Curiously, keyboards (mellotrons and electric pianos) are absent on this gig. David Cross offers a drone on his alto violin during the middle section of Easy Money. Exiles is skipped. I do feel the keyboards are missed during the improvs, which tend to stay rather earthbound. Nevertheless, it's a fine performance, though not one of their best.
I found the audio restauration not as good as it gets, so I re-equalized the two channels seperately, reducing the murky lower mid-range, gently coaxing ...
Curiously, keyboards (mellotrons and electric pianos) are absent on this gig. David Cross offers a drone on his alto violin during the middle section of Easy Money. Exiles is skipped. I do feel the keyboards are missed during the improvs, which tend to stay rather earthbound. Nevertheless, it's a fine performance, though not one of their best.
I found the audio restauration not as good as it gets, so I re-equalized the two channels seperately, reducing the murky lower mid-range, gently coaxing the upper high end to sprout forth, and, because the left and right channel sound so different from eachother, mixing the thing in mono. And lo, it still sounds lo-fi, but a tad better.
