Aldo Nova / George Thorogood & The Destroyers - King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 (Pre-FM)

Aldo Nova / George Thorogood & The Destroyers
King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421
Aldo Nova: Bouck Gym, State University Of New York, Cobleskill, New York, USA February 27, 1982
George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Perkin's Palace, Pasadena, California December 11, 1981
For Broadcast May 30, 1982
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
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Flac Level 8 24bit/96khz
High Quality MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cue Sheet & Label Scans Included

From The Collection Of Sam Elliot's Mustache

Brought To You By The Collective Of Live Music

Digitized From An Original 3 Sided 2 Record Radio Broadcast Set

Lineage:  Pre-FM 2x Vinyl LP Set > 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 > Goldwave v6.83 (re-sample) > Wave 16bit/44,1 > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8 16bit/44,1khz

Hosted By Bill Minkin

01 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Intro & Break - Bill Minkin
02 Commercial - J.C. Penny MCS Home Stereo Systems
03 Comerrcial - United States Navy
04 Aldo Nova - Cry Baby Cry (unreleased at the time of concert)
05 Aldo Nova - Hot Love
06 Aldo Nova - It's Too Late
07 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Break - Bill Minkin
08 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
09 Commercial - Nestle's $100,000 Candy Bar
10 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Intro - Bill Minkin
11 Aldo Nova - Fooling Yourself
12 Aldo Nova - Under The Gun
13 Aldo Nova - War Suite (Instrumental) (unreleased at the time of concert, not listed on cue sheet)
14 Aldo Nova - Fantasy
15 Aldo Nova - Heart To Heart
16 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Break - Bill Minkin
17 Commercial - Jenson Car Audio Systems
18 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Intro - Bill Minkin
19 George Thorogood - I'm Wanted (Willie Dixon) (mis-named Wanted on cue sheet)
20 George Thorogood - Can't Stop Lovin' (Elmore James) (mis-named She Won't Treat Me Right on cue sheet)
21 George Thorogood - Move It On Over (Hank Williams Sr.)
22 George Thorogood - No Particular Place To Go (Chuck Berry)
23 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Break - Bill Minkin
24 Commercial - J.C. Penny MCS Home Stereo Systems
25 Comerrcial - United States Navy
26 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
27 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Wrap Up - Bill Minkin
28 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Show Promo w/Voiceover - Bill Minkin
29 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-421 Show Promo Music Only

Total Playing Time: 1hr 2mn 12sc

Aldo Nova lead vocals, guitar

Aldo Nova Band:
Kevin Carlson guitar
Billy Carmassi drums
David Sikes bass
Paul Horowitz keyboards

George Thorogood lead vocals, lead & slide guitar

The Destroyers:
Billy Blough bass
Hank Carter saxophone
Jeff Simon drums

Runout Grooves:
Side A : KB-421-A MCR JOE
Side B : KB-421-B MCR JOE
Side C : KB-421-C MCR JOE

JustDave's Notes:
- Huge Thank You To Sam Elliot's Mustache for sending me his vinyl to encode!
- Thank you also to the other members of The Collective Of Live Music for help and inspiration.
- Thank you to the website https://throgood5050tour.wordpress.com for the proof of the George Thorogood date with 6 print ads and 1 ticket stub.

Known Faults:
- As with all King Biscuit shows I've edited so far, the commercials had a maked difference in volume to the music.
- Volume of commercials was adjusted to match the body of the show. This causes excessive needle noise

Recording Notes:
- There is a locked groove test tone at the beginning of Side A for radio stations to set balance and output levels before broadcast. It was not encoded.
- There are two locked groove show promos at the end of Side A. They have been encoded and moved to the end of the program.

Editing Notes:
- Records 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 & tone arm balanced: Needle Tracking & Azimuth set: Needle Pressure & Antiskid digitaly set.
- Soundcard stereo field maximized.
- Goldwave 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.
- A High Pass Filter with an initial cutoff of 60khz with a Static Steepness of 2 was used to lessen the needle noise during commercials. This needle noise being due to the low volume of the commercials and having to raise said volume to match the music and voiceovers.

