The Superpickers w/ Allison Krauss<br /> 1989-04-11<br /> The Birchmere Theater<br /> Alexandria, Virginia<br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> <br /> Source: Beyer M201s &gt; SONY D5 &gt; MASTER CASSETTES (Maxell MX90) &gt; VHS HiFi(MaxellXL120); Taped by Med<br /> Transfer: JVC HRS9911 &gt; Gold Plated Monster Cables &gt; M-Audio Audiophile 2496 &gt; Sound Forge 8 PCM44.1/16bit (no processing) &gt; CD Wave &gt; Flac: Transferred by Dub Irie 2006-07-09<br /> <br /> Total Time: 2:36:28<br /> 2 CDs<br /> <br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> <br /> Lineup:<br /> <br /> Tony Rice - Guitar-Vocals<br /> Sam Bush - Mandolin-Fiddle-Vocals<br /> Bela Fleck - Banjo<br /> Jerry Douglas - Dobro<br /> Mark Shatz - Upright Bass<br /> <br /> with special guest...<br /> Allison Krauss - Vocals-Fiddle<br /> <br /> Setlist:<br /> <br /> Disk 1<br /> <br /> 01 - Nine Pound Hammer<br /> 02 - Cold On The Shoulder<br /> 03 - Natchez Trace <br /> 04 - Blue Railroad Train <br /> 05 - Ralph's Banjo Special (Sam)<br /> 06 - Cry, Cry Darling (Allison)<br /> 07 - Intros<br /> 08 - I Wonder Where You Are Tonight <br /> 09 - Little Sadie (Tony)<br /> 10 - Up Around The Bend<br /> 11 - Talking<br /> 12 - Home From The Forest<br /> 13 - Sunny Side Of The Mountain<br /> 14 - Talking<br /> 15 - Down In The Swamp (Bela)<br /> 16 - Wayfaring Stranger (Tony)<br /> 17 - John Hardy<br /> 18 - A New Day (Jerry Solo &quot;Medley&quot;)<br /> 19 - Spain (Jerry and Bela)<br /> 20 - Talking<br /> <br /> Disk 1 Time: 78:51<br /> <br /> Disk 2<br /> <br /> 21 - Jump Cricket Jump (Mark and Allison)<br /> 22 - White Water<br /> 23 - Clapping/Talking<br /> 24 - Ginseng Sullivan (Tony)<br /> 25 - The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (Allsion)<br /> 26 - Emphysema Two-Step (Jerry)<br /> 27 - Talking<br /> 28 - Fare Thee Well<br /> 29 - Sally Goodin (Allison, Bela)<br /> 30 - Message To The Other Side (Allison)<br /> 31 - Poor Richard's Bues (Sam)<br /> 32 - Tuning<br /> 33 - Mollie and Tenbrooks<br /> 34 - Slipstream (Bela)<br /> 35 - Baby Why You Been Gone So Long<br /> 36 - Talking<br /> 37 - The Lights of Home<br /> 38 - Me and My Guitar (Tony - 15 mins!)<br /> <br /> Disk 2 Time: 77:37<br /> <br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> <br /> This is a monster of a show....a super crispy recording from one of the greatest acoustic music venues ever - The Birchmere. Tony Rice is superb both vocally and on the guitar...and you can't ever go wrong with Sam, Bela and Jerry! Allison Krauss, probably all of 17 years old at the time who played with the Tony Rice Unit through the previous year, adds a new dimension and foreshadows her Grammy winning greatness in this early-in-her-career recording.<br /> <br /> This 1st Gen AUD generally sounds as good as an SBD to me - the differences would be the clapping (unusually loud between some of the songs), and input-level jockeying between songs in an effort to mute applause. As a result, some level variances exist from the source recording that I did not mess with digitally. It is frankly better to leave it alone, IMO.<br /> <br /> Overall this sounds amazing...<br /> <br /> If you like bluegrass at all, this show is highly recommended. - Dub Irie <br />

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