The MERMEN & The SHI-TONES Nepenthe's Halloween Party Big Sur, California October 31, 2004 Disc 1 First Set: The SHI-TONES Jim Thomas - guitar Jennifer Burnes - bass Martyn Jones - drums Shigemi Komiyama - drums & percussion Yun Kee on violin * 01. Abalone Daze 02. Surf Rider 03. Apache 04. Ghost Riders In The Sky 05. Latinia 06. Jennifer's Jam (Jim tries to fix equipment problems) 07. Lost In The Shadows * 08. Shooting Star > 09. Scrambler 10. Wild As The Sea 11. Drums A Go-Go [48:54] Disc 2 Second Set: (located under the Mermen) The MERMEN Jim Thomas - guitar Jennifer Burnes - bass Martyn Jones - drums Shighemi Komiyama - drums and percussion Yun Kee on violin * 01. Welcome to the second set 02. Silly Elephant That Stomped To Tea 03. With No Definite Future and No Purpose Other Than To Prevail, Somehow... 04. Miserlou * (PA speaker starting to go) 05. Kaena --break to try and fix equipment (omitted)-- 06. Jungle Rot * 07. Hammerhead * 08. Intro > 09. Sponge Cookie 10. Splashin' With the Mermaid 11. Pulpin' Line [65:44] Recording by Mike Martin sony ecm 909 (mid side stereo mic) > Sony TCD D6 with Dolby C using 3 Maxell UDXLII C-90 cassettes Transfer Nakamichi CR-7A Azimuth adjusted with Dolby B bias @ 70usec > Korg MR2000-s @ 1 bit 5.6 MHz DSDIFF AudioGate (24-96) > iZotope RX6 advanced & Har-Bal 3.0 (prep) > CD Wave > AudioGate Aqua (16-44) > TLH Something was turned up too loud and by around Jungle Rot a crackling sound begins to creep into the PA and by "Sponge Cookie" it had gotten noticable. A crackle filter helped quite a bit in reducing that sound although it is still audible, just not nearly as loud now. Thanks to modern software. Increasing the bass frequencies helped to hide this "fuzz tone" sound some more and the recording needed more low end anyhow (inexpensive microphone). The concert went on past this point for another 2 sets. The distortion just becomes too annoying and so it is not included here. The costume contest was AMAZING!!! I've been to some killer costume parties before but never anything like this. The patio was full of very well thought out and elaborate costumes. Not the sort of things you buy at a Halloween supply warehouse. The dance floor was full of exhibitionists and Martyn makes a comment about it at one point. I had found a chair on one side just in front of the PA and recorded from there (hand holding the mic still). The PA was just in front of me which sounded good initially but once the speaker blew out I should have moved. Problem was that I was in the Twilight Zone after an early morning start with an all-day drive and then some drinks. A side note is that this would be the last time I used my trusty Sony D-6 cassette recorder. It was dropped when a drunk careened into me from across the dance floor and the cover never worked right after that. Went digital and bought the D3 to replace it. So this was the end of a long run of sneaking cassette decks into concerts. For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use Enjoy -M- (October 2018) FLYING M PRODUCTIONS Support the artists and the venues that host live music ***************************************** additional notes: Although the rest of this recording is very distorted and not included this is what was played.... Third Set: The MERMEN Jim Thomas - guitar Jennifer Burnes - bass Martyn Jones - drums Shighemi Komiyama - drums and percussion Yun Kee - violin * 01. Bass and Drums intro > * 02. Driving The Cow 03. Lonely Playboy > 03. Emmylou Rides Clarence West And Then South 04. Lonely Playboy 05. Falling Up --tape change-- 06. Sukiyaki 07. Intro > 08. Curve 19. Drums Solo with Martyn, Shig & Jim (Drums Negrita ??) 20. Jack the Ripper > 21. Tequila 22. Le Jizz Hot -- tape flip-- 23. Soul Surfin' (starts in progress) 24. intro > 24. Flight Of The Bumblebee 25. Telstar 26. Pull Of The Moon 27. Black Mountain Rag 28. 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