This show was recorded at City Gardens in New Jersey during July of ’86. We had just finished up the final mixing of All-Night Lotus Party in June and went back out on the road for a bit. Frankly, that was a relief as we were growing bored from performing at political fundraisers, children’s hospitals, and Amish charity events (Pete is Amish).

Somehow, we ended up on this hardcore skinhead extravaganza bill … I don’t know why. But, without sounding overly confident, I think it captures us at the height of our powers as a unit. We have here what Ginger Baker would call “time,” and as we always played better when it was “us against them,” it made for quite an experience.

The original tape was restored by Bob Weston and Jon Williams. Bob tells me the whiz-bang technical term for this is “audio restoration.” Whatever it might be called, they did a great job.

—Jeff Weigand, June 2014