the Mountain Goats
05-07-2005
Northsix, Brooklyn, NY

Recorded and transferred by Thomas Hartnett [t_hartnett@hotmail.com]

Source: AUD>Visivox SCM Broadcast Pro microphones>Visivox SCM preamp>Sharp MD-MT866
Transfer: Sharp MD-MT866>Audacity 1.2.5>Fission 1.5.2>MacFLAC

01. [Hi, WeÕre the Mountain Goats}
02. Lions Teeth *
03. You or Your Memory *
04. [John Vanderslice is in the House]
05. Linda Blair Was Born Innocent !
06. Source Decay
07. Dance Music
08. Color in Your Cheeks
09. Going to Cleveland
10. Cheshire County
11. Song for Dennis Brown
12. Nine Black Poppies
13. [Not an Intro to Going to Queens]
14. International Small Arms Traffic Blues !#
15. Your Belgian Things *!#$
16. [Hipsters]
17. Quito !@#
18. [Audience Vote]
19. See America Right !@#$
20. [Encore Break]
21. [Excuse Me, IÕm Going to Zip Up My Fly]
22. My Favorite Things
23. Shadow Song *

* = with Erik Friedlander
! = with John Vanderslice
@ = with Travis Weller
# = with Thor Harris
$ = with Jonathan Meiburg

Notes:
A great show from the Sunset Tree era at Northsix in Brooklyn. At various points in the show, John and Peter are joined by John Vanderslice on guitar, Erik Friedlander on cello, and various members of Shearwater.

During the transfer process, I used Audacity for normalization and split the tracks in Fission. I did not utilize any compression as I had with the July 2005 solo rooftop shows that I have previously shared.

When John Vanderslice and members of Shearwater fill out the band, the limitations of my microphones start to show, but the overall effect is not terribly offensive or unpleasant. At the end of the day, it appears that this may be the only recording of this show in existence, and I felt that it deserved to be documented, flaws and all.

Hopefully, I credited all the appropriate extra players correctly; I was going on my memory of a 3-year-old concert and what my ears were hearing in an imperfect recording. If anyone has any evidence that IÕve credited the musicians inaccurately, please bring it to my attention and I will alter this file accordingly.

If anyone has any comments or questions, I can be reached at the e-mail address above. Thanks!

-Thom