Jonathan Richman with Tommy Larkins at the Somerville Theater, Somerville, MA, October 26, 2025, audience recording.

This was recorded with Zoom H2 with internal mics, on the low mic gain setting. H2 lined into computer by USB, wav sent to Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 12. Magix program was used for volume increase, track markings and before and after set noise removal. Flac created with Trader's Little Helper, SBE and torrent work also done with TLH.

Track listing:
01 - But We Might Try Weird Stuff
02 - That Summer Feeling
03 - New England
04 - Egyptian Reggae
05 - La Festa e Galactica
06 - When She Is Walking Up The Street Towards Me
07 - That Older Girl
08 - No One Was Like Vermeer
09 - Les étoiles
10 - stage chat
11 - Guitar In Orange Drums in Pale Purple
12 - I Was Just A Piece Of Frozen Sky Anyway
13 - I Love This Sad World
14 - O Guitar
15 - Little Black Bat
16 - Shameless, Shameless
17 - Let Her Go Into The Darkness
18 - I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
19 - David And Goliath
20 - Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love

This came out pretty nice. I recorded from the front of the balcony. It sounds nice and clean, though the music is a lot more quiet than the audience. If somebody would like to do a remaster from the wav, it could use some fixin'. You will find yourself jumping for the volume at various points. I was sitting for the whole show, though Jonathan made us all stand up for half of "I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar," and that part is a lot louder than the rest of the recording. There's also a few clunks of the recorder being placed in a drink holder or whatever. The show itself was magic. This was my first time seeing Jonathan, and I hope I get another chance soon. I only took a few photos, and included the best of 'em here.

Enjoy!

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