MAGAZINE : SAN FRANCISCO 1980

  1. Intro Music : The Book
  2. Feed The Enemy
  3. Stuck
  4. Permafrost
  5. The Light Pours Out Of Me
  6. Because You're Frightened
  7. Parade
  8. Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
  9. Shot By Both Sides
  10. I Want To Burn Again
  11. A Song From Under The Floorboards
  12. Model Worker
  13. Twenty Years Ago

Label : no label

Venue : The Fox-Warfield Theater, San Francisco, California, USA

Recording Date : August 15, 1980

Length : 65:20

Quality : Soundboard recording (A+)

Review : Someone put my feelings very well about these recordings in the following quote. I can't really improve on their words beyond noting that these recordings sound absolutely and utterly stunning, and I consider myself incredibly lucky to be able to present these to you here in their original, first generation, lossless hi-fidelity versions, for the first time ever. "[These recordings were] recorded and preserved by collector/engineer Terry Hammer, for broadcast over the UC Berkeley station KALX and several others from the 1979 -1981 period. Anyone who spent a night at one of these clubs knows how chaotic the atmosphere was. That he was able to, not only get a decent feed from the sound mixing board, but was also able to get clean recordings was something of a miracle. And the fact this guy did it over and over again is pure dedication to the cause of preserving history for decades to come. Fortunately for everyone, he's been making these gems of history available and their value as historic documents is inestimable. This is really exciting stuff and I am grateful for Terry's foresight and deft skill." src: https://pastdaily.com/2014/06/25/gang-four-live-american-indian-center-san-francisco-1980-nights-roundtable-concert-edition/ If you've ever been looking for an excuse to upgrade your sound system, these recordings certainly should be provide you with some motivation, because they have incredible sound. And if you already have a quality sound system, you are in for a treat!! The audio goes straight to 20k hz, no losses I can detect. Due to the reality of tapes, even high end as used here, the low end starts at 47 hz. Do we call these soundboards ? Technically not precisely because this is not the house mix, these shows were mixed using a dedicated mixing board. And the recordings include 2 audience mics in the mix. But I call it the Terry Hammer Tape Project (THTP) to make sure there is no doubt about the project's creator.