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Smashing Pumpkins   07/10/1996

USAir Arena, Landover, MD
Source AUD > DAT (listed as DSM-6S > D7)
Media FLAC   17 discs
Notes this had been circulating as an SHN fileset with the following lineage:
07.10.96 USAir Arena; Landover, MD, US - 2/ aud>dat D7/SS>DSM-6

[the original text file is included here for posterity]

thanks to Deadmarsh for pointing out that despite carrying the same rig info, this version actually sounds better than the spoogles DSM-6S > D7 tape at archive.org
upon further examination I discovered differences in the crowd noise (notably right at the start of the show) and a tape pause after Cherub Rock that isn't present on the other version

I cannot detect a tape flip at any of the usual spots (45, 50, 55, 60 minutes) so I do not believe this to be an analog recording, which rules out the CSB > D6 rig as being the source for this
you can also hear skips / flutter as the taper's DAT runs out at the 120 minute mark, missing the bands final thank-you (missing roughly 60 seconds compared to the spoogles version)

so, it's possible that this is the ECM-909A > D8 source, or there could also have been two people running DSM-6 > D7 rigs at this show (a pretty common stealth setup in the mid-90s)

track splits were obviously done on the fly during the transfer, and a cut / repeat at the 72 minute mark (ie the CD change for 74 minute media) seems to confirm a standalone burner as the transfer device
I recombined this into a single WAV file with Audacity, cleaned up the cut / repeat and retracked it with CDWave

thanks to the original taper, whoever they may be
Tech Notes lineage: DAT > standalone burner (tracked on the fly) > CDR > SHN > dEdit > FLAC
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