Category: OldNeumanntapr

Jackson Browne – Syracuse, NY (03/27/71)

Jackson Browne
3/27/71
The Jabberwocky
Syracuse, NY

Bonnie Raitt played a show at the same place on the same date. Presumably, it was the same gig and one opened for the other, but I can’t find confirmation of that. You can grab a recording of her performance here.

Soundboard Reel: Sony TC-355 Reel, Mono, 7 & 1/2 ips,
Trade CD >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.47 By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:

  1. Under The Falling Sky
  2. World To Gain
  3. Together Again
  4. Mae Jean
  5. Last Time I Was Home
  6. Jesus In 3/4 Time
  7. My Opening Farewell
  8. talk
  9. From Silver Lake
  10. Rock Me On The Water
  11. Jamaica Say You Will

Disc II:

  1. Together Again
  2. Take It Underground
  3. talk
  4. talk
  5. When You Loose Your Money
  6. Our Lady Of The Well
  7. These Days
  8. Someday Morning
  9. Shadow Dream Song
  10. Song For Adam
  11. Looking Into You

Oldest Known Live Jackson Browne Recording

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Richard Thompson – San Luis Obispo, CA (02/27/22)

Richard Thompson
February 27, 2022
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, CA

12th Row DEAD Center:
Neumann AK 40s (x/y) >LC3 >KM100s >Tascam DR100mkII (24bit/48kHz)
WAV > (iZotope RX8 Advanced) >Audacity (Tracking, Down Sample To 16bit/44.1kHz) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.50

Recorded, Audacity, FLAC, & Tags by OldNeumanntapr (Along With Inside Cover Art Photo Of Theater)
Processed by Flying -M- (iZotope RX8 Advanced)

Solo Acoustic

Richard Thompson – Guitar, Vocals
Zara Phillips – Backing Vocals (from “Wall of Death” through the end)

Disc One:

  1. Stony Ground (not recorded)
  2. If I Could Live My Life Again (starts in progress)
  3. Genesis Hall
  4. Turning Of The Tide
  5. Woods Of Darney
  6. Johnny’s Far Away
  7. Uninhabited Man
  8. Walking On A Wire
  9. Walking The Long Miles Home
  10. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Disc Two:

  1. Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
  2. Wall Of Death
  3. Singapore Sadie
  4. The Rattle Within
  5. As I Hold You
  6. The Fortress
  7. Keep Your Distance
  8. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Encore :

  1. Beeswing
  2. Tinker’s Rhapsody
  3. She Was Lost In The Crowd

The Historic Fremont (Movie) Theater Was Built In 1942

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was the first concert that I recorded since 2019, which by the way, was also Richard Thompson (Electric Trio) at the Fremont Theater. I’m always telling myself, ‘This is the LAST show I’m going to record’, but then my friend in SLO will contact me about another show coming up and I will relent.
I didn’t have much choice these past two years because of the pandemic. No one was seeing any live music. For this show I had planned on bring in my Beyer MV100 microphone preamp but when I got to the show and took a photo of the front of the theater from across the street I noticed that they were using a wand to go over people before they entered. Damn! It takes all the fun out of it when I have to resort to subterfuge to get my gear inside. So, I decided to leave the preamp in the car and run the Neumanns directly into the XLR jacks of the Tascam recorder. The sound inside was really good and I couldn’t really tell much of a difference in the recording after using the internal preamp compared to the Beyer. I’m still kicking myself that I missed the two opening songs, but I was under the assumption that there would be an opening act and I was late getting in. Also, I had forgotten to switch on the phantom power on the back of the Tascam (which powers the microphones) because usually I use the phantom power that the Beyer preamp supplies. So it threw me at first when I wasn’t getting any levels on the recorder when I DID start to record. I guess I’m a little rusty after not recording anything these last two years.

Thanks (as always) to Flying M for the outstanding job he does in post production by reducing loud clapping and cleaning things up to make a more enjoyable listening experience, and thanks to Ethiessen for the great cover artwork and graphic arts design! Thanks also to Dave for persuading me to go to see another great show.

