Acoustic Allstars
The Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
1988-01-24

Source:   FOB Neumann KM84 > Sony D5 Pro (Bolby B) by Charles Odell
Transfer: MC (3 x ZX-C90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > EZ CD Audio Converter > PCM @ 2496 
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, fades, DDI Codec (Dolby B @ -29.1 dBFS), resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644

Thanks to Charles for taping, and JC Mahoney and Ted Mattes for facilitating

Set I
01. Nine Pound Hammer
02. Slipstream
03. Ginseng Sullivan
04. Wayfaring Stranger
05. Cincinnati Rag
06. Home From The Forest
07. Poor Richard's Blues
08. Molly & Tenbrooks
09. banjo-fiddle medley
10. tuning
11. Old Train

Set II
12. banter
13. Fare The Well
14. band intros
15. Blue Railroad Train
16. banter - tuning
17. Natchez Trace
18. banter-tuning
19. Sunny Side Of The Mountain
20. banter - tuning
21. Jerry & Bela medley
22. banter
23. Cold On The Shoulder
24. banter
25. Daybreak In Dixie
26. banter
27. Little Sadie
28. Big Mon
29. Jerry Douglas solo
30. Bela Fleck solo
31. banter
32. Will You Be Lovin' Another Man
33. banter
34. Me And My Guitar
35. Bela Instrumental
36. banter
37. John Hardy
 
Tony Rice, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Stuart Duncan & Mark Schatz

This is a direct transfer of the master cassettes recorded by Charles Odell from the front row or so at the Birchmere.  It sounds terrific, as you'd expect.  This performance has circulated from a partial C(1) copy but is presented complete here for the first(?) time.  Circulating copies are missing banjo medley through Nachez Trace, and Will You Be Loving Another Man to the end.  They also have some a few small glitches that are not present here.

The Jerry & Bela medley consists of three pieces:  Distance, Edge of Winter and an untitled song.  Bela's solo is one of his songs and a second piece that someone else wrote.  

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2024-04-10