Other Notes:
- The Aldo Nova portion of the show was released again by King Biscuit Flower Hour as Best Of The Biscuit #435 but "Heart To Heart" was not included
- The opening act for George Thorogood & The Destroyers at Perkin's Palace was Blues Legend Albert Collins

Digitized By JustDave For Sam Elliot's Mustache & The Collective Of Live Music

Project Started : July 16, 2025      Project Finished : July 22, 2025

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Aldo Nova / Prism - King Biscuit Flower Hour Best Of The Biscuit #435 (Pre-FM)

Aldo Nova / Prism
King Biscuit Flower Hour Best Of The Biscuit #435
Aldo Nova: Bouck Gym, State University Of New York, Cobleskill, New York, USA February 27, 1982
Prism: Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA April 25, 1982
For Broadcast September 5, 1982
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 24bit/96khz
Flac Level 8 16bit/44,1khz
High Quality MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cue Sheet And Label Scans Included

From The Collection Of Sam Elliot's Mustache

Brought to you by The Collective Of Live Music

Digitized From An Original 3 Sided 2 LP Radio Broadcast Set

Lineage:  Pre-FM 2x Vinyl LP Set > Sony PS-LX300H Belt Driven Turntable @ 33+1/3 RPM 60Hrz > Sony TA-AV561 AV Control Integrated Amplifier > 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 Bill Minken

00 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Test Tone
01 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Intro - Bill Minken
02 Commercial - Jenson Sound Systems
03 Aldo Nova - Cry Baby Cry (unreleased at the time of concert)
04 Aldo Nova - Hot Love
05 Aldo Nova - It's Too Late
06 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Break - Bill Minken
07 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
08 Commercial - United States Navy
09 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Intro - Bill Minken
10 Aldo Nova - Fooling Yourself
11 Aldo Nova - Under The Gun
12 Aldo Nova - War Suite (Instrumental) (unreleased at the time of concert, not listed on cue sheet)
13 Aldo Nova - Fantasy
14 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Break - Bill Minken
15 Commercial - Nestles $100,000 Bar
16 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
17 Prism - Young And Restless
18 Prism - Rain
19 Prism - When Will I See You Again
20 Prism - Don't Let Him Know (misidentified as "Don't Let Him Go" on cue sheet)
21 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Break - Bill Minken
22 Commercial - Levi's Belt
23 Commercial - United States Navy
24 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Wrap Up - Bill Minken
25 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Promo Bed With Voiceover - Bill Minken
26 Best Of The Biscuit 9/5/82 Promo Bed Music Only

Total Playing Time: 59mn 41sc

Aldo Nova Bouck Gym, State University Of New York, Cobleskill, New York, USA February 27, 1982
Prism Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA April 25, 1982

JustDave's Notes:

- Huge Thank You To Sam Elliot's Mustache for sending me his vinyl to encode!
- Thank you also to Draftervoi, Sam Elliot's Mustache and Matt for impute and assistance.

Run Out Grooves:
Side A : BOB-435-A MCR Joe
Side B : BOB-435-B MCR Joe
Side C : BOB-435-C MCR Joe

Recording Notes:
- There is a locked groove test tone at the beginning of Side A for radio stations to set output levels before broadcast. Not included in this encoding.
- There are 2 locked groove show promos at the end of Side A. I moved them to the end of the show.

Editing Notes:
- Records 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.
- Preservation being key the show is encoded complete with commercials, and voiceovers.
- All editing done in 24bit/96khz
- Declicked manualy and some noise reduction used depending on what best served situation.

Other Notes:
- Aldo Nova was on tour to promote his debut album Aldo Nova.
- The songs "Cry Baby Cry" and "War Suite (Instrumental)" were unreleased until Aldo Nova's 2nd album Subject Aldo Nova.
- The Aldo Nova portion of the show was broadcast previously as King Biscuit Flower Hour 5/30/82 Aldo Nova / George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
- The first broadcast of Aldo Nova's set also had the song "Heart To Heart"
- Prism was on tour to promote their 5th studio album Small Change their best commercial success.
- This show Prism opened for Loverboy. Both bands were recorded that day for King Biscuit Flower Hour.
- The Prism portion of this show was broadcast before as Prism / Ian Hunter King Biscuit Flower Hour KB 420 broadcast May 23, 1982. Prism's complete set from Wings Stadium including the encore was broadcast.
- Small Change spawned 2 singles. "Don't Let Him Know" which hit #1 on US Billboard Mainstream Tracks. "Turn On Your Radar" was the follow up single peaking only at #64.
- Famous early members of Prism are: Early Drummer Jim Vallance went on to write many hit songs with Bryan Adams. Early Sax Player Bruce Fairbairn went on to become a successful producer who worked with such bands as Aerosmith, Kiss, and Bon Jovi. He also played trumpet on the Aerosmith's Permanent Vacation as part of The Marguerita Horns. Rhythm guitarist/bassist Tom Lavin also produced albums by Powder Blues, and April Wine.

