John Mellencamp / John Fogerty Farm Aid 1997 Westwood One

John Mellencamp / John Fogerty
Westwood One Superstar Concert Series #05-27
for broadcast the weekend of July 2/3, 2005

Recorded at Farm Aid '97
New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL
Saturday, October 4, 1997
Includes 300 dpi scan of cue sheet and CD disc.
Scan of a ticket stub from the show

01. Westwood One Superstar Concert 05-27 Intro - Jeff Gonzer
02. Small Town 
03. Jack & Diane
04. Lonely Ol’ Night
05. Crumblin' Down
06. Pink Houses
07. Westwood One Superstar Concert 05-27 Outro
08. Westwood One Superstar Concert 05-27 Intro
09. Born On The Bayou
10. Green River
11. Centerfield
12. The Old Man Down The Road
13. Fortunate Son
14. Westwood One Superstar Concert 05-27 Outro - Jeff Gonzer

And you thought we were done with Mellencamp?  This is the sixth time Westwood One recycled tracks from the 1997 Farm Aid show, with all songs repeated from earlier broadcasts, 

On July 3, 2004 all of the 90 minute Westwood One shows (Superstar Concert, In Concert, In the Zone, High Voltage)....changed from 2CD 90 minute shows to 1CD 60 minute shows. So the set list is short, just five songs, and the rest of the show has a similarly abbreviated John Fogerty set from the same concert.

The cue sheet lists "Suzie Q" between "Green River" and "Centerfield," but it is not on the CD.
Host Jeff Gonzer retired in 2012, after 43 years in radio...in Los Angeles, Miami, and Boston and on the Westwood One and Dial Global networks.  He was HUGE in the Los Angeles market, on KMET from '76 to '86 in the morning slot. 

https://mega.nz/file/rcohBYJQ#nd6RtFix8OijILBPereN3M2wlS5JawmonESX9jBOR4E

John Cougar Mellencamp / WW1 Superstar Concert #05-07 Farm Aid 2002/2003/2004

John Mellencamp
Westwood One Superstar Concert Series #05-07 
for broadcast the weekend of February 12/13, 2005

Post Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA - September 21, 2002 **
Germain Amphitheater, Columbus, OH - September 7, 2003 ***
White River Amphitheater, Auburn, WA - September 18, 2004 ****

01. Westwood One Superstar Concert #05-07 Intro
02. Stones In My Passway ***
03. Death Letter Blues ***
04. Highway 51 Revisited ***
05. Westwood One Superstar Concert #05-07 Break
06. Crumblin' Down **
07. Small Town **
08. Westwood One Superstar Concert #05-07 Break
09. In My Time Of Dying ****
10. Rain On The Scarecrow****
11. Walk Tall ****
12. House of the Rising Sun ***
13. Pink Houses ***
14. Westwood One Superstar Concert #05-07 Outro

As of July 4, 2004, the Westwood One Superstar Concert shows were cut down from a ninety minute show on two CDs to one hour on one Cd.  Show #05-07 is another grab bag of previously aired tracks sourced from 2002 and 2003, plus three new tracks from 2004. 

The reduction in air time in 2005 also corresponds with the end of the King Biscuit Flower Hour.  Syndicated shows were in decline, fewer stations were carrying them. By 2007, the Westwood One cue sheets also have the note that the "files were available for download."  While the majority of the Westwood One shows were being sourced from previous years, this show is a good example of how new content continued to be released.  

During the mid-80s, Westwood One print ads claimed the show was carried by 450 stations.  This gives us some idea of the number of copies pressed.  I don't know the number of shows in the 2000s, but the later years do not turn up on Ebay very often.    

https://mega.nz/file/bc4mRZSY#9lbG1_-Idz2uKIvDIr7a2T5Y9ZsG7a8kc81H9yWBcl4

Also:  I am moving this comment from our reader, Rudolf Schmidt, into some posts to increase visibility:

"This seems like a good time to introduce my John Mellencamp live bootlegs archive:

https://mellencamp-live.blogspot.com/2024/11/john-mellencamp-live-bootleg-recordings.html

Inspired by livepetty.com, I tried to create a site where the average joe looking for JM live recordings can find the best (IMO) versions without getting into all the minutiae we do here. Of course, most of my stuff is just draftervoi's stuff but I managed to add a few things. Hopefully, it will prevent a few people from paying to download the same recordings from greedy bootleggers. I remember reading a comment by someone who was tickled pink because he had just bought a copy of Mellencamp's 4 July 1992 concert on "audiophile vinyl".

