Dreamspeak
Delta Phi Fraternity Roof
New York, NY
1988-07-30

Source:   Shure SM 57's (likely) > D5 by Luke McCormick
Transfer: MC (XLIIS-90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, X-noise to remove grounding hum, error correction, remove DC offset) > FLAC 2496

01. Psychner poetry
02. Sainted Lady
03. Walk Away
04. cheap champagne giveaway
05. Brother Jimmy >
06. Name Game
07. Long Time Gone
08. banter - tuning
09. Living On Coffee
10. The Magician
11. Twisted Trees
12. Sing Back To Me
13. Hangman // 

Not the only rooftop concert at Delta Phi, but one of the best.

The recording suffered from a problem in the left-channel with cable that came loose, or something like that, about 100 times, leaving a hollow "pop" or stutter sound, which often fell on the beat and was not noticeable except with headphones on.  Other times, it was quite audible.  This was corrected by copying the right channel over the left channel and, because the source is close to mono, the repair is pretty seamless.  There was also a persistent buzz at about 60 Hz from the equipment was was removed using the X-noise plugin.  

Hangman runs about 12 minutes and then cuts as the band seemed to be transitioning into something else.  Oh well.

Thanks to Luke McCormick for the master cassette!

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-03-01

