Optimistic Thought | 1993-04-17 | Blues Traveler

2:20:05

Taper:

Scott Bernstein

Transferrer:

Scott Bernstein

SHNID:

bt1993-04-17.ecm959.flac16

Source:

Audience

Lineage:

Original master recording: Sony ECM-959 stereo mic (on stand) -> Denon DTR-80p (16 bit/48k master) Transfer: Sony R500->Sound Devices 722 Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0b - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Paragraphic EQ (+3.6db @ 1.8 octaves cenntered at 100hz; -2.7db @ 1.3 octaves at 1500k; - 7db @ .8 octaves cenetered at 2k, +5db @ 1.8 octaves centered at 5k); Volume normalization, sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter, then dithered back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.

Taper Notes:

View Notes* = w/Eric Schenkman on guitar

Note:
** 1st 38 seconds of 1st song (track #2) was completely distorted (somehow the 20db mic pad switch had gotten turned off).  I have excised this music from the track, so the pre-show crowd is there and the 1st song will start abruptly 38 seconds in, and then it takes about 30 seconds afterwards to get the levels evened out, so expect a little volume jumpiness at the beginning.  **

Recorded, Mastered, and tracked by Scott Bernstein (July 2010)

Taper notes:
Well my New Orleans Jazzfest appreciation series turned out to be quite a little diversion for a while in the BARN series, taking up 19 consecutive releases. :-)  Now it's time to get back to some other more varied releases for BARN57.  Getting back to my Jamband roots, I present up this OLD Blues Traveler show.  It was recorded right around the release time of "Save His Soul" which may not exactly be one of their classics, but it featuring songs I'd long forgotten about, like "Whoops" and "Believe Me".  This show is particularly notable for the really new (at the time) "Spinning Spiraling Machine" with Eric Schenkman from the Spin Doctors guesting on guitar, an always welcome "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?", and some really great stuff in the 2nd set with "Crystal Flame", a beautiful "100 Years" -> "Sweet Pain" segue, and a very high energy "Crash Burn" and "Brother John" pairing.

Now the bad news.  It was recorded in a college gym.  And this gym, as anyone who has ever been inside is an echo chamber.  This was also before I had the more serious mics that I now own (though I'm not sure anything could have helped record the sound in this room any better).  I have done my best at cleaning up the sound as much as possible using some pretty heavy EQ to bring out some bass (as there was barely any audible), crispen up the highest highs and reduce the room reverb and midrange muddiness.  I hope it helps.  Still, it may be the worst sounding recording in my BARN series yet.

There is another recording of the 1st set ONLY on archive.org (sourced from a cassette), so this might be a perfect opportuninty for some enterprising person to make a nice matrix of the 2 (since mine is from a DAT source, it can be used for speed correction on the cassette).  Until/unless the second set of the soundboard recording shows up, this seems like it will be the only source for this music....


Scott

A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/2005
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.org)
BARN28 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996
BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995
BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996
BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995
BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993 (on dimeadozen.org)
BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996 (on dimeadozen.org)
*** Start of New Orelans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***
BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008
BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show)
BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008
BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN43 - Global Noize, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN44 - Deep Banana Blackout, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000
BARN45 - Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN46 - Medeski Martin And Wood, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN47 - String Cheese Incident, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN48 - Soulive, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2001
BARN49 - String Cheese Incident, Cajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LA 5/3/2000
BARN50 - New Mastersounds, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/2/2008
BARN51 - Funky Meters, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6/13/2003
BARN52 - George Porter And The Runnin' Pardners, Village Underground, NYC, 5/19/2001
BARN53 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tramps, NYC 10/29/1993 late show
BARN54 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 5/15/93 late show
BARN55 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 10/29/93 late show
BARN56 - Wild Magnolias, Wetlands, NYC 2/10/2000
*** End of New Orelans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***
BARN57 - Blues Traveler, Livingston Gym @ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 4/17/1993