05/22/87 City Gardens, Trenton, NJ

Sonic Youth

City Gardens

Trenton, NJ

May 22, 1987

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Show Notes

• Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley
• Recorded by: Bill Doherty & Ted Mattes
• Restored and Transferred by Nick Carbonetta & Bill Reutelhuber
• Edited by Joe Noel
• Audio Mastering: Aaron Mullan
• Artwork Design: Megan Mermis
• Video Stills: Richard White
• HD Files are 24 bit / 44.1 kHz


Source: Two Schoeps Mk41 mics > Oade Brothers custom power supply > Sony PCM F1 (A-D converter) @16bit  > Zenith model 9800 Portable Beta Recorder/Tuner Timer combo. Mics on a stand at approximately 7ft high pointed at the left and right PA stacks, next to the soundboard booth located at house right.
Transfer: Master beta tape > Sony Betamax > Sony PCM-601ES  (with PCM emphasis decoded and DC offset fixed) > Laptop computer 16/44.1 WAV
Editing: 16/44.1 WAV file > Audacity v2.0.6
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Setlist at City Gardens, Trenton, NJ on May 22, 1987

Set One

Schizophrenia 301
(I Got a) Catholic Block 223
Tuff Gnarl 164
Pipeline-Kill Time 223
Expressway to yr Skull 267
PCH 286
Kotton Krown 290
Stereo Sanctity 270
Tom Violence 240
White Kross 194

Encore

Set Break 71
Beauty Lies in the Eye 144
Hot Wire My Heart 275

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