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Paul Thorn – San Luis Obispo, CA (01/24/16)

Paul Thorn
01/24/16
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, CA

10th Row, Center Right Aisle: Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) >Canare Star Quads >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR-100mkII (24 bit / 48 khz)

Microphones On A Seven-Foot Stand.
WAV >Audacity (Amplify, Track Splits, Minor Edits, Down Sample / Dither To 16 bit /44.1khz) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

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

Disc I:

  1. Intro
  2. Something Out There
  3. Half The Folks I Love
  4. All About People
  5. What Kind Of Roof
  6. Pimps And Preachers
  7. Love Scar
  8. Way Beyond Midnight
  9. What Do You Take Me For
  10. Double Wide Paradise
  11. Rob You Of Your Joy

Disc II:

  1. Old Stray Dogs And Jesus
  2. Mediocrity Is King
  3. Snake Farm
  4. Band Intros
  5. Starting Line
  6. Long Way From Tupelo
  7. If I Can Get Over Her
  8. Rose City
  9. Everybody Needs Somebody
  10. Weeds In My Roses
  11. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright

Encore:

  1. Get You A Healin’

Paul Thorn – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Bill Hinds – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Michael Graham ‘Dr. Love’ – Keyboards
Ralph Friedrichsen – Bass
Jeffrey Perkins – Drums/Percussion

Derek Senn Opened
The Historic Fremont (Movie) Theater Was Built In 1942

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was a great show. I had mentioned to Todd Newman, one of the former owners of SLO Brew and now strictly a concert Promoter, that I had received permission from Billy Maddox, Paul Thorn’s manager and sound technician, to record the show in San Luis Obispo. I used to mount the Neumanns to a little shelf that I built and hang it on the concrete front center ceiling post at SLO Brew. This made for an excellent ‘mic stand’, and got the microphones up off the floor about 10 feet. Now that SLO Brew is slated for demolition, Todd is booking shows at the old Fremont Theater, which is an old art-deco movie theater. I had planned on setting up the Neumanns onstage, but…

Well, you know what they say about the ‘Best laid plans’. When I arrived at the Fremont Theater just before sound check, I found out that yes, I could set up anywhere I chose to, including onstage, BUT…. The band’s instruments were all DI (no onstage amps), AND they were using in ear monitors, so the only sound they had on stage was some side fill wedges that were not full range. Ryan, the house soundman, suggested that I set up against the far back wall of the theater, near the board. I didn’t like that idea because it was too far from the stage. I asked Todd, the promoter, where he had chosen for me to sit and he said 10th row center, on the right aisle. Hey, that was looking pretty good, but I was a little concerned about setting up a stand. I asked him if I could set up my stand there and he said no problem. As it turned out, the theater, which holds just under 1,000 people, was only 1/3rd filled and there was only two other people in my row. I had brought two stands with me in the hopes of setting up near the stage and in front of the PA stacks, but I couldn’t have raised the stands up high enough, and there was no room on the sides up front. (Paul remarked during the show that the theater, with patches of open seats scattered throughout, looked to him like ‘mange on a dog.’)

I ran my stand about seven feet high, and my ‘worry-wort’ friend Dave was Certain that someone would complain about the microphones, but…no one did. Ryan walked by as I was setting up and asked if Todd had OK’d the stand and I said yes so he said, ‘Oh, Alright’. I wasn’t sure if the seat next to me had been sold, so I set up my preamp and recorder at the base of the stand in the aisle. Everything went fine. I had to answer a lot of questions from confused inquisitive patrons about the recording gear but I’m used to that. The crowd was fairly quiet and polite, and only applauded between songs.

Billy Maddox, as always, was really helpful to me and repeatedly asked if I needed anything and if I was OK. The band is very taping friendly but Billy would like tapers to go through him for permission and he requires you to send him an electronic copy before sharing so he can check it. I’m trying to convince him to allow Paul to be included on the Live Music Archive but he said that he is still thinking about it. The recording sounds pretty good, though I miss being able to hang my Neumanns from the concrete ceiling post at SLO Brew.

