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Tom Constanten
October 20, 1984 (Saturday)
Jabberwocky
Syracuse, NY
Early Show

"From Ragtime To Dark Star" Tour

Recordist	: Kyle Holbrook - kyle @t rocksuitcase d@t com
Location	: Centered, ~15' from the stage lip, ~8' high
Mic Config	: 0 cm, 90 (XY) 
Source		: beyerdynamic M201 > Sony TC-D5M (No Dolby) > Cassette Master > Sony TC-D5M (No Dolby) > Superscope CD-330 (No Dolby) > Maxell UD-XL II
Recorded Format	: 24 bit, 96 kHz
Conversion	: Maxell UD-XL II > Nakamichi LX-5 (No Dolby, Azimuth Adjusted) > Canare Star Quad interconnects > Sound Devices 722 (Line In, +8.0 dB) > IBM ThinkPad T41
Editing		: Steinberg WaveLab v5.01b (resample, dither)
Dither       	: MegaBitMax, iZotope Ozone 3 (Medium Noise Shaping, Normal Dither Amount)
Final Format 	: 16 bit, 44.1 kHz
Tracking	: CD Wave v1.93.3
Compression	: FLAC v1.2.1b, FLAC Frontend v1.7.0.1, Level 8

Analog > digital transfer and DSP performed by Tim Burke
tburke @t upstatetapers d@t org
November 02, 2007

 78m 54s
 t01. Cold Rain And Snow (Obray Ramsey via McGannahan Skjellyfetti) > 
      American Beauty Rag (Joseph Lamb)
 t02. Magnetic Rag (Scott Joplin)
 t03. Pastime #4 (Artie Matthews)
 t04. Pastime #5 (Artie Matthews)
 t05. The Great Green And Gold Take The Cakewalk (T.S.C. #4)
 t06. Tabby Cat Walk (William Bolcom)
 t07. Dead Man Blues (Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton) > 
      Hesitation Blues (Reverend Gary Davis)
 t08. Boogie Woogie Blues (Albert Ammons)
 t09. Parallax (Terry Ryan)
 t10. Dark Star (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia)
 t11. The Banjo (Louis Moreau Gottschalk)
 t12. Dejavalse (Thomas Charles Constanten)
 t13. San Andreas Stomp (T.S.C. #5)
 t14. Rose Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
 t15. The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
Encore: 
 t16. Bagatelle, Op. 126 #4 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
 t17. New Rag (Scott Joplin)

Notes: 
 The tape flip occurs after Parallax.

Personnel: 
 Tom Constanten - Yamaha Piano [model 250/247(?)]

Tom Constanten

October 20, 1984
Jabberwocky,
Syracuse, NY
Late Show

Ackerman Archives

Source: Audio Technica 835 > Sony D6

Transfer: Master Cassettes > Tascam 680 > Oade modified Grace Design Lunatec V3 > M-Audio MicroTrack II > WAV 24/96

Recording & Transfer by Ray Ackerman
Edited & Mastered (Adobe Audition) by Joe Noel
February 24, 2021

Notes:
- Thanks to Ray for his generosity
- "From Ragtime To Dark Star" Tour

- setlist -
t01 - Cold Rain and Snow -> (Obray Ramsey via McGanahan Skjellyfetti)
t02 - American Beauty Rag (Joseph Lamb)
t03 - Rose Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
t04 - Dead Man Blues -> (Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton)
t05 - Hesitation Blues (Reverend Gary Davis)
t06 - Boogie Woogie Blues (Albert Ammons)
t07 - Dark Star (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia)
t08 - Dejavalse (Thomas Charles Constanten)
t09 - Land of the Hassled and Free (Thomas Charles Constanten)
t10 - San Andreas Stomp (Thomas Charles Constanten)
t11 - Parallax (Terry Ryan)
t12 - Tabby Cat Walk (William Bolcom)
t13 - The Banjo (Louis Moreau Gottschalk)
t14 - Magnetic Rag (Scott Joplin)
t15 - A Ragtime Nightmare (Tom Turpin)
t16 - The Great Green and Gold Take The Cakewalk (Thomas Charles Constanten)
t17 - The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
- encore -
t18 - Scott Joplin's New Rag (Scott Joplin)
t19 - Etude, Opus 42 No. 3 (Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin)
t20 - Pineapple Rag (Scott Joplin)

