FISH & CHIP

(aka THE BARRY MELTON BAND)

Ruthie's Inn, Berkeley, CA, 15 September, 1984 ^LMA
The Saloon, 23 November, 1984
New Georges, San Rafael, 26 September, 1985 ^LMA
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 27 September, 1986 ^LMA
Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 25 October, 1986 ^LMA
O. T. Price Music Hall, Santa Cruz, CA, 15 January, 1987 ^LMA
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 21 November, 1987 ^LMA
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, 19 February, 1988 ^LMA
Odyssey Room, Sunnyvale, CA, 15 April, 1988 ^LMA
Fabulous 50's, Hayward, CA, 23 April, 1988 ^LMA
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 29 April, 1988 ^LMA
Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, 18 June, 1988 ^LMA
Peri's, Fairfax, CA, 8-12-88
Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 20 January, 1989 ^LMA
The Saloon, 13 May, 1989

Shows marked ^LMA are legally downloadable in various formats from the John Cipollina section of the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Ruthie's Inn, Berkeley, CA, 15 September, 1984

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	Jam	7:14
2.	San Francisco Shuffle	3:40
3.	Love	3:26
4.	Gotta Hold On To The Good Times	4:07
5.	Where Did You Sleep Last Night	5:54
6.	Motel Party Baby	5:23
7.	The Dance	12:05
8.	Hey Hey Hey	5:46
9.	history talk	1:40
10.	S.O.S.	5:39
11.	old folks talk	2:48
12.	Dupree's Diamond Blues	6:35
13.	whips and rock musicians	1:34
14.	I Can't Dance	4:28
Total		70:19
Set Break
Disc 2
1.	Stagolee	4:46
2.	Bright Sun Is Shining	7:16
3.	30 Days	4:06
4.	Alabama Bound	5:39
5.	birthdays	4:09
6.	Suzie Q	3:24
7.	Mona	14:22
Total		43:45

Source: SBD > cassette > ? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs > FLAC

FLAC conversion by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)

Editing notes:
-	tuning and chatter moved to the end of tracks or to separate tracks.
-	Some hiss was filtered out, but there's still enough to notice.

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
Barry "The Fish" Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar
Peter Albin	bass
Spencer Dryden	drums
Will Scarlet	harmonica on disc 2 2-4

The Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 23 November, 1984

Tracks
Disc One :
1.	Intro
2.	Babylon
3.	Love
4.	Talk
5.	Pastures Of Plenty
6.	Stagger Lee
7.	Keep On Truckin'
8.	Talk
9.	Deep Railroad Blues
10.	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)
	Disc 1 Total	44:27
Disc Two :
1.	Motel Party Baby	6:30
2.	Dupree Blues	6:09
3.	The Dance	8:57
4.	Talk	2:40
5.	Caterpillar	4:00
6.	Suzie Q	3:29
7.	Talk	1:45
8.	Good Old Rock 'N' Roll	4:07
9.	I Can't Dance	4:58
	Disc 2 Total	42:40
Disc Three :
1.	Closer	20:26
2.	Thirty Days	5:33
3.	God Save The Children	6:17
4.	Sunshine	6:06
5.	Sing Sing Sing	3:18
6.	Blindman	3:44
	Disc 3 Total	45:28
Disc Four :
1.	Codeine	7:08
2.	Sloop John B	5:20
3.	Love Machine	10:37
4.	Mountains In Dreamland	3:57
5.	Mona	10:55
	Disc 4 Total	37:59

Fantastic soundboard (more properly 1 mic SBD, 1 mic audience), killer show, with a lot of unusual songs performed.

1st generation cassette > behringer ultra curve pro deq 2496 equalizer > tascam cdrw750 > plex tool professional XL > wav > flac.

Transferred, remixed & uploaded by 38F on Dime on january 31st 2006.

