NBC The Source
Broadcast: May 23-24-25, 1980
Recorded at:
Kiel Opera House,
St. Louis, Missouri
April 9, 1980 (see below)
01 Robin Trower - Lady Love
02 Robin Trower - The Ring
03 Robin Trower - Day Of The Eagle
04 Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
05 Robin Trower - Jack and Jill
06 Robin Trower - Too Rolling Stoned
07 Robin Trower - The Shout
08 Robin Trower - Daydream
09 Robin Trower - Victims of the Fury
10 Robin Trower - Mad House
11 Robin Trower - Little Bit of Sympathy
12 Robin Trower - Messin' The Blues
13 Robin Trower - Rock Me Baby
14 Announcer - NBC The Source Outro
Another recording from the Sam Elliot's Mustache collection, and another disputed recording date.
Discogs says, "Recorded Live at the Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, Missouri, March 26, 1980 - "Victims Of The Fury" Tour"
The "Shout In Madhouse" bootleg says March 26.
A Guitars 101 post says March 26.
Setlist.fm has March 26.
But Concert Archives has April 9.
Which is it? Four sources say March 26, one says April 9.
So, I checked the St. Louis Post Dispatch and found six print ads for April 9 and 10. It was originally advertised as just April 9. The March 16th ad says "NOW TWO NIGHTS." There are no ads for March 26.
That's the first line of argument: there are ads confirming April 9, and no ads for March 26.
There's a second argument against March 26 based on the supposed tour itinerary.
Setlist.fm lists has the tour running:
March 22 New Orleans
March 23 Houston
March 26 St. Louis
March 27 Santa Monica
The run from New Orleans through St. Louis is plausible. You can do those drives in a single day. So, yes, they could play Houston and drive 800 miles to St. Louis, bypassing Dallas, Memphis, Tulsa and other cities that you'd probably play first. I doubt that it happened, but it is physically possible to do it.
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| Thanks to Gman for supplying this great ticket scan! |
But the jump from St. Louis to California is impossible. That's an 1,800 mile drive. At 60 miles per hour, that's 30 hours. You can't break down the equipment, drive it to the Pacific coast, and set up the equipment in time. It can't be done. Yes, maybe they packed everything on to an airplane in the morning and flew, but that's not how touring is usually handled.
I'm going with the April date.
I also included a trade ad for The Source from the month prior to this show that documents that in April 1980 there were "over 100 Source affiliates representing 70 markets." That gives us an idea of how many of these shows were pressed.
Thanks for this boot. And I completely agree that Robin could not have played this show on March 26th. In a large part because the newspaper clippings show Robin was at the venue on April 9 and 10, and it also say that Utopia was at the same venue on March 26th. I seriously doubt that one opened for the other or it was a double bill that night. You may have seen this but I also found a more complete ticket stub for the April 9th concert. The one you posted is torn just after '1980,' but the one I have was torn nicely and shows all of the info including Robin's full name and that it was on Wednesday, at 8pm, etc. SetlistFM also has a concert listing for Utopia on March 26, 1980. I also do my best to have all of my concert info correct and applaud your work on this one. Anyway, thanks again for the great boot, G.
ReplyDeleteHi, Gman! Thanks for thinking of another line of investigation by looking at who else might have been playing at the Kiel on the 29th. If you'll email me the ticket stub you found, I'll add it to the artwork folder and upload it so future downloads will get it. Also, I should extend that offer to everyone reading this...if you have pictures, ads, clippings, tickets, posters, passes, etc. from any of these shows, please email them to me draftervoi@gmail.com, and I will add them to the downloads.
ReplyDeleteI just sent you the RT ticket stub. Sorry for the delay, but I think you're going to like it. Ciao, G.
DeleteHi, Gman! I updated the Artwork folder with the ticket stub you sent, and replaced my stub with your far superior ticket stub!
DeleteI'm so very glad to contribute. And thanks for the note of thanks in your post! I'll keep working on helping in any way that I can - music memories are very important.
DeleteThank you as always for the cool shows and the History!
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