John Cougar Mellencamp / Superstar Concert #04-19, Farm Aid 2001, 2002, 2003

John Mellencamp
Westwood One Superstar Concert Series Show # 04-19
for broadcast the weekend of May 8/9, 2004

01 Jeff Gonzer - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 04-19 Intro
02 John Mellencamp - Rain On The Scarecrow (Burgettstown September 21, 2002)
03 John Mellencamp - Peaceful World (Burgettstown September 21, 2002)
04 John Mellencamp - Paper In Fire (Burgettstown September 21, 2002)
05 Jeff Gonzer - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 04-19 Break
06 John Mellencamp - Stones In My Passway (Columbus September 7, 2003)
07 John Mellencamp - Death Letter Blues (Columbus September 7, 2003)
08 John Mellencamp - Highway 61 Revisited (Columbus September 7, 2003)
09 Jeff Gonzer - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 04-19 Break
10 John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down (Burgettstown September 21, 2002)
11 John Mellencamp - Small Town with spoken intro (Burgettstown September 21, 2002)
12 Jeff Gonzer - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 04-19 Break
13 John Mellencamp - Down In The Bottom (Columbus September 7, 2003)
14 John Mellencamp - Teardrops Will Fall (Columbus September 7, 2003)
15 John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane (Columbus September 7, 2003)
16 Jeff Gonzer - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 04-19 Break
17 John Mellencamp - Authority Song-Bow Wow Wow Wow (Noblesville September 29, 2001)
18 Jeff Gonzer - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 04-19 Break
19 John Mellencamp - House of the Rising Sun (Columbus September 7, 2003)
20 John Mellencamp - Pink Houses (Columbus September 7, 2003)
21 Jeff Gonzer - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 04-19 Outro
22 Jeff Gonzer - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 04-19 Promo

On the introduction, Jeff Gonzer says, "At Farm Aid 2003 held in Columbus, Ohio, John took a page right out of Neil Young's book and featured music from his latest Trouble No More.  That album is Mellencamp's take on some vintage blues and folk songs.  And as with some Neil Young concerts of the past, many fans were left wanting to hear their favorites.  So with a little creative production,  we've combined his Farm Aid 2003 concert with his performance at Farm Aid 2002 to give you what you want."

What follows is three songs from 2002, three from 2003, two from 2002, three from 2003...then a song from 2001, not mentioned by Mr. Gonzer, and finally two songs from 2003.  Setlists.fm only lists five songs as played in 2003, and we've got eight on this set.  I checked Newspapers.com and found a clipping that reveals Mellencamp played nine songs, so we're only missing one song.

The clipping reveals the missing song as "To Washington," which (as per the Indianapolis Star's reporter) "characterized Bush as a leader who's quick to fight".  Gonzer didn't mention it, but they probably left that one on the cutting room floor to avoid political controversy.

The 2003 songs are noteworthy, as they're done in a different musical style than his "Arena Americana.".  As usual, he has excellent taste in cover songs, with Robert Johnson, Son House, Bob Dylan, and Howlin' Wolf in the set list. 

You get:  300 dpit scans of the cue sheet, discs, and a copy of the Indianapolis Star's review of the 2003 show.

https://mega.nz/file/6B4SmZoD#buCeGqoQHmlGVKcsIh1rWJ71CYW-y0LKNOe3IKB7OZw

John Mellencamp Superstar Concert Series #03-11 Farm Aid 94/97/01/02

John Mellencamp
Westwood One Superstar Concert Series
Show #03-11 
for broadcast the weekend of March 15/16, 2003

recorded at:
Post Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA - September 21, 2002 Farm Aid '02 *
New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL - October 4, 1997 Farm Aid '97 **
Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN - Saturday, September 29, 2001 Farm Aid 2001: A Concert For America ***
World Music Theater, Tinley Park, IL - August 27,  1994 ****