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Tom Constanten
October 20, 1984 (Saturday)
Jabberwocky
Syracuse, NY
Early Show

"From Ragtime To Dark Star" Tour

Recordist	: Kyle Holbrook - kyle@rocksuitcase.com
Location	: Centered, ~15' from the stage lip, ~8' high
Mic Config	: 0 cm, 90? (XY)
Source		: beyerdynamic M201 > Sony TC-D5M (No Dolby) > Cassette Master > Sony TC-D5M (No Dolby) > Superscope CD-330 (No Dolby) > Maxell UD-XL II
Recorded Format	: 24 bit, 96 kHz
Conversion	: Maxell UD-XL II > Nakamichi LX-5 (No Dolby, Azimuth Adjusted) > Canare Star Quad interconnects > Sound Devices 722 (Line In, +8.0 dB) > IBM ThinkPad T41
Editing		: none
Dither       	: none
Final Format 	: 24 bit, 96 kHz
Tracking	: CD Wave v1.93.3
Compression	: FLAC v1.2.1b, FLAC Frontend v1.7.0.1, Level 8

A 16 bit, 44.1 kHz copy of this source already exists.
Please do not resample and dither this copy and distribute.

Analog > digital transfer and DSP performed by Tim Burke
tburke@upstatetapers.org
November 02, 2007

 78m 54s
 t01. Cold Rain And Snow (Obray Ramsey via McGannahan Skjellyfetti) >
      American Beauty Rag (Joseph Lamb)
 t02. Magnetic Rag (Scott Joplin)
 t03. Pastime #4 (Artie Matthews)
 t04. Pastime #5 (Artie Matthews)
 t05. The Great Green And Gold Take The Cakewalk (T.S.C. #4)
 t06. Tabby Cat Walk (William Bolcom)
 t07. Dead Man Blues (Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton) >
      Hesitation Blues (Reverend Gary Davis)
 t08. Boogie Woogie Blues (Albert Ammons)
 t09. Parallax (Terry Ryan)
 t10. Dark Star (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia)
 t11. The Banjo (Louis Moreau Gottschalk)
 t12. Dejavalse (Thomas Charles Constanten)
 t13. San Andreas Stomp (T.S.C. #5)
 t14. Rose Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
 t15. The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
Encore:
 t16. Bagatelle, Op. 126 #4 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
 t17. ?New? Rag (Scott Joplin)

Notes:
 The tape flip occurs after Parallax.

Personnel:
 Tom Constanten - Yamaha Piano [model 250/247(?)]

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Tom Constanten 1984-10-21.sbd info

Tom Constanten 10/21/84
Ramada Inn,  Ithica, NY
lineage sbd>cass>> ?? >xlII 90 dobly C, unkn gen
Transfer: Dragon dobly C>ua55>usb >Audacity 16/44>TLH. taperchuck3  may 2015.

disc 1    maybe  24/44       47:20
01  Cold Rain and Snow  (Obray Ramsey)
02  American Beauty Rag (Joseph Lamb)
03   song intro
04  Roseleaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
05     s   i
06  Ragtime Nightmare (Tom Turpin)
07     s   i
08  Pastime #4 (Artie Matthews) 1920 slow rag
09     s   i
10  Pastime #5 (Artie Matthews) 1918
11     s   i
12  The Great Green And Gold Take The Cakewalk (T.S.C. #4)
13     s   i
14  Land of the Hasseled and Free  (T.S.C.) from suit
15     s   i
16  Dead Man Blues (Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton) >
     Hesitation Blues (Reverend Gary Davis)
17     s   i
18  Boogie Woogie Blues (Albert Ammons)
19  Dark Star (Robert Hunter,Jerry Garcia) /cut mercilessly

disc 2    16/44       41:00
201   song intro
202  Tabby Cat Walk (William Bolcom)
203    s   i
204  Dejavalse (Thomas Charles Constanten),  intro
205    s   i
206  Paralax   (Terry Ryan)
207    s   i
208  San Andreas Stomp (T.S.C. #5)
209    s   i
210 Pinneapple Rag (Scott Joplin)
211     s   i
212 The Banjo (Louis Moreau Gottschalk) 1850's
213   s   i
214 The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
215    s   i
216 Bagatelle, Op. 126 #4 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
217   s   i
218 New Rag (Scott Joplin)



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Tom Constanten 1984-10-21.sbd info

Tom Constanten 10/21/84
Ramada Inn,  Ithica, NY
lineage: sbd > > unkn gen cass xlII 90 no nr.
Transfer: Dragon nr-out>Ayre QA9>24/96>Audacity>16-44.1>TLH.  taperchuck3 jan, 2019.

