Tortoise

Tortoise
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco CA
Sept. 14, 2006 (Thurs.)

Source: Microtech Gefell M300s (ORTF, 2' stand, right balcony ~15ï¿½ from stage) > Lunatec V2 > Tascam DA-P1 > DAT (44.1K) 
Transfer: DAT > Sony R500 > Mac (Peak/Waves) > xAct (Level 8) > FLACs
DAT recording and CD-R mastering by Michael Zelner

CD1 (58:02):
1. Omnichord > Swung From The Gutters  11:25
2. It's All Around You  4:00
3. Crest  6:01
4. Monica > In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, and Beethoven There Were Women and Men  9:10
5. Unknown > Dot/Eyes  8:59
6. Glass Museum  6:14
7. Five Too Many  4:52
8. I Set My Face To The Hillside  7:17

CD2 (30:13): 
Encore 1:
1. (intro)  1:06
2. Seneca  7:16
3. Benway  4:40
4. Eros  4:18
5. (break)  1:57
Encore 2:
6. Blackjack  5:40
7. Salt The Skies  5:10

total time: 1:28:11

Dan Bitney - drums, keyboards, vibes, bass and guitar
John Herndon - drums, keyboards, vibes
Doug McCombs- bass, guitar, vibes
John McEntire - drums, keyboards, vibes
Jeff Parker - guitar, bass, vibes

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Tortoise
2006-09-29
Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle (late show)

<a href="http://www.trts.com">http://www.trts.com</a>

John Herndon
Jeff Parker
John McEntire
Dan Bitney
Doug McCombs

* w/ Bundy K. Brown


ONE SET

01. < lead-in >
02. Omnichord
03. Swung From The Gutters
04. It's All Around You
05. Crest
06. I Set My Face To The Hillside
07. Unknown >
08. Dot/Eyes
09. Monica
10. In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, And Beethoven There Were Women And Men
11. Djed

ENCORE

12. The Taut And Tame *
13. *
14. Cornpone Brunch *
15. Tin cans & Twine *
16. Gamera *

NOTES

Taper        : Brian Skalinder / bskalinder@yahoo.com
Location     : ~20' back, 7' stand
Mic Config 1 : Schoeps, XY (0cm, 110ï¿½)
Mic Config 2 : AKG, AB (~60cm split)
Source       : Schoeps MK4/KC5/CMC6 + AKG C414B-XLS (omnis) > Edirol R-4
Record Format: 24-bit, 48 kHz
Conversion   : Edirol R-4 > PC
Edit         : Audacity (mixdown, resample, dither, fades)
Final Format : 16-bit, 44.1 kHz
Track        : CD-Wave



Tortoise
2006-09-29
Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle (early show)

<a href="http://www.trts.com">http://www.trts.com</a>

John Herndon
Jeff Parker
John McEntire
Dan Bitney
Doug McCombs

* w/ Bundy K. Brown


ONE SET

01. < lead-in >
02. It's All Around You
03. Eros
04. Crest
05. Blackjack
06. Glass Museum
07. Stretch (You Are All Right)
08. Salt The Skies
09. Ten-Day Interval
10. Swung From The Gutters
11. Seneca

ENCORE

12. Gamera *
13. The Taut And Tame *
14. Tin Cans & Twine *
15. *
16. Cornpone Brunch *


NOTES

Taper        : Brian Skalinder / bskalinder@yahoo.com
Location     : ~20' back, 7' stand
Mic Config 1 : Schoeps, XY (0cm, 90ï¿½)
Mic Config 2 : AKG, AB (~60cm split)
Source       : Schoeps MK4/KC5/CMC6 + AKG C414B-XLS (omnis) > Edirol R-4
Record Format: 24-bit, 48 kHz
Conversion   : Edirol R-4 > PC
Edit         : Audacity (mixdown, resample, dither, fades)
Final Format : 16-bit, 44.1 kHz
Track        : CD-Wave

Tortoise
Taktlos-TONart Bern Concert Series
Kulturhallen Dampfzentrale
Bern, Switzerland
November 17, 2006

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 "Neue Musik im Konzert" / 2007-02-07
Lineage: FM > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Taped, transferred & seeded by ubu


FM intro (1:19)
 01 Omnicord / Swung from the Gutters (10:16)
 02 It's All Around You (4:16)
 03 Crest (6:05)
 04 Monica / In Sarah, Menken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Women and Men (9:04)
 05 unknwown / Dot/Eyes (8:19)
FM talk (0:21)
 06 Glass Museum (6:09)
 07 Five Too Many (5:12)
 08 I Set My Face to the Hillside (6:11)
 09 Seneca (6:36)
 10 Eros (4:40)
 11 Benway (4:31)
 12 Along the Banks of Rivers (5:13)
FM outro (0:23)

TT: 78:41


Dan Bitney - bass, guitar, percussion, vibes, marimba, keys, barisax
John McEntire - drums, modular synth, ring modulator guitar, electric harpsichord, keys
John Hemdon - drums, vibes, keys, sequencing
Doug McCombs - bass, guitar, lap steel
Jeff Parker - guitar, bass

Note: instrumentation taken from website, I think not all of these instruments are actually being heard and I can't tell who is playing what and what not...


SHNID	Artist	Date	Venue	City	State
79885	Tortoise	2006-09-14	Great American Music Hall	San Francisco	CA
Microtech Gefell M300s > Lunatec V2 > Tascam DA-P1 > DAT (44.1K)
78786	Tortoise	2006-09-29	Empty Bottle	Chicago	IL
Source : Schoeps MK4/KC5/CMC6 + AKG C414B-XLS (omnis) > Edirol R-4 Mics: Schoeps, XY (0cm, 110ï¿½) + AKG, AB (~60cm split) (Location : ~20' back, 7' stand) Conversion : Edirol R-4 > Audacity (mixdown, resample, dither, fades) > CDWave
78812	Tortoise	2006-09-29	Empty Bottle	Chicago	IL
Source : Schoeps MK4/KC5/CMC6 + AKG C414B-XLS (omnis) > Edirol R-4 Mics: Schoeps, XY (0cm, 110ï¿½) + AKG, AB (~60cm split) (Location : ~20' back, 7' stand) Conversion : Edirol R-4 > Audacity (mixdown, resample, dither, fades) > CDWave
83497	Tortoise	2006-11-17	Taktlos-TONart Bern Concert Series	Bern	Switzerland
DRS 2 "Neue Musik im Konzert" FM > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

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