John Cougar Mellencamp - The King Biscuit Flower Hour 7/22-28/91 (Pre-FM)

John Cougar Mellencamp
The King Biscuit Flower Hour 7/22-28/91
Pershing Municipal Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska August 12, 1982
For Broadcast The Week Of July 22 - July 28, 1991
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet Scan Included

Original Lineage: CD > E.A.C. (Secure) > FLAC 8

Additional Lineage: Trader's Little Helper (decode) > Wave 16bit/44,1khz > Goldwave v6.83 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8

01 King Biscuit Flower Hour Intro - Bill Minkin
02 Commercial - St. Pauli Girl Beer
03 Commercial - Certs Breath Mints
04 Commercial - Bacardi Breezer Gloria Estefon Give Away
05 Commercial - United States Marines
06 King Biscuit Flower Hour Intro - Bill Minkin
07 John Cougar Mellencamp - 30 Days In The Hole (Humble Pie)
08 John Cougar Mellencamp - Ain't Even Done With The Night
09 John Cougar Mellencamp - Thundering Hearts
10 John Cougar Mellencamp - Hand To Hold Onto
11 John Cougar Mellencamp - Fire And Water (Free)
12 John Cougar Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
13 King Biscuit Flower Hour Outro - Bill Minkin
14 Commercial - St. Pauli Girl Beer
15 Commercial - Certs Breath Mints
16 Commercial - United States Marines
17 Commercial - Greyhound Bus
18 King Biscuit Flower Hour Intro - Bill Minkin
19 John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack & Diane
20 John Cougar Mellencamp - Night Dancing
21 John Cougar Mellencamp - I Think I'm Really In Love
22 King Biscuit Flower Hour Outro - Bill Minkin
23 Commercial - Greyhound Bus
24 Commercial - St. Pauli Girl Beer
25 Commercial - United States Marines
26 King Biscuit Flower Hour Intro - Bill Minkin
27 John Cougar Mellencamp - I Need A Lover (Intro)
28 John Cougar Mellencamp - I Need A Lover
29 King Biscuit Flower Hour Wrap Up - Bill Minkin

Total Playing Time: 55mn 38sc

Known Faults:
- Track 06 "30 Days In The Hole" (Humble Pie) called "Days In The House" on cue sheet

I had this on my hard drive and it wasn't fully chaptered so I  decoded the flacs and cut the tracks with Goldwave. This is a great sounding Pre-FM recording. Worth the download time just to hear John and Band cover Humble Pie's "30 Days In The Hole" and Free's "Fire And Water".

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John Mellencamp & The Zone - My Father's Place: Roslyn, New York, USA August 23, 1979 (WLIR-FM)

John Mellencamp & The Zone
My Father's Place
Roslyn, New York, USA
August 23, 1979
WLIR-FM Broadcast Recording - Unknown Generation Cassette
Flac Level 8 24bit/48khz & HQ MP3 320kbps/48khz
Front Cover Only

New MEGA Link Add 03/17/2025

Lineage: FM Broadcast > Unknown Recording Equipment > Unknown Generation Cassette > Archive.org Upload > Webstream > Loop Back > HP Envy 700 Series > BEATS Audio Realtek High Definition Audio Soundcard > BEATS 10 band EQ > Goldwave v6.83 (recording, editing) > Wave 24bit/48khz > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 8

01 - A Little Night Dancin' >
02 - Sugar Marie
03 - American Dream
04 - Tonight >
05 - Miami >
06 - This Time
07 - I Need A Lover (Intro) - tape flip
08 - I Need A Lover (Continued)
09 - Small Paradise
10 - Nervous Breakdown (Eddie Cockran Cover)
11 - Welcome To Chinatown (w/Band Intros)
12 - Just Like Me Cause I'm Good In Bed (Skyhooks Cover) (w/Eric Rosser vocal)
13 - Encore Break
14 - I Need A Lover (Reprise) - cuts out

Total Playing Time: 1hr 9sc

John "Cougar" Mellencamp - lead vocals, guitar
Mike Wanchic – guitars, backing vocals
Larry Crane – guitars, backing vocals
Robert "Ferd" Frank – bass, backing vocals
Tom Knowles – drums, backing vocals
"Dr. Junkie" Eric Rosser – piano, keyboards

Notes:
- "Welcome To Chinatown" has a cut in the middle just after John says "this guys real bashful".
- I added some EQ to bring out the bass and the highs, it was mostly mid range. I also tried to even out the volume as much as possible. It still wavers a bit but is not as bad as it was.

