John Hiatt – San Luis Obispo, CA (06/26/19)

John Hiatt (Acoustic)
June 26, 2019
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, California

12th Row, Slightly Left Of Center: Neumann AK-40s >LC3 >KM-100s >Tascam DR-100mkII (24bit/48khz) w/Internal Preamp And Phantom Power.

iZotope RX6 advanced & Har-Bal 3.7 (prep by Flying -M-)

WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Down Sample To 16 bit / 44.1khz) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.47

Recording, Audacity, FLAC, Tags, & Rear Cover Artwork Photo By OldNeumanntapr

Post Production Wizardry By Flying M

Disc I:

Intro
Lift Up Every Stone
Real Fine Love
The Open Road
Aces Up Your Sleeve
Perfectly Good Guitar
Crossing Muddy Waters
Cry Love
Is Anybody There?
Long Time Comin’
Master Of Disaster
[51:20]

Disc II:

Icy Blue Heart
Train To Birmingham
Tennessee Plates
Feels Like Rain
Thing Called Love
I’m In Asheville
Memphis In The Meantime

Encore:

Have A Little Faith In Me

[45:01]

John Hiatt -Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Piano

The Historic Fremont (Movie) Theater Was Built In 1942

OldNeumanntapr Notes-

The last time that John Hiatt played an acoustic show at the Fremont my first Tascam had an electronic convulsion and I lost most of the show except for two or three songs.

Hiatt is an amazing songwriter and performer and I always enjoy seeing him in concert.
The Fremont has really good acoustics with its curved interior walls.
My hat is off to Flying M for his uncanny ability to get the most out of my recordings with his vast computer processing knowledge.
This recording really shines and actually sounds better than my ears heard the show live!!!
I hope everybody enjoys this one.
I was pleased to hear ‘Memphis In The Meantime’ because for some reason I was humming it at home the night before while I was getting my recording gear ready!

Flying M Preparation Notes-

It was a good workout pulling the audience back and pushing the music forward.
Have gone from end to end 4 times and I keep finding little things to “fix” and it’s been a week now so it’s becoming OCD and I had to stop.
Must have made 500 little repairs removing background noises, some easier than others.

Equalized with Har-Bal to flatten the frequency response reducing the hump in the low mid-range and giving it a little more presence in the top and bottom end.
Resulted in a “fuller” sound with the vocals being brought up making the singing clearer.

The audience exploded between songs so the loudest claps, whistling and whoo-hooing were removed as much as I could.
Coughing sniffing, chatting, singing and other random noises were also removed or minimized.
Finally the applause segments were reduced by an additional 3dB and then the overall amplitude was increased by 12dB.

Acoustic shows are tough to prepare as so many small noises become distracting once the volume is increased as much as this was.
-M-

Do NOT Convert To MP3.
Enjoy! Share freely, don’t sell, play nice, don’t run with scissors, etc. 😉