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Ratdog

2005

12/17

Showbox Comedy and Supper Club

Los Angeles, California

The Lensic Performing Arts Center

Lake Buena Vista, Florida

2:55:09

3 tapes

11/19

Mizner Park Amphitheater

Asheville, North Carolina

Worcester, Massachusetts

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

2:57:11

2 tapes

11/08

Weinberg Center for the Arts

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Atlantic City, New Jersey

2:19:00

3 tapes

9/02

Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center

Gilford, New Hampshire

2:04:26

1 tape

9/01

Central Park SummerStage

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2:03:34

2 tapes

8/28

State Fair Grandstand

Wallingford, Connecticut

2:01:41

2 tapes

8/24

Higher Ground Music Hall

South Burlington, Vermont

2:43:24

1 tape

8/12

Indian Lookout Country Club

Roland E. Powell Convention Center

Sunshine Daydream Music Park and Campground

Terra Alta, West Virginia

2:44:23

1 tape

8/05

Sunshine Daydream Music Park and Campground

Terra Alta, West Virginia

Manchester, Tennessee

Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium

San Rafael, California

Magic City Music Hall

Johnson City, New York

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Washington, Washington, D.C.

2:33:20

1 tape

4/25

The Ridgefield Playhouse

Ridgefield, Connecticut

2:56:35

2 tapes

4/22

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

Hampton Beach, New Hampshire

2:53:13

1 tape

4/20

Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel

Providence, Rhode Island

Northampton, Massachusetts

The F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Sayreville, New Jersey

2:57:08

2 tapes

4/09

Fox Theater at Foxwoods

Mashantucket, Connecticut

2:27:15

1 tape

4/08

Turning Stone Event Center

Turning Stone Event Center

Indianapolis, Indiana

Minneapolis, Minnesota

4/30/05

Sources

Taper: Jim Mimna

rd2005-04-30.mimna_sennheiser_me66s

Source:

Sennheiser K6/ME66's>Denecke AD-20> Sony PCM-M1

Lineage:

Fostex D-5 (coax)> Edirol UA-1D> Sony Sound Forge 7.0> Flac (level 8)

Taper Notes:

View NotesMics: XY 45degrees, @8',  LOB/LOC

Taper: Jon Merin

rd2005-04-30.schoeps-mk41.merin.vernon.155754.flac1644

Source:

Schoeps MK41 (DINA) -> KC5 -> CMC6 -> V3 -> VX pocket V2

Lineage:

VX pocket V2 -> fujitsu 7010 -> Wave Lab 5.0 (24/48, resample, dither) -> cd wave -> flac

Taper Notes:

View NotesBob Weir (Robert Hall Weir) - guitar, vox
Jay "Rhino Boy" Lane - drums, percussion, b.vox
Robin Sylvester - bass, b.vox
Jeff Chimenti (Jeffrey Chimenti) - keys, b.vox
Kenny Brooks (aka 'Ken Brooks') - saxophone
Mark Karan - guitar, b.vox  

vg NOTES (2025-11-26):  
--https://ratdog.org/2005-04-30/photos
--this venue opened in 1968 as "Electric Factory & Flea Market" in a converted tire warehouse on the northwest corner of 22nd & Arch Streets & soon became known simply as "Electric Factory" (1968-2018)...this location hosted concerts until 1970 & then the building was torn down in 1973 to be replaced by condominiums...in 1995, the venue reopened in a converted building from the General Electric Switchgear Plant on 7th & Willow Street...in September of 2018 it changed its name to "Franklin Music Hall" (2018-present [2025])
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Music_Hall

Taper: Ira Steinkohl (ISTEIN); Larry-FLDEADHEAD (patched out Ira with his D-8)

2:57:52

Taper:

Ira Steinkohl (ISTEIN); Larry-FLDEADHEAD (patched out Ira with his D-8)

Transferrer:

Larry-FLDEADHEAD (Sony D-8 through CD Wave Editor 1); Alex Ford (EAC through FLAC16)

