the Mountain Goats
05-05-2005
Knitting Factory, New York, 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, WeĠre the Mountain Goats]
02. Up the Wolves *
03. Love Love Love *!
04. [Linda Blair Was Born Innocent banter]
05. Linda Blair Was Born Innocent !
06. [Karnak]
07. Nine Black Poppies
08. Tollund Man
09. Dance Music [false start]
10. Dance Music
11. This Year
12. [New Order]
13. Song for Dennis Brown
14. Color in Your Cheeks
15. [Thor vs. Karnak]
16. International Small Arms Traffic Blues !#
17. Your Belgian Things *!#$
18. Quito !@#
19. See America Right !@#$
20. [Encore Break]
21. You or Your Memory *@
22. Lions Teeth *@
23. [Capo Conspiracy]
24. No Children

* = 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 the Knitting Factory in Manhattan. 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 I?ve 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