The Fremont, a historic movie theater built in 1942, has its own recording challenges because I now have to deal with the crowds. Maybe I will try running a stand near the back wall at a future date, especially if I can record a band that would be agreeable to a soundboard / audience matrix. It’s an interesting old building, with curved interior walls, an ornate ceiling, and has nice acoustics. They don’t build theaters like that anymore.

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Paul Thorn – San Luis Obispo, CA (02/15/15)

Paul Thorn
2/15/15
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) >35 ft XLRs >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR-100 (24bit /48k)
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits And Down Sample / Dither To 16 bit / 44.1k) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr
Microphones Hung On Front Center Ceiling Post, 10ft high, 9 ft From Stage.

Disc I:

  1. Everybody Looks Good At The Starting Line
  2. Burn Down The Trailer Park
  3. Pimps And Preachers
  4. Too Blessed To Be Stressed
  5. Shelter Me Lord
  6. Resurrection Day
  7. Everybody Needs Somebody
  8. Love Scar
  9. Long Way From Tupelo
  10. Band Intros

Disc II:

  1. Living Without You (false start)
  2. Living Without You
  3. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
  4. What The Hell Is Going On?
  5. Doctor My Eyes*
  6. Every Little Bit Hurts
  7. Sister Ruby
  8. Mediocrity Is King
  9. Get You A Healin’
  10. Bull Mountain Bridge
  11. Accept My Love
  12. Mission Temple Fireworks Stand

Encore:

  1. Take My Love With You

Paul Thorn – Acoustic And Electric Guitars, Vocals
Bill Hinds – Acoustic, Electric, And Slide Guitars
Michael Graham – Piano, Organ, And Synthesizer
Ralph Fredrichsen – Bass Guitar, Vocals
Jeffrey Perkins – Drums And Percussion

*Jackson Browne Cover

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
A little more than a month before the show I emailed Billy Maddox, Paul Thorn’s FOH sound engineer and asked about audio recording. I was told that Paul Thorn allows audience, but not soundboard recording. I arrived at soundcheck, about 5 pm, and received permission to hang my Neumanns. Billy asked me if I could send him the recording after the show before it was uploaded, and I said sure. He emailed me that he was amazed with the clarity of the recording and also of the accurate stereo separation. He thanked me and said that the recording would help him to better mix the band live. This was the first time that I have seen Paul Thorn and I thought he put on a really great show. I particularly liked the songs ‘Burn Down The Trailer Park’ and ‘Long Way From Tupelo’. I met Paul after the show, thanked him for allowing live recording, and told him that my friend Brad Foster, also from Tupelo MS, works in the same bank where Paul’s sister Deborah works.

Tapers: Please contact Billy before hand for recording permission. He was very friendly and helpful to me, and supplied me with a set list after the show which Paul signed for me. His email is:
billy@paulthorn.com

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Dick Dale – San Luis Obispo, CA (12/02/10)

Dick Dale
SLO Brewing Company,
San Luis Obispo, CA
December 2, 2010
Acoustic show with Jimmy Dale.

Source: Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Beyer MV-100 >TCD-D8
Transfer: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
Master CDs >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.41

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr
Location: FOB, left (8′ from stage, next to front center ceiling post)

Disc One:

  1. opening rambles
  2. Nitro
  3. The Eliminator
  4. Taco Wagon
  5. Blues Riff
  6. Hey Bo Diddley >
  7. What’d I Say
  8. House Of The Rising Sun
  9. Hot Links: Caterpillar Crawl > Rumble
  10. Peter Gunn >
  11. California Sun > Surf Beat
  12. Let’s Go Trippin’ (intro)
  13. Let’s Go Trippin’ > Bony Maronie
  14. Shake And Stomp >
  15. Ghost Riders In The Sky > Smoke On The Water
  16. Nitro (Reprise)

