Mermen
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
2008-11-29 

Source: 4-channel multitrack: Schoeps MK4>M222>NT222DC ORTF on-stage>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 (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>						 3:38.40
02. Madagascar						 8:31.21
03. Neptune's Revenge					 5:39.17
04. Intro>						 3:20.12
05. Hundred Foot Lemon*					14:37.83
06. With No Definite Future...				 6:41.65
07. Miki's Lush Beehive					 4:43.29
08. My Black Bag					12:21.97
09. To Be Naked And French....				 7:27.24
10. Last Forever					 5:18.21
Total time: 72:19.11
* - recording glitch

Disc 2:
01. fade up for 2nd set					 0:43.56
02. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)				 5:44.17
03. Carol Of The Bells/To Skate With You		 4:16.48
04. Intro>						 1:25.80
05. Sponge Cookie					 6:06.17
06. Jam							 8:18.12
07. Jam 2						 5:06.32
08. Dragonfly						 9:36.12
09. Ocean Beach						 3:59.23
10. Big Day At The Bay					 3:19.04
11. Intro>						 4:20.24
12. The Whales						10:22.67
Total time: 63:17.92

Disc 3:
01. fade up						 0:18.73
02. Trapeze						 8:30.59
03. Obsession For Men					 9:14.11
04. Intro>						 3:05.80
05. Curve						12:01.88
06. (encore) Splashin' With The Mermaid			 5:13.21
07. The Intractable Boy#				11:25.53
08. (soundcheck) Carol Of The Bells/To Skate With You	 5:05.77
09. Drub						 5:13.53
10. A-Thing						 5:18.88
11. Heart Beatitude					 5:31.77
12. There Is A Tear					 6:24.08
Total time: 77:23.89
# - very end of song and remaining encores cut due to dead battery

The Players:

Jim Thomas guitar, Allen Whitman bass, Martyn Jones drums


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