Rolling Stones / Super Groups In Concert SGC-17

Generic Disc Label

The Rolling Stones
Super Groups In Concert Presents: The Rolling Stones 08/28/82
Supergroups SGC-17
Label: D.I.R. Broadcasting Corp
Series: Super Groups In Concert
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Promo, Transcription

00 NO ARTIST - 1000 hz tone
01 Pat St. John - Supergroups In Concert SGC-17 Intro
02 Commercial - Coca-Cola "Coke Is It" 1
03 Pat St. John - Show Intro, A Train
04 Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
05 Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
06 Rolling Stones - Let's Spend The Night Together
07 Interview - Lisa Robinson
08 Pat St. John - Supergroups In Concert SGC-17 Break
09 Commercial - Coca-Cola "Coke Is It"
10 Pat St. John - Supergroups In Concert SGC-17 Break
11 Rolling Stones - Shattered
12 Rolling Stones - Black Limousine
13 Rolling Stones - Twenty Flight Rock
14 Rolling Stones - Going To A Go-Go
15 Interview - Bob Clearmountain
16 Pat St. John - Supergroups In Concert SGC-17 Break
17 Commercial - Coca-Cola "Coke Is It" 2
18 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
19 Rolling Stones - Band Introductions
20 Interview - Bill Graham
21 Rolling Stones - Let Me Go
22 Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side
23 Interview - Art Collins
24 Commercial - Coca-Cola "Coke Is It" 1
25 Pat St. John - Supergroups In Concert SGC-17 Segment Intro
26 Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
27 Rolling Stones - Just My Imagination
28 Rolling Stones - She's So Cold
29 Commercial - Coca-Cola "Coke Is It" 3
30 Pat St. John - Supergroups In Concert SGC-17 Break
31 Rolling Stones - Hang Fire
32 Rolling Stones - Miss You
33 Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
34 Interview - Ernie Watts
35 Pat St. John - Supergroups In Concert SGC-17 Break
36 Commercial - Coca-Cola "Coke Is It" 4
37 Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
38 Interview - Ron Delsener
39 Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
40 Commercial - Coca-Cola "Coke Is It" 1
41 Pat St. John - Supergroups In Concert SGC-17 Outro

Matrix / Runout: SGC-17A MCR Joe

Matrix / Runout: SGC-17B MCR Joe

Matrix / Runout: SGC-17C MCR Joe

Matrix / Runout: SGC-17D MCR Joe

Matrix / Runout: SGC-17E MCR Joe

Matrix / Runout: SGC-17F MCR Joe

Note: the "Joe" is a cursive script squiggle, also interpreted as Bre, gre, SRE or Joe.

MCR stands for "Master Cutting Room," and the squiggle for Joe Brescio, the mastering engineer. As his first name is "Joe" and last name starts with "Bre" it's possible he intended it to be both.

There is a discussion on Discogs that concludes:

MCR + Bre (looks like gre)

Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room

Lacquer Cut by - Joe Brescio 

You get: 300 dpi scans of the cue sheets, promo sheet, and all six disc labels.  UPDATED April 2025 with some press coverage.

https://mega.nz/file/3VxzRJgD#ARYe-g4G1zspTFk1gjtxNTtJXDXfjLrriSPrWoz0ME0

While the cue sheet says "recorded at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan," this is not only not true, it's ridiculous because the stage announcer starts the show by saying, "Washington D.C we thank you very much for waiting, would you welcome please the Rolling Stones."  

But Washington is not where the entire show was recorded, or even where the track after the introduction (Under My Thumb) was recorded.  After an obvious splice where you hear the "Under My Thumb" riff start, stop, and start again...you get Under My Thumb from East Rutherford. 

A full list of the current attributions can be found at the most excellent The Complete Works website at: 

https://www.nzentgraf.de/books/zent.htm

The blog author Nico was instrumental in figuring out the source of all of these tracks and was kind enough to put up with my incessant inquiries about variations in the various versions of Beast of Burden.

I also want to point you in the direction of our Australian pal, AussieRocker, who has coincidentally just posted a similar project exploring the Rolling Stones "Still Life" LP, and the tracks from that tour that turned up on radio broadcasts.  His blog post is at: 
https://rockonvinyl.blogspot.com/2023/02/rolling-stones-still-life-1982-still.html

So....if the tracks are NOT exclusively from Pontiac (as on the cue sheet), or from Washington (as the announcer says), where were they recorded?

