Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band

Merl Saunders and The Rainforest Band
The Fox Theatre
Boulder, Co
1993-02-12

SBD > DAT (SV-3700) 44.1kHz >> CardDeluxe > Audition > Flac
Transfered 11-20-08

Set 1
01 Audience 01:14
02 Lovely Night for Dancing (Withers) 07:14
03 Built for Comfort (Dixon) 04:59
04 Lay-Back Baby (McPherson/Saunders) 07:16
05 It's in the Air (Konfusion) (McPherson/Saunders) 08:22
06 Run River Run (Baker/Saunders) 06:57
07 Intro to Blues From The Rainforest 02:16
08 Blues From The Rainforest (Garcia/Saunders) 17:48
09 I Feel Like Dynamite (Walker/Savoy/Hamilton) > Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Stewart) > I Feel Like Dynamite 10:05
10 Lonely Avenue (Pompus) 07:57
11 Finders Keepers 06:45
12 Fire on the Mountain (Hart/Hunter) > Happy Birthday Vince 10:06
13 Sugaree (Hunter/Garcia) 08:05

Set 2
14 Boogie On Reggae Woman (Wonder) 08:24
15 Wondering Why (Saunders/Carrier) 07:33
16 Sister Sadie (Silver) 08:01
17 My Funny Valentine (Rodgers/Hart) 06:51
18 High-Heel Sneakers (Higginbotham) 04:56
19 Bertha (Hunter/Garcia) 12:16

E:
20 Sunrise Over Haleakala (Saunders) 05:15
21 The System (Saunders/Carrier) 08:28

Merl Saunders - hammond b3 organ, synthesizer, piano, vocals
Michael Hinton - guitar, background vocals
Michael Warren - bass, background vocals
Vince Littleton - percusion vocals

Flaws:
.64 second gap at 5:28 on track 15 "Wondering Why" (fixed by removing one beat; virtually undetectable)
A few peaks in the first set are slightly clipped (audibly undetectable).

Editing:
Raised level of track 01 "Audience" 6dB.
Applied -2dB of hard limiting, then normalized to 99%, second set tracks to match levels of first set.


Merle Saunders and The Rainforest Band
Watsonville Vet Center
Watsonville, CA
March 13, 1993

"Psychedelic Ball"

Source: Soundboard + mic > Dat (48k)
Transfer: Dat  > Tascam DA-40 > Tascam DA-3000 wav 16/48
Lineage: wav > iZotope EX11 Advanced > CD Wave > flac16/48


01   intro > Come On Dance With Me
02   Built For Comfort
03   Lay Back Baby
04  Konfusion
05   Paris Blues
06   Merl talking
07   Blues From The Rain Forest >
08   Fire On The Mountain (includes band intros)



Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
Michael Hinton - guitar, background vocals
Michael Warren - bass, background vocals
Vince Littleton - drums, percussion


Comments:

Zero also played


Thanks to Chief and David McGee for the DATs and Charlie Miller for the transfer.


edited and mastered
SIRMick
November 2024


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Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band
June 5 1993
Liberty park
Salt Lake City, UT

FOB: Nakamichi CM-100 CP-1's->Sony TCD-D3
DAT Master Transferred To CDR Via: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Master >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.37

Recorded By Jack Hunt
Transferred, FLACâ€™d, & Tagged By OldNeumannTapr

(Master Was Borrowed For Transfer)

01. Intro
02. Finders Keepers
03. The Harder They Come
04. High Heeled Sneakers
05. Blues From The Rainforest
06. The System
07. Paris Blues
08. Confusion

Encore:
09. Bertha

'Day In The Park'

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
My friend and taping partner Jack Hunt in Salt Lake City, UT, recorded this with an aging Sony TCD-D3 DAT, which died about a year later.