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John Hiatt – San Luis Obispo, CA (11/09/24)

John Hiatt
Nov 9 2024
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, CA

Solo Acoustic

12th Row, Near Left-Side Aisle;
Neumann AK40s >LC3 >KM100s >Tascam DR100mkII* (24bit/48kHz)
*w/Internal Preamp and Phantom Power

WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Downsample To 16bit/44.1kHz) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

Recorded, Audacity Track Splits, Downsample, FLAC, Tags, Front Cover Artwork, And Photos Other Than Front Cover By OldNeumanntapr

Front Cover Photo By A Friend

Har-Bal 3.7 Post Production & iZotope RX8 Advanced (Flying -M-)

Disc I:

  1. Introduction
  2. Before I Go
  3. Your Dad Did
  4. Long Time Comin’
  5. The Tiki Bar Is Open
  6. Crossing Muddy Waters
  7. Tennessee Plates
  8. What Do We Do Now
  9. Master Of Disaster
  10. Drive South

Disc II:

  1. Terms Of My Surrender
  2. Cry Love
  3. Perfectly Good Guitar
  4. Weightless In My Arms
  5. Real Fine Love
  6. Slow Turning
  7. Feels Like Rain
  8. Memphis In The Meantime
  9. Riding With The King
  10. Have A Little Faith In Me

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
When I heard from my ‘partner-in-crime’ that his friend Brian’s wife couldn’t make the show I couldn’t pay him for the ticket fast enough. I love John Hiatt and especially enjoy hearing him play solo acoustic. As usual, John tells some funny stories between songs and does a few requests. There was one guy who kept asking for ‘Feels Like Rain’. The Fremont is a beautiful theater and has wonderful acoustics and it is always a real pleasure to see a live performance there. The Fremont was built in 1942 and was one of San Luis Obispo’s two art-deco movie theaters, the other being the Obispo, which was built in 1911 and burned to the ground in late 1975. Though the Fremont still has provisions for showing films, the SLO Film Festival is held there every spring, it has since been converted to a performing arts theater. Thanks so much to Flying M for his wonderful job at post production fairy dust. 🙂

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John Hiatt – San Luis Obispo, CA (03/11/16)

John Hiatt
3/11/16
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, CA

Solo Acoustic

5th Row DEAD Center:
Neumann AK-40s (ORTF In Hat) >LC3 >KM-100s >Lunatec V2 (+25db Gain) >Tascam DR100mkII (24bit/48khz)

WAV >Audacity (Normalize, Amplify, Track Splits, Down Sample To 16bit/44.1khz) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.37

FRAGMENT!!!

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

  1. //Like A Freight Train
  2. Marlene
  3. Crossing Muddy Waters
  4. Ethylene
  5. Buffalo River Home//

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
This was all I was able to salvage from this recording after my 1st Tascam DR100mkII suffered an extreme electronic meltdown. (As I was setting up in the stall, the Tascam slipped out of my pack while on my lap and partially fell into the water of the toilet, before I could grab it.) Just a corner of the recorder got wet and it might have been OK if I would have had the time to let it thoroughly dry out, but the show was about to start and I had no recourse but to try and use it. This show would have yielded such a killer recording, it’s really a shame that it didn’t work out. Placement in the theater was superb, the crowd was quiet, and the sound was awesome. My Friend Dave’s friend Rick Williams was recording in the seat next to me on the right and he captured the entire show on his Edirol R09 with the internal microphones. Though his recording is good it doesn’t match the sound of the Neumanns / V2. I asked him if I could use his Edirol in place of my Tascam but he had never used the line out and didn’t know how to go through the menus to change the input setting, especially in the dim light of the theater. I really had high hopes for this show and I was crushed to not be able to capitalize on such a great night. The Lunatec V2 is an extremely high end microphone preamp, but it’s almost impossible to use covertly as it is large and requires a separate 6 volt rechargeable battery, but has awesome sound! Just getting this rig through the doors was no easy feat. I waited through a few songs before turning it on to record and it lasted through a few songs before the display started freaking out and it just died. At least I got a couple of songs reordered to actually hear what a difference the Lunatec V2 makes as compared to my Beyer MV 100. Some shows that I have done resulted in ‘the thrill of victory’, but this night was definitely in ‘the agony of defeat’ column.

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ZZ Top – Paso Robles, CA (07/28/99)

ZZ Top
7/28/99
Main Grand Stands
Mid-State Fair
Paso Robles, CA

Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Beyer MV-100 >Sony TCD-D7
DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25
FLAC >WAV >Audacity [Combine Tracks To A One-Track File, Amplify, Index Tracks On Similar Index Points, Minor Edits & Repairs (Mic Bumps)] >Fix SBEs >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

[10/2024 Remaster]

SEC 13, Row D, Seat 60, Directly Behind Soundboard

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:

  1. Thunderbird
  2. Waiting For The Bus >
  3. Jesus Just Left Chicago
  4. I’m Bad I’m Nationwide >
  5. Mexican Blackbird
  6. Pin Cushion
  7. Brown Sugar
  8. I Loved A Woman
  9. Got Me Under Pressure

Disc II:

  1. Heard It On The X
  2. Bang Bang
  3. Cheap Sun Glasses
  4. Just Got Paid
  5. Gimme All Your Lovin’
  6. Sharp Dressed Man
  7. Legs
  8. encore break
  9. Tube Snake Boogie
  10. La Grange >
  11. Tush

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was my 1st and only ZZ Top concert. The security was really heavy at this show. They were even searching people coming into the main gates of the fairgrounds, not just the grandstands. Fortunately I had a work pass because my father-in-law (at the time) was working the Democratic booth at the fair and he had an extra pass. So it not only saved me the fair admission charge but I lucked out because they were not searching the work entrance. I was dreading the rowdy drunk crowds that the fair seems to attract but this show was pretty good. We were right behind the board in the first row of the risers. The floor seems to be the craziest. What we missed out on SPL from close proximity to the PA we made up with a quieter crowd.

