Low Redeye Theater, St. Paul, MN September 30, 1993 Source: SBD? > cassette (?) > cassette > cassette (i.e. 2nd gen soundboard [?] recording, master was probably recorded on cassette) Transfer: Tascam 130 (pitch correction on playback) > Audiomedia III (44.1 kHz) > Sound Designer II > SoundEdit 16 > WAV > SHN > xACT > .flac Taped by: unknown Transferred by: goldenband 01 Sea 02 Cut 03 Words 04 Slide 05 Fear 06 Lazy 07 Drag 08 Sunshine 09 Down Total: 46:34 As of this writing (Jan. 2007), this is the earliest Low show known to exist on tape, and it's a true gem. There's a little bit of distortion now and then, and slight tape hiss, but all things considered, it's a really nice recording. I had thought this was a soundboard tape, but listening back I'm not sure. The acoustic is open and spacious, with plenty of "air" (unlike many sbds which feel unnaturally close), but there's no audience interference at all -- indeed, besides the applause at the ends of songs, the audience is pretty much inaudible. Whatever its origins, it's a beautiful set. All songs are taken from "I Could Live in Hope" -- only "Lullaby" and "Rope" are absent -- and those who love that album will find much to enjoy here, too. It's a nice memory from a very different era in Low's music and career. The tape I received ran about 5% fast, and was slowed down on playback during the transfer. It sounds like the chat between songs has been edited out -- it may well be that the original taper pressed the pause button at the end of each song. I didn't normalize these files after transferring them, but my notes indicate that the peak level is -1.7 dB, so normalization shouldn't be needed. Thanks to M. for sharing this tape with me, and to the original taper! ------------- FLAC fingerprint: low1993-09-30d1t01.flac:1ef1413cf3a9e8891cb70aa5837637c1 low1993-09-30d1t02.flac:d0e3e121a1e19c8de03795f60caebf6d low1993-09-30d1t03.flac:9726409640f5e03ba43ef80316800051 low1993-09-30d1t04.flac:f9f36933b75cbad514995735d1b4f764 low1993-09-30d1t05.flac:496f26f9a68fc18835508c22e99d677c low1993-09-30d1t06.flac:2e8859f4c4c273d668d09c14aac02cc1 low1993-09-30d1t07.flac:bb9c31640bd1649d55e03ea7de0d44b3 low1993-09-30d1t08.flac:df83352f8fdced3f0561640e0dc925c3 low1993-09-30d1t09.flac:015bbea1ffef4362d8f7d1950675f4fc App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned