Notes (from Ademotte): I got this in trade back in 1988 from a Chicago-area trader.
He was a freshman at U of I and *not* a regular taper; he used a Sony
D-3 Walkman recorder with clip-on stereo mikes. I was really impressed
by the quality at the time; I'm not as impressed today in the era of ALD, IEM, and professional-quality stealth mikes, but it's still a pretty good, clear recording nonetheless. The limitations of the microphones are apparent in the limited dynamics and somewhat shrill higher ranges ; EQ'ing this tape was a choice of either tolerating some shrillness or having
the vocals buried in the heavy bass. I chose the former, but you may wish to play with the settings somewhat before you burn this.
I don't want to set anyone's expectations too high -- this is not a
fabulous recording, but it's definitely enjoyable and captures the band
at their peak. I wanted to get this one out there before the cassette
decomposes; it's a good document from a show in a college town, but won't win any awards in terms of sound quality.
The Star Spangled Banner is mostly missing ; I think this was the first show this guy ever taped, so he was not yet quite up to the hallenge of switching tapes in the dark. |
