Mainstreet
a.k.a. Mainstreet a.k.a. Mainstreet
1976, Dec 18, New York, The Bottom Line
CD 1 of 2, running time
55:48
| | 1 | Eggs And Sausage | | 2 | Fumblin With The Blues | | 3 | Jitterbug Boy | | 4 | The One That Got Away | | 5 | Pasties And A G String | | 6 | Looking For The Heart Saturday Night | | 7 | Emotional Weather Report | | 8 | I Wish I Was In New Orleans | | 9 | Small Change |
CD 2 of 2, running time
55:11
| | 1 | Spare Parts | | 2 | Invitation To The Blues | | 3 | Depot Depot | | 4 | San Diego Serenade | | 5 | New Coat Of Paint | | 6 | Putnam County | | 7 | Big Joe And Phantom 309 |
| REVIEWS |
  4.44 out of 5 (3 votes)
Rhinedogs | B | Audience recording. Sound is OK, some tape noise, but well-equalized. In two or three songs there are short sound problems, but not really remarkable.
I think it was TAO before; all songs end with a very short clicking noise, but it's not too interfering. A nice recording!
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Torsten | - | This item has not been reviewed yet.
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Giff | - | This item has not been reviewed yet.
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char_boy | A | This is a really great show with good sound. I managed to get rid of the tape hiss with WAVclean without affecting the highs. It still has some sound warbles here and there, but overall sound is decent. I give it an "A" in spite of the modest sound issues because it's a great 70's show.
My copy of this has two more tracks than listed here. After "Big Joe And Phantom 309" is "Diamonds on my Windshield", followed by "Tom Traubert's Blues".
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iceman | - | This item has not been reviewed yet.
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evenenders | - | This item has not been reviewed yet.
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audiophile | A | NOTE: My copy has two songs not listed to the right, Diamonds on my Windshield and Tom Traubert's Blues.
There's a lot of confusion as to the source of this one. This is the same concert as the one released on the "Mainstreet" bootleg as The Bottom Line, NYC 12/18/1976. The fact that Tom mentions the town name during the second set of this show indicates that it indeed is sourced from the Willamantic, CT show. However, I cannot be sure that all of this is indeed from the same concert. The version of Tom Traubert's Blues is exactly the same as the one included on the "Sleepin' at Drews" bootleg which dates it at late 1976 in Cleveland. It appears there will always be some ambiguity as to the actual source here, but what can be said is that this is as "complete" as this tape gets. And the performance is top notch; the best of the circulating 1976 material. Regardless of the actual date or location, this is one of the best Waits bootlegs to be found.
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mrmojorising | - | This item has not been reviewed yet.
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EGrey | - | This item has not been reviewed yet.
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