This file must accompany this package to preserve the complete incommensurable informations !
GRANFALOON BUS wsg. Todd McBride
- January 20, 1998 -
Knust, Hamburg, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0129 **
>>file under PAVEMENT, SPARKLEHORSE and PALACE BROTHERS...
AWESOME NEIL YOUNG COVER "ALBUQUERQUE" - UNCIRCULATED<< with samples
Preliminary remark 1:
This is kind of a comeback. Lost my "old" computer after a nighttime cooler defect.
So i had to buy a couple of new toys (check out the "lineage" below...) to continue
my work...and it took me longer as i thought to bring all components to completion.
Think i did a good job, and it should now work fine...keep your fingers crossed...
All your incoming PM's and emails during the past 4 weeks
will be answered soon, thanks for your patience !
Preliminary remark 2:
Please check also the other concerts of this night:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Torrent #256049
UMAJETS (first ever European concert)
- January 20, 1998 -
Knust, Hamburg, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0127 **
>> Rob Aldridge (ex-HOLLYFAITH) & Tim Smith (ex-JELLYFISH) - UNCIRCULATED<< w/ samples
Torrent #256180
TODD McBRIDE solo & with Granfaloon Bus
- January 20, 1998 -
Knust, Hamburg, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0128 **
>> ex-LA DI DA's & DASHBOARD SAVIORS (Athens, GA) - w/ Townes Van Zandt and Vic Chesnutt cover - UNCIRCULATED <<
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Preliminary remark 3:
As far as I know NONE of this recording was ever used commercially.
This recording here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archive.
"MWM" started in the 70ies in South Germany with analog recording equipment,
and at least two of them are still recording sometimes (since the 90ies on DAT,
and, lazy as we are, since lately with small, handheld WAV-recorders on SD-cards).
The "MWM" startet as a project of friends sharing their hobbies together. But by
reason of jobs, partners and other interests the circle of all involved shrinked.
About this concert:
Autumn 1996 was the start of an interesting experiment. Two German record labels and their
booking agency teamed together and started the first "double-headliner tour" with Blue Rose
act The Dashboard Saviors and Glitterhouse band Go To Blazes - and those concerts had been
very successful. The idea was simple: both bands played 70 to 90 minutes, and they alternated
the order of their appearance each night. A similar concept was used a few months later for
the "THE DESERT ROCKS"-tour 1997 with Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios and Granfaloon Bus in
January/February, and the same year during April with Chris Burroughs and Neal Casal.
Granfaloon Bus from San Francisco, CA was one of our favourite bands since the mid-90ies...
Their CD "Rocket Noon" in 1996 (Trocadero Records) was nearly constantly rotating in our
players, we loved this unique mixture somewhere between Pavement and Palace Brothers, all
those crazy, sleepy, county-esk songs, strange lyrics and whacked-out stories, we couldn't
wait to see them live on stage in Europe...
Early 1997 they came for an extended tour, a double-package with our other heroes, Rich Hopkins
and the Luminarios. 8 crazy musicians and one roadmanager/driver/soundengineer/merchandiser
together in a small van for six weeks...thousands of kilometers through Europe...cockfights
starting after the first show til the end of the tour. Rich (Sidewinders/Sandrubies/Luminarios...)
thought himself as "headliner" and the Faloonies as "support act", and quite often the response
by the audience (and the sales of merchandise) showed a different picture...
And we had to wait just 10 months to see them again, with a slight
different band line-up, together with our good friend Todd McBride:
The Dashboard Saviors separated early 1997, and Todd took the chance to record his solo-album
"Sketchy", again released by Blue Rose. Todd came back to Europe in December 1997 to promote
his album, this time as support act for Granfaloon Bus on their second big German tour 97/98...
All five musicians had lots of fun, they celebrated Christmas and New Years Eve together, and
soon there was a new band project, "Senior Deutschmark", 3/4th of Granfaloon Bus backing up
Todd after a few songs solo, and Todd came during the "headliner"-shows to help them with
some backing vocals, and sang lead vocals usually on one or two coversongs.
THIS HERE IS DEFINITELY A MUST-HAVE !
WHY ?
Including all those things a good boardtape should have:
- an band in their prime, full of emotions (and a little booze - remember all those Georgians as support acts)...