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John Hiatt – Portland, OR (10/29/24)

John Hiatt
10/29/24
Aladdin Theater
Portland, OR

Front Row Center Balcony;
Sonic Studios DSM Microphones >Sony PCM-M10 (16bit/44.1kHz)
WAV >Audacity (Lower Crowd Applause, Amplify Entire Recording by 1.7db, Index Tracks, Fades) Fix SBEs >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

Recorded By DAT CC
Audacity Post Production, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:

  1. Intro
  2. Come Back Home
  3. Real Fine Love
  4. Trudy And Dave
  5. Long Time Comin’
  6. The Tiki Bar Is Open
  7. Crossing Muddy Waters
  8. Tennessee Plates
  9. Mississippi Phone Booth
  10. My Old Friend
  11. What Do We Do Now

Disc II:

  1. Lift Up Every Stone
  2. Is Anybody There
  3. Perfectly Good Guitar
  4. Weightless In My Arms
  5. Drive South
  6. Slow Turning
  7. Feels Like Rain
  8. Thing Called Love
  9. Memphis In The Meantime

Encore:

  1. Riding With The King
  2. Have A Little Faith In Me

John Hiatt – Acoustic Guitars, Harmonica, Vocals

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was another show that my friend Craig recorded that he wanted me to do post production. The Aladdin Theater is a nice intimate theater, according to Craig, and has a capacity of 600 people. Judging by the recordings that he has made there the acoustics sound really nice. Hiatt tells some funny stories, including one where he admits that he pees just before going onstage because otherwise ‘The last part of the show gets speeded up’. As an aging taper, I can relate to this, as I have to do the same just before getting to my seat!

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Jackson Browne – San Luis Obispo, CA (09/07/00)

Jackson Browne
9/7/2000
Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA

Lois Capps For Congress Benefit

Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >Beyer MV-100 >Sony TCD-D7
Recorded 16th Row, Mid Center
Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Masters Extracted With xACT 2.24 >WAV >FLAC (Level 8)

(Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

2019 Remaster:
FLAC >WAV >Audacity (Combine Tracks To A One-Track File. Lower End-Of-Song Applause by 1.5db, Re-track, Minor Edits) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53 By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:

  1. I’m Alive
  2. In The Shape Of A Heart
  3. Your Bright Baby Blues
  4. The Barricades Of Heaven
  5. Late For The Sky
  6. Fountain Of Sorrow

Disc II:

  1. World In Motion
  2. Medley: Doctor My Eyes / About My Imagination / These Days
  3. The Next Voice You Hear
  4. The Pretender

Encore:

  1. Take It Easy >
  2. Our Lady Of The Well
  3. Rock Me On The Water

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was the second Lois Capps for Congress benefit that I recorded, the first being at the PAC in 1998. David Crosby & CPR opened and Jackson headlined. It was a good show. I always like hearing songs from the first Jackson Browne LP, ‘Saturate Before Using’. I used the Neumanns for this show, whereas the first benefit I had used the Nyquist omni’s, which don’t have as good of sound. Thanks, as always, to Dave for his help with this one.

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Bruce Hornsby – Portland, OR (08/17/24)

Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
8/17/24
Revolution Hall
Portland, OR

Front Row, Balcony; Sonic Studios DSM microphones >Sony PCM-M10 (16bit/44.1kHz)

WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Minor Edits & Fades) >Fix SBEs >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

Recorded By DAT CC
Post Production, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:

  1. Cast Off
  2. Fractals
  3. White Noise
  4. Across The River
  5. Hooray For Tom
  6. Sticks And Stones
  7. Funhouse / We’ll Sing In The Sunshine
  8. The Way It Is
  9. Echolocation
  10. Tipping

Disc II:

  1. M.I.A In M.I.A.M.I. / Baby Don’t You Worry >
  2. Spoonful / Smokestack Lightning
  3. Prairie Dog Town
  4. Big Stick >
  5. Jackob’s Ladder
  6. The Dreaded Spoon
  7. Great Divide >
  8. Will It Go ‘Round In Circles
  9. Fortunate Sun >
  10. The Show Goes On

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was a show that my friend Craig recorded and wanted me to do the post production. It sounds really good, and has little to no crowd noise.

