1996.10.18 - San Diego, CA, USA @ Soma

DAT-2 clone

Source B: DAT --- Sony ECM 959 > Sony TCD-D7 @ 48 KHZ
Position: Unknown
Transfer: DAT-M > Tascam DA-20 > coax > Audiophile 24/96 > Sound Forge > WAV (transfer by cu.org/GSP)
Taper: Mike Butler
Gen: 2nd from Master

Notes: Nice recording. The taper, sounds like to me, stood fairly close to the front of a stack as the audio & other instruments are exceptionally clear. Listening to this recording & the clarity of it, it is rather rare, a show from 1996 sounding this nice. However, if you were to really strain your ears you would hear a very minimal high-end distortion during certain parts of a couple songs...like Stinkfist for example. Also, if you put this recording into a car stereo with a sub & a 12" bass speaker, you will hear an a lot of bass. A good pair of headphones or system will pick that aspect up as well...it is a little bass-e. But other than those very minor criticisms, this is definitely one of the reasons I collect live recordings of Tool. A recording this...nice... are few & far between. The second show of 1996 & what a setlist. Tool was pretty much on the ball this night, it sounds like. The performance itself is memorable enough but add on a real nice recording you have a good combination. And, for those that are curious about the source information, at least in early 2005, all sources of this recording that are out & about are sourced from a cassette and are not from the master or DAT - thus, all CD copies are analog sourced. I trust this is clear & not confusing? 

Maynardism: "Thank you very much for coming down to Soma on the second show of this tour. This is our last song."

DAT: 1:21:25

CD 1
Time: 44:28

Setlist:

Stinkfist
46 & 2
Intolerance
Eulogy
Hooker With A Penis
Prison Sex <OTRM>
Jimmy

CD 2
Time: 38:39

Undertow
Pushit
Merkaba
Sober
Opiate
Ænema