TORRENT TITLE

Camper Van Beethoven - 1988-07-17 Live In The Streets At Bastille Days, Milwaukee, WI

ARTIST NAME

Camper Van Beethoven

BOOTLEG TITLE

N/A

VENUE, CITY, COUNTRY, DATE

Live In The Streets At Bastille Days, Milwaukee, WI 1988-07-17

TRACK LISTING

DISC 1 (72:40)

01 WARM UP + INTRO..........................(0:32)
02 Change Your Mind.........................(3:31)
03 O Death..................................(3:14)
04 One Of These Days........................(3:19)
05 Turquoise Jewelry........................(3:21)
06 Waka.....................................(2:59)
07 Pictures Of Matchstick Men...............(4:21)
08 Mao Reminisces About His Days In
        Southern China......................(2:10)
09 The History Of Utah......................(3:39)
10 Skinhead Stomp...........................(1:35)
11 Take The Skinheads Bowling...............(2:23)
12 Wasted...................................(2:02)
13 Tania....................................(5:37)
14 Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 1)....................(2:49)
15 Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 2)....................(2:06)
16 Good Guys And Bad Guys...................(4:07)
17 (We're A) Bad Trip.......................(2:38)
18 Jo Stalin's Cadillac.....................(3:06)
19 Sad Lovers' Waltz........................(5:22)
20 S.P. 37957 + Kashmir + No Kruggerrands
        For David...........................(4:32)
21 Life Is Grand............................(3:32)
ENCORE
22 Payed Vacation: Greece + Processional....(3:18)
23 Shut Us Down.............................(1:29)
24 APPLAUSE ETC.............................(0:45)

LINE UP

Victor Krummenacher - bass
Greg Lisher - the guitar
David Lowery - black guitar, the vox
Chris Pederson - wood time drums
Jonathan Segel - strings, casio, mandolin, citern, red guitar, piano
(This per the "Our Belover Revolutionary Sweetheart" LP that was out at the time.)

FLAC FINGERPRINTS or MD5 checksum for the musical content only (*)

01 WARM UP + INTRO-032.flac:79b0201b5e7f173acb2f13cff644a692
02 Change Your Mind-331.flac:197626eba52c88d63fe273549a1667f8
03 O Death-314.flac:b641fa66aeae61a640b7362910094a7b
04 One Of These Days-319.flac:157796154366c1e13c1506c89144ad57
05 Turquoise Jewelry-321.flac:4198a4830a6b1c90ad629b49bd5b6c1c
06 Waka-259.flac:388a09896b4da29627a00f6dffc0825b
07 Pictures Of Matchstick Men-421.flac:106e1d57a180aadd776532eca3ae6e38
08 Mao Reminisces About His Days In Southern China-210.flac:fdeaeb00447fbab6938995a2467ee139
09 The History Of Utah-339.flac:068f091757a072e2b3dc35f6b31f8dda
10 Skinhead Stomp-135.flac:6cdee6c4721a4ba2bd44e18a79bae856
11 Take The Skinheads Bowling-223.flac:45d3ac0f783ac88b8c3e25d804d516fc
12 Wasted-202.flac:0db43d3889c9d816912a5bc96567d841
13 Tania-537.flac:dc1e691fee854e4762c35e06f0f5bad7
14 Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 1)-249.flac:2065f7f998eb7872439720d71e3748ed
15 Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 2)-206.flac:561af4369850a2a61e092ba3e5035ce9
16 Good Guys And Bad Guys-407.flac:3b1618012a89a08d5918d9dd69a2e5ca
17 (We're A) Bad Trip-238.flac:284ec0f685be7f6f31c15e1265b9b71e
18 Jo Stalin's Cadillac-306.flac:37966ed6731040a003cb1450707d5ff7
19 Sad Lovers' Waltz-522.flac:b747011ed4c683049da979436e48476a
20 S.P. 37957 + Kashmir + No Kruggerrands For David-432.flac:e37fb83e45156878d822fdfea7b9c2bb
21 Life Is Grand-332.flac:86b4e1e04990cfedc6a9d74ebd8401bb
22 Payed VacationCO Greece + Processional-318.flac:1e5417622e9450f88dae5cd969123dcf
23 Shut Us Down-129.flac:f4921883f9ae4eae9bf9bbbd5a91f855
24 APPLAUSE ETC-045.flac:a3cab3857f8e4393168680b88eac3ee5

