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10,000 MANIACS
The Soundboard Archive [no label, CD1/2 of 5]
Various dates and venues. Very good soundboard and radio/FM broadcasts.
Thanks to the original uploaders; Hadrian (Lossless Legs) and to Macrinus for sharing the tracks at The Traders’ Den.
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Notes:
For some time now, I have been making “The Soundboard Archive” compilations. My live-music collection had become so massive that I thought it pointless to keep “multiple-to-the-nth-degree” versions of the same songs, especially for “non-jam” bands: thus the genesis of this project of mine.
This has been my methodology:
1. Choose a trade-friendly artist (= “not on Lossless Legs’ & Dime’s NAB lists”) & collate all of the tracks from my “SBD” flac/shn files for said artist.
2. Listen to each track and choose what sounds to my ears to be the “best” version. (This is subjective, I know – but I’m QUITE picky as far as “sound quality” goes.)
3. As needed, rename each chosen track.
4. Compile “the winners” into a “The Soundboard Archive” collection – after ensuring that NO included tracks have been officially released. (Each text file contains information about those shows/songs which had been officially released at the time of my compilation.)
ENJOY! Support the artist and buy the officially-released items!
Hadrian (LL) / Macrinus (TTD)
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The rest of the tracks will be shared at a later date.
Disc 1
1984-xx-xx - Harvest Moon Saloon - Atlanta, GA
Soundboard > ? > cassette received in trade > recorded to hard drive > CoolEdit (track separation) > burned to CD > tracks extracted using iTunes > Trader’s Little Helper
Track 01. Let’s Twist Castro 3:06
Track 02. The Latin One 3:25
Track 03. Toy Helmet (Primitive Mentality) 5:50
Track 04. Do You Love An Apple 3:20
Track 05. Don’t Call Us 4:01
Track 06. Stopping By The Woods 5:12
Track 07. Poor De Chirico 3:30
Track 08. Katrina’s Fair 3:22
Track 09. Rum And Coca Cola 3:59
Track 10. Wake Up 4:29
Track 11. Red Bum Ball 3:15
Track 12. Death Of Manolete 5:12
Track 13. Tension 5:08
Track 14. In This Time 3:23
Track 15. Poppy-Selling Man 5:26
63 mins
Disc 2
1985-10-25 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
Analog soundboard recording (mono): unknown (low) analog generations > analog audio cassette > 1985-86 US Maxell XLII-S Super Fine Epitaxial (Type II CrO2) 90-minute analog audio cassette {from the Gene Poole collection} > Sony TC-WE435 (azimuth adjustment) > Roland R05 (24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (audio cleanup, convert to 16/44) > SHNtool (fixed SBE) > CD Wave (track splits) > TLH (WAV > FLAC 8
Track 16. The Colonial Wing 3:25
Track 17. Back O’ The Moon 3:49
Track 18. National Education Week 4:02
Track 19. The Housewife’s Lament 0:44
1986-03-28 - The Bandshell - Daytona Beach, FL
Pre-FM Broadcast, from 1986 SPIN Radio concert vinyl LP > Technics SL-D205 turntable > Sony RCD-W10 CD recorder > CDR, .cda audio file > Switch Sound File Convertor, to .wav > FLAC
Track 20. Maddox Table 3:28
Track 21. Grey Victory 2:58
Track 22. Just As The Tide Was A-Flowing 2:18
Track 23. Can’t Ignore The Train 2:35
Track 24. Everyone A Puzzle Lover 3:07
Track 25. Lilydale 3:13
Track 26. Wildwood Flower 1:44
Track 27. Arbor Day 2:51
Track 28. So Inviting 3:39
Track 29. Daktari 4:33
Track 30. My Mother The War 4:01
Track 31. Among The Americans 3:28
Track 32. Planned Obsolescence 4:37
55 mins
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