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2025
133
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48h329m
7d638m
30d13314
8 shows
9 tapes
2024
58
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48h504
7d544
30d584
15 shows
24 tapes
2023
55
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48h00m
7d212
30d555
9 shows
9 tapes
2022
2
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48h00m
7d18m
30d217m
10 shows
11 tapes
2021
4 shows
9 tapes
2019
49
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48h00m
7d141
30d495
18 shows
24 tapes
2018
10
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48h00m
7d00m
30d1052m
8 shows
9 tapes
2017
8
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48h00m
7d420m
30d848m
7 shows
7 tapes
2016
2
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48h00m
7d00m
30d29m
6 shows
8 tapes
2015
9 shows
11 tapes
2014
37
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48h242
7d222
30d373
13 shows
21 tapes
2013
1
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48h00m
7d00m
30d15m
23 shows
42 tapes
2012
50
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48h00m
7d00m
30d504
32 shows
64 tapes
2011
1
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48h00m
7d00m
30d16m
14 shows
25 tapes
2010
48
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48h00m
7d210m
30d485
37 shows
72 tapes
2009
16 shows
20 tapes
2008
8
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48h28m
7d00m
30d844m
17 shows
22 tapes
2007
15 shows
22 tapes
2006
111
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48h00m
7d374
30d1119
30 shows
43 tapes
2005
117
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48h00m
7d840m
30d11710
37 shows
48 tapes
2004
27
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48h00m
7d00m
30d272
29 shows
35 tapes
2003
57
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d485
30d576
34 shows
38 tapes
2002
14
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48h00m
7d00m
30d141
41 shows
52 tapes
2001
124
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48h14m
7d314m
30d12412
81 shows
96 tapes
2000
21
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48h110m
7d00m
30d212
25 shows
36 tapes
1999
2
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48h00m
7d00m
30d213m
4 shows
4 tapes
1998
64
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48h516m
7d317m
30d647
52 shows
78 tapes
1997
66
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48h00m
7d423m
30d666
53 shows
96 tapes
1996
75
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48h121
7d81
30d759
53 shows
98 tapes
1995
119
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48h740m
7d263
30d11911
92 shows
144 tapes
1994
168
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48h243
7d314
30d16820
94 shows
132 tapes
1993
175
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48h00m
7d819
30d17518
63 shows
105 tapes
1992
137
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48h28m
7d162
30d13717
71 shows
91 tapes
1991
130
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48h11m
7d294
30d13020
93 shows
121 tapes
1990
476
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48h537
7d14119
30d47660
70 shows
94 tapes
1989
77
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48h533m
7d283
30d777
30 shows
40 tapes
1988
13
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48h14m
7d953m
30d131
8 shows
8 tapes
1987
7
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48h00m
7d00m
30d756m
1 show
1 tape
1986
1
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48h00m
7d00m
30d112m
2 shows
2 tapes
1985
9
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d00m
30d946m
1 show
1 tape
1995
5/1/95
intro/tuning
0:25
Optimistic Thought
3:15
Crash, Burn
3:37
Freedom
4:25
Support Your Local Emperor
8:45
The Mountains Win Again
5:28
Manhattan Bridge
3:41
Go Outside and Drive
14:46
Low Rider
3:59
Runaround
5:30
The Best Part
6:11
Sweet Pain
11:22
But Anyway
6:13
Sweet Talking Hippie
16:40
NYC Prophesie
4:58
Hook
5:48
Price to Pay
6:05
Love and Greed
5:11
What's For Breakfast
4:13
encore break
1:28
banter - band intros
0:31
Look Around
9:18
FIN
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Taper: Scott Bernstein and Geoff Tischman
2:11:49
Rating:
10.00 / 1 rating
Taper:
Scott Bernstein and Geoff Tischman
Transferrer:
Scott Bernstein
SHNID:
bt1995-05-01
Source:
FOB Audience DAT
Lineage:
Master recording: Scheops CMC54 (FOB) -> Sonosax -> Sony D10 Pro II -> (via digital patch) Denon DTR-80p (@16/48) Transfer: DAT playback: Sony R-500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48) Mastering: Sox 14.4.2 to remove pre-emphasis curve applied by Sony D10 Pro II A>D converter; Spectralayers 11 to manually wipe hundreds of nearby loud crowd yells, whistles, claps, etc. Adobe Audition 25.0 16 -> 24 dither with settings: Triangular (Shaped) dither with Weighted (Heavy) noise shaping (16.5khz crossover, 24db strength), Adaptive Mode off. Tracked in CDWav. Tagged in Tag&Rename 3.9.15.
