Today’s On This Date in History was an interesting project. The board mix on this one moves around a bunch which usually means that a rebalance in Izotope won’t work well, but it turned out alright. The drums are very up front during the first song and then they dropped out of the mix at about the 6 min mark, so I pushed it as much as I could without destroying the mix. Same with the guitars- I pushed it to where they almost drown out Leonard at the high points but are still audible (but back in the mix) at the low point.

I also have some suspicions about the origin. This was traded to me as a DAT clone and there is no tape hiss, so I think that’s true.. but there is a cut at 41 minutes that would make sense for a cassette tape flip. I have lined into the output of a tape deck with my DAT and had the same thing happen, so I am going with DAT, as advertised.

Fun show. Leonard doesn’t seem too excited about the clientele at the show, calling someone a fat f*ck at some point(s).

Recorded by: Dan Johnson
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +6, Drums and Guitar +8