Westwood One
Superstar Concert Series - Farm Aid (Part 1 of 2)
Show #90-09 for broadcast the weekend of May 26-7, 1990
Sides 1, 2 and 3:
01 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
02 Commercial - Miller Lite
03 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
04 Bonnie Raitt - Love Letter
05 Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love
06 Commercial - Beef Industry
07 The Road To Knebworth - Jim Ladd
08 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
09 John Mellencamp - Paper In Fire
10 John Mellencamp - Rain On The Scarecrow
11 John Mellencamp - Pink Houses
12 Commercial - Volkswagen
13 Commercial - Miller Lite
14 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
15 The Road To Knebworth - Jim Ladd, Eric Clapton
16 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
17 Henry Lee Summer - Down On The Farm
18 John Hiatt - Paper Thin
19 John Hiatt - Through Your Hands
20 Commercial - TGI Fridays™
21 Commercial - Beef Industry
22 Commercial - U.S. Army Reserve
23 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
Sides 4, 5, and 6:
01 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
02 Lou Reed - Last Great American Whale
03 Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd.
04 Commercial - Volkswagen
05 Commercial - Volkswagen
06 Commercial - Beef Industry
07 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
08 The Road To Knebworth - Jim Ladd with Paul McCartney
09 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
10 Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
11 Neil Young - Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)
12 Commercial - Nutrasweet
13 Commercial - U.S. Army Reserve
14 Commercial - Miller Lite
15 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Break - Steve Downes
16 Guns N' Roses - Civil War
17 Guns N' Roses - Down On The Farm
18 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Outro - Steve Downes
19 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 Promo - Steve Downes
Matrix / Runout (etched side A): CO 90 09 1 DBT km
Matrix / Runout (etched side B): CO 90 09 2 DBT km
Matrix / Runout (etched side C): CO 90 09 3 DBT km
Matrix / Runout (etched side D): CO 90 09 4 DBT km
Matrix / Runout (etched side E): CO 90 09 5 DBT km
Matrix / Runout (etched side F): CO 90 09 6 DBT km
This is part one of a two part Farm Aid compilation sourced from Farm Aid IV, held on April 7, 1990 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Our friend, Anonymous, requested these two shows a few weeks back, and in a serendipitous coincidence, I had already digitized both shows for a future project. Since he (or she) asked, I moved it to the top of the pile and got to work on it.
Bonnie Raitt duets with John Hiatt on Thing Called Love, and with Jackson Browne on World In Motion.
Guns N' Roses gave their first performance of Civil War, which was also the last performance of Steve Adler with the band.
Iggy Pop makes his only appearance on a Westwood One live concert show.
Farm Aid IV sold out 45,000 tickets in 90 minutes, featured 70 different artists appearing over a 13 hour event. The show was broadcast live on the Nashville Network. A two hour highlight show aired on CBS.
The Indianapolis Star newspaper reported, "Guns N’ Roses was flying high as the hottest band in the world — but their abysmal performance at Farm Aid IV lead to the dismissal of drug-addled drummer Steven Adler that night and the eventual dismantling of the band.
The night was anchored by heavy-hitters Garth Brooks, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp and an unscheduled stop by Elton John, who was in town visiting Ryan White at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and left his hospital bedside to join Farm Aid IV. “This one’s for Ryan,” John said before he launched into “Candle in the Wind.” White died the following day of complications from AIDS at the age of 18."
Westwood One repeated the Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, John Cougar Mellencamp, Elton John, and Guns N' Roses tracks on Westwood One Superstar Concert Series #92-21, issued on CD and broadcast on May 23-24, 1992. Discogs says the announcer incorrectly says the show's from Dallas.
Note that WW1 chose to repeat the "abysmal" Guns N' Roses performance...so was it really as bad as the Indianapolis Star said it was?
On the commercials, we have Martin Mull promoting TGI Fridays in part one, and Al Franken doing uncredited work on a Trident commercials in part two. Westwood One airs a series of promotions for an upcoming satellite broadcast of the 1990 Knebworth charity concert with short comments from Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Kurt Smith (Tears For Fears).
Our pal Steve Downes is back once again to handle the announcing duties.
Flac files of wavs. 300 dpi scans of the LP disc labels. I do not have the cue sheets for this set, but included terrible, blurry, low resolution copies that are up on Discogs. Đ®åⒻṬëŕṽøï says "Howdy" to all of you and hopes you enjoy this digitization.
Westwood One
Superstar Concert Series - Farm Aid (Part 2 of 2)
Show #90-10 for broadcast the weekend of June 2-3, 1990
Sides 1, 2, and 3:
01 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
02 Commercial - Miller Lite
03 Don Henley - The End of the Innocence
04 Don Henley - The Heart of the Matter
05 Commercial - Volkswagen
06 Commercial - NutraSweet
07 Commercial - Blue Diamond Almond
08 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
09 Bruce Hornsby - Look Out Any Window
10 Bruce Hornsby - The Valley Road
11 Commercial - Miller Lite
12 Commercial - Trident (Al Franken)
13 Commercial - U.S. Army Reserve
14 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
15 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
16 Gorky Park - Try To Find Me
17 Iggy Pop - I Wanna Be Your Dog
18 Iggy Pop - Home
19 Commercial - Miller Lite
20 Commercial - NutraSweet
21 Commercial - U.S. Army Reserve
22 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
Sides 4, 5, and 6:
01 Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
02 Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - This Old House
03 Commercial - Volkswagen
04 Commercial - NutraSweet
05 Commercial - Trident (Al Franken)
06 The Road To Knebworth - Jim Ladd with Kurt Smith (Tears For Fears)
07 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
08 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
09 Poco - Medley
10 Jackson Browne - Take It Easy
11 Jackson Browne - Our Lady Of The Well
12 Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt - World In Motion
13 Commercial - Miller Lite
14 Commercial - Trident (Al Franken)
15 The Road To Knebworth - Dia Stern with Kurt Smith (Tears For Fears)
16 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
17 Elton John - Daniel
18 Elton John - Candle In The Wind
19 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
20 Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-10 Break - Steve Downes
Matrix / Runout (etched side A): CO-90-10-1
Matrix / Runout (etched side B): CO-90-10-2
Matrix / Runout (etched side C): CO-90-10-3
Matrix / Runout (etched side D): CO-90-10-4
Matrix / Runout (etched side E): CO-90-10-5
Matrix / Runout (etched side F): CO-90-10-6
This is PART TWO of a two part show, featuring tracks from Farm Aid IV.
