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Uncle Tupelo- Mabel’s, Champaign Il. 11/11/92 xfer from Hi8 Master!

This was my 3rd stop on that November 92 tour, following UT through the Midwest. I remember 2 things about that day- it was SUPER foggy. Fog like this does not exist in California. It was amazing I found my way to a hotel. The second was that I ate at a Mongolian BBQ place for dinner where an old toothless man had a stick that he used to cook the food in front of me. The stick was half gone due to overuse- meaning that I (or someone) may have been eating splinters. Yum. This video sounds really good. I am a bit shocked that the stock mic in the TR-81 performed so well.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Sony TR-81

 

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Uncle Tupelo- Mabel’s, Champaign Il. 11/11/92 enhanced xfer from Hi8 master tape w/remixed DAT Audio

It’s funny, I never thought that this was a very good performance. Now that I revisit it after 28 years, it was probably one of the best shows of the tour. The original perception was probably due to me being tired and hungover(this was the day after the “I went to the wrong state” debacle), plus it was the 3rd show in 4 days, and also the lighting in the venue being weak.
I was able to brighten this one quite a bit and de-snow the picture, I also boosted the color intensity up quite a bit (like 85%) because the original was bland as hell. I was also able to get Izotope to get a decent read on this one (audience recordings are hit and miss) so I was able to boost guitar and vocals. The guitar was really low in the mix in the room.
Great performance, and probably the best I have ever heard Bill play with UT.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Sony TR-81 camcorder, Sony TCD-D3 DAT w/Nakamichi CM300 mic
Brighten/denoise: Adobe premiere elements, Neat Video
Audio remix in Izotope RX7
Audio Video synch via pluraleyes.

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