Mermen
The Independent
San Francisco, CA
2009-03-06 

Source: 6-channel multitrack: pair Schoeps MK21 wide ORTF on-stage>M222>NT222DC >Lunatec V3 (analog outs)>Sound Devices 744T
plus pair Schoeps MK4>Neve Portico 5012>SD 744T (guitar and bass amps), plus house snare and kick mics>Whirlwind mic splitters>linked Sound Devices 722, 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. Opening Remarks					 1:03.69
02. Intro>						 4:37.77
03. Apart						10:21.87
04. Ocean Beach						 4:26.71
05. Emmylou Rides Clarence West Then South		10:13.24
06. With No Definite Future...				 5:39.17
07. Intro>						 0:39.81
08. Walking The Peach					10:53.53
09. Righteous Punishment				11:23.21
10. Drub						 3:53.43
11. Intro>						 3:12.81
12. Dragonfly						 8:18.76
Total time: 74:44.01

Disc 2:
01. Gratuitous Donner Party reference			 0:49.23
02. Slipping The Glimpse				14:34.39
03. What Am I Always Waiting For?			 2:14.21
04. Blue Xoam						 8:16.31
05. (Set 2) Midshow autograph session			 0:33.85
06. Intro>						 5:41.43
07. Within You Without You				10:25.99
08. Under The Kou Tree					 6:52.15
09. Sponge Cookie					 7:31.77
10. Heart Beatitude					 4:28.55
11. Between I And Thou					11:20.77
Total time: 72:48.64

Disc 3:
01. Louder!						 0:45.72
02. Big Day At The Bay					 4:43.33
03. Last Forever					 6:38.41
04. Hundred Foot Lemon					11:44.59
05. Trapeze						 8:56.57
06. Intro>						 3:32.91
07. Curve						 8:03.47
08. Applause and stage banter				 3:10.11
09. (encore) Dancing In Her Sleep			 6:07.28
10. Costanoa						10:26.09
Total time: 64:08.48

Disc 4:
01. (soundcheck) Jam					 1:00.59
02. Between I And Thou					11:41.85
03. Slipping The Glimpse				 7:48.43
04. Curve						 7:44.23
05. What Am I Always Waiting For?			 2:16.19
06. By The Sea I Will Stay Forever			 5:27.28
07. Drub						 4:10.68
08. Jam							 4:23.33
09. Jam							 2:47.47
Total time: 47:20.04

Note: on-stage stereo pair bumped sideways as band came back for encores, partially fixed using Waves S1 Imager

The Players:

Jim Thomas guitar, Allen Whitman bass, Martyn Jones drums


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