10,000 Maniacs
Beacon Theatre
New York City, NY
October 23, 1990
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 222)
Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C
Transfer: Master tapes > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > USB Sound Devices > Audacity > iZotope RX / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC
01 Maddox Table
02 Eat For Two
03 Whatís The Matter Here?
04 City Of Angels
05 A Campfire Song
06 Headstrong
07 Cherry Tree
08 Dust Bowl
09 Everyone A Puzzle Lover
10 Cotton Alley
11 Heís A-1 In The Army (And Heís A-1 In My Heart)
12 Gun Shy
13 Poor De Chirico
14 The Latin One
15 Scorpio Rising
16 Daktari
17 Like The Weather
18 Hey Jack Kerouac
19 Donít Talk
20 Trouble Me
21 Poison In The Well
22 Tension
23 My Mother The War
24 Among The Americans
25 Where My Soul Never Dies
26 Planned Obsolescence
27 Where My Soul Never Dies (Reprise)
Known Faults:
-Maddox Table: joined in progress
-The Latin One: start cut
-My Mother The War: end slightly cut
Between 1983 and 2002 there were not any tapers more active than the “Two Of Us”. For the better part of two decades they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times.
If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, “fmcleanboots” has posted a half dozen or so of their “Tunnel Of Love” tour shows but has decided to pass the baton.
What you don’t know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped.
They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists.
If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they’d see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority,
tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired.
The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats.
The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and
have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition.
Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them.
This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio, enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.
10,000 Maniacs
Beacon Theatre
New York City, NY
October 23, 1990
This is recorder 2 for Natalie and company’s 1990 stop at the Beacon Theatre and our third 10,000 Maniacs show in the series. Another wonder performance from the group, a little bit of the Beacon reverb but highly listenable throughout.
As always thanks to Goody for his continuing support of this and all our other historic releases ensuring we are running in the correct pitch.
A big thanks as always to “Two Of Us”, their dedication to capturing all these legendary performers and shows many heard hear for the first time, the HOURS and HOURS spent waiting in line, traveling, money on tickets as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their life’s work, our little community is indebted to you both. Also, a big thank you to my friend “fmcleanboots” for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in all these great releases…we’ve barely scratched the surface. The amount of completely uncirculated shows they taped and continue to get into my hands for release is staggering.
And as always thanks to Goody for his continuing support of this and all our other historic releases ensuring we are running in the correct pitch.
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