Disc Two:

  1. Harmonica Boogie
  2. Ring Of Fire
  3. Fever
  4. Belo Horizonte
  5. The Wedge
  6. Amazing Grace
  7. Misirlou

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was the only time that I have ever seen Dick Dale play a complete acoustic show, and he had his son Jimmy with him as well! (The last time, I believe, that I saw ‘little Jimmy’ was at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz in January of 1995 when Jimmy had just turned three-years old.)
I searched online for a concert photo of Dick Dale with an acoustic guitar and all I could find were pics when he was holding ‘The Beast’, his gold Fender electric guitar. I guess this was the only time that he did a tour entirely acoustic. (Dick would play a couple of songs acoustic at some of his shows, but it was always in the middle of an electric set.) I thought it was cool, but I’ve NEVER had much interest in this recording because it wasn’t the typical Dick Dale electric show. I’ve seen and recorded Dick Dale a number of times and I thought this show was different and special. My fiend Steve from work saw this show with me and we stood just to the left of the front center ceiling post about eight feet from the stage. RIP Dick! You were amazing!

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Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones – San Luis Obispo, CA (01/21/15)

Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones
1/21/15
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

Matrix: Soundboard + Neumann KM-140s >35ft XLRs >Beyer MV-100 >Mackie 1202-VLZ PRO Mixer >XLR >Tascam DR-100mkII (24/48)

Microphones Hung From Front Ceiling Post, 8ft High (ORTF)
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Minor Edits And Down Sample / Dither To 16/44.1) FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35, FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.53

(Recorded, Transferred, FLAC, Tags, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

Kip Stork – FOH Sound

  1. All By Myself
  2. I Feel So Good
  3. Key To The Highway
  4. You’ve Changed
  5. How You Want It Done?
  6. Southern Flood Blues
  7. Border Radio
  8. Johnny Ace Is Dead
  9. The Stuff They Call Money
  10. Truckin’ Little Woman
  11. Ashgrove
  12. Trouble Bound
  13. What’s Up With Your Brother
  14. Dry River
  15. One Bad Stud

Encore:

  1. Marie Marie
  2. Band Intros / So Long Baby Goodbye*

Dave Alvin – Guitar, Vocals
Phil Alvin – Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Chris G Miller – Guitar
Brad Fordham – Bass
Lisa Pankratz – Drums

*Instrumental

Taper Notes-
This was the first matrix recording I attempted to make at SLO Brew. Thanks to Bill Gaines for the loan of the Mackie mixer and the 35 ft XLR cables. Thankfully I was able to monitor the mix correctly because of the mixer’s decent headphone amp along with my closed Beyer 770 headphones. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to set the balance between the soundboard and audience sources correctly. (I didn’t have the option of using a multitrack recorder.) I wanted the Neumanns to add just enough audience noise and stage fill to blend nicely with the board to give a nice ‘live’ sound. I think it sounds pretty decent, though there is a glitch or two in the first song that I think happened when Kip was adjusting the house mix.

I had heard that Dave Alvin was really accessible and friendly. I thought it was funny that when I asked him about recording, he said, ‘Sure, as long as we don’t suck.’ I said, ‘Hey, you guys are great. You Never suck.’ He and Phil were sitting in one of the side booths stringing their guitars.

I knew that Dave Alvin’s guitar would be really loud on stage, so I asked Kip if he could turn it up a bit in my mix. This worked out really well for Mother Hips in November.

I was happy with the matrix, though it is a lot more work than just plugging into the board. You can really notice it when the performer says something on stage and the audience reacts to it, like when Dave said ..’ a menthol ciga……’ and someone in the audience cried out ‘cigarette!’ It really gives you the sense of being there.

