New Mastersounds
Highline Ballroom
New York, NY
11/18/2011

Neumann TLM170s (cardioids, 12' high at the back of the dance floor a few feet left of center) -> Sound Devices 722 (@24/96); FLAC File processing in SoundForge 10.0c (resample to 44.1 with iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter; 24->16 bit dither using iZotope MBIT+ Dither with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings; some minor manual clap scrubbing in a few tracks); Tracked in CDWav.

1.  tuning / intro
2.  Take What You Need
3.  Dusty Groove
4.  3 On The B
5.  You Mess Me Up
6.  banter - that was a new one
7.  Thermal Bad
8.  Baby Bouncer
9.  banter - Simon's son is now 7
10. On The Border
11. San Frantico
12. Drop It Down
13. unknown - "Make up your mind what you're trying to find"
14. The Minx *
15. banter - Bear Creek
16. Hey Fela! +
17. banter - more sit-ins
18. Fast Man %
19. banter - Fox Street All Stars
20. It's All Right Now %#
21. banter - give it up
22. Miracles ->
23. Six Underground
24. banter - thanking Nikki for tequila
25. Can You Get It? +$
26. encore break / banter
27. In The Middle
28  One Note Blue
29. banter - Dino's request
30. Nervous
31. thanks
* = w/Jamie McLean on guitar
+ = w/Nikki Glaspie on 2nd drum kit
% = w/Soul Rebels Brass Band
# = w/Skippy from Fox Street All Stars
$ = w/Derek from Soul Rebels on tambourine

Fox Street All Stars and then Soul Rebels Brass band opened up

I scrubbed 5 loud claps from T27, 11 from T28, 5 from T30, 15 from T31.

Sorry, there's not much I can do about the slightly chatty crowd.  Luckily most of them left after an hour, so the 2nd half of the show has less crowd chatter on it.  Unfortunately the venue pushed be all the way to the back of the room in the worst possible place for me to be standing, as every single person who walked in the door had to pass me and either kicked my stand or nearly kicked my stand.  The spot they put me in was right in the middle of a pathway from the front door to the bathroom or bar.  The first hour (when it was very crowded) was painful for me as I could not move from my one spot physically putting my body between my stand and the people who would have other wise kicked into it....Once it got less crowded things eased for me a bit.


Recorded, mastered, tracked, and posted by Scott Bernstein