Mermen
Beach Chalet
San Francisco, CA
2008-12-31 

Source: 4-channel multitrack: Schoeps MK21>M222>NT222DC plus Schoeps MK8>M222>NT222DC mid-side>Lunatec V3 (analog outs)>Sound Devices 744T
plus Schoeps MK4>Neve Portico 5012>SD 744T (guitar and bass amps), all at 24/96

Transfer: Adobe Audition 2.0 (process M/S to 2-ch using Waves S1 Shuffler, 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. It's Party Time				 0:21.17
02. Abalone Daze				 8:04.89
03. Le Jizz Hot					 7:09.57
04. Intro>					 2:43.84
05. Emmylou Rides Clarence West Then South	10:04.27
06. The Goodbye					 5:57.56
07. Costanoa					 7:45.45
08. Intro>					 2:25.87
09. Kaena					 7:35.17
10. Soul Surfin' #1 (with fire alarm outro)	 1:18.72
11. Fire Alarm Jam				 6:31.53
12. Raglan*					 5:35.80
Total time: 65:33.85
* - recording glitch

Disc 2:
01. Thank You Not For Smoking			 0:28.59
02. Soul Surfin #2				 5:46.59
03. Be My Noir>					 7:12.93
04. Into The West				 5:40.15
05. Jungle Rot					 9:58.84
06. Blue Xoam>					 6:27.31
07. Xoamy Jam					 4:19.65
08. Guitar Loop					 3:49.24
09. Auld Lang Syne/Happy New Year		 3:04.64
10. (Set 2) Tuning				 1:24.44
11. Slipping The Glimpse			11:24.63
Total time: 59:37.00

Disc 3:
01. Tuning					 0:19.48
02. Heart Beatitude				 4:31.91
03. Honeybomb					11:11.25
04. Krill Slippin'				 4:23.60
05. Gulch Of Spleens				 4:10.16
06. Silly Elephant Who Stomped To Tea		12:09.59
07. There Is A Tear				 8:06.77
08. Unto The Resplendent>			 7:35.53
09. Jam						 2:25.77
10. White Trash Raga				12:53.75
Total time: 67:47.81


The Players:

Jim Thomas guitar, Allen Whitman bass, Martyn Jones drums


For the details on FLAC and the software needed to decompress these files go to:
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=FLAC
