SPIRIT
"A Four-Man Band"
Exhibition Hall
Anaheim, California
April 12, 1970


Mark Andes became sick just before the start of the show and the band performs without a bass player

01. Ed's Introduction and explanation about Mark
02. Feedback/Tune Up >
03. Sweet Stella Baby >
04. 1984 (wild volume swings)
05. It's All the Same >
06. Fresh Garbage (tape flip spliced @ 24:32 during applause)
07. Jealous
08. Feedback >
09. It Shall Be >
10. Poor Richard
11. Groundhog
12. Aren't You Glad (tape flip spliced @ 49:53 during song)
13. Drum Solo >
14. Mechanical World >
15. I Got A Line On You
16. Ed's Goodnight
[72:12]


Recorded by Dub & Ken
Source:
Sennheiser 805 shotgun microphone > Uher 4000 @ 7 1-2 ips (5"diameter 3M Reel - to - Reel tape)
My copy:
Tandberg 9000X > Teac AN-180 (Dolby) > Revox B77
Transfer to DAT
Revox B77 > Teac AN-60 > Phase Linear 1000 autocorrelator > Sony DTC 690 @ LP (1996)
Transfer to Hard Drive
Sony DTC 690 > Audigy 4 Pro (via toslink) > Audacity (editing and conversion to 44.1) > CD Wav > Flac (level 8)
Rev A: Additional clean up done in 2016 using iZotope RX4 advanced and Har-Bal 3.0 to reduce a very "boomy" low end
One Caveat is that this is from a DAT recorded at LP speed with a bandwidth of 16KHz

This is a first generation copy of the master 5" diameter reels that came from the TMoQ collection.
During the second song (1984) the volume rails up and down a few times while the recording levels are being set.
There is a level of distortion in the loudest passages (overdriving of the microphone pre amp adds a crackling sound).
In 2016 that crackling sound was removed along with a 60 Hz hum.
Smaller dropouts from the tapes and the DAT conversion were removed and a couple tape flips were spliced together.
The first tape flip was after the song @ 24:32 with applause from another song tacked on to smooth the flip ending at 24:46.
The second tape flip @ 49:53 was during a song and a few seconds were removed to line up the beat.
Mono half-track five inch reels at 7 1/2 ips need to be flipped or changed about every 20-25 minutes.
What a pain to thread a reel in the dark on the floor between your feet at a concert (thanks for that-we are so grateful).
Volume was also adjusted here and there as needed.
The Phase Linear 1000 auto-correlator (mild noise reduction and dynamic expansion) was used during transfer to DAT.

Nothing could be done about the wild volume swings in 1984.
The recording was very heavy in the low end to the point of obscuring everything else.
In 2016 Har-Bal was used to balance the lower frequencies and reduce that boomy sound.

For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use.
Enjoy
-M- 3/2011 (Rev A: July 2016)
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