Personnel
Barry "The Fish" Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar
Peter Albin	bass
Spencer Dryden	drums
Jeff Maynard	harmonica

New Georges, San Rafael, CA, 26 September, 1985

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	I Can't Dance (soundcheck)	3:02
2.	Love	3:44
3.	"we're all rich"	2:59
4.	Love Machine	11:31
5.	Motel Party Baby	6:07
6.	Dupree's Diamond Blues	6:34
7.	The Dance	14:15
	Total	48:16
Disc 2
1.	San Francisco Shuffle	3:39
2.	She Gave Me The Green Light	4:01
3.	Halls of Montezuma ditty	1:20
4.	S.O.S.	6:38
5.	Hey Hey Hey	5:28
6.	Closer > Mona //	11:53
	Total	33:01

Only the first 60 seconds of Mona exist on this recording
Source: SBD > Cassette > ?? > CDR > cdrparanoia > WAV > edits > FLAC
Flac conversion by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)

Editing notes:
-	I amplified the talk tracks and filtered out some of the hiss so it's easier to hear Barry chatting on those. All music tracks were left alone as far as amping and filtering.
-	The Dance was split between both discs (faded out at the end of disc one, faded in at the beginning of disc 2). To join the two portions into one track as seamlessly as possible, I had to delete about 1.5 seconds of Spencer's solo, and presumably a second or two were lost in the initial split (maybe for a tape flip), but the final product sounds pretty durn good! The splice is at 8:28, see if you can find it.

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
Barry "The Fish" Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar
Doug Kilmer	bass
Spencer Dryden	drums
Peter Walsh	guitar vocals on disc 2

Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 27 September, 1986

Tracks
First Set
Disc 1
1.	Barry Talk, Tuning	1:14
2.	Colorado Town	6:51
3.	Babble On	6:26
4.	Barry Talk	4:13
5.	Tuning, Baseball Talk	2:14
6.	San Francisco	4:41
7.	Barry Talk, Saloon Staff Intros	5:37
8.	Tuning (Satisfaction)	0:18
9.	Walkin' Blues -->	3:52
10.	Thirty Days	4:14
Second Set
11.	Barry Talk, Tuning	1:13
12.	Been In Darkness Too Long	10:56
13.	Tuning	0:57
14.	Hesitation Blues	6:12
15.	Intros, John Talk	2:23
16.	Overnight	1:40
17.	John Talk	0:42
18.	Motel Party Baby	7:26
19.	Tuning	0:59
20.	New York Town	6:38
Disc 1 Total		78:46
Disc 2
21.	Good Old Rock & Roll	3:39
22.	Barry broken string, Tuning	2:40
23.	The Dance	13:02
Third Set
24.	Good Times	4:10
25.	I Can't Dance	4:26
26.	Soviet Band Tuning	2:44
27.	Hands Across The Water * (Edit gap)	18:02
28.	Johnny B. Goode (Russian) * -->	2:33
29.	Johnny B. Goode (English) * -->	3:21
30.	It's All Over Now * -->	6:13
31.	Spoonful *	1:53
32.	Soviet Band Intros	1:39
33.	Barry Talk, Tuning	1:05
34.	Mojo Navigator	5:59
35.	Russian Jam	3:03
36.	Tuning, Talk	0:52
Disc 2 Total		75:19
Disc 3
37.	Mona	8:04
Disc 3 Total		8:04
Total		162:10

Source: Master Cassette, Audience
Equipment: Sony D5, Nakamichi 300 Mics
Location: Tables against wall
Tapers: Roger Miller & Bob Leonardis
Digitized by: Roger Miller
Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Barry Melton	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Walsh	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums
* Soviet Band with Cipollina

Grant Street Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 25 October, 1986

Tracks
First Set
Disc 1
1.	/Third Degree	7:35
2.	Tuning, Talk	1:56
3.	Unknown	4:23
4.	Barry baseball talk, Tuning	3:15
5.	Thirty Days -->	5:22
6.	Got Love	3:51
7.	Intro	0:41
8.	Suzy Q	4:57
Second Set
9.	Unknown	4:02
10.	Butcher's Boy	7:24
11.	Tuning	2:02
12.	Move Your Hand *	5:30
13.	Tuning	0:53
14.	I'm Goin' Down *	6:34
15.	Barry talk, Tuning	3:59
16.	I Can't Dance	4:30
17.	Intro	0:26
18.	Blind Man	3:46
19.	Intro, Talk	0:39
20.	Motel Party Baby	6:51
Disc 1 Total		78:34
Disc 2
Third Set
21.	Barry talk, Tuning	6:00
22.	Stagger Lee	5:26
23.	Barry baseball talk	1:03
24.	Hey Hey Hey -->	5:21
25.	Closer	15:06
26.	SOS -->	5:12
27.	San Francisco -->	4:11
28.	Strange Way	5:24
29.	Mona	11:40
Disc 2 Total		59:23
Total		137:56