01 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 03-11 Intro
02 Rain On The Scarecrow *
03 Peaceful World *
04 Paper In Fire *
05 Crumblin’ Down *
06 Small Town *
07 Stones In My Passway *
08 Pink Houses *
09 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 03-11 Outro
10 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 03-11 Segment Intro
11 Authority Song / Bow Wow Wow Wow ***
12 Love & Happiness 2001 **
13 Lonely Old Night Express Yourself  **
14 R.O.C.K. In The USA no guitar intro, Love Light ***
15 When Jesus Left Birmingham ****
16 Jack & Diane ****
17 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 03-11 Outro
18 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 03-11 Promo

The Intro says "John's set at last year's Farm Aid....and now, recorded September 21st at the Post Gazette Pavilion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..."   The first segment of the show is sourced from the 2002 show.

J.J. Jackson introduces the second segment as "We're off to the Verizon Wireless in Noblesville, Indiana where John Mellencamp brought the crowd to their feet at Farm Aid 2001 when he tore into this song...," and the Outro says "recorded at Farm Aids 94, 2001 and 2002."

Based on the deejay talk, you'd think the show was sourced only from 1994, 2001 and 2002.  However, that's not correct, as the second segment has two songs from 1994, two from 1997, and two from 2001.

We also run into a minor editing variation on track 14, (R.O.C.K. In The USA).  This song showed up on 02-31 with about 30 seconds of solo guitar noodling before they kick into the song.  On the version here on 03-11, the guitar intro is not included.

You get:  300 dpi scans of the two CD discs and the cue sheet.  Flac files of wavs.  The commercials are NOT included, but the announcer is left intact.

https://mega.nz/file/OBYzlKSa#3lEYEqis_TceaiH6hDdJN8sTqXaZ-cmw2864efHRDMg

(Note: The Post Gazette Pavilion is (was?) 25 miles west of Pittsburgh, and as with many of these venues, went through a series of name changes Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater, Post-Gazette Pavilion, Niagara Pavilion, KeyBank Pavilion, and most recently S&T Bank Music Park.)

John Cougar Mellencamp / Superstar Concert Series #02-31

John Mellencamp
Westwood One Superstar Concert Series
Show # 02-31 for broadcast the weekend of August 3/4, 2002 

Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN Saturday, September 29, 2001 Farm Aid 2001: A Concert for America *

New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL - October 4, 1997 Farm Aid '97 **

World Music Theater, Tinley Park, IL August 27,  1994 ***

01 Westwood One Superstar Concert 02-31 Intro - J.J. Jackson
02 Jack & Diane *
03 Peaceful World *
04 Small Town *
05 What If I Came Knockin’ *
06 Authority Song/Bow Wow Wow Wow *
07 Love And Happiness **
08 Lonely Ol' Night Express Yourself **
09 Westwood One Superstar Concert 02-31 Outro - J.J. Jackson
10 Westwood One Superstar Concert 02-31 Intro - J.J. Jackson
11 Rain On The Scarecrow **
12 Crumblin’ Down **
13 R.O.C.K. In The USA 2001 with guitar intro, Love Light *
14 Paper In Fire ***
15 Pink Houses **
16 Westwood One Superstar Concert 02-31 Outro - J.J. Jackson
17 Westwood One Superstar Concert 02-31 Promo - J.J. Jackson

02-31 repeats the set list of 02-05, with sets sourced from Farm Aid shows in 1994, 1997, and 2001.  While host J.J. Jackson says the tracks are sourced from 1997 and 2001, one track (Paper In Fire) is from the 1994 Farm Aid concert.

There are some minor editing variations on a few songs, as compared to other broadcasts.

Love And Happiness (Tinley Park October 4, 1997) is on 98-06, 02-31, and 03-11. 98-06 has a vocal introduction, repeated on 02-31 but in a shorter edit, and 03-11 edits out this part entirely.

R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. has a short lead guitar introduction on 02-31.  The intro is edited out when the song is repeated on 03-11.

Pink Houses is also on 98-06, 02-31, and 05-07, but only 02-31 has a short spoken "thank you for coming" speech by Mr. Mellencamp.

Authority Song merges into a cover of Bow Wow Wow Wow, a song originally by Was (Not Was) on 1983's Born To Laugh At Tornadoes LP, featuring guest vocals on the track by Mitch Ryder.  That year also saw Mellencamp producing Ryder's Never Kick A Sleeping Dog album. 