I made this set from a webstream at Archive.org. Some of the shows there are restricted to stream only. This stream actually ran at 24bit/48khz so I encoded it as such. A spectrum file is included to prove it's lossless. It was a little flat toned so I ran it through an EQ. It's an enjoyable listen now.

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A Collective Of Live Musi Presentation

Willie Nelson, Neil Young & More - Farm Aid 2024 ~ SPAC: Saratoga Springs, NY September 21, 2024 (VgAud) - Master

Farm Aid 2024
SPAC - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
September 21, 2024
Very Good Audience Recording - Master
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Poster Pics Included

Taper: W Clark
Location: Sec 8, Row A, Seat 2
Source: SP BMC-2 > Naiant Tinybox > M10
Conversion: M10 > Audacity > xACT

Featuring:
Willie Nelson
John Mellencamp
Neil Young
Lucas Nelson
Margo Price
Mavis Staples
Dave Matthews
Nathaniel Rateliff

Willie Nelson

Intro
Whiskey River
Stay A Little Longer
Bloddy Mary Monday
I Never Cared For You
Texas Flood
Halfway To Heaven
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Angel Flying To Close To The Ground
On The Road Again
You Were Always On My Mind
Just Breathe
Georgia
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Everything Is Bullshit
Last Leaf
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die
I'll Fly Away*
It's Hard to Be Humble*
Will The Circle Be Unbroken*

*Most performers from the day

Neil Young

Intro
From Hank to Hendrix
Harvest Moon
Unknown Legend
Journey Through
Love Earth
Heart of Gold
Homegrown
Powderfinger


John Mellencamp

Intro
John Cocker
Paper in Fire
Small Town
Check It Out
Longest DaysJack & Diane
Rain on The Scarecrow
Pink Houses

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds

Intro
Save Me
Don't Drink The Water
Oh
Ants Marching
Lie In Our Graves
The Weight*

*Lukas Nelson on guitar & vocals
Micah Nelson on guitar
Nathaniel Rateliff on vocals


Margo Price

Intro
Hands of Time
Loner
Kissing You Goodbye
Wild at Heart
Never Say Die
Don't Make Me Up
Ways To Vie Wicked
Change of Hearts
God's Gonna Cut You Down

Mavis Staples

Intro
If You're Ready
I'm Just Another Soldier
Hand Writing On The Wall
Who Told You That
Heavy Makes You Happy
Friendship
Freedom Highway
City in The Sky

Lukas Nelson

Intro
Runnin' Shine
Sticks and Stones
Ladder of Love
Carolina
Someone Like You
Man with The Blues
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

Nathaniel Rateliff*

Intro (to the show)
Suffer Me
S.O.B.
Look It Here
Heartless
A Little Honey
Get Used to The Night
Intro
I Need Never Get Old
Love Don't

*There are a few glitches in the recording I believe from a cable issue.

I downloaded this recording for two reasons. #1 I love Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp #2 Because Speedy at So Many Roads To Ease My Soul is looking for recordings from Farm Aid. So hey 2 birds killed with one big rock. I don't post audience recordings unless they are worth listening to more than once so after downloading this I had to audition it before posting. I was sitting in my music room listening to this and Rosebud came in and sat on the couch. It was during the Willie Nelson set and something Willie sang or said made her giggle. I asked if she could hear everything okay and she said yes that she was enjoying it. I then asked would she listen to it again she replied yes. The sound is pretty good, some times a little distant sounding with some bottom end booming but all in all a very enjoyable listen.