Taper Notes:
View NotesRecorded by Scott Bernstein and Geoff Tischman borrowing Eliot Byron's gear; Transferred (5/26/2020); Mastered/Tracked 4/9-10/2024; Additional mastering done on 12/8-20/2024; posted 1/13/2025 by Scott Bernstein Taper notes: For BARN266, I go back....way back -- to 1995 for a Blues Traveler show. Blues Traveler were the first next-generation jamband that I got into after getting into the Grateful Dead -- back in 1989/1990. Somehow they managed to get a record deal AND radio airplay on WNEW-FM classic-rock radio, and I loved their sound. Not only that -- they were local boys from Princeton, NJ who made it big in NYC. I saw & taped them a few times during their early days, and this was one of the shows that I taped early on in my DAT days before I had my own microphones. On this night, I hooked up with old taping (and RU) buddy Geoff Tischman who borrowed Eliot Byron's Scheops microphones, Sonosax, and trusty Sony D10 Pro II -- which I digitally patched out of with my tiny little Denon DTR-80p. We were set up right in a great center orchestra seat, and this show reflects the sound of killer gear set up in a perfect location. There was extra incentive to trek all the way back to New Brunswick, NJ (site of my alma mater) from NYC on this night, as new-favorite band God Street Wine was the opening act (I previously posted the GSW recording here <a href="https://archive.org/details/gsw1995-05-01" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/gsw1995-05-01</a> as BARN246). I tried to release this recording at the same time as when I posted the GSW opening set, but for some reason, the DAT transfer had 7 or 8 short segments with high error rates and "zits" on the recording. Of those problematic segments, I was able to repair all but one of them with a fresh transfer of the section of the tape in question. Getting to this performance -- while this isn't Blues Traveler during their absolute *best* period (89-92), this is still BT at the height of their prowess -- and most importantly before the untimely tragic death of their bassist Bobby Sheehan due to an overdose in 1999. The bulk of this show features songs from the album they were in the midst of a lenghty tour to promote -- Four (not coincidentally, their 4th album, released the previous September) -- "Crash, Burn" (a song that goes back to their earliest days as a band, but finally given a studio release at the time), "Freedom", "Hook", "Look Around", "Price To Pay", "The Mountains Win Again" (my favorite song from the album), and the hit single "Run-Around". We get 4 cuts from their previous album, Save His Soul: an expansive and breathtaking almost-15 minute take on the excellent "Go Outside And Drive" (jamming through the song "Tequila", Beck's "Loser", and "Inch Worm" and finally landing in a cover of War's "Low Rider" -- much like the version recorded on this same tour and released on the album "Live From The Fall"), the rockin' "Love and Greed", "Manhattan Bridge", and "NY Phophesie". We also got 5 stone cold classics from their second album Travelers & Thieves: "Optimistic Thought", "Support Your Local Emperor", an 11 minute epic version of the acoustic "Sweet Pain", "The Best Part", and an always-welcome main set-closing "What's For Breakfast". And finally (and somewhat sadly) we got only 2 cuts from their first/self-titled album -- their big hit "But Anyway", and the highlight of the show: a 16:40 version of "Sweet Talkin' Hippie" augmented by the sweet talkin' hippie himself, Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors on a scat vocal duet. All in all, a killer show. I would only see the classic lineup of this band one more time -- at an amazing show at Central Park Summerstage in 1997...before Bobby's life was taken from us. The band was never the same after Bobby's death. They are still worthwhile to see, but much of their magic was due to Bobby's presence. Of additional note: There are several inferior versions of this show that had been posted to the Live Music Archive: One is sourced from a terrible sounding bootleg called "Chunky But Funky" which is missing the first 3 songs and has digi-noise. Then there seems to be another version whose audio was downloaded from Youtube but is also missing the first 3 songs. Then there is another version which was also recorded with Scheops microphones but sounds to me like it was recorded much farther away in the balcony -- and was recorded on cassette, but seems to have some cuts in it due to cassette flips. I actually spent a significant amount of time listening through this one and cleaning up a ton of yells, whistles, claps, etc. from the extremely boisterous Jersey hometown crowd (not far at all from Princeton, where the band hails from). I was able to scrub all of them them out cleanly thanks to the amazing software tools in Spectralayers 11. I know it was worth it to polish this prime example of prime Blues Traveler. I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as I did. Enjoy! Follow me on Twitter to track my postings of FREE live music and concert photography: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/scott_bernstein" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/scott_bernstein</a> Or become a "fan" on Facebook here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Bernsteins-Live-Music-Photos-Page/166706713365451" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Bernsteins-Live-Music-Photos-Page/166706713365451</a>
Taper: MVB
2:11:58
Taper:
MVB
Transferrer:
MVB
SHNID:
bt1995-05-01.MVBHD
Source:
Schoeps cmc5-mk4mics> Sony D5 Analog Master TDK MA110 Metal Bias Cassettes.
Lineage:
Master Analog Cassette on Sony D5> Sony M10 24/48> Sony Sound Forge Studio 10.0 for all mastering, tracking, conversion to HD FLAC
Taper: Will Salas
1:59:48
Taper:
Will Salas
Transferrer:
Dave Mallick
SHNID:
bt1995-05-01.yt.flac16
Lineage:
youtube-dl > mp4 > m4a > Sound Studio 4.10.0 > xACT 2.50 > FLAC
Taper: Unknown
1:58:34
Transferrer:
Dave Mallick
SHNID:
bt1995-05-01.flac16
Source:
AUD>?>Bootleg CD "Chunky But Funky">CD copy
Lineage:
CD>xACT 1.65 (extract)>Sound Studio 2.1.1b3 (track)>xACT 1.65
Taper Notes:
View Notes* with Chris Barron on vocals - Light spots of diginoise at various points in d1t05. - 1-second dropout removed at 4:29 of d1t06, during crowd noise. - Digiblip at 4:24 of d2t07, likely from tape deck being stopped before the encore. No music is lost. - Sweet Talking Hippie was originally split between the two discs (for the idiotic purpose of adding filler). Fortunately there was enough overlap left over for me to stitch it back together seamlessly.