01  Cold Rain and Snow  (Obray Ramsey)
02  American Beauty Rag (Joseph Lamb)
03   song intro
04  Roseleaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
05     s   i
06  Ragtime Nightmare (Tom Turpin)
07     s   i
08  Pastime #4 (Artie Matthews) 1920 slow rag
09     s   i
10  Pastime #5 (Artie Matthews) 1918
11     s   i
12  The Great Green And Gold Take The Cakewalk (T.S.C. #4)
13     s   i
14  Land of the Hasseled and Free  (T.S.C.) from suit
15     s   i
16  Dead Man Blues (Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton) >
     Hesitation Blues (Reverend Gary Davis)
17     s   i
18  Boogie Woogie Blues (Albert Ammons)
19   song intro
20  Dark Star (Robert Hunter,Jerry Garcia) /cuts
21   song intro
22  Tabby Cat Walk (William Bolcom)
23    s   i
24  Dejavalse (Thomas Charles Constanten),  intro
25    s   i
26  Paralax   (Terry Ryan)
27    s   i
28  San Andreas Stomp (T.S.C. #5)
29    s   i
30 Pinneapple Rag (Scott Joplin)
31     s   i
32 The Banjo (Louis Moreau Gottschalk) 1850's
33   s   i
34 The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
35    s   i
36 Bagatelle, Op. 126 #4 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
37   s   i
38 “New” Rag (Scott Joplin)

comments:
87 minutes. Dark Star cuts near end due to tape flip.
This is the lowest gen of 3 available tapes of this show. This tape came from Bob. My copy (with dolby C) was posted to etree but never shared. I was hoping that the master would show up.
enjoy!

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Tom Constanten solo
The Fore 'n' Aft
White Plains, NY
1984-10-23

Source:  3x Nak 701s > MX-100 > D5 by Bruce Barnum
Transfer Info: Cassette Master > Nakamichi DR-1 > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (24/96)
Lineage:  Wav24/96 > Wavelab 9.5 (tracking, levels +10 dB, remove DC offset) > FLAC 2496

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the C > D transfer.

Note:  channels unbalanced for the first 30 seconds, then they even out.

01. Hesitation Blues
02. Rose Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
03. American Beauty Rag (Joseph Lamb)
04. Fastime Rag #4 (Artie Matthews)
05. Fastime Rag #5 (Artie Matthews)
06. Cold Rain & Snow
07. Boogie Woogie Blues (Albert Ammons)
08. Paralax (Terry Ryan)
09. Tappy Cat Walk (William Bolcom)
10. Dead Man Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)
11. Dark Star
12. banter
13. Dejavalse (TC)
14. Take The Cake Walk (TC)
15. New Rag (Scott Joplin)
16. The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
17. Scriaban etude Opus 42 No. 3

The Fore 'n' Aft was one of those bar / rock venues that took over old buildings built  for something else, which dotted the landscape until the late 1980s when the 21 year old drinking age killed them.  The kind of place where the Ramones and the Radiators played, people talk too much, and you can hear beer bottles being tossed into the trash between songs.

There were actually four Fore 'n' Afts dotted around Westchester County, and if you're the right age you remember drinking there in high school with a fake ID.  The White Plains location was the flagship locations.  You can find some pictures of these places here:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/Werockedyourmother/ (classy).

This set is almost entirely ragtime, which is probably why TC was getting razzed for playing a solo "musical odyssey of deliberately wide horizons" on a Tuesday night in small Westchester venue.  The crowd seems to thin towards the end, after a few efforts at "play the Grateful Dead" and so forth.  TC even says that "if I have a next time," he'll perform some Dead tunes that he has under development.  Whether anyone was satisfied, I don't know, but it's nice to hear some of these old songs played by a great musician rather than the soundtrack to a cartoon clip.  Plus there's some nice TC material in here, too.  The last track is what "a butterfly after ingesting an interesting chemical" would sound like.

