Merl Saunders And The Rainforest Band
The Bluebird
Bloomington, IN
05/20/1997

Sources: set I - aud > Nak CM-300 CP-4 > WM-D5 > mac
set II - mono sbd > WM-D5 > msc
Transfer: Nakamichi DR-3 > mac/msc > Emu 1212M > 24/96 wave > Adobe Audition > Wavelab (with iZotope Ozone) >
iZotope RX Advanced > CD Wave > TLH > flac

Disc 1
set I

01 crowd/tuning
02 intro > Finders Keepers
03 Built For Comfort
04 Fire
05 I Put A Spell On You
06 Franklin's Tower
07 Sunrise Over Haleakala
08 It's In The Air (Konfusion)
09 Problems


Disc 2
set II

01 Save Mother Earth
02 Boogie On Reggae Woman
03 intro to next song
04 Nostalgia For Jerome
05 Sugaree
06 crowd/intro to next song
07 My Funny Valentine
08 Fiesta Amazonica
09 crowd/Merle talking/tuning

encores

10 Calypso Woman
11 Dynamite >
12 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) >
13 Dynamite


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Notes:

- there are tape problems at the start of d1t02
- tapeflip after "Franklin's Tower" crossfaded
- tapeflip after "My Funny Valentine" crossfaded

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- Taped by Greg Holtz

- Transferred by Bgreen.

- Edited by SIRMick

- LMPP 230

- Brought To You By Live Music Preservation Project

- Need transfers or post processing? Have questions/comments

contact lmpp.productions@gmail.com


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shntool output:

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Post-production notes: My memory is foggy when it comes to Bluebird shows, as I was usually quite inebriated, the venue being a bar and all. The source notes above indicates that this a Nak only source, but there is certainly a possibility that this is a Nak/PZM mix, I just do not remember.

Furthermore, the waveform for the 2nd set confirms that the signal across both channels appears to be straight mono, which would be understandable if this is a sbd source. The Bluebird's sound system was a mono system at the time of this recording, and I know that I plugged into the board at a few shows at the 'Bird, so this certainly could be the case. But, after listening to this show, I really think that this entire show is an audience source. I say this because I have been in the club enough times to know what it sounds like inside. The Bluebird is a small enough club that the microphones may very well have picked up identical signals...but in all honesty, this is all just hypothetical on my part. I may very likely be entirely wrong about this, as I do not really remember much about this particular night, as I saw Merle at the 'Bird several times. I AM pretty sure that I DID plug into the board a time or two, AND I was always tossing back a few cocktails when I was there......it being a bar and all. I know very little about examining waveforms using the software that our amazing editors have at their disposal, so I am hesitant to second guess their conclusions. So.... caveat emptor, or something like that. Huge thanks to BGreen and SirMick and the LMPP for their tireless work on everything they do.

GH