The tracks are sourced from 1981 shows at East Rutherford, NJ,  Rosemont, IL ("Chicago"), Hampton, VA,  Pontiac, MI ("Detroit"), Largo, MD ("Washington, D.C."), New Orleans, and Tempe, AZ ("Phoenix"). 

Using The Complete Works website, the 1982 Supergroups show contains the same tracks as the Still Life album, a Still Life B-Side (Beast of Burden), plus the additional tracks Black Limousine, Hang Fire, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Let It Bleed, Miss You, She's So Cold, and You Can't Always Get What You Want.  

The Still Life tracks were edited and overdubbed, and the versions on the 1982 Supergroups shows have the same overdubs and edits.  I came to a similar conclusion as AussieRocker...the radio shows could be renamed Still Life Revamped, Still Life Expanded, Still Life Deluxe, etc.  

My version is a replica of the radio discs, including all commercials, disk jockey chatter, reference tone, etc. 

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Interviews:
Lisa Robinson - American writer, toured with the Rolling Stones in 1975 as their press liaison
Bob Clearmountain - American recording engineer and producer; at the time he had recently mixed Tattoo You and Still Life
Bill Graham - American concert promoter who organized the 1981 tour.
Art Collins - President of Rolling Stones Records.
Ernie Watts - Saxophone player for the 1981 Tour
Ron Delsener - New York concert promoter

Track attributions, as per Nico's website:
Under My Thumb   -  1981-11-05: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
Beast of Burden   - 1981-11-25: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL (Chicago)
Let's Spend The Night Together   -  1981-12-18: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Shattered   - 1981-12-18: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Black Limousine   -  1981-12-01: Silverdome, Pontiac, MI (Detroit)
Twenty Flight Rock  -  1981-12-09: Capital Center Arena, Largo, MD (Washington, DC)
Going To A Go-Go   - 1981-12-09: Capital Center Arena, Largo, MD (Washington, DC)
You Can't Always Get What You Want   -  1981-12-01: Silverdome, Pontiac, MI (Detroit)
Let Me Go   - 1981-12-08: Capital Center Arena, Largo, MD (Washington, DC)
Time Is On My Side   -  1981-12-18: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Let It Bleed   - 1981-12-05: Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)   -  1981-12-19: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
She's So Cold   - 1981-12-09: Capital Center Arena, Largo, MD (Washington, DC)
Hang Fire   -  1981-12-13: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ (Phoenix)
Miss You   -  1981-12-18: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Start Me Up   - 1981-11-25: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL (Chicago)
Jumpin' Jack Flash   -   1981-12-01: Silverdome, Pontiac, MI (Detroit)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction   -  1981-12-13: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ (Phoenix)

Allman Brothers Band / Supergroups In Concert 1979

The Allman Brothers Band – Super Groups In Concert Presents The Allman Brothers Band

This is digitized from the 3-LP set, which was originally broadcast on August 25, 1979.  I've seen the source concert listed as July 19, 1979 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland.   This was the fourth Supergroups show, and ads from that time say it was to be broadcast by "300 stations," which may give us an idea of how many records were pressed up.

I've included a scan of the cover and a disc label, but unfortunately the cue sheets are missing. 

As our friend Anonymous was having trouble downloading this as a single file, I've added a two part download below.  I hope this works for him! 

Label: ABC Radio Networks – SGC 102
Series: Super Groups In Concert –
Format: 3 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Box Set
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock, Non-Music
Style: Interview, AOR, Southern Rock


01 Jimmy Fink - SGC-12 Intro
02 Don't Want You No More
03 It's Not My Cross To Bear
04 Jimmy Fink - SCG-102 Break
05 Interview - Dickey Betts
06 Can't Take It With You
07 Blue Sky
08 Need Your Love So Bad
09 Crazy Love
10 Jimmy Fink - SCG-102 Break
11 Interview - Gregg Allman
12 It Just Ain't Easy
13 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
14 Jimmy Fink - SCG-102 Break
15 Interview - Butch Trucks16
16 Statesboro Blues
17 Try It One More Time
18 One Way Out
19 Jimmy Fink - SCG-102 Break
20 Interview - Dickey Betts
21 Southbound
22 Whipping Post
23 Jimmy Fink - SCG-102 Break
24 Interview - Butch Trucks
25 Ramblin' Man
26 Midnight Rider
27 Will The Circle Be Unbroken
28 Jimmy Fink - SGC-12 Outro
29 Supergroups - Music Bed

