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2025
41
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48h321m
7d15m
30d414
1 show
2 tapes
2023
100
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48h111
7d1058m
30d10010
3 shows
3 tapes
2019
1 show
1 tape
2018
17
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48h16m
7d00m
30d172
1 show
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2016
3 shows
3 tapes
2012
8
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48h00m
7d00m
30d853m
4 shows
5 tapes
2011
82
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48h00m
7d1055m
30d828
13 shows
18 tapes
2010
311
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48h313m
7d16013
30d31128
56 shows
81 tapes
2009
119
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48h00m
7d00m
30d11912
48 shows
64 tapes
2008
228
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48h182
7d634m
30d22823
76 shows
88 tapes
2007
135
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48h957m
7d00m
30d13514
70 shows
74 tapes
2006
133
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48h243
7d546
30d13313
75 shows
86 tapes
2005
308
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48h221m
7d7310
30d30838
89 shows
102 tapes
2004
546
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48h333
7d354
30d54660
89 shows
97 tapes
2003
178
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48h00m
7d667
30d17819
82 shows
93 tapes
2002
98
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48h607
7d263
30d9810
47 shows
50 tapes
2001
114
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48h856m
7d750m
30d11413
40 shows
40 tapes
2000
107
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48h101
7d293
30d10710
38 shows
42 tapes
1999
379
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48h745m
7d606
30d37937
56 shows
66 tapes
1998
91
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48h314m
7d111
30d9112
44 shows
54 tapes
1997
198
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48h313
7d00m
30d19820
65 shows
77 tapes
1996
345
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48h141
7d192
30d34535
76 shows
86 tapes
1995
384
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48h00m
7d525m
30d38434
73 shows
80 tapes
1994
246
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48h474
7d13111
30d24622
80 shows
87 tapes
1993
167
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48h141
7d531m
30d16717
46 shows
49 tapes
1992
189
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48h539m
7d232
30d18928
27 shows
30 tapes
1991
61
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48h00m
7d00m
30d615
20 shows
24 tapes
1990
69
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48h212
7d00m
30d696
13 shows
16 tapes
1989
145
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48h00m
7d29m
30d14513
29 shows
33 tapes
1988
172
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48h00m
7d857m
30d17215
22 shows
22 tapes
1987
65
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48h00m
7d455
30d657
35 shows
36 tapes
1986
66
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48h00m
7d484
30d665
15 shows
17 tapes
1985
525
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48h1052m
7d504
30d52549
40 shows
44 tapes
1984
153
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48h242
7d182
30d15313
23 shows
25 tapes
1983
45
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48h00m
7d00m
30d454
14 shows
15 tapes
1982
5
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48h00m
7d421m
30d524m
13 shows
13 tapes
1981
124
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48h529m
7d00m
30d12410
11 shows
11 tapes
1980
214
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48h00m
7d429m
30d21417
6 shows
6 tapes
1979
28
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48h00m
7d00m
30d283
1 show
1 tape
1978
49
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48h00m
7d19m
30d495
2 shows
2 tapes
1977
16
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48h00m
7d1146m
30d165
2 shows
2 tapes
1976
35
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48h00m
7d252
30d353
2 shows
2 tapes
1998
10/8/98
Misery Train
5:01
Dead Ass
5:35
Lets Radiate
4:37
Mood To Move
5:16
Straight 8
7:41
Law Of The Fish
3:36
Number 2 Pencil
6:44
Someone Like You
4:45
Jigsaw
7:27
Heat Generation
7:55
Doubled Up
3:18
Love Is a Tangle
4:44
Jessica
6:15
Chicken Shack
5:12
Let The Good Times Roll
8:19
Parchmens Farm
10:05
Baby Im A Creepin Vine
2:44
Hold Back The Flood
5:29
Automatic
5:55
Little Sadie
6:32
Cocktail Music
4:38
Pipeline
3:49
Gloria>We Got To Get Out Of This Place>Gloria
5:43
FIN
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Taper: Jerry Moore
2:11:20
Taper:
Jerry Moore
Transferrer:
Rob Berger
SHNID:
rad1998-10-08
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SDB>DAT
Taper: Scott Bernstein
2:10:32
Taper:
Scott Bernstein
Transferrer:
Scott Bernstein
SHNID:
radiators1998-10-08.tlm170.flac16
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FOB Audience
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Original master recording: Neumann TLM-170 (cardoid) -> Sonosax -> Tascam DAP1 (master @ 16/48) DAT playback: Sony R-500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48) Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0c - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Volume normalization and dithering to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings. Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter. Tracked in CDWav.