My friend Dave, who has been to mammoth amounts of shows since the early 70s, has been seeing Dave Alvin for years. When we talked with the band in the alley, when Dave was getting his LP signed, he mentioned the Blasters at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara in the early 80s. (That show was a disaster. The crowds trashed the place and the band did little to stop it.) Dave Alvin cringed and said, ‘yeah, we were responsible for bringing rock music to a halt there for many years’.

My friend Dave said that he was on stage that night, and I asked him if he was shooting. (He used to be a photographer for some of the clubs, like the Spirit in SLO.) Dave said no, and Dave Alvin laughed and said it was a good thing, because the photos could have been used against them in court!.

We went to Taco Bell after the show and after we ordered, Dave turned to me and said, ‘Look who is in line.’ Yep. It was Dave and Phil Alvin. We talked with them a bit more and when they left, Dave told me about the only other time that he has ever seen the performers at a restaurant after the show. He said it was the night of the Blondie / Kinks show at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in July of 1978.

SLO Brew is a nice intimate club and is a great place to see and record a show such as this.

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Richard Thompson – San Luis Obispo, CA (01/29/19)

Richard Thompson Electric Trio
January 29, 2019
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, CA

Recorded By OldNeumanntapr, 9th Row, Just Right Of Center:
Neumann AK 40s (ORTF) >LC3 >KM 100s >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR100mkII (24bit/48khz)

Post Production By Flying -M-
Har-Bal 3.0 & iZotope RX6 Advanced (Prep & 16/44.1)

Tracking & Tagging By OldNeumanntapr
Audacity (Track Splits) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.47

Disc I:

  1. Intro/Tuning
  2. Bones Of Gilead
  3. Her Love Was Meant For Me
  4. Take Care Of The Road You Choose
  5. Tale In Hard Time
  6. Guitar Heroes
  7. The Storm Wouldn’t Come
  8. They Tore The Hippodrome Down*
  9. Dry My Tears And Move On*
  10. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning**

Disc II:

  1. The Rattle Within’
  2. Can’t Win
  3. Genesis Hall
  4. I’ll Never Give It Up
  5. Wall Of Death
  6. Put It There Pal
  7. Tear Stained Letter

Encore 1:

  1. Beeswing**
  2. Waltzing’s For Dreamers**

Encore 2:

  1. Pride
  2. Take A Heart

Richard Thompson – Guitars, Vocals
Taras Prodaniuk – Bass
Michael Jerome – Drums, Percussion

Ryley Walker Opened

  • Acoustic
    ** Solo Acoustic

The Historic Fremont (Movie) Theater Was Built In 1942

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
I’d wanted to see Richard Thompson for a long time, but until recently it has never been convenient. I’ve loved his music since first hearing ‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’. I think he is a very gifted song writer and guitarist, and paints wonderful stories with his music. I love seeing shows at the Fremont because it is such a cool old building with so much history, and has really good acoustics because of its curved interior walls. The Art-Deco style theater also has a really ornate inlayed ceiling. Formally a movie theater that was built during WWII, the new concert promoters are morphing the historic Fremont into a performing arts theater which, to me, draws parallels to the fabled Fillmore East in New York. However, the Fremont, which seats just under 1,000, doesn’t have a balcony. I have seen many films at the Fremont starting in 1977, and first recorded there in 1992 when I was front row on the left side for Los Lobos, before they allowed open recording. Thanks to Mike as always for his awesome post production skills, and thanks to my friends who supplied me with some band / theater photos from the night. I hope everyone enjoys this, and appreciates the efforts required to reap the benefits of the superior Neumann sound in the midst of the dark ages of gun violence that this country is currently saddled with that necessitates the added security presence of metal detectors. Here’s to the continued pursuit of the archival of live music throughout these dark times.

