The Outlaws / Johnny & The Distractions
King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429
The Outlaws: The Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA June 29, 1982
Johnny & The Distractions: Cardies, San Antonio, Texas, USA March 26, 1982
For Broadcast July 25, 1982
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 24bit/96khz
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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-429 Intro & Break - Bill Minkin
02 Commercial - Johnson & Johnson Baby Oil
03 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Intro - Bill Minkin
04 The Outlaws - Devil's Road
05 The Outlaws - Don't Stop
06 The Outlaws - Angel's Hide
07 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Break - Bill Minkin
08 Commercial - Jensen High Fidelity Systems
09 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
10 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Intro - Bill Minkin
11 The Outlaws - Goodbye
12 The Outlaws - Fox Trot Lilly
13 The Outlaws - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
14 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Break - Bill Minkin
15 Commercial - United States Navy
16 Commercial - Johnson & Johnson Baby Oil
17 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
18 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Intro - Bill Minkin
19 Johnny & The Distractions - Let It Rock
20 Johnny & The Distractions - Shoulder Of The Road
21 Johnny & The Distractions - Complicated Man
22 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Break - Bill Minkin
23 Commercial - United States Navy
24 Commercial - Nestle's $100,000 Candy Bar
25 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Wrap Up - Bill Minkin
26 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Promo Bed w/Voiceover - Bill Minkin/The Outlaws
27 King Biscuit Flower Hour #KB-429 Promo Bed Music Only - The Outlaws
Total Playing Time: 1hr 18sc
The Outlaws:
Hughie Thomasson (R.I.P.) lead, backing & harmony vocals; lead, rhythm & harmony guitars
Freddie Salem lead, backing & harmony vocals; lead, rhythm & harmony guitars
Rick Kua bass; backing & harmony vocals
David Dix drums
Johnny & The Distractions:
Johnny Koonce lead vocals, guitar
Greg Perry piano, organ, percussion
Mark Spangler lead guitar
Larue Todd bass
Kevin Jarvis drums, percussion
Runout Grooves:
Label Side A: KB-429-A @+SP or 5P
Label Side B: KB-429-B @+SP or 5P
Label Side C: KB-429-C @+SP or 5P
Label Side D: KB-429-D @+SP or 5P
JustDave's Notes:
- Thank you again to Sam Elliot's Mustache for sending in his vinyl for encoding.
- Thank you to Detective Draftervoi for his deep dive into the net for news paper coverage of The Outlaws and Johnny & The Distractions. You always go above and beyond.
Recording Notes:
- On the cue sheet it states that there is an "Ovu" test tone at the beginning of Side A but the tone is not there. Did the mastering room for get to put the test tone on the record.
Known Faults:
- The sound on this King Biscuit record set is not quite the same as I have gotten used to over the past couple years editing King Biscuit vinyl for Sam Elliot's Mustache.
- The volume was a little uneven on this one, each section seemed to have it's own volume and the song "Fox Trot Lilly" the drums were mostly shifted to the right side and overpowered the left side.
- It was not mastered at The Master Cutting Room by JOE. It was mastered at a place I can not decifer. It looks like a @ sign with a + sign on the end and an SP or 5P all in script.
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.
- Volume differences adjusted after all other editing was finished.
Other Notes:
- At first I wondered what was so different about The Outlaws sound on this recording from all other's that I have and it's that there are only 2 guitar players not 3. Also the newer songs seem to lean more into the Hard Rock elements instead of the Southern Music elements. Third the harmony vocals just are not there either.
- The Outlaws would be dropped by their label after the tour due to poor sales of the 1982 album Los Hombres Malo. The following tours would have shows at small clubs and slow sales of later releases.
- Hughie Thomasson ended up joining the Johnny Van Zant lead Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1996 staying with the band until 2005. Hughie died in his sleep from a heart attack September 9, 2007 from a heart attack, he was 55.
- Johnny & The Distractions were described to me as kind of a Bruce Springsteenish musically. I would say some Bruce elements are there as well as some Bryan Adams and John Cougar. This is not to say they are not an entertaining band or their music is derivative of the named bands. It's just a way of giving a little idea of what they sound like. Definitely a high energy band.
- 1982 was the year Johnny & The Distractions got their big shot. Unfortunately for the band mistakes were made, the biggest of which was concentrating on the area around where they came from. They did not get a lot of tours outside that area. They did tour with Joan Jett and The J.Geils Band and had a semi-hit with "Let It Rock" but no follow up single to help push the band over the top.
Digitized By JustDave For Sam Elliot's Mustache And The Collective Of Live Music
Project Started: July 27,2026 Project Finished: June 6, 2026
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