Flac files of wavs.  Includes 300 dpi scans of the cue sheets and CD discs.

https://mega.nz/file/yQZB0CjK#B_ynRrcW93WvZ8-14fTe7TrYqKulJPDC4wz4YDo8MHI

Today's Rock and Roll Geography Lesson:

The majority of the tracks were recorded at the Verizon Wireless Music Center.  Before that, the venue was named the Deer Creek Music Center.  After that, it became the Klipsch Music Center, the Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, and most recently shortened it to Ruoff Music Center.  We sent in a bid offering them a nearly complete collection of Bazooka Joe gum wrappers to rename it the Voodoo Wagon Music Center, but have not heard back from them yet. 

Westwood One Superstar Concert 90-09 & 90-10 - Farm Aid IV

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.

https://mega.nz/file/PE4UHJjJ#cQ6__aRVr1-WwrcknXA1-_xKHx6MwdyWYw7PCyndhbw

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.

https://mega.nz/file/KQQElIJQ#Pj2oZ6-E6cnF50uhbyH-9HyXcKff5lz5_QWDgBmr61g

Westwood One Superstar Concert #97-06 - Farm Aid compilation Don Henley, Neil Young, John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp
Westwood One Superstar Concert #97-06 
for broadcast the week of February 3, 1997

Farm Aid IV, Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN - April 7, 1990 *
Farm Aid VII, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA - September 18, 1994 **
Farm Aid '95 10th Anniversary, Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY - October 1, 1995 ***
Farm Aid '96, Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC - October 12, 1996 ****

01 Westwood One Superstars Concert 97-06 Intro
02 The End of the Innocence - Don Henley *
03 Heart of the Matter - Don Henley *
04 Westwood One Superstars Concert 97-06 Break
05 All Along The Watchtower - Neil Young **
06 Westwood One Superstars Concert 97-06 Break
07 Heart of Gold - Neil Young ***
08 Westwood One Superstars Concert 97-06 Break
09 Westwood One Superstars Concert 97-06 Break
10 Deana Carter - Introducing John Mellencamp ****
11 Love And Happiness ****
12 Jack & Diane rap middle ****
13 Lonely Ol' Night ****
14 Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) ****
15 Rain On The Scarecrow ****
16 Crumblin' Down ****
17 R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A ****
18 Hurt So Good ****
19 Pink Houses ****
20 Westwood One Superstars Concert 97-06 Outro
21 Westwood One Superstars Concert 97-06 Promo

Yeah.  MellenFest.  You knew it wasn't over, the show must go on!

As I recently posted a Don Henley show, this Farm Aid compilation provides a nice segue from Don Henley through Neil Young and back into Our Favorite Hoosier: John Mellencamp.  I want to point out that Neil's version of All Along The Watchtower is a wondeful performance.

The Mellencamp set is drawn exclusively from Farm Aid '96 at the Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina on October 12, 1996.  Four of the songs were repeated on 98-06, and three on 99-36.
Pink Houses is presented in an epic 8 minute long version as the concert finale.  All in all, a good set for this week's latest installment of MellenStock! 

You get:  The cue sheet!  Scans of both discs!  A scan of the Westwood One CD sleeve!  And a litttle Excel file documenting what I think I know about Westwood One's Mellencamp history...   

https://mega.nz/file/nVIBxBoB#jURNSDCCsYQ6R0odJxbfAj9zh3yPSsADjKmljIyfBHE

John Cougar Mellencamp / Superstar Concert #98-06

John Mellencamp
Superstar Concert Series #98-06 
for broadcast the week of January 26, 1998

01 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 98-06 Intro
02 John Mellencamp - Small Town
03 John Mellencamp - Love and Happiness
04 John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane
05 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 98-06 Break
06 John Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night
07 John Mellencamp - Rain On The Scarecrow
08 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 98-06 Break
09 John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down
10 John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60s Rock)
11 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 98-06 Break
12 John Mellencamp - Pink Houses
13 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 98-06 Break
14 John Mellencamp - Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
15 John Mellencamp - Authority Song
16 John Mellencamp - Check It Out
17 John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
18 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 98-06 Break
19 John Mellencamp - Paper In Fire
20 John Mellencamp - Wild Night
21 J.J. Jackson - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 98-06 Outro

