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Artist - The Very Reverend Horton Heat

Date - 2001/12/04 (December 4, 2001)

Venue - The Elbow Room, Columbia, SC USA

UNCIRCULATED MASTER RECORDING

Setlist And Fingerprints - 

Track 01 - Big Sky and Baddest Of The Bad.flac:bbf577982de5bcd419c4b45a949350d6
Track 02 - Five-O-Ford.flac:eb1c5e98ce956e578b39204c4fdcd11b
Track 03 - Party In Your Head.flac:1a79e991c052a1d46ddb93bcc60c7111
Track 04 - Big D Boogie Woogie.flac:f7290e5f4831cf170363615a7c0eab8e
Track 05 - I Can't Surf.flac:f95dcc9d4e0318339ccbf567af5fd233
Track 06 - Wiggle Stick.flac:264930bb9dd76d7fc0576ab420da5307
Track 07 - 400 Bucks.flac:ec4e94ae9926205fb0f04622ad55f918
Track 08 - I'm Mad.flac:ffd0c760a37d1c6bb23b0a3e70cb4e35
Track 09 - Like A Rocket.flac:510eec24fe91d50d7d8cd87932e94a90
Track 10 - Galaxie 500.flac:2632fb9d8f8fe381ad04a3dadb29e787
Track 11 - Marihuana.flac:6b7972ff11b822e3946f14844eb11182
Track 12 - Instrumental.flac:23fdb6a9b16a405a9fff2a093d235299
Track 13 - Nurture My Pig.flac:9b8b63782f23fa5087199bc413a24c87
Track 14 - The Jimbo Song.flac:aed82e90e0d7c42b7d7f5fc5b061b4e5
Track 15 - Loco Gringos Like To Party.flac:15e7a7356e8797b1c648de5e9c6cd0fc
Track 16 - Bales Of Cocaine.flac:7deae089d52b871715b0f0c7ed3897f4
Track 17 - The Devil's Chasing Me.flac:0406e2e8cd9dcefe9725140b1a237207
Track 18 - Reverend Horton Heat's Big Blue Car.flac:7c0591caaa3f56691cb727beb8bf8c0e
Track 19 - It's Martini Time.flac:8ac0fde60a963f4149197164a53e516d
Track 20 - Big Red Rocket Of Love.flac:0e36af46ff3fc5196a60a733896b48f1

Lineage - 

Walkman D3 stereo tie mic > Sharp MD stereo recorder, model forgotten > 
Memorex Crystal 80 min and SONY Color Collection 74 min master minidiscs >
SONY Net MD Walkman MZ-NE410 MDLP minidisc player > 
ZOOM H2 Handy Digital Recorder (tracked wav files here) >
SanDisk SD 2GB sound card >
(transferred wav files to HD here) >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (edited tracks here) > 
Trader's Little Helper (Flac Frontend encode level 8,
aligned on sector boundaries)

Quality - 9-9.5/10 excellent minus to excellent audience recording

CD 1: 12 tracks, 45:42
CD 2:  8 tracks, 44:33
TT: 90:15  This is the ENTIRE concert.

This was the 2nd time that I had ever seen the Very Reverend Horton Heat,
the 1st being seven years before this in Milwaukee, WI at The Unicorn (a
recording that I've already upped twice). By this time, I had graduated
from a good quality analog recorder to a good quality minidisc recorder
with adjustable recording levels, so this recording is much better than
the 1st one. The Elbow Room in Columbia, SC was a small seedy club in
"Five Points", a college area where the cool kids still go to get drunk
and hear music. IIRC, the night that I saw this show, the club was having 
problems with the men's room, so if you had to go, you went next door to
the drug store. Definitely upper crust...The band played on a tiny elevated
stage and Dash Rip Rock opened. That band was NOT recorded. This show has
never circulated (at least not THIS version) so you are grabbing a VERY
rare show. I stood very close to the stage and there is little to no
audience noise to contend with ; at least no close aud chatter. The crowd
there was amazingly well-behaved. They were there to see the Archbishop
of The Rock and Roll Diocese of Dallas, Texas and were respectful of the
artist. A few words now about the recording...

The recording turned out to be extremely good ; there were only 2 flaws,
one of which was my fault. There is a 4 second dropout in Track 05 which
was caused by a defect in the Memorex minidisc that I used as a master. 
I know that minidisc recorders are a dying technology with ZOOMs and
Edirols, etc. now being in the forefront but I still use my units when I
feel like it. If you are a taper & use MDs, STAY AWAY FROM MEMOREX DISCS !
I used them a LOT until I started noticing small dropouts here and there
on my masters. The last straw happened when a Memorex ruined a Cheap Trick
concert that I recorded in North Charleston, SC over 5 years ago. I'm still
cryin' over that one and haven't used Memorex since. BE WARNED !!! The 
dropout was flawlessly welded luckily so it's of no consequence. The flaw
that WAS my fault involved guessing where to stop the recorder to insert
a new disc. I was unsure where to do the switch so I waited too long and
switched at the end of Track 19. A little of Track 20 was lost and I offer
1000 apologies. What the fuck can I say ? I guessed wrong. But there's only 
a little bit missing so it's not that bad. Hey motherfucker, deal with it !!!
HA HA HA HA HA ! There's a tiny bit of mild clipping when the audience 
screams but no distortion and the sound is crystal-clear. The Rev was 
drinking shots of Jagermeister on stage so it's one of those (great) concerts !
It was a wonderful second concert for me (I've seen RHH a bunch of times since
then and gosh, did I record any of them ? Wow, I don't recall...) and it will
be for you too. That's about all that I have, so let's get this concert on the 
golden road to spiritual enlightenment.......

Finally, no buy, no sell, no mp3. Please seed this as long as you can. 
If you're a RHH fan, you NEED this tape. A very high-energy show in which 
everybody shines. I will post samples shortly for those of you still 
undecided, but I think you'll find that this is an excellent recording 
and a fine addition to any RHH fan's collection. Well, thanks for reading 
this and Mr. Natural would like to add these few comments: have fun, have 
a shot of Jagermeister in The Very Reverend's honor and by all means, enjoy 
the concert!!!

jojogunne 3/27/2011

Remember the motto: I got a wiggle stick, mama, and you'll like it a lot...