Bruce Hornsby And The Range
The Paramount Theater at MSG
New York, NY
12/7/1993

Sony ECM-959 stereo M/S mic -> Denon DTR80 (16 bit/48khz) - master

Master DAT playback: Sony R500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48)

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0b/c - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Volume normalization, sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter, then dithered back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings. Minimized or complete muted hundreds of individual loud claps during quiet songs. Tracked in CDWav.

Set 1/disc 1
1. intro
2. Look Out Any Window
3. China Doll -> Night in Tunisia
4. banter - we take requests
5. The Way It Is
6. Talk of the Town (Dark Star [Grateful Dead] teases)
7. I Shall Be Released
8. Scarlet Begonias ->
9. Jacob's Ladder (Celebration [Kool & The Gang] teases) ->
10. What a Time ->
11. Billy's Bounce -> Parisian Thoroughfare ->
12. Jacob's Ladder
13. banter - for the 6 bebop fans in the house
14. End of the Innocence
15. Across The River story (w/"Play That Funky Music") ->
16. Across The River

Set 2/disc 2 (requires an 80 minute disc)
1. Girl From The North Country (Bruce solo) *
2. The Show Goes On
3. Rainbow's Cadillac
4. Long Tall Cool One
5. Every Little Kiss
6. Night on the Town ->
7. Iko Iko ->
8. Not Fade Away
9. Defenders of the Flag
10. The Valley Road
11. encore break
12. I Can't Make You Love Me
13. Another Day ->
14. It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry
15. Mandolin Rain ->
16. Fields of Gray

*= missing first few seconds as the setbreak was unexpectedly short -- most people were not back at their seats yet

The band:
Bruce Hornsby - piano, accordion, vocals
Jimmy Haslip - bass
Jon Molo - drums
John D'Earth - Trumpet
Bobby Reid - sax
JT Thomas - organ
Debbie Henry - vocals

Recorded, transferred, mastered, and tracked by Scott Bernstein (Oct 27-Dec 2, 2010)


Taper Notes:
Not sure exactly why I got inspired to pull out this show as a potential BARN series, but I have truly dug DEEP into the depths of the BARN for my 66th release. This is a long ago Bruce Hornsby show (just after his stint in the Grateful Dead, leaving "the new guy" Vince to fend for himself after a breaking-in peroid) from what was first known as "The Felt Forum" and then "The Paramount Theater" and now simply "The Theater at MSG". This is a wonderful venue and I have had a bunch of good times there (though it's not a venue that I frequent very often, I have seen Van Morrison there a few times -- once with Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, String Cheese Incident, a Blues Traveler/Spin Doctors New Years' show, Neil Young, The Cowboy Junkies, and maybe a few others there over the years).

Anyway when I popped this ancient DAT tape in that I probably hadn't listened to since I recorded it I was taken by the warm and "up close" presence that it had, plus the fun performance by the band (despite the fact that, looking at the Hornsby setlist website they did not vary their setlists a lot at this time [that has certainly changed tremendously in the intervening years]). They are having fun onstage playing with dropping all kinds of jams (mostly, jazz) into their songs, and interacting with the audience. This was back when all I had was a single point stereo Sony ECM-959 microphone, but I do recall being *right in the sweet spot* and this recording proves (as has been proven time and time again) that location rules in recording. Having multi-thousand-dollar gear in a less-than-ideal location in a venue will never be as good as having less-than-ideal gear in the *right* location. And this is one of those cases.

I hope you all appreciate the hours and hours that I spent de-clapping this one -- I think this is the release I have spent the longest amount of time on thus far (in fits and starts over an entire month!!!). Being that this is one of those recordings that has a lot of dynamic range -- there are quiet acoustic piano solo numbers and loud rock numbers, combined with the fact that I had only a small stand and some apparently extremely zealous clappers near me, meant that there were some thunderously loud claps on this recording. I've done my best to comb through the show and eliminate (or virtually eliminate) the worst of them. Also there are still a couple of minor flaws in the recording when, it sounds like, my stand was bumped by people going in and out of the aisle. But on the whole, this is a suprisingly clear and warm recording of a really fun and at this point semi-ancient show.

Enjoy!

Scott

A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/2005
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.org)
BARN28 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996
BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995
BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996
BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995
BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993 (on dimeadozen.org)
BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996 (on dimeadozen.org)
*** Start of New Orelans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***
BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008
BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show)
BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008
BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN43 - Global Noize, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN44 - Deep Banana Blackout, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000
BARN45 - Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN46 - Medeski Martin And Wood, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN47 - String Cheese Incident, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN48 - Soulive, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2001
BARN49 - String Cheese Incident, Cajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LA 5/3/2000
BARN50 - New Mastersounds, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/2/2008
BARN51 - Funky Meters, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6/13/2003
BARN52 - George Porter And The Runnin' Pardners, Village Underground, NYC, 5/19/2001
BARN53 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tramps, NYC 10/29/1993 late show
BARN54 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 5/15/93 late show
BARN55 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 10/29/93 late show
BARN56 - Wild Magnolias, Wetlands, NYC 2/10/2000
*** end of New Orelans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series ***
BARN57 - Blues Traveler, Livingston Gym @ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 4/17/1993
BARN58 - Phish, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 10/29/1998
BARN59 - Jazz Is Dead, Bottom Line, NYC 2/7/1998 (late show only)
BARN60 - Grateful Dead, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA 5/27/1993
BARN61 - The Dude Of Life (w/Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman for entire show, plus Page McConnell for a bunch), Wetlands, NYC 2/5/1994 - on bt.etree.org
BARN62 - ALO, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/05
BARN63 - Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005
BARN64 - Dan Bern, The Bottom Line, NYC 11/11/1998
BARN65 - Galactic, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/18/1997
BARN66 - Bruce Hornsby And The Range, Paramount Theater, NYC 12/7/1993