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John Cougar Mellencamp - Farm Aid 30 ~ FirstMerit Bank Pavilion, Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois 09-19-2015 (SBD)

John Cougar Mellencamp
Farm Aid 30
FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois USA
September 19, 2015
Webcast/Soundboard Recording
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Introduction by Dave Matthews 1:06
02 Lawless Times 4:05
03 Small Town 5:08
04 Stones In My Passway 3:49
05 Check It Out 5:20
06 Rain On The Scarecrow 7:56
07 Paper In Fire 4:23
08 Crumblin’ Down 5:39
09 Authority Song 5:11
10 Pink Houses 7:02

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Westwood One Superstar Concert Series #92-45 ~ Farm Aid V, Texas Stadium, Irving, TX 03-14-1992 (Pre-FM)

Westwood One Superstar Concert Series #92-45

Farm Aid V
Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas March 14, 1992
for broadcast the weekend of November 7-8, 1992
Pre-FM Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet Scans Included

Featuring:

John Cougar Maellencamp

Neil Youn & The Stray Gators

Billy Falcon

Lynyrd Skynyrd (aka Friends Of Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Arc Angels

Thanks Go To Draftervoi For This One

01 Westwood One Superstars In Concert #92-45 Intro
02 Rain On The Scarecrow - John Mellencamp
03 The Authority Song - John Mellencamp
04 Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
05 Harvest Moon - Neil Young
06 Old King - Neil Young
07 Old Man - Neil Young
08 Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
09 Power Windows - Billy Falcon
10 Married In The Morning - Billy Falcon
11 Call Me The Breeze - Friends of Lynyrd Skynyrd
12 Sweet Home Alabama - Friends of Lynyrd Skynyrd
13 Living In A Dream - Arc Angels
14 Westwood One Superstars In Concert #92-45 Outro

Neil Young & The Stray Gators (Line Up 5):
Neil Young - vocals, acoustic guitar, guitjo, harmonica
Ben Keith - pedal steel, vocals
Nils Lofgren - guitar
Tim Drummond - bass
Kenny Buttrey - drums
Spooner Oldham - piano, organ
Nicolette Larson - background vocals

Arc Angels:
Doyle Bramhall II - guitar, vocals
Charlie Sexton - guitar, vocals
Chris Layton - drums
Tommy Shannon - bass

Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 (Friends Of Lynyrd Skynyrd):
Johnny Van Zant – lead vocals
Gary Rossington – guitars
Randall Hall – guitars, backing vocals
Ed King – guitars, backing vocals
Leon Wilkeson – bass, backing vocals
Artimus Pyle – drums, percussion
Billy Powell – keyboards
Kurt Custer – drums

Sourced From The Original Radio Broadcast Disc.

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John Cougar Mellencamp - The Source Star Fleet Network ~ Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, CO 08-16-1982 (Pre-FM)

 
John Cougar Mellencamp
The Source Star Fleet Network
Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, CO August 16, 1982
Aired January 19, 1983
Pre-FM Recording/Vinyl Rip
Flac & MP3 320kbps

Cue Sheet Not Included In Download So Grab It From Above!
Thanks Draftervoi For The Scan!!

01 Intro
02 30 Days In The Hole (Humble Pie)
03 Ain't Even Done With The Night
04 Thundering Hearts
05 Danger List
06 Hand To Hold On To
07 Hurts So Good
08 Down South Jukin' (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
09 Jack & Diane
10 This Time
11 I Need A Lover
12 Lovin' Mother Fo Ya
13 You Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones)
14 Close Enough
15 Hurts So Good (Reprise)

Another great Pre-FM recording and another fabulous performance from John Cougar Mellencamp. John plays a set of fan favorites and a sprinkling of cover songs from Humble Pie, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Rolling Stones. If you enjoyed the last Mellencamp upload we featured here you're really gonna love this one too... I guarantee it.

