Wolfgang Press
Minneapolis, MN USA
First Avenue
20 February 1989
stereo audience recording
(07:34.67)

cassette side A (07:34.67):
A01. start (00:03.26)
A02. Bottom Drawer (04:57.09)
A03. Respect (02:34.32)

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digitizing notes:
This is one of a handful of shows from "Mr. Smith" that I had also recorded. Although my own recording of this performance has circulated in the tape-trading days of the past, I have never circulated a digitized version. This version from the Mr. Smith collection has *reportedly* never seen the light of day until now.

The Mr. Smith version is incomplete, featuring only two songs out of the ten which were performed, and is the only other master tape of this performance I’ve ever been made aware of since 1989. The sound quality of the Mr. Smith version is somewhat more distorted than my own recording, give or take some varying degrees of the unique sonics each of us were able to capture from our different positions in the venue.

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lineage:
original master cassette [2-channel stereo] > Nakamichi DR-3 cassette deck [Azimuth adjustment applied to playback head] > Edirol R-04 [RCA/analog in; 24-bit/96kHz transfer (.wav)] > PC [via USB] > CD Wave Editor [Version 1.98; Windows Build Number: 0000.23F0] (sector boundary tracking) > Trader's Little Helper [Version 2.7.0; Build 172] (Level 8 .wav > .flac conversion)

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The “Mr. Smith” Tapes.
Made available to the world through the collaborative resources of these people:
Recorded in 1989 by “Mr. Smith”.
Digitized in 2016; and technical notes by J. Free [sonicarchives.com]
Uploaded in 2016; any additional notes: 01001010

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Audio sample: Approx. 30 seconds each of: Bottom Drawer and Respect