Col. Bruce Hampton and The Fiji Mariners Wetlands Preserve New York, NY 9/2/1994 Original master recording: Sony ECM-959 -> Denon DTR-80p (master @ 16/48) DAT playback: Sony R-500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48) Mastering: Soundforge Pro 10.0c - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Applied 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 to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings, EQ-ing out some annoying yells, and some major clap scrubbing. Tracked in CDWav. Set 1 1. intro by Otis 2. There Ain't Nothing You Can Do 3. Fiji 4. Basically Frightened 5. unknown 6. band intros 7. Yield Not To Temptation 8. Outer Spaceways Incorporated -> 9. Leisure Time Set 2 1. intro 2. Fixin' To Die 3. The Stars Fell On Alabama 4. Shoeless Joe 5. Time Is Free -> 6. unknown 7. You Are My Sunshine -> 8. Get Rid Of Sorrow, Have A Bright Tomorrow 9. Cheese Frog 10. band intros / encore break 11. strangeness -> 12. Yesterday -> 13. Michael Row The Boat Ashore -> 14. M.T.A. -> 15. Compared To What? I hand-scrubbed a ton of LOUD annoying nearby claps from S1T3(73 claps), S1T4(34), S1T5(19), S1T7(43), S1T8(6), S2T2(51), S2T3(5), S2T6(10), S2T8 (10), S2T15(4) I also used a spectrum analyzer and parametric EQ to tamp down a few piercingly loud yells from one guy in S1T4(6 yells), S1T5(1), S2T2(5), S2T5(1), S2T6(1), S2T9(1), S2T15(1) Col. Bruce Hampton - vocals, hollow body electric guitar, 1 cymbol Dr. Dan Matrazzo - keyboards, vocals, snare drum (with brushes) Paul McCandless - oboe, bass clarinet, pennywhistle, saxophones Taper notes: Coming on the heels of some recent Col. Bruce postings, BARN126 is indeed a rare Col. Bruce configuration. Coming just a few months after he left the Aquarium Rescue Unit (and after I'd already seen the new Bruce-less ARU and been horribly disappointed by them) Col. Bruce popped in for a show at Wetlands with a new project called The Fiji Mariners. This show was extremely lightly attended and featured 2 sets of what was basically a duo -- Col. Bruce on a big hollow-bodied electric guitar (not his trademark "chazoid" electric mando-guitar hybrid) and Dr. Dan Matrazzo on keys and harmony vocals. Both Col. Bruce and Dr. Dan played a little bit of percussion too -- if I recall correctly, Dan had a single snare drum and Col. Bruce had a single ride cymbal. Special guest Paul McCandless (from the group "Oregon", who I'd also wind up seeing play as one of the fill-in Flecktones when they were trying out different people to fill out their lineup in 1995) added color on all sorts of wind and reed instruments. I wasn't sure what I expected out of this new band, but it was nothing like the heavy blues-rock of the Aquarium Rescue Unit. This was a lot more jazzy and out-there music -- even though you fans of the ARU and any subsequent Col. Bruce projects will recognize the bulk of the material -- "Basically Frightnened", "Yield Not To Temptation", "Fixin' To Die", "Shoeless Joe", "Time Is Free", "Compared To What?", and "Cheese Frog". Still there was some new material here ("Fiji" is a particular standout, and there are a couple of instrumentals that I can't identify) and some interesting other material -- hearing Col. Bruce sing "You Are My Sunshine", "The Stars Fell On Alabama", Bobby "Blue" Bland's "There Ain't Nothing You Can Do", Sun Ra's "Outer Spaceways, Incorporated", "Michael Row The Boat Ashore", and "Yesterday" are all pretty incredible. Additionally, there is no other guitar player for Col. Bruce to lean on, so you really get to hear his unique style of playing front and center in this show (check out what he does on "Basically Frightened" for a good example of his style). There is also some major Col. Bruce eccentricity on display here -- check out Set 2 Track 11 for some of this, where I can't really explain in words exactly what was going on here.... This lineup (w/o Paul McCandless, who was just a special guest here) eventually became a "real" band, with Col. Bruce and Dr. Dan adding a drummer and bassist (I've got one more recording of this band that I will release) for a couple of years before breaking up and Col. Bruce came back with his next project "The Code Talkers". Mastering-wise this was one of those tougher projects, as it was a small band with no bass or drums, so it was relatively quiet in the room. Which meant that loud claps and yells and whoops (all of which there were lots of) easily overpowered the music. I did a lot of work to smooth out these issues and now the show is extremely listenable and sounds very intimate. It came out pretty excellent considering the $300 stereo microphone I was using at the time. 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 BARN104 - Ha Ha The Moose (moe. side project), BB Kings, NYC 11/23/2001 BARN105 - Medeski Martin & Wood, Hilton Hotel Ballroom, NYC, 4/29/2005 - on bt.etree.org BARN106 - Tiny Lights, The Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ 11/24/1993 BARN107 - Tiny Lights, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/26/1994 BARN108 - Tiny Lights, Mercury Lounge, NYC 7/13/1994 BARN109 - All God's Children, The Lion's Den, NYC 2/18/1994 BARN110 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 1/2/1999 (w/Moxy Fruvous guesting in the late show) BARN111 - Moxy Fruvous, Bottom Line 1/2/1999 (w/Dan Bern guesting in encore) BARN112 - Peter Rownan's Reggaebilly!, High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy, CA 7/6/2002 (on The Trader's Den) BARN113 - Conehead Buddha, Wetlands, NYC 10/2/1998 BARN114 - Conehead Buddha, Tramps, NYC, 2/12/1998 BARN115 - Conehead Buddha, The Lion's Den, NYC 7/2/1998 BARN116 - Frogwings (w/special guest Warren Haynes), Wetlands, NYC, 2/9/1999 on bt.etree.org BARN117 - All God's Children, Jack's House Party, Long Valley, NJ 9/4/1994 BARN118 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 10/9/1993 BARN119 - David Bromberg, Tarrytown Music Hall, 10/15/1999 (on bt.etree.org / www.dimeadozen.org) BARN120 - The Concept w/George Porter, ?uestlove, Ivan Neville, Eric Krasno, Bill Summers, Casey Benjamin, BB King's, NYC 9/26/02 (on bt.etree.org) BARN121 - Percy Hill, The Lion's Den, New York, NY 7/13/1996 BARN122 - Spin Doctors, The Wetlands, 9/27/1995 BARN123 - Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Wetlands, NYC, 3/4/1994 BARN124 - Allman Brothers Band, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 8/3/1996 (not publicly posted due to ABB trading policy) BARN125 - Spin Doctors, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 8/3/1996 BARN126 - Col. Bruce Hampton and the Fiji mariners, Wetlands, New York, NY 9/2/1994 Recorded, transferred (11/2011), mastered, and tracked (4/4-4/8/2012) by Scott Bernstein App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned