Béla Fleck + The Flecktones
1999-06-01
State Theatre, Portland, ME

Source: Unknown > ?? > 1st Gen Cassette (from taper)

Transfer to WAV: Cassette > JVC TD-W318 Cassette Deck > Fostex FR2-LE (Busman Mod) > SONAR 8 (Join tracks) > Sound Forge 8.0 (Normalize RMS to -16dB, Cut Frequencies above 8kHz by 6dB, fades)
by Andrew Butler (andrewpaulbutler AT gmail DOT com) - Fall 2009

Seed Preparation: WAV > WavLab 4.0 (tracking) > Trader's Little Helper (SBE fixing > FLAC Level 8) > MP3tag (ID tags added)
by dug (crookedbirds AT gmail DOT com) - June 4/2010


Set I
01.  [10:09] - Imagine This
02.  [05:12] - A Moment So Close (Instrumental) >
03.  [07:00] - Communication
04.  [02:20] - 'Band Intros'
05.  [09:50] - Big Country
06.  [12:23] - Victor Solo
07.  [01:55] - 'Banter'
08.  [10:54] - Spanish Point
09.  [00:26] - 'Crowd'

Set II
01.  [07:44] - Futureman Solo
02.  [10:40] - Zenergy
03.  [06:52] - "Jeff's Mango"%
04.  [09:57] - "Calypso"%
05.  [10:00] - Sunset Road
06.  [02:07] - 'Victor intros Béla' *
07.  [13:34] - Béla Solo *
08.  [02:03] - 'Encore break'
09.  [07:02] - Stomping Grounds# >
10.  [10:09] - The Sinister Minister# >
11.  [02:01] - Stomping Grounds
12.  [01:34] - 'Crowd/Banter'

% uncertain of actual titles
* audible tape warbling
# Béla and Victor switch instruments during the jam that then leads into The Sinister Minister. They switch back after the solo breaks: Vic-banjo, Jeff-flute, Béla-bass^, Vic-bass. Victor takes them back into Stomping Grounds at the end of his bass solo.
^ Béla's bass solo was cut short due to an equipment problem -- the patch chord kept falling out and he kept playing after once or twice of plugging it back in but then passed the bass back to Victor.

NOTE:
The only real audible distortion from the cassette is during Béla's solo and Victor's intro to his solo. Other than that I was very impressed with how this came out. HUGE thanks to my buddy Butler for taking the time to transfer these cassettes. We rented a convertible and drove the 6 hours there and back just before and right after the show -- only time I ever drove a convertible. We were late arriving due to my having left my wallet in another rental car in a different city two days earlier on a trip to see MMW and Béla & the Tones in Boston ... anyway, we came in during Big Country. An usher then led us right up to the front where we sat on some steps in amoungst the seats that were set up just in time to witness Victor's solo and everything went VERY well from that point onwards. Nice to have the tunes digitally preserved 10+ years later!
- dug

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