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June 14th
3 shows
5 tapes
Years
2025
128
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48h00m
7d111
30d12814
8 shows
9 tapes
2024
60
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48h00m
7d210m
30d604
15 shows
24 tapes
2023
55
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48h00m
7d00m
30d555
9 shows
9 tapes
2022
4
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48h00m
7d214m
30d431m
10 shows
11 tapes
2021
4 shows
9 tapes
2019
55
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48h00m
7d743m
30d556
18 shows
24 tapes
2018
10
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48h00m
7d00m
30d1055m
8 shows
9 tapes
2017
5
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48h00m
7d115m
30d535m
7 shows
7 tapes
2016
2
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48h00m
7d00m
30d29m
6 shows
8 tapes
2015
9 shows
11 tapes
2014
43
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48h00m
7d432m
30d434
13 shows
21 tapes
2013
1
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48h00m
7d14m
30d14m
23 shows
42 tapes
2012
21
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48h00m
7d16m
30d212
32 shows
64 tapes
2011
14 shows
25 tapes
2010
48
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48h00m
7d00m
30d485
37 shows
72 tapes
2009
16 shows
20 tapes
2008
7
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48h00m
7d212m
30d730m
17 shows
22 tapes
2007
3
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48h312m
7d312m
30d312m
15 shows
22 tapes
2006
94
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48h00m
7d00m
30d948
30 shows
43 tapes
2005
80
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48h373
7d739m
30d808
37 shows
48 tapes
2004
29
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48h00m
7d421m
30d292
29 shows
35 tapes
2003
57
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48h532m
7d425m
30d576
34 shows
38 tapes
2002
19
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48h81
7d1357m
30d192
41 shows
52 tapes
2001
35
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48h00m
7d417m
30d353
81 shows
96 tapes
2000
17
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48h00m
7d959m
30d172
25 shows
36 tapes
1999
3
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48h00m
7d215m
30d320m
4 shows
4 tapes
1998
49
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48h427m
7d101
30d496
52 shows
78 tapes
1997
99
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48h14m
7d596
30d9910
53 shows
96 tapes
1996
86
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48h212
7d202
30d8611
53 shows
98 tapes
1995
127
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48h364
7d293
30d12713
92 shows
144 tapes
1994
135
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48h627m
7d745m
30d13517
94 shows
133 tapes
1993
144
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48h243
7d192
30d14415
63 shows
105 tapes
1992
120
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48h101
7d340m
30d12016
71 shows
91 tapes
1991
131
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48h26m
7d91
30d13119
93 shows
121 tapes
1990
458
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48h385
7d8611
30d45859
71 shows
95 tapes
1989
84
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48h534m
7d16m
30d848
30 shows
41 tapes
1988
15
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48h00m
7d315m
30d151
8 shows
8 tapes
1987
1 show
1 tape
1986
1
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48h00m
7d00m
30d112m
2 shows
2 tapes
1985
9
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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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Sources
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.