Wayne is a musician with a lifetime in jazz, an understanding of what an Art Pepper performance ought to sound like, and an unerring ear for what's messed up in the aged tapes I bring him. Thanks to Rocco Bertels, who found more than one medium onto which this night at Bourbon Street was recorded, I was able to give Wayne some cassettes AND two reel to reel tapes from which to pick and choose, and actually, mostly, the cassettes were of better quality, though not always.
*And I apologize for that last sentence. I'm writing fast.
So I just want to show you guys how hard Wayne works to make sure the Unreleased Art Pepper series is as good as it can be (and invariably much better than bootlegs or online downloads).
And at the same time, I can procrastinate the writing of the liner notes! Win! Win!
Here's what Wayne did:
Art Pepper - Bourbon Street, Toronto
June 16, 1977
7” reel / 7.5 IPS / Stereo 2 sides [4 track]
transfer TEAC 3340S / MOTU 2408 Mk2 / Digital Performer 7.24 / 44.1k / 24 bit WAV
transfer appears to be a little sharp
Art Pepper - Alto
Bernie Senensky - Piano
Dave Piltch or Gene Perla* - Bass
Terry Clarke - Drums
1. A Song For Richard — one tape dropout√
2. Long Ago & Far Away - some sax squeaks√
3. Here’s That Rainy Day - some sax squeaks
4. Theme [end of set] Blues For Herd, - some sax squeaks, sax off mic during end of out head
band intros by Art…..
*5. What Is This Thing Called Love - some sax squeaks, sax off mic during 2nd half of solo, comes back just bef end of solo
*6. All The Things You Are [beg] [
Side 2
*1. All The Tings You Are [concl.]
Art raps with audience…band intros….
*2. The Summer Knows
*3. I’ll Remember April
*4. Theme
*5. Samba Mom-Mom
cassette only:
6. Star Eyes
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mastering notes
Cassette +14 cents / Reel -18 cents
A1 A Song For Richard (16:52)
used cassette version
cleaned out some low thumps on R Ch in soft parts
cleaned a few sax squeaks
fixed drum stick hit, missing bass note, R Ch dropout, glass tinkling in quiet spot, PA feedback
edited to applause from reel did less quick of a fade as was on cassette
A2 Long Ago & Far Away (13:22)
used cassette version
cleaned out some low thumps on R Ch in soft parts
cleaned a few sax squeaks
fixed a couple of minor tape dropouts
edited to applause from reel did less quick of a fade as was on cassette
A3 Here’s That Rainy Day (10:17)
used cassette version
cleaned out some low thumps on R Ch in soft parts
cleaned a few sax squeaks, clanks & coughs in audience, PA feedback
fixed a couple of minor tape dropouts
edited to applause from reel did less quick of a fade as was on cassette
A4 Blues For Heard (4:16)
used cassette version
cleaned out some low thumps on R Ch in soft parts
cleaned a few sax squeaks, PA feedback
fixed a couple of minor tape dropouts
fixed missing bass note on 1st note of tune
either AP off mic, or mic cuts off from end phrase of the 1st of 2 out heads.
copied phrase from end of in head, and cut out the 2nd out head, went right to the ending, did some work to boost the alto in the outro [it’s better but still too soft]
A5 What Is This Thing Called Love? (15:37)
mostly the cassette, went to the reel during the 2nd part of the sax solo, because the volume of the sax dipped worse on the cassette
cleaned a few sax squeaks, PA feedback
fixed a couple of minor tape dropouts
after the bass solo, the bass is way too loud, and the piano is way too soft.
Did some work in RX as well as the mastering to help, the solution is to have a lot less lows from that point, which is not great but better than the bass blasting too much.
A6-B1 All The Things You Are (16:59)
intro cut off [on both cass & reel] edit for 1st phrase, reel for 1st note of 2nd phrase of intro [missing on cass] - cass for remainder
fixed a number of tape dropouts
fixed noises, PA feedback, missing attacks on piano notes in solo, rattles in bass during solo
AP off mic during 2nd half of solo, and beginning of traces - did some stuff to help
B2a The Summer Knows preamble (2:20)
used cassette / edited out the long pauses & repeats
B2b The Summer Knows (16:50)
used cassette / fixed sax squeaks, tape drop outs, noises
one missing piano attack fixed
B3 I’ll Remember April (14:30) -complete time with B3& B4
mostly cassette until it cuts off just before the end, cut to the reel [which as this point is pretty distorted]
Fixed tape dropouts, PA feedback, sax squeaks
Fixed sax one note FS into head out of intro
made talking during bass solo less
B4 - Theme - Blues For Heard - fades out
Reel only - it starts right out of the end of April
B5 Samba Mom-Mom (17:40)
used cassette
fixed sax squeaks, tape drop outs, talking during intro, bass solo, applause
B6 Star Eyes 12:38
fixed tape drop outs,
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06-26-17
Barcode 191061850830
RCS
See below. See also attached Excel list
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Tape
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TRACK NO.
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Tune
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BAND
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ISRC
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Time
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Bourbon Street reel side one [used cass]
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Disk A1
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A Song for Richard
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Dave Piltch
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QZ95F1700001
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Time 16:52
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[used cass]
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A2
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Long Ago and Far Away
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Dave Piltch
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QZ95F1700002
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Time 13:22
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[used cass]
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A3
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Here's That Rainy Day
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Dave Piltch
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QZ95F1700003
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Time 10:17
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[used cass]
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A4
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Blues for Heard
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Dave Piltch
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QZ95F1700004
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Time 4:16
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[used cass & reel]
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A5
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What Is This Thing Called Love?
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Gene Perla
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QZ95F1700005
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Time 15:37 Disk A total 1:00:38
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split between side one & two, filled out with cassette version
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Disk B1
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All The Things You Are
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Gene Perla
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QZ95F1700006
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Time 16:59
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Bourbon Street reel side two [used cass]
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B2
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Band Intros
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Gene Perla
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QZ95F1700012
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Time 2:20
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[used cass]
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B3
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The Summer Knows
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Gene Perla
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QZ95F1700008
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Time 16:50
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[used reel & cass]
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B4
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I'll Remember April
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Gene Perla
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QZ95F1700007
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Time 14:30 Disk B total 50:50
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[used cass]
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Disk C1
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Samba Mom - Mom
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Gene Perla
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QZ95F1700009
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Time 17:40
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Cassette only
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C2
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Star Eyes
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Bernie Senensky, Terry Clark, Dave Piltch
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QZ95F1700010
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Time 12:26
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C3
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Art Pepper Interview
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Hal Hill
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QZ95F1700011
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Time 32:59 Disk C total 1:03:12
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