Tiny Lights
Club Sine'
New York, NY
2/3/1994

Sony ECM-959 -> Denon DTR-80p (master @ 16/48)

DAT playback:  Sony R-500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48)

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0c - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*.  Applied slight volume normalization, some minor clap removal and trying to minimize some of the sounds of my mic getting knocked around by rolling off the deep bass in some subsecond sections of this recording.  Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter.  Then dithered to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings.  Tracked in CDWav.


1.  Blue Dot Cleanser *
2.  I Don't Enjoy Life
3.  I Think I Just Want to Go Away
4.  Pushin' The Button
5.  Country Song
6.  Circle Sky
7.  Bartholomew
8.  Around It Goes Around *
9.  The Bridge *

* = w/Dave Dreiwitz on trumpet, Andy Demos on sax

TT:38:26


Technical Notes:
There was some oddness with my microphone in the 1st song -- you can hear it jiggling around a bit in the beginning and the resulting wave looked a little strange, but 17 1/2 years later I cannot recall what it was.  Anyway, I did my best in fixing it -- it's not too bad but don't judge the rest of the recording by it as it is not representative of the quality of the rest of the show.  Also about 2:27 into the 1st track, it sounds as if someone knocked into my mic stand.  After the 1st tune I paused the deck, made some adjustments, and then started it again without missing any music.  I spliced this edit together so it's mostly unnoticeable except for the sound improves a bit starting with the 2nd song.  :)

You can clearly hear the drums and bass mostly in the left channel and the guitar, violin, and vocals mostly in the right.
I was so close that you can hear John's foot stomping out the count into Circle Sky

Unfortunately (but hilariously) you can hear someone make their drink order of "2, no 3 glasses of red wine" a few minutes into "The Bridge". Also about 4 minutes into this track Phish fans may hear a jam that sounds a little reminiscent of "Chalkdust Torture"..you can also hear a little conversation (in stereo) between the same girls that the woman sitting across from Jesse is his mom and is "like a soap opera star or something"

I spent a few extra hours mastering this recording -- because due to my proximity to the drums Andy's snare was on some songs the loudest instrument in the mix by far.  I actually reduced the volume of each and every snare hit by hand to rein it in for much better listening.  I believe that this was mostly problematic in "Pushin' The Button" and "Bartholomew".


Taper notes:
Continuing my own personal mini Tiny Lights flood with BARN103, and somehow once again relating Tiny Lights to Jeff Buckley, this show was recorded at Club Sine', a now-gone venue that used to be located right on St. Mark's Place.  It was a very intimate coffee-shop-like place.  Seated tables for maybe 50-75 folks, and a very small stage (and apparently no cover charge -- just a "pass the bucket" for donations to the band) made for an intimate evening for the audience and performers alike.  The only reason this venue really has any place in history is that this is the venue where Jeff Buckley really made his name, and subsequently his record label recorded him performing a few shows here, and released a few tracks as a little EP before booking him for studio sessions to record his actual debut album.

This show, despite being smack dab between the Wetlands 1/5/94 and Lion's Den 2/18/94 shows, is very different from either of them.  Perhaps it was due to the intimacy of the venue and the fact that the other 2 venues were much more "rock clubs" with big PA systems, monitors, etc.?  While the other shows opened with freeform improvs, this opens with the beautiful, tender "Blue Dot Cleanser" (unfortunately slightly marred by some equipment problems I was having), followed up by the standard "I Don't Enjoy Life" which they seem to have played at every show around this time, but then comes some interesting stuff -- "I Think I Just Want To Go Away" a very subtle song that is the A Side to a non-album vinyl single they had released around this time (interestingly enough, they played the B Side "Pull It Together" at the Lion's Den a couple of weeks later, both of which I have don't believe I heard live any other time.  Next up is another rare slow and funky version of "Pushin' The Button" which really spotlights Dave's bass playing.  "Country Song" is always welcome, followed by the standard (for the time -- this seemed to be in every setlist back then) Circle Sky.  But up next is the (FINALLY) welcome duo of 2 classic Tiny Lights tunes "Bartholomew" (a song I LOVE) from the Hot Chocolate Massage album and hasn't appeared on any of the recordings posted to archive previously(!!), and the wonderful "Around It Goes Around" from Hazel's Wreath.  Excellent!  And then just as quickly as it started, they band announces they're going to pass the bucket and play one more -- "The Bridge" which is great and one of their standard set-closers from the time-period (seemingly rotating the slot with "Red Planet").  38 minutes and out!

