1996-03-16 | Percy Hill

1:05:16

SBD

Rating:

10.00 / 1 rating

Taper:

Scott Bernstein

Transferrer:

Scott Bernstein

SHNID:

percyhill1996-03-16

Source:

Soundboard

Lineage:

Original master recording: SBD -> Denon DTR-80p (@16/48-m) Transfer: DAT master playback on Sony R500->.flac file recorded on Sound Devices 722 digital input Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0b - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Volume normalization, sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter, then dithered back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.

Taper Notes:

View Notes"The Broken Men" opened; "Solar Circus" played after

There is no rhythm guitar in the mix until 5:49 into the 1st song

If you're wearing headphones check out the cool stereo imaging stuff that the soundguy was doing with panning the guitar and later the keys in the L/R channel during track 11

Recorded, mastered, and tracked by Scott Bernstein (4/14-23/2010)

Taper notes:
Continuing my odyssey of digging into my earliest recordings of my favorite bands of the 90s, I unearthed this crispy Percy Hill soundboard for BARN29.  For me, the ascendancy of Percy Hill as one of my favorite bands happened to coincide with the decline of God Street Wine, another favorite band during the same time period.  The Wetlands, in another of their inspired bookings, slotted Percy Hill to open up for moe. in February of '96, which got me to see them for the first time and whom I enjoyed enough to sign up for their mailing list.  The next time they came back into NYC which was only a month later in March, I decided to go see (and tape) them at a tiny club I'd never been to before, The Lion's Den.  It was not exactly The Wetlands in terms of vibe or sound system, but it was super intimate and the friendly staff made it easy for me to get a board patch, so you all get the benefit now of listening to a super crispy early Percy recording.

Percy Hill is in semi-retirement now and had been through at least 3 major lineup (and song repertoire) changes after this time period, but this is Percy in their second lineup (which is very close to their original lineup), with original members Zack & Nate Wilson on percussion and keys, Tom Powley and Joe Farrell on guitar, and Tim Leavy on drums.  This is soon after the incredibly funky Jon Hawes joined the band on bass (after Moon Boot Lover decided to tour as a trio with just the Evans brothers, Neal and Allen [who went on to form Soulive] and Peter Prince on guitar/vocals) and in my opinion Jon really kicked the band up a notch!

This was my first of hundreds of shows that I wound up going to at the Lion's Den before it became Sullivan Hall in 2008, and it continues to this day to be a launching pad for smaller bands before they break out into bigger rooms.

A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/05
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/93
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/95
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/98 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/96
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/96
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/97
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/98
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/97
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/97
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/95
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/95
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/98 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/97 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/97 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/93
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/94
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew, The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.net)
BARN28 - Stew, Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996