Connecticut Recordings

Real Estate: January 16, 2012 @ The Met, Pawtucket, RI January 17, 2012

(Outside the venue, the first snowfall of the year, which prompted the addition of ‘Snow Days’ in the set!)
(All photos by Matt Albertsen)

Real Estate
January 16, 2012
The Met
Pawtucket, RI

Taping Rig (4-channel matrix recording):
Soundboard Feed + RØDE NT5 matched pair condenser microphones (At 7′, inside mixing booth, stage left) > Tascam DR-680 [PCM WAV 24-bit/96kHz -- Low mic gain, Mic/line levels = Flat] > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CD Wave > EAC (V0 MP3 via LAME external compressor) > mp3 > MP3Tag

Sample: It’s Real

1. Green Aisles
2. Fake Blues
3. Municipality
4. Basement
5. Easy
6. Wonder Years
7. It’s Real
8. Younger Than Yesterday
9. Kinder Blumen
10. Exactly Nothing
11. Out of Tune
12. All the Same

(encore)
13. (Banter)
14. Snow Days

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-Head over to Domino’s official web site to buy Real Estate’s most recent album, ‘Days’ on LP, CD, or even cassette. Also be sure to check out their upcoming tour dates and go see them if they come to your area! And don’t forget that ‘Easy’ will be released on 7″ vinyl, and the B-side is “Exactly Nothing,” which was played at this show. Be sure to pick it up!
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Cass McCombs: December 31, 2011 @ Boston Public Library, Boston, MA January 4, 2012

(Photo by Matt Albertsen)

Cass McCombs
December 31, 2011
Rabb Lecture Hall at Boston Public Library
Boston, MA

Taping Rig:
RØDE NT5 matched pair condenser microphones (At 7′, clamped to table in front of first row, on right side / 6′ from PA stack) > Tascam DR-100 (via XLR) [PCM WAV 16-bit/44.1kHz -- Low mic gain, Mic levels = 10/10] > Adobe Audition 3.0 (Very light compression w/ boost added, to raise db on quieter songs) > CD Wave > EAC (V0 MP3 via LAME external compressor) > mp3 > MP3Tag

Sample: My Sister, My Spouse

1. (Intro)
2. My Master
3. Angel Blood
4. My Sister, My Spouse
5. Robin Egg Blue
6. County Line
7. Equinox
8. Bradley Manning
9. Bobby, King of Boys Town
10. That’s That
11. Home Out on the Range
12. Dearest Darling [Bo Diddley cover]

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-Head over to Domino’s official web site to buy Cass McCombs’ records. That’s not a suggestion, that’s an order. The ‘Bradley Manning’ 7″ comes out later this month, and will hopefully be up for pre-order soon. Also, Cass and his band are hitting the road for a tour in January. Go to his Facebook page for a list of tour dates.
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The Felice Brothers: December 30, 2011 @ Daniel Street, Milford, CT January 2, 2012

(Photo by bhusvar)

(Photo by Bob Beaumont)

The Felice Brothers
December 30, 2011
Daniel Street
Milford, CT

Taping Rig (4-channel matrix recording):
Soundboard Feed + RØDE NT5 matched pair condenser microphones (At 8.5′, clamped to soundboard ledge) > Tascam DR-680 [PCM WAV 16-bit/44.1kHz -- Low mic gain, Mic levels = 10/10] > Adobe Audition 3.0 (Delay issue resolved)> CD Wave > EAC (V0 MP3 via LAME external compressor) > mp3 > MP3Tag

Sample: Take This Bread

1. Murder By Mistletoe
2. Fire at the Pageant
3. Honda Civic
4. Wonderful Life
5. Run Chicken Run
6. Harvest Moon [Neil Young cover]
7. Back in the Dancehalls >
8. Endless Night
9. Whiskey in My Whiskey
10. White Limo
11. Ponzi >
12. Take This Bread
13. What a Wonderful World [Thiele/Weiss, made famous by Louis Armstrong]
14. Cus’s Catskill Gym
15. Love Me Tenderly
16. Saint Stephen’s End >
17. River Jordan

(encore)
18. Frankie’s Gun!
19. Two Hands [Townes Van Zandt cover]

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-Do your part to support this excellent and very taper-friendly band by heading over to their online shop to pick up some shirts and records!
-This show was put on by Manic Productions — check their web site to see a schedule of upcoming events!
-Check out some words on this show and last thoughts on Daniel Street on Yellow Lit.
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