[photo courtesy of Jessica Amaya and Stereogum]
It must have been quite rewarding for Slumberland Records Mike Schulman that at the 20th Anniversary concerts, bands seemed to come out of the woodwork to play for him. The Ropers released one album and few 7″ records for Slumberland, but had broken up in the mid-90’s and had not released any new material since 1995. But at the anniversary concerts, as they opened with “Waiting” from their debut 7″, The Ropers sounded very much like they had fifteen years ago — tight, melodic dream-pop music.
This set was recorded as have been all the other ones from this show, and this particular mix is quite excellent. Enjoy!
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Ropers
2009-11-14
Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Concert
Bell House
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix
Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 16bit 44.1kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-12-09
Setlist: (setlist help via)
[Total Time 26:56]
01 Waiting
02 I Don’t Mind
03 Sweet Lord I Know
04 Revolver
05 Home
06 Empty Bottle
07 Please Understand
08 Paste
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT The Ropers, and purchase their releases which are still available from Slumberland Records website [here].
Thanks for recording and posting this. Here’s the rest of the setlist:
3. Sweet Lord I Know
6. Empty Bottle
7. Please Understand
8. Paste
Cheers,
Alex (Ropers drummer)