DO NOT Convert To MP3!
Enjoy! Share freely, donâ€™t sell, play nice, donâ€™t run with scissors, etc. ;)




Merl Saunders and The Rainforest Band - June 16, 1993
The Rockin, Horse - Scottsdale, AZ

Source: SBD (Left Channel) + Room AUD Unknown Mic @ FOH (Right Channel) > Band's DAT deck > CAS MASTER (NAD 6325/Maxell MX-S)

Transfer: CAS MASTER (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Mixing in Samplitude Pro X3 > Mastering > FLAC/24

FOH Mix: Edwin DeShazo

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jim Blackwood

Set 1

t01 - Telling My Friends
t02 - Lovely Night For Dancin
t03 - Built For Comfort
t04 - Lay-Back Baby
t05 - It's In The Air (Konfusion)
t06 - Run River Run
t07 - Dynamite
t08 - Fever
t09 - Sugaree

Set 2

t10 - Soul Roach >
t11 - Sister Sadie
t12 - Blues From The Rainforest
t13 - The System
t14 - Wondering Why
t15 - Finders Keepers
t16 - After Midnight
t17 - Save Mother Earth
t18 - Sunrise Over Haleakala
t19 - Fire On The Mountain

t20 - Soundcheck

Merl Saunders - hammond b3 organ, synthesizer, vocals
Michael Hinton - guitar, background vocals
Michael Warren - bass, background vocals
Vince Littleton - drums, percussion, background vocals

1st seeding to LL on August 19, 2017

This was recorded for broadcast on the radio program 'Dead Air' - 91.3 FM KXCI Community Radio in Tucson, AZ..

Merl Saunders 1934-2008 RIP

Thanks Merl..




Merl Saunders and The Rainforest Band - June 16, 1993
The Rockin, Horse - Scottsdale, AZ

Source: SBD (Left Channel) + Room AUD Unknown Mic @ FOH (Right Channel) > Band's DAT deck > CAS MASTER (NAD 6325/Maxell MX-S)

Transfer: CAS MASTER (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Mixing in Samplitude Pro X3 > Mastering > FLAC/16

FOH Mix: Edwin DeShazo

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jim Blackwood

Set 1

t01 - Telling My Friends
t02 - Lovely Night For Dancin
t03 - Built For Comfort
t04 - Lay-Back Baby
t05 - It's In The Air (Konfusion)
t06 - Run River Run
t07 - Dynamite
t08 - Fever
t09 - Sugaree

Set 2

t10 - Soul Roach >
t11 - Sister Sadie
t12 - Blues From The Rainforest
t13 - The System
t14 - Wondering Why
t15 - Finders Keepers
t16 - After Midnight
t17 - Save Mother Earth
t18 - Sunrise Over Haleakala
t19 - Fire On The Mountain

t20 - Soundcheck

Merl Saunders - hammond b3 organ, synthesizer, vocals
Michael Hinton - guitar, background vocals
Michael Warren - bass, background vocals
Vince Littleton - drums, percussion, background vocals

1st seeding to LL on August 19, 2017

This was recorded for broadcast on the radio program 'Dead Air' - 91.3 FM KXCI Community Radio in Tucson, AZ..

Merl Saunders 1934-2008 RIP

Thanks Merl..


Merl Saunders &amp; The Rainforest Band
1993-07-29
Loco Ranchero
San Luis Obispo, CA


Source: Soundboard &gt; Sony TC-D5M
Lineage: Cass/M &gt; D5 (No NR) &gt; HHb 800 &gt; EAC &gt; CDWav &gt; FLAC
Recorded/transferred: Jeff Bowen
Extraction/seed: Brad Foster


Set One: [01:13:54]

01. Sister Sadie
02. Lovely Night For Dancing
03. Lay-Back Baby
04. Money Honey
05. Paris Blues
06. Confusion
07. Blues From The Rainforest
08. Fire On The Mountain


Set Two: [00:31:57]

01. Built For Comfort
02. Sugaree
03. Lonely Avenue
04. The System


Total tracks = [01:45:51]


Notes:
- Cassette Masters: Maxell MX-S Metal tapes (No NR).
- Tape flip during the Confusion drum solo/crossfaded.


