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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 – 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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String Cheese Incident – Santa Barbara, CA (03/08/98)

String Cheese Incident
03/08/98
Coach House North
Santa Barbara, CA

Digital Soundboard Master, Sony TCD-D7
DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Masters >FLAC Via xACT 2.48
FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.53

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

Set I
Disc I:

  1. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
  2. Got What He Wanted
  3. Lester had A Coconut
  4. Svingin’ with Svend
  5. Another Night
  6. Born On The Wrong Planet
  7. Moonflower
  8. Black Clouds

Set II
Disc II:

  1. Walk This Way
  2. Blue Bossa
  3. Mtn Girls
  4. All Blues*
  5. Good Times
  6. Boogie On Reggae Woman
  7. Don’t Say > Jam >
  8. San Jose

Encore:

  1. Elvis’ Wild Ride

*w/Keller Williams on mouth flugel

Keller Williams opened

Oldneumanntapr Notes;
This was my very first String Cheese Incident show. My friend Dave and I drove down to Santa Barbara to see the show. I had heard that the band was taping friendly, but when I walked in and asked about recording I was asked if I wanted a straight board recording or a matrix. That blew me away! I elected for a straight board recording, and I gave my D7 DAT and patch cable to one of the band’s crew who plugged it into a long chain of DATs on a plastic folding table. They ran all the decks so I had nothing to do for this show but to sit back and watch the performance. I was amazed with how tight they were. Progressive bluegrass at its best!!! This show definitely made me a SCI fan!!

The next time I saw them, again at the Coach House North the following year in 1999, they no longer allowed soundboard access but still welcomed audience recording. It was good while it lasted! The Coach House North, formally the Red Dog Saloon, is a small club with a really low ceiling in Santa Barbara, close to Milpas Street near the beach.

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Neil Finn – Santa Barbara, CA (02/09/10)

Neil Finn
2/9/10
SOhO
Santa Barbara, CA

Neumann AK-40s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Beyer MV-100 >Sony TCD-D8 (16bit/44.1kHz)
DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o,
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35

(Recorded, Transferred, FLAC, Tags (Via xACT 2.53), & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

Disc One:

  1. Too Blue
  2. Little By Little
  3. Girl Make Your Own Mind Up
  4. Red Wine Bottle
  5. The Ties That Bind Us
  6. Reptile
  7. What Could Have Been
  8. Jimmy Scott Song > guitar malfunction
  9. Fairies
  10. All Comedians Suffer
  11. The Water

Disc Two:

  1. Faster Than Light
  2. Driving Me Mad
  3. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
  4. Don’t Dream It’s Over
  5. Spirit Of The Stairs

encore

  1. Four Seasons In One Day
  2. Weather With You

Neil Finn – Acoustic Guitar, Piano & Vocals
Lisa Germano – Piano, Violin, Flute & Vocals
Sebastian Steinberg – Stand Up Bass, Electric Guitar & Vocals
Wally Ingram – Drums

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
Neil was in town for The Sun Came Out (the Neil Finn / Crowded House / 7 Worlds Collide movie) that premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. He played one show at SOhO, in Santa Barbara after the Film Festival and my friend Dave and I went and I recorded the concert. The first half of the shows seemed to consist of songs from the film, and the second half featured old favorites. This was my second time seeing a show at SOhO, the first being the previous May for Willie Waldman and the North Indiana Allstars. To date, this was the last time that I have recorded Neil Finn.

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Gov’t Mule, moe., Phil Lesh & Friends – Santa Barbara, CA (08/22/99)

Gov’t Mule, moe., Phil Lesh & Friends
08/22/99
County Bowl
Santa Barbara, CA

Gov’t Mule

FOB; Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >;KM-100’s >;Lunatec V2 >Tascam DA-P1

  1. Wandering Child >
  2. Devil Likes It Slow
  3. It Hurts Me Too
  4. Lay Your Burden Down
  5. Bad Little Doggie >
  6. Little Wing
  7. I Shall Return
  8. Mule >I’ve Been Workin’ >Woody’s Jam > Mule
  9. Cortez The Killer

This was my second Gov’t Mule show.

moe.
08/22/99
County Bowl
Santa Barbara, CA

Neumann AK-40’s >(x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Lunatec V2 >Tascam DA-P1 (16bit/44.1khz)

DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO,
CD Master >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.41

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

Microphones Hung Beneath Bonnie Harris’s Schoeps MK-41v Hyper Cardioids, FOB Lawn.

