the Mountain Goats
05-04-2005
First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Recorded and transferred by Thomas Hartnett [t_hartnett@hotmail.com]

Source: AUD>Visivox SCM Broadcast Pro microphones>Visivox SCM preamp>Sharp MD-MT866
Transfer: Sharp MD-MT866>Audacity 1.2.5>Fission 1.5.2>MacFLAC

01. Lions Teeth *
02. [Famous People's Doctor]
03. You or Your Memory *
04. Song for Dennis Brown
05. Cheshire County
06. Color in Your Cheeks
07. Dance Music
08. Dilaudid
09. [The Freebird Lecture]
10. ["Blue Jays and Cardinals" banter]
11. "Blue Jays and Cardinals"
12. [JV intro]
13. Linda Blair Was Born Innocent !
14. [California Song banter]
15. California Song !
16. [You Must Learn]
17. Love Love Love !@
18. Your Belgian Things *!@#
19. Quito *!@
20. [Friends vs. Enemies]
21. Palmcorder Yajna *!@#$
22. [Encore Break]
23. [Sin Tax]
24. Nine Black Poppies
25. [I Get to Stop Singing That Song]
26. Jenny

* = with Travis Weller
! = with John Vanderslice
@ = with Thor Harris
# = with Jonathan Meiburg

Notes:
This is the first show I ever recorded, and I am less displeased with the results than I expected to be. Note that there is a skip in the beginning of Linda Blair Was Born Innocent where I accidentally pulled the mic cord out of the recorder; I used Audacity to edit the gap in sound that resulted, and I don?t think the result is terribly jarring.

During the transfer process, I used Audacity for normalization and split the tracks in Fission. I did not utilize any compression as I had with the July 2005 solo rooftop shows that I have previously shared.

When John Vanderslice and members of Shearwater come onstage to fill out the band, the limitations of my microphones start to show, but the overall effect is not terribly offensive or unpleasant. At the end of the day, it appears that this may be the only recording of this show in existence, and I felt that it deserved to be documented, flaws and all.

During Jenny, John broke a string on his guitar. He continued singing the song accompanied only by Peter?s bass and handclaps from the audience.

If anyone has any comments or questions, I can be reached at the e-mail address above. Thanks!

-Thom

