Blue Oyster Cult – Ogden, UT (08/09/01)

Blue Öyster Cult
08/09/01
Golden Spike Room
Weber County Fair
Ogden, UT

8th Row, Right; Neumann AK-40s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100s >Beyer MV-100 >SBM-1 >Sony TCD-D7 DAT Master

Master DAT Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o.
CDR >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.47

(Left Channel Preamp Battery Began To Fail Near End Of Show) Last Twentynine Minutes Of Show [Complete Disc 2] Had to Be Bridged From Right Channel When Transferred To CDR.)

[2024] FLAC >WAV >Audacity (Combine Last Three Songs That Had Been Converted To Mono To A One-Track File, Add .30 Milliseconds Of Silence To Copied Left Channel To Mimic A Stereo Effect, Re-Track) FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

Recorded, Transferred, Audacity, FLAC, Tag, And Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:

  1. Stairway To The Stars
  2. Teen Arche
  3. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
  4. Dance On Stilts
  5. The Vigil
  6. Harvester Of Eyes
  7. Burnin’ For You
  8. Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll
  9. Pocket
  10. Take Me Away
  11. Then Came The Last Days Of May

Disc II:

  1. Godzilla >Drums >Godzilla
  2. Don’t Fear The Reaper

Encore:

  1. Dominance And Submission

OldNeumanntapr Notes- (2001)
This was my first show I recorded out of my home state of California. In 2001 I flew to Salt Lake City and my buddy Jack and I drove to Red Rocks to record the Allman Brothers Band. Before we left on that journey we recorded BOC in Ogden, UT. I foolishly waited to buy nine volt batteries for the preamp until right before the show and we ended up stopping at a Texaco station in Ogden. NEVER BUY batteries at a gas station!! I didn’t notice until we got to the show, but the cardboard / plastic container had been opened and one of the batteries was used. So, one channel of the preamp failed toward the end of the show so I had to ‘Y’ the good channel to mono for the last 29 minutes. No other post production has been done to this recording. There is some crowd noise but the music is clear. This was the first time that I had seen Blue Oyster Cult. I listened to them a lot in high school and always liked their music.

OldNeumanntapr Notes (2024)
I added .30 milliseconds of silence to the start of disc two in Audacity to mimic a stereo effect and minimize the ‘flat’ sounding monaural tracks.

Avacado Sundae – San Luis Obispo, CA (05/14/93)

Avocado Sundae
5/14/93
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

Yamaha 16 Channel Soundboard; Sony TC-D5M Cassette Master
Cassette Master Transferred: Sony TC-D5M (Original Record Deck) >Tascam DR-100mkII (16/44.1)
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Minor Edits) >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.37

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

Need Set List!!!

Members:
Pete Delaney – Guitar
Bill Burke – Keyboards
Rich Mahan – Bass
Neil Gegna – Drums

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
This was the first of 46 SLO Brew shows that I would record throughout the next twenty three and a half years. From 1988 to 2001 the bands played upstairs at SLO Brew next to the restaurant. In mid 2001 the stage was enlarged and moved downstairs and the capacity was increased to 457 people. It was still a nice intimate setting, but larger than what it used to be upstairs. I have never seen this band before, or since. My friend little Jack used to do sound at SLO Brewing Company back in the early 90s. This was before Kip became the house sound man, as Kip was still doing sound at Loco Ranchero up on the hill across town where KSBY TV Channel 6 is now. I helped Jack on occasion with the load in/out and set up/tear down of sound equipment at various local venues. I recorded Avocado Sundae through Jack’s 16 channel Yamaha mixer board with my Sony D5. The board was old, and was taken from a club in Los Angeles that had been town down. It had dust in the sliders because it was stored in a barn and we used to use it out doors in the summertime to do blues concerts, but it had great analog sound. I had jack give me a stereo output for this show and I think it sounds good. Avocado Sundae is a good California psychedelic jam band, based in Fairfax. I was surprised that there wasn’t any other Avocado Sundae shows on etree. I tried to reach out to the band to get them a copy (and to get a set list for the show) but I don’t do the Facebook thing and that seems to be the only way to get a hold of them. Someone please make sure they hear this recording. I took the band member’s names off of Facebook and correlated them with the onstage band intros to match up the musicians with the instruments, but I wasn’t certain about who did the respective vocals, so I left that blank.

