*********** Holmdel > Hartford 2000 ************

Well folks, it took me long enough to get around to it, but here it is.  Although I had initially resisted this project because the sources weren't ideal,  I realized the sources I had were mostly likely the best, or at least most popular, ones available for these shows.  I had two sources for each show and carefully examined which would result in the best remaster.  I would say in terms of audio quality, 6/30/00 sounds the best....but you can be the judge of that.

I won't go into detail about the remastering process of each show, but as usual have included the EQ settings used and a track from each original source used.  Enjoy!

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Wednesday, 06/28/2000 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Taste, Bathtub Gin, Piper, If I Could

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Harry Hood > Gotta Jibboo, When the Circus Comes, Mike's Song, Albuquerque > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: First Tube > Loving Cup


Notes: During a glowstick ‘war’ in Hood, Trey caught a few glowsticks and threw them back into the crowd, eliciting a huge cheer from the crowd. Mike’s Song contained a mid-jam ‘break’, another jam segment, and then another break that led into Albuquerque. If I Could was played for the first time since July 31, 1998 (123 shows).


FLAC - 990 MB
mp3 - 270 MB
AAC - 183 MB

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 Thursday, 06/29/2000  PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Set 1: Funky Bitch > Wilson, Limb By Limb, Drowned -> Rock and Roll

Set 2: Birds of a Feather -> Catapult > Heavy Things, Sand, Meatstick > Cities -> Walk Away > Run Like an Antelope > Frankenstein, Wading in the Velvet Sea

Encore: Character Zero


Notes: Birds contained a tease of A Love Supreme and was unfinished. Catapult was sung over an atypical jam that bridged Birds and Heavy Things. This gig featured an eventful Meatstick: Sofi Dillof made a guest appearance for the Meatstick dance. Several fans ran on stage and were chased off by Pete Carini and then by Bart Butler, both of whom Trey thanked. Trey improvised a verse noting: “There’s no song about Paul Languedoc, and there’s no song about Kuroda; there’s only one about Carini, and his lumpy head!” Trey then jokingly talked about the Meatstick Dance being a fad in Japan; the band subsequently sung a verse in Japanese. The lyrics to Cities were altered to reference Tokyo, the Meatstick Dance, and sushi. Antelope included Meatstick teases in the intro. At the end of the second set, Trey thanked the crew (particularly Carini, for being a good sport). Trey mentioned how much of a “home show” it is for the band to play in Holmdel, and led one final Meatstick tease.


FLAC pt 1 - 359 MB
FLAC pt 2 - 683 MB
mp3 - 277 MB
AAC - 190 MB

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Friday, 06/30/2000  Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT

Set 1: Ha Ha Ha, AC/DC Bag > Tweezer > Runaway Jim, Sneakin' Sally through the Alley > Ginseng Sullivan > Guyute, Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer Reprise > Possum

Set 2: Halley's Comet > The Mango Song > Twist, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Back on the Train > Makisupa Policeman, Farmhouse, Sleeping Monkey > David Bowie

Encore: Cavern


Notes: The ending of AC/DC Bag was unusual, as Trey repeated the closing guitar tweaks before breaking into the Tweezer riff. The key phrase in Makisupa was a play on the blues classic One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, with "Big Fat Doob" replacing "Beer." Cavern included Tweezer teases and a Moby Dick tease after Trey introduced Fishman under that name. Halley’s included a tease of Things That Make You Go Hmmm from Mike and Runaway Jim included Nellie Kane teases.

*ONE NOTE* anyone who DL'd either the ACC or FLAC versions of 6/30/00 before 6:35 AM EST on 7/28 will have a very slightly messed up playlist when you drag and drop into Itunes or any other audio player - Golgi will accidentally come first and Sally will come near the end. I made a mistake in assigning the track and disc numbers, and have uploaded the fixed folders. The links have been updated. You can either re-download or, what would be a lot easier, just change the disc & track tags within iTunes or whichever player you're using.  The correct disc and track numbers are in the .txt file.  Sorry about that!

FLAC pt 1 - 533 MB
FLAC pt 2 - 553 MB
mp3 - 290 MB
AAC - 204 MB

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Saturday, 07/01/2000  Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT

Set 1: Buried Alive, Wolfman's Brother, Axilla > Poor Heart, Sample in a Jar, Tube, Beauty of My Dreams, Roggae, Vultures, Dirt, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Gotta Jibboo, Bug, First Tube, Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Nellie Kane, Ghost

Encore: While My Guitar Gently Weeps


Notes: Jibboo included additional lyrics that referenced Chris Kuroda and Brad Sands. Weekapaug was unfinished.

