Jefferson Starship
Wednesday 17 October 2012
The Robin 2, Bilston, ENGLAND.


01. intro/Cathy's movie
02. Crown Of Creation
03. Wooden Ships
04. Somebody To Love
05. Fresh Air
06. Ride The Tiger
07. Find Your Way Back
08. Count On Me
09. Let's Get Together
10. Miracles
11. the left luggage saga
12. Piece Of Me
13. Codeine
14. All Fly Away
15. Fast Buck Freddie
16. Jane
17. Greasy Heart
18. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil->
19. Teaching The Computers To Dream->
20. solos->
21. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil
22. encore break
23. White Rabbit
24. band intros
25. Volunteers

Paul Kantner - vocals, electric Rickenbacker 12-string guitars
David Freiberg - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Cathy Richardson - vocals, percussion, electric Rickenbacker 12-string guitar on "Piece Of Me"
Chris Smith - keyboards
Jude Gold - lead guitar, backing vocals
Rich Newman - drums
Liz Lenten - backing vocals on "Volunteers"


Recordings:
SBD - stereo soundboard feed->Olympus LS11->Edirol R-09 16bit@44.1 kHz
AUD - Audio Technica AT822 stereo mic at soundboard approx. 50' from stage > Edirol R-09 (16 bit@44.1kHz)
Minor edits to both in CoolEdit 2000 > Recordings aligned and mixed 65% SBD:35% AUD in Audacity 2.0.2
Exported to stereo wavs, cut on sector boundaries using CDWav


Recordings and matrix by Jelly


Ah, the delights of Bilston in the heart of the Black Country. Since the band were actually staying at the venue, this was a gig where my duties were to cease once I'd dropped the band off in mid-afternoon. I could therefore spend the rest of the afternoon and the gig hanging with friends, having a few drinks and with no responsibilities other than recording. Of course, the best laid plans oif mice and men... First of all my hotel was changed, from half a mile from the gig to one about 5 miles away. And whilst a re-jig of plans meant I was still able to avoid further driving once I'd checked in to the new hotel, the realisation that Cathy had left her luggage back in Southampton meant that the band's manager was faced with a 300+ mile round trip, including negotiating one of Britain's most congestion-prone pieces of motorway during rush hour. Luckily I didn't pick up too much extra to do, and was able to have a few drinks and relax. The show was graced by another performance on the supporting bill by the Pat McManus Band, a likeable bunch of blokes who come over like a heavier version of Thin Lizzy with the odd touch of rocked-up Celtic folk.
The Robin 2 bills itself as "The Midlands premier 700 capacity live concert venue" and whilst its a fairly unremarkable single storey venue, it's decently equipped and a popular place, and a pretty regular stop on JS UK tours. It's a good solid show with a fine Codeine. Despite being one of the largervenues on the tour, the soundboard mix was noticeably light on guitars, so this is another case where I upped the audience recording proportion in the mix to 35%. Since the mic was a fair way back in a fairly large hall, it might sound a little "echo-ey", but hopefully not too much.


Suggested split for CDRs
Disc 1: t01-t12
Disc 2: t13-t25