Tiny Lights
Wetlands
New York, NY
8/18/1993

Sony ECM-959 (120 degree/"wide" setting) -> 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 EQ-ing out 2 bursts of feedback.  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.  jam w/Andy on sax ->
2.  Moonwhite Day
3.  Circle Sky
4.  Lit By The Sun
5.  Miss Hose *
6.  Ring My Bell (tease)
7.  Spinning
8.  Country Song
9.  Sweet Romance
10. Horsehead
11. Curly-Eyed Open Stare
12. HCM Violin Cadenza ->
13. Pushin' The Button ^
14. encore break
15. Ashtray
16. The Bridge + 

TT:  62:49
Speed The Plough opened

* = There were 2 short loud bursts of feedback from the cello monitor during this song which I have minimized with a notch EQ.  Though I can't restore the music lost during these bursts, the feedback itself is mostly inaudbile
^ = vocals missing at the start of this song.  I suspect the house soundguy muted them to minimize the chance of feedback during the violin solo but didn't get them back on in time
+ = opening section w/Andy on sax, Donna on drums, Dave on trumpet; w/"Whole Lotta Love" jam

This is a set from just before the release of "Milky Juicy" so is heavy on material from that album.


Taper Notes:
Ah, Tiny Lights -- this was a band I loved back in my college days at Rutgers University, and after recently reminiscing with Dave Dreiwitz (their bassist), I decided it was time to transfer a few of their shows and managed to secure approval to post their shows on archive.org, so I wanted to get up on their archive as soon as possible.  Hence this is BARN93.

I was first introduced to Tiny Lights by some of my college roommates (thanks, Jeff Kolber) and got to see them often when they played our student centers, some outdoor shows on campus, and the Court Tavern in New Brunswick (when I could sneak in, as it was a 21+ only music venue).  They were mostly known locally in New Jersey, based out of Hoboken, managed to release a whole slew of albums, but never seemed to make it big elsewhere.  Quite unlike most of the jamband music I tend to post, these guys mixed jangly folk-pop with some free-jazz esthetic and even a bit of Sonic Youth-like experimental rock, incorporating cello, electric violin and sometimes tablas into the standard guitar/bass/drums rock & roll lineup (some of the members doubled up on horns occasionally too).

Though they seem to have disbanded sometime around 1995, some of the former members have gone onto bigger/better things -- Dave Dreiwitz is now the full time bass player for Ween.  Jane Scarpatoni, their original cellist had departed by the time of this gig, where the cello chair was filled by (I believe) Stewart Hake, has gone onto the greatest success -- having played with the Indigo Girls, 10,000 Maniacs, Crash Test Dummies, Sheryl Crow, Ben Folds Five, Mike Doughty, Ray LaMontagne, Lou Reed, R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, Freedy Johnston, and Suzanne Vega just to name a few.  John Hamilton, the main songwriter/guitarist (along with his wife Donna Croughn) has gone on to find his own non-musical success as the chair of the Comparative Literature department at Harvard University.

This show is from pretty late in their career, long after what people consider to be their "seminal" releases, but they were still making great music in the live setting playing songs that covered their entire career.  Just listen to the beautiful opening jam and how it segues into the jangly (and easy to sing along to) "Moonwhite Day" with its lush imagery and I think you'll be sold.  Other favorites are the cutesy "Miss Hose", a just-for-the-fun-of-it "Spinning", the string-enhanced and moody "Sweet Romance", and the very very offbeat "Horsehead" that is a near-punk song.  "Curly-Eyed Open Stare" is rocker  which gives way to a quiet electric violin solo that builds up from almost a whisper (thank goodness the crowd at Wetlands was unusually silent on this night).  "Pushin' The Button" makes for a little bit of a funk workout (thanks to Dave Dreiwitz), and then we get a bit experimental for "Ashtray".  Closing up, the band switches up instruments a bit for a jazz intro to the closing hard rockin' "The Bridge".  NICE!

I have about 10 other Tiny Lights sets pending, all of which I'm in the process of transferring from my DATs.  I've also got a number of older (pre-'93) more "classic" Tiny Lights shows on cassette which I will look to dig out and transfer eventually (and they probably won't sound as good either).

Enjoy!

Scott

A rundown of all of my previous 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 And The Range, 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 8/18/93
[Note:  BARN stands for "Bernstein Archival Release Number..."]

Recorded, transferred, mastered, and posted by Scott Bernstein (7/9-12/2011).