FLAC pt 1 - 477 MB
FLAC pt 2 - 593 MB
mp3 - 290 MB
AAC - 192 MB

6.15.00 Big Cat, Osaka (Japan) - w/ soundcheck

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Thursday, 06/15/2000 Big Cat, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan

Soundcheck: Heavy Things, Uncle Pen, “Who Let the Lemmings In?” Jam, Windora Bug (with alternate “we got really drunk last night” lyrics)

Set 1: NICU > Chalk Dust Torture, AC/DC Bag, Uncle Pen, Ghost, Frankie Says, The Divided Sky, Farmhouse

Set 2: Down with Disease, The Lizards, Bike > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Gotta Jibboo
 
Notes: Bike was preceded by a vacuum solo and followed by several runs through the HYHU theme, with each faster than the one before it. Disease included a Birdland tease.


FLAC pt 1 - 558 MB
FLAC pt 2 - 519 MB
mp3 - 328 MB
AAC - 227 MB


Since I already remastered the DWD alone in this post, and the Ghost for Mr. Miner's post here, I figured it was about time I finished the job.  Better late than never!  Please refer to the DWD post linked above for more technical elaboration on the remaster and original source. Enjoy!
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coming soon: (the rest of) 6.15.00 Osaka, Japan MTX

I already remastered the DWD on this blog and the Ghost for one of Mr. Miner's posts, and thanks to a reader's friendly reminder I said a while ago that I would finish the whole show since I already have the settings saved in my software...

Should hopefully be up late this week.
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10th Anniversary: 7.4.00 Camden, NJ

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Tuesday, 07/04/2000  E Centre, Camden, NJ

Set 1: The Star Spangled Banner, Farmhouse, Rift, It's Ice, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, The Lizards, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise > Julius

Set 2: Gotta Jibboo -> Saw It Again -> Magilla > Twist > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Lawn Boy, Good Times Bad Times


Notes: It’s Ice included a Star Spangled Banner tease. Lawn Boy included a fireworks display on stage and in the pavilion, as well as well wishes from Page; the fireworks signaled the beginning of GTBT

 FLAC - 940 MB
mp3 - 262 MB
AAC - 185 MB

Well folks, I had really, really hoped to do one huge post containing the whole Holmdel > Hartford > Camden 2000 run, but a combination of just not having the time as well as a couple of the sources being problematic for remastering has led me to this single show remaster post.  Also, I was hoping etree's "10 years ago today" project might hook me up w/ some upgrade sources for the remasters.  So far the only new source I grabbed was 6/30/00, which is ripe for a remaster - nice and full, heavy on the bass. 

I figured since the current tour ends on July 4, and with the big weekend coming up, it would be fitting to just toss up 7/4/00 for now.  And the second set has got to be one of my faves...great flow and ridiculous jamming. The Jibboo is of course legendary, but don't overlook the last section of the Twist jam.  Some chugging, aggressive, classic/hard rock riffs going on right there.

As a couple people have pointed out, the original source is a bit muddy.  I decreased the amount of bass and increased the high end to bring out a clearer listen.  Before I applied the EQ settings, it was difficult to appreciate Trey's nimble noodle work during the 7:39 - 8:30ish section of Jibboo (among other things).  While some of Mike's oomph has been lessened as a result of my tinkering,  I find his notes to be a bit easier to decipher.  Hopefully you'll like the balance I arrived at.  It doesn't quite pack the punch that some of the other sources I've worked with do, but I think it's an improvement.  Finally, the stereo balance was lopsided to the left, so I boosted the right channel to give it a more centered sound.

Enjoy, and HAPPY 4TH!!!
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coming soon: 10-year anniversary - 7.4.00 Camden, NJ

will be up by the 4th!
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M.I.A.

Well, I had hoped to have pt 3 of the June 2009 series ready today but I haven't had the time to finish it.  I made a last-minute trip to Blossom (from Boston), which was awesome!  But it took me a couple days to recover and now I'm preparing for 4 shows in the next 6 days.

At the very least, I can share my picks for which sources I will be featuring:

6/16 - Schoeps CCM41(DIN)>Sonosax sxm2>sound devices 744t (balcony front row, right of center)
6/18 - MBHO KA500 HN(DINa KwonBar/DFC/OTS/Front Rail)
6/19 - DPA 4011 TL
6/20 - Schoeps mk41 (taylorc)
6/21 - Nakamachi's

Shows will be uploaded in the next few weeks....I will resume remasters of older shows once this whirlwind tour ends.  It has been hard for me to think about anything but the current shows, they sound great!  And the SBDs sound sooooo much better than the boards from last year.
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June 2009 Revisited: Kenny's Picks, pt. 2 of 3

These are not remasters (except 6/12).