  1. Seat Of My Pants
  2. New York City
  3. Time Again
  4. Mexico
  5. San Ber’dino
  6. Spine Of A Dog >
    — Buster

Phil Lesh & Friends

Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Lunatec V2* >Tascam DA-P1 Master
Master DAT Transferred: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Masters >FLAC + Tags Via xACT 2.48

Recorded By Oldneumanntapr & Allan Chen*
Transferred, FLAC’d & Tagged By OldNeumanntapr

Disc One, Track Four Split In Audacity And Subsequent Tracks Re-Numbered.

Disc I:

  1. Cryptical Envelopment >
  2. The Other One >
  3. Smokestack Lightning >
  4. The Other One >
  5. Cryptical Envelopment
  6. Soul Shine
  7. Broken Arrow
  8. Just A Little Light*

Disc II:

  1. My Favorite Things
  2. Help On The Way >
  3. Slipknot >
  4. Franklin’s Tower

Encore:

  1. Morning Dew
  2. Iko Iko+

“Summer Session ’99” Tour. * Without Michael Kang. Band was: Phil Lesh – Bass and Vocals, Steve Kimock – Guitar, John Molo – Drums, Kyle Hollingsworth – Keyboards and vocals, Warren Haynes – Guitar and vocals, Micheal Kang – Electric Mandolin. Openers: Moe and Government Mule.

Total tracks = [02:22:42]

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This show was billed as “Summer Session ’99”, and I taped up front and hung my Neumanns underneath Bonnie Harris’s Schoeps MK-41v mics. This tour was with Gov’t Mule and Phil & Friends as constants, and the bands moe., Galatic, and String Cheese Incident rotated from show to show. I remember thinking that moe was weird, but I have heard they have a core following. I was indebted at this show to Bonnie Harris for letting me hang my Neumann KM140s under her Schoeps MK41Vs, and also to my friend Allan Chen for supplying the Lunatec V2 microphone preamp which was far better than my Beyer MV100. The tapers section was on the floor up front and was totally filled by the time I got in. It’s nice to have friends!! 🙂

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Peter Himmelman – Santa Barbara, CA (02/20/99)

Peter Himmelman
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA
February 20, 1999

Nyquist Omnis >Sony SBM-1 >Sony TCD-D7 DAT
Master DAT Transferred: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
Master CD >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25

Row AA, Seat #1 (Front Row Center)
Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged (Via xACT 2.53) & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Disc One

  1. Checkmate
  2. Measure
  3. Mission Of My Soul
  4. “Dale” (Improvisation)
  5. Impermanent Things
  6. Always In Disguise
  7. My Best Friend Is A Salamander
  8. Gravity Can’t Keep My Spirit Down
  9. Been Set Free
  10. Lifetime Too Late
  11. Time Just Flew

Disc Two

  1. Seven Circles
  2. Solitude
  3. Sherm The Worm
  4. “Josepe Lobero” (Improvisation)
  5. Racing Off To Nowhere
  6. Only Innocent/band intros
  7. Banter
  8. Raina
  9. Closer

Tom Russell Opened

Peter Himmelman- Vocals, Guitars (Acoustic & Electric)
Greg Herzenach- Guitar
John Button- Bass
Jimmy England- Drums

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
Peter Himmelman was a last-minute addition when original headliner Lucinda Williams cancelled to appear On Saturday Night Live. The tickets to this show were issued with Lucinda Williams name on them. Tom Russell opened for Himmelman and it was the first time that I had seen either artist. I liked both of their sets a lot!

Peter Himmelman makes up songs on the spot, so all of his shows are slightly different depending on the circumstance. He was intrigued with the red candles on stage that Peggy Jones, the promoter of the ‘Sings Like Hell’ series had on pedestals symbolizing Hell. Himmelman asked the audience for a genre to make up a song and an audience member requested a ‘haunting’ song, so he did one on the spot. I saw Peter play at SLO Brew in San Luis Obispo a month or so later and received permission to plug into the board for that concert, but I really liked the Lobero show better.

