Stevie Nicks - Live in Costa Mesa, CA. Oct 14, 1989
 
Format:
FLAC files
 
Track List:
01. Outside The Rain
02. Dreams
03. Rooms On Fire
04. Gold Dust Woman
05. Alice
06. No Spoken Word
07. How Still My Love
08. Beauty And The Beast
09. Drums
10. Stand Back
11. Whole Lotta Trouble
12. Two Kinds Of Love
13. Band Introduction
14. Edge Of Seventeen
15. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You?
 
Notes (from bootlegger):
Mike Millard Master Tapes via JEMS
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 140
1644 Edition

Recording Gear: AKG 451E Microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Nakamichi 550 Cassette Recorder

Known Faults:
-Edge Of Seventeen: splice

Stevie Nicks, Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, October 14, 1989

Our women of rock wave continues this week with true Mike The Mike favorite Stevie Nicks. Millard was a fan of both Fleetwood Mac and Nick's solo work, recording both multiple times.

In October 1989 Nicks was on tour in support of her fourth solo album, The Other Side Of The Mirror released in May. It was a Top Ten, platinum-selling record that spawned the hit "Rooms On Fire." Nicks' thriving solo career was interrupted by the Mac's Tango In The Night, released in April 1987, the tour in support of which ran from September 1987 to June 1988, famously without Lindsey Buckingham who quit the band (as seems to be his habit) after the release of the album.

At this point Nicks was firmly established as a solo artist separate from her famous band, but she was having well-documented personal struggles including a prescription drug habit. The 1989 tour is the one that she refers to as not remembering at all as a result.

As to how that affects her performance, we'll let you be the judge. This might not be peak Nicks, but the show does have its moments. New songs seem to fare better than the familiar ones.

The Pac Amp is one of the venues we refer to as a home court for Millard having taped there so often. It was only a short drive from his home in Orange County and he seemed to always get tickets in his preferred taping location, with this being no exception.

Mike's capture is consistent with his other Costa Mesa recordings, up close and full. Perhaps because it is an outdoor venue, there's always a bit more audience noise on the tapes from Pac Amp than say a concert at the Forum, but nothing you're going to bump on. Samples provided.

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BK for JEMS
 
Date & Venue:
Oct 14, 1989 at the Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA
 
Sound Quality:
Ungraded
 
Source:
Transfer: Mike Millard Master Cassette > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 3.1 capture > iZotope RX > iZotope RX9 Advanced and Ozone 9 > MBIT+ resample to 16/44.1 > Audacity > xACT 2.50 > FLAC
 
Artwork:
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Last Update: 8 September 2026, fmfanuk