I Beam, San Francisco - 1984

The dB's

I Beam

San Francisco, CA

Nov. 15, 1984

audience recording (GD++; not the greatest sound quality in the world, but the energetic performance just about makes up for it)

Highlights: unusual opportunity to hear a pre-show dB’s soundcheck, plus a gaggle of entertaining covers

Artwork courtesy of the ever-generous batchain 
(it's included in the download, as usual...)

THANKS A BUNCH to the taper and batchain for sharing!

SAMPLE: "Black & White (I-Beam, 1984)"

01 Neverland

02 Love Is for Lovers

03 She Got Soul

04 Bad Reputation

05 Amplifier

06 Not Cool

07 Black and White

08 Death Garage

09 White Train

10 Suspicious Minds

11 New Gun In Town

12 Spy In the House of Love

13 Paint It Black

14 See No Evil

15 Everybody's Happy Nowadays (Buzzcocks cover)

16 Big Brown Eyes

17 Heart of Gold

18 Sex Drive (The Embarrassment cover)

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THE SOUNDCHECK

01 riffing & jamming

02 more riffing & jamming

03 faffing around + Love Is for Lovers

04 She Got Soul (partial)

05 Everybody's Happy Nowadays (partial)

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This post's style, color scheme & theme song is Black & White.  

The dB’s:

Will Rigby – drums & vocals

Gene Holder – lead guitar

Peter Holsapple – guitar & vocals

Rick Wagner - bass