Dark Star Orchestra
Great American Music Hall, SF
Wednesday March 28th, 2007

Source:
H4 Zoom Internal Cardoid Mics @ 16/44 > A-Data SD

Transfer:
USB to HDD > Adobe Audition 1.5 (track wavs) > Traders Little Helper Flac lvl 8 & SBE Fix

Location:
On Tri-Pod directly above soundboard, balcony, until the end of BIODTL.
Handheld directly above soundboard, balcony, for the remainder of the show.

A **GEMS** Production www.shnflac.net March, 2007

Setlist:

Set 1
d1t01 - U.S. Blues (Take 1)
d1t02 - U.S. Blues (Take 2)
d1t03 - U.S. Blues (Take 3)
d1t04 - Mexicali Blues (Fades In)
d1t05 - Brown Eyed Women
d1t06 - Beat It On Down The Line
d1t07 - Candyman
d1t08 - Jack Straw
d1t09 - China Cat Sunflower >
d1t10 - I Know You Ride

Set 2
d2t01 - Crowd
d2t02 - Cumberland Blues
d2t03 - It Must Have Been the Roses
d2t04 - Big River
d2t05 - Bertha
d2t06 - WRS Prelude >
d2t07 - Let it Grow
d2t08 - Row Jimmy
d2t09 - Ship of Fools
d2t10 - Promised Land
d3t01 - Dark Star >
d3t02 - Morning Dew
d3t03 - Sugar Magnolia
d3t04 - Not Fade Away >
d3t05 - Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >
d3t06 - Not Fade Away

Encore:
d3t07 - It's All Over Now Baby Blue

Filler:
d3t08 - ? ? ?


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Notes:
 - I had some problems getting going. First off, there was a "no tripod/mic stand" policy, so that complicated the recording process a little bit. Eventually, after speaking with DSO's soundman, another taper and I found our ways up to the balcony right above the SBD. The reason for the three U.S. Blues tracks is lack of power, I had batteries in my H4, but I also had the feature for 48v Phantom Power turned on, which seemingly demolished these supposed super charged lithium energizer batteries in a matter of 30 seconds. That being said, I was scrambling for a solution, luckily I had packed an extension cable and there was an outlet nearby. Problem one solved. But, by that time it was a few seconds into Mexicali Blues. Also, I had the H4 stabilized on my tri-pod for a little bit, I was asked to take it down about 20 minutes or so into the first set, this was problem number two. Anyways, I just made a few adjustments, and for the remainder of the evening, I held the H4 in my h  ands. It is totally worth it though.

 - Whole show raised by 2dB's.
 - Bass bombs throughout! Beware :)
 - Do as you'd like with the three U.S. Blues tracks, I included them because essentially they are part of the show,    its just a shame that rather than a complete U.S. Blues, we had one that is chopped up into three parts while    missing 20-30 seconds in between each, due to battery swapping.
 - Most of all, enjoy!
