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Big Audio Dynamite - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz March 14, 1987 (matrix) (1987)

Track listing:
  1. Intro 1:38
  2. Medicine Show 7:06
  3. Hollywood Boulevard 6:39
  4. Bad 6:18
  5. Limbo The Law 6:05
  6. Wind Me Up [Aka Poontang] 5:33
  7. A Party 7:53
  8. V. Thirteen 5:06
  9. Stone Thames 6:31
  10. Sightsee M.C! 4:49
  11. Talk 0:26
  12. The Bottom Line 8:17
  13. Thanks And Crowd 1:40
  14. C'mon Every Beatbox 7:04
  15. E=mc2 7:10
  16. 1999 7:13

Notes

This one is from a soundboard plus audience live matrix mix. This one really sounds more like another audience recording except that it's less harsh sounding with a more stereo mix, the tape loop effects are clearer and the ambient audience noise is lower. In any case this one does sound decent, despite not having too much of a soundboard sound to it.

Primary source [all except last 2 1/2 minutes]: Monitor soundboard feed with 2 Crown PZM microphones mounted on the low ceiling over the stage, 2 Nakamichi cm300 microphones (also over the stage) and one other ambient microphone mounted on balcony railing - Live matrix mix.

The Catalyst matrix mixes tended to be ambient-sounding to add presence to the dry monitor board signal so please don't complain that this doesn't sound enough like a soundboard recording. Since the mix was done live, this is all that there is...