Tom Waits - Willimantic 1976 - "Mainstreet" Pitch-Corrected (Nathan Detroit)

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 4:09 pm

Shaboo Inn, Willimantic, CT
November 9, 1976

Track list:

Early show (54:52)
1. Eggs and Sausage
2. Fumblin’ with the Blues
3. Jitterbug Boy
4. The One That Got Away
5. Pasties and a G-String
6. The Ghosts of Saturday Night / The Heart of Saturday Night
7. Emotional Weather Report
8. I Wish I Was in New Orleans
9. Small Change
10. Band Introduction

Late show (54:52)
1. Spare Parts
2. Invitation to the Blues
3. Depot, Depot
4. San Diego Serenade
5. New Coat of Paint
6. Putnam County / Big Joe and Phantom 309
7. Diamonds on My Windshield / Band Introduction
8. Tom Traubert’s Blues

Notes:

This is a pitch corrected version of the bootleg 2cd Mainstreet (Lobster Records 010/2). I haven’t found a copy yet of The Heart of Shaboo Night, which seems to be taken from the same FM broadcast and includes Semi Suite and Midnight Lullaby (but is missing five other songs). However, the sound quality of Mainstreet is superior, as the latter has a lot of noise reduction applied.

The whole early show and the last two songs of the late show ran ca. 1,5% too slow. Besides the pitch correction, I also fixed and adjusted a couple of other things.



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Post subject: Re: Willimantic 1976 - pitch corrected

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:23 am

Update:

Thanks to forum member Swordfishtrombone I now have the audio of The Heart of Shaboo Night as well (much appreciated - hopefully I'm able to send you a private message soon).

It turns out that Semi Suite and Midnight Lullaby on that bootleg are not from Willimantic, but from the Bremen broadcast in April 1977. In fact, the only thing that is missing from Mainstreet is the applause after Spare Parts and the piano intro to Invitation to the Blues (about 15 seconds in total). I tried to combine the sources, but due to the difference in sound it didn't really work.