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Sonic Youth   07/04/2008

Battery Park, New York, NY
Source Aud>Audio technica AT822>Sony PCM-D50>Wav(24/96)>Flac24
Media Flac24   1 disc
Tech Notes Sonic Youth
July 4, 2008
Battery Park
NYC,NY,USA

Original 96k/24b version

Lineage: AT822 mic
> PCM-D50 96k/24b
> Sound Forge (divides, cuts, and fades only)
(cuts between main set and the two encores only)
> dbPowerAmp (FLAC level 8)

Location: About 20 feet to the right and 15 feet in front of the soundboard.

Note: Another torrent contains a CD-ready (44.1K/16-bit) version of these files,
for those who prefer that.

01 - She is not Alone
02 - Bull in the Heather
03 - Silver Rocket
04 - (Thurston thank-yous)*
05 - Skip Tracer
06 - The Sprawl
07 - World Looks Red
08 - Cross the Breeze
09 - Hey Joni
10 - Jams Run Free
11 - The Wonder/Hyperstation
12 - (band intros)*
13 - Drunken Butterfly (aborted)
14 - Drunken Butterfly
(encore break)
15 - Making the Nature Scene
16 - Pink Steam
(2nd encore break)
17 - Schizophrenia
18 - 100%

*Additional tracks vs. the CD-ready version.

[set list taken from WFMU website, where it was posted by "jeff"]

Unfortunately, the people around me, who had been pretty quiet during the opening
set by the Feelies, kept up a near-continuous stream of chatter during the SY set.
I tried to hold the mike high enough to avoid it, but was not entirely successful.
I think it's still a very enjoyable recording, though.

Thurston's "how about those waterfalls?" at the end of track 09 is a reference to
the temporary outdoor art installation "New York City Waterfalls" by Olafur Eliasson.
One of the chatterers remarks that it could be done for $10 rather than the $10M
that it cost. [OK, chatterers can be pretty entertaining sometimes.]

The first attempt at Drunken Butterfly was halted by Kim Gordon when she forgot the
the lyrics. She suddenly started shaking her head and waving her arms around. Then
she went to the back of the stage for minute or two. Thurston advises her to just
sing the last verse twice: "It works for me." Kim offers an explanation at the start
of the first encore.

01 She is not Alone.flac:34bee1e0e39d528c1d24a1f175ac098c
02 Bull in the Heather.flac:71b8414af0aad1f1a30562f2aee1f0b8
03 Silver Rocket.flac:ac9653c1c8478c0360c9c690f7897068
04 (Thurston thank-yous).flac:94db1457c0ff81e0660ddb427ef589da
05 Skip Tracer.flac:f8b64d7f82260394c0a63168be71ece5
06 The Sprawl.flac:016c9523d1b7e9ec33d99bcffb968318
07 World Looks Red.flac:860ae3a3b3415df8de18fa4bfa1f014f
08 Cross the Breeze.flac:1f0f53e94377ce0413cc92b84f0dd8b2
09 Hey Joni.flac:4aebd21d7f2b36b410b76546254ed7f6
10 Jams Run Free.flac:ba880c663545c9e482a0d53ab36734de
11 The Wonder + Hyperstation.flac:09d639ec12738a8dd89edba585f3455f
12 (band intros).flac:2a899c8770a42ff3e737a50e970002f9
13 Drunken Butterfly (aborted).flac:ceda50bfa347a74f0b86b175dc0b9fbd
14 Drunken Butterfly.flac:42e876405a6c69678348323d5836c394
15 Making the Nature Scene.flac:a207e5684e3ff7ade45c570d9765ba38
16 Pink Steam.flac:239fcd3b97e7d6e0e360be376b4a26f5
17 Schizophrenia.flac:1aa112e7cbccc520ef92be1c19ea96a8
18 100%.flac:0f3c8d421ba2fd3d4cbb4e3114631599

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