Elliott Smith

September 2, 2000 (SBD Audio)

1. Intro, 2. Needle In The Hay, 3. Bled White, 4. Stupidity Tries, 5. Coming Up Roses, 6. Waltz #2 (xo), 7. Everything Means Nothing To Me, 8. Clementine, 9. Son Of Sam, 10. L.A., 11. Amity, 12. Ballad Of Big Nothing, 13. Cupid's Trick, 14. St. Ides Heaven, 15. Junk Bond Trader, 16. Division Day, 17. Christian Brothers, 18. Angeles, 19. Fond Farewell, 20. Alameda, 21. Say Yes.

Track Info: Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA, USA 
Source Info: PRO>VHS(0)>DVD>TS VIDEO [From DIME]>WAV>FLAC 
Video Source Audio Info: Linear PCM, 2ch 48hz.

Video Source Original Notes: 3/4" Master > VHS > DVD author (by Chrisedge). A real gem from the JEMS archive, the show was filmed for webcast purposes and disappeared thereafter. A VHS copy off the masters fell into my lap and I turned to my compatriot Chrisedge, who did a fine job authoring this and remastering what had been thin audio. Thanks as always Chris.  ; Butterking for JEMS

Roman79 Mastering: Extract 16/48 from TS VIDEO with DVD FAB. Adobe Audition (w/Ozone) (Maximiser at 5DB, tracksplit). Convert 16/48>16/44, TLH > (Fix SBEs > FLAC) 

Mastering Notes: I noticed that the audio stream for this was PCM [not all DVDS are], hence I decided to extract the audio as it has to this point not been circulating in lossless form. The original audio peaked at 0DB, but this was only intermittent bass drum hits which was about 6DB louder than everything else, hence I decided to run the maximiser with an additional 5DB to make the set louder overall, in comparison to the spikes. Note there's occasional distortion at the upper end of Smith's vocals, possibly due to an issue with his mic, this was present in the original master and not as a result of running the maximiser.  Screenshots from Audition for the spectral and amplification are attached to the torrent.

Length: 68:41

Sound Comments/Faults?: Excellent quality. It does sound a bit thin as noted by JEMS, and there is some clipping on Elliott’s vocal at times, but it is still one of the best sounding full band lossless Elliott shows available.	

Show Comments: Band show. Sam Coombes [from Quasi], backing vocals and bass, Scott McPherson, drums; additional keyboard and guitar [unknown].  Features the first recorded performance of Fond Farewell. Tracks 18-21 are Elliott solo acoustic.  
