The Polyphonic Spree
A Polyphonic Christmas Carol
The Theatre
Grand Prairie, TX
December 18, 2004
Audience Recording

Running Time: ~71 Minutes

A POLYPHONIC CHRISTMAS CAROL
01. Piano Intro
02. Santa's Intro
03. The Story Begins
04. The Present: Holiday Extravaganza 2004 Preparations
05. A Call From God
06. The Ghost of Christmas Past
07. The Ghost of Christmas Present
08. Tim Loses It
09. The Ghost of Christmas Future
10. The Ghost of Hanukah Past
11. Tim Learns His Lesson
THE CHRISTMAS SET
12. Christmas Is Here
13. Do You Hear What I Hear >
14. Little Drummer Boy
15. Silent Night
16. Joy to the World >
17. Joy to the World (Three Dog Night)
18. The Story Ends
19. The Time Of My Life
20. God Bless Us All, Everyone!

FFPs Included
MD5s Included
No Artwork

Information from the taper:

This is just the Christmas Carol theatrical performance and the Christmas set. A different recording of the main show (including the Christmas set but not the Christmas Carol performance) has already been seeded.

Source: AT943's (SP CMC8's) > SP-SPSB1 (No Bass Rolloff) > Sony D7 DAT
Location: FOB, Left of center, about 5 rows up from the pit
Transfer: D7 > Core Sounds 7-pin > TDK Standalone Burner > CDR > EAC (secure mode, offset corrected, zero errors) > CDWav (track splits) > GoldWave (compression & normalization) > FLAC

I typically don't normalize and compress, but this had quite a range, being as some of it was spoken theatre stuff, and some of it was full Spree onslaught!

There were some microphone problems and drop outs throughout the Christmas Carol performance. Not my mics, the performers mics, especially Mrs. Claus.

Track splits within the theatre part are somewhat arbitrary, as are the titles.

My disclaimer: I have no disclaimer. I was just fortunate to be there and be allowed to tape. So do with this what you will. However, the band will probably be pissed if you try to sell this recording.

Uploaded by some guy to Mind-Warp PaVilion on December 15, 2006