1996-06-08 | Percy Hill

1:18:34

Rating:

10.00 / 1 rating

Taper:

Scott Bernstein + Boris Lvovsky

Transferrer:

Scott Bernstein

SHNID:

percyhill1996-06-08

Source:

Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Lineage:

Original master recording: Soundboard + 3 mic matrix: Soundboard + 2xAKG-C1000s + 1xOktava MC-012 (in the "tapers area") -> Mackie 1202 -> Denon DTR80p DAT (16 bit/48khz) Transfer: DAT master playback on Sony R500->.flac file recorded on Sound Devices 722 digital input Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0b - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. 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 NotesRecorded by Scott Bernstein & Boris Lvovsky

Comments by the band onstage indicate that they opened for the Ominous Seapods on this night.

Tapers notes:
BARN31 is basically a continuation of BARN29, since both were on the same original 3 hour DAT master tape of mine.  On this (apparently) hot night (listen to the stage banter -- and if it was hot outside, you can imagine that it must've been scorching inside of Wetlands) just 3 months after the previous Percy Hill show in NYC, Boris and I trekked out to Wetlands to see & tape them playing an opening set for The Ominous Seapods.  Percy was ON FIRE and made excellent use of their 80 minute (not bad for an opener) slot for the night.  Give a listen, and from note 1 -- opening up with a 15 minute "Been So Long", all the way through the set closing "When I Go" the band just clicks.  You know that the heat in the room and the killer feedback they were getting from the crowd (listen to the crowd response, for an **opening** band!)

The matrix that we did really highlights the spectacular contributions that Jon Hawes was making in the band at this point (thanks to the single Oktava mic which Boris had just recently purchased for fattening up the bottom end on this recording).  There is a bit of distortion (probably coming from the SBD feed overloading the mixer a bit) in the beginning, and after someone yells to us that they can hear this distortion through their headphones (you can hear this clearly on the recording!), some tweaks were made to the mix and it mostly goes away though continues slightly every so often for some drum hits in the left channel only.

I don't have a ton of memories about this show, but think it sounds great and is a really nice representation of what the band was doing at this time.  When they were getting such a great response from the crowd and packing it in as an opener, you know they were in for bigger and better things.

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 9/17/05
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/93
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/95
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/98 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/96
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/96
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/97
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/98
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/97
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/97
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/95
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/95
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/98 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/97 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/97 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/93
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/94
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, The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.net)
BARN28 - Stew, 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