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Bridge School Benefit – Mountain View, CA (10/18/98)

Bridge School Benefit
10/18/98
Shoreline Amphitheater
Mountain View, CA

SEC 203, Row P, Seat 22
Nyquist Omnis >Sony TCD-D7
DAT Master Transfered: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o,
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.28
FLAC >WAV >Audacity (De-Amplify Countless Close-Proximity Hand Claps, Various Crowd-Noise Reduction, Minor Edits & Fades) >Fix SBEs >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

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

Disc I:
Neil Young:

  1. Looking Forward
  2. I Am A Child

The Eels: (not recorded except for:)

  1. Novocaine For The Soul

Pete Droge/Mike McCready: (not recorded)

Jonathan Richman: (not recorded)

The Wallflowers:

  1. Three Marlenas
  2. One Headlight
  3. Don’t Cry No Tears (Neil Young* Cover)
  4. 6th Avenue Heartache
  5. Invisible City
  6. Heroes (David Bowie Cover)

The Barenaked Ladies:

  1. Old Apartment
  2. Straw Hat And Old Dirty Hank
  3. My Fly Was Undone
  4. It’s All Been Done
  5. Jane
  6. One Week
  7. Brian Wilson
  8. If I Had A Million Dollars >
  9. Memories >
    The Medley

Disc II:
Sarah McLachlan:

  1. Adia
  2. Possession
  3. Elsewhere
  4. I Love You
  5. Angel
  6. Ice Cream
  7. The Path Of Thorns
  8. Building A Mystery (cuts)

Neil Young:

  1. From Hank To Hendrix
  2. Distant Camera
  3. Horseshoe Man
  4. After The Gold Rush
  5. Expecting To Fly
  6. Powderfinger
  7. Ambulance Blues

Disc III:
R.E.M.:

  1. Losing My Religion
  2. New Test Leper
  3. Country Feedback (w/Neil Young)
  4. Daysleeper
  5. At My Most Beautiful
  6. Electrolite
  7. Everybody Hurts
  8. Man On The Moon

Disc IV:
Phish:

  1. Hello My Baby
  2. Billy Breathes
  3. Piper
  4. Roggae
  5. Loving Cup (Rolling Stones Cover)
  6. Albuquerque (Neil Young Cover)
  7. The Old Home Place (Dillards Cover)
  8. Guyute
  9. Brian And Robert
  10. Sad Lisa (Cat Stevens Cover) w/Sarah McLachlan

Neil Young & Cast:

  1. Four Strong Winds
  2. I Shall Be Released

*Not Recorded (except for ’Novocaine Of The Soul’

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was the last Bridge School Benefit that I recorded, and the first with the custom hat-loaded Nyquist Omnis. We had a seat this time, as compared to the first two years in 1991 and 1992 when I froze my behind off up on the lawn. Shoreline can get cold for the Bridge shows, especially because they are always in October or November. I had seen The Barenaked Ladies before, in Avila Beach, and I knew they were good and funny as well. I hadn’t ever seen The Wallflowers, R.E.M., Sarah McLachlan, or Phish before so that was a treat. I really liked the acoustic Phish show, much more than when I saw them play electric. They really seemed to be having fun during their set. I really enjoyed hearing Sarah and Phish sing the Cat Steven’s song ‘Sad Lisa’. I noticed that when REM played there was someone recording with large diaphragm microphones, which could have been AKG 414s. I’ve never seen that source circulate before however. My friends Dave and Brian were with me, and my ex-wife Nikki, at this show. I think Dave had a single seat down in the 100 sections, but Brian was seated next to me on my right. At the end of the Phish show I turned to Brian and said, “I was waiting for you to say, There’s that scruffy guy with the hat again”, which is what he said, referring to Neil Young, at a previous Bridge School Benefit.

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Bridge School Benefit – Mountain View, CA (11/06/93)

Bridge School Benefit
11/6/93
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View, CA

Nakamichi CM-300’s w/CP-1s >Sony WM-D6C Cassette Master >CDR,
(Recorded/Transferred By OldNeumanntapr) SEC 204, Row S, Seat #11
Cass Master (XLIIS) Transferred: Sony TC-D5M >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o,
CD Masters > Audacity (Minor Edits) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53
Audacity, FLAC, Tags, + Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:
–Neil Young–

  1. Sugar Mountain
  2. Mother Earth

–Melissa Etheridge–
Come To My Window (Not Recorded)

  1. You Can Sleep While I Drive
  2. Bring Me Some Water
  3. Piece Of My Heart

–Warren Zevon–

  1. The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
  2. Searching For A Heart
  3. Splendid Isolation (w/ Neil Young)
  4. Tenderness On The Block
  5. Frank & Jesse James -tape flip—
  6. //Werewolves of London.

–Heart–
NOT RECORDED

Disc II:
–Sammy Hagar & Eddie Van Halen–

  1. This Is Love
  2. Love Comes Walkin’ In
  3. Right Now
  4. Best Of Both Worlds

–Bonnie Raitt–

  1. The Road’s My Middle Name
  2. Nobody’s Girl
  3. Angel from Montgomery
  4. Down In Mississippi (JB Lenoir cover)
  5. Kokomo Blues:
    Write Me A Few Of Your Lines
  6. Thing Called Love
  7. Love Has No Pride (w/Graham Nash)