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12:
New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL - October 4, 1997 Farm Aid '97

Tracks 14, 15, 16, 17:
Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina October 12, 1996 Farm Aid '96
Tracks 19, 20:

Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY October 1, 1995 Farm Aid '95: 10th Anniversary

Flac files of wavs, plus 300 dpi scans.

https://mega.nz/file/GJxQybhQ#neUx8CiVENlF07GKlmrr01qQc0cdoq6Wh8EBh10yDDk

I originally embarked on the Mellenfest project in the summer of 2021 but ran into a roadblock when I tried to extract #99-36.  By mid 1999, Westwood One switched from factory pressed silver CDs to CD-Rs.  The dye layer on many CD-Rs is not stable and degrades over time.  The second disc of my copy of #99-36 will no longer extract files correctly.  I tried extracting it with three different drives, but it was unusable.  I bought a brand new up-to-date drive in the hopes that it might work but it made no difference.  So I was stuck.  This was July 2021...and it brought my Mellenfest project to a screeching halt.  I had to wait until February 2022 before a copy of 98-06 turned up on Ebay.   98-06 is the same show as 99-36...but with one additional track: Check It Out, which was dropped from the track list on 99-36.  So...things turned out for the best, and I could move ahead with the project.

With this show, we start running into "variations" in the songs.  Westwood One often repeated tracks on future shows, but edited tracks differently than on the original syndication.  On this show, we have "Small Town" with a spoken introduction, and "Love and Happiness" with an a capella vocal introduction.  Future rebroadcasts of these songs were shorter edits, leaving out or shortening the introduction. 

Jack & Diane gets a rap break middle section that's an interesting contrast with the country fiddle.

Flac files of wavs.  Comes with 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet, certificate of performance, and CD discs.

Also:  I am moving this comment from our reader, Rudolf Schmidt, into posts to increase visibility:

"This seems like a good time to introduce my John Mellencamp live bootlegs archive:

https://mellencamp-live.blogspot.com/2024/11/john-mellencamp-live-bootleg-recordings.html

Inspired by livepetty.com, I tried to create a site where the average joe looking for JM live recordings can find the best (IMO) versions without getting into all the minutiae we do here. Of course, most of my stuff is just draftervoi's stuff but I managed to add a few things. Hopefully, it will prevent a few people from paying to download the same recordings from greedy bootleggers. I remember reading a comment by someone who was tickled pink because he had just bought a copy of Mellencamp's 4 July 1992 concert on "audiophile vinyl".

John Mellencamp / Cardinal Stadium Oct. 1, 1995 WW1 Superstar Concert #96-14

John Mellencamp
Westwood One Superstar Concert Series #96-14
for broadcast the week of April 1, 1996
Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY October 1, 1995
Farm Aid '95 - The 10th Anniversary of Farm Aid

01 Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 96-14 Iutro - Tawn Mastrey
02 Paper In Fire
03 Lonely Ol' Night
04 Wild Night
05 Small Town
06 Rain On The Scarecrow  
07 Crumblin' Down  
08 Rock In The USA (A Salute To 60's Rock)  
09 Hurts So Good  
10 Authority Song  
11 Pink Houses  
12 Intro to Chicago portion of show - Tawn Mastrey
Chicago Aug 27 1994 World Music Theatre:
13 When Jesus Left Birmingham  
14 I Need A Lover  
15 Jack And Diane  
16 What If I Came Knocking.
17 Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 96-14 Outro - Tawn Mastrey
18 Westwood One Superstar Concert Series 96-14 Promo - Tawn Mastrey

There were two WW1 Mellencamp shows in 1996.  The 1994 Tinley Park show was repeated a second time as #96-46 at the end of the year.

This show was sourced from Mellencamp's set at Farm Aid 10.  Farm Aid sets are shorter than regular concerts, so Westwood One didn't have enough songs to fill up their full 90 minutes.  To make up thetime, they added four songs at the end from the 1994 Tinley Park show.  While WW1 sometimes edited songs (especially introductions...) these four tracks are identical to the prior broadcast.
Two songs from this 1995 Farm Aid show (Paper In Fire, Wild Night) were repeated on #97-06 and #98-06 in identical mixes and edits.

The show is hosted by the fabulous Tawn Mastry.  Brought to us by the defunct automobile brand...Plymouth.