Taper Notes:
View Notes* = w/Merl Saunders on additional keys/organ + = w/Born To Be Wild lyrics in intro Follow me on Twitter to track my near-daily 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 Notes: The New Orleans Radiators -- the band that was self-proclaimed "too stupid to stop" (according to their t-shirts) has apparently gained some intelligence and called it quits as of June 11th, 2011. The band had been together for more than 30 years (I first heard them in a concert broadcast on WNEW-FM here in NYC in 1988, when I was still in High School!), and while not every show in recent years was brilliant, I did manage to see a few excellent ones in my time and had a great time at many of them. Consider the next 3 BARN installments -- BARN93 through BARN95 my tribute to the Radz' Fish Head music. First off, I'm presenting this show from Irving Plaza (probably the place that I saw them the most) from the first night of their typical (for the time) 3 night weekend run in NYC. This show featured Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band opening, which for some unexplained reason meant that the Radiators only got to play one long set instead of 2 shorter ones. For anyone who collects/listens to Radiators recordings, you'll know that most tapers (including myself) usually just opted for the easy route and patched out the soundboard feed that Kenny, their front-of-house sound mixer offered. On this particular night I was concerned that Merl would not allow soundboard patches for his opening set....so I brought out my full rig including mics and set them up in my usual FOB sweet spot in Irving Plaza and made this really warm, crisp audience recording. This recording is mostly notable because: 1. It is not currently in circulation on archive.org; 2. There is a Merl Saunders sit-in, which is a nice bonus; and 3. It so obviously displays the benefits of an audience recording over a soundboard recording. What is so much better about the audience recording? Well, if you're any sort of fan of Reggie Scanlan's bass playing, or Camille Boudoin's guitar playing, both loud and clear on this recording, much like it was in the house mix at most venues (due to the volume of their amps onstage). Also, the vocals and drum effects do not dominate this recording, as they tend to on the soundboard recordings. What's also cool is you can hear the audience react to particularly interesting things....stuff the band says, and even a few call-and-response singalongs (I believe we get a little of this in Little Sadie). This recording really reflects what it sounded like in the room that night, which was excellent! In terms of performance, this is a solid show (for the first of a 3 night run) -- a can't miss warm-up opening combo of Nightmare > Dead Ass (Radiators covering P-Funk is a pretty winning combo), a BUNCH of old time Radiators' classics -- Let's Radiate, In The Mood To Move, Straight 8, Law of The Fish, #2 Pencil, Love Is A Tangle...all before finding their way into a sweet take on a couple of covers -- the Allman Brothers' Jessica & Back At The Chicken Shack. Then Merl Saunders joins for a few classics and winding it up with the crowd-pleasing Little Sadie. VERY SOLID, and a great example of what The Radiators could do on a good night. To quote one of the songs from this show "Let's Radiate!" Enjoy! Scott A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted): BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/2005 BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993 BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995 BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show) BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996 BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996 BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997 BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998 BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997 BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997 BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995 BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995 BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08 BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org) BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993 BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994 BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997 BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997 BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996 BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org) BARN27 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.org) BARN28 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org) BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996 BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995 BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996 BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon) BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon) BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995 BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993 (on dimeadozen.org) BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996 (on dimeadozen.org) *** Start of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) *** BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008 BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show) BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org) BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org) BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008 BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org) BARN43 - Global Noize, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org) BARN44 - Deep Banana Blackout, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000 BARN45 - Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000 BARN46 - Medeski Martin And Wood, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000 (on bt.etree.org) BARN47 - String Cheese Incident, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000 BARN48 - Soulive, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2001 BARN49 - String Cheese Incident, Cajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LA 5/3/2000 BARN50 - New Mastersounds, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/2/2008 BARN51 - Funky Meters, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6/13/2003 (on bt.etree.org) BARN52 - George Porter And The Runnin' Pardners, Village Underground, NYC, 5/19/2001 BARN53 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tramps, NYC 10/29/1993 late show BARN54 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 5/15/93 late show (on dimeadozen) BARN55 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 10/29/93 late show (on dimeadozen) BARN56 - Wild Magnolias, Wetlands, NYC 2/10/2000 (on bt.etree.org) *** end of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series *** BARN57 - Blues Traveler, Livingston Gym @ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 4/17/1993 BARN58 - Phish, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 10/29/1998 (on bt.etree.org) BARN59 - Jazz Is Dead, Bottom Line, NYC 2/7/1998 (late show only) (on bt.etree.org) BARN60 - Grateful Dead, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA 5/27/1993 BARN61 - The Dude Of Life (w/Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman for entire show, plus Page McConnell for a bunch), Wetlands, NYC 2/5/1994 - on bt.etree.org BARN62 - ALO, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005 BARN63 - Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005 (on bt.etree.org) BARN64 - Dan Bern, The Bottom Line, NYC 11/11/1998 BARN65 - Galactic, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/18/1997 (on bt.etree.org) BARN66 - Bruce Hornsby And The Range, Paramount Theater, NYC 12/7/1993 (on bt.etree.org) BARN67 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 8/26/1993 BARN68 - Warren Haynes Midnight Southern Jam - Wetlands, NYC 8/5/1993 (on bt.etree.org) BARN69 - Dave Matthews And Friends (Trey Anastasio, Tim Reynolds, Tony Hall, Brady Blade, Ray Paczkowski) Bonnaroo 6/11/2004 (on bt.etree.org) BARN70 - Rana at Bret & Joyce's wedding, Whitehall, NY 9/17/2005 BARN71 - Soulive - Baby Jupiter, NYC 6/11/1999 BARN72 - Chris Barron, Nightingale Bar, NYC 7/14/1997 BARN73 - Chris Barron, Nightingale Bar, NYC 11/17/1997 BARN74 - George Porter's 60th Birthday w/PBS and friends, Blender Theater, NYC 12/29/2007 BARN75 - Jennifer Hartswick Band with special guest Trey Anastasio, Lion's Den, NYC 11/7/2003 (on bt.etree.org) BARN76 - moe., Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999 BARN77 - Project Logic, Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999 BARN78 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/13/1994 (on bt.etree.org) BARN79 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/14/1994 (on bt.etree.org) BARN80 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/15/1994 (on bt.etree.org) BARN81 - The Recipe, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999 BARN82 - Ominous Seapods, Wetlands, NYC 6/4/1999 BARN83 - Coby Brown Group, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999 (on bt.etree.org) BARN84 - The Big Wu, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999 BARN85 - Moon Boot Lover, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999 BARN86 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999 BARN87 - Miracle Orchestra, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999 BARN88 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999 BARN89 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 10/2/1998 BARN90 - Lake Trout, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999 BARN91 - Olu Dara, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, South Street Seaport Atrium, NYC 6/6/1999 (on bt.etree.org & www.dimeadozen.org) BARN92 - Donna The Buffalo, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999 BARN93 - Radiators (w/Merl Saunders sit-in), Irving Plaza 10/8/1998 Recorded, transferred, mastered, and posted by Scott Bernstein (6/10-7/11/2011).