Bruce Barnum was a Deadhead and an avid taper from the early 1980’s until his death in 2017 at age 48.  Over the years, he taped dozens of Dead shows throughout the Northeast, and other concerts, some of which have not been heard since then.
After his death, about 60 of his master cassettes turned up in a used record store in Hudson, NY.  Some were bought by random people nostalgic for the days of cassettes.  The rest were purchased by a fellow Deadhead and archivist.  Bruce’s daughter, Jessica, had more, and was kind enough to lend them to be digitized.  Many of these recordings sound excellent for their age.  They are Bruce's legacy.  Thanks to Charlie Miller, Scott Clugstson and others who have helped bring them to light.

Enjoy!







Tom Constanten solo
The Fore 'n' Aft
White Plains, NY
1984-10-23

Source:  3x Nak 701s > MX-100 > D5 by Bruce Barnum
Transfer Info: Cassette Master > Nakamichi DR-1 > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (24/96)
Lineage:  Wav24/96 > Wavelab 9.5 (tracking, levels +10 dB, remove DC offset, sdither & resample) > 16/44.1 FLAC

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the C > D transfer.

Note:  channels unbalanced for the first 30 seconds, then they even out.

01. Hesitation Blues
02. Rose Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
03. American Beauty Rag (Joseph Lamb)
04. Fastime Rag #4 (Artie Matthews)
05. Fastime Rag #5 (Artie Matthews)
06. Cold Rain & Snow
07. Boogie Woogie Blues (Albert Ammons)
08. Paralax (Terry Ryan)
09. Tappy Cat Walk (William Bolcom)
10. Dead Man Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)
11. Dark Star
12. banter
13. Dejavalse (TC)
14. Take The Cake Walk (TC)
15. New Rag (Scott Joplin)
16. The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
17. Scriaban etude Opus 42 No. 3

The Fore 'n' Aft was one of those bar / rock venues that took over old buildings built  for something else, which dotted the landscape until the late 1980s when the 21 year old drinking age killed them.  The kind of place where the Ramones and the Radiators played, people talk too much, and you can hear beer bottles being tossed into the trash between songs.

There were actually four Fore 'n' Afts dotted around Westchester County, and if you're the right age you remember drinking there in high school with a fake ID.  The White Plains location was the flagship locations.  You can find some pictures of these places here:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/Werockedyourmother/ (classy).

This set is almost entirely ragtime, which is probably why TC was getting razzed for playing a solo "musical odyssey of deliberately wide horizons" on a Tuesday night in small Westchester venue.  The crowd seems to thin towards the end, after a few efforts at "play the Grateful Dead" and so forth.  TC even says that "if I have a next time," he'll perform some Dead tunes that he has under development.  Whether anyone was satisfied, I don't know, but it's nice to hear some of these old songs played by a great musician rather than the soundtrack to a cartoon clip.  Plus there's some nice TC material in here, too.  The last track is what "a butterfly after ingesting an interesting chemical" would sound like.

Bruce Barnum was a Deadhead and an avid taper from the early 1980’s until his death in 2017 at age 48.  Over the years, he taped dozens of Dead shows throughout the Northeast, and other concerts, some of which have not been heard since then.
After his death, about 60 of his master cassettes turned up in a used record store in Hudson, NY.  Some were bought by random people nostalgic for the days of cassettes.  The rest were purchased by a fellow Deadhead and archivist.  Bruce’s daughter, Jessica, had more, and was kind enough to lend them to be digitized.  Many of these recordings sound excellent for their age.  They are Bruce's legacy.  Thanks to Charlie Miller, Scott Clugstson and others who have helped bring them to light.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2020-08-13





Tom Constanten
1984-xx-xx partial
Rose Room, Rutgers U.,
New Bruinswick, NJ

source: aud cassette master

sennheiser 421's>sony d5
maxell udxlII90, dolby b
taped by Rick Colyard

transfer lineage:
nak dragon dolby b decoded>hd-p2 24/96>hd>
adobe audition 2.0(levels, dc offset, dither/resample)>
cd wave>tlh flac level 8
transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 9/28/10

one disc: 35:19

01 - /
02 - Dark Star
03 - Dejavalse
04 - The Great Green And Gold Take The Cakewalk
05 - The San Andreas Stomp
06 - The Banjo
07 - The Entertainer
08 - Bagatelle, Op. 126 #4
09 - New Rag

