Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, CA
April 1, 2016

Recorded & Tagged By OldNeumanntapr
4th Row, Left: Neumann AK-40s (ORTF in Hat) >LC3 >KM-100s >Beyer MV-100 >Sony PCM-M10 (24bit/48khz) >Audacity (16bit/48khz) FLAC

Post Production by Flying -M-
iZotope RX4 advanced > Har-Bal 3.0 > CD Wav > TLH

FLAC Tags Redone Via xACT 2.37 Due To Misspellings, And New FFP Files & Checksums Added.

Disc 1

1. Introduction by Corey from Good Medicine Presents
2. Zig Zaggity Woop Woop
3. Simple Songs
4. Digga Digga Do
5. The Jitters
6. [interlude] Scotty talks to the crowd
7. Save My Soul
8. Mr. Pinstripe Suit
9. Hey Now
10. Reefer Man

Disc 2

1. Minnie The Moocher
2. Jumpin’ Jack
3. I Wan’na Be Like You
4. You Know You’re Wrong
5. Big Time Operator
6. You Me And The Bottle Makes Three Tonight
7. Go Daddy-O
8. encore call
9. Why Me
10. So Long Fair Well Good Bye

Scotty Morris – lead vocals and guitar
Kurt Sodergren – drums and percussion
Dirk Shumaker – double bass and vocals
Andy Rowley – baritone saxophone and vocals
Glen “The Kid” Marhevka – trumpet
Karl Hunter – saxophones and clarinet
Joshua Levy – piano, arranger
Tony Bonsera – trumpet
Alex “Crazy Legs” Henderson – trombone

The Tipsy Gypsies Opened
The Historic Fremont (Movie) Theater Was Built In 1942

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
The show was awesome and we were 4th row on the left.
Everything went really well and I was able to set levels right on the money.
Genéte, who is a Huge BBVD fan, took photos with her iPhone and actually got some pretty good results. After the show she bought a poster and waited in line so all of the band could sign it.
She had a Great time and was really happy that she went.

I had thought that I would be directly in front of the left PA stack, but when we got into the theater I saw that they had hung the PA cabinets closer together than I would have imagined, so I was actually a little left and off axis from the left stack.
The opening band, which I didn’t record (they were a local SLO County band) sounded like there was a bump in the frequency response. Fortunately, BBVD sounded really good and there was no hint of that previous anomaly.

I only had One obnoxious clapper to my left, either behind me or further down my own row. (I made sure that Genéte was quiet, no easy feat.) 😉

We were so close to the stage that I could hear the horns onstage as well as being amplified through the PA. Fortunately we had really lucked out when we made or seating decisions, because we were on the left and so was the horn section! The piano and stand up bass were on the right, and Scotty, the lead singer was in the center.

The last time I saw these guys was when they played a free show at the Paso Robles Mid-State Fair in 2001. I had never heard of them but Genéte was really into them and I remember being impressed with their sound.

Do NOT Convert To MP3.
Enjoy! Share freely, don’t sell, play nice, don’t run with scissors, etc. 😉

Flying M notes:
never heard this band before, wow.
A very nice sounding recording and I found the guy you wanted “erased”.
His hand was cupped creating a very loud finger snapping sound.
Verses a more petite slapping of 4 fingers on a palm which makes more of a tick (try it yourself).

Kind of addictive once you get used to hearing your tapes without loud claps.
If it only didn’t take sooooo long to do.
As normal when I went back the third time I found even more of that guy.
I wonder how many times an enthusiastic clapper “claps’ during an hour and a half concert?
Well that’s how many repairs this has, times maybe 2 (to include other neighbors).

Har-Bal uses an interesting form of equalization called harmonic balancing.
The theory is to balance the power across the frequency spectrum and you get additional clarity.
OK I am real new at this and it is not a simple procedure to get it right.
You might enjoy the added shimmer and increased volume.
The hidden music buried in the quiet spots are louder now adding more detail.
No limiting but more like riding the volume knob up and down.
So the quiet places are not as quiet.
An old studio trick.

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.

Do NOT Convert To MP3.
Enjoy! Share freely, don’t sell, play nice, don’t run with scissors, etc. 😉