On Friday night, I got to “pal around” with all-around nice guy John Vanderslice at the opening of the new music club at the downtown 92Y Tribeca. Following an excellent opening set from cutting edge comedian Michael Showalter, John played an enjoyable hour-long solo set that included three new songs from his anticipated March 2009 release. John was equally gregarious in his interactions with the audience and in the performance of his intelligent songs. He is set to finish recording his album and will return to touring when the new release hits in March. We will be there then.
This recording was captured with the gracious permission and assistance of the artist who introduced me to the soundboard tech and permitted a digital patch into the mixing desk. The recording is a professional quality capture of an outstanding artist. Enjoy!
The NYCTaper recording of John Vanderslice at Mercury Lounge in March 2008 is still available [here].
This Recording is now available to Download in FLAC and MP3 at Archive.org [HERE].
John Vanderslice
2008-10-18
92Y Tribeca
New York, NY USA
Digital Soundboard Recording
Soundboard > XLR > Apogee Mini-Me > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level boost, set fades, downsample, dither) > CD Wave (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-10-21
Setlist:
[Total time 1:00:29]
01 [introduction/banter]
02 Trance Manual
03 White Dove
04 Time To Go
05 [banter]
06 Angela
07 [banter]
08 Numbered Lithograph
09 [banter]
10 Too Much Time [new song]
11 White Plains
12 [banter]
13 Greyhound
14 Letter To The East Coast
15 Romanian Names [new song]
16 [banter]
17 Pale Horse
18 [banter]
19 Dear Sarah Shu
20 [encore break/banter]
21 Keep The Dream Alive
22 The Snow Leopard [new song]
23 [banter]
24 Nikki Oh Nikki
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT John Vanderslice, visit his website, visit his MySpace page, and purchase his official releases from the Barsuk Records site [HERE].
Thank you for the mp3s. I havent seen him live yet..
i didnt know he was so funny , i.e.
we’re gonna have a dance party after the show and this is a song about a dead rabbit to get us in the mood to dance.