Source: Master Cassette, Audience
Equipment: Sony D5, Nakamichi 300 Mics
Location: Tables against wall
Tapers: Roger Miller & Bob Leonardis
Digitized by: Roger Miller
Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Barry Melton	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Walsh	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums
Guest:
Doug Kilmer	Bass, Vocals	*

O. T. Price Music Hall, Santa Cruz, CA, 15 January, 1987

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	San Francisco Shuffle	4:30
2.	Love	4:15
3.	chatter	3:19
4.	Love Machine	8:21
5.	Move Your Hand (I Can't See) > Get Up Stand Up > Move Your Hand	7:54
6.	chatter	2:57
7.	Motel Party Baby	7:36
8.	I Can't Dance	6:08
9.	Butcher's Boy	10:34
10.	Bright Sun Is Shining	7:28
11.	I'm Going Down Down Down	7:31
Total		70:33
Disc 2
1.	intro	0:29
2.	Closer	14:12
3.	The Dance //	8:00
Total		22:41

Source: John Horton's Cassette Master > JH's DAT > Rick Childs' DAT Clone > RC's CDR Dub > cdrparanoia > WAV > FLAC

Thanks to Rick Childs for the CDR copy of this show

Converted to WAV then FLAC by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew)

Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. Spencer Dryden was going to play drums, but he had the flu.

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Barry "The Fish" Melton	Guitar, Vocals
Doug Kilmer	Bass
Greg Elmore	Drums

Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 21 November 1987

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	I Can't Dance	4:45
2.	talk	0:40
3.	The Dance	12:44
4.	talk	1:27
5.	Codeine	8:43
6.	Hold Onto The Good Times	4:50
7.	Mona //	10:15
Total		43:27
Disc 2
1.	// Level With Me	6:05
2.	30 Days	4:09
3.	band intro	0:46
4.	Blindman	4:47
5.	talk	3:32
6.	Motel Party Baby	5:27
7.	talk	0:35
8.	Love	4:17
9.	Closer	11:25
Total		41:34

SBD > Mono Cassette > CDR (2) > cdrparanoia > repairs (Amadeus II) > WAV > FLAC
Repairs and FLAC conversion by Ryan Linn (dirtybrew@happyhippie.com)

Other comments:
-	All of the tuning and chatter were at the beginning of each track, so I moved those sections to the end of each track.
-	d2t09: 4:30 - 4:35 has some very small tape skips.

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Barry "The Fish" Melton	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Albin	Bass
Greg Elmore	Drums
Guest:
Greg Douglass	Slide Guitar

Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, 19 February 1988

Tracks
Set 1
1.	Love Machine	6:52
2.	Thirty Days	4:24
3.	Got Love	3:48
4.	intro's	1:52
5.	Move Your Hand	6:36
6.	Motel Party Baby	6:27
7.	Barry talk	5:38
8.	I'm Going Down	5:44
Set 2
9.	The Dance	7:47
10.	Gal of Mine >	4:44
11.	Third Degree	6:01
12.	I Can't Dance	5:17
13.	Born in Chicago	6:07
14.	Level With Me	7:29
15.	tuning	0:39
16.	Codeine >	7:03
17.	Mona	13:55
Total		100:23

Source: ECM23F > D5 > Master Cassette, Audience

Lineage: MC > D5 > Creative SB > Roxio 7.5 (PCM/16/44.1) > WAV> FLAC Front End (Verify; Sector Align; Level 6) > FLAC 16

Taped by: Roger Miller

Transferred by: Roger Miller

As Distributed:
Disc 1: 1 - 14	78:46
Disc 2: 15 - 17	21:37
Alternative Layout:
Disc 1: Set 1 ( 1 - 8 )	41:21
Disc 2: Set 2 ( 9 - 17 )	59:02

