Hi,

Just saw this release notice for the Stones in New Jersey in 1978.

New Jersey 1979 KBFH

The concert date coincides with the Capitol Theater show in Passaic. The cover says it's a King Biscuit show. That would be news to me. I have a few "Handsome Girls" releases, including the first TSP set. None of those have a New Jersey performance. To my knowledge, all the King Biscuit tapes were then released either on "Handsome Girls" or subsequent releases.

I have the Capitol Theater show ("Out On Bail," etc.) and as far as I know, they were all sourced from a cassette stolen from the soundboard during "Street Fighting Man".

Is this just a mistake (perhaps intentionally misleading) or is this a newly unearthed King Biscuit recording?

Thanks.

Duck

Looks like a bootleg/grey market release. A 1981 picture on the cover of a 1978 show doesn't bode well. I love the Passaic show. A properly mixed version would be a holy grail for me.

I have an old cassette tape of the King Biscuit Flower Hour. I am sure the broadcast was from the Detroit and Memphis shows.

I have more than one copy of Out on Bail or Garden State 78 and many other names and it is certainly NOT the broadcast.

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bakersfield

Looks like a bootleg/grey market release.

It's a Japanese bootleg/grey market release (30-Jan-2026) - [www.Amazon.co.jp] , [Tower.jp] , [DiskUnion.net] , [www.HMV.co.jp] .

Bootlegs of 14-Jun-1978 - [dbboots.com] . WPLJ 95.5 FM Broadcast: [iorr.org] , [iorr.org] .

2026 Japanese 2CD Tracks:

1. Let It Rock
2. All Down The Line
3. Honky Tonk Women
4. Star Star
5. When The Whip Comes Down
6. Miss You
7. Just My Imagination
8. Lies
9. Beast of Burden

1. Respectable
2. Far Away Eyes
3. Love In Vain
4. Shattered
5. Sweet Little Sixteen
6. Tumbling Dice
7. Happy
8. Brown Sugar
9. Jumpin' Jack Flash
10. Street Fighting Man

From the Amazon description: "The performance in New Jersey on 14 June was recorded for the popular American radio programme <King Biscuit Flower Hour>. A programme compiled from the best takes of the three shows was subsequently produced and broadcast worldwide after the tour concluded. Incidentally, the title <Live in Memphis 1978> was used for the broadcast. This release follows the discovery of the original New Jersey recording. This live album features the broadcast-quality audio from that session, capturing the entire concert, including the encore." .



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My first Rolling Stones show!

The Passaic show was never broadcasted. Fans stole the cassette from the tape desk of the sound guy, midway during SFM. That's also how the Woodstock tapes got out: a fan stole tape cassettes from the console.

Mathijs

I thought they played Hound Dog in Memphis in 78? I used to own a vinyl copy of that show, known as ‘Lacerated’.

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bakersfield

I thought they played Hound Dog in Memphis in 78?

Yes: [www.dbboots.com] . But Memphis 1978 was on June 28th while New Jersey 1978 was on June 14th.

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Mathijs
The Passaic show was never broadcasted. Fans stole the cassette from the tape desk of the sound guy, midway during SFM. That's also how the Woodstock tapes got out: a fan stole tape cassettes from the console.

Mathijs

That's what I know to be true for Passaic show, but this release states:

"This release follows the discovery of the original New Jersey recording. This live album features the broadcast-quality audio from that session, capturing the entire concert, including the encore."

To my knowledge, this was never professionally recorded. But is that correct? Was there a KBFH recording still in the vaults that wasn't used for "Handsome Girls" or other releases?

If so, then you have a complete soundboard of "Street Fighting Man," which prior to this release, was not available since the soundboard cassette was stolen during the performance of "Street Fighting Man."

Thanks.

Duck

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HTD

To my knowledge, this was never professionally recorded.

What's with these WPLJ 95.5 FM broadcasts: [iorr.org] , [iorr.org] ?

Let me try this again. I recorded the King Biscuit Flower Hour on a cassette tape which I still have. The broadcast was not from the NJ show.

The Rolling Stones' King Biscuit Flower Hour appearances, particularly the notable 1978 Memphis (6/28/78) and 1981 Pontiac (11/30-12/1/81) sets, are highly regarded radio broadcasts featuring live performances from the band's prime touring years. Distributed by D.I.R. Broadcasting on reel-to-reel and vinyl, these shows included hits like "Miss You" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash," along with original commercials and interview segments, often misprinted as "Elvis Costello" or featuring special radio host roundtables.

