Don McLean
Star Sessions SS-1
Air date of March 20, 1982
Recording Dates:
January 25, 1982 RCA Studios, New York
*November 16, 1980 Dominion Theatre, London, England
00 NO ARTIST - 1 KC Tone
01 Bill Ayres - Star Sessions SS-1 Intro
02 Commercial - Curtiss Candy (Butterfinger)
03 Bill Ayres - Segment Intro
04 Don McLean - Castles In The Air
05 Don McLean - Crying
06 Don McLean - Since I Don't Have You
07 Bill Ayres & Don McClean - Interview
08 Commercial - AT&T
09 Commercial - U.S. Army
10 Bill Ayres - Promo
11 Bill Ayres & Don McClean - Interview
12 Don McLean - He's Got You
13 Don McLean - Orphans of Wealth
14 Don McLean - Believers
15 Bill Ayres - Break
16 Commercial - Campbell's V-8
17 Commercial - AT&T (Ella Fitzgerald)
18 Commercial - U.S. Army
19 Bill Ayres - Segment Intro
20 Don McLean - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
21 Don McLean - Under The Double Eagle, Salt Creek
22 Don McLean - Building My Body
23 Don McLean - Wonderful Baby
24 Bill Ayres - Break
25 Commercial - Curtiss Candy (Baby Ruth)
26 Bill Ayres - Segment Intro
27 Don McLean - Vincent
28 Don McLean - Banjo Song
29 Bill Ayres & Don McClean - Interview
30 Don McLean - Jerusalem
31 Bill Ayres - Break
32 Commercial - Campbell's V-8
33 Commercial - AT&T (Roger Miller)
34 Bill Ayres & Don McClean - Interview
35 Don McLean - The Very Thought Of You*
36 Don McLean - Prime Time*
37 Don McLean - American Pie*
38 Bill Ayres - Break
39 Commercial - AT&T (Commodores)
40 Commercial - U.S. Army
41 Commercial - Curtiss Candy (Butterfinger)
42 Bill Ayres - Star Sessions SS-1 Outro
Runout grooves:
Side A: SS-1A-R MCR Joe
Side B: SS-1B MCR Joe
Side C: SS-1C MCR Joe
Side D: SS-1D MCR Joe
Side E: SS-1E MCR Joe
Side F: blank side, no run out grooves
Note: the "Joe" is a cursive script squiggle, also interpreted as Bre, gre, 8re, Jre, SRE or Joe.
MCR stands for "Master Cutting Room," and the squiggle for Joe Brescio, the mastering engineer. As his first name is "Joe" and last name starts with "Bre" it's possible he intended it to be both Joe and Bre.
Here's the very first "Star Sessions" show. The premise was "a unique series of 90-minute specials tapes live in the intimacy of a recording studio."
Star Sessions didn't last very long; I've only found shows running monthly until the end of 1982.
The concept doesn't appear to have worked, either, as the Elton John show is (apparently) just live tracks from a recent tour and not an intimate studio show. I haven't tracked down a copy yet, but I'm on the case.
Known Star Sessions shows:
Don McLean (broadcast March 20, 1982)
Leo Sayer (broadcast April 17, 1982
Hall & Oates (broadcast May 22, 1982)
Chicago (broadcast June 5, 1982)
There was a Carole King (July 3, 1982) scheduled, but it was cancelled and replace with:
James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Paul Simon (broadcast July 3, 1982) this replacement show was compiled from earlier KBFH broadcasts.
Doobie Brothers (July 17, 1982)
Dr. Hook (August 7, 1982)
Elton John (September 4, 1982)
Air Supply (October 16, 1982)
Little River Band (November 13, 1982)
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On an unrelated note, I recently discovered some of my recent vinyl digitizations were output in MONO, not in stereo. I'm working my way through recent posts and knocking down the mono posts. I will have to re-digitize all of 'em, and will repost them in the near future.
