(AM broadcast FLAC)
Styx
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL
December 18, 1978
Source : WLS-AM 890 > low gen cassette (Maxell XL-II) (courtesy of Wes Meyette archive)
Transfer : Nak Dragon > Sony PCM-M10 > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > Wave > TLH (sbe aligned) Flac 8
Dennis DeYoung introduces this on WLS AM radio from Chicago.
This AM recording has circulated for years under the bootleg title of "Pieces Of Eleven".
Wes's tape copy was 87 minutes, notably longer, but still missing a few bits and pieces.
Comparing both copies, i wouldn't say one was better then the other, both versions have their pros & cons.
I carefully choose which song to use and I would not consider this a definitive version, just a more complete version.
Dennis DeYoung - vocals, keyboards
Tommy Shaw - guitar, vocals
James Young - lead guitar, vocals
John Panozzo - drums, vocals (passed away July 16, 1996, aged 47)
Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals
01 Intro > Great White Hope
02 I'm O.K.
03 The Grand Illusion
04 Fooling Yourself
05 Queen of Spades
06 Acoustic Instrumental
07 Crystal Ball
08 Intro > Suite Madame Blue -- tape flip @ 8:31 --
09 Renegade (incl. drum solo)
10 Lady
11 Blue Collar Man
12 Come Sail Away
13 Intro > Midnight Ride (incl. guitar solo) (cuts off @ 11:18)
-- tape break --
14 Miss America
Total Time = 99:18
Wes's tape source was used in several places.
Patched in for the first 23 seconds of track 1 (which contains the introduction.)
2 patches were used for track 8 Suite Madame Blue, the first 35 seconds (for the spoken intro)
and the second patch starts at 7:21 (you can definitely hear the sound quality change)
It appears that both copies had a tape flip towards the end of Suite Madame Blue, (though in different places), so even though i was able to add in some of the missing music, there is still a tape flip present at the very end of the song.
Tracks 6, 7, 9, 10, 13 were used completely from Wes's tape copy.
This took a lot of time and effort and i hope i did it justice.