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Grateful Dead – Oakland, CA (10/31/91)

Grateful Dead
10/31/91
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA

OTS; Nakamichi CM 300 CP4s >Sony WM-D6C [MX-S 100s w/Dolby C]
MX-S Cassette Masters Transferred Via Denon DR-M12HR w/Dolby C Engaged >Tascam DR100mkII (24bit/48kHz)
WAV >Audacity (Amplify, Track Splits, Down Sample To 16bit/44.1kHz, Minor Edits [Tape Flips] & Fades) >Fix SBEs >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

Set I

  1. Tuning
  2. Help On The Way >
  3. Slipknot! >
  4. Franklin’s Tower
  5. Little Red Rooster
  6. Loser
  7. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (tape flip)
  8. Let It Grow

Set II
Disc II:

  1. Tuning
  2. Scarlet Begonias >
  3. Fire On The Mountain >
  4. Truckin’ >
  5. Spoonful > *
  6. Dark Star > *
  7. Ken Kesey Rap $
  8. Drums > (tape flip)

Disc III:

  1. Space >
  2. Dark Star > *
  3. The Last Time *
  4. Standing On The Moon >
  5. Throwing Stones > (tape flip)
  6. Not Fade Away

Encore:

  1. Werewolves Of London *

Final performance of Werewolves Of London

Jerry Garcia – Guitar
Bob Weir – Guitar
Vince Welnick – Keyboards
Bruce Hornsby – Piano, Accordion
Phil Lesh – Bass
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Mickey Hart – Drums
Gary Duncan – Guitar *
Ken Kesey – Rap $

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was probably the best Dead show I’ve ever seen, and recorded, both in terms of set list and performance. This was my only Halloween show that I’d seen of the Dead, and the band was ON FIRE! After retiring ‘Help On The Way > Slipknot’ for so long it was nice to hear it return. This was my third ‘Dark Star’, and probably the best of the three, and was the only time I’d seen them do ‘Werewolves Of London’. It was quite appropriate for Halloween. Gary Duncan made a return from playing on the 27th and it was cool to see and hear him on ‘Spoonful’ and ‘Dark Star’. This was also the only time I’d seen Ken Kesey and that was really special. There was a guy going through the tapers section that night passing out little raised stick-on pumpkins for Halloween, so I took one and stuck it to the front of my D6. It’s still there!

I went to this show with my ex wife Nikki and my friend Dave. This was the night that I got flustered driving through Oakland going to the Coliseum and accidentally made a left turn onto the railroad racks before making a quick getaway. Hey, I never liked city driving! Dave laughed at me, of course.

When we were coming home, back to San Luis Obispo County, we stopped for a late meal at the Denny’s restaurant in Gilroy. I remember that there were two guys in the lobby talking loudly on big oversized cell phones of the day, and Dave looked at me and said, ‘What do you bet they’re talking to each other!’ Too funny.

We took our new ’91 Honda Civic sedan to this show and Dave was impressed with the cruise control on the way home through the Salinas Valley.

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Leo Kottke – Santa Barbara, CA (11/08/14)

Leo Kottke
11/08/14
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA

Row N, Seat #1 14th Row (DEAD Center):
Neumann AK-40s (ORTF In Hat) >LC3 >KM-100s >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR-100mkII (24/48)
(Recorded By OldNeumanntapr)
(Transferred By Dennis Orr & OldNeumanntapr).WAV >iZotope RX4 Advanced v4.00.435 (declick) >Sound Forge Pro 10.0a [minor edits & normalize] (Dennis Orr) >WAV >Audacity [Track Splits & Down Sample / Dither To 16/44.1] >FLAC + Tags Via xACT 2.53)
(Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

  1. Pamela Brown
  2. Airproofing
  3. Ojo
  4. False Start
  5. Julie’s House
  6. Four Cents
  7. Story
  8. Rings
  9. Wonderland By Night
  10. Story
  11. Standing In My Shoes
  12. Story
  13. Living In The Country
  14. Busted Bicycle
  15. Corrina Corrina
  16. Go Away A Little Closer
  17. Disco
  18. Story
  19. Gewerbegebiet

Encore:

  1. June Bug

OldNeumanntapr Notes-

I can’t believe that this was the first Leo Kottke show that I have recorded, having discovered Leo late in my music collecting saga. I just love his stories. That’s the main reason I collect so many of his shows. I don’t remember if my friend Dave went with me to this show or if I drove down by myself. I really enjoy recording in the Lobero because it has such great acoustics!

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