Tristan Ruellan's Collection
Sonic Youth 10/17/1992
SUNY-Binghamton -- The Social Room, Binghamton, NY
| Source | Sbd>Otari MX5050 4-track>ANA(M)>ANA(1)>CDR(1)>flac |
| Media | Flac 1 disc |
| Tech Notes | Sonic Youth Saturday, 17-October-1992 Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, USA Nelson Mandela Ballroom (Social Room) If I had to make a list of all the regrets in my life, missing this show would definitely be in the top 10! In 1992, Sonic Youth was touring with the primo Japanoise outfit, The Boredoms. (There's no recording of The Boredoms' opening show on this date that I am aware of. If YOU know of one, please PM me at your earliest convenience!). One stop on their tour was SUNY-Binghamton, (now Binghamton University) in the Social Room (now the Nelson Mandela Room - administrators sure do love to re-name things!). This recording was made off the board on an Otari 4-track reel-to-reel machine on decent tape (Maxell as I recall) by some WHRW-FM DJ's who apparently didn't quite know what they were doing. For one thing, they used tracks 1 and 2, 3 and 4 to make the recording when the standard 1/4-track stereo layout is tracks 1/3 and 2/4. Consequently, when the 4-track Otari died some time ago I wasn't able to go back to the original master reel to make my CD copy of the show. I had to use a first- generation cassette dub which I'd made on a TDK metal tape. Also, for some strange reason, the sound quality dropped off radically on the last 4 tracks on the master reel. The high end almost totally disappeared. I re-EQ'd it as best I could using the equalizers on the Ramsa board in WHRW's production studio. I have provided MP3 samples of the first and the last track on the disc for you to check out. Despite all the complications, I believe that this program should be heard by more people than just those who've made dubs for themselves. Now, through the miracle of bittorrent, you can re-live this historic show from Sonic Youth's "Dirty" tour. Trivia department: Lee Ranaldo attended classes at Binghamton U. in the late 1970's. He was also part of a band called The Fluks. They played at least one gig on campus (the Susquehanna Room as I recall). Wonder if there are any recordings out there of that gig? This recording is another one from Moe Loogham's personal vault! "AM radio. OW!" Lineage: SBD > Otari MX5050 4-track, 7.5 IPS (>EQ only where necessary) > TDK metal cassette > Cool Edit Pro > CD > EAC > FLAC level 8 > You, the listener! Track list: 1 - Shoot 2 - 100 Per Cent 3 - Kool Thing 4 - Burning Spear 5 - Genetic 6 - Sugar Kane 7 - Confusion Is Sex (cut) 8 - Chapel Hill 9 - Swimsuit Issue 10 - Drunken Butterfly 11 - JC 12 - Dirty Boots 13 - Nic-Fit (w/one of The Boredoms) Converting this program to MP3 for use on Ipods or other such appliances is fine. BUT PLEASE DO NOT CIRCULATE THIS PROGRAM AS MP3 OR OTHER OBSOLETE, LOSSY FORMATS. SELLING MUSIC FROM THIS OR ANY OTHER CONCERT TRACKER IS A VIOLATION OF OUR TRUST. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR SALE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. WHENEVER YOU PURCHASE "BURNED" BOOTLEG CD'S FROM EBAY, A RECORD SHOP OR A RECORD FAIR, YOU'RE GETTING RIPPED OFF! |
| Trades Allowed | Yes Traded from: BT: tungarbulb@DIME aug06 |
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