OBH4!

[sillyboob]

One week ago today I was in a beautiful place!  Enjoy:

https://archive.org/details/mmj2018-03-03.flac

If you can find pictures of the setlists, it's noted where Pres Hall joined in.

Thanks so much for taping and sharing these wonderful shows! 

BTW - Did anyone keep track of which tunes the Preservation Horns sat in for?  If so, please let me know as I'd like to add it to the text files.

Sadly not I.  I didn't even take many pictures -- I was so entranced by the band, the crowd, and the moon.

If you can find pictures of the setlists it's noted on there which songs Pres Hall joined in on.  Might be up at setlist.fm too.

[mdgsolo]

This.  So magical and though I've only been back home a few days, I am still enchanted by the experience.  Took a long time to get there- and back- but if it would have been easy, I would not have cared..

[ditty]

BTW - Did anyone keep track of which tunes the Preservation Horns sat in for?  If so, please let me know as I'd like to add it to the text files.

Looks like someone here http://archive.mymorningjacket.net/ has the songs noted.  Thanks again for your hard work taping, converting and posting these shows!

[rkwedge]

FYI, I got my email from OBH4 stating the downloads were coming and all attendee's will get a free download code soon.

[RobRoy286]

Every year I've worried that they won't release the shows. Now it's confirmed we're getting an official release of every album, live? Lesgo!

[Emb1528]

Agreed! Can't wait.

[slappymoe]

I was pretty sure the initial announcement said attendees would get free downloads, like they've done each year i've been there.

Good to see it confirmed. Can't wait to relive it all, especially The Tennessee Fire.

[Thom Joad]

Thanks for the notation help.  New text files soon.

With today's email I don't feel as bad about losing part of the first night.  I'll still upload what I have in the next few days though.

I got an email about the improper track split between In Its Infancy and Get To the Point.  I'll get new files up for those two at some point for the purists.

Sorry for the amateur hour stuff.  I assure you I've been doing this a long time, just not as much recently.  My first MMJ show/upload was when they opened for Wilco summer '05.  After their set ended my wife and I simultaneously said the billing should have been the other way around.  Super glad we got to do this 13 years later.

[Lonndown27]

Thanks for the notation help.  New text files soon.

With today's email I don't feel as bad about losing part of the first night.  I'll still upload what I have in the next few days though.

I got an email about the improper track split between In Its Infancy and Get To the Point.  I'll get new files up for those two at some point for the purists.

Sorry for the amateur hour stuff.  I assure you I've been doing this a long time, just not as much recently.  My first MMJ show/upload was when they opened for Wilco summer '05.  After their set ended my wife and I simultaneously said the billing should have been the other way around.  Super glad we got to do this 13 years later.

Judging by your recordings AMATEUR is the LAST word id use to call you by. You've been fantastic Thom Joad! We wouldnt get to hear these shows until theyre released if it wasnt for you. Dont beat yourself up about those types of things! All is well and all can be fixed!

[MMJCOBRA]

In case anyone missed it, downloads of the entire shows will be provided to attendees.

[Thom Joad]

https://archive.org/details/mmj2018-03-02.flac

Finally got around to converting the first night.  This one was a little tougher sound quality wise. Since I was over in the corner of the VIP area this night (and not more centered as I was for the other two) had to add some gain and fix the L/R balance.  Hopefully it came out OK for casual listening.  Also, this is the worst of the 3 for talkers.  It got tough to listen to at some points and I've become conditioned to them over the years.  The party of people in the left channel were pretty drunk, and acting like they wanted me to tell them to quiet down just so it could be made into an issue, so I just shot a few hairy eyeballs their way and hoped for the best.  I hope they hear this at some point and realize how dumb their conversations sounded in comparison to what was going down on stage.

As I said before, I had some battery cable issues.  I debated not uploading any tune that was cut, but since this was the only recording (until the official release), I decided to do them as well.  The end of "I Think I'm Going To Hell" is cut.  The beginning of "Lowdown" starts for 10 sec., then a quick cut, but the majority of the tune is there.  I wasn't even going to include "Honest Man" as it has 2 cuts, but I figured someone might want to hear a part of it.  Then the end of "If It Smashes Down" has a cut but it's almost at the very end.

Hope everyone enjoys it!

[ditty]

https://archive.org/details/mmj2018-03-02.flac
Hope everyone enjoys it!

Thank you for all your efforts hauling equipment, patience to tape, balance, edit, upload etc!

It's About Twilight Now was louder than the talkers and sounds very good.

I laughed my ass off at the women talking at 1:35 of "I Will Be There When You Die" talking about how much she loves live music and spends all her excess money on in her life....ha.  Must have been there to see PTM and NR.

[rkwedge]

https://archive.org/details/mmj2018-03-02.flac
Hope everyone enjoys it!

Thank you for all your efforts hauling equipment, patience to tape, balance, edit, upload etc!