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Barry "The Fish" Melton	Guitar, Vocals
Doug Kilmer	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums

Odyssey Room, Sunnyvale, CA, 15 April 1988

Tracks
Set 1
1.	Love Machine	9:18
2.	Got Love	4:23
3.	intro's	2:35
4.	San Francisco Shuffle	4:56
5.	intro, talk	0:41
6.	Motel Party Baby	6:24
7.	talk, tuning	1:00
8.	Been in Darkness Too Long	6:13
9.	Level With Me	13:04
Set 2
10.	Closer	8:54
11.	I Can't Dance	5:39
12.	Barry talk	1:07
13.	S.O.S.	6:04
14.	Colorado Town	6:24
15.	Blind Man	4:59
16.	The Dance >	8:48
17.	Mona	19:10
Total		109:39

Source: Soundboard > D5 > Master Cassette, SBD

Lineage: Master Cassette, SBD > D5 > Creative SB (PCM/16/44.1) > Roxio 7.5 > WAV > Edits > FLAC Front End (Verify; Sector Align; Level 6) > FLAC 16

Taped by: Roger Miller

Transferred by: Roger Miller

As Distributed:
Disc 1: 1 - 14	76:42
Disc 2: 15 - 17	32:57
Alternative Layout:
Disc 1: Set 1 ( 1 - 9 )	48:34
Disc 2: Set 2 ( 10 - 17 )	61:05

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Barry "The Fish" Melton	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Albin	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums

Fabulous 50's, Hayward, CA, 15 April 1988

Tracks
Set 1
1.	Thirty Days	3:49
2.	Barry talk	0:28
3.	Got Love	4:28
4.	Barry baseball talk	2:11
5.	Love Machine	9:12
6.	Barry nostalgia talk	1:53
7.	Good Old Rock and Roll	5:03
8.	Good Times	4:49
9.	Level With Me	6:51
10.	/ intro's	4:29
11.	tuning	0:37
12.	Been in Darkness Too Long	6:10
Set 2
13.	Gal of Mine >	4:17
14.	I Can't Dance >	5:29
15.	Closer	11:28
16.	Barry talk, intro	1:04
17.	Blind Man	5:05
18.	Honky Tonk	5:40
19.	tuning	0:53
20.	Dupree	5:31
21.	Colorado Town >	6:27
22.	The Dance	12:13
Set 3
23.	/ Take a Whiff on Me	3:32
24.	Hokey Pokey >	9:55
25.	Mona	18:39
Total		140:13

Source: Master Cassette, Audience

Lineage: Master Cassette, Audience > WAV > FLAC

Taped by: Roger Miller

Transferred by: Roger Miller

As Distributed:
Disc 1: 1 - 17	77:23
Disc 2: 18 - 25	62:50
Alternative Layout:
Disc 1: Set 1 ( 1 - 12 )	50:00
Disc 2: Set 2 ( 13 - 22 )	58:07
Disc 3: Set 3 ( 23 - 25 )	32:06

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Barry "The Fish" Melton	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Albin	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums

Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 29 April 1988

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	Intro	2:16
2.	Motel Party Baby	7:50
3.	I'm Ready *	4:30
4.	Five Long Years * +	6:49
5.	Spoonful *	7:45
6.	Blind Man *	5:24
7.	Betty & Dupree �	6:21
8.	Got Love * �	4:08
	Disc 1 Total	45:07
Disc 2
1.	Suzie Q + % �	9:14
2.	Red House + % �	8:28
3.	Hold On To The Good Times	4:42
4.	Mona *	12:47
	Disc 2 Total	35:13

Soundboard
Great energy show
Master R.TO R. > Equalizer > CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
John Cipollina
Barry Melton
Peter Albin
Spencer Dryden
With special guests:
Kathy McDonald	Vocals	*
Dickie Peterson (from Blue Cheer)	Bass Vocals	+ %
Danny Kalb (from Blues Project)	Guitar	�

