Mago
5/12/07 -
Rise Tokyo,
Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
****a vanillag remaster****(VGRM01)
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OK, folks, are you ready to dance?? This is one heady, dance fest of a show!!
Let this set remind you all of just how rockin' Mago truly is. Then take that
knowledge & come down to 23rd & FDR Drive this Saturday(10/9/10) to go
sailing with these guys on the high seas of Manhattan as they head up their
very own Rocks Off Concert Cruise:
http://www.rocksoff.com/shows/803
This will also mark the 1st time they have ever played NYC in this incarnation
& only the third Mago show ever!! Only about 40-45 tickets are left, so don't
be left on the docks wishing you were out there with us. It's gonna be one
helluva good, groovin' time!!
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Disc 1:
1. intro
2. Safak>
3. Bamboo Pants>
4. Introducing Mago>
5. ????[are MMW playing this at all? - sounds very familiar]>
6. drum solo>
7. ????(Improv??)
8. Bonfa
Disc 2:
1. Apology
2. Mojet>
3. L'Aventura>
4. ????>
5. drum solo
6. Crustaceatron>
7. Baby Goats
8.E1: Miss Teardrop
9.E2: [sounds like a gospel-ish tune]
Billy Martin - drums
John Medeski - keys
dpa 4023>Mini-Me>D8>ZA5ES>ULT I1000DCX>konnekt 8>G4>
Cubase LE>DSPQ-PowercoreCompact(48>44.1)>WAV>FLAC
recorded & transfered by HuD--plus--EQ, Balance, SBE's fudged,
VC, CW, LCR, made seamless, RT by Bill Mulvey--10/2010.
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This is the second part of my two-part "Mago Appreciation Series" as
there are only two Mago shows in existence(for now). Hope you all enjoy!!
For anyone that missed my remaster of the first Mago show I 'fixed' & wants it,
it is still going strong here:
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=538377
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About this remaster: This was the live debut of Mago & a very HOT show!! The
taper seems like he was in a good spot that night, but the room itself is fairly
boomy & the whole thing sounded pretty brittle in its raw form. After many
attempts, I found & applied an EQ that I feel fixed both those problems as well
as adding some much needed, warm low end. The other main thing holding this
recording back from being a most pleasant listening experience was that the
crowd was just soooo into this night that they were even louder than the loud
music in their appreciation(I have a feeling that this room was very small &
'box-y' with a high ceiling, which would account for both this factor & the original,
brittle sound). I took the liberty of 'wavhammering' the living daylights out of
them at the end of tunes...not so they are gone, just so they don't crush your
ears(if you are listening on headphones) or your speakers. This way, the music
stays loud & the crowd stays soft, giving the virtual effect that you are 'closer'
to the music. There was one crazy, high pitched 'whistler' at this show that I totally
CRUSHED where I could(nobody needs to hear that high pitch at that decibel
level) between the music & softened him when he would go off during the playing.
I may not have found every one as I didn't comb through the entire show(I do
have a life), but I think I took care of most of them. This thing also had SBEs at
every track that I either fixed cleanly or 'fudged' if they didn't link up perfectly
(you'll never hear them or know they were there). I removed plenty of loud claps
cleanly throughout the show...some remain that couldn't be taken out without
leaving an audible 'artifact', but the loudest ones are gone. Also, did some standard
stuff that I always do(made the show seamless from an overlap of the two discs,
Balanced the levels, worked backwards from where the taper settled on his
volume level to make the whole thing consistent from the beginning('VC') &,
finally, retracked to account for the tunes that were missed in the original tracking.
I have worked with MMW for years & still have trouble with all the
names of tunes(because I also work with a bunch of other artists), so I'll leave
that expertise to 'duggy', 'RBayers' & 'newplanet7', among others.
Sit back & let 'er rip!!!!
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VGRM Series: The VGRM(vanillag remasters) is a series inspired by my good
friend Scott Bernstein's BARN series, where I will be uploading (mostly) my
own master recordings, as well as tranfers I have done for friends & associates,
& other shows(such as this one) that I have simply remastered to improved
effect(basically anything I have touched that I feel is worthy of sharing, but
mostly my own stuff). This is all in an effort, like so many of you others out
there, to spread the music far & wide, hopefully get it out there for all time &
get all these DATs preserved on the interwebs & out of my apartment!!
Some of you may wonder why I am starting with this Mago show & all I can
answer to that is, "why not??" I'm just gonna number these as I throw them up
from now on so I can hopefully keep track of them & what better place to start
than with two of my most favorite musicians & friends('MM'...'W', too, of course,
but he just doesn't happen to be on this show--sorry Chris, but you know I'll
put up some Wood Brothers for ya!!)??
Cheers!!
Positive & negative feedback are always welcome, but please, make the negative
feedback constructive criticisms & not just some personal bias to start some
nonsense or something similar. This is a labor of love, people, & should be viewed
that way.
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