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Avalon Allstars   01/25/2003

Avalon Ballrooom, San Francisco, CA
Source "The Spanish Armada"
Media SHN   2 discs
Notes The Avalon Allstars
January 25, 2003
Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA.

Line up:
Napoleon Murphy Brock (Sax, Flute, Vocals) - [Frank Zappa Band, Project Object]
Ike Willis (Guitar & Vocals) [Frank Zappa Band, Project Object]
Melvin Seals (Keys & Vocals) [Jerry Garcia Band, Melvin Seals Melting Pot]
Tal Morris (Guitar) [Big E, Alan Hertz and Friends]
Dennis Smith (Bass) [Melvin Seals Band]
Stephen Hund (Drums).[Melvin Seals Band]

Source - "The Spanish Armada" (credit for the moniker to Jimmy Stefiel)-
multi-track super rig:

AKG 414 > Lunatec V3 > Benchmark Audio AD2K+ > RME Hammerfall Multiface
Schoeps mk4v capsules > KC-5 (actives) > CMC6 > Lunatec V2 > RME Hammerfall
Multiface Neumann SKM140 > LC3 KA (actives)> Lunatec V2 > RME Hammerfall Multiface
SBD Main (analog XLR) > Lucid 2496 > Tascam DA-P1 > RME Hammerfall
Multiface RME Hammerfall Multiface > Laptop > Samplitude Studio V6

Mic Placements:

AKG C414 B-TL II - Omni > ORTF Split 12' on stage 24" in and 16" up
placed in front of the monitiors (Napi on left and Ike on right) to the left
& right of the drum kit
Schoeps CMC6/MK4V's > ORTF on the stage 6' in from lip - DFC 12" up
Neumann SKM 140's > directly in front of each stack

Recorded by "Super Dave" Haaf and Larry Narachi "Taperachi"
Special Thanks to Larry for the lift, and kickin down the killer analog
Schoeps > V2 source!

Samplitude Studio 6.0 Mixdown > CD Wave Splits > Soundforge V5.0 Fades >
Audio CD's: Feurio V1.63> Plextor 48/24/48A

SHN Files: MKWact > SHN (seek tables appended) > Feurio V1.63 > Plextor
48/24/48A

Remastered by Larry Narachi and "Super Dave" Haaf:
narachi@narachi.com, davehaaf1@earthlink.net

Mastering notes:
Mostly Schoeps/AKGs mixed with SBD.
A little emphasis was placed on the files with EQ (Samplitude Studio)

SET 1 / Disc One - 47:25

Track 01 - Carpenter 13:26:39
Track 02 - Take your clothes off 02:37:50
Track 03 - What's the Uglyest 02:54:49
Track 04 - Summer Jam 22:18:07
Track 05 - Watermelon In Easter Hay 06:08:59


SET 2 / Disc Two - 64:17

Track 01 - Cosmic Debris 05:01:28
Track 02 - Dark Star* 13:41:26
Track 03 - Camrallon 13:52:40
Track 04 - Advanced Romance 07:04:41
Track 05 - That's What Love 09:01:62
Track 06 - Hey Joe 06:25:47
Track 07 - Slime 09:10:15

* with Jerry Brown on vocals (Shady Groove)

NOTE: this is a re-seed. On the original seed, there was static on
D1T04 from approx. 4:04-4:15

Here are the checksums of the flawed files from the original seed:

5a6d5269e93225ed55034d1bef899834 *aastars2003-01-25d1t01.shn
3bb0ab6bc95a476479266320e29494aa *aastars2003-01-25d1t02.shn
37cf63882324d3319ee9de8ff43e2133 *aastars2003-01-25d1t03.shn
89124a0262b6e892e216262e6331ac7f *aastars2003-01-25d1t04.shn
90cb94aca3eae40100d592ba104b679e *aastars2003-01-25d1t05.shn
Tech Notes All
J-Card Comment norcal
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 0003676888
Owned by EMSheldon · Last Updated May 23, 2023