Bad Livers
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY
11/16/1999

Neumann TLM170s(split omnis in front of L/R PA stacks) -> Sonosax -> Teac DAP20 (16 bit, 48khz, EMPHASIS ON)

Transfer: Sony R500->Sound Devices 722

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0b - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits* Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter.  24 bit file then processed with SOX 14.3.1 (as recommended, keeping the file at 24 bits during the processing) to remove pre-emphasis which was applied by the Teac A>D converter.  Then back to Soundforge for time aligning the L/R channel, volume normalization and finally then dithered back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.

1.  tuning/banter - smoked salmon and livers
2.  Lumpy Beanpole And Dirt
3.  High Lonesome Dead And Gone ->
4.  Where They Do Not Know My Name ->
5.  Crow Black Chicken
6.  banter - dedication to Del McCoury
7.  Presto And Adagio in the Key of B Major
8.  banter - Horses In The Mines record
9.  Turpentine Willie
10. banter - the problem with requests
11. The Adventures of Pee Pee the Sailor
12. banter - good breedin'
13. Hogs On The Highway
14. banter - Winooski VT tomorrow
15. Shit Creek
16. thanks

This was an opening set for Leftover Salmon

Original DAT Recording by Scott Bernstein & Bill "VanillG" Mulvey.
Transferred, Mastered and tracked by Scott Bernstein 5/6-7/2010.

Taper notes:
Digging ever deeper into my DAT collection for BARN32-33, here's a pair of shows that have neither previously seen the light of day, nor likely have ever even been previously played back since I recorded them.  Bill Mulvey & I went to Mercury Lounge for 2 nights of Leftover Salmon.  We decided to step it up a notch to improve the sound of our recordings at Mercury Lounge, and try running my mics in omni, split right onstage in front of the PA stacks.  So we had to get there early and wound up getting these 2 Bad Livers sets recorded as a bonus.

What made me think of digging these out (even though I probably hadn't thought about the Bad Livers in 10 years) was first of all, having seen Danny Barnes just recently at Joe's Pub here in NYC (and the following night sitting in with moe. at Roseland) and Jen requesting some bluegrass be added to the BARN series.  So while this isn't exactly traditional bluegrass, it does actually come a lot closer than the Flecktones show I did for Jen as BARN30.  :-)

Anyway, these recordings do indeed sound great, and I went through lots of extra trouble to make them sound great for you all.

Enjoy!

Scott


A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/05
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/93
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/95
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/98 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/96
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/96
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/97
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/98
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/97
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/97
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/95
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/95
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/98 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/97 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/97 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/93
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/94
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew, The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.net)
BARN28 - Stew, Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996
BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995
BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996
BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)