Solar Circus

Solar Circus
2/18/1994
Cocktails, South River, NJ

Source: SBD -> DAT (Panasonic SV-255) -> Beta PCM (SONY F1) ->
WAV (Soundblaster Audigy 2 / Cool Edit 44.1/16) -> flac (FLAC frontend)

Disc 1
1) Gates of Heaven (5:11)
2) Better Days (9:12)
3) She Don't Mind (5:17)
4) Bring It On Home To Me** (7:05)
5) Spin Song (16:50)
6) Hidden Colors (10:19)
7) Come The Daybreak (9:59)
Mountain Marlane (7:47)
9) Stems and Seeds (5:44)

Disc 2
1) Women are Smarter (7:00)
2) One More Time (13:44)
3) Not Yet-> (6:20)
4) Drums-> (3:05)
5) The Coast/Hungry Moon (11:26)
6) Shades Of Blue (6:20)
7) Festival (9:23)
Late In The Evening (7:34)


Mark Diomede - Guitar, Vocals
Tom Donovan - Guitar, Vocals
Jason Crosby - Keyboards
Ken Golojuch - Bass
Charles Mitchell - Drums, **Vocals

Dan Tepper - Sound

Cocktails was my favorite place (next to The Court Tavern)
to see Solar during this time period. The Court had a sort of New York
gritty atmosphere, like a scaled down Wetlands. Cocktails was just
the opposite. A nice big place, great sound system (nice and loud
but still very clear) and easy to get to from central jersey. The room was
laid out right with a nice wide stage and lots of room to dance.
There was a big bar in the middle, I think a few tables in the back, and
for a while a very large fish tank with oscars.

The playing here is sort of laid back, but with lots of nice
jamming. At this point the band is VERY tight and every turn and
transition is effortless. The set list is pretty standard for this
period, with the exception of "Late In The Evening".

A GEMS production -+-+- www.shnflac.net -+-+- April 2007

Solar Circus
April, 08th, 1994
Warfield Theatre
SF, CA


Recording: SBD ->DAT
Transfer: Panasonic SV-3800 -> DAW -> M-Audio 66 @ 16/44.1KHz
Compression/editing: Wavlab/ozone -> CDwave -> FlacFrontend -> Traders Little helper(checks included)


01. Stems and Seeds
02. Twilight Dance *
03. Not Yet ->
04. Drums ->
05. Up on the Coast ->
06. Hungry Moon
07. Better Days
08. Festival **

*A bit of static from [05:49 to 05:55]
** With Pete Sears

Set Total: [48:56]

Opened for NRPS and Jorma



Recording+Live mixing: Dan Tepper
Transfer, editing, lossless compression: mtownshend 


Part of the Lossless Legs Gems project~~~ www.shnflac.net~~~~


Solar Circus
6/11/94  
Sunshine Daydream Festival
Brownie's Lodge 
Egg Harbor, New Jersey

Source: SBD -> DAT (Panasonic SV-255) -> Beta PCM (SONY F1) ->
WAV (Soundblaster Audigy 2 / Cool Edit 44.1/16) -> FLAC (FLAC Frontend) 

CD1: (43:10)
01) Stems and Seeds (7:24)
02) All Here Together (5:35)
03) Shades Of Blue-> (4:57)
04) Let It Go (8:57)
05) Not Yet-> (5:19)
06) Drums-> (1:18)
07) The Coast/Hungry Moon (9:34)

CD2: (52:15)
01) Daybreak (8:59)
02) Mountain Marlane-> (9:20)
03) Twilight Dance-> (11:23)
04) Better Days-> (7:28)
05) Festival-> (8:17)
06) Late In the Evening (6:43)

Total (95:21)

Exact linup is unknown.

Mark Diomede - Guitar, Vocals
Tom Donovan - Guitar, Vocals
Charles Mitchell - Drums
Tom Constanten - Keys ^


^Possibly Mookie Siegal on keys, most likely TC.


