Waiting For Columbus

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2012

Labels: Warner Bros. Records, Rhino Records, Hot Tomato Records

Recorded at:
The Rainbow Theatre, London, England, with the Manor Mobile Unit, 8/1/77 (-), 8/2/77 (1-8, 1-11, 2-8), 8/3/77 (1-6, 1-7, 2-3), 8/4/77 (1-5, horn break on 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 2-11)
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington, DC, with the Fedco Remote, 8/8/77 (1-2 to 1-4, 1-12 to 2-2, 2-10, 2-13, 2-14), 8/9/77 (2-5 to 2-7, 2-12, 2-15), 8/10/77 (2-4, 2-9)
[Note: Manchester City Hall, Manchester, England (7/29/77) was also recorded on 24-track tape, but nothing was ever used from this date.]

Disc 1 (all) & disc 2 (2-1 to 2-5) from the original release of Waiting For Columbus, Warner Bros. #2BS-3140 (2/10/78)
Refurbished at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA; Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (8/19/77-9/10/77). Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (9/12/77-10/16/77)
[Note: For aesthetic reasons, the playing order of Sides 2 (1-9 to 1-12) & 3 (1-6 to 1-8) has been switched so that the band's main set (contained on Disc 1) now concludes with the long ovation that leads into the encore.]

Disc 2 (2-6 to 2-10)
Performances that were refurbished & mixed for the original album Waiting For Columbus, but not used.

Disc 2 (2-11, 2-12)
Selections that were apparently never considered for inclusion on either the original album or Hoy-Hoy! They are newly mixed from the original multitrack tapes and do not contain any overdubs.

Disc 2 (2-13 to 2-15)
First issued on the album Hoy-Hoy!, Warner Bros. #2BSK-3538 (7/29/81)
Refurbished & mixed at George Massenburg Studios (The Complex), West Los Angeles, CA (12/80-3/81)

[Note: This release now contains all the songs that were performed at the series of shows recorded for this album.]

Reissue annotation:
Mixes for "Cold, Cold, Cold" & "Day At The Dog Races" (2-11, 2-12) at Capitol Studios

Art Direction, Design: GregAllen@gapd

This Reissue/Compilation ℗ 1978, 1981 & 2002 Warner Bros. Records Inc. © 1978 & 2002 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.
Made in the EU

Released in slim double jewel case with a 24 pages booklet.