This was the first of two back-to-back record release shows for the album The Music Of Your Life, presenting ten of the eleven tracks on that album, and just over half of their earlier debut LP, When No One’s Looking.
Zuzu’s Petals
Minneapolis MN
Seventh Street Entry
Saturday 10 September 1994
stereo audience recording
24/48 analog > digital transfer from master cassette
duration (73:52.61)
cassette side A (48:13):
[01] start (00:11.35)
[02] Do Not (03:15.70)
[03] Madrid (04:01.01)
[04] Cinderella’s Daydream (03:14.22)
[05] interim / comments (00:14.06)
[06] God Cries (03:31.20)
[07] Chatty Catty (02:34.48)
[08] interim / comments (00:15.00)
[09] Feel Like Going Home (02:36.25)
[10] interim / comments (00:12.44)
[11] Come True (03:32.07)
[12] interim / comments (00:16.17)
[13] Remembering Why (04:30.01)
[14] interim / comments (00:30.04)
[15] The Girl He First Met (02:37.51)
[16] Slacks (03:28.07)
[17] Love Bullet (03:17.10)
[18] Sisters (02:34.54)
[19] interim / comments / credits (00:51.65)
[20] Happy (03:20.74)
[21] Psycho Tavern (03:01.29) >
[22] White Trash Love start only
[tape flip]
cassette side B (25:39):
[23] White Trash Love continued >
[24] Don’t Bother (03:03.41)
encore:
[25] interim / encore applause (01:57.44)
[26] Johanne (04:38.29)
[27] Star Baby The Guess Who
[28] Jackals (03:32.06)
encore:
[29] interim / encore applause (01:14.21)
[30] Human Being Johnny Thunders
[31] end runout (00:57.45)
[32] end set music (00:43.19)
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In some ways, culturally speaking, ’94 was a rough year for a lot of music fans. Fortunately, moments like this could make you feel like there was hope for the troubled indie music scene. This was the first of two back-to-back record release shows for the album The Music Of Your Life, presenting ten of the eleven tracks on that album, and just over half of their previous LP, When No One’s Looking, plus a couple of tunes from The Guess Who and Johnny Thunders, to boot. I’m not sure who else was on this bill; and I do not seem to have anything else from this date, but it seems pretty evident from listening to this performance just who everyone was there to see, and they definitely gave it everything they had. Unfortunately, I missed a cue to flip the cassette before they kicked into White Trash Love, so there is a bit of a cut in that track, and I opted to leave it that way, rather than try to patch it together.
Apparently there was also an All-ages record release show the next day – Sunday 11 September 1994; but I wasn’t available to record that one, and I’d be willing to bet that’s my loss. As it turns out, this was the last time I had an opportunity to see the band, and I heard shortly thereafter they had called it a day. By the end of the year, I had taken a bit of a road sabbatical myself, so I wasn’t keeping up with a lot of the comings and goings back in the local scene for a while. When I returned to Mpls the following year, Linda was playing drums with Fauna, then left Mpls in October for NYC to work with Steve Wynn – and the rest is history, as the saying goes.
Well, I reckon it’s true that nothing good lasts forever, but we were fortunate to have had them in our little scene for the few years that we did. And from my personal perspective, this seems like a terrific way to remember them – in their prime, and going out on a bunch of great notes.
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This is strictly an audience recording – there is definitely no SBD feed in the mix.
Notes on the cassette do not indicate whether this is a 1st or 2nd master tape, or a copy, but I am pretty certain that it’s a master and not a copy. I can’t imagine that I wouldn’t have provided the band with a copy of their set, but it may be possible, considering some of what I was juggling around that time.
Recorded / transferred by: J.Free / Sonic Archives [sonicarchives.com]
This fileset is a raw 24 Bit Depth / 48kHz Sample Frequency analog > digital transfer from original cassette masters; some minimal processing has been applied in the analog > digital transfer, as noted below.
Typically, no processing is applied to these analog > digital transfers, but it has been noted that some of the recordings made in 1994 seemed to be running a bit fast – likely the result of a slowed-down motor in the decks being used at that time.
For this recording, the pitch was digitally adjusted to approximately 440 Hz – the tuning standard for the musical note of A – specifically matching up the opening chord of track 4 – Cinderella’s Daydream – with the same track from their 1992 LP, When No One’s Looking.
Additionally, the stereo image suffered from an uneven mix, due to the configuration of PA speakers in the venue, which placed the high and midrange frequencies in the left channel, and the low and sub-bass frequencies in the right channel. A +75% Center Mid-Side Mix adjustment was applied to both channels, in an effort to compensate for the imbalanced signals.
Source:
2 Radio Shack / Tandy PZMs suspended from ceiling about 10 ft back from center stage facing stage L+R in X-Y configuration > small mixer [likely a TEAC 2A] > Sony TC-W345 Double Cassette Deck > master cassette
Lineage:
Recorded on a 2-channel Scotch Chrome (CrO2) Bias IEC Type II 70usEQ stereo cassette > Nakamichi LX-3 cassette deck [Azimuth adjustments applied to playback head] > Edirol R-04 [RCA/analog in; 24-bit/48kHz transfer (.wav)] > PC [via USB] >
adjustments:
Sound Forge Pro 11.0 [Build 299] (minor adjustments):
Sound Forge: Sony Pitch Shift : -80.0cents >
+75% Center Mid-Side Mix [Gain: 0dB] applied to left + right channels >
Volume adjustments to both channels to achieve optimal stereo image >
CD Wave Editor [Version 1.98; Windows Build Number: 0000.23F0] (sector boundary tracking) > Trader’s Little Helper [Version 2.7.0; Build 172] (Level 8 .wav > .flac conversion, .ffp)
Alternately, the original fileset of the original un-processed analog > digital transfer does exist; the caveats being that it runs fast and the stereo image is imbalanced.
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Download or stream the show from Live Music Archive:
https://archive.org/details/zp1994-09-10.aud.flac2448
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