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Digitized By JustDave For Sam Elliot's Mustache & The Collective Of Live Music April 5, 2025

Aldo Nova - The Centrum: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA September 24, 1982 (FM) - Master

Aldo Nova
The Centrum
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
September 24, 1982
WAAF-FM 107.3 Broadcast Recording - Master Tape
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

Opening For Blue Oyster Cult

Lineage: FM Broadcast > TEAC Tape Deck > MAXELL XLII Tape > TEAC Tape Deck > Audacity > Wave > Trader's Little Helper > Flac

01 WAAF Steve Stockman Intro
02 Cry Baby Cry
03 Hot Love
04 Aldo Nova Talks
05 Foot Stomping Music (Grand Funk Railroad)
06 Foolin' Yourself
07 All Night Long
08 Fantasy
09 Heart To Heart
10 Steve Stockman Outro

This show really takes me back. In 1982 I was still in High School and was driving my first car a Chocolate Brown 1972 Chevy Nova SS that had a very loud stereo in it. The 1st Aldo Nova album was played a lot in that car. Aldo Nova released an album that helped start a wave of commercial Heavy Metal music from America. Love the fact that Aldo Nova covers Grand Funk Railroad's "Foot Stomping Music" during his set, Michigan pride you know.

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Aldo Nova - King Biscuit Flower Hour 1982 & 1984 (FM)

Aldo Nova
King Biscuit Flower Hour 1982 & 1984
Subject Tour St. Louis, Mo 1984
Aldo Nova Tour New York City, NY 1982
FM Recording Recordings
MP3 192kps
No Cover Art

Pulled from two separate KBFH shows.

01 Subjects Theme
02 Monkey On Your Back
03 Always Be Mine
04 Heart To Heart
05 Hey Operator
06 Cry Baby Cry
07 Paradise
08 Hold Back The Night
09 All Night Long
10 War Suite
11 Fantasy
12 Cry Baby Cry
13 Hot Love
14 It's Too Late
15 Foolin' Yourself
16 Under The Gun
17 Subject's Theme
18 Fantasy

Tracks 1 - 11 from 1984
Tracks 12 - 18 from 1982

total time 1h 16m 54s

According to the liner notes to the remastered re-released Aldo Nova CD, Aldo got his big break while portraying George Harrison in a Canadian Beatles tribute band. He was offered a chance to collaborate with a local recording artist. That relationship failed but Aldo was offered a contract with ATV Music Productions on the strength of the songs themselves.

Aldo started recording demos and shopping them around landing a contract with Portrait records in 1981. The label sent the demos to Rush producer Terry Brown who sent them back saying Aldo needed no help and should produce himself. The demos themselves were pressed as Aldo Nova's first LP after being remixed by Tony Bonjiovi. In exchange for the mixing help Aldo agreed to help out Tony's cousin Jon Bonjiovi who was working on his own demos. Aldo laid down guitar on what would be Jon Bon Jovi's first hit single "Runaway". Uncredited and unknown to most Bon Jovi fans is that Aldo also provided the high pitch vocals on that song as well, not Jon.

Aldo's following 2 LP's failed to reach the success of their predecessor due to the American Heavy Metal explosion. Aldo's Pop Metal music was lost in a sea of similar sounding Metal releases. Aldo went on to work with Lita Ford and the very Non-Metal Michael Bolton. He also helped Jon Bon Jovi write and record his Blaze Of Glory LP. Bon Jovi re-payed the favor by helping Aldo with his comeback LP Blood On The Bricks. After that LP failed to catch on Aldo became a producer songwriter. He now has the very Non-Metal position of playing synthesizer and guitar for Celine Dion. He has also written and produced many songs for her including her comeback smash "A New Day Has Come". Aldo also wrote Clay Aiken's number #1 Hit Single "This Is The Night".

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Aldo Nova - The Centrum, Worcester, MA, 09-24-1982 (FM)

Aldo Nova
The Centrum
Worcester, MA
September 24, 1982
WAAF 107.3 FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Maxell XLII Tape > Teac tape Deck > Audacity > Wave > Traders Little Helper > Flac

01 WAAF Steve Stockman Intro
02 Cry Baby Cry
03 Hot Love
04 Aldo Nova Talks
05 Foot Stomping Music
06 Foolin' Yourself
07 All Night Long
08 Fantasy
09 Heart To Heart
10 Steve Stockman Outro

This is a great sounding FM recording from Aldo Nova's tour to promote his fist album. Titled simply Aldo Nova the album went double platinum on the strength of the hit single "Fantasy". "Fantasy" went to #23 on the US Billboard Hot 100, as it became an FM radio staple for the summer. Aldo went on a very successful tour opening for Blue Öyster Cult. Since Aldo has enjoyed a successful career as a songwriter and producer. He has written and/or produced tracks for Clay Aiken, Céline Dion, Faith Hill, Blue Öyster Cult, Jon Bon Jovi and more.

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