ARTWORK

N/A

SOURCE / LINEAGE

Stereo AUD 2nd GEN (speed corrections from master)

Borrowed mics > Borrowed Sony WM-D6 > Master tape > 1st dub > 2nd dub > Computer WAV > Cool Edit Pro 2000 > TLH v2.4.1 > FLAC 8 > DIME > you
I don't have the specific model for the mics, but the buddy from which I borrowed the gear (thanks K!) said they cost approx. US$500.
Mics were physically separate left / right channel lines which fed back to a single stereo line into the deck.
The left / right lines were either pinned over each shoulder facing stage, or pinned to left/right sides under an open-holed baseball cap.

2 dubs were done to attempt speed adjustments to my flawed master (see below).
I originally mastered this 2001-09-07 off the 2nd gen & retained the original WAV fileset.
In 2001 I think the only thing I did on the computer was place track marks before each piece.

Here in 2009 I used Cool Edit to try to fix the pitch of those 2001 WAVs (see below).
This FLAC fileset comes directly from those adjusted WAVs's, which only needed SBE corrections in TLH; no CD-Rs or EACs.

NOTES

As this is an original master & isn't too bad to start with, please DON'T remaster and repost it.

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I make no bones about this one; it's far from perfect, but at least now it's mostly listenable.
If you're an audiophile, you may wanna pass on this one.

I had MAJOR issues with battery power running down / post-show playback of course had speed problems - too fast.
Back when I did my original 2001 master, I had worked with a friend who had a deck that could allow speed adjustments.
I let my buddy dub it off to another tape while performing a first-level of speed adjustments as we listened to it real-time.
A second dub back on top of my original master (dumb!) did a second-level of speed adjustment plus some corrections for balance.
(Ouch, if only I had saved the source - but I had no idea that computers would later come & make it easier to deal with such issues.)
My 2001 master was done off of this 2nd gen tape source.

Recently I dug this up again for further review; following the earlier speed corrections, the tempo sounded ok but not the pitch.
I ran each file through Cool Edit, doing a "pitch shift of a ratio of 103", knocking the pitch down a touch while preserving the tempo.
The result here is something that at least begins to sound like the real show.
It's surely not perfect for every single second, but now it's not just "better than nothing", it's listenable.
I've got other CVB shows too; if you wanna hear more, leave a comment.

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I had this in my trade list for years, and I don't think anyone ever picked it.
Beyond that, it's only been heard by a few friends, and so this is likely its debut to most folks.
Crank it up and ENJOY! it as I have, and share it so others can hear it.

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You already read about the headaches with the source tape, but the location also posed its own challenges.
"Live in the streets" - a bunch of city blocks were sealed off, some stages were set up *IN* the streets, and CVB played on one.
If you wanted to check 'em out, you hadta stand in the streets too - no seats.
People were milling about more than for a typical concert, from one bar or eatery to another, frequently getting in one's way.
And not everyone there was a fan (free event), so there's lots of talkers and yelling and whatnot pretty much throughout.
There are noticeable spots where one channel fades / returns, or transitions from crisp / muddy / crisp, due to people walking past or blocking me for a spell.

There's an edit between tracks 17 & 18 to flip the tape; the first couple of seconds of #18 are missing.
There's also an edit just before & after the encore; all that's missing in those spots is a minute or two of clapping.

Speaking of...  I clap.  Sorry.  At least there's no talking from me or the people I was there with.
And I leave everything in, warts and all - tuning, the band talking between songs, the claps before the encore & at the end.

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Filenames have numbers on the end that are the TIMES (ex. - "...-359" is 3min59sec long).
One filename has "CO" in the name, as a colon isn't allowed in names.

Nowadays I try to avoid the "+" in names, because it causes some folks problems; tracks 01 / 20 / 22 have one, so rename it if you're one of them.

I mark the start of tracks when the music or count-in begins, not the talking about it before it starts.

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The usual schmack applies here:

Please don't post this anywhere but DIME. <EXCEPT FOR CVB, IF YA WANNA PUT IT ON ARCHIVE, THAT'S OK>
Please retain this original info file data with any reseedings.
Please don't transfer to MP3 or other lossy formats.
Please only trade this with others, don't sell it.
Please support the artists involved by purchasing their official product in massive quantities.