John Prine
Rockefeller’s, Houston, Texas
February 6, 1984

Early show
01 Please Don’t Bury Me
02 Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow)
03 Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis
04 The Oldest Baby in the World
05 Fish and Whistle
06 Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
07 Billy the Bum
08 Illegal Smile
09 How Lucky Can One Man Get
10 Iron Ore Betty
11 Aimless Love
12 Sam Stone
13 I Had a Dream
14 There She Goes
15 Hello in There
16 Paradise
17 I Wanna Be With You
18 Common Sense
19 Spanish Pipedream
20 Far From Me

— late show
21 Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
22 Fish and Whistle
23 Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis
24 Unwed Fathers
25 Illegal Smile
26 Dear Abby
27 Souvenirs
28 That’s the Way That the World Goes Round
29 Iron Ore Betty
30 People Putting People Down
31 Aw Heck
32 Bottomless Lake
33 Introduction to Sam Stone
34 Sam Stone
35 One Red Rose
36 Don’t Bury Me
37 Sailin’ Around
38 Hello in There
39 A Boy Like Me

Excellent Mixing Desk Recording
Source: CDRs in trade>EAC>Sounforge 8 (New Track Marks, Fades, Clean Joins)>FLAC Level 6

John Prine
Rockefeller’s
Houston, TX, USA
March 16, 1988

SBD

Master cassette
Played back with Dolby B on a Nak Dragon through an Avid MBox Mini III into a PC running Audacity 2.3.3 software >
Audition (Levels adjusted; Track splits, fades) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)

John Prine – guitar, vocals

*Garry Fish – guitar, bg vocals
*Ron Crick – guitar, bg vocals

Disc 1
01 Lulu Walls 3:09
02 The Torch Singer 2:14
03 Aw Heck 2:09
04 Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard 2:42
05 Intro to The Oldest Baby In The World 3:37
06 The Oldest Baby In The World 2:20
07 Six O’Clock News 3:20
08 Aimless Love 2:25
09 Living In The Future 3:41
10 Donald And Lydia 4:09
11 The Frying Pan 2:02
12 Blue Umbrella 3:23
13 Souvenirs (Shoutout to Steve Goodman) 3:50
14 Grandpa Was A Carpenter 2:34
15 Fish And Whistle 2:58
16 Just Wanna Be With You 2:22
17 Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow) 3:31
18 Spanish Pipedream 3:05
Runtime: 53:31

Disc 2
19 Illegal Smile 3:46
20 Dear Abby 3:33
21 The Great Compromise 4:16
22 Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone 3:02
23 The Bottomless Lake 4:05
24 Sam Stone 4:28
25 That’s The Way That The World Goes ‘Round 3:52
26 Angel From Montgomery 3:31
27 Intro to Let’s Talk Dirty In Hawaiian 1:21
28 Let’s Talk Dirty In Hawaiian 3:07
29 Hello In There 4:45
30 Encore call 0:47
31 Bad Boy 3:21
32 Please Don’t Bury Me 3:19
33 Paradise* 5:07
Runtime: 52:19

This edition first presented on May 4, 2020

John Prine
Rockefeller’s
Houston, TX, USA
March 15, 1988

SBD

Master cassette
Played back with Dolby B on a Nak Dragon through an Avid MBox Mini III into a PC running Audacity 2.3.3 software >
Audition (Levels adjusted; Track splits, fades) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)

John Prine – guitar, vocals

*Garry Fish – guitar, bg vocals
%Ron Crick – guitar, bg vocals
%Wayne Wilkerson – guitar, bg vocals

Disc 1
01 Lulu Walls 3:02
02 The Torch Singer 2:47
03 Aw Heck 2:53
04 Intro to The Oldest Baby In The World 4:16
05 The Oldest Baby In The World 2:23
06 Six O’Clock News 3:13
07 Aimless Love 2:09
08 Living In The Future 3:40
09 Donald And Lydia 4:04
10 The Frying Pan 2:01
11 Blue Umbrella 3:19
12 Souvenirs (Shoutout to Steve Goodman) 3:50
13 Grandpa Was A Carpenter 2:29
14 Fish And Whistle 2:53
15 Just Wanna Be With You 2:11
16 Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow) 3:24
17 Spanish Pipedream 3:00
Runtime: 51:33

Disc 2
18 Illegal Smile 3:42
19 Dear Abby 3:38
20 Intro to Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone 2:38
21 Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone 2:52
22 The Bottomless Lake 3:53
23 Sam Stone 4:22
24 That’s The Way That The World Goes ‘Round 3:57
25 Angel From Montgomery 3:35
26 Intro to Let’s Talk Dirty In Hawaiian 1:44
27 Let’s Talk Dirty In Hawaiian 3;06
28 Hello In There > Encore call 5:45
29 Bad Boy (for Jimmy Swaggert) 3:14
30 Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness 3:19
31 Please Don’t Bury Me3:19 32 Paradise% 6:10
Runtime: 55:13

This edition first presented on May 4, 2020