Ace - A Little Night's Music ~ University of Pennsylvania: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA December 1976 (FM)

Ace
A Little Night's Music
University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
December 1976
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & High Quality MP3 320kbps/48khz
No Cover Art

Repost New Links Added 09/14/2025

Source : FM Broadcast > Cassette Master (Memorex MRX2 C120)
Transfer : Sony TC-WE 475 > Tascam DR-40 Linear PCM Recorder 16/44.1 kHz)
Editing : Soundforge (tracking) > Wave > TLH (SB's aligned) Flac level 8

01 Before I Grow Too Old
02 Movin'
03 Rock and Roll Singer
04 You're All That I Need
05 Time Ain't Long
06 Gleaming In The Gloom
07 The Real Feeling
08 No Future In Your Eyes
09 Rock & Roll Runaway
10 How Long
11 Let's Hang On
12 Crazy World

Paul Carrack organ, vocals, piano, electric piano
Jon Woodhead lead guitar, vocals
Steve Kirby lead guitars
Fran Byrne drums, percussion
Terry Comer bass

OK now this is kind of a rarity, an FM broadcast from Paul Carrack's first recording outfit Ace. Ace of course had a pretty big hit with the Paul Carrack written and sung "How Long". The song hit #3 in The USA, #3 in Canada and #20 in The UK. The song is still played by Paul on his solo tours. The song is also still in play on the so called "Classic Rock" radio stations. Their second and last charting single was 1975's "Time For Another" hit #71 in The USA failing to chart any where else. The band folded in 1977. Paul Carrack, Terry Comer and Fran Byrne spent some time with Frankie Miller's band. Paul Carrack also spent some time in Roxy Music before moving on to Squeeze. While in Squeeze, Carrack sang lead vocal on the bands single "Tempted" which hit Billboards Mainstream Rock Charts at #8. The bands biggest USA hit single. Paul of course went on to sing for Mike Rutherford's Mike & The Mechanics, where the hits continued. Paul Carrack still enjoys a successful solo career playing all those hits and more.

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Genesis - Revelatory Genesis 80:78 ~ London, England, May 7, 1980 & Knebworth, England, June 24, 1978 (FM)

Genesis
Revelatory Genesis 80:78 - (Steam Records – SR-80001)
Released 1980
Lyceum Ballroom, London, England May 7, 1980
Knebworth Festival, Knebworth, England June 24, 1978
Soundboard/FM Broadcast Recordings
Sources Vary
Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Some Scans Included

Lineage: Sony Belt Drive Turntable PS-LX300 > Sony AV Control Integrated Ampliphier TA-AV561 > Sony Compact Disc Recorder RCD-W500C (super bit mapping enabled) > Memorex Music CD-r > Exact Audio Copy v1.6 > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.55 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8

Side One

01 Deep In The Motherlode 6:01
02 One For The Vine 11:43
03 The Lady Lies 6:44

Side Two

04 Follow You, Follow Me* 4:14
05 Behind The Lines 6:08
06 Duchess 7:06
07 Guide Vocal 1:36
08 Turn It On Again 5:03

Side Three

09 Dukes Travels/Dukes End 9:50
10 Dance On A Volcano/Drum Duet/Los Endos 12:29

Side Four

11 Burning Rope* 7:38
12 Fountain Of Salamacis* 9:05
13 The Knife 4:11

Total Playing Time: 1hr 31mn 48sc

* from Knebworth Festival, Knebworth, England June 24, 1978

Phil Collins – lead vocals, drums, percussion
Mike Rutherford – guitar, bass, backing vocals
Tony Banks – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals

With
Daryl Stuermer – bass, guitar, backing vocals
Chester Thompson – drums, percussion

If burning CDs make CD One Sides One & Two while CD Two Should be Sides Three & Four

Cover Art downloaded from Discogs, my scanner is too small for album art

LPs cleaned with the HumminGuru Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaning system prior to a flat transfer of the vinyl to CD-r. A Zerostat Positive Ion gun was used prior to LP playback on said system. The vinyl has some anomalies on every side. These look like dimples and little air pockets. These particular anomalies could not be removed. The LPs were actually almost unplayable until I used the HumminGuru Ultrasonic cleaner, it really made a huge difference.

