fIREHOSE- Liberty Lunch, Austin TX 4/7/90 xfer f/Master audio cassette Complete Show Mike Watt

It has been a long day so I’ll keep this short. This one is from Craig Hilmer’s collection and sounds pretty good. I didn’t need to do much to it- no EQ or rebalance.

This was my favorite tour of theirs- the fromohio tour which is probably my favorite fIREHOSE album. So glad I got to see them so much.

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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10,000 Maniacs- Liberty Lunch, Austin Tx 9/2/89 xfer f/Master Audio Cassette

This one is from Craig Hilmer’s collection and it is a bit puzzling to me. 10,000 Maniacs were playing big venues on this tour- we saw the stop at the 8,500 seat Greek Theater in Berkeley, and they played the 3,000 seat at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas right before this. Then they play the (about) 450 capacity Liberty Lunch. Wild. I had to look through newspaper articles to confirm that the year is correct. Probably the last club show until Natalie left the band.

EDIT: thanks to promoters Mark Pratz for the background! “it was sold out so at least 1,000 attended. They ended up there when some disagreement occurred between the band and promoter/s at a Barton Springs outdoor concert back then, before ACL fest was created. We had done the band at the Continental. Club in the early 80’s (to no one,Thanksgiving, oops!). So the agent called and asked if we could pick up the show which. Duh, of course we did. I remember it being an early show so we could still do the evening bands booked.”

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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fIREHOSE- Liberty Lunch, Austin Tx 4/6/89 xfer fmaster audio cassette Mike Watt SST Records Complete

Collections post from Craig Hilmer’s collection. He has so much great stuff on these tapes. I was EQ’ing this and stumbled upon a Reivers local radio thing on the end of this tape. After such a crap day, it was nice to find some good stuff. Thanks Craig!

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10

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The Pogues- Liberty Lunch,Austin Tx 6/8/88 xfer f/master audio cassette complete show Shane MacGowan

Collections post from Craig Hilmer’s collection today. It’s a decent audience recording of The Pogues when they hit Liberty Lunch on their “If I Should Fall From Grace With God” tour… so kinda at their peak. At least it’s MY favorite album of theirs.
There is a ton more from Craig’s collection like this. I get all excited every time I dig in there!

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Equipment used: Aiwa? Sony TCD-D3? Something like that
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

Audio Live Concert