Hot Tuna
March 2 1991
Ventura Theater
Ventura, CA
Aiwa CM-30 Stereo Cardioid >Sony WM-D6C Cassette Master
(Recorded, Transferred, Audacity, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)
Front Row Balcony, Left Hand Side.
Maxell MX-S Masters Transferred: Sony TC-D5M >Tascam DR-100mkII (24bit/48kHz),
Left Channel Y’d To Mono Due To Bad Right Channel In Stereo Microphone.
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, 30 Milliseconds Of Delay Added To Right Mono Channel To Approximate A Pseudo Stereo Effect, Minor Edits, Down Sample / Dither To 16 Bit 44.1k) >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35
FLAC >WAV >Audacity (Combine Tracks To A One-Track File, Amplify By 4.6db, Re-Track On Original Index Points) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53 (July 2024)
Disc I:
Electric:
- Walkin’ Blues
- I See The Light
- Hit Single #1
- It’s Just My Way
- 99 Year Blues
- I Am The Light Of This World
- Ice Age
- Love Gone Flat
- AK-47*
- Bring It On Home To Me
- Big Fish
Acoustic:
- Hesitation Blues
- I’ll Be All Right Someday
Disc II:
- Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
- I Want You To Know
- Candy Man
- Watch The North Wind Rise
- Trouble In Mind
- San Francisco Bay Blues*
Electric:
- Bulletproof Vest
- Brand New Toy
- Death Don’t Have No Mercy
- Baby What You Want Me To Do
- Key To The Highway
- Junkies On Angel Dust
Encore:
- Parchman Farm
Lineup:
Jorma Kaukonen – Guitar, Vocals
Jack Casady – Bass
Michael Falzarano – Guitar, Vocals
Harvey Sorgen – Drums
*Tape Flip At End Of Song
Show Was All One Set But Broken Up With An Acoustic Portion In The Middle
OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was my VERY FIRST recording made at the Ventura Theater, and was recorded with one of my two Aiwa CM-30 stereo microphones, but unfortunately this particular mic had a problem with the right channel. I was able to repair the missing channel and add some digital delay in Audacity, details described above in transfer notes.
I probably should have used my Nakamichi CM-300s for this show, but I went with the Aiwa to be on the safe side. I did use the Naks for Arlo Guthrie later in March of ’91 at the Ventura Theater and they did sound a bit better.
The Ventura Theater was built in the 1920s and is of ‘Spanish Colonial’ architecture. It was converted to a dinner theater at some point and all the seats on the floor area removed to make room for large dinner tables arranged in three tiers (because of the original sloped floor of the theater.) The PA was upgraded in the late 90s and sounded much better, whereas before it could sound boomy, especially in the balcony being at the back of the hall, but it was a safer bet for recording as compared to up front in the dining area. The crowd was always quieter in the balcony and there was less security. In later years a wall was built at the back of the main part of the theater behind the dinner tables and the balcony, which was over the bar, was permanently closed off. I have recorded there several times during the 1990s but I don’t think I’ve been there since.
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