Low Let It Be Records, St. Paul, MN February 25, 1995 Source: DAT clone (3rd gen?) of unknown analog source @ 48kHz Transfer: Sony portable DAT (2005 transfer) > Audiomedia III > Sound Designer II > WAV > Logic Pro 8 (volume fluctuation correction) > WAV > WaveBurner 1.2 (SR conversion, tracking) > xACT > FLAC (level 8) > Tag (tagging) Taped by: unknown Transferred by: goldenband 01 Introduction 02 Swingin' 03 Violence 04 Two-Step (instrumental) 05 Cut 06 Below and Above 07 Transmission 08 Drag 09 Take (cuts near end) Length: 46:39 This recording from an in-store performance has rather poor sound quality. Flaws include hiss, volume fluctuations, a near-total lack of high end, occasional little "pops" in the right channel, and a strange mix in which the taper appeared to be close to Alan's guitar, which is usually louder than everything else. I can't figure out what equipment would have been used to get the weird, brittle sound of this recording. Allegedly the master may have been a DAT, but that's very hard to believe! On the other hand, it's one of the first gigs after John left the band and Zak joined, and it's got a rare performance of "Take" (unfortunately cut at the end) and a snippet of "Two-Step" years before it officially premiered. The taper changed the recording levels several times during the show (out of fear of distortion), resulting in some big swells/cuts that happen mid-song. I've done what I can to mitigate the worst volume changes, which inevitably makes the hiss levels fluctuate, but I think it's worth it. Haven't done anything about the little "ticks" that crop up here and there, though; they sound analog and aren't too offensive. This is probably for completists only, but after over a decade of sitting around on my hard drive, I thought I ought to share it. If you can put on your "bootleg ears" it's actually not too bad, especially now that the volume changes have been addressed -- and no matter what, we're grateful to the taper for documenting this show. App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned