IN THE ZONE - Fiona Apple / Ben Harper 1997

IN THE ZONE - Fiona Apple / Ben Harper
Show #97-47 for broadcast the week of November 17, 1997

Fiona Apple recorded at Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA ("Los Angeles") on Friday, December 13, 1996.

"Girls Night Out"

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals recorded at the Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana, CA on July 28, 1997.

01 NO ARTIST - 45 Seconds of Audience
02 Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer
03 Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream
04 Fiona Apple - First Taste
05 Commercial - 1-800 Collect (Chris Rock)
06 Commercial - Tom's of Maine Toothpaste
07 Commercial - Discover Card (JJ Jackson, John Lithgow)
08 Fiona Apple - Criminal
09 Fiona Apple - Never
10 Commercial - Kodak Film
11 Commercial - 1-800-Collect
12 Commercial - Plymouth-Chrysler
13 Commercial - Doors-Electra Promo
14 Ben Harper - Breakin' Down
15 Ben Harper - Glory & Consequences
16 Commercial - Reese's Nutrageous
17 Commercial - Visa
18 Commercial - 1-800 Collect
19 Commercial - E! Entertainment Promo
20 Ben Harper - Gold To Me
21 Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind
22 Commercial - Visa
23 Commercial - Tom's of Maine Toothpaste
24 Commercial - Kodak Film
25 Commercial - Doors Universal Video
26 Ben Harper - Ground On Down
27 Ben Harper - Faded
28 Commercial - 1-800 Collect (Chris Rock)
29 Commercial - Reese's Nutrageous
30 Commercial - Discover Card (JJ Jackson, John Lithgow)
31 Ben Harper - Sexual Healing

I wish I had a modern voice.

I've never digitized a Westwood One "In The Zone" show before, and this is the only one I own. I'm ignorant, so take all that follows as tentative and in need of confirmation.

I see "In The Zone" shows from 1996 into 2001. It's not clear if all of the shows were "live" concerts.  They differed from other Westwood One concert shows in they didn't have a host, but included a script for the local disc jockey.  The start of the live shows opens with a 45 second "bed" of audience noise for the disc jockey to speak over.  Audience noise is as boring as it gets when it goes on for almost a minute, so you'd better rehearse the script I've included for your convenience. 

It's been a while since SilentWay and I yapped about the Fabulous Fiona Apple. The last time was a KFOG broadcast I posted back in 2021.  Ms. Apple opens the show here, but only gets two-thirds of the first CD.  Ben Harper receives the remainder, and for my money, I want more Apple and less Harper. Her 1996 debut album was a year and a half old and there was no sophomore release until 1999, and Harper had three releases behind him...so I get it. 

My usual style on a 90's CD show is keep the announcers, drop the commercials, but I was struck by the number of defunct dinosaur ads.  1-800-Collect?  What's a collect call, grandpa?  This is like listening to an old blues song about gossips on your "party line."  Kodak film? A Doors VHS tape? Plymouth? This stuff is as old as a diplodocus. 

Early photo of Jim Morrison
and the Doors, taken with Kodak film.

You get 300 dpi scans of the CD discs, the cue sheets, the script, plus newspaper listings confirming the dates I've supplied above. All commercials tracked so you can drop 'em if you don't want 'em.

https://mega.nz/file/bUpWWTZR#Kx5ohMXUwrtefsh6GaD7pe9JZpxjkrLGo8lNvo3pIsI

Fiona Apple
The Plant, Sausalito, CA
October 31, 1996
KFOG-FM
TDK MA-90 >Audacity >Wav>Flac 

01. KFOG Intro
02. The Child Is Gone
03. Sullen Girl
04. Sleep To Dream
05. The First Taste
06. Slow Like Honey
07. Shadowboxer
08. Pale September
09. Criminal
10. Never Is A Promise
11. KFOG Outro

https://mega.nz/file/TRYzhQTY#gtLgSQtI2B2v-sxveoH8q_Dw_azpQz0utY5UHnm6FG4

Ms. Apple was touring in support of her first album, TIDAL,  released on July 23, 1996.  As is typical with first tours, the entire set list is drawn from that her CD.  It's actually the entire album with only the last track "Carrion" left out.

The show is from a rebroadcast of the original KFOG tape on one of their periodic "Live From The Archives - The Show" programs, usually done in support of the release of their annual "Live From The Archives" CD release. 

This is digitized directly from my Maxell XL-IIS high-bias cassette, so it sounds great!  I preserved a bit of the deejay, faded out at the end....we had a "jumper" on the Bay Bridge.  Unusual.  No one jumps off the stupid Bay Bridge.  Seriously...you have a choice: the Golden Gate, or the Bay Bridge?  One is an iconic world renowned architectural landmark, the other is the "Back To Oakland" sign on the Tower of Power LP.  Which do you pick for your Grand Finale?