Nick Saloman
Live 2009-06-21
TT The Bears
Cambridge, MA

AUD CD resolution version

Lineage: Core Sound DPA 4061 + Mic2496 V2 combo (96k/24b)
> Sony PCM-D50
> Adobe Audition 3.0 (
tracking,
fades,
EQ,
normalization
down-sampling to 44.1k/16b
)
> SBEs checked w/ TLH
> dbPowerAmp (FLAC level 8)

Location: 1 person from stage, to the left of center

01 (intro by Jon)
02 I Wanna Be Sedated _ Blitzkrieg Bop
03 (crowd)
04 (Jon introduces Nick)
05 (remarks by Nick)
06 (song intro 1)
07 Waving
08 (song intro 2)
09 And Then_
10 (song intro 3)
11 Coming Round
12 Flood Warning
13 This Corner Of England
14 (song intro 4)
15 She's Just Like You
16 Still Trying
17 (Nick's school story)
18 Portobello Man
19 (song intro 5)
20 She's In Love With Time
21 (Nick's birthday party story)
22 He'd Be A Diamond
23 (Nick introduces Mary Lou Lord)
24 Lights Are Changing [w_ Mary Lou Lord]
25 (intro to electric set)
26 Maybe
27 (song intro 6)
28 Don't Belong
29 Stoned Train Driver
30 (song intro 7)
31 Downtime

Total Time: 1:14

Track 02
Jon Bernhardt: Theremin + pre-recorded backing track

Tracks 06-24
Nick Saloman: acoustic guitar

Tracks 25-32
Nick Saloman: electric guitar
Joyce Raskin: bass
Joe Prop: drums


Opening act: Sleepyhead - not recorded due to lack of memory
2nd act: Nick Saloman - this torrent
Main act: The Condo Fucks (YLT) - recorded, will be posted separately

Notes on the show:

- The occasion for this show was a celebration of Jon Bernhardt's 25 years on
the radio show Breakfast Of Champions on WMBR in Cambridge, MA; combined with
a fund-raiser for that station (the non-commericial college station at MIT).
Jon's logs of the playlists showed that Nick Saloman / The Bevis Frond was
the most-played artist, and a track by Sleepyhead tied for the most-played
song.

- I did not have enough memory to record Sleepyhead. That was unfortunate
because I really enjoyed their set. It was highly rated by Nick Saloman as
well. Check out their music at the link at bottom.

- The sets by Nick Saloman and The Condo Fucks were each preceded by a 1-2
song set by Jon Bernhardt himself on Theremin, with pre-recorded backing
tracks. Check out the link to his website at bottom.

- "Lights Are Changing" includes a guest vocal appearance by Mary Lou Lord.

- The backing band for the four electric numbers are local musicians who were
recruited on short notice and did a great job: Joyce Raskin and Joe Propatier
(aka Joe Prop). Check out the link to an article at bottom.

- On the final song, Downtime, Nick went off the front of the stage and played
his solo from the crowd. There are great photos of this by Tim Bugbee (see
below).

- Nick Saloman returned for the final encore by The Condo Fucks, which
featured the members of all three bands performing a song by The Tall Dwarfs.
That song is included in the other torrent.

- Great material from Tim Bugbee:
Photos of all four acts: http://narlus.zenfolio.com/f1072397664
Article and more photos: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/condo-fucks-bevis-frong-sleepyhead-tt-bears-cambri/
Video of Portobello Man: http://www.youtube.com/user/narlus#play/uploads/3/m-Camy87Evw

- Two videos by Shady Hartshorne:
http://vodpod.com/watch/1852000-waving-by-the-bevis-frond-live-at-tt-the-bears-place-june-21-2009

- Several other videos can also be found on YouTube.


Notes on the recording:

- I usually don't like to tamper with the sound too much, but the disparity
in sound levels between the first and second parts of the show was so great
that I normalized the two separately. To make the transition less obtrusive
I inserted a fade-out/fade-in at the cross-over between tracks 24 and 25.
No material was removed, though. The two segments were boosted by 10 dB
and 5 dB, respectively.

- Tracks 1,3 and 4 are in mono. I copied the left channel to the right on
these tracks due to a boisterous crowd on my immediate right that overrode
everything else. These tracks contain speaking only; all musical tracks are
in stereo. The transitions from mono to stereo are noticeable on headphones.

- Also noticeable on headphones during the acoustic segment is some sound
leakage from the club in the basement: The Middle East Downstairs.

- Finally, the equipment is capable of better recordings than this but the
sound at TTs is not as good as some other Boston clubs. This is particularly
noticeable in the drums and the vocals. I rate the sound at this club a B/B+.

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Please support WMBR by listening and contributing: http://wmbr.mit.edu/

Please support the bands by going to their shows and buying their official
releases.

Scarce (Joyce Raskin & Joe Prop): http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/48401-Born-again/
Sleepyhead: http://www.myspace.com/sleepyheadrockband
Jon Bernhardt: http://www.wobblymusic.com/
Nick Salomon: http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bevis_frond
The Condo Fucks: http://www.matadorrecords.com/condo_fucks/