Tony Rice Unit w/ Jerry Douglas and Bill Emerson
The Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
1986-06-26

Source: FOB Neumann KM84 > 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, fades, track arrangement, DDI Codec (Dolby B @ -39.0 dBFS), resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644

Thanks to Charles for taping, and to Ted Mattes & JC Mahoney for facilitating. Thanks to Mitch Wittenberg for help with song titles.

Set I
01. Set I intro
02. Little Sadie
03. Hills Of Roane County
04. band intros
05. Gold Rush
06. Likes Of Me
07. Song For A Winter's Night
08. Wyatt's Original Untitled
09. There's More Pretty Girls Than One
10. Bitter Green
11. Fare Thee Well
12. Early Morning Rain
13. Walunut Rag
14. Nine Pound Hammer
15. Jerry Douglas Banter

Set II
16. Under The Wire Medley *
17. From Ankara To Izmir **
18. Right Back Where I Started Again
19. Wayfaring Stranger
20. Cold On The Shoulder
21. John Hardy
22. Orphan Annie
23. intro Bill Emerson
24. On And On ***
25. Flint Hill Special ***
26. Flint Hill Special (reprise) ***
27. banter ***
28. Ain't No Body Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone ***
29. I'll Stay Around ***
30. Daybreak In Dixie ***
31. You Don't Know My Mind ***
32. Home Of The Red Fox ***

Encore:
33. St. James Hospital
34. 10 Degrees And Getting Colder
35. banter
36. Me + My Guitar
37. banter
38. Blue Railroad Train
39. Old Train

Tony Rice - guitar
Jimmy Guadreau - banjo
Mark Schatz - bass
Jerry Douglas - dobro
Wyatt Rice - rhythm guitar

* Jerry Douglas solo
** Jerry Douglass and Wyatt Rice
*** w/ Bill Emerson - banjo

Another pristine FOB recording from Charles, the first of two nights at the Birchmere. Some song titles corrected from the setlist based on the circulating Beyer 260 version, which is a fine recording but has been made too loud (peaks at -4 dB RMS).

Because of the way the recording is split on the two cassette tapes, there several fades in and out, but no music is missing.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-07-20