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John Hiatt – San Luis Obispo, CA (06/26/19)



John Hiatt (Acoustic)
June 26, 2019
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, California

12th Row, Slightly Left Of Center: Neumann AK-40s >LC3 >KM-100s >Tascam DR-100mkII (24bit/48khz) w/Internal Preamp And Phantom Power.

iZotope RX6 advanced & Har-Bal 3.7 (prep by Flying -M-)

WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Down Sample To 16 bit / 44.1khz) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.47

Recording, Audacity, FLAC, Tags, & Rear Cover Artwork Photo By OldNeumanntapr

Post Production Wizardry By Flying M

Disc I:

  1. Intro
  2. Lift Up Every Stone
  3. Real Fine Love
  4. The Open Road
  5. Aces Up Your Sleeve
  6. Perfectly Good Guitar
  7. Crossing Muddy Waters
  8. Cry Love
  9. Is Anybody There?
  10. Long Time Comin’
  11. Master Of Disaster
    [51:20]

Disc II:

  1. Icy Blue Heart
  2. Train To Birmingham
  3. Tennessee Plates
  4. Feels Like Rain
  5. Thing Called Love
  6. I’m In Asheville
  7. Memphis In The Meantime

Encore:

  1. Have A Little Faith In Me

[45:01]

John Hiatt -Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Piano

The Historic Fremont (Movie) Theater Was Built In 1942

OldNeumanntapr Notes-

The last time that John Hiatt played an acoustic show at the Fremont my first Tascam had an electronic convulsion and I lost most of the show except for two or three songs.

Hiatt is an amazing songwriter and performer and I always enjoy seeing him in concert.
The Fremont has really good acoustics with its curved interior walls.
My hat is off to Flying M for his uncanny ability to get the most out of my recordings with his vast computer processing knowledge.
This recording really shines and actually sounds better than my ears heard the show live!!!
I hope everybody enjoys this one.
I was pleased to hear ‘Memphis In The Meantime’ because for some reason I was humming it at home the night before while I was getting my recording gear ready!

Flying M Preparation Notes-

It was a good workout pulling the audience back and pushing the music forward.
Have gone from end to end 4 times and I keep finding little things to “fix” and it’s been a week now so it’s becoming OCD and I had to stop.
Must have made 500 little repairs removing background noises, some easier than others.

Equalized with Har-Bal to flatten the frequency response reducing the hump in the low mid-range and giving it a little more presence in the top and bottom end.
Resulted in a “fuller” sound with the vocals being brought up making the singing clearer.

The audience exploded between songs so the loudest claps, whistling and whoo-hooing were removed as much as I could.
Coughing sniffing, chatting, singing and other random noises were also removed or minimized.
Finally the applause segments were reduced by an additional 3dB and then the overall amplitude was increased by 12dB.

Acoustic shows are tough to prepare as so many small noises become distracting once the volume is increased as much as this was.
-M-

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Miles Davis – San Luis Obispo, CA (04/20/90)



Miles Davis
4/20/90
Main Gym
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA

10th Row Center:
Aiwa CM-30 Stereo Cardioid >Sony WM-D6C,
XLII Master >XLII Cass I >WAV >FLAC

XLII Master Transferred: Toshiba PC-X10 >Sony TC-153SD (Shortly After Show)
XLII Cass I Transferred: Sony TC-D5M >Tascam DR-100mkII (24/48),

WAV >iZotope RX3 Advanced v3.00.695 (declick) > Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (minor edits & normalize) >
WAV >Audacity (Amplify, Track Splits, Down Sample / Dither To 16 Bit/44.1) >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35

Recorded, Transferred, Audacity, & FLAC’d By OldNeumanntapr
iZotope RX3 Advanced v3.00.695 (declick) > Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (minor edits & normalize) By Dennis Orr

  1. Perfect Way
  2. New Blues
  3. Hannibal
  4. The Senate-Me And You
  5. Human Nature
  6. In The Night
  7. Mr. Pastorius
  8. Tutu
  9. Jilli
  10. Time After Time
  11. Jo-Jo >Don’t Stop Me Now

Miles Davis – Trumpet, Synthesizer
Kenny Garrett – Alto Saxophone, Flute, Musical Director
Joe Foley McCreary – Electric Piccollo Bass, Vocals
Richard Patterson – Electric Bass, Vocals
Kei Akagi – Synthesizer
Erin Davis – Percussion
Ricky Wellman – Drums

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was my very first ‘stealth’ recording, and also the one and only time that I was able to see Miles Davis. My friend Mark is a big Miles fan, and he offered to buy me a ticket if I would record the show. Hey, works for me. 🙂
I remember that we rode to the show with his friend Jay, ‘Lucky’, from Lake Tahoe, and our friend Tim, who was another big music fan, as well as Carol Jo, the ‘Wood Nymph’ from KOTR FM in Cambria. We were 10th row center at the Main Gym at Cal Poly. The sound was pretty good, though Carol Jo talked a bunch to Mark starting midway through the show. At the time, I thought it would rude to tell Mark to have her shut the hell up, because I was getting the ticket for free, and because, not ever having done a stealth show before, I had no idea how much ambient noise the microphone would pick up. At that time I was used to only recording Grateful Dead concerts from the tapers section, with microphones on a stand above head level. I was holding the Aiwa CM-30 right in front of my face for this show, and there were a lot of quiet parts. Listening to the show now, I am remembering that the tape ran out and I missed the last part. (I only brought in one 90 minute cassette. The tape ends with the beginning of another song, but I left that as part of the previous song in the indexes.) The deal I made with Mark was that I would record the show and give him the master, but I copied it for myself after the show that night. The recording would have been much better, had it not been for Carol Jo’s talking, but it is what it is. This recording has really never been circulated, outside of a few friends here on the CA central coast. I’ve had the handbill for this show for years. It was hanging in the window of the liquor store where I worked in Cayucos, CA. I recorded Santana the next week at the same venue, the night of the Cal Poly/SLO Student Riots.

