Quincy Jones & Friends - Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9 (Pre-FM)

Quincy Jones & Friends
Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9
Budweiser Superfest, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California August 1, 1982
For Broadcast In 1983
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
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Flac Level 8 24bir/96khz
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Label Scans Included

Featuring:
James Ingram
Patti Austin
Ernie Watts
Charles "Dune" May
Nick Ashford
Valerie Simpson
Michael Jackson

From The Collection Of JustDave

Brought To You By The Collective Of Live Music

Digitized From An Original Radio Broadcast 2x Vinyl Album Set

Lineage:  Pre-FM Double Vinyl LP Set > Sony PS-LX300H Belt Driven Turntable @ 33+1/3 RPM/60Hrz (Balanced, Needle Tracking, Azimuth & Pressure Dialed In) > Sony TA-AV561 AV Control Integrated Amplifier > Line In (4ft cables w/gold plated tips) > HP Envy 700 Series > BEATS Audio Realtek High Definition Audio Soundcard > Goldwave v6.83 (recording, editing) > Wave 24bit/96khz > Goldwave v6.83 (re-sample) > Wave 16bit/44,1khz > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8

01 Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9 Intro & Break
02 Commercial - Budweiser
03 Commercial - Chewels Sugarless Chewing Gum
04 Quincy Jones & Friends - The Duke
05 Quincy Jones & Friends - Love Is In Control
06 Commercial - Schick Disposable Razor
07 Commercial - Budweiser - Joe Jackson
08 Commercial - Dentine Chewing Gum
09 Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9 Break
10 Quincy Jones & Friends - Razzamatazz (feat. Patti Austin)
11 Quincy Jones & Friends - One Hundred Ways (feat. James Ingram)
12 Quincy Jones & Friends - Hold On
13 Commercial - Chewels Sugarless Chewing Gum
14 Commercial - Schick Disposable Razor
15 Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9 Break
16 Quincy Jones & Friends - Just Once (feat. James Ingram)
17 Quincy Jones & Friends - Do You Love Me (feat. Patti Austin)
18 Quincy Jones & Friends - Chariots Of Fire (Dance Version) (feat. Ernie Watts)
19 Quincy Jones & Friends - Ai No Corrida (feat. Charles "Dune" May)
20 Commercial - Dentine Chewing Gum
21 Commercial - Schick Disposable Razor
22 Commercial - Chewels Sugarless Chewing Gum
23 Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9 Break
24 Quincy Jones & Friends - Stuff Like That (feat. Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Michael Jackson)
25 Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9 Wrap Up
26 Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9 Promo Bed w/Voiceover

Total Playing Time: 58mn 54sc

Quincy Jones (R.I.P.) - Keyboards, Master of Ceremonies, Musical Director, Composer, Arranger,

The Special Friends:
James Ingram (R.I.P.) - Lead Vocal "One Hundred Ways", "Just Once"
Patti Austin - Lead Vocal "Razzamatazz", "Do You Love Me"
Ernie Watts - Saxophone "Chariots Of Fire (Dance Version)"
Charles "Dune" May (R.I.P.) - Lead Vocal "Ai No Corrida"
Nick Ashford (R.I.P.) - Lead Vocal "Stuff Like That"
Valerie Simpson - Lead Vocal "Stuff Like That"
Michael Jackson (R.I.P.) - Lead Vocal "Stuff Like That"

The Friends:
Greg Phillinganes - Keyboards & Vocals
Rod Temperton (R.I.P.) - Keyboards & Vocalss
Carlos Rios – Guitar
Louis Johnson (R.I.P.) – Bass
John Robinson – Drums
Ollie Brown – Percussion
Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Jerome Richardson (R.I.P.) - Tenor Saxophone
George Bohanon (R.I.P.) – Trombone
Vivian Cherry – Vocals
Peggy Lipton Jones (R.I.P.) – Vocals

Runout Grooves:
Side 1 : WPC-83-9-A > ALSHIRE (Stamp) L-13215
Side 2 : WPC-83-9-B > ALSHIRE (Stamp) L-13215
Side 3 : WPC-83-9-C > ALSHIRE (Stamp) L-13215
Side 4 : WPC-83-9-D > ALSHIRE (Stamp) L-13215

JustDave's Notes:
- As always a Big Thank You to my fellow members of The Collective Of Live Music for help and insperation
- Also A Big Thank You to Emperor Nobody who did a digitization of this same concert but from the Budweiser Concert Hour transcription disc. Included in his upload was a poster with proof of the recording date and guests. He also included some photos from the gig which confirm that Michael Jackson actually participated and sang co-lead vocals with Ashford & Simpson on "Stuff Like That"

Known Faults:
- No cue sheet included with the records when purchased.
- Side three has a scratch at the beginning which gives a thumping noise each time the needle hits it. I did my best to hide that sound but some artifacts of it are left because to go any farther with noise reduction resulted in a "too prosessed sounding" section.
- A couple times during the concert Quincy Jone's sampler for his keyboard fails and you get some buzzing noises before he can fix it. For some reason Westwood One did not fix this in post production.

Recording Notes:
- The show host never identifies himself.
- There is a locked groove show promo at the end of Side Two. It was encoded and moved to the end of the program.
- The concert took place in an outside sports arena. This resulted in some wind noise through the on stage mics.
- At the beginning of "One Hundred Ways" James Ingram's mic is too low making him a little hard to hear but for some reason it was not fixed in post production by Westwood One

Editing Notes:
- A Zerostat Positive Ion gun was used on LP prior to playback.
- A carbon fiber record brush, then a felt disc cleaner was used on the record prior to playback.
- Records hand cleaned with Record Research Lab Super Record Wash before playback.
- LP cleaned with the HumminGuru Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaning System prior to playback.
- Raw transfer: EQ off, treble and bass levels set at +/- zero for most accurate sound of LP.
- Turntable balanced: Needle Tracking, Azimuth, Pressure & Antiskid Dialed In: Soundcard stereo field maximized: Goldwave always set to record while filtering any offset.
- Recording and all editing done in 24bit/96khz.
- Preservation being key the show is encoded complete with commercials and voiceovers.
- Declicked manually and some noise reduction used depending on what best served situation.
- To deal with some of the scratches in the surface of Side 3 an anti-skid level of 3 had to be used. Normally my anti-skid is set at 1.5.
- A Highpass filter with an initial cut off of 30khz and a static steepness of 2 was used to lower the wind noise in the onstage mics.

Other Notes:
- This concert was also released by Westwood One as the highly sought (and expensive) Budweiser Concert Hour Show #82-18.
- This version of the concert is the longer version of the 2 versions released, having one more song, the Grammy and Acadamy Award Winning song "Chariots Of Fire (Dance Version)" from the Motion Picture Soundtrack.
- This version of the concert, Westwood One Concerts & Specials #WPC-83-9, is from the rare Pop Concert Series. Some of these shows were concerts and some artist profiles. Some were even released as the Startrak Profile Series and Startrak Profile - In Concert Series. The Collective Of Live Music is just starting to explore this series in depth.
- Once again on a Westwood One Concerts & Specials sow the host never identifies himself. I am starting to think this is a regular occurrence with the Pop Concert Series since so far it has happened on all I have encoded.
- Ernie Watts toured with The Rolling Stones, Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Tom Coster, and former Journey drummer Steve Smith's jazz band. The famous saxophone in the "Theme Song From Night Court" was played by Ernie Watts. Saxophone player Ernie Watts also played on soundtracks for Grease, and The Color Purple.

Digitized By JustDave For The Collective Of Live Music

Project Started : July 7, 2025              Project Finished : July 10, 2025

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