Jorma Kaukonan
Big Boulder Gathering on the Mountain
Blakeslee, PA
1998-08-08

Source:  AT835 > D8 > DAT(s) via Scott Clayton
Transfer:  Fostex D-15 > Behringer Ultramatch 2496 > Reaper 6.19 > WAV 16/48
Master:  Wavelab 10 (tracking, digital repairs, DC offset, x-fades) > FLAC 1648

01. Fools Blues
02. I See The Light
03. Walkin' Blues
04. Death Don't Have No Mercy
05. Do Not Go Gentle
06. Big Town
07. Good Shepherd
08. 99 Year Blues
09. I Am The Light Of This World
10. Nine Pound Hammer
11. Parchman Farm
12. Gypsy Firebird
13. Hypnotation BLues
14. It's Just My Way
15. Junkies On Angel Dust
16. You Gotta Move
17. Larue Larue
18. Hit Single #1
19. Uncle Sam Blues *
20. Not Fade Away *
21. Baby What You Want Me to Do *^

Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vox
Michael Falzarano - guitar, vox
Pete Sears - keyboards, accordion
Harvey Sorgen - drums
* w/ Merl Saunders - hammond organ
^ w/ Donna Jean Godchaux - vox
^ w/ Tom Constanten - keyboards

A very clean and clear recording.  Venue and date confirmed by the MC's chatter prior to Fools Blues, which is not included because it was full of pops and crackles and the taper set up.  A small discontinuity in Junkies on Angel Dust was cross-faded and you probably won't notice it.  There was some sort of tape change after Hit Single #1, which was also x-faded during the crowd noise, so not a big deal.  A bigger problem occurred about 15 seconds into Baby What You Want Me To Do, where a couple of seconds of audio was flat out missing, about two measures of music.  It was too long to leave blank, but too big to cross-fade away.  The solution was to remove the silence and preserve the tempo with a 100 ms cross-fade, which isn't too noticeable, but doesn't try to hide the fact that there's a little something missing.

Thanks to John W. and Tunabase for help with the setlist.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2021-01-04
