12.10.1990
USA, New York, Town Hall
Town Hall 1990
exc. Aud.

01. The Strong And The Beautiful [5:37]
02. Mexico 1920 [6:17]
03. Vigango [7:02]
04. Earthly Pleasures [16:18]
05. Mickey Goes To Africa [6:39]
06. Band Introduction [1:14]
07. Monk Gets Ripped [5:48]
08. A Piece Of Time [9:51]
09. Blues For Snakes [11:43]
10. Big Thing [8:31]

Total Running Time: [1:19:05]

(TapeTyrant Master Series Volume 30) 

Recording: Nak 300's (likely) > Sony TC-D5 

Transfer: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC 

Known Faults: None

Andy Summers - guitar
Atle Bakken - keyboards
Doug Lunn - bass
Chad Wackerman - drums

Welcome to Volume 30 of an exciting master series featuring the master recordings of dime member "tapetyrant". The series will predominately feature captures in the Northeast and Southern California areas. We will touch on multiple genres with a strong focus on Jazz Fusion, New Wave and Rock. 

Tapetyrant was an active taper in the 1980's and much of the 1990's before, like many of us, hanging up the mics. What he captured during that time is uniformly excellent quality and his master tapes have been safely stored, the first batch are in pristine condition. Some shows may circulate from lower generation copies but most have remained uncirculated until now and have never circulated directly from the masters. 

Prior to DAT, the heavy lifting was entirely done by a Sony D5 with NAK 300's and taping was serious business, acquiring the best seats possible and working to keep neighbors in check. 

Volume 30 features the Andy Summers Band's opening set for Michael Brecker (Brecker's set appears uncirculated and will be featured in our series shortly) at the Town Hall in NYC.

This has previously circulated from a first generation copy this edition should be considered as an upgrade due to a number of things.

1. First shared transfer directly from the master tapes
2. First azimuth adjusted transfer
3. Phasing issues corrected
4. De-clicked and cleaned of offending audience noises
5. (Re)mastered for optimal quality 

Quality is excellent and the combination of the excellent capture, azimuth adjusted transfer, correcting the phasing and slight tweak on some frequencies makes this one come alive.

Thanks as always to goody for his pitch checks and helping to identify the phasing issues. He keeps us tuned each and every week! 

The biggest thank you to "tapetyrant" for doing such a great job capturing these important shows, for reaching out and entrusting me to present his excellent work for all to enjoy for decades to come we are indebted to his generosity (tapers don't let those tapes and your hard work get lost to the ages, there are plenty of folks to get in touch with here to help get them out, we're all working to leave no tape behind). 

Artwork and samples included. mjk5510 and tapetyrant 

Dimeadozen.org: Torrent 736756 (by mjk5510)