[Photo by Maryanne Ventrice]
We caught Woods this summer in the unlikely Northside Festival venue of St. Cecilia’s Roman Catholic Church (that recording here), but it was an equally special treat to see them play the best-sounding venue in Manhattan, Bowery Ballroom. Although the set hewed fairly closely to what we saw back in June, no two Woods shows are alike, and indeed, the jam-heavy favorites “Bend Beyond” and “I Was Gone” took different directions than they did back at St. Cecilia’s. We also got a huge treat in the form of the band’s cover of the Graham Nash tune “Military Madness” as their final song. As at St. Cecilia’s, the band added an organ player to give them a bigger, more psychedelic sound, and the Bowery’s sound system was mixed to perfection.
Befitting the high quality sound in the room, we came out with a lot of high quality gear to record this show, including a soundboard feed and two sets of mics. The result is undoubtedly our best recording of Woods to date. Enjoy!
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Woods
2011-08-13
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA
6-Channel Multitrack Digital Master Recording
Recorded by nyctaper and acidjack
Produced by acidjack
Soundboard + Neumann KM150 + DPA 4021>Sound Devices USBpre2 >> Tascam DR680>6x24bit/48kHz WAV>Audition (mixdown, EQ)>Audacity (tracking, set fades, amplify and balance)>FLAC Level 8
Tracks
01 [intro]
02 Pushing Onlys
03 Suffering Season
04 Blood Dries Darker
05 Bend Beyond
06 Rain On
07 Be All Be Easy
08 Say Goodbye
09 Find Them Empty
10 To Clean
11 I Was Gone
12 [encore break]
13 Military Madness [Graham Nash]
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Love Woods many thanks – Fingers crossed you taped White Fence
Thanks again.
Thank you – looking forward to this.
White Fence was recorded, and it sounds amazing. Besides that, the set absolutely smoked. I expect it will be up within a couple of days.
Whomever it was that recommended White Fence to us was completely on the money, as the band is excellent.
The sound on the Woods show is outstanding. Thx.
White Fence are the best band active in So Cal right now in my book, although it seems to be a different line-up every show! Glad you liked them. For anyone who wants more, there are 4 shows on my taping blog.
Sounds terrific — kudos to you both!
I agree re: White Fence. They were awesome. I’m working on that recording also – fear not, it will be up soon!
Thanks, sounds great, as always.
Wow, this isn’t just the best sounding Woods recording we’ve ever posted. It just might be the best sounding recording ever to appear on the site. Everything is mixed perfectly, the sound is amazingly deep, and the details are spectacular. Acidjack did most of the work on this, so all kudos to him.
Yep this recording does sound like your there – Thanks so much NYC taper and Acidjack. And so pleased you got a recording of White Fence.