- one of their longest concerts (at least) in Germany...must have been this strange blue drinks
- two unknown and maybe unreleased songs (track 2-01. and 2-09.)...hope someone knows the correct song titles
- one of their best band-versions of Neil's "Albuquerque" - bloodcurdling & spine-crawling !!
- a crowded room full of enthusiastic people...and this damn blue alcoholic liquor...
SOUNDS GREAT ? YEAH, IT'S REALLY AWESOME...
AND THERE IS NO "BUT"....
EXCEPT MAYBE: "BUT"...WAY TOO SHORT...
This concert here was recorded close to tour-end
by my dear friend Woolfi - excellent as usual.
FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT OF OUR ARCHIVE,
COMPLETELY UNTRADED, SLIGHTLY MASTERED,
AND OTHERWISE UNALTERED - PLEASE ENJOY!
GRANFALOON BUS
with special guest Todd McBride
Knust,
Hamburg, Germany
January 20, 1998
lineage:
recorded by WS, soundboard to DAT
the recording:
Soundboard > Analog Cable > 'Line In' portable Sony TCD-D8 (16 bit, SP 48 kHz) >
> DAT (BASF extra 4D-90m, 4mm Data Cartridge, 90 meter/297 ft tape)
the transfer:
DAT (master) > Tascam DA-20 II, digital S/P-DIF out > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) >
> Behringer SRC-2496 Ultramatch Pro (Ultra-high-resolution 24-Bit/96 kHz A/D & D/A and Sample Rate Converter & Dropouts-/Jitter Remover) >
> 16 bit, SP 48 kHz converted to 16 bit, SP 44,1 kHz > > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) >
> Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI - Dolby Digital Live Soundcard with C-Media CMI8768 Soundprocessor Chip, digital S/P-DIF in >
> Motherboard with AMD Multicore Processor, Serial ATA Interface > CD Wave (recording) > Harddisc Western Digital with Thermaltake HD Cooler >
> lonetaper's secret box of miracles > CD Wave (tracking) > Traders Little Helper (SB aligned/level 6) > FLAC > DIME
the concert:
CD 1 (48:40.53 mins)
1-01. Say Cheese # 4:09.23
1-02. ...thanks to Umajets & Todd McBride... 0:22.27
1-03. 1/2 A Beer, 1/2 A Song 3:03.60
1-04. Some Kind Of Other Love (WWII) 3:02.74
1-05. ...thanks so much/ich bin ein Hamburger... 0:35.39
1-06. Miss Essmaker 3:38.72
1-07. -> Free Gold Halo 5:45.74
1-08. -> Potboiler 4:42.05
1-09. OK 5:06.17
1-10. ...great to be back in Hamburg/going acoustic now... 1:00.40
1-11. Alexandra ## 5:40.58
1-12. ...thank you/NOW the professional part of the show... 1:16.59
1-13. Remains & 3:02.53
1-14. ...those strange blue drinks... 1:40.45
1-15. Queen Ann's Hill 4:10.34
1-16. ...merchandise advertisement/this drink is for Hamburg... 1:21.48
CD 2 (48:13.47 mins)
2-01. ?down, down, down? $ 4:39.60
2-02. ...sorry for that noise/we got two more... 0:38.52
2-03. We`re Sellin Helen`s Hearse 2:03.48
2-04. -> Widows Weeds 4:35.11
2-05. ...thank you, see you next time/crowd... 0:42.72
encore 1:
2-06. ...we know a few more songs/ 1:51.24
2-07. The Mission Song ### 3:52.38
2-08. ...thank you/everything is our fault tonight... 0:58.42
2-09. ?falling out of my own tree? 4:09.11
2-10. ...welcome back Todd/tall 1:01.22
2-11. Albuquerque % 5:57.16
2-12. ...sweet T. McB./one more song/more blue stuff? 0:39.11
2-13. Oyster Pirates 6:36.22
2-14. ...thanks very much, you're so nice... § 0:14.40
encore 2:
2-15. ...a big loud upbeat song? 2:01.27
2-16. The Witchdoctors Are Sulking 3:19.26
2-17. Worldwar lovesong (WWII) 2:30.73
2-18. ...last goodnight song/ thanks a lot Hamburg... 0:20.27
2-19. God's Little Sequin 1:24.07
2-20. ...thank you very much, my Hamburg friends/final crowd... 0:37.18
total: 48:40.53 + 48:13.47 = 96:54.00 mins
the notes:
# - Jeff Stevenson introducing his musical saw
## - Ajax Green on banjo
### - Ajax on banjo AND Jeff with his musical saw
& - Jeff Palmer on lead guitar, Ajax on drums
% - lead vocals by Todd McBride
$ - some crackles from 3:35 to 3:38 by reason of a faulty guitar cable
§ - the following crowd noise was muted and therefore omitted
the musicians:
Felix Todd Costanza - lead vocals, guitar
Ajax Green - guitar, banjo, backing & harmony vocals, drums on track 1-13.
