Well, I've been out of the loop for a while for a variety of reasons, not the least of which were moving to Chicago and then travelling ~6 weeks for work.  Hope you all enjoy this one.  If you're not familiar with Luna, they're kinda indie rock/pop with a bit of a Velvet Underground feel.  Definitely worth checking out, IMO.


Luna
2004-11-11
Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub


Dean Wareham    - guitar, vocals
Sean Eden       - guitar, backing vocals
Britta Phillips - bass, backing vocals
Lee Wall        - drums


Taper:      Brian Skalinder / bskalinder@yahoo.com
Location:   Center, clamped to balcony, extended 6' out over crowd, ~9' up
Mic Config: DIN (20cm, 90�)
Source:     Schoeps MK41/KC5/CMC6 > Lunatec V3 > Nomad JB3
Conversion: Nomad JB3 > Adaptec FireConnect 4300 > Notmad Explorer > PC
Format:     16-bit, 44.1 kHz
Editing:    CD-Wave (tracking), Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (fades)


DISC ONE

01. [ fade in ]
02. Malibu Lovenest
03. Lovedust
04. Astronaut
05. Speedbumps
06. Going Home
07. Owl & Pussycat
08. Pup Tent
09. Broken Chair
10. Double Feature
11. 1995
12. Mermaid Eyes
13. I Can't Wait
14. Bewitched
15. Black Postcards
16. [ fade out ]

DISC TWO

ENCORE 1

01. [ fade in ]
02. Tiger Lily
03. Tugboat
04. 23 Minutes In Brussels

ENCORE 2

05. Bonnie And Clyde

NOTES:

To seamlessly join the two discs, simply remove D1T16 and D2T01.

Palomar opened.  Cool little venue, the Abbey.  Pretty good selection of beer and drinks, good food.  Holds ~500 with an open floor and a balcony that runs around both sides and the back.  Balcony isn't all that great for listening, but if you want to sit down it's nice.  Oh, and good service in the balcony from the roving servers!  Oddest thing about the venue:  they have a bathroom attendant!  No kidding, very strange.  Sat dead center in the balcony, which for reference is a terrible place to listen to the show, but a good place to record if the Abbey is jam-packed full.  Terrible place to listen because sitting up there you're in a major bass trap, seated-head about even with the bottom of the massive concrete cross-beams and an open space above and behind you that goes up to the full ceiling height.  Ran the mics at the base of the balcony to get away from the bass trap, and also extended them out horizontally 6' over the crowd to get a bit closer to the sound source.  All in all, recordings turned out pretty well, I think.