SANTANA 1991-09-07 Santa Barbara County Bowl - VG-EX SBD flac files from 1st gen. VHS Hi-Fi - SBD + Sennheiser binaural mics live matrix mix (audio-only version)

Santana
September 7, 1991
Santa Barbara County Bowl
Santa Barbara, California, USA

First gen. VHS Hi-Fi from Hi8 master. Soundboard plus a Sennheiser microphone on the soundboard riser (live matrix mix). There is a bit of hiss in the mix during quiet spots but it sounds really good overall anyway. Please check the samples to get an idea for yourself of the quality. (DVD video posted separately in DVD-5 and DVD-9 versions.)

CD1 - 75:12
01 [00:45] intro
02 [8:40] Mandela >
03 [04:18] Life Is For Living
04 [04:17] It's A Jungle Out There
05 [11:36] Somewhere In Heaven >
06 [03:34] Batuka >
07 [04:57] No One To Depend On
08 [08:57] Trail Of Tears
09 [15:38] We Don't Have To Wait / Billy Johnson / Benny Rietveld
10 [07:37] Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen >
11 [04:53] Oye Como Va

CD2 - 45:08
01 [11:59] Gypsy / Grajonca >
02 [07:09] Right On > Healer jam >
03 [13:54] Savor / Agua Que Va Caer / Karl Perazzo / Raul Rekow
04 [04:29] Blues For Salvador
05 [07:37] Peace On Earth Mother Earth / Third Stone From The Sun

Lineage: 1st gen. VHS Hi-Fi tape (TDK XP ST-160).

Transfer [2012-05]: Sony WV-DR7 > Sony DVMC-DA2 Media Converter (DV Hardware Codec Converter) > Final Cut Pro (capture).
Audio exported to Pro Tools (48 kHz) (minor "nip and tuck" edits, fades, normalization, tracking and down-sampling to 44.1 kHz - no equalization or DNR) > AIFF > xACT (Flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).

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