Flac files of wavs.  Includes scans of the cue sheets and CD discs.

https://mega.nz/file/WVoBBRyT#lJ9S9jou94mSa0h3F5lhYeGWCr_oUsxIG930t5odOGs

Various Artists - Farm Aid V - WW1 #92-45

Various Artists - Farm Aid V
Westwood One Superstars In Concert #92-45
for broadcast the weekend of November 7-8, 1992

01 Westwood One Superstars In Concert #92-45 Intro
02 Rain On The Scarecrow - John Mellencamp
03 The Authority Song - John Mellencamp
04 Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
05 Harvest Moon - Neil Young
06 Old King - Neil Young
07 Old Man - Neil Young
08 Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
09 Power Windows - Billy Falcon
10 Married In The Morning - Billy Falcon
11 Call Me The Breeze - Friends of Lynyrd Skynyrd
12 Sweet Home Alabama - Friends of Lynyrd Skynyrd
13 Living In A Dream - Arc Angels
14 Westwood One Superstars In Concert #92-45 Outro

A sharp-eyed reader noticed that our Mellenpalooza somehow missed the tracks that had been issued by Westwood One on multi-artist "Farm Aid" shows, so it was back to the drawing board for another revision.  

I had already posted the WW1 Superstar Concert #92-45 several years back, and this is the same set of files, but retagged.

This show is the same as Westwood One Superstar Concert 92-19, with the exception of the Arc Angels track, which is dropped on 92-19 and replaced with two Joe Walsh tracks. 

https://mega.nz/file/PZIAmQYb#03fO5cKRK_2kjqADykM90u40WuV4B8uspEX9JN6vEsY

Various Artists - Farm Aid V - WW1 Superstars In Concert 92-45

Various Artists - Farm Aid V
Westwood One Superstars In Concert #92-45
for broadcast the weekend of November 7-8, 1992

01.  Westwood One Superstars In Concert #92-45 intro
02.  Rain On The Scarecrow - John Mellencamp
03.  The Authority Song - John Mellencamp
04.  Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
05.  Harvest Moon - Neil Young
06.  Old King - Neil Young
07.  Old Man - Neil Young
08.  Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
09.  Power Windows - Billy Falcon
10.  Married In The Morning - Billy Falcon
11.  Call Me The Breeze - Friends of Lynyrd Skynyrd
12.  Sweet Home Alabama - Friends of Lynyrd Skynyrd
13.  Living In A Dream - Arc Angels
14.  Westwood One Superstars In Concert #92-45 outro 


https://mega.nz/#!GMoRhZKZ!JxR_SJgRkMPzJwGO9B9BwrH_0O5WAozHFmSJcDs5hxY

Neil Young - WW1 Superstars in Concert 09-22

This is the beginning of a Neil Young MEGABLAST.  I have a big stack of radio shows and I'm going to chapter them and upload them to the Internet.  Westwood One repeated many shows, and I've included a spreadsheet that documents the overlaps between the shows.

What this means, practically...is that you'll be downloading many of the same tracks, several times, as the WW1 shows re-ordered tracks from several shows, over and over.  I've put a spreadsheet into the download, which documents what I think I know about the shows...but I don't guarantee that it's 100% accurate!   If you find an error, please shout it out!

This is Neil Young's full set at Farm Aid 2008; unlike the other shows from the 2000's, this doesn't have a few cuts spliced in from other years.  It's notable for Young's cover of the Beatles "A Day In The Life."  This is edited directly from the original disc.  I've included a 300 dpi scan of the cue sheet and the disc.

Neil Young
Westwood One Superstar Concert Series
Show #09-22
For broadcast the weekend of May 30/31, 2009
Edited directly from the original radio disc
Farm Aid 2008, Mansfield, MA 2008-09-20

01. Introduction
02. Love And Only Love
03. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
04. Powderfinger
05. Mother Earth
06. Unknown Legend
07. Old Man
08. Get Back To The Country
09. A Day In The Life
10. Credits
11. Show Promo


https://mega.nz/file/qVo3zAAR#Fp7cC8UGnsLb5L192LizTVEz8ndjTShBI6NfGrS2Mpc

March 23, 2023:  retagged, recompressed to flac, and re-shruck into a rar file with up-to-date Switch and Winrar software.