Journey / Lloyd Noble Center, July 21, 1983 - Superstar Concert SS85-15

Journey
Superstar Concert Series SS85-15
for airing the weekend of 7/27/85

recorded July 21, 1983 at the Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma

Sides 1, 2, and 3
01 Steve Downes - Westwood One Superstar Concert SS85-15 Intro
02 Commercial - Coca-Cola
03 Journey - Chain Reaction
04 Journey - Wheel In The Sky
05 Journey - Line of Fire
06 Commercial - Sprite
07 Daryl Hall - Westwood One Radio Network Promo
08 Steve Downes - Westwood One Superstar Concert SS85-15 Break
09 Commercial - Coca-Cola
10 Journey - Escape
11 Journey - Edge of the Blade
12 Journey - Keys
13 Commercial - Sprite
14 Steve Downes - Westwood One Superstar Concert SS85-15 Break
15 Journey - Send Her My Love
16 Journey - Still They Ride
17 Journey - Open Arms
18 Commercial - Coca-Cola (Kool and the Gang)
19 Steve Downes - Westwood One Superstar Concert SS85-15 Break

Sides 4, 5, and 6
20 Commercial - Sprite
21 Journey - Faithfully
22 Journey - No More Lies
23 Journey - Back Talk
24 Commercial - Coca-Cola
25 Steve Downes - Westwood One Superstar Concert SS85-15 Break
26 Journey - Who's Cryin' Now
27 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
28 Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
29 Commercial - Sprite
30 Bob Geldof - Westwood One Radio Network Promo
31 Steve Downes - Westwood One Superstar Concert SS85-15 Break
32 Journey - Stone In Love
33 Journey - Keep On Runnin' 
34 Steve Downes - Westwood One Superstar Concert SS85-15 Outro
35 Commercial - Coca-Cola
36 Steve Downes - Westwood One Superstar Concert SS85-15 Promo

Digitized April 2023 from the 3 LP syndicated radio show discs,  Flac files of wavs, 300 dpi scans of all six disc labels and the cue sheet.  Updated July 2025 with a ticket scan.

https://mega.nz/file/CNAVwJBZ#cbrPF98lTuU4nKZsqn2-liEgy_6DPnlgNHNtfgWk-Fg

My record grooves say:
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched [KM stamped]): SS 85•15•K•1 JS KM
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched [KM stamped]): SS 85•15•K•2 JS KM
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched [KM stamped]): SS 85•15•K•3 JS KM
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched [KM stamped]): SS 85•15•K•4 JS KM
Matrix / Runout (Side E runout, etched [KM stamped]): SS 85•15•K•5 JS KM
Matrix / Runout (Side F runout, etched [KM stamped]): SS 85•15•K•6 JS KM

Note that the Discogs entry shows a "W" instead of "K," for all six sides (example: SS 85•15•W•1 JS KM).

Mixing up "W" for "K" is difficult to imagine, so there must be two pressings.  The only thing that I can think of is the Coca-Cola ad campaign on this show is based on an imaginary radio station.  In the version I'm presenting to you, the station is "KCOKE."  Stations in the United States are (usually) given a "K" designation west of the Mississippi River, and a "W" to the east.   I will venture a GUESS that the "W" pressing has slightly different commercials with the radio station styling itself as "WCOKE."

The Discogs listing also says, "Lloyd Noble Centre, Norman, OK. 27th July 1983."  Other sources list this show as July 7, 1983, and July 21, 1983.   So...which is it?  

Setlist.fm says Journey played the Lloyd Noble Center on July 19, 20, and 21st, 1983.  This is confirmed by a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper of Thursday, July 21, 1983, which published a review of the Tuesday July 19th show.

The review mentions Journey "arranged to hire a full film production crew to record all three nights in Oklahoma... which may be used later for live cuts or possibly a feature-length concert film.  The Norman audio track also is being carefully preserved for possible use as a recorded concert on a syndicated radio show."

The Journey Greatest Hits Live CD had two songs (Send Her My Love, and Still They Ride) recorded at Lloyd Noble Center on July 19, 1983 with Biff Dawes on the credit, confirming that WW1 was the syndicated radio show recording the concerts. 

There is a 2-cd bootleg on Zion (Zion-106) that says "taken from the Superstars In Concert Radio Show LPs" on the back cover, along with "Pre-FM Master."  This has four additional tracks, "Rubicon, "Drum Solo, "Lights," and "Any Way You Want It" that are not on SS85-15.  There was another Westwood One Superstar Concert show in 2000, #00-25 broadcast June 17-18, 2000 that included these four extra songs. 

If you like this version, you can find the 2-cd version over on Guitars 101.