Chi Chi Club, San Francisco, CA, 18 June, 1988

Tracks
First Set
Disc 1
1.	Tuning, Talk	1:04
2.	Wine, Women & Whiskey	3:43
3.	Love Machine	10:10
4.	Talk	2:29
5.	Third Degree	5:33
6.	Talk	2:09
7.	Thirty Days	4:10
8.	Talk	1:44
9.	San Francisco Bay Blues	3:14
10.	Talk, Tuning	2:41
11.	Gal Of Mine	4:34
Second Set
12.	Stagger Lee	4:03
13.	Sloop John B.	3:54
14.	Talk	1:01
15.	The Dance	8:40
16.	Talk, Tuning	2:42
17.	I Can't Dance	4:48
18.	Intros	3:03
19.	Hesitation Blues	5:56
Disc 1 Total		75:38
Disc 2
20.	Intro, Talk	3:12
21.	Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde	5:17
22.	Closer	11:12
Third Set
23.	Mojo Navigator	5:47
24.	Codeine	6:44
25.	Tuning	0:47
26.	Mona	15:32
Encore
27.	Good Times	5:06
Disc 2 Total		53:37

Source: Master Cassette, Soundboard

Equipment: Sony D5

Taper: Roger Miller

Digitized by: Roger Miller

Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
Barry Melton	Guitar, Vocals
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Albin	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums

Peri's, Fairfax, CA, 8-12-88

Tracks
Set 1
Disc 1
1.	Down By The SF Bay	3:18
2.	Got Love	3:44
3.	The Sun Is Shining	3:59
4.	Love Machine	7:18
5.	Chit Chat!	8:11
6.	I've Been In The Darkness	6:06
Set 2
7.	I like To Have My Fun	5:15
8.	The Dance	8:03
9.	I Can't Dance	5:37
10.	Third Degree Blues	4:41
11.	Blind Man	3:42
Disc 1 Total		59:59
Disc 2
1.	Closer	10:38
2.	Level With Me	6:52
Set 3
3.	Mean Ol' Stagger Lee	4:40
4.	Got To Hold On	4:19
5.	Butchers Boy	6:33
6.	Codine	9:11
7.	Good Ol' Rock n Roll	3:59
Disc 2 Total		46:15

1st Gen Recording From Master Cassette

Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone

D6 > NAKCR1A > NAKCR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6>

"Thanks to my good friend Don for taping one of John's last shows."

Personnel
Barry Melton	Guitar, Vocals
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Albin	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums

Full Moon Saloon, San Francisco, CA, 20 January, 1989

Tracks
First Set
Disc 1
1.	/Stagger Lee *	4:30
2.	Got Love *	4:41
3.	Barry, talk, etc	3:28
4.	I Can't Dance -->	5:29
5.	Love Machine	9:43
6.	Barry, Intros	2:42
7.	They Kicked Me Out Of The Band	3:59
8.	After Midnight **	6:43
Second Set
9.	Barry, talk, etc	0:46
10.	By The San Francisco Bay	4:02
11.	The Dance -->	6:56
12.	That Gal Of Mine	5:15
13.	Codine	7:43
14.	Barry, Intro	1:53
15.	Green Light	4:52
Disc 1 Total		72:43
Disc 2
16.	Thirty Days -->	3:22
17.	Level With Me	8:24
Encore
18.	Mona	15:22
Disc 2 Total		27:08

* Without John Cipollina
** With Merl Saunders on Keyboards, Vocals

Source: Master Cassette, Soundboard

Equipment: Sony D5

Taper: Roger Miller

Lineage: MC > WAV > FLAC

This show was billed as John Cipollina comeback show. John was very ill during this time.
This was one of the last Cipollina shows that I recorded. Sadly, John Cipollina passed away on May 29, 1989. He is sorely missed.

This show, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
Barry Melton	Guitar, Vocals
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Walsh	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums

The Saloon, 13 May 1989

Tracks
1.	Love	4:05
2.	Wine, Women & Whisky	4:32
3.	Old Fart's Rap	6:10
4.	Love Machine	9:54
5.	S.F. Bay Blues	4:45
6.	San Francisco Shuffle	4:20
7.	Level With Me	10:16
8.	S.O.S.	5:34
9.	Mona	13:07
	Total	62:46

John's last show

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