Big Frog
September 3, 2005
moe.down 6, beer tent stage
Snow Ridge Ski Area
Turin, NY

Source:
Nakamichi CM-300s (cards, [s]ORT[o]F, approx 8' up, immediately FOB) > AD-20 > optical > jb3

Transfer:
jb3 > usb > hd > Sound Forge 4.5 (normalize, fades) > CD Wave > FLAC frontend

Recorded and transferred by:
MikeG (tangerineman at sympatico dot ca)

Big Frog are:
Sato (vox)
Ton (drums/cho)
Shimi (bass/cho)
Moccos (guit/cho)

www.bigfrog.jp

One disc, 55:43

The Song Remains the Same# (cuts in) 03:46
Salamander 12:58
In the Sand 10:51
banter/tuning 1:23
Zenkey 15:36
Shika Attack > 3:04
Kicks (incl. Shika reprise) 7:59

# Led Zep

Notes:
Digiflex xlr cables (Canare/Neutrik)
Optical cable from a vintage (ca 1993) Sony laserdisc player
Cheap vocal mic stand

First two minutes or so of "TSRtS" missing due to late arrival/setup,
mics repositioned partway through, gain adjustments

There should be a complete or near-complete source out there, either
from the board or one of the vidcams that were operating

Attempted ORTF with new t-bar, but couldn't get mics close enough together
to have the caps 17 cm apart - so it's more like NOS but with a wider angle,
maybe 100%

Couple of glitches present in "TSRtS" and early in "Salamander"

Not sure of the tracking in Zenkey>Shika - I split it at the first jazz break
(probably shouldn't have put any breaks at all)

Fade-out applied at end of set

Big Frog played in the beer tent Saturday around 4:15-5:15 p.m.
(after moe.'s afternoon set and before North Mississippi Allstars')

Thanks to BradM for helping set up

Thanks Shimi for the autographed setlist and a big arigato to all of Big Frog!

Nakamichi CM-300s: $242
Denecke AD-20: $225
T-bar, shockmounts cables and sundry: $113
Ticket, gas, food, drink, merch & assorted party favors: $256
Seeking look on Moccos' face as he listens to playback of
"The Song Remains the Same" on jb3 5 minutes after show: priceless

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