Tony Rice Unit
The Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
1986-05-10

Source: FOB (front row) Neumann KM54 > Sony D5 Pro by Charles Odell
Transfer: MC (2x ZX-C90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, DDI Codec (Dolby B @ -41.2 dBFS tape 1, -39.3 dBFS tape 2), levels, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 2496

Thanks to Ted Mattes and JC Mahoney for convincing Charles to loan his tapes to be digitized

Set I
01. Little Sadie
02. The Gold Rush
03. Likes Of Me
04. banter
05. Ginseng Sullivan
06. banter
07. 16 Miles
08. There's More Pretty Girls Than One
09. My Favorite Things
10. Early Morning Rain
11. Nine Pound Hammer
12. banter
13. Bitter Green
14. banter + band intros
15. New Camptown Races
16. banter
17. Fare The Well

Set II
18. Set II intro
19. Back Where I Started Again
20. Wayfaring Stranger
21. Orphan Annie
22. Song For A Winter's Night
23. Cattle In The Cane
24. John Hardy
25. Waltz For Endiera
26. Cold On The Shoulder
27. Home From The Forest
28. 10 Degrees + Getting Colder
29. I Know What I Means To Be Lonesome
30. banter
31. Me + My Guitar
32. banter

Encore:
33. Blue Railroad Train
34. Old Train
35. Daybreak In Dixie

Tony Rice - guitar
Wyatt Rice - guitar
Jimmy Gaudreau - Mandolin
Mark Schatz - bass

An absolutely beautiful recording.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-06-07