Arabesque band - late July, 1980

PS Flowers
Estes Park, CO

SBD master tape -- stellar analog sound quality

featuring Mike Scap - "a little bit Dawg, a little bit Django"

*** the most amazing 1980 chops, band, AND guitar/mandolin player you Never heard of ***

Source:
Sound system and SBD mix by Eric Levine - violin player

SBD > mono single channel > Nakamichi 550 portable cassette recorder w/ Dolby NR
Scotch Master II 90-minute chromium dioxide cassette tapes

Lineage:
MC > Nakamichi 550 > Lexicon Alpha 24-bit / 48 khz > USB > Samplitude 24-bit / 48 khz mono
Samplitude > 16-bit / 44.1 khz stereo > TLH > Flac > SBE fixed

SBD recording was taped, transferred, and remastered by Monte Barry
powered my 36-year-old Nak 550 w/batteries for this transfer to eliminate any hum

-- a priceless gem and a beauty - please tell the world about this band
-- the 2nd and what I believe to be final Arabesque show in their LMA old tape collection
http://www.archive.org/details/ArabesqueBand

circulation date for this tape - August 30, 2009

thank you Internet Archive
-- peace from Monte --

*** where the hell is Mike Scap? ***

Set 1
Minor Swing
Lady Be Good
Breezin'
Blue Bossa
Norwegian Wood
Watch What Happens
Nine Pound Hammer
Yalonta
March of the Siamese Children
Stockton Blues
Wave
Saint Ann's Reel
band intro
Sweet Sue

Set 2
White Dove
Cherokee
Swing 39

Notes:
track changes are seamless
recording finishes before end of show
Yalonta cuts off before ending due to reel flip

Arabesque
Mike Scap - guitar, mandolin, vocals
Ralph Brandofino - mandolin, vocals
Mike Fitzmaurice - guitar, vocals
Eric Levine - violin
Mark Diamond - bass, vocals, frontman

*** I wonder if String Cheese Incident ever heard these guys ***

Mark Diamond Music
www.markdiamondmusic.com
Boulder, CO

Eric Levine - violin / fiddle
eric.levine@juno.com
Ft. Collins, CO

Monte the Taper - the tapes circulate here
www.DesignsByMonte.com
Ft. Collins, CO