David Bromberg Band
The Bottom Line
New York, NY
1992-02-14

Late Show

Source:   Sonic Mics > TCD-3 > Nak CR-2A via Bruce Barnum
Transfer: C(1) (XLII-S 90) > Nak CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
          Recorded w/ Dolby B on; playback with Dolby off
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, DDI Codec (Dolby B @ -41.8 dBFS), resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644

01. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down >
02. Dixie Hoedown - Katy Hill
03. Sloppy Drunk
04. Don't Put That Thing On Me
05. Danger Man
06. Summer Wages
07. Who Do You Love
08. The Hurt Came Back Again
09. As The Years Go By
10. Sharon
11. \Lost My Driving Wheel
12. I like It Like That

Part of one show out of five nights at the Bottom Line and a solid recording, probably from the front of the house, although no details are known.  Two guys have an odd chat between songs about the scene that night.  Was one the taper?

Like many Sonics recordings, it's a little bass heavy.  But its primary flaw was with the levels:  sometimes too low, especially during the quieter pieces, but borderline too loud when the band gets cooking.  From time to time, the panning also changes, as if someone was standing in front of the taper on one side or the other.  Fortunately, these changes happen slowly and aren't terribly noticeable now that the gain has been leveled out.  The beginning of Lost My Driving Wheel is cut (10 seconds? more?) and a short dropout in Sharon has been made to disappear.  There are band intros during Sharon if you can make them out.

Bruce Barnum was a Deadhead and an avid taper from the early 1980â€™s until his death in 2017 at age 48.  Over the years, he taped dozens of Dead shows throughout the Northeast, and other concerts, some of which have not been heard since then.

After his death, about 60 of his master cassettes turned up in a used record store in Hudson, NY.  Some were bought by random people nostalgic for the days of cassettes.  The rest were purchased by a fellow Deadhead and archivist.  Bruceâ€™s daughter, Jessica, had more, and was kind enough to lend them to be digitized.  Many of these recordings sound excellent for their age.  They are Bruce's legacy.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-02-13
