John Waite
King Biscuit Flower Hour Show #KB-553
The Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan, October 22, 1984
Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana October 24, 1984
For Broadcast December 9, 1984
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 24bit/96khz
Flac Level 8 16bit/44,1khz
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 > 280gram Record Weight > Sony PS-LX300H Belt Driven Turntable @ 33+1/3 RPM/60Hrz (Turntable & Tone Arm Balanced: Needle Tracking & Azimuth Set: Tone Arm Pressure Digitally Dialed In at .84: Anti-Skid set 1.0) > 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 (Stereo Field Maximized) > Goldwave v6.83 (recording, editing) > Wave 24bit/96khz > Goldwave v6.83 (LAME) (encoding, tagging) > Flac Level 8 24bit/96khz
Hosted By Bill Minkin
01 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Intro & Break - Bill Minkin
02 Commercial - Levi's Cords
03 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Intro - Bill Minkin
04 John Waite - Saturday Night
05 John Waite - Tears (Peter Criss)
06 John Waite - Dark Side Of The Sun
07 John Waite - The Choice (Unreleased at the time)
08 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Break - Bill Minkin
09 Commercial - Budweiser Beer - Ronnie James Dio
10 Commercial - Levi's Cords
11 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Intro - Bill Minkin
12 John Waite - Dream Time/Shake It Up
13 John Waite - Missing You
14 John Waite - Change (Spider)
15 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Break - Bill Minkin
16 Commercial - United States Army
17 Commercial - Levi's Cords
18 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Intro - Bill Minkin
19 John Waite - Euroshima (called Hiroshima on cue sheet)
20 John Waite - For Your Love (including Band Introductions)
21 John Waite - Midnight Rendezvous (The Babys)
22 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Break - Bill Minkin
23 Commercial - Budweiser Beer - The Icicle Works
24 Commercial - Levi's Cords
25 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Wrap Up - Bill Minkin
26 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Promo Bed w/Voiceover - Bill Minkin
27 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-553 Promo Bed Music Only
Total Playing Time: 1hr 2mn 4sc
John Waite Band 1984:
John Waite lead vocals
Earl Slick guitar
Carmine Rojas bass
Alan Childs drums
Tommy Mandel keyboards
Runout Grooves:
Side A: KB-553-A MCR JOE (Script)
Side B: KB-553-B MCR JOE (Script)
Side C: KB-553-C MCR JOE (Script)
Side D: Blank
JustDave's Notes:
- Big Thank You to Sam Elliot's Mustache for sending in his vinyl for encoding.
- Thank to my fellow members of The Collective Of Live Music for all the help and inspiration.
Known Flaws:
- The second Levi's Cords commercial has a sound effect that sounds so close to record static I don't know what the producers were thinking. It is not the record it is the effect.
- At the beginning of "Euroshima" there is a stage noise like a loose cable.
Recording Notes:
- There is a locked groove test tone at the start of Side A for DJs to set levels and ballance befor broadcasting. It has not been encoded.
- There are 2 locked groove show promo beds at the end of Side B. One with a Bill Minkin voiceover one without, they have been encoded and moved to the end of the program.
Editing Notes:
- A Zerostat Positive Ion gun was used on LPs prior to playback.
- A carbon fiber record brush, then a microfiber disc cleaner was used on the records prior to playback.
- Records hand cleaned with Record Research Lab Super Record Wash before playback.
- LP cleaned with the HumminGuru Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaning System using distilled water 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:
- Computer Soundcard stereo field maximized.
- Goldwave set to record while filtering any DC 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 the situation.
- Raised the volume of the commercials to match that of the music and voice overs.
- A rumble filter with an initial cut off of 50khz and a static steepness of 2 was used to lessen the needle noise on the commercials due to having to raise the volume to match that of the music and voice overs.
Other Notes:
- John Waite dedicates the song "Dream Time/Shake It Up" to John Lennon saying he wrote it years ago in New York.
- The song "The Choice" was unreleased at the time of this recording. It would be released on Waite's 3rd solo album Mask Of Smiles.
- This broadcast was recorded at 2 locations and edited to make one show.
- History and Photos of the Historic Fox Theater in Detroit, Michigan available at https://historicdetroit.org/buildings/fox-theatre
- Fox Theater Detroit Michigan Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FoxTheatreDetroit/
- Detroit Historical Society Web Page on Fox Theater https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/fox-theatre
Digitized By JustDave For Sam Elliot's Mustache And The Collective Of Live Music
Project Started: June 11, 2026 Project Finished: June 14, 2026
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