-- Thanks to Jeff for sharing his master/transfer!
All discs extracted in secure/range mode, seamlessly joined to one file and re-tracked.
Log files included.
Enjoy!


Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band
7/29/93
Loco Ranchero
San Luis Obispo, CA

Soundcraftsman Soundboard; Sony TC-D5M Master* (Maxell MX-S 90s) >CDR >FLAC
Master Cassette Transferred: Sony TC-D5M** >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Masters >Audacity (Minor Edits) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.37

Recorded, Transferred, FLACâ€™d, & Tagged By OldNeumanntapr
*1st Out Of Board, No NR, **Original Record Deck

Set I
Disc I:
01. Sister Sadie
02. Lovely Night For Dancing
03. Lay Back Baby
04. Money Honey
05. Paris Blues
06. Confusion
07. Blues From The Rainforest

Disc II:
01. Fire On The Mountain

Set II
02. Built For Comfort
03. Sugaree
04. Lonely Avenue
05. The System

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
This was the third Merl Saunders show I recorded at Loco Ranchero, In San Luis Obispo, CA, and it was the first (and last) time that I used my D5 there. I bought the D5 from my friend Jack in Salt Lake City the preceding Fall, when he upgraded to a used Sony TCD-D3 DAT portable. I was first out of the board that night with my D5. Michael Brand, another D5 taper, patched out of me that night. Michael, from New York City, was following Merl and recording the shows. Michael had the Best Indica I have ever had, and was kind enough to share. :) I asked him after the show where he was staying and he said in his car, so I suggested that he come to my place and crash on my couch. We stayed up late that night and he copied some of my tapes with his D5. I remember that he said he had a brother named Russell, and I guess they were both tapers. Michael was at the following nightâ€™s Merl show at the Brew House in Santa Barbara. He had his D5 plugged into the soundboard, and he said they were only allowing one deck off the board that night. Fortunately for me, because I had met Michael the previous night at Loco and put him up for the night, he gave me a patch on the sly. I only ended up missing one to one and a half songs. This was the second to the last time that I had been to Loco Ranchero, which is now the home of KSBY TV Channel 6, the NBC affiliate.
The last time I was there was for a David Lindley concert in October of â€™93. I got thrown out for taping, or at least trying to. I had my friend Geneâ€™s TCD-D10 DAT on loan, and the internal NP-22H NiCad battery would no longer hold a charge. I still didnâ€™t have a DAT portable of my own and wanted to record the show digitally. Soâ€¦, I brought the deck and my Nakamichi CM-300s into the show in a back pack, (they never even checked at the door), and sat through the early show up front next to the stage with my friends Dave and Brian. During the show break, I hid in the menâ€™s room until the club was cleared and they brought in the crowd for the late show. Since Dave and Brian  had tickets for both shows they didnâ€™t have to move. I wandered back when the  club started to fill up, and found a spot near the side walls. All the interior walls and ceiling too were painted black. They had a few of those plasma orbs on pedestals, and there was a convenient AC outlet on the wall, so I plugged the AC cord for the D10 into the wall. I guess I was a little noticeable, and they discovered me, so I was shown the door. It was no great loss because I hadnâ€™t paid for the late show.

DO NOT Convert To MP3!
Enjoy! Share freely, donâ€™t sell, play nice, donâ€™t run with scissors, etc. ;)




Merl Saunders &amp; The Rainforest Band
1993-07-30
The Brew House
Santa Barbara, CA


Source: Soundboard &gt; Sony TC-D5M
Lineage: Cass/M &gt; D5 (No NR) &gt; HHb 800 &gt; EAC &gt; CDWav &gt; FLAC
Recorded/transferred: Jeff Bowen
Extraction/seed: Brad Foster


Set One: [01:05:06]

01. /You Can Leave Your Hat On
02. Fever
03. Confusion
04. Paris Blues
05. Boogie On Raggae Woman
06. Blues From The Rainforest &gt;
07. Dance Of The Fireflies
08. Sugaree