It's About Twilight Now was louder than the talkers and sounds very good.

I laughed my ass off at the women talking at 1:35 of "I Will Be There When You Die" talking about how much she loves live music and spends all her excess money on in her life....ha.  Must have been there to see PTM and NR.

In all fairness she never said she could be quite during her love of live music.

Thanks again Thom Joad for all your efforts.

[Lonndown27]

https://archive.org/details/mmj2018-03-02.flac
Hope everyone enjoys it!

Thank you for all your efforts hauling equipment, patience to tape, balance, edit, upload etc!

It's About Twilight Now was louder than the talkers and sounds very good.

I laughed my ass off at the women talking at 1:35 of "I Will Be There When You Die" talking about how much she loves live music and spends all her excess money on in her life....ha.  Must have been there to see PTM and NR.

In all fairness she never said she could be quite during her love of live music.

Thanks again Thom Joad for all your efforts.

sounds fantastic!!! i guarantee the band just told you or Ryan Pickett did, to not release the full recording of this night to get the fans to buy the downloads. Which any fan would be nuts not to do, but these recordings are fantastic and we can compare the sbds to them and make sure. One of the most interesting Jacket bootlegs is one I have of the first or second night at Fillmore 2005 when Okonokos was being filmed and recorded. Hearing them play the actual versions that would come out on the album was sick, never a cut. just love having it ALL.

Thom Joad, YOU are another Pat Myers disciple of Jimachrist

[warrenfse]

Thank you for recording!  Why would you fly to paradise, to see your "favorite" band, and talk all the way through the shows?  What a waste of money.

[sillyboob]

Thank you for recording!  Why would you fly to paradise, to see your "favorite" band, and talk all the way through the shows?  What a waste of money.

100% agree!!  It was pretty bad this year, way worse than OBH 2 & 3.  I guess with the event getting bigger, it's fewer diehard fans and more partying types attending.

[rkwedge]

Thank you for recording!  Why would you fly to paradise, to see your "favorite" band, and talk all the way through the shows?  What a waste of money.

100% agree!!  It was pretty bad this year, way worse than OBH 2 & 3.  I guess with the event getting bigger, it's fewer diehard fans and more partying types attending.

I feel really fortunate, must have been in a sweet spot. I only had annoying talkers on night two, a group of three came and set up shop by us and started the chat circle, well we quickly let em know shut up or move on and they did leave without incident. I found the wait staff more annoying than the talkers, and god bless them they do an awesome job but there's one coming past you ever 1-2 minutes. A little more organization like giving each one a section or small quadrant to handle that way 6-10 of them aren't asking you how your doing all the time. They are such nice people who mean well too that it's hard not to just let it go. I had a lot of fun dancing and laughing with them so it is what it is. The Sound Board recordings will surly help get rid of that crowd chatter.

[Lonndown27]

So as far as Phone Went West goes...from OBH4 night I how was it compared to say this list of the greatest Phones:

RR2012
Beacon 2015
NYE 2017
Terminal 5 2010
RR2015
RR2016
Capitol theatre 2012
ForestHills 2017
SLC2012 its the first and i was there so i gotta put it

To name my favorites. Where does it fall??

[millerjustin]

So as far as Phone Went West goes...from OBH4 night I how was it compared to say this list of the greatest Phones:

RR2012
Beacon 2015
NYE 2017
Terminal 5 2010
RR2015
RR2016
Capitol theatre 2012
ForestHills 2017
SLC2012 its the first and i was there so i gotta put it

To name my favorites. Where does it fall??

I think it fell in line with NYE17 given the same lyrical revisions (lock on your heart) and the arrangement was very close to that version as well (which makes sense).  The set placement outside of album order made sense too given its appropriate encore treatment.

Hard to "rank" overall on that list, but I'd like to think the NYE17 and OBH4 versions mark a 3.0 era for this great song - 2012 saw it evolve significantly and now we are seeing it in a new light

I'm not sure SLC 2012 was the "first" live PWW was it?!?!

[jttouch2]

So as far as Phone Went West goes...from OBH4 night I how was it compared to say this list of the greatest Phones:

RR2012
Beacon 2015
NYE 2017
Terminal 5 2010
RR2015
RR2016
Capitol theatre 2012
ForestHills 2017
SLC2012 its the first and i was there so i gotta put it

To name my favorites. Where does it fall??

I think it fell in line with NYE17 given the same lyrical revisions (lock on your heart) and the arrangement was very close to that version as well (which makes sense).  The set placement outside of album order made sense too given its appropriate encore treatment.

Hard to "rank" overall on that list, but I'd like to think the NYE17 and OBH4 versions mark a 3.0 era for this great song - 2012 saw it evolve significantly and now we are seeing it in a new light

I'm not sure SLC 2012 was the "first" live PWW was it?!?!

It was the first one with the alternate jammed-out ending I believe