Westwood One Budweiser Concert BC 82-13
Airs 7/2 - 7/4 (1982)
Recording date and location unknown
but likely to be Checkerdome, St. Louis
September 12, 1981
01 J.J. Johnson - Budweiser Concert BC 82-13 Intro
02 Millie Jackson - I Can't Stop Loving You
03 Millie Jackson - What Am I Waiting For
04 Millie Jackson - Love On The Rocks
05 Millie Jackson - This Is It
06 Commercial - Budweiser
07 J.J. Johnson - Budweiser Concert BC 82-13 Break
08 The O'Jays - Sing A Happy Song
09 The O'Jays - Used Ta Be My Girl
10 J.J. Johnson - Budweiser Concert BC 82-13 Break
11 Commercial - Budweiser
12 The O'Jays - Make A Joyful Noise
13 The O'Jays - O'Jay's Stew (medley)
14 Commercial - Budweiser
15 J.J. Johnson - Budweiser Concert BC 82-13 Break
16 The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money
17 J.J. Johnson - Budweiser Concert BC 82-13 Outro
The groovy runout grooves say:
BC-82-12-A > ALSHIRE L-10219
BC-82-12-B > ALSHIRE L-10219-X
The eagle-eyed members of Our Beloved Audience immediately noticed that the runout etchings are 82-12 while the disc label and cue are 82-13. We double-checked, and yes, the numbers do not match.
Includes 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet, both disc labels, the full front cover (the back cover is a blank white expanse with nothin' on it). Plus! Print ads! And as a, added bonus, our pal JustDave from The New JDP (https://thenewjdp.blogspot.com/) took the time to write a guest essay "About Millie Jackson" that's included.
The first thing to cover is that the recording location is unknown, but it is LIKELY to be the Checkerdome in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 12, 1981.
During the program, it's mentioned that it's the Budweiser Superfest. I checked Discogs, and there's no listing for the 82-13 show, but there's a Budweiser BC 81-9 with Millie Jackson and the O'Jays that says "Budweiser Superfest" right on the disc label. That's likely to be the same (or similar) set list as this one, but there's no cue sheet on Discogs so I can't check it.
I ran a search for "Budweiser Superfest" on Newspapers.com and found there were ads or listings for three Budweiser Superfests:
Giants Stadium (June 28) Ashford & Simpson, Stephanie Mills, Rick James and the Stone City Band, the Gap Band, Peabo Bryson, Sister Sledge, and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.
Astrodome (August 22) The O'Jays, Smokey Robinson, Ashford & Simpson, Rick James and the Stone City Band, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, and Patrice Rushen.
Checkerdome (September 12) The O'Jays, Stephanie Mills, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Peabo Bryson, and "The one and only" Millie Jackson.
| From the Kansas City paper... |
Millie Jackson only played the Checkerdome show, so that's the most likely source for this concert.
Print ads ran in a very large geography: Ads ran in Kansas City and Decatur, respectively 243 miles and 123 miles from the St. Louis concert. We do get ads here in the Bay Area for shows in the Reno/Tahoe area, so it's not unheard of...but it's also connected to a gambling/skiing resort vacation destination with lots more to do than see a show. You can ski in the winter, swim or boat in the summer. This seems like an unusually broad distribution for print advertising for a concert.
If this is from the Checkerdome, the review says, "The Budweiser Superfest on Saturday night broke the Checkerdome concert attendance record by drawing 20,085 people to its epic length - more than six hours - show." Billboard reported that the concert grossed $206,636.00.
There were articles in the trade magazines that mention possible concerts in Chicago and Los Angeles, but there's no evidence they took place.