Grooves:
Side One : BC-82-21-A > ALSHIRE L-11448
Side Two : BC-82-21-A > ALSHIRE L-11448-X

Known Faults:
- No cue sheets included with album.
- When the previous owner wrote Smokey Robinson across the inner white sleeve, they pressed hard enough to leave the words indented into Side Two across both Sections 3 and 4. This of course made for quite a bit of noise that had to be removed.
- Westwood One packs over 50 minutes of music and commercials onto one album which causes "groove crowding". This "crowding" can cause vinyl damage while playing. This also causes a low needle rumble when playing which can be audible at times when digitizing vinyl.

Recording Notes:
- No show promo included on the reord set.
- Smokey sometimes speaks to the audience at length so I decided to separate the long spoken parts from the songs as "Smokey Speaks".

Editing Notes:
- Record hand cleaned with Record Research Lab Super Record Wash before playback.
- LP cleaned with the HumminGuru Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaning System prior to playback.
- A Zerostat Positive Ion gun was used on LP prior to playback.
- Raw transfer: EQ off, treble and bass levels set at +/- zero for most accurate sound of LP.
- Turntable balanced: Needle Tracking, Azimuth, Pressure & Antiskid Dialed In: Soundcard stereo field maximized: Goldwave always set to record while filtering any offset.
- Recording and all editing done in 24bit/96khz.
- Preservation being key the show is encoded complete with commercials and voiceovers.
- Declicked manually and some noise reduction used depending on what best served situation.

Other Notes:
- Smokey sings a very special version of "Being With You". 3 unique versions of the song were released. There was an english version called "Being With You". A Spanish version called "Aqui Con Tigo" and a bilingual English/Spanish version called "Being With You/Aqui Con Tigo". Smokey performs the bilingual English/Spanish version "Being With You/Aqui Con Tigo".
- I have included the Spanish and the English lyrics to "Being With You".
- The Front Row Theater, Cleveland, Ohio 1982 concert was broadcast by Westwood One as Westwood One Concerts & Specials #PC-83-24, Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21 and Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 83-06. Each was edited differently creating 3 unique broadcasts.
- Westwood One Concerts & Specials #PC-83-24 is a 2 record show edited as just one concert. Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 82-21 is said to be Part 2 of the Smokey Robinson concert and is a "all request set". The audience shouts out titles and Smokey plays them. Westwood One Budweiser Concert Hour #BC 83-06 is said to be Part 1 of the Smokey Robinson concert and consists of songs that sound like the edits used for Westwood One Concerts & Specials #PC-83-24.

Digitized By JustDave For The Collective Of Live Music

Project Started : May 22, 2023 Project Finished : May 31, 2025

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