Mermen
The Independent
San Francisco, CA
2008-01-19 

Source: 4-channel multitrack: stereo pair Schoeps MK4 ORTF on-stage>M222>NT222DC (tube direct)>Lunatec V3>Sound Devices 744T
plus Schoeps MK4>Neve Portico 5012>Sound Devices 744T (guitar and bass amps), all at 24/96

Transfer: Adobe Audition 2.0 (mix to 2-ch, normalize with Waves L3 Ultramaximizer)>R8Brain Pro (resample to 44.1)>Wavelab 6 (dither to 16-bits using MegaBitMax)>CDWav1.94>FLAC Frontend>.flac (no DAE)

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Steve Brown

Disc 1:
01. Intro>					 1:24.75
02. Jungle Rot					14:44.60
03. Ocean Beach					 3:51.37
04. The Goodbye					 8:00.12
05. Last Forever		 		 5:55.17
06. There Is A Tear				 6:16.49
07. Unto The Resplendent			 5:58.73
08. Intro>					 2:27.92
09. Emmylou Rides Clarence West Then South	13:01.09
10. To Be Naked And French Is Always Hard	 5:45.33
Total time: 67:25.59

Disc 2:
01. Blue Xoam means...				 0:43.59
02. Blue Xoam					11:09.44
03. Trapeze					 9:00.61
04. Over The Falls				 5:04.64
05. Bondage Of The Sea				 6:57.35
06. Under The Kou Tree				 5:54.87
07. Intro>					 4:01.72
08. The Whales					 9:48.75
09. The Intractable Boy				10:18.91
10. What Am I Always Waiting For?		 2:27.57
Total time: 65:27.44

Disc 3:
01. Obsession For Men				12:13.93
02. wild applause				 2:45.85
03. Intro>					 3:45.75
04. White Trash Raga				14:23.75
05. (soundcheck) Bass - Check!			 3:11.44
06. Unto The Resplendent			 3:47.27
07. Trapeze					 4:20.60
08. Last Forever				 5:26.19
09. There Is A Tear				 5:38.61
10. Joni Mitchell's House			 6:50.23
11. Dragonfly					 3:28.21
Total time: 65:51.83


The Players:

Jim Thomas guitar, Allen Whitman bass, Martyn Jones drums


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