Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY
August 19, 1996
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 61)
Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C
Transfer: Two Of Us Master Cassette > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX / Ozone (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post-production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC
01 Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
02 Pocahontas
03 Big Time
04 Slip Away
05 The Needle And The Damage Done
06 Heart Of Gold
07 Sugar Mountain
08 Cinnamon Girl
09 F*!#in' Up
10 Cortez The Killer
11 Music Arcade
12 Like A Hurricane
13 Sedan Delivery
14 Prisoners Of Rock 'n' Roll
15 Tonight's The Night
Known Faults:
-F*!#in' Up: start cut
Welcome to Volume 61 of the "Two Of Us" Master Series.
Between 1983 and 2002 there was likely not a taper or taping duo more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of a decade and a half they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times.
If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton.
What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped.
They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists. If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape.
Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired.
The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats. The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years.
None of their masters have ever been circulated and have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition.
Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them.
This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio.
We hope you enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Madison Square Garden - NYC, NY August 19, 1996
Solid capture of a great tour with Neil & Crazy Horse really stretching out at times firmly placing the focus on archival material. Two Of Us captured at least two nights and possibly more that we haven't gotten to yet.
Download also includes a newspaper review of the show.
Thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these great shows as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their work. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in this release and finally to professor goody for always being "on call" to ensure we're at the correct pitch...we've barely scratched the surface.
Artwork included...
mjk5510 & Two Of Us
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