Magnetic Fields
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
July 29, 1994

AUDIENCE RECORDING
Source: CSB mics (battery box, low-end roll-off) clipped on glasses > Denon DTR-80P
Transfer: Master DAT > Tascam DA-20 > M-Audio Audiophile USB > PC > Wavelab 5.0 (fades, normalizing) > CDWave (tracking) >
Flac Front End (level 6)

Taped and transferred by mrpember

NOTES

From the Merge Records 5th Anniversary party. This was my first time seeing the Magnetic Fields, and was one of the more memorable
shows of the 90s for me. Most of what I had heard of them at the time was synth-heavy and had Susan Anway on vocals, so this "chamber
pop" ensemble led by the mopey but cuddley guy in the smoking jacket was very different than I expected. When I want to hear early
Magnetic Fields now, I reach for this recording more than their albums.

The recording is quite good for a stealth audience recording. I missed the first few seconds of "Summer Lies" because I didn't
anticipate that they would play an encore; over the three nights of the Merge Fest, they were the only non-headliner to get an encore.


01 When I'm Out of Town
02 Either You Don't Love Me or I Don't Love You
03 Born on a Train
04 100,000 Fireflies
05 Strange Powers
06 Lonely Highway
07 Deep Sea Diving Suit
08 Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring
09 Dream Hat (with Mac McCaughan)
10 Candy
11 San Diego Zoo
12 Rot in the Sun
13 Desert Island

encores
14 Summer Lies (very beginning cut)
15 Young and Insane


LINEUP (my memory of the line-up, at least):

Stephin Merritt: guitar, lead vocals
Claudia Gonson: drums, backing vocals
Chuck: electric guitar
Sam Davol: cello


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