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John Cougar Mellencamp - Westwood One Superstars In Concert #PAN84-3 (Pre-FM)

John Cougar Mellencamp
Westwood One Superstars In Concert #PAN84-3
Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, In April 10, 1984
For airing the Weekend of November 10, 1984
Pre-FM Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet, Label, Box Cover, & Affidavit Scans Included

This Comes To Us Thanks To Draftervoi

Lineage: Pre-FM vinyls > ? > HDD > WAV > Audacity > TLH > FLAC (L8)

01 Introduction
02 Heartbreak Hotel (John Cale/Elvis Presley Cover)
03 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Animals Cover)
04 Pretty Ballerina (Left Banke Cover)
05 Ya Ya (Lee Dorsey Cover)
06 Jack And Diane
07 Crumblin’ Down
08 Hand To Hold On To
09 Authority Song
10 I Need A Lover
11 Play Guitar
12 Pink Houses
13 Golden Gates
14 Shoot Out The Lights (Richard Thompson Cover)
15 Serious Business
16 Hurts So Good
17 Jackie O

Total time: 1hr 17mn 02sc

John Mellencamp - vocals, guitar
Larry Crane - guitar
Mike Wanchic - guitar
John Cascella - keyboards
Toby Myers - bass
Kenny Aronoff - drums and percussion

Draftervoi's original notes:

Instead of trotting out the usual “hits plus new songs” set list, Mellencamp takes a tour through his record collection and opens up with four cover songs. His taste is more eclectic than you’d expect. He starts things off with “Heartbreak Hotel.” Yes, the Elvis Presley song... but he’s doing a note-for-note clone of John Cale’s ominous arrangement from the Slow Dazzle album.

Next up is a pretty standard cover of The Animals’ “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (but he beats Elvis Costello’s cover of the same song by a good two years), followed by a quick run through the Left Banke’s 1966 baroque-pop hit, “Pretty Ballerina.” He finishes up with Lee Dorsey’s “Ya Ya.”

Then he gets down to what you’d expect: songs from John Cougar, Nothing Matters and What If It Did, and American Fool. But he’s not done with showing off his good taste yet: at the end, he pulls out a cover of Richard Thompson’s “Shoot Out The Lights,” and calls him “one of the best songwriters writin’ songs today...” John Mellencamp was taking valuable air time on a nationally syndicated radio show to promote Richard Thompson. Pretty cool...

So this is something a bit different; you get five cover songs, none of which were ever officially released. I also did a painstaking manual removal of each click and pop, so this is about as perfect as this show will ever get. I included scans of the disc label, affidavit, cue sheet, and front cover.

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John Mellencamp - WMMS Coffee Break, Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH 07-25-1984 (Pre-FM)

John Mellencamp
WMMS Coffee Break
Agora Ballroom
Cleveland, OH
July 25, 1984
Pre-FM Master Reel
Flac Level 8
Cover Art Included

Source: Soundboard Analog Reel To Reel
Lineage: Reel To Reel Master>CDR>CDR>CDR>WAV(16 bit/44.1kHz)>
FLAC(16 bit/44.1kHz)
Mastering Information: CDR ripped to WAV with Exact Audio Copy. Wave files
converted to FLAC level 8 using FLAC Frontend.
01 Introduction
02 Crumblin' Down
03 All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix Cover)
04 Please Don't Bury Me (John Prine Cover)
05 Little Honda (Beach Boys Cover)
06 Authority Song
07 The Spider And The Fly (Rolling Stones Cover)
08 John Mellencamp On Stage Interview
09 Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin Cover)
10 Sam Stone (John Prine Cover)
11 Taxi Dancer
12 Five O'Clock World (Vogues Cover)
13 Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones Cover)
14 Thundering Hearts
15 Early Bird Cafe (The Serfs/Jerry Hahn Brotherhood Cover)
16 Pink Houses
17 Encore Break & Commentary
18 Last Of The Rock Stars (Elliot Murphy Cover)
19 White Middle Class Blues (Elliot Murphy Cover)
20 Jack & Diane
21 Closing

John Mellencamp guitar, vocals

When John Mellencamp agreed to do a WMMS Coffee Break show he had a few things the radio station had to agree too first. One it would be a one time only show, no rebroadcasts of any kind not even single tracks. Two it was going to be him alone playing an acoustic show. The program had started as an all acoustic affair but had grown to full concerts, John wanted to do the original format. WMMS-FM in Cleveland had been an early champion of Mellencamp when his albums were released under the name Johnny Cougar. Mellencamp felt deep appreciation for that when agreeing to this show. John threw in some great covers of some of his favorite songs, along with some of his own hits. This fabulous show, which comes from a Pre-FM master reel, is well worth the download.

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