HEM
April 16, 2005
Southpaw
Brooklyn, NY

An excellent show with the full HEM band, recorded just a few blocks from Pacific Street.

Lineup:
Sally Ellyson (Vocals)
Dan Messé (Keyboards)
Steve Curtis (Guitar, Mandolin & Vocals)
Gary Maurer (Guitar & Mandolin)
Bob Hoffnar (Pedal Steel)
Dawn Landes (Vocals & Glockenspiel)
George Rush (Upright Bass)
Mark Brotter (Drums)
Heather Zimmerman (Violin)

Disc 1 of 1

01 Now the Day is Over
02 Jackson
03 Stupid Mouth Shut
04 Lazy Eye
05 Lucky
06 Receiver
07 Strays
08 The Fire Thief
09 Hollow
10 My Father's Waltz
11 An Easy One
12 Betting On Trains
13 (band intros)
14 The Beautiful Sea
15 Idle (The Rabbit Song)
16 Sailor
17 Carry Me Home
18 Valentine's Day
19 Half Acre
Encore
20 Pacific Street
21 The Cuckoo
22 Night Like a River

Recording and transfer by Keith Bergendorff

Lineage:
Audio-Technica premium slimline cardioids ->
Sharp IM-DR80 minidisc recorder ->
M-Audio Revolution sound card ->
CD Wave @ 44.1 kHz -> .wav
FLAC -> .flac

No EQ, volume fade-in and fade-out at beginning and end of show using Nero Wave Editor. Track splits done with CD Wave.

This is the only recording of this show I'm aware of. I had the band's permission to tape but no good place to mount the mikes, and therefore had to clip them to the sides of my glasses standing at the front of a platform about 20 feet back from the stage at center. Consequently, there's quite a bit of audience noise from the boisterous hometown crowd, and my own breathing is occasionally picked up during the quieter songs. Otherwise the recording sounds very good for an analog transfer, and better than most HEM shows in circulation.