Steve One & The Shades / New George's, San Rafael, CA Nov. 18, 1987 KRQR-FM

I hadn’t played this cassette in twenty years until I digitized it in 2011 and that put me on a quest to eventually track down their lone LP (see above).  As I've finally got around to that project, I'm giving this one a "bump" so the two posts will be next to each other.

In retrospect I am stunned this band didn’t get a major label record contract. Steve One & the Shades had the chops and the songwriting, and it's clear from this tape they had a great live act. They even work in a sly musical reference to Hugo Montenegro’s version of “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" into "Sorry Someday." It may be a case of “there's not enough room on the radio dial” – we already HAD a Huey Lewis here in the Bay Area, so where would we put a second one?

The sound quality is excellent. It’s recorded directly from my master copy of a high-bias cassette. Flac files of wavs.

Steve One & the Shades / New George's, San Rafael, CA
November 18, 1987 KRQR-FM
Master TDK SA-90>Audacity>wav>flac

01. Introduction
02. Change My Mind
03. Big Mistake
04. Turn And Walk Away
05. Big Girl Now
06. Stay Away From Me
07. You Can Run
08. Band intros
09. Once In A Lifetime
10. Say Goodbye
11. Sorry Someday
12. After All
13. A Little Too Much

https://mega.nz/file/GIIGXIRa#FMNbuNKdw25JSG7MJl6XaoxGgWwGcTCLFgu8Wluzo3E

Selections From The 16th Annual Bammies March 7, 1992

The Bammies were an annual Bay Area music awards show, founded by BAM Magazine publisher Dennis Erokan.  While the print magazine is long gone, there's an online version at http://bammagazine.com/

As with most award shows, there was a LOT of talking and not much performance.  I edited this one hour of music down from three 100 minute cassette tapes (recorded on both sides).  I edited the tracks as close to the start of the music as possible to cut out the blather.  There's two places where the deejay talks right over the start of the song, unfortunately.

Highlights of this show include Gregg Allman doing what I believe to be an unreleased song ("Turn Nothing Back Into Something"), and Kirk Hammett of Metallica jamming with Carlos Santana.

16th Annual Bammies
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
March 7, 1992
KRQR-FM

Maxell XLII-100 (three of 'em) > wav > flac

Edited selections from the broadcast

01.  Green Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr. Big
02.  To Be With You - Mr. Big
03.  Please Send Me Someone To Love - Maria Muldaur
04.  You Can't Sit Down - Clarence Clemons
05.  What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
06.  Turn Nothing Back Into Something - Gregg Allman (with Jonathan Cain)
07.  I'm No Angel - Gregg Allman - (with Jonathan Cain)
08.  She Takes My Breathe Away - Eddie Money
09.  I'll Get By - Eddie Money
10.  It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace) - Carlos Santana and Kirk Hammett
11.  Open Invitation - Carlos Santana and Kirk Hammett

https://mega.co.nz/#!yBYzmKLQ!vWx9QEIixuAbDL1pHMl7fHQWxgEtAHBoYHzVcU7TTQA

The Beat, featuring Paul Collins / New George's, San Rafael, CA KRQR-FM

Paul Collins was in the Nerves, one of those fabulously "might have been" groups that was so loaded with talent that it's a pity the industry didn't know what to do with them in 1977.  The Nerves had Peter Case (who went on to be in the Plimsouls and have a successful solo career) and Jack Lee (who wrote "Hanging On The Telephone" for Blondie).  After the break up of the Nerves, Collins founded the Beat, who (unfortunately) are remembered more for being the band that made the British band the Beat be known as the "English Beat" in America.  That's sad, because the (American) Beat was a great, Beatlesque pop-rock band.

If you don't know this band, but enjoy the Power-Pop style, give this a shot; you're likely to enjoy it.

The Beat featuring Paul Collins
New George's, San Rafael, CA
December 9, 1987
KRQR-FM
Master copy of FM broadcast on TDK SA C-90>Audacity>wav>flac

1. If I Had You Back
2. All The Money In The World
3. Don't Wait Up For Me
4. Rock n Roll Girl
5. Broken Hearted
6. Let Me Into Your Life
7. The Kids Are The Same
8. Working On A Good Thing
9. I Will Say No
10. Band intros
11. On The Highway
12. Why
13. Just Give Me Love
14. I Don't Fit In
15. Working Too Hard
16. All Over The World
17. One Night

https://mega.co.nz/#!mR410T4a!OHJYjGd9u8nhM_NM1Q8uhsCnSQy8ZvC2eJpNGACr6xY

Robin Trower - New George's, San Rafael, CA KRQR-FM Jan. 27, 1988

Robin Trower

New George's, San Rafael, CA

January 27, 1988

KRQR-FM

Master copy of TDK SA-X 90 > Audacity > EAC > wav > flac

01 Introduction

02 Too Rolling Stoned

03 Love Attack

04 Day Of The Eagle

05 Bridge Of Sighs

06 Second Time

07 No Time

01 Take What You Need

02 Rock Me Baby

03 Tear It Up

04 Little Bit Of Sympathy

05 Lady Love

06 Into The Flame  

Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music

My original notes from 2011:

"This is not the currently circulating version posted at QualityBootz or Guitars 101.

This is an entirely new transfer of my master tape done in April 2011. I compared it with the QualityBootz version and I think this sounds better – there’s more bass and the treble has better definition. I recorded the original broadcast on TDK SA-X high bias tape, and used AudioQuest cables from the tape deck to the computer. My master tape has never been digitized before this transfer.

I banged together a cover for it, and included the original advertisement for the show from the San Francisco Chronicle’s entertainment section.

Also: the community spells their name with the Spanish spelling: Rafael, not Raphael...and the locals pronounce it as "Rah-FELL."

The show is great: Trower is playing in front of an enthusiastic small club audience and he really tears it up with his lead work. Trower is on tour in the United States right now and will be hitting England and Europe later in the year. Check this out, and if you like it, go check out his website and see if he’s coming to a town near you!"

I've added some additional ads from the SF Chronicle, taken from newspapers.com

And here in 2026, versions of this are still circulating with the city's name misspelled.  So I've now included a map for your reference.

https://mega.nz/file/HQ5mQQIQ#hKoV5KPLdT7Ly9Bc8jbHao1ctwwnC75X30lCv8-Rzcs