This was an outdoor festival with The Dave Nelson Band and
Tom Constanten. I don't remember much about the show. A large
open area, mostly dirt. I remember TC commenting on my Cincinnati
Reds hat (they had just changed to a Red and Black color scheme).
He's a very big baseball fan. I remember getting him to sign his
book that had just came out (Between Rock and a Hard Place).

I made a few level adjustments where there were noticeable
changes in volume and removed a couple of pops. They played
one big set. It's best to split the CDs before "Daybreak".


A GEMS production -+-+- www.shnflac.net -+-+- June 2007

Solar Circus
Thursday, June 16th, 1994
Irving Plaza
New York, New York

Recording: SBD ->DAT

Transfer: Panasonic SV-3800 -> DAW -> M-Audio 66 @ 16/44.1KHz
Compression/editing: Wavlab/ozone -> CDwave -> FlacFrontend -> Traders Little helper(checks included)

Disck One:
01. Crowd/Tuning
02. Stems and Seeds *
03. Spin Song
04. Not Yet->
05. Drums ->
06. The Coast ->
07. Hungry Moon
08. Too Many Lawyers

Disk two:
02. Twilight Dance
02. Space ->
03. Mountain Marlane ->
04. Come the Daybreak
05. Shades of Blue ->
06. Let it Go

*A few level adjustments 
***The Grapes opened


Disk One Time: [00:45:22]
Disk Two Time: [00:41:23]
Set Total: [01:26:45]


Recording+Live mixing: Dan Tepper
Transfer, editing, lossless compression: mtownshend 


Part of the Lossless Legs Gems project~~~ www.shnflac.net~~~~


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Solar Circus
1994-06-17
The Bank
Baltimore, MD

Source:  Bands Archive DAT Master
<=>Dan Tepper's - Matrix Recording<=>
(SBD + Processed AKG414 Mix)

Tansfer/Mastering: Tascam DA-30 -> DAW -> m-audio 66 -> wavelab @16/44 (levels check/adjust, minor edits)
Lossless Compression: CDwave -> flacfrontend L8 -> Checksums/shntool via. Traders Little Helper

[05:25] 01. Smokey Room *
[05:34] 02. She Don't Mind
[05:30] 03. Not Yet ->
[01:41] 04. Drums ->
[10:22] 05. Cats are the Martians 
[05:19] 06. Almost remember **
[09:06] 07. Mountain Marlane ***
[08:25] 08. Minglewood
[01:32] 09. Tuning
[18:55] 10. Obsession ->
[11:02] 11. Stems and Seeds -> (Deadicated to OJ)
[11:50] 12. Festival

Encore:
[11:50] 13. Late in the Evening

Show Length [01:37:33]

* at [2:00] level adjustment
** Rick: The Grapes - Percussion
*** Steve: The Grapes
*** Jeff H.: Electric Fiddle


Recording+Live mixing Dan Tepper
Transfer, editing, lossless compression mtownshend@gmail.com 


Part of the Lossless Legs Gems project~~~ www.shnflac.net~~~~

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Solar Circus 
November 09 and 11, 1994
8-track Mixes For "Live Album"-- Live

Recording: SBD + AKG414 Matrix
Transfer: Panasonic SV-3800 -> DAW -> M-Audio 66 @ 16/44.1KHz
Compression/editing: Wavlab/ozone -> CDwave -> FlacFrontend -> Traders Little helper(checks included)


Ivory Tusk
Tuscaloosa, AL
1994-11-17

Disk One [01:17:47]:
[10:06]01. Twilight Dance
[04:14]02. Almost Remember
[06:56]03. Mountain Marlane
[05:11]04. Jah is Close ->
[02:10]05. Jam ->
[06:39]06. Hidden Space ->
[09:27]07. Space -> 
[07:15]08. Daybreak
[04:34]09. Let it Go
[11:34]10. Shades of Blue
[05:16]11. Spinsong
[04:49]12. Too Many Lawyers

