Gong
Orion progressive rock showcase
Orion Studios, Baltimore, MD
Saturday October 19th, 2024 ~9:00-10:30pm

Kavus Torabi - guitar, lead vocals
Ian East - saxophones
Fabio Golfetti - guitar, backing vocals
Dave Sturt - bass, backing vocals
Cheb Nettles - drums, backing vocals

 1. intro and pre-recorded opening (1:44)
 2. My Guitar is a Spaceship       (4:23)
 3. Kapital                        (4:41)
 4. All Clocks Reset (false start) (0:31)
 5. All Clocks Reset               (4:55)
 6. Rejoice!                      (12:13)
 7. Tiny Galaxies                  (4:00)
 8. My Sawtooth Wake              (13:29)
 9. Through Restless Seas I Come   (6:19)
10. Lunar Invocation               (6:53)
11. Master Builder                (15:17)
12. merchandise pitch              (0:54)
13. Choose Your Goddess            (8:24)
encore:
14. Insert Yr Own Prophecy         (9:36)

Total Time: 93:17 (1 hour, 33 min, 17 sec)

Recorded with Tascam DP-004 "Pocket studio" digital recorder using built-in mics
Processed with CoolEdit (filtering, amplification, track split)
Converted to FLAC with FLAC Frontend


As mentioned for my recording of the opening band (Janel & Anthony), I arrived late and had to stand at the very back by the loading dock door, so the only place I could put my recorder was under a couch at the back of the room. Which lead to a somewhat muffled and muddy sounding recording recording with a good bit of extraneous noise, although this Gong recording came out somewhat better than the J&A one did. I ran this one through a similar filter to roll off some low end, reduce the midrange slightly and boost the treble slightly - it still sounds a little muffled and boomy, but I didn't want to overdo the filtering. It's listenable and gets better as it goes along (or else my ears just got used to it).

There's once again a surprising (for Orion) amount of audience chatter, but it occured to me that it was probably the people who were smoking in the parking lot behind me (the loading bay door in the back wall was open) rather than the crowd watching the show.

Around nine and a half minutes into Master Builder, a fairly drunk guy climbed up the loading dock from the parking lot, slamming his beer can down next to my recorder and then making a lot of noise opening the can, so that's what that noise is.

I'm not sure why, but the first four minutes of my recording file were blank. But the full set is there after that first four minutes. I guess maybe I accidentally hit the play button without realizing it and reeled off four minutes of digital silence before hitting the record button. At any rate, I eded that blank part out.

Apologies for the poor quality of the included photos - I took them with my phone, and its camera is a piece of junk, especially in low-light situations.