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Terrific performance by all and a great pleasure to prepare. I am particularly partial to Tom Russell's oeuvre, but every song and much of the talk was wonderful. All correction gratefully accepted; companion to the late show previously posted. Thanks and appreciation are owed the recordist, of whose name I am no longer aware, for the fine source recording. The torrent has applause in balance, all talk and some music levels raised, hoots, etc. removed or reduced, and is nearly free of audience chatter. It is a fresh transfer from my clone and therefore will differ from previous uploads of this performance, if any.

Faults: Nearly all the talk and some of the music was at whisper level or lower. The (sometimes enormous) level raising necessary produced hiss, occasionally prominent. This must have been a dinner show for occasionally we hear plate and cutlery sounds. Minor usual audience interference. Despite all the foregoing, the show is highly listenable and a great pleasure.

MONSTERS OF FOLK
Boston, MA -- Scullers Jazz Club
1998-04-22-early -- 86:00

Dave Alvin, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Tom Russell, Chris Smither

01. -MC intro-
02. Hard Travelin'
03. -talk-
04. Navajo Rug
05. -talk-
06. South Coast
07. -talk-
08. Link of Chain
09. -talk-
10. New Highway
11. Blue Wing
12. -talk-
13. Diamond Joe
14. -talk-
15. The Devil's Real
16. -talk-
17. California Snow
18. -talk-
19. East Virginia
20. Gallo del Cielo
21. -talk-
22. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
23. -talk-
24. Cave Man
25. -talk-
26. King of California
27. -talk-
28. Do Re Mi
29. -encore applause-
30. -talk-
31. Wabash Cannonball > The Wreck of the Old 97 > Rock Island Line > Wabash Cannonball

songwriters:
t02, 28: Woody Guthrie
t04: Tom Russell, Ian Tyson
t06: Lillian Bos Ross
t08, 24: Chris Smither
t10, 26: Dave Alvin
t11, 20: Tom Russell
t13, 19, 31 (all): traditional
t15, 24: Chris Smither, Tom Russell
t17: Dave Alvin, Tom Russell
t22: Bob Dylan
t24: Chris Smither

No artwork.

Source: DAT master (16bits/48khz) > my clone
Transferred by stevemtl: DAT > Sony PCM-R500 > Roland R44 > SD chip > my fingers > slot on computer > HD
Mastered by stevemtl: HD > Sound Forge (L2 dither > 24/48: L2 overall level adjust, edit, L2 talk and applause level adjust, fades) > r8brain (vhq downsample > 24/44.1) > Sound Forge (L2 dither > 16/44.1) > CDwave (track cut) > TLH (flac level 8, ffp, md5) > TLH (torrent marker)
Circulated by stevemtl: Torrent marker uploaded to DIME on 2021-06-30.

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