Jeff "Johnny Safety" Stevenson - bass, pedal steel, musical saw, backing & harmony vocals
Jeff Palmer - drums, percussion, backing & harmony vocals, guitar on track 1-13.
with special guest
Todd McBride - backing & harmony vocals, percussion, lead vocals on 'Albuquerque'
PLEASE support the artist, visit his concerts and buy his CDs...
Check out the following websites:
http://www.myspace.com/granfaloonbus
http://www.sfweekly.com/2001-01-24/music/get-on-the-bus/
http://mimezinemusicsnob.blogspot.com/2007/07/great-dead-bands-granfaloon-bus.html
http://www1.gitarrebass.de/magazine/9906/bus.htm
Felix Costanza's new band - Okie Rosette:
http://www.myspace.com/okierosette
http://musicremedy.com/o/Okie_Rosette/album/Leap_Second-5768.html
THIS TORRENT IS DEDICATED TO GRANFALOON BUS and all their bandmembers...back then.
Special thanks to Umajets, Todd McBride, Woolfi and all involved at Knust...
Big thanks to my wife, Mrs. Leo, for supporting
and taking an active part in all my crazyness...
No animals were harmed in the making of this
recording or during the mastering and transfer.
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More Granfaloon Bus (and Todd McBride) music out of our collection:
Torrent #247041
TODD McBRIDE solo & with Granfaloon Bus
- January 24, 1998 - Underground, Cologne, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0114 **
>> former member of LA DI DA's & DASHBOARD SAVIORS from Athens, GA - UNCIRCULATED <<
Torrent #247185
GRANFALOON BUS wsg. Todd McBride
- January 24, 1998 - Underground, Cologne, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0115 **
>>Not only for fans of PAVEMENT, SPARKLEHORSE and PALACE BROTHERS...
AWESOME NEIL YOUNG COVER "ALBUQUERQUE" - UNCIRCULATED<<
Torrent #254759
TODD McBRIDE solo & with Granfaloon Bus
- January 23, 1998 - FZW, Dortmund, Germany
** Audience DAT-clone, MWM 0123 **
>> ! FUNNY TO READ ! & UNCIRCULATED - from Athens, GA - former member of LA DI DA's & DASHBOARD SAVIORS <<
Torrent #254877
GRANFALOON BUS
- January 23, 1998 - FZW, Dortmund, Germany
** Audience DAT-clone, MWM 0124 **
>> ! FUNNY TO READ ! Not only for fans of PAVEMENT, SPARKLEHORSE and PALACE BROTHERS - UNCIRCULATED<<
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My dear buddy Ken TheCommish usually writes (and hey, he's damn right):
If you decide to download this show, won't you please consider posting a comment
on the show's board? It only takes a moment, and believe me, it takes A LOT longer
to prepare/upload a show for others to enjoy than it does to download and run...
You know, our friend Dave T says: "There's always more to come..."
And i'll promise you to keep MY tapes coming...
Leo
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Absolutely no selling! Do not alter (remix/remaster etc...) this recording in any way, repost
it to other sites or even reseed it here on DIME without my permission - please feel free to
ask me priorly. DON'T convert it to mp3 or other lossy formats except for your own personal use.
And PLEASE do not share the content via rapidshare, mega-upload or similiar sites...by no means!
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Mastered, transferred & finally uploaded by lonetaper on Dime, July 30, 2009. This is "MWM 0129"
This file must accompany this package to preserve the complete incommensurable informations !