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Eric Burdon & Robbie Krieger – San Luis Obispo, CA (05/19/90)



Eric Burdon & Robbie Krieger
05/19/90
DK’s West Indies Bar
San Luis Obispo, CA

Aiwa CM-30 Stereo Cardioid >Sony WM-D6C Cassette master >CDR >FLAC

(Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front-Cover Artwok By OldNeumanntapr)
FOB; Audience Master
Transferred Via: Sony TC-D5M->HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Master >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25
Tags Via xACT 2.53

  1. //See See Rider
  2. It’s My Life >
  3. Don’t Bring Me Down
  4. We Got To Get Out Of This Place
  5. Back Door Man
  6. Roadhouse Blues
  7. Spill The Wine
  8. Boom Boom / Shake Rattle And Roll
  9. I’m Crying

Encore:

  1. Going Back To Memphis
  2. The House Of The Rising Sun

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
DK West Indies Bar was located in Downtown San Luis Obispo on Broad Street, and later was converted into the Big Sky Cafe. I was lucky enough to catch Eric Burdon and Robbie Krieger there both in 1990, and in 1991 when Brian Auger also played with them. It was standing room only for both years, but I was young at the time and didn’t care.

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Eric Burdon & Robbie Krieger – San Luis Obispo, CA (02/02/91)

Eric Burdon, Robbie Krieger, & Brian Auger
02/02/91
DK’s West Indies Bar
San Luis Obispo, CA

Aiwa CM-30 Stereo Cardioid >Sony WM-D6C Cassette Master >CDR >FLAC

FOB; Audience Master:
Transferred Via: Sony TC-D5M >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25
FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.53

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

Late Show:

  1. I Just Want To Make Love To You
  2. Back Door Man
  3. We Got To Get Out Of This Place
  4. 16 Tons
  5. Elmore’s Blues

Disc II:

  1. Tobacco Road

Encore:

  1. Roadhouse Blues >
  2. The House Of The Rising Sun

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was the second year that Eric Burdon and Robbie Krieger played DK’s in SLO, but this time they brought along Brian Auger on keyboards. Burdon was so drunk that night he was screaming about the Gulf War, “They Were Bombing My Home Town When I was Born!”, and he was complaining about how much he hated the song ‘The House Of The Rising Sun’. I recorded the late set, but I had friends who went to both sets. This was the last time that I have seen either Eric or Robbie.

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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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Asleep at the Wheel – San Luis Obispo, CA (03/11/00)

Asleep At The Wheel
3/11/00
Recreation Center
California State Polytechnic University
San Luis Obispo, CA

FOB: (8th Row Center), Nyquist Omnis >Sony TCD-D7 DAT Master
DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o
CD Master >WAV >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.37

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

  1. Cherokee Maiden
  2. Route 66
  3. Roly Poly
  4. Goin’ Away Party
  5. Big Ball’s In Cowtown
  6. Red River Valley
  7. Jumpin’ At The Woodside
  8. Georgia On My Mind
  9. House Of Blue Lights

Opened for Bob Dylan. You can download his set here.

OldNeumanntapr Notes-

This was the first time that I’d seen/recorded Asleep At The Wheel. They put on a good show and were a good opening act. This show has been traded individually a couple of times but never uploaded.

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Bela Fleck – San Luis Obispo, CA (05/10/98)

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
5/10/98
Cuesta College Auditorium
San Luis Obispo, CA

Nakamichi CM-300s w/CP-1 Cardioid Capsules (On T-Bar)->Sony TCD-D7,(7th Row Center)
DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o,
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35
FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.48
(Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

Disc I:

  1. Intro
  2. Zenergy
  3. Labyrinth
  4. Almost 12
  5. Huckleberry Row
  6. My Life *
  7. Throwdown At The Hoedown
  8. Futureman Solo
  9. Big Country

Disc II:

  1. Commonality
  2. Communication (no lyrics)
  3. Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo
  4. Sleeping Dogs Lie (Bela Solo)
  5. Shanti ~
  6. Over The Wall ~

Encore:

  1. Sinister Minister

~ Acoustic tracks, Vic on Cello & Futch on percussion box

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
Taping was allowed at this show but I asked not to bring in my microphone stand, so the Nakamichi’s had to go on a T-Bar and be hand held throughout the show. The old Cuesta College Auditorium had such great acoustics, having been built on the old campus during World War Two.
Sadly, it was deemed not to be worth retrofitting for earthquake standards and is slowly falling into decay. I included a photo that i took of the building in 2018.

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