The Ventures - 1989-01-28 - Santa Cruz, CA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

The Catalyst

First transfer for this excellent previously lost cassette master. It sounds like a straight soundboard recording but after comparing again with the 1987-06-26 Ventures that I know is a live matrix recording I've decided that this recording does have some ambience in the mix, just not much. I've clarified the lineage below and in the linked info file (again!).

Lineage:

Monitor soundboard feed + 2 Crown PZM microphones + 2 Nakamichi cm300 microphones and one other ambient microphone mounted on balcony railing > live matrix "tape mix" > Sony TC-WR950 quick auto-reverse deck > Dolby C encoded Maxell XLII-S 60 & XLII-S 90 cassette master.

Transfer [2013-06-15]:

Nakamichi Dragon (Dolby C decoded) > Macintosh with Digidesign Audiomedia III card > Pro Tools (minor "nip & tuck" edits, normalization & tracking - no equalization or DNR) > AIFF > xACT (Flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).

Bob Bogle

Gerry McGee

Don Wilson

Mel Taylor

CD1 - first set - 53:17

01 [2:05] tune ups and announcer

02 [2:02] Walk Don't Run

03 [0:14] talk

04 [2:35] Telstar

05 [3:06] Secret Agent Man

06 [5:23] Tequila

07 [3:11] La Bamba

08 [2:58] Apache

09 [0:38] talk

10 [2:14] Runaway

11 [1:17] band intros

12 [3:54] Classical Gas

13 [0:48] talk

14 [0:58] Let's Go [false start]

15 [2:09] Let's Go

16 [0:38] talk

17 [3:24] Pipeline

18 [2:38] Hawaii Five-O

19 [0:27] talk

20 [3:37] Wipe Out

21 [0:25] talk

22 [8:25] Caravan

23 [0:11] thanks and applause at end of first set

CD2 - second set - 51:24

01 [0:24] second set intro

02 [2:04] Perfidia

03 [2:40] Memphis

04 [2:56] Penetration

05 [2:16] The Outer Limits

06 [6:10] Whittier Boulevard

07 [3:02] House Of The Rising Sun

08 [2:18] Feel So Fine

09 [2:25] Showdown At Newport

10 [2:18] The Cruel Sea

11 [2:35] Walk Don't Run '64

12 [3:55] Green Onions

13 [2:04] Paint It Black

14 [2:55] Hawaii Five-O

15 [3:13] Pipeline

16 [0:15] talk

17 [3:38] Wipeout

18 [0:55] thanks, applause and talk before encore

19 [4:16] Stars On Guitars

20 [1:05] final thanks and applause

Note:

It was so loud over the stage that it was hard to get an optimal live mix but notes were kept for each band in case they later returned. Some of the mixes sounded more ambient than others and this one really sounds more like a straight soundboard feed but does have a bit of ambience too and the quality is fantastic on all of it. Highly recommended!