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Neil Finn – Santa Barbara, CA (08/12/98)

Neil Finn
8/12/98
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA
‘Sings Like Hell’ Singer Songwriter Series

Front Row Center: Nyquist Omnis >Sony TCD-D7
DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o,
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35

FLAC >WAV >Audacity (Combine Tracks To A One-Track File, Smooth Out Minor Level Imbalances, Amplify By 8.2db, Re-Track On Original Index Points) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

July 2024 Remaster

(Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged (Via xACT 2.53), & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

Disc I:

  1. Twisty Bass
  2. King Tide
  3. I Got You
  4. Truth
  5. Dream Date
  6. Try Whistling This
  7. Sinner
  8. Fall At Your Feet
  9. Four Seasons In One Day
  10. Loose Tongue

Disc II:

  1. Souvenir
  2. Private Universe
  3. When You Come
  4. She Will Have Her Way
  5. Faster Than Light
  6. Love To Have A Beer With Duncan
  7. Last One Standing
  8. Don’t Dream Its Over
  9. Empty Head
  10. Instrumental
  11. Addicted

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was my first experience with Neil Finn, and I loved this show! This was Neil’s first solo tour after leaving Crowded House and I thought that both he and his band sounded really good.
My friend Bonnie Harris, a Schoeps taper that I knew back in the 90s, got a ticket at the last minute and was stuck all the way on one side of the PA, whereas my recording was made front row center. I have both recordings and I think that the Nyquist recording sounds much better, but NO ONE has ever wanted it in trade from me, and people always request the Schoeps version because of name recognition. I enjoyed this recording so much that I made certain to record another Neil Finn show a few months later in San Francisco on this same ’98 tour.

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David Lindley & Wally Ingram – Santa Barbara, CA (12/04/98)

David Lindley & Wally Ingram
12/04/98
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA


(Sings Like Hell Series)

[Feb 2016 REMASTER]

6th Row DEAD Center:
Neumann KM-184’s (ORTF On T-Bar) >Custom XLRs >PSC Phantom Supplies >Sony TCD-D7

Master DAT Transferred: Sony PCM-R500 >S/PDIF >Tascam HD-P2 (16 Bit/48khz) >
WAV >Sound Forge Pro 10.0a [iZotope RX2 Advanced (Declick); Minor Edits, & Normalize] >
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Downsample To 16 Bit 44.1k) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.37

Recorded, Audacity, FLAC’d, Tagged, And Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr
Master DAT Transferred By Terry Watts
Soundforge Post Production By Dennis Orr

  1. Peggy Jones Intro
  2. Opening Story
  3. Old Coot From Tennessee
  4. Catfood Sandwiches
  5. The Meatman
  6. Do You Want My Job?
  7. Tijuana
  8. Well Well Well w/Drum Solo
  9. I Am A Patriot
  10. Ain’t No Way
  11. New Minglewood Blues >.45 Pistol Blues
  12. Pay Bo Diddley

Encore-

  1. Leave Home Girl
  2. Quarter Of A Man

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
This was a stealth show that I recorded with my Neumann KM-184s, that I ended up selling soon after to purchase the Neumann SKM-140 set with active cables. It was just too difficult to stealth record with the KM-184s and their bulky XLR cables. In those days I had really long hair, which I would wear down to cover the microphones. I ran the KM-184s on a T-Bar that I held in front of my head. I remember this show well. I always enjoyed David Lindley’s stories between songs. This was also the show that I saw Jackson Browne outside in the courtyard before the show. I didn’t want Jackson to see the recording gear that I had so I walked around him on my way into the theatre.

(Feb. 2016 ONT Notes- This is a complete remaster, starting with a fresh digital transfer of the master DAT by Terry Watts, and following with additional post processing by Dennis Orr. Thanks to both of you! I think it sounds better than the previous version. This version has no CD generation, so split into discs as you see fit.)

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Tom Russell – Santa Barbara, CA (02/20/99)

Tom Russell
2/20/99
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA

Nyquist Omnis >Sony SBM-1 >Sony TCD-D7 DAT
Master DAT Transferred: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
Master CD >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.44

Row AA, Seat #1 (Front Row Center)
Recorded, Transferred, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

  1. Intro
  2. St. Olav’s Gate
  3. Angel Of Lyon
  4. Throwin’ Horseshoes At The Moon
  5. Sitting Bull In Venice
  6. When Irish Girls Grow Up
  7. Out In California
  8. Down The Rio Grande
  9. Gallo Del Cielo
  10. Love Abides

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
Opened For Peter Himmelman, Who Was A Last-Minute Addition When Original Headliner Lucinda Williams Cancelled To Appear On Saturday Night Live. Thanks to Rick for the use of his front row center seat. Tickets for this show were printed with Lucinda Williams name. This was the first time that I had seen either Tom Russell or Peter Himmelman.

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