As with all the shows in this series, the downloads include a folder with every available photo from each show, as posted on "Phish From The Road". *6/13/09 EDIT* - I just realized I made a bone-headed move and forgot to embed some of the shows w/ album art...for example the AAC versions of 6/9, 6/10, and 6/14.  If you'd like to add the art yourselves, one of the JPEGs in each photo folder should be titled "cover".  That's the one I used.  Also, for the AAC and mp3 versions of 6/14 I mistakenly only put the cover shot in the folder...so to get the other half dozen photos you can either DL the FLAC or go online to the "From The Road" Flickr page (link to the right) and get them there.  Sorry!

6/7:  (FOB) Schoeps 4-mic mix, by "SonicSound" (99404)
                     FLAC pt 1    FLAC pt 2     mp3     AAC

6/9:  (FOB) Schoeps CCM 4 Lg, by Dennis Tyler (99475)
                                 FLAC      mp3      AAC

6/10:  Audix m1280/HC, by Mark Terry (99457)  
                     FLAC pt 1     FLAC pt 2     mp3     AAC

6/12:  (FOB/pit) Neumann TLM-170, by Scott Bernstein (99722)
                    FLAC pt 1      FLAC pt 2     mp3      AAC

6/14:  (FOB) Schoeps MK4V, by Martin Medley (99531)
                    FLAC pt 1      FLAC pt 2      mp3      AAC


Similar to the way it can be argued June 2009 was a warmup for August, which was a warmup for fall...and so on, you could also argue that the 5 shows in my first batch of favorite AUD picks were a warmup for this batch of 5 shows.  While there are certainly choice moments from those first shows that I still listen back to from time to time, the shows above just seem a lot more confident.  Anyway, about some of these sources:

The Camden FOB has a really unique quality about it...I want to say "open" or "airy".  Just very immersive, with great energy.  It's a bit bass-oriented (notice how I used a photo of Mike for the album art) and not as clear as most of the others in the batch, but I still like it better than all other Camden sources and find it the most realistic, i.e. "like you're there".  *NOTE* - the taper made a few tracking issues that I forgot to fix before uploading my files; for example the Limb jam begins its own new track and things don't correct themselves until Sugar Shack.  Sorry about that!

The Asheville pick is just an all-around great arena pull, plain and simple.  The Knoxville pick may be a bit polarizing but I still like it best.  It's a bit extreme to the high end, which is especially interesting seeing as though not too many AUDs from large arenas (this place sits 20,000 I believe) have such a sharp, bright quality.  Fishman's solos in Undermind and the crowd's reactions are super fun to crank loudly.  Below is a fan photo from the show with a pretty unique perspective.

Now, I need to dedicate an entire paragraph (or two) to this Bonnaroo night 1 (3-hour late night set) source.  For the first few days after the show, the most heavily downloaded source for this show was this FOB Schoeps 2-mic mix.  After giving it a couple good listens, my thoughts were this:  the music itself sounds great (if a bit distant), but the nearby chatter is unbearable.  For the sections where the band is really raging it's a great recording.  But the talkers during any quieter parts or ballads were just too distracting for me to deal with.  Thank heavens for the TLM-170 source, recorded by Scott Bernstein.  This was taped in an enitely different location and has significantly less chatter nearby, letting the music take center stage, pardon the pun.  I should pause and mention here that I've already broken my original intention of not remastering any of these June 2009 picks.  I've done a slight touch-up to this source.

You may be asking "why would your favorite source of the pack be the one that you remastered?!?"   And to that I would say this:  the first thing I noticed about this source was that while everything else was perfectly balanced, Fishman's kick drum and (to a lesser extent) Mike's bass were overpowering.  I know those should be welcome aspects of the AUDs, in light of how SBDs were seriously lacking in that department, but I thought it was a bit too much here and took away from an otherwise perfect listening experience.  There's a pretty good explanation for how beefy the bass itself came out, while the rest of the recording is so crisp:  Scott's location was "60' back from stage "in the pit", against right-center rail" (quoted from the db page linked above).  60" may sound far but when you think about how huge those festival stages are, that's pretty damn close...close enough that taping equipment will capture all that chest-vibrating bass, which doesn't always translate as well on tape.  A common risk of stealth FOB-ing.

So, after tapering off those low frequencies a bit and adding a slight bump to the high end, I think it now REALLY pops, and is one of my very favorite AUDs of 2009.  Seriously, if you've only heard the SBD or another AUD source, do yourself a favor and check this out now!

The source for night 2 is also very good - I actually consider this possibly the best sounding "right off the bat" source of June 2009.  Didn't even need to do a level adjustment.  They definitely mixed the boys right at this festival.

Enjoy!
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