Gang Of Four @ San Francisco, CA 1980-05-22

 

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Gang of Four
American Indian Center
San Francisco, CA
1980-05-22 - Set 2

THTP Release 29

Recording chain:
Stage mics > splitter (split to house snake/SBD and TH snake) > TH dedicated snake >
Peavy MkII 12 channel mixing board (10 channels snake, 2 channels audience mics) >
AKAI GXC-570D Cassette Deck (Dolby B on) > TDK SA-90 tape

Archival Process:
1999: Sony TC-KA3ES > TDK SA-90 tapes playback (NO Dolby) > BBE 462 Sonic Maximizer (to clean up tapes) >
Tascam DA-30 DAT > HHb DAT-125 DAT tape
2002: HHb CDR-850 Professional CD Recorder (In real time) > HHb CDR74 Gold 100 year archival grade CDRs
2005: Transfered to HDD in AIFF file format

Dime release processing: AIFF Master Files > FFMPEG > 16 bit FLAC 8 > tagging, cover artwork, checksums.

Recorded, preserved, and master AIFF files provided by: Terry Hammer

Setlist:
01. Not Great Men
02. Contract
03. Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time
04. Damaged Goods
05. He'd Send In The Army
06. Guns Before Butter
07. 5-45
08. Love Like Anthrax
09. It's Her Factory
10. Ether
11. Natural's Not In It
12. At Home He's A Tourist
13. Rosanne
14. Gift
15. Glass

Length: 58:38

Band:
Jon King - vocals
Andy Gill - guitar
Dave Allen - bass
Hugo Burnham - drums

Notes:
* About band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four_(band)
* "Gang of Four were an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Leeds. The band plays a stripped-down mix of punk rock, funk and dub, with a lyrical emphasis on the social and political ills of society. Gang of Four are widely considered one of the leading bands of the late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk movement."
* Andy Gill RIP 2020.
* David Allen left Gang of Four to form Shriekback in 1981.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_(English_musician)
* Hugo Burnham left Gang of Four in 1983, and joined Illustrated Man, then went on to a varied career.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Burnham
* Jon King remained the constant element in Gang of Four until 2012.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_King
* About the American Indian Center (229 Valencia Street): https://diva.sfsu.edu/bundles/231233
"The building was built in 1914 by and for the Serbian Benevolent Society until 1969. In the 1970s and 1980s this became the American Indian Center and then the name was changed to Native American Arts and Culture Center." [image included]
* Band pictures, event flyers, and poster included.
* This is another amazing Terry Hammer recording, it sounds almost like you are there. Hats off, again.

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About Terry Hammer and the THTP:

Someone put my feelings very well about these recordings in the following quote. I can't really improve on their words beyond noting that these recordings sound absolutely and utterly stunning, and I consider myself incredibly lucky to be able to present these to you here in their original, first generation, lossless hi-fidelity versions, for the first time ever.

"[These recordings were] recorded and preserved by collector/engineer Terry Hammer, for broadcast over the UC Berkeley station KALX and several others from the 1979 -1981 period. Anyone who spent a night at one of these clubs knows how chaotic the atmosphere was. That he was able to, not only get a decent feed from the sound mixing board, but was also able to get clean recordings was something of a miracle. And the fact this guy did it over and over again is pure dedication to the cause of preserving history for decades to come. Fortunately for everyone, he’s been making these gems of history available and their value as historic documents is inestimable. This is really exciting stuff and I am grateful for Terry’s foresight and deft skill."
src: https://pastdaily.com/2014/06/25/gang-four-live-american-indian-center-san-francisco-1980-nights-roundtable-concert-edition/

As Terry notes about the process of recording these shows: "Like all of my live recordings this was mixed direct to 2-Track Reel To Reel (and Cassette deck for backup and personal use) using headphones. Sitting in the club with the loud P.A. sound trying to drive the amp in my mixing board loud enough to hear what I was mixing.If you've ever been to a live concert,then,you know how loud it can be."

If you've ever been looking for an excuse to upgrade your sound system, these recordings certainly should provide you with some motivation, because they have incredible sound. And if you already have a quality sound system, you are in for a treat!! The audio goes straight to 20k hz, no losses I can detect. Due to the reality of tapes, even high end as used here, the low end starts at 47 hz.

And if you want to learn more about this incredible musical era, listen to the stuff you haven't heard, there are amazing gems in there.

Do we call these soundboards? Technically not precisely because this is not the house mix, these shows were mixed using a dedicated mixing board, with an additional 1 to 2 audience mics (1 for Mab because he needed 11 snake inputs), 2 at other clubs) in the mix. But I call it the Terry Hammer Tape Project (THTP) to make sure there is no doubt about the project's creator.

TECH:
Note that Terry made 2 master recordings (recording at the same time) when he mixed these shows live:
1: Reel to reel, for the radio stations:
Technics RS-1500 Reel To Reel (mostly TDK Audua L-1800 & LB-1800 tape with back coating or Scotch 206 / 207 with back coating. Maybe a few Maxell UD-XL). All the KALX shows went to KALX, they supplied the reel to reel tape.

2: For his own use, and as backup in case something happened to the reels:
AKAI GXC-570D Cassette Deck (Dolby B on) > TDK SA-90 tape

Terry isn't sure, but thinks the audience mics he used maybe were Electro Voice EV-DS35's.

Info: http://www.bbesound.com/products/sonic-maximizers/482i.aspx

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