The KBC Band
King Biscuit Flower Hour Show #KB-685
The Ritz, New York City, New York, USA April 3, 1987
For Broadcast June 21, 1987
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
Hosted By Bill Minkin
01 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Intro & Break - Bill Minkin
02 Commercial - Budweiser Beer - Blues 1
03 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Intro - Bill Minkin
04 The KBC Band - Plastic Fantastic Lover (Jefferson Airplane)
05 The KBC Band - America
06 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Break - Bill Minkin
07 Commercial - United States Army
08 Commercial - Greyhound Bus Transpotation Service
09 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Artist ID - Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites)
10 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Intro - Bill Minkin
11 The KBC Band - Hold Me
12 The KBC Band - Wrecking Crew
13 The KBC Band - It's Not You, It's Not Me
14 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Break - Bill Minkin
15 Commercial - Suzuki Motorcycles & ATVs
16 Commercial - Greyhound Bus Transpotation Service
17 Commercial - The Outfield - Bangin' (Columbia Records)
18 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Intro - Bill Minkin
19 The KBC Band - Mariel
20 The KBC Band - Ride The Tiger (Jefferson Starship)
21 The KBC Band - The Girl With The Hungry Eyes (Jefferson Starship)
22 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Break - Bill Minkin
23 Commercial - Greyhound Bus Transpotation Service
24 Commercial - Suzuki Motorcycles & ATVs
25 Commercial - United States Army
26 Commercial - Budweiser Beer - Blues 2
27 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Wrap Up - Bill Minkin
28 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Promo Bed w/Voiceover - Bill Minkin
29 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Promo Bed Music Only
30 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Dry Artist ID 1 - Paul Kantner
31 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Dry Artist ID 2 - Paul Kantner
32 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Dry Artist ID 3 - Paul Kantner
33 King Biscuit Flower Hour #685 Dry Artist ID 4 - Paul Kantner
Total Playing Time: 1hr 2sc
The KBC Band:
Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals
Marty Balin - vocals, guitar
Jack Casady - bass
Slick Aguilar - guitar, vocals
Darrell Verdusco - drums
Tim Gorman - keyboards, vocals
Keith Crossan - saxophone, guitar, vocals
Runout Grooves:
Side A: KB.685A AD 6.21.87 MCR JOE (Script)
Side B: KB.685B MCR JOE (Script)
Side C: KB.685C MCR JOE (Script)
Side D: Blank
JustDave's Notes:
- Thank You so much Sam Elliot's Mustache for lending his vinyl for encoding!
- As always a huge thank you to my fellow members of The Collective Of Live Music for help and inspiration.
Known Flaws:
- The vinyl had a bit of the little "dimples" that vinyl can have. These usually can't be heard. Unfortunately some made audible noise.
- There is a long ambient keyboard intro and outro on the song "America" which was very hard to clean up there will be some vinyl "artifacts" that are still noticeable. These were not able to be cleaned up without doing more hard to the sound of the recording so they were left as is.
Recording Notes:
- Recording is said to be at The Ritz in New York City, New York. An internet search finds the date April 3, 1987 listed on both setlist.fm and concertarchives.org.
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 Comments:
- Paul Kantner formed The KBC Band in 1985 shortly after leaving Jefferson Starship and finishing of court procedings between Kantnar, Grace Slick and Bill Thompson.
- The KBC Band unfortunately did not last more than one album and the following tour. Kantner went on to re-form The Jefferson Airplane. It seems Paul Kantner was on a constant musical search for something during the 1980s.
Digitized By JustDave For Sam Elliot's Mustache & The Collective Of Live Music
Project Started: December 20, 2025 Project Finished: December 28, 2025
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