Disc III:
–Neil Young–

  1. Stranger In Paradise
  2. After The Goldrush
  3. I’ll Always Be A Part Of You (Train Of Love)

–Simon & Garfunkel–

  1. The Boxer
  2. America
  3. Homeward Bound
  4. Mrs Robinson
  5. Scarborough Fair
  6. Feeling Groovy
  7. Bridge Over Troubled Waters
  8. Sound Of Silence (Eddie Van Halen guitar solo)
  9. Rockin’ in the Free World

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was the third Bridge show in a row that I recorded. This year we had reserved seats in SEC 204. It was nice having a place to sit but I think recording off the repeaters gave a better sound to the recording (Unless you were blessed to have SEC 100 series seats.) I love hearing Neil acoustic, and especially with other guest musicians. This was the only time I’d ever seen Warren Zevon, or Melissa Etheridge. I don’t remember why I elected not to record Heart. Maybe I was trying to conserve tape? I don’t know. I don’t personally care for the band Van Halen, but it was nice to see Eddie playing acoustic. I like Sammy’s acoustic playing a lot. I had first heard him play acoustic on a recording of the ’89 Bridge show. Those tapes were the catalyst that made me want to see and record a Bridge show for myself. I love recording Bonnie Raitt, and have enjoyed her music ever since I recorded her opening for the Dead on NYE in ’89, but Simon and Garfunkel was the reason I was there that night. My ex wife Nikki and I had listened to a LOT of Simon and Garfunkel albums when we were first married in 1984. That set was like a dream come true, because I never thought I would get to see them reunite.

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The Honorable Woman (2014)

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I love a tightly written, heavily plotted series that digs deep into murky waters. The Honorable Woman is just that with a story about Palestinian/Israeli relationships that is just as complicated as the real thing.

Maggie Gyllenhaal stars and she’s just as good as ever. I don’t remember the details but my review is making me want to give it another watch.

Line of Duty: Series Two

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I randomly started watching Line of Duty again the other day. It remains an incredibly solid bit of crime television. It isn’t quite up to Prestige TV (whatever that means) standards, but it is a really good procedural.

I don’t remember watching Series Two back in the day, but I guess I did as I wrote a review. Not sure where in its many seasons I actually did stop watching. Keeley Hawes is in Series Two so I definitely got to get through my rewatch of Series One so I can catch her in action again. I loved her in Ashes to Ashes.

My review can be read here.

Alfred Hitchcock’s America by Murray Pomerance

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Alfred Hitchcock is one of my favorite directors. His movies are immensely entertaining, and utterly rewatchable, but also incredibly crafted and full of deep themes and meaning.

His best films were made in America (though there are still plenty of good ones made during his British period) and this book digs deep into how America influenced the great director and how he influenced American culture.

As much as I love movies I don’t actually read a lot of books about them. I do read a lot of articles online, but my library is definitely lacking in good books about cinema.

I read and reviewed this one for Cinema Sentries. Judging by the shortness of my review I don’t think I really loved it, or at least I didn’t have much to say about it. Books like this are hard to review because they are well-researched and informative, but also quite dull. Anyway, my review is here.

Bruce Springsteen – Stockholm, Sweden (06/15/92)

Bruce Springsteen
Stockholm Globe Arena
Stockholm, Sweden
June 15, 1992


(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 229)
Recorder 3

Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C
Patch Recording: Sony 929LT Mic > Sony D3

Transfer: Master tapes > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > USB Sound Devices > Audacity > iZotope RX / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Better Days (uncirculated Recorder 4)
02 Star Spangled Banner Intro (uncirculated Recorder 4)
01 Born In The USA (first 4:44 patched with uncirculated Recorder 4)
02 Local Hero
03 Lucky Town
04 Darkness On The Edge Of Town
05 If I Should Fall Behind
06 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)
07 The Big Muddy
08 Living Proof
09 My Hometown
10 Leap Of Faith
11 Man’s Job
12 Roll Of The Dice
13 Gloria’s Eyes
14 Cover Me
15 Brilliant Disguise with Patti Scialfa
16 With Every Wish
17 Souls Of The Departed
18 Real World
19 Light Of Day
20 Human Touch with Patti Scialfa
21 Glory Days
22 Working On The Highway
23 Bobby Jean
24 Hungry Heart
25 My Beautiful Reward

Known Faults:
-Better Days: Recorder 4
-Star Spangled Banner: Recorder 4
-Born In The USA: first 4:44 patched with Recorder 4
-Cover Me: last 3 seconds patched with Recorder 4
-Brilliant Disguise: first 14 seconds patched with Recorder 4
-Glory Days: 25 seconds patched with Recorder 4

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.

Batman: Assault on Arkham

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It is funny to me now, but when I watched and reviewed this movie I had no idea what the Suicide Squad was, nor hardly any of the characters who made up the Squad (including Deadshot and Killer Frost). Now of course the Suicide Squad has had a couple of major live-action movies made about them and are a household name. But then they were just comic book characters.

The movie is pretty good. DC had done a great job making all sorts of animated feature films, many of which are better than the live-action ones they’ve put on the big screen.

You can read my full review here.