A fun, intimate, different, show.  As always, I wish it could have lasted longer.  The next TL show I pick up for the BARN series will be a much more meaty (i.e. longer) affair.  Also note that I found 3 more Tiny Lights DATs in my collection, so there are 4 more shows to go in my Tiny Lights flood.  :)  But for fans of my BARN series who are not Tiny Lights fans (and WHY OH WHY aren't you???!), I will be taking a little break from the Tiny Lights shows for my next few BARN series releases and let some other stuff make its way out from the BARN.

An interesting footnote was that I recorded this show on the same DAT tape as the 1/5/94 show from the Wetlands.

Enjoy!

Scott

Here's a rundown of all 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 Orleans 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 (on bt.etree.org)
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 (on dimeadozen)
BARN55 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 10/29/93 late show (on dimeadozen)
BARN56 - Wild Magnolias, Wetlands, NYC 2/10/2000 (on bt.etree.org)
*** end of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series ***
BARN57 - Blues Traveler, Livingston Gym @ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 4/17/1993
BARN58 - Phish, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 10/29/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN59 - Jazz Is Dead, Bottom Line, NYC 2/7/1998 (late show only) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN60 - Grateful Dead, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA 5/27/1993
BARN61 - The Dude Of Life (w/Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman for entire show, plus Page McConnell for a bunch), Wetlands, NYC 2/5/1994 - on bt.etree.org
BARN62 - ALO, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005
BARN63 - Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN64 - Dan Bern, The Bottom Line, NYC 11/11/1998
BARN65 - Galactic, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/18/1997 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN66 - Bruce Hornsby, Paramount Theater, NYC 12/7/1993 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN67 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 8/26/1993
BARN68 - Warren Haynes Midnight Southern Jam - Wetlands, NYC 8/5/1993 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN69 - Dave Matthews And Friends (Trey Anastasio, Tim Reynolds, Tony Hall, Brady Blade, Ray Paczkowski) Bonnaroo 6/11/2004 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN70 - Rana at Bret & Joyce's wedding, Whitehall, NY 9/17/2005
BARN71 - Soulive - Baby Jupiter, NYC 6/11/1999
BARN72 - Chris Barron, Nightingale Bar, NYC 7/14/1997
BARN73 - Chris Barron, Nightingale Bar, NYC 11/17/1997
BARN74 - George Porter's 60th Birthday w/PBS and friends, Blender Theater, NYC 12/29/2007
BARN75 - Jennifer Hartswick Band with special guest Trey Anastasio, Lion's Den, NYC 11/7/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN76 - moe., Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999
BARN77 - Project Logic, Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999
BARN78 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/13/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN79 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/14/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN80 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/15/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN81 - The Recipe, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN82 - Ominous Seapods, Wetlands, NYC 6/4/1999
BARN83 - Coby Brown Group, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN84 - The Big Wu, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN85 - Moon Boot Lover, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN86 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN87 - Miracle Orchestra, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN88 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN89 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 10/2/1998
BARN90 - Lake Trout, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN91 - Olu Dara, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, South Street Seaport Atrium, NYC 6/6/1999 (on bt.etree.org / www.dimeadozen.org)
BARN92 - Donna The Buffalo, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN93 - Radiators (w/Merl Saunders sit-in), Irving Plaza 10/8/1998
BARN94 - Tiny Lights, Wetlands, NYC 8/18/1993
BARN95 - Tiny Lights, Wetlands, NYC 1/5/1994
BARN96 - Radiators, Irving Plaza, NYC 11/14/1997
BARN97 - Radiators, Manny's Carwash, NYC 5/30/1998
BARN98 - The Wood Brothers (w/Medeski, Wolleson, and special guest Amos Lee), Bowery Ballroom, NYC 5/17/2008 - on bt.etree.org
BARN99 - Pieta Brown, Bowery Ballroom, NYC 5/17/2008 - on bt.etree.org
BARN100 - Jeff Buckley, CBGB's 313 Gallery, NYC 12/18/1993 - on dimeadozen
BARN101 - Tiny Lights, CBGB's 313 Gallery, NYC 12/18/1993
BARN102 - Tiny Lights, The Lion's Den, NYC 2/18/1994
BARN103 - Tiny Lights, Club Sine', NYC 2/3/1994

[Note: BARN stands for "Bernstein Archival Restoration Number..."]


Recorded, transferred, mastered, and posted by Scott Bernstein (7/11-8/30/2011).