Nicky Hopkins (solo piano)
Village Music 23rd Anniversary Party (16/44 Flac version)
August 5, 1991
Sweetwater
Mill Valley, California, USA
Here's a rare solo recording of Nicky Hopkins! It's the complete mini opening set from this special show. Careful research did not reveal any released material from this show.
Matrix mix of two masters:
#1: Dat soundboard
#2: SVHS Hi-Fi audio that had a live mono matrix of soundboard plus a microphone.
01 [0:38] intro
02 [1:56] instrumental >
03 [1:06] instrumental
04 [5:25] The Homecoming (instrumental)
total: 9:05
Transfers: SVHS master (TDK ST-160) > Sony WV-DR7 > Sony DVMC-DA2 Media Converter (DV Hardware Codec Converter) > Final Cut Pro (capture) > AIFF 48K export.
Soundboard Dat master > Panasonic SV-3700 (digital output) > Macintosh with Digidesign Audiomedia III card.
> Pro Tools (matrix mix, normalization, tracking and down-sampling - no equalization or DNR) > AIFF > xACT (level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).
Notes: The video of this set is being posted with other artists from this show in both DVD-5 and DVD-9 formats. I decided to post the audio sets individually to allow those with space or share ratio issues to try the audio before going for the entire video package. I do recommend all of the sets from this night - besides this one there are sections with Robert Ward, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy McCracklin with Ry Cooder (plus Lee Allen as audio only.) Carlos Santana, Albert Collins, Steve Douglas, Wayne Bennett and Austin deLone sit in at times during the show too.
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