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Merl Saunders – San Luis Obispo, CA (07/30/92)

Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band
7/30/92
Loco Ranchero
San Luis Obispo, CA

Soundcraftsman Soundboard; Sony WM-D6C Master (Maxell MX-S w/Dolby C)

Master Cass Transferred: *WM-D6C (Dolby C Engaged) >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.37

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

*Original Record Deck

Disc I:

  1. Expressway (To Your Heart)
  2. Lovely Night For Dancing
  3. Lay-Back Baby
  4. Built For Comfort
  5. Blues From The Rainforest

Disc II:

  1. The System
  2. Run River Run
  3. Confusion >
  4. You Can Leave Your Hat On
  5. Sugaree//
  6. Wondering Why
  7. Finders Keepers

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was the second time that Merl played Loco Ranchero in San Luis Obispo, CA, the ‘Club On The Hill’. I once agin was there with my D6 to plug into the board. At least this time it went a little easier since I had met both Merl before, as well as Kip the Loco soundman. Carol Jo, ‘The Wood Nymph’, from KOTR FM introduced Merl at the start of ‘Expressway’. Sorry that the ending of ’Sugaree’ is cut. I probably wasn’t watching the deck closely enough. (I think I was outside partaking in a friend’s joyful Indica!) This was a good weekend, with three shows in two days. I went to the Ventura Fairgrounds the next day for the Jerry Garcia Band, and Merl Saunders that night at the Brew House in Santa Barbara.

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String Cheese Incident – Santa Barbara, CA (02/03/99)

String Cheese Incident
02/03/99
Coach House North
Santa Barbara, CA

Neumann KM-184’s (ORTF) >PSC Phantom Supplies >SBM-1 >Sony TCD-D7
(Microphones Hung Directly Underneath AKG 414s)

DAT Master Transferred Via Tascam DA 30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

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

Disc 1:
Set One

  1. Lester’s Poem >
  2. Suntan
  3. 100 Year Flood >
  4. Rhum ‘n Zouc
  5. I’ve Just Seen A Face
  6. Well You Needn’t
  7. Don’t Say >
  8. Rhythm Of The Road (hyper version) >
  9. Rhythm Of The Road (normal version)

Disc 2:
Set Two

  1. Impressions
  2. Missin’ Me >
  3. Remington Ride
  4. Good Times Around The Bend

Disc 3:
Set Two cont

  1. Shine >
  2. Pirates
  3. Restless Jam >
  4. Restless Wind
    (Encore)
  5. The Old Home Place
  6. Superstition

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was the second time that I saw and recorded String Cheese Incident. By this time they were no longer allowing soundboard patches but welcomed audience recording. However, they wanted everyone to patch through a set of AKG 414 microphones which were set up on a stand in the middle of the room, center. (I don’t remember if the AKGs belonged to the band or another taper.) Because the room was small and space was limited the venue was only allowing one microphone stand to be set up. I didn’t want to patch and pleaded with them to allow me to run my own mics. They asked me what did of mics I had and I said that I had Neumann KM 184s (my 1st set of Neumanns before I sold them to get the KM 140s with detachable capsules), and I remember that one of the tapers / crew, said “Those are good mics. Let him run them.” They allowed me to hang the KM 184s under the AKGs by reversing my Atlas microphone bar. Sadly, no one else elected to plug into my mics / deck so I have the only KM 184 master from this show. This was before I had purchased my Beyer MV 100 microphone preamp from Pete Min, a taper I met through the online list-serve ‘DATHeads’ and was using the PSC phantom supplies I had borrowed from Pete which required me to use the Sony TCD D7’s internal microphone preamp. Pete owned both the PSC phantom power supplies and the Beyer preamp and I decided after using both to go with the Beyer because it was small and could run both channels in one box, whereas the PSC phantoms were in two separate boxes. The internal microphone preamp on the little DAT recorders could overload easily and brickwall, so I thought the Beyer had more precise control. The SBM 1 outboard A/D converter allowed for mastering at 16bit/44.1kHz, which the Sony TCD-D7 would not do on its own. Sony changed that with the arrival of the TCD-D8.

