JESSE COLIN YOUNG

personnel:
Jesse Colin Young

site: Strawberries [Boylston Street location]
location: Boston MA USA
date: 1995-04-21 [April 21, 1995]

source: audience MASTER
recording location: standing off to R side of performance area, up against LP browsers
recording gear: AKG 1000E microphone > videocamera (exact make & model # not remembered)
lineage: 8mm MASTER (pb on same camera as recorded) > Pioneer SG 9500 [10 band EQ] > dbx 117 [dynamic range restoration] > Sound Forge 4.5 [digital conversion; stronger S/N ratio ch pasted into other ch to create true mono] > CDR [unknown make & model outboard burner] > Exact Audio Copy [wav files extracted uncompressed] > DeGlitch [files scanned, no glitches detected] > Sound Forge 4.5 [mike bumps & rustling removed] > Traders' Little Helper [flac files level 8 created; SBEs checked & fixed; checksums created] > torrent creation > www
total running time: 26' 38"
file size: 139 MB
sample rate: 16 bit / 44.1 kHz [CD compliant]
imaging: mono
sound quality: 7 (out of 10) sample in comments
recorded and mastered: Isotope Feeney
title: Miller's Tales
label: Mighty Big IF
artwork: yes (in torrent)


semi-acoustic in-store performance

01 mike check
- - guitar check
02 Crazy Boy
03 Tristan
04 Get Together
05 Darkness, Darkness


JCY was in Boston to perform at the Earth Day celebration at the Hatch Shell. The day before the festival, he squeezed in a quick in-store promo performance at what had become Strawberries Records's large (3 floors) flagship store.

PERFORMANCE NOTES
A couple of newer song, then the two obligatory classics. Relatively small crowd.

WARTS
Some taper setup noises (mike bumps, rustling) audible during soundcheck segment (before music starts).

There is some slight midrange distortion evident. I don't think the audio is over-recorded. Since consumer videocameras had no gain control, there was always that danger when recording too close to a loud sound source. But upon inspection, the wave file is not brickwalled. I think the problem may have been the house PA/mix itself. During the pre-performance mike check, you can hear that the soundguy was having difficulties getting a good balance. The distortion is not overwhelming, but it is there.

MAKE THE ANGELS CRY DEPT.
Please don't post this elsewhere. Smile on your brother!

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