notes: 	nice recording, thanks Coyote!,
	most likely from October of '84

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TC84-xx-xxd1t02.flac:d1bf67e7a4ecc4cef86b8ff09325986c
TC84-xx-xxd1t03.flac:91c325d801338e1f985b6de4efa4e093
TC84-xx-xxd1t04.flac:b847c39ca1b8c3b533b4ccfbe337af7f
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TC84-xx-xxd1t06.flac:7c62d431d5a4a5c7ed9f4b98f8e15493
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TC84-xx-xxd1t08.flac:a1856dc100d11304283180a8352024ea
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SHNID	Artist	Date	Venue	City	State
89151	Tom Constanten	1984-10-20	Jabberwocky	Syracuse	NY
Source: beyerdynamic M201 > Sony TC-D5M (No Dolby) > Cassette Master > Sony TC-D5M (No Dolby) > Superscope CD-330 (No Dolby) > Maxell UD-XL II;Conversion : Maxell UD-XL II > Nakamichi LX-5 (No Dolby, Azimuth Adjusted) > Canare Star Quad interconnects > Sound Devices 722 (Line In, +8.0 dB) > IBM ThinkPad T41; Editing : Steinberg WaveLab v5.01b (resample, dither); Tracking : CD Wave v1.93.3; Compression : FLAC v1.2.1b, FLAC Frontend v1.7.0.1, Level 8
151917	Tom Constanten	1984-10-20	Jabberwocky	Syracuse	NY
Flac2496 : Late show Audio Technica 835 > Sony D6 Transfer: Master Cassettes > Tascam 680 > Oade modified Grace Design Lunatec V3 > M-Audio MicroTrack II > WAV 24-96 Ackerman Archives. Recording & Transfer by Ray Ackerman. Edited & Mastered (Adobe Audition) by Joe Noel. February 24, 2021.
154093	Tom Constanten	1984-10-20	Jabberwocky	Syracuse	NY
Flac24 beyerdynamic M201 > Sony TC-D5M (No Dolby) > Cassette Master > Sony TC-D5M (No Dolby) > Superscope CD-330 (No Dolby) > Maxell UD-XL II (24/96) Maxell UD-XL II > Nakamichi LX-5 (No Dolby, Azimuth Adjusted) > Canare Star Quad interconnects > Sound Devices 722 (Line In, +8.0 dB) > IBM ThinkPad T41 Recordist : Kyle Holbrook - kyle@rocksuitcase.com Location : Centered, ~15' from the stage lip, ~8' high
132975	Tom Constanten	1984-10-21	Ramada Inn	Ithaca	NY
Flac1644 lineage sbd>cass>> ?? >xlII 90 dolby C, unkn gen Transfer: Dragon dobly C>ua55>usb >Audacity 16/44>TLH. taperchuck3 may 2015.
148729	Tom Constanten	1984-10-21	Ramada Inn	Ithaca	NY
Flac 16: sbd > unkn gen cass xlII 90 no nr. Transfer: Dragon nr-out>Ayre QA9>24/96>Audacity>16-44.1>TLH. taperchuck3 jan, 2019.
150469	Tom Constanten	1984-10-23	The Fore 'n' Aft	White Plains	NY
Flac2496: Source: 3x Nak 701s > MX-100 > D5 by Bruce Barnum Transfer Info: Cassette Master > Nakamichi DR-1 > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (24/96) Lineage: Wav24/96 > Wavelab 9.5 (tracking, levels +10 dB, remove DC offset) > FLAC 2496 Thanks to Charlie Miller for the C > D transfer. Different checksums to 150467 (possibly due to tagging except that the ffp is different too).
150467	Tom Constanten	1984-10-23	The Fore 'n' Aft	White Plains	NY
Flac16: Source: 3x Nak 701s > MX-100 > D5 by Bruce Barnum Transfer Info: Cassette Master > Nakamichi DR-1 > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (24/96) Lineage: Wav24/96 > Wavelab 9.5 (tracking, levels +10 dB, remove DC offset, sdither & resample) > 16/44.1 FLAC Thanks to Charlie Miller for the C > D transfer.
152235	Tom Constanten	1984-??-??	Rose Room - Rutgers University	New Brunswick	NJ
Flac1644 Sennheiser 421's>sony d5>maxell udxlII90, dolby b Taped by Rick Colyard Nak dragon dolby b decoded>hd-p2 24/96>hd>adobe audition 2.0 (levels, dc offset, dither/resample)>cd wave>tlh flac level 8 Transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 2010-09-28

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