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Roger McGuinn – Arroyo Grande, CA (10/27/17)

Roger McGuinn
October 27, 2017
“Songs & Stories”
The Clark Center
Arroyo Grande, CA

solo acoustic

Source;
6th Row; Slightly ROC:
Neumann AK 40s (ORTF) >LC3 >KM 100s >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR 100mkII (24bit/48khz)

Recorded, & tagged via xACT 2.53, By OldNeumanntapr
Front Cover Artwork Pic By Dave S.

Post production by Flying -M-
iZotope RX6 advanced & Har-Bal 3.0 (prep) >CD Wave >iZotope RX6 (16-44.1) >TLH (flac)

Set I:

  1. My Back Pages
  2. Story – getting started in music w/ Heartbreak Hotel tease
  3. Well, Well, Well
  4. Story – learning various musical styles
  5. Rock Island Line
  6. Story – the correct pronunciation of Rhymney
  7. The Bells Of Rhymney
  8. Story – Pete Seeger
  9. Turn Turn Turn
  10. Story – becoming a professional musician
  11. Silver Dagger
  12. Story – who will keep folk alive?
  13. Ballad Of Easy Rider
  14. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
  15. Mr. Spaceman (include joke)
  16. The Preacher And The Bear
  17. Story – the seven string guitar
  18. NPR interlude music (actual title unknown)
    [43:56]

Set II:

  1. I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
  2. Chimes Of Freedom
  3. Pretty Boy Floyd
  4. You Ain’t Going Nowhere
  5. Story – You Ain’t Going Nowhere (Bob’s version)
  6. Chestnut Mare
  7. Russian Hill
  8. Story – blending Folk and Rock music
  9. The Water Is Wide
  10. Story – forming the Byrds
  11. Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan Version)
  12. Mr. Tambourine Man (Byrds Version)
  13. Story – going to London and the plane trip back
  14. Eight Miles High

Encore:

  1. So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star
  2. American Girl
  3. Story – Tom Petty
  4. Knocking On Heaven’s Door
    [49:15]

Roger McGuinn – Guitars; Seven-String Acoustic, 12-String Acoustic, Rickenbacker Electric, five-string banjo, Vocals

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
I hadn’t seen / recorded Roger McGuinn since the Lobero Theatre gig in Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a great musician and a great storyteller. My friend Rick sold me his ticket at the last minute because he couldn’t attend due to his recent back surgery. I went with my friend Dave and his friend Wayne. We were in the 6th row and I was about one or maybe two seats to the right of DEAD center. I also brought my newly-acquired iPhone with me but, not knowing the camera well, I was only able to get a photo of the stage at intermission; (Which was used for the back cover for the artwork.) The photos of Roger that I shot were horribly overexposed. Fortunately, Dave brought his little point and shoot digital camera and got a good one at the encore to use for the front cover. Thanks Dave! And thanks so much to Flying M for his expert post production, and also for the great looking CD cover artwork. I couldn’t do it without you!

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Roger McGuinn – Santa Barbara, CA (06/25/99)

Roger McGuinn
6/25/99
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA

Neumann AK-40s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100s >Beyer MV-100 >SBM-1 >Sony TCD-D7 (16/44.1)
Master DAT Transferred: Sony PCM-R500 >S/PDIF >Tascam HD-P2 > CDWave > FLAC > iZotope RX3 Advanced v3.00.695 (Declick) > Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (Minor Edits And Normalize) >WAV >Via xACT 2.37 >Audacity (Track Splits) >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.37; FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.53

Recorded 6th Row Center
Sings Like Hell Series

(Recorded, Audacity, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

Master DAT Sent To Terry Watts For A Fresh Digital Transfer.
iZotope RX3 Advanced v3.00.695 (Declick) > Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (Minor Edits And Normalize) By Dennis Orr.

