Widespread Panic
The Thomas And Mack Center
Las Vegas, NV
10/31/2005
BARN180

Original master DAT recording: Neumann TLM-170(FOB)->Apogee AD1000->Teac DA-P20(16 bit/48khz)

DAT playback:
Sony R300 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48)

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 12.1 - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. File processed in Soundforge for clap/whistle/yell scrubbing, volume normalization, resample to 44.1 interpolation accuracy 4 w/anti-alias filter, 24 -> 16 bit dither using POW-r Dither with POW-r #3 noise shaping. Tracked in CDWav. Tagged in Tag&Rename 3.9.15


Set 1
1. crowd/tuning
2. Love Tractor ->
3. Imitation Leather Shoes
4. banter - JB wishes us a happy Halloween
5. Born Under A Bad Sign @
6. Time Zones
7. Papa Johnny Road
8. banter - inviting up Dirty Dozen
9. Vampire Blues +@
10. Bayou Lena +
11. Old Neighborhood +
12. Weight Of The World +

Set 2
1. Superstition +*
2. Rebirtha ->
3. Climb To Safety ->
4. Monstrosity ->
5. bass solo ->
6. Drums
7. Arleen -> &+
8. Spirit In The Dark -> ^+
9. I Put A Spell On You -> @+
10. Fishwater +
11. encore break
12. banter - big hand
13. Dark End Of The Street +@
14. Nowhere To Run +^
15. Coconut +

+=w/Dirty Dozen Brass Band
*=w/DJ Method on turntables
@=first time played
^=only time played
&=w/Ribs & Whiskey and Good Mornin' Little School Girl lyrics


"The Fishin' Hole" and "Dragnet" teases before Love Tractor; "Muffin Man" tease by Dave before Drums; "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" and "Ribs And Whiskey" raps by JB during Arleen

The Crystal Method played during the setbreak

I painstakingly scrubbed many hundreds of claps, yells, and whistles which were right near the mics from this recording

Recorded, transferred, mastered, tracked, tagged, and posted by Scott Bernstein

DAT Transfer: 11/4/2015
Tracking: 2/4/2018
Mastering, tracking, tagging: 4/2/2019-4/9/2019


Taper notes:
For BARN180, I decided it was high time to get another Widespread Panic show -- the last Widespread Panic entry in my BARN series was the 1992 show that I posted way back as BARN26. If you notice the date that I transferred this recording from its DAT, it was just after its 10th anniversary (though we are now approaching the 14th anniversary of this show). Yes, it's from the (somewhat dreaded) George McConnell years (after Mikey died, he was the replacement guitarist until they hired the inspired Jimmy Herring as the permanent replacement), but it's a HALLOWEEN show, and Widespread Panic's halloween shows are always super special. This show took place in Las Vegas as part of the Vegoose festival which Jen and I attended.

It was PACKED and it was LOUD on the GA floor of the venue. And the crowd was VERY VERY boisterous -- with lots of people clapping, whistling, and yelling near my mics. Jen and I had to work hard to protect my mic stand in the sweet spot of the venue, and I hope the work that we put in comes through in this recording.

Let's talk about this show -- lots of great one-off/debut covers (Born Under A Bad Sign, Vampire Blues, Spirit In The Dark, I Put A Spell On You, Dark End Of The Street, Nowhere To Run), great jams on classics (Love Tractor, Weight Of The World, Rebirtha, Climb To Safety, Monstrosity, Arleen, Fishwater), powerful sit-ins from members of Dirty Dozen Brass Band (on Superstition among many others), and the fun Coconut, which at this time was infrequently played, but ALWAYS a lock for Halloween.

My remastering included a literal TON of work -- scrubbing out many hundreds of claps and EQ-ing to minimize hundreds of individual yells, woos and whistles. Now I think that you will find this presentation of my recording is up to my usual high standards. :)


Enjoy this piece of history!!!


