THE BEARS FEATURING ADRIAN BELEW 1986-02-08 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA - 4 channel cassette master - Soundboard and mics over stage matrix mix - EX

The Bears (Adrian Belew, Rob Fetters, Bob Nyswonger & Chris Arduser)
February 8, 1986 (1986-02-08)
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, California, USA

from 4 channel cassette master - Soundboard + microphones over stage matrix mix - excellent sound quality.

CD1 - 47:50
101 [2:55] intro
102 [3:42] Man Behind The Curtain
103 [3:13] Meet Me In The Dark
104 [2:19] talk
105 [3:56] Superboy
106 [0:24] talk
107 [4:36] Another Time
108 [0:21] talk
109 [4:11] Trust
110 [0:21] talk
111 [4:25] Artichoke
112 [4:15] None Of The Above
113 [0:54] talk
114 [2:59] Wavelength
115 [5:46] The Rail Song
116 [3:33] Kiss It Goodbye

CD2 - 43:40
201 [3:14] talk
202 [3:20] Raining
203 [4:20] Robobo's Beef
204 [4:36] Wiser Idiots
205 [3:34] Honey Bee
206 [1:11] talk
207 [3:32] Nobody Knows
208 [1:15] talk
209 [4:44] The Momur
210 [0:27] talk
211 [4:04] The Electric Cat
212 [2:50] Nobody's Fool
213 [1:53] encore break
214 [3:39] Figure It Out
215 [1:01] final thanks and applause

Dolby C Maxell XLII-S cassettes > Yamaha MT44D 4 channel recorder (4 channels of 45 minutes per 90 min. tape in one direction when sensor is on back of cassette).

2 channels of monitor soundboard + 2 channels of Crown PZM microphones over stage.

Channel 1 - soundboard (vocals higher in the mix than the instruments)
Channel 2 - soundboard bass and guitars only (not much in this channel til about 13 minutes, bass only til about 31 minutes in and then the guitars are added to the mix.
Channels 3 and 4 - Crown PZM microphones mounted on the low ceiling over the stage.

Transfer: Yamaha MT44D (Dolby C decoded) > Macintosh with Echo Layla audio interface > AIFF > Pro Tools (minor "nip and tuck" edits, time alignment, normalization, matrix mix and tracking - no DNR or EQ) > AIFF files > xACT (flac level 8 files, tagged with sector boundaries verified).
Note: Tracked to fit on audio CDs but the entire show plays seamlessly.

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