Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band

Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band

October 06, 1991
Chautauqua Auditorium
Boulder, CO

Ackerman's Archive

Master Digital Audience Recording & Transfer by Ray Ackerman:
AKG 460/CK63ULS 90 DIN > AKG B18 phantom power unit > DAT (Panasonic SV255)
Location: 8th row center, FOB.

Transfer info:
Tascam DA 30 mkii > Microtrack ii > wavelab 5 > WAV 24/48

Edited & Mastered by Joe Noel:
WAV > Audacity > FLAC 24/48
September 19, 2018

Notes:
- some of the banter is cut
- tape was paused between songs, cross fades where used where applicable.

- Setlist -
t01 - Finders Keepers
t02 - Hi-Heel Sneakers
t03 - Blues for The Rainforest
t04 - The System
t05 - Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff)
t06 - banter
t07 - Sunrise over Haleakala
t08 - Do I Move You? (Nina Simone)
t09 - Feel Like Dynamite
t10 - Sugaree
   - encore -
t11 - My Problems Got Problems
t12 - Bertha

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Merl Saunders and The Rainforest Band
Rock N Roll Heaven
Toronto, Canada
November 05, 1991

Source: Master Soundboard DAT (48k)
Transfer: Dat > Sony PCM-R500 > Tascam DA-3000 > DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz > dBpoweramp  > 16/48
Lineage :  wav > iZotope RX 11 > CD Wave > flac 1648



01   soundcheck
02   Merl talking about Bill Graham
03   Blues From The Rainforest
04   The System
05   Wondering Why
06   I Feel Like Dynamite >
07   Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) >
08   I Feel Like Dynamite (Reprise) > band intros
09   ~~encore break ~~

encore

10   Merl talking
11   My Funny Valentine >
12   Santa Claus is Comin To Town >
13   Sugaree




Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
Steve Kimock - guitar
Michael Warren - bass
Vince Middleton - drums, percussion


Thanks to Joel Pollack for the loan of his master

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and facilitating


editing and mastered
SIRMick
December 2024


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Merl Saunders And The Rainforest Band
Wetlands
New York, NY
1991-11-10

Source:   Sony ECM-909a > WM-D3 by Rob Robles
Transfer: MC (XLII-90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, cross-fade tape flips, DDI Codec (Dolby B / -27.2 dBFS), remove DC offset, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644

Thanks to Rob Robles for the cassettes and to the LL community for mulling over the title of track 6.

01. Dedication to Bill Graham
02. Fever
03. banter
04. You Can Leave Your Hat On
05. banter
06. My Funny Valentine
07. Finders Keepers
08. Dynamite
09. Wonderin' Why
10. Hi-Heeled Sneakers *
11. The Harder They Come
12. banter
13. Blues For The Rainforest
14. The System
15. banter

Encore:
16. Resurrection Rag
17. Sugaree

* w/ Bob on sax

This was, according to Merl, the last night of the 1991 East Coast tour.  Perhaps that's why he says "merry Christmas and Happy New Year" right at the end of the encore, even though it's still early November at Wetlands.  Either that, or the cassettes were seriously misdated, but there's no obvious candidate for a different date.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-04-21


Merl Saunders And The Rainforest Band
Wetlands
New York, NY
1991-11-10

Source:   Sony ECM-909a > WM-D3 by Rob Robles
Transfer: MC (XLII-90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, cross-fade tape flips, DDI Codec (Dolby B / -27.2 dBFS), remove DC offset) > FLAC 2496

Thanks to Rob Robles for the cassettes and to the LL community for mulling over the title of track 6.

01. Dedication to Bill Graham
02. Fever
03. banter
04. You Can Leave Your Hat On
05. banter
06. My Funny Valentine
07. Finders Keepers
08. Dynamite
09. Wonderin' Why
10. Hi-Heeled Sneakers *
11. The Harder They Come
12. banter
13. Blues For The Rainforest
14. The System
15. banter

Encore:
16. Resurrection Rag
17. Sugaree

* w/ Bob on sax

This was, according to Merl, the last night of the 1991 East Coast tour.  Perhaps that's why he says "merry Christmas and Happy New Year" right at the end of the encore, even though it's still early November at Wetlands.  Either that, or the cassettes were seriously misdated, but there's no obvious candidate for a different date.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-04-21


SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
151485	1991-10-06	Chautauqua Auditorium	Boulder	CO
Source: AKG 460/CK63ULS 90 DIN > AKG B18 phantom power unit > DAT (Panasonic SV255) Location: 8th row center, FOB. Transfer info: Tascam DA 30 mkii > Microtrack ii > wavelab 5 > WAV 24/48
169188	1991-11-05	Rock N Roll Heaven	Toronto	ON
Source: Master Soundboard DAT (48k) Transfer: Dat > Sony PCM-R500 > Tascam DA-3000 > DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz > dBpoweramp > 16/48 Lineage : wav > iZotope RX 11 > CD Wave > flac 1648 edited by SIRMick December 2024
156484	1991-11-10	Wetlands	New York	NY
FLAC 1644 Source: Sony ECM-909a > WM-D3 by Rob Robles Transfer: MC (XLII-90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496 Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, cross-fade tape flips, DDI Codec (Dolby B / -27.2 dBFS), remove DC offset, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644
156485	1991-11-10	Wetlands	New York	NY
FLAC 2496 Source: Sony ECM-909a > WM-D3 by Rob Robles Transfer: MC (XLII-90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496 Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, cross-fade tape flips, DDI Codec (Dolby B / -27.2 dBFS), remove DC offset) > FLAC 2496

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