The Metro, Chicago - 1987

The dB's

The Metro

Chicago, IL

September 19, 1987

audience recording (sound quality VG++) I could tell with this recording that the house sound and taper’s equipment were high quality because the show just sounds good — in fact, I did very little tweaking to the original files other than boost the volume a bit, split the tracks, and fade in the intro & fade out the outro. ENJOY!

Windy or not, who wouldn't enjoy playing a venue like this?
photo by vxla via Flickr

Highlights: The group sounds pumped to be playing Chicago (as usual) and to be starting their “Sound of Music” tour. They play eight tunes from the album of the same name, counting the CD bonus track “Sharon”. (Despite the fact that he was later sacked, I think Harold Kelt’s keyboards sound pretty good here.) All this, plus a very rare cover of The Move's "Message From the Country"!

  

BIG THANKS to the taper and SUPER DUPER THANKS to dB’s Fan for the share. 

SAMPLE: "Sharon (Metro, Chicago 1987)"

  

01 intro + Today Could Be the Day

02 Never Say When

03 Change With the Changing Times

04 Working for Somebody Else

05 Lonely Is as Lonely Does

06 She Got Soul

07 A Spy In the House of Love

08 I Lie

09 Think Too Hard

10 Molly Says

11 White Train

12 Sharon

13 Suspicious Minds

14 Amplifier

15 Love Is for Lovers

16 Any Old Thing

17 Message From the Country (Move cover)

18 Neverland

 













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The dB's:

Peter Holsapple: guitar, vocals

Will Rigby: drums, backing vocals

Jeff Beninato: bass, backing vocals

Harold Kelt: keyboards