Updated May 2024 with scans of all six disc labels, plus newpaper ads:

https://mega.nz/file/fF42kJYR#s01skLa81VSQAvDB8iGCm401ytL3x-prfR7SNF3Snb8

Super Groups Salute To The South - Sept. 5, 1981

In 1981, Super Groups came back with a new look for their syndicated radio shows.  Gone were the premium "boxed set" packages, audiophile sleeves, and premium paper inserts. The new look was like the King Biscuit product: a monochrome disc label, photocopied cue sheets, and cheap paper sleeves...and the similar look wasn't coincidental:  the shows were produced by D.I.R. Broadcasting Corp., also the producers of the King Biscuit shows.

It looks like they were etching a show number into the run-out groove that numbers the shows in a simple ascending numbering scheme.  If that's right, this is the second show in the new series (SG-002)

For this one, broadcast on a Saturday at the start of the Labor Day weekend, Super Groups adopted a "Southern Rock" theme for a "compilation show" with live spots from the Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Molly Hatchet, Outlaws/Henry Paul Band, Rossinton Collins, .38 Special, and the Johnny Van Zant Band.   Each group gets one to three songs per LP side, so this doesn't play like a real concert, but it's a good overview of the genre.

...and they wrap the whole thing up with a long version of "Freebird" (or "Free Bird").  If you were ending a Southern Rock smorgasbord, is their any other choice?

It's hosted by Pat St. John,  a Yankee D.J. who shows up hosting a lot of these syndicated shows..

 Unfortunately, there were no cue sheets with this one.  I've included a scan of a disc label.  The vinyl on Side A presented some challenges, but I put in a week of work and made it listenable.   Flac files of wavs!

https://mega.nz/#!7d5nDJJT!-JklEiIi0kJi-DFCPGJE064P1QmzFTCcShZgWKPxH2E

Super Groups
Salute To The South
Broadcast date of Saturday, September 5, 1981
Disc run out grooves etched SG-002-A, SG-002-B, etc., for Sides A,B,C,D,E, and F.

01. Super Groups Salute To The South Intro - Pat St. John
02. Commercial - Nestlé $100,000 Bar
03. Super Groups Intro To Allman Brothers - Pat St. John
04. Southbound
05. Ramblin' Man
06. Angeline
07. Super Groups Salute To The South Break - Pat St. John
08. Commercial - Budweiser
09. Commercial - U.S. Navy
10. Commercial - Breathsavers Mints

11. Super Groups Intro To Marshall Tucker - Pat St. John
12. Heard It In A Love Song
13. Can't You See
14. Ramblin' 
15. Super Groups Salute To The South Break - Pat St. John
16. Commercial - Nestlé $100,000 Bar
17. Commercial - Keepsake Diamond Ring

18. Super Groups Intro To Molly Hatchet - Pat St. John
19. Molly Hatchet - Gator Country (lead vocal Danny Joe Brown)
20. Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster (lead vocal Jimmy Farrar)
21. Molly Hatchet - Beatin' The Odds (lead vocal Jimmy Farrar)
22. Super Groups Salute To The South Break - Pat St. John
23. Commercial - A&W Root Beer
24. Commercial Carefree Sugarless Gum

25. Super Groups Intro To Three Van Zant Brothers - Pat St. John
26. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
27. 38 Special - Wild Eyed Southern Boys
28. Johnny Van Zant Band - Standing In The Darkness
29. Super Groups Salute To The South Break - Pat St. John
30. Commercial - Nestlé $100,000 Bar
31. Commercial - Budweiser (BusBoys)

32. Super Groups Intro To Outlaws - Pat St. John
33. Outlaws - Ghost Riders In The Sky
34. Henry Paul Band - Grey Ghost
35. Super Groups Salute To The South Break - Pat St. John
36. Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
37. Commercial - Keepsake Diamond Rings
38. Commercial - Lifesavers

39. Super Groups Intro to Rossington Collins Band - Pat St. John
40. Rossington Collins - Prime Time
41. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
42. Super Groups Salute To The South Break - Pat St. John
43. Commercial - Nestlé $100,000 Bar
44. Super Groups Salute To The South Outro and Credits - Pat St. John