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Digitaly encoded by JustDave on December 9, 2022

Paul Carrack - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England, U.K. November 18th 1997 (FM)

Paul Carrack
Shepherd's Bush Empire
London, England, U.K.
November 18th 1997
BBC Radio 2 FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

01 Another Cup Of Coffee (Mike & The Mechanics)
02 You Give Me Something
03 Eyes Of Blue
04 Time To Let Go
05 The Way I’m Feeling Tonight
06 Perfect Love
07 Satisfied
08 Tempted (Squeeze)
09 Over My Shoulder (Mike & The Mechanics)
10 The Living Years (Mike & The Mechanics)
11 How Long (Ace)

Paul Carrack, what can I say. I was in school when Squeeze were at their height of their career. A kid in my art class was a big New Wave fan, skunk hair do and all. In art class our teacher let us bring in our own records to listen to during class. So Eric (his name) always brought in stuff like The B52's, and a bunch of other New Wave that wasn't my cup of tea. So he brings in Squeeze's East Side Story. I'm ready for like Flock Of Seagulls Synth Pop. The music was some of the best Pop Music I had heard in a while. When "Tempted" came on, the soulful voice of Paul Carrack was just icing on the cake. When side one was over I asked for it to be played again. Eric says something like "You sure you don't want to hear Black Sabbath?" I said something like, "No You finally brought in someone with talent play it again". So we listened to the whole album twice before it was changed to something else.

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Mike & The Mechanics - Front And Center ~ House Of Independents, Asbury Park, NJ 04-21-2017 (SBD)

Mike & The Mechanics
Front And Center
House Of Independents
Asbury Park, NJ
Recorded April 21, 2017
Broadcast on PBS-TV February 6, 2018
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover & Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - Silent Running
02 - Coffee
03 - The Best Is Yet To Come
04 - Let Me Fly
05 - Land Of Confusion (Genesis)
06 - High Life
07 - Over My Shoulder
08 - Beggar On A Beach Of Gold
09 - Living Years
10 - All I Need Is A Miracle

total playing time: 54mn 59sc

Mike Rutherford  bass, guitars, backing vocals
Andrew Roachford vocals, keyboards
Tim Howar vocals
Anthony Drennan guitars, bass
Gary Wallis drums

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to double the volume and to re-edit some track marks. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encode the waves to MP3 320kbps.

Mike Rutherford returns with a new line-up of Mechanics. This new version of the band is very tight. New vocalists Tim Howar and Andrew Roachford do a great job. Yes nobody could ever replace the Legendary Paul Carrack or the late yet Immortal Paul Young. The best thing is that they don't try to imitate their predecessors they bring the songs to life in their own way. I love this performance! I'm going to risk some hate comments but I think I would rather see Mike & The Mechanics come through my town than another Genesis Reunion without Peter Gabriel. Give the fans what they really want guys "Suppers Ready" just one more damn time!!!

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Mike and The Mechanics - King Biscuit Flower Hour ~ Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA 03-30-1989 (FM)

Mike and The Mechanics
King Biscuit Flower Hour
Tower Theater
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
March 30, 1989
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: FM broadcast > Yamaha 500 reciever with wire antenna > Nak. BX- 100 cassette deck (dolby off) > Maxell XLII 90 minute cassette > played on tascam 112 into soundforge (wav) > flac (sb's aligned) 

01 - Bill Minkin Radio Intro 1:43
02 - Nobody's Perfect 5:08
03 - Seeing Is Believing 4:21
04 - A Call To Arms 6:23
05 - Silent Running 7:20
06 - Taken In 5:50
07 - The Living Years 6:26
08 - All I Need Is A Miracle 8:14

Mike Rutherford bass, guitar, backing vocals
Paul Carrack vocals, keyboards
Paul Young (R.I.P.) vocals, percussion
Adrian Lee keyboards
Tim Renwick guitar, bass, backing vocals
Peter Van Hooke drums

Paul Young passed away from a heart attack July 15, 2000, he was 53.

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Mike And The Mechanics - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA 06-06-1986 (Pre-FM)

Mike And The Mechanics
Tower Theatre
Philadelphia, PA
June 6, 1986
Pre-FM Recording
MP3 192kbps
Front Cover Only

01 - Introduction - Hanging By A Thread (1:02)
02 - Halfway There (6:15)
03 - Silent Running (7:09)
04 - Par Avion (5:01)
05 - I Don't Wanna Know (4:50)
06 - Maxine (6:36)
07 - Taken In (5:19)
08 - A Call To Arms (7:07)
09 - Tempted (4:30)
10 - I Get The Feeling (5:26)
11 - Take The Reins (4:17)
12 - All I Need Is A Miracle - Band Introduction (8:53)
13 - Gimme Some Lovin' (5:50)

Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass, backing vocals
Paul Carrack – vocals, keyboards
Paul Young (R.I.P.) – vocals, percussion
Peter Van Hooke – drums
Adrian Lee – keyboards

touring musician
Ashley Mulford – guitar, bass

OK first off I got this from D & P's Bootleg Tunz World so you know it's a quality concert. So the question of whether it is a good recording is answered right of the bat. It's also a great performance from early in the career of this Genesis side project. If you don't have this show in your collection you simply should that's all there is to it.

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