Set Two: [01:01:57]

01. Sister Sadie
02. The Harder They Come
03. Sunrise Over Haleakala
04. Finders Keepers
05. Fire On The Mountain
06. After Midnight
~ Encore ~
07. Feel Like Dynamite *


Total tracks = [02:07:03]


Notes:
- Cassette Masters: Maxell MX-S Metal tapes. No NR.
* - w/ Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) interpolation.
- s1t01: YCLYHO fades in/the mix settles in nicely around the 45 sec mark.
- Tape paused after YCLYHO/crossfaded.
- Couple of tape pauses after s1t05 Boogie On, during the crowd and banter/crossfaded.
- Tape flip after Finders Keepers/crossfaded.


-- Thanks to Jeff for sharing his master/transfer!
All discs extracted in secure/range mode, seamlessly joined to one file and re-tracked.
Log files included.
Enjoy!


Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band
7/30/93
The Brew House
Santa Barbara, CA

Soundboard; Sony D5 >Sony TC-D5M Master* (Maxell XLIIS 90s) >CDR >FLAC
Master Cassette Transferred: Sony TC-D5M** >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Masters >Audacity (Minor Edits) >FLAC (Level 8 + Tags Via xACT 2.37

Recorded, Transferred, FLACâ€™d, & Tagged By OldNeumanntapr
*2nd Out Of Board, **Original Record Deck

Set I
Disc I:
01. //You Can Leave Your Hat On
02. Fever
03. Confusion
04. Paris Blues >
05. Boogie On Reggae Woman
06. Blues From The Rainforest >
07. Dance Of The Fireflies
08. Sugaree

Set II
01. Sister Sadie
02. The Harder They Come
03. Sunrise Over Haleakala
04. Finders Keepers
05. Fire On The Mountain
06. After Midnight

Encore:
07. Feel Like Dynamite >Be Myself >Feel Like Dynamite


OldNeumanntapr Notes-
Sadly, this was the last time that I would get to record Merl Saunders. Since the previous nightâ€™s show at Loco Ranchero in San Luis Obispo was so good I couldnâ€™t pass up the opportunity to drive to Santa Barbara to record Merl again. This was the second time in as many years that I recorded back-to-back  Merl Saunders shows in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. I had gotten to know Kip Stork, the Loco Ranchero soundman, so there was no trouble getting in and plugging my D5 into the board the previous night in San Luis Obispo. This show however, was different. At the previous nightâ€™s show I had met Michael Brand, a D5 taper from New York City, and invited him to crash on my couch after the show. Michael had the best Indica Iâ€™d ever had. I remember that he said that he had a brother named Russell who was also a taper. We stayed up late that night and he copied some of my tapes using both my D5 and his. When I got to The Brew House for the second show, I found out that the venue was only allowing one deck to be plugged into the board. Since I had befriended Michael and put him up for the night the previous evening, he gave me a patch from his D5 to mine on the sly. I think I missed a song and a half. I canâ€™t remember what the opener was, but my recording starts part way into â€˜You Can Leave Your Hat Onâ€™ I seem to remember that there was one whole song I missed, but it was a long time ago and I might be mistaken. I might have only missed the first part of the opener. I am grateful to Michael for letting me plug into his D5 that night, because otherwise I would have come away without a tape. The Brew House has two rooms for live music. Last yearâ€™s show at the Brew House Merl played in the small room and I ended up using my Nakamichi CM-300s because they were not miking all the instruments. This time he played in the larger room and everything was miked. Whether or not Michael ever transferred his recording is unknown. We were the only tapers present at  each of the two shows. Merl mentioned that he wound be playing The Palomino Club in North Hollywood, CA next. It is not known if a recording of that shows exists.

