The Breeders @ NYC 1993-06-22

 

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I do not have Sonic Youth set

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THE BREEDERS

Tuesday, 22 June 1993

The Academy
234 West 43rd Street
New York, New York 10036
USA 


APE master, 13 July 2020, by elegymart:
Analog audience recording (stereo) {recorded by Gene Poole}: unknown mics/recorder > 1992-96 US Maxell XLII (Type II CrO2) 90-minute analog audio cassette master {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 > FLAC8).
Created this text file.


Total running time  [34:04]
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01  introduction [0:41]
02  S.O.S. [2:47]
03  Lord of the Thighs [3:23]
04  Hellbound [2:12]
05  Cannonball [3:48]
06  I Just Wanna Get Along [2:00]
07  Iris [3:17]
08  Don't Call Home [4:22]
09  Divine Hammer [3:18]
10  No Aloha [2:49]
11  Roi [3:19]
12  Lime House [2:00]


Band line-up:
Kim Deal – lead vocals, guitar 
Josephine Wiggs – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on t03, drums on t11 
Kelley Deal – lead guitar, backing vocals 
Jim Macpherson – drums, percussion, bass on t11 


Notes:

THE GENE POOLE COLLECTION VOL. 148

Here's the latest installment of the Gene Poole Collection, a random wellspring of recordings which have recently surfaced. To paraphrase Lou: This is gonna go on for a while, so we should get used to each other, settle back, pull up your cushions, whatever else you have with you that makes life bearable in what has already been the start of trying decade...

Some of Gene's handiwork has probably been heard by your very ears before, for the most part via the Stonecutter Archives, but this is the first major unearthing of tapes direct from the legend himself. As promising as that may seem, it's best to let the surprises hit as they are shared. The trade-off to the prolific taping on Gene's part is that the expectations for a perfect track record would be unrealistic and unfair. There will be instances of incomplete recordings, caused by late arrivals to gigs, recorder and mic malfunctions, and other assorted foibles as would befall any mortal taper. There will be times where a master from another source exists which could be superior. For the most part, Gene recorded with a variety of mics and recorders, and many shows suffered from wire dropouts, so that only one channel was extant in the capture. Due warning about the past imperfect given and out of the way, credit should be given where due as well -- for many shows thought lost forever, it's exciting to discover that many of these even in incomplete form have now cropped up.

The transfers, the audio fixes, and the research all have required some lead time -- many tapes had scant info (sometimes just the name of the artist/band, with no date listed for the performance). Needless to say, gear documentation is virtually nil -- we wait around for that precise detail to be forthcoming, nothing from the collection would probably see the light of day.

Here's the second of two consecutive nights at the Academy where the Breeders opened up for Sonic Youth, along with St. Johnny.

Possibly without setting the mics to the proper attenuator if at all, the bass overwhelms the entire recording, drowning the music in a muddle. The parts without bass are fine, but that's not much of a consolation. Still, these opening sets don't seem to circulate much, so like a coronavirus lunch, you just kinda grab n' go, and *deal* later. 

If Scott Simpson taped this, hopefully there'll be an upgrade forthcoming in the future.

Keeping it short with this one because there's still so much more to share.

Enjoy,
elegymart