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georgemcdonnell314
I have an old cassette tape of the King Biscuit Flower Hour. I am sure the broadcast was from the Detroit and Memphis shows.

I have more than one copy of Out on Bail or Garden State 78 and many other names and it is certainly NOT the broadcast.

Here is King Biscuit from Lexington, Kentucky (with Peter Tosh opening) ... [archive.org]

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ChrisL

Here is King Biscuit from Lexington, Kentucky (with Peter Tosh opening)

Lexington (KY) is 29 June 1978 and there're many bootlegs - [dbboots.com] .

The actual question of this thread is the complete, original recording of 14 June 1978, New Jersey and if it's on this new Japanese 2CD.

So, I listened to the cassette I recorded off the radio of the King Biscuit Flower hour.

It says " We now return to the mid-south coliseum in Memphis for more of the Rolling Stones live on the King Biscuit Flower Hour"

The concert is also available on Wolfgang's vault along with several other radio broadcasts including the ones from Detroit in 1981. You can check there for verification.

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Irix

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ChrisL

Here is King Biscuit from Lexington, Kentucky (with Peter Tosh opening)

Lexington (KY) is 29 June 1978 and there're many bootlegs - [dbboots.com] .

The actual question of this thread is the complete, original recording of 14 June 1978, New Jersey and if it's on this new Japanese 2CD.

Yes! And while the Passaic show was broadcast and I'm sure there are plenty of tapes made of that broadcast, was there a professional multi-track recording made of the show as with the other shows as there was with Fort Worth, Houston, Memphis, Lexington, etc.?

Having worked in radio at the time, a radio station, even in New York, would not have taken a multi-track feed. It would have in all likelihood taken a mixed down stereo feed from the soundboard for broadcast. While I'm sure there were plenty of tape recorders running at WPLJ to capture the performance, they would have been in stereo. Good quality, but not the same at those recorded by professional remotes as with Fort Worth, Houston, Memphis, Lexington, etc.

Duck

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HTD

Yes! And while the Passaic show was broadcast and I'm sure there are plenty of tapes made of that broadcast, was there a professional multi-track recording made of the show as with the other shows as there was with Fort Worth, Houston, Memphis, Lexington, etc.?

Again: the Passaic show was never broadcasted. The recording is a straight tape desk recording from the mixing console, stolen by fans halfway through SFM.

Mathijs

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Mathijs

Again: the Passaic show was never broadcasted.

These WPLJ 95.5 FM broadcasts are a lie then - [iorr.org] ?

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Irix

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Mathijs

Again: the Passaic show was never broadcasted.

These WPLJ 95.5 FM broadcasts are a lie then - [iorr.org] ?

I don't know if it's a lie, any radio station could have played a bootleg recording, but it would have been the same tape that all bootlegs were made from. The tape was stolen from the desk, and made available quite immediately on bootlegs. All version available today come from the same tape.

When was the broadcast exactly? Internet doesn't the broadcasting date AFAIK.

Mathijs



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Mathijs

The tape was stolen from the desk

Now already mentioned 5 times in this thread ....

The thread was about the King Biscuit Flower Hour, and the New Jersey concert was not the King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast.

Mathijs is correct. The tape was stolen and any radio station can broadcast a bootleg.

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Irix

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ChrisL

Here is King Biscuit from Lexington, Kentucky (with Peter Tosh opening)

Lexington (KY) is 29 June 1978 and there're many bootlegs - [dbboots.com] .

The actual question of this thread is the complete, original recording of 14 June 1978, New Jersey and if it's on this new Japanese 2CD.

Thank you Irix. And apologies if my post was not clear. I wasn't trying to answer any questions about Passaic. George was posting about his KBFH cassette and was trying to remember the venues. I had just found that Lexington recording and offered that as a possible reference for him to check if that was the tape he may have had.
I have no expertise on KBFH, I was just trying to be helpful.

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Irix

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Mathijs

The tape was stolen from the desk

Now already mentioned 5 times in this thread ....

Only 3 times by me.

Mathijs

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georgemcdonnell314

The thread was about the King Biscuit Flower Hour, and the New Jersey concert was not the King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast.

A simple solution would probably be that someone buys this new Japanese 2CD, compares its content with the known bootlegs and checks if the sentence "This release follows the discovery of the original New Jersey recording." is true.