DO NOT Convert To MP3!
Enjoy! Share freely, donâ€™t sell, play nice, donâ€™t run with scissors, etc. ;)




Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
1993-09-24

Source:   SBD > DAT > DAT (Dan McGonagle) > DAT via Dan Rogosa
Transfer: Fostex D-15 > Tascam DA-3000 > WAV @ 16/44
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, remove DC offset) > FLAC 1644

Thanks for both Dans for making this DAT and lending it to be transferred

01. Tony Kilbert Intro
02. Sister Sadie
03. Hi-Heeled Sneakers
04. Lovely Night For Dancing
05. Positively 4th Street
06. Money Honey *
07. Run River Run
08. It's In The Air
09. Fever
10. Finders Keepers
11. Fire On The Mountain
12. Built For Comfort **
13. Lonely Avenue
14. Blues For The Rain Forest
15. Wonderin' Why
16. Fire
17. Sugaree

* Baba on Harmonica
** Matt Kelly & Baba On Harp

Paul Pena opened.

A pristine SBD.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2023-12-11



SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
169123	1993-02-12	The Fox Theatre	Boulder	CO
SBD > DAT (SV-3700) 44.1kHz >> CardDeluxe > Audition > Flac
169141	1993-03-13	Watsonville Vet Center	Watsonville	CA
Source: Soundboard + mic > Dat (48k) Transfer: Dat > Tascam DA-40 > Tascam DA-3000 wav 16/48 Lineage: wav > iZotope EX11 Advanced > CD Wave > flac16/48 edited and mastered SIRMick
134983	1993-06-05	Liberty Park	Salt Lake City	UT
FOB: Nakamichi CM-100 CP-1's->Sony TCD-D3 DAT
151486	1993-06-16	Rockin' Horse	Scottsdale	AZ
24 bit Source: SBD (Left Channel) + Room AUD Unknown Mic @ FOH (Right Channel) > Band's DAT deck > CAS MASTER (NAD 6325/Maxell MX-S) Transfer: CAS MASTER (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Mixing in Samplitude Pro X3 > Mastering > FLAC/24 FOH Mix: Edwin DeShazo Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jim Blackwood
151487	1993-06-16	Rockin' Horse	Scottsdale	AZ
16 bit Source: SBD (Left Channel) + Room AUD Unknown Mic @ FOH (Right Channel) > Band's DAT deck > CAS MASTER (NAD 6325/Maxell MX-S) Transfer: CAS MASTER (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Mixing in Samplitude Pro X3 > Mastering > FLAC/16r> FOH Mix: Edwin DeShazo Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jim Blackwood
131646	1993-07-29	Loco Ranchero	San Luis Obispo	CA
Source: Soundboard > Sony TC-D5M Lineage: Cass/M > D5 (No NR) > HHb 800 > EAC > CDWav > FLAC
134989	1993-07-29	Loco Ranchero	San Luis Obispo	CA
Soundcraftsman Soundboard; Sony TC-D5M Master* (Maxell MX-S 90s) >CDR >FLAC Master Cassette Transferred: Sony TC-D5M** >HHb CDR 800 PRO CD Masters >Audacity (Minor Edits) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.37 Recorded, Transferred, FLACâ€™d, & Tagged By OldNeumanntapr *1st Out Of Board
122399	1993-07-30	The Brew House	Santa Barbara	CA
Source: Soundboard > Sony TC-D5M Lineage: Cass/M > D5 (No NR) > HHb 800 > EAC > CDWav > FLAC
134990	1993-07-30	The Brew House	Santa Barbara	CA
Soundboard; Sony D5 >Sony TC-D5M Master* (Maxell XLIIS 90s) >CDR >FLAC Master Cassette Transferred: Sony TC-D5M** >HHb CDR 800 PRO CD Masters >Audacity (Minor Edits) >FLAC (Level 8 + Tags Via xACT 2.37 Recorded, Transferred, FLACâ€™d, & Tagged By OldNeumanntapr *2nd Out Of Board
169146	1993-09-24	Great American Music Hall	San Francisco	CA
Source: SBD > DAT > DAT (Dan McGonagle) > DAT via Dan Rogosa Transfer: Fostex D-15 > Tascam DA-3000 > WAV @ 16/44 Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, remove DC offset) > FLAC 1644

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