SHNID:

rd2005-04-30.akg-c568be.steinkohl.fldh.ford.30155.flac1644

Source:

AKG C 568 BE short shotguns (cardioids, Front right of TS, LOB) > Peavey PS2C > Sony SBM1 > Tascam DA-P1 > Sony D-8

Lineage:

Sony D-8 > JB3 > Creative Labs > CD Wave Editor 1 > untracked > EAC > Win XP Pro > CDWave Editor 2 > Traders' Little Helper (SBE shntool fix) > WAV > Flac Frontend > FLAC16

Taper Notes:

View NotesBob Weir (Robert Hall Weir) - guitar, vox
Jay "Rhino Boy" Lane - drums, percussion, b.vox
Robin Sylvester - bass, b.vox
Jeff Chimenti (Jeffrey Chimenti) - keys, b.vox
Kenny Brooks (aka 'Ken Brooks') - saxophone
Mark Karan - guitar, b.vox  

Alex Ford Notes:
--This was the this taper's (Ira's) last show.  He passed away not long after making this recording.  
--Ira started taping back in the early 80's.  He was extremely generous with other tapers and always had a bunch of people patched out of his rig.  He was very happy with this recording.
--A dear friend of his told me he left the Electric Factory with a smile on his face.  
--The mics he used are 'short shotguns" producing the sound in between a cardiod and a hypercardiod mic.  
--Thank you to Larry - FLDEADHEAD who supplied the source discs and did the initial editing!  
--Larry was a friend of Ira's for about 18 years and wanted to make sure Ira's last show made it "out there".  
--I highly recommend this source, I can't say that it's better or worse than the other 2 sources I've heard, it's different but definitely in your face.  
--Enjoy! A.F.
--R.I.P. Ira  

vg NOTES (2025-11-27):  
--there is a 0.661 dropout at 14 seconds into d1t01 & also the levels get raised during this track to a nice level starting at 1:26 in & setttling at 1:32 in
--https://ratdog.org/2005-04-30/photos
--this venue opened in 1968 as "Electric Factory & Flea Market" in a converted tire warehouse on the northwest corner of 22nd & Arch Streets & soon became known simply as "Electric Factory" (1968-2018)...this location hosted concerts until 1970 & then the building was torn down in 1973 to be replaced by condominiums...in 1995, the venue reopened in a converted building from the General Electric Switchgear Plant on 7th & Willow Street...in September of 2018 it changed its name to "Franklin Music Hall" (2018-present [2025])
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Music_Hall

Taper: mark_z (patched out of Jim & Melissa Mimna's rig)

2:59:36

Taper:

mark_z (patched out of Jim & Melissa Mimna's rig)

Transferrer:

mark_z

SHNID:

rd2005-04-30.senn-k6-me66.mimna.mark_z.vernon.029246.flac1644

Source:

Sennheiser K6/ME66 (XY, 45 deg, 10' pole, front of TS, left side by the steps) > Denecke AD20 > JB3

Lineage:

JB3 > Firewire > Notmad Explorer > Audacity (track, split and fade) > Flac16 (8)

Taper Notes:

View NotesBob Weir (Robert Hall Weir) - guitar, vox
Jay "Rhino Boy" Lane - drums, percussion, b.vox
Robin Sylvester - bass, b.vox
Jeff Chimenti (Jeffrey Chimenti) - keys, b.vox
Kenny Brooks (aka 'Ken Brooks') - saxophone
Mark Karan - guitar, b.vox  

vg NOTES (2025-11-26):  
--https://ratdog.org/2005-04-30/photos
--this venue opened in 1968 as "Electric Factory & Flea Market" in a converted tire warehouse on the northwest corner of 22nd & Arch Streets & soon became known simply as "Electric Factory" (1968-2018)...this location hosted concerts until 1970 & then the building was torn down in 1973 to be replaced by condominiums...in 1995, the venue reopened in a converted building from the General Electric Switchgear Plant on 7th & Willow Street...in September of 2018 it changed its name to "Franklin Music Hall" (2018-present [2025])
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Music_Hall