  1. Intro By Peggy Jones
  2. It’s Alright Ma / I’m Only Bleeding
  3. The Ballad Of Easy Rider >
  4. Wasn’t Born to Follow
  5. On Easter Morn He Rose
  6. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
  7. Chestnut Mare
  8. The Bells of Rhymney
  9. Story of the Byrds includes a sample of Wild Mountain Thyme
  10. Mr. Tambourine Man (folk version)
  11. Mr. Tambourine Man (rock version)
  12. Tour stories includes a sample of Not Fade Away
  13. Jolly Roger
  14. story
  15. Dreamland
  16. Up To Me
  17. James Alley Blues
  18. My Back Pages
  19. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
  20. Eight Miles High
  21. So You Want To Be A Rock´n Roll Star >
  22. Feel a Whole Lot Better
  23. King Of The Hill
  24. May The Road Rise To Meet You
  25. You Ain’t Going Nowhere
  26. She Don’t Care About Time
  27. Chimes Of Freedom – includes MC goodbye
    [81:50]

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
I’d never seen Roger McGuinn before, so when I got the chance I didn’t think twice, as I’d always been a big Byrds fan. I love the Lobero Theatre. It is a small venue with excellent acoustics. My recordings there always sound really good. Roger told some great stories at this show, as a folk singer should do! I got to meet Roger backstage at the reception after the show. Thanks, as always, to Terry and Dennis for their invaluable help with post production on this recording.

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Ray Wylie Hubbard – Santa Barbara, CA (02/20/10)

Ray Wylie Hubbard
2/20/10
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA

7th Row Center, Right:
Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Beyer MV-100 >Sony TCD-D8

DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o.
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.23

December 2024 Remaster
FLAC >WAV >Audacity (Combine Tracks To A One-Track File, De-Amplify Close-Proximity Hand Claps And Lower End-Of-Song Applause, Amplify By 4.4db, Re-Track On Similar Index Points, Minor Edits [Eliminate CD Fades]) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

(Recorded, Transferred, Audacity, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

Disc I:

  1. Intro (Peggy Jones)
  2. Rabbit
  3. Snake Farm
  4. Drunken Poet’s Dream
  5. Down Home Country Blues
  6. Name Droppin’
  7. Mother Hubbard’s Blues
  8. When She Sang Amazing Grace

Disc II:

  1. Ballad Of The Crimson Kings
  2. Without Love
  3. Dust Of The Chase
  4. Redneck Mother
  5. Wanna Rock ‘N Roll
  6. The Messenger

Encore:

  1. You Got To Move

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
After hearing ‘Snake Farm’ played again and again on K-Pig FM I knew that I had to see (and record) Ray Wylie Hubbard. Ray is an awesome story teller who has a very funny, self-deprecating humor. I really wish more tapers were recording him. I love the acoustics of the Lobero Theatre, and my recordings always sound good in there, in part because of the polite quiet crowd. This was the very last show that I was able to transfer with my Tascam DA-30 because the transport broke down directly after. This was, I believe, the last ‘Sings Like Hell’ series show that I was able to see and record at the Lobero. Ray told some funny stories at this show, such as playing solo acoustic in a shrimp restaurant and finally hearing what sounded like applause from a single patron, but it turned out to be a guy slapping the bottom of a ketchup bottle. He also told a story about describing his drive and determination as a musician to a younger concert attendee; “When your folks tell you to go to college so you will have sometime to fall back on in case your music doesn’t pan out, don’t do that! Then you too will have that drive.” Too funny! I remember that my friend Rick came with me to the show that night and neither of us had seen Ray before and we listened to a soundboard in my truck of Ray Wylie Hubbard from Texas that was recorded a few years previously. As we got near the theatre we saw a Jeep Cherokee with Texas plates and knew we were in the right place! I met Ray in the meet and greet room behind the theater after the show and told him that my friend Roger from Oklahoma encouraged me to go see him play.

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