Los Lobos
1/22/16
Christopher Cohan Center
Performing Arts Center
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA

Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) >XLR >Beyer MV-100 >Sony TC-D5M w/Dolby B (XLIIS 100 One-Pass Tapes)
Cass Master Transferred: Sony TC-D5M (Original Record Deck) Dolby B Engaged >Tascam DR-100mkII (24 bit/48 khz) WAV >Audacity (Amplify, Normalize, Minor Edits [Remove Pre-Recorded Dance Tracks], Track Spits, Down Sample/Dither To 16 bit/44.1khz) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.37

Microphones On A Seven-Foot Stand, Left Corner Of Soundboard

(Recorded, Transferred, Audacity, FLAC’d & Tagged By OldNeumanntapr)

Set 1
01. Intro > Las Amerillas
02. Unknown
03. Canción Del Mariachi  
04. Arizona Skies > Borinqen Patria Mia
05. El Gusto
06. Sabor a Mi
07. Canto a Veracruz
08. Colas
09. El Cascabel
10. La Bamba (traditional version)

Set 2
01. Mexico Americano
02. Anselma
03. Volver, Volver
04. La Pistola y El Corazón
05. Unknown Instrumental
06. Gorrioncillo Pecho Amarillo
07. El Cuchipe
08. Chuco's Cumbia *
09. Saint Behind The Glass
10. La Bamba (Ritchie Valens version) **
11. Guantanamera


Los Lobos:
Cesar Rosas - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
David Hidalgo - Vocals, Guitar, Accordion, Percussion, Bass, Keyboards, Melodica, Drums, Violin, Banjo
Conrad Lozano - Vocals, Bass, Guitarron
Louie Perez - Vocals, Guitars, Drums, Percussion
Steve Berlin - Saxophone, Percussion, Flute, Mid Sax, Harmonica, Melodica
Enrique ‘Bugs’ Gonzalez - Drums, Percussion

* Tape Flip (No Music Lost)
** Electric

79.55 Fits On One Disc

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
The Cal Poly Performing Arts Center is an amazing theater. It holds around 1,400, and has two balconies that wrap around. The PAC has AMAZING acoustics! Thanks to Dan Gale, the Los Lobos archivist, for putting me on the guest list so I could record this amazing show. Los Lobos played traditional Mexican acoustic songs, plus their own acoustic material, and performed in conjunction with the dance group ‘Ballet Folklorico Mexicano’. The dancers performed their routines while Los Lobos played behind them, plus used pre-recorded dance songs, which were removed in Audacity, leaving just the Los Lobos material. The edits were made as seamlessly as possible.

I got to the PAC at 5:45 PM and found that John, from Santa Cruz, had a pro video camera system already plugged into the XLR board outputs. I asked Roger, the PAC’s house soundman, if he had any XLR splitters and fortunately he was able to obtain a set from the equipment room backstage. I ran my Tascam DR-100mkII off the board with my brand new Canare Star Quad XLRs, but because of band policy I cannot share that recording. Please don’t ask. Not having another flash recorder, I chose to dust off my old Sony D5 and run that through the Neumanns, as my DAT recorders have all died. I was surprised at how good the D5 sounded. It was nice to master another show with it, after so many years. I still use it for cassette transfers but haven’t recorded live with it for a while. I used the Dolby B circuit because I knew I would transfer the master to digital and wanted to keep tape hiss to a minimum. I set up my stand at the left corner of the soundboard and sat in the handicapped seats which fortunately had not been sold. Since the first set was less than 45 minutes I didn’t have to worry about a tape flip in that set. There was one tape flip in the second set but no music was lost, just a brief bit of on-stage dialog. Thanks again to Dan Gale, Roger the PAC’s FOH soundman, and Karen and the staff at the Performing Arts Center. Thanks also to Mando Tavarez, Los Lobos FOH sound tech, and of course, The ‘Wolves of East LA’!

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