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

101 [2:05] tune ups and announcer

102 [2:02] Walk Don't Run

103 [0:14] talk

104 [2:35] Telstar

105 [3:06] Secret Agent Man

106 [5:23] Tequila

107 [3:11] La Bamba

108 [2:58] Apache

109 [0:38] talk

110 [2:14] Runaway

111 [1:17] band intros

112 [3:54] Classical Gas

113 [0:48] talk

114 [0:58] Let's Go [false start]

115 [2:09] Let's Go

116 [0:38] talk

117 [3:24] Pipeline

118 [2:38] Hawaii Five-O

119 [0:27] talk

120 [3:37] Wipe Out

121 [0:25] talk

122 [8:25] Caravan

123 [0:11] thanks and applause at end of first set

CD2 - second set - 51:24

201 [0:24] second set intro

202 [2:04] Perfidia

203 [2:40] Memphis

204 [2:56] Penetration

205 [2:16] The Outer Limits

206 [6:10] Whittier Boulevard

207 [3:02] House Of The Rising Sun

208 [2:18] Feel So Fine

209 [2:25] Showdown At Newport

210 [2:18] The Cruel Sea

211 [2:35] Walk Don't Run '64

212 [3:55] Green Onions

213 [2:04] Paint It Black

214 [2:55] Hawaii Five-O

215 [3:13] Pipeline

216 [0:15] talk

217 [3:38] Wipeout

218 [0:55] thanks, applause and talk before encore

219 [4:16] Stars On Guitars

220 [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!