Gov't Mule
August 07, 2009 (Friday)
F.X. Matt Brewing Company
Tour Center Courtyard
Utica, NY

Recordist : Tim Burke (tburke@upstatetapers.org)
Location : general admission, ~10' left of center, ~100' from the stage lip, ~8' high, directly in front of the soundboard
Mic Config : ~18 cm, ~90º
Source : Microtech Gefell M20 > JK Labs ECMS-23 > EAA PSP2 > Edirol R-09HR (set one input level 22, set two input level 25)
Recorded Format : 24 bit, 48 kHz
Conversion : SDHC Card > IBM ThinkPad T43
Editing : Steinberg WaveLab v5.01b, decibel increase to both channels (resulting in -.20 peaks) via the "change gain" command, resample with ReSampler 192 at High Quality, dither with MegaBitMax, iZotope Ozone 3, Medium Noise Shaping, Normal Dither Amount
Final Format : 16 bit, 44.1 kHz
Tracking : CD Wave v1.93.3
Compression : FLAC v1.2.1, Trader's Little Helper v2.4.1 (Build 160), Level 8, Sector Boundaries Aligned using "fix" setting

All DSP performed by Tim Burke.

72m 58s
s1t01. (crowd)
s1t02. A Million Miles From Yesterday
s1t03. I Believe To My Soul
s1t04. 32/20 Blues
s1t05. Birth Of The Mule
s1t06. Rocking Horse
s1t07. New World Blues
s1t08. Politician
s1t09. Streamline Woman
s1t10. Brand New Angel

81m 25s
s2t01. The Shape I'm In
s2t02. Don't Step On The Grass Sam
s2t03. Patchwork Quilt
s2t04. Sco-Mule
s2t05. Drums
s2t06. Brighter Days >
s2t07. Like Flies
s2t08. I Think You Know What I Mean >
When The Levee Breaks >
I Think You Know What I Mean >
When The Levee Breaks
s2t09. (encore break)
s2t10. I Can't Hold Out
s2t11. Girl From Mill Valley (outro)

Notes:
Shure A81WS windscreens were used to protect the microphones, and alleviate wind noise on the recording during set one. DPA UA0896 windscreens were used for set two.
Thanks to Chris LaPorte for the clamp space.

Personnel:
Matt Abts - drums, percussion
Jorgen Carlsson - bass guitar
Warren Haynes - guitar, vocals
Danny Louis - keyboards, vocals =