Disk Two[00:56:22]
[03:52]01. Up on The Coast ->
[06:40]02. Stems and Seeds
[13:11]03. One More Time
[06:17]04. Better Things, Brighter Days
[06:34]05. Cats are the Martians
[01:32]06. Chatter
[05:54]07. 54 Days
[12:22]08. Eyes of the World...[12:22]

The Locker Room
Auburn, AL
1994-11-09

Disk Three [00:46:31]:
[06:12]01. Too Many Lawyers -> 
[05:28]02. Into Tomorrow
[01:16]03. Space ->
[10:09]04. Daybreak
[05:07]05. Twistin' and Turning'
[05:32]06. All Here Together
[00:25]07: Recording Announcement
[03:59]08. Not Yet ->
[03:10]09. Drums ->
[05:32]10. Up on the Coast...

Total Time [03:48:40]

Solar Circus
1994-12-31
Lithuanian Hall
Baltimore, MD

Recording: DSBD -> Pro DAT
Transfer: Tascam DA-30 -> DAW -> M-Audio 66 @ 16/44.1KHz
Compression/editing: Wavlab/ozone -> CDwave -> FlacFrontend -> Traders Little helper(checks included)


The Band: 
Tom Donovan - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Mark Diomede - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Charles Mitchell - Drums  
Jason Crosby - Keyboards, Fiddle, Trumpet
Kevin Kopak - Bass
Dan Tepper - Sound and Trumpet as noted

Set 1, Disk 1:
[05:43] 01. Twilight Dance ->
[12:57] 02. The Other One ->
[03:53] 03. Twilight Dance
[10:05] 04. Viola Lee Blues
[03:52] 05. Alabama Get Away
[04:49] 06. Promised Land

Set Two:
[00:32] 01  Tuning
[05:02] 02. Jam ->
[11:01] 03. Daybreak ->
[09:19] 04. Let it Go 
[04:27] 05. Almost Remember
[04:32] 06. The Coast ->
[07:29] 07. Hungry Moon
[06:01] 08. Shades of Blue
[09:13] 09. Mountain Marlane
[07:37] 10. Sugar Magnolia
[09:32] 11. Cats are the Martians
[08:20] 12. Stems and Seeds
[04:56] 13. Jah is Close

Encore:
[03:02] 01. Charles Announcement ->
[06:19] 05. Too Many Lawyers ->
[12:42] 06. Obsession ->
[04:24] 07. Twilight Dance Reprise ->
[03:01] 08. Late in the Evening *

* Dan on Trumpet


Set 1 Time [00:41:19]
Set 2 Time [01:28:01]
Set 3 Time [00:30:30]
Show Length [02:38:48]

SHNID	Artist	Date	Venue	City	State
85627	Solar Circus	1994-02-18	Cocktails	South River	NJ
Source: SBD -> DAT (Panasonic SV-255) -> Beta PCM (SONY F1) -> WAV (Soundblaster Audigy 2 / Cool Edit 44.1/16) -> flac (FLAC frontend)
89491	Solar Circus	1994-04-08	Warfield Theatre	San Francisco	CA
SBD ->DAT See text for additional info
85741	Solar Circus	1994-06-11	Brownies Lodge	Egg Harbor	NJ
SBD -> DAT (Panasonic SV-255) -> Beta PCM (SONY F1) -> WAV (Soundblaster Audigy 2 / Cool Edit 44.1/16) -> FLAC (FLAC Frontend)
89417	Solar Circus	1994-06-16	Irving Plaza	New York	NY
Recording: SBD ->DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3800 -> DAW -> M-Audio 66 @ 16/44.1KHz Compression/editing: Wavlab/ozone -> CDwave -> FlacFrontend
90097	Solar Circus	1994-06-17	The Bank	Baltimore	MD
Bands Archive DAT Master <=>Dan Tepper's - Matrix Recording<=> (SBD + Processed AKG414 Mix)
89510	Solar Circus	1994-11-??	Compilation - "Live Album"	Compilation	Compilation
SBD + AKG414 Matrix, 8 Track
90151	Solar Circus	1994-12-31	